St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-02

they submit to this persecutionf Or shall
they meet the votes that are combined
against them by uniting their own votes TO
crush the men who are their enemies. or who
sympathize with their enemiesf We think
the spirited Irish people will adopt the latter
course.
1t is proposed to organize Celtic Catholic
Society that shall unite all the voters of the
people of that faith for self protection. We
do not wish to wage war on our Protestant
fellow citizens; we live on terms OF friend
ship with them, but we must prevent the
bitter and intolerant Orangemen from rising
10 place and power, if we can do SO. 1t
will take some time to get up such a
society; in the meantime case has arisen
which demands your immediate action. Hon.
Thomas Wilson. of Winona, has been nomi-
mated by the Democrats of this state for gov
ernor. Judge Wilson comes of the bitter
Orange stock of the North of Ireland. This
fact alone should not count against him. if
he had shown any disposition to rise above
the bigotry of his race, but unfortunately he
has not.
He has lived for more than thirty-five years
in Minnesota, and we have yet to learn of his
having ever uttered hearty and earnest
word for the cause of the poor. struggling
people of Ireland, in their efforts TO improve
their condition.
In congress he provoked the hostility Of
every Irishman in America by his efforts to
secure the passage of legislation under which
every patriotic Irishman IN the United States,
who had taken the part of his country. could
be turned over to the English author
tiles and consigned to prison pens Of Ire.
lands oppressors. Read the denunciations
of Judge Wilson, written by hon. John Fin
nerty, NJ. c., editor of the Citizen of Chicago,
one of the most patriotic Irishmen in Amer
lea.
We have another instance which occurs to
US. This year the Alliance nominated Hon.
Patrick Ii. Rahilly, one of the largest farm
ers in the state and life-iopg Democrat, for
the Office of state auditor. the most valuable
Office at the capitol, having charge of the
school land. the pine land, and the interna-
tional improvement and swamp lands Mr.
Rahilly is a man of unsullied reputation.
and excellent business capacity. The DEM
ocratic party was disposed to indorse his
nominal and thus insure his election.
1t would have been wise for them, in party
sense, TO have done SO. and thus secure the
patronage of that whole Office. But
Thomas Wilson declared that Mr..
Rahllly must not be indorsed; that Mr..
Biermah, a Scandinavian, must have the
place; there was another Scandinavian on
the ticket but of course the Democratic con-
vention did whatever their candidate for gov
ernor desired. Mr.. Rahilly's sole offense
was that he was an Irishman and Catholic.
and so. in accordance with the spirit of the
anti-Catholic society, he must be kept down
and out of Office. The Irish were good
| enough TO plough and dig. but when 1t came
to rising to high station in the state. that
was another matter. There elevation would
be rebuke to Orange bigotry. Besides, 1t
was argued. the Democratic party owned the
Irish, and their votes were safe no matter
how they were treated; that the Scandi-
| navians were Republicans, and it was good
| policy, in the opinion of Judge Wilson, to
reach out after them and coax them into the
Democratic ranks, by giving them the best
| Office in the state.
The trouble is that the Democratic party of
Minnesota is an Anti-Catholic party. This
| is shown by the fact they have never nomi-
| mated any Irish Catholic for governor or
| lieutenant governor, nor have they, with one
exception, in the lest twenty-five years,
| even nominated an Irish Catholic for any
| lower office on their ticket The Irish are
! proscibed IN the Democratic state convention,
and viii continue to be so until they show.
| by revolving from Democratic ring rnle, that
they have the spirit of freemen, and are not
the slaves of any party.
| We are forced in view of all these facts to
conclude that the bigoted blood which Judge
Wilson inherited from a long line of per-
scouting ancestors, still fills his veins, and
that he is the secret enemy of all Irish Catho-
lies. If he is not let his advocates point to
| any instance where he appointed single
Irish Catholic to any prominent office during
| his term, when he had control to q
! great extent, of the patronage of President
Cleveland. But just as soon as he went out
of Office, the Republicans. who owe the Irish
Catholics nothing. were liberal enough to
take an Ilish Catholic, William O'Brlen, OF
| Houston county, Minn., and place him on
the supreme bench Of the territory of New
| Mexico.
| Now. brother Irishmen. we do not want to
incite race or religious feeling, but we think
you should have the courage and intelligence
| to strike down your enemies and we there
fore urge upon you that if you cannot vote
| for S. NJ. Owen. the Alliance candidate for
| governor, or for William r. Merriam, the
| Republican candidate, that you draw your
| pencil through the name Of Thomas Wilson.
and leave it blank.
We are sorry to be driven to the necessity
| of giving this advice. but if men of Celtic
blood are to be prescribed by religious bigotry.
| 1t is time for them all to stand by each other
ana act together for self-defense.
By Order Of the Committee.