The Irish standard., 1888-10-20

SATURDAY, OCTOB,
grand old party, spoke here Frida
!. evening, October 10Th. He drew out
i large audience, among which we're man.
irish. al OF whom were very anxious t.
hear the fiery orator, but who were al
very mnch disappointed in Mr. Finnerty
If he impresses the voters Of other 10
calities as he did those of Winona it Ii
safe to say that the G.. 0. 2. will be
sadly disappointed on November T.
What ever may be said in favor OF Mr..
Einnerty as All orator on the "Irish
question, /" ii is plain that politics is not
his field and the sooner the G. 0. 2.
calls him in the better for themselves.
! The Father Mathew Total Abstinence
socity of this city celebrated the ami,
versary Of Father Mathew on the 10th
inst. The ST. Thomas hail was crowded
and special programme for the occa-
sion was presented. Rev. Father Clio
bons, Of St. Paul, WAS present and made
An able and eloquent address. Father
Herman, OF St. Charles, Fathers Gal
lagher and Cotter Of Winona, spoke ably
and eloquently. Miss jennie Minck,
Miss Anna Keenan,. Mrs. F. Il. Cotter
and DR.. Tracy furnished music and A.
". Tierney delivered the opsning I'D
dress. The society Will hold its next
regular meeting Sunday evening, Octo-
bes 81, when Il splendid programme,
consisting of speaking, music and reci-
tatious will be presented. The society
is growing rapidly and Is bound to main
| tain it's leading place III The great moral
! reform which is fast redeemlDg thou
! sands from the dark and dismal dungeon
OF incompetence, poverty and crime. and
filling numberless hearts with the music
Of Joy and praise.
The Republicans Of Winona county
net in convention here On She l2th inst,
and very strong ticket was puE in NOM
inat1on. 1t compares very SavorabJy
with The ticket put mp by the Democrats
Oh the 9th lust. The only ground how
ever upon which the Republicans can
possibly base their claims for victory OH
election day lies in the deplorable fact
that D. F'okler, who came up in She
Democratic convention for county treas~
urer and who was honestly and honor
ably defeated by z. l.. Cotter. has an~
llounced himself All independent candi~
date for that office, not Of course with any
possible hope Of an election, but simply
to defeat MIR. Cotter, to crafty his own
mean, selfish ambition; and AGAIN James
@ Brien, whose name was not presented
to the convention at eli for any office
whatever, has announced himself all in-
dependent candidate for the office of
county auditor as against Geo. D. Flynn,
the regular nominee of the convention.
The only reason for O'Brien's unman!y
course is that FOR years Mir. Pasg, the
present incumbent, has retained him as
sort Of a handy man in and about the
auditors Office, and O'Brien, fearing that
Mr.. Flynn might Dust him in case of his
election, made fool of himself by COM
ing cut as al independent candidate for
Mr.. Flynn'e office without ever having
spoken to Flynn about retaining him az
All assistant. But Mr. Flynn Oh bearing
OF Mr. O'Briel1's action assured him
that should he be elected that he
% 'Brien) should not be disturbed, and
yes O'Brien persists il. his contemplate
course. 1t is safe to soy that O'Brjep
cannot draw 70 exceed two hundred vntea
in the county at most and as the party
has majority of at least 500 votes
Flynn is perfectly safe as far as O 'Brien
is concerned. But on the other hand
Fokler can draw heavier and possibly
might defeat Cotter under circumstances
which existed two years ago, bat which
do not exist at present. Two years ago
Frank Cotter was nominated by accla-
nation for county treasurer and later,
when the Republicans met in convention
D. Folker received their nomination
against him, and through trade with
few so-called Democrats the Republicans
elected him. Now Mr.. Folker--never q
Democrat-had his name presented to
the Democratic convention and strange
to say several so.called Democrats, but
more properly styled demagogues, voted
for him with the result stated above,
and, as stated, Mr. Folker is now in the
field as an independent candidate seek
ing by every means known to mean
politician, which he is, to defeab Cotter,
but his efforts as we'll So those Of his in
dependent friend O'Brien. will prove
abortive, aud Mr.. Cotter and Mr.. Flynn
will be elected and the seal OF condem-