St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-13
BOYCOTT IT WILL BE.
Irish Catholics Declare War
on Some Of the ;, Largest
Retail Stores.
Democratic and Republican
Committees Held Meet
ings Yesterday.
A Crippled Druggist Brutality
Beaten by a Couple
of Burglars.
Another Soldiers Home
Another Soldiers Home
Building--An Attempt to
Commit Suicide.

Minneapolis is going to have real
live boycott. The Irish Catholics are
going to boycott several of the most
prominent stores In the city.
1t is all because yesterday was the
18th of July. Once upon a time James
III. of England. Catholic monarch. had
battle beside little stream in Ireland
called the Buyne river. James was
soundly whipped, SO soundly whipped
that he was forced to leave the country
without ever packing his throne and
taking it with him. William of
Orange was the man who admins
tered the severe castigation to James.
When James went away William took
the abandoned throne of England and
sat upon it until he died. Most of the
Irish people were partisans of James,
but few of the dwellers in the North
espoused the cause of William. They
were so elated over the defeat of James,
they being all Protestants. that it be-
came custom with them to celebrate
the anniversary of the battle of the
Boyne. In the course of time secret
order arose. the object of which was to
continue the celebration of the anniver-
Sary of the battle of the Boyne and to an
tagOniZe the Catholic religion. With en-
IgratiOn the order spread to the western
continent. 1t never secured much of a
hold in the United States. Over in some
parts of Canada the Orangemen are
numerous, though, and they have Son.e
beautiful fghts'' on the 18th of July
when they march with flying banners
and carry notices calculated to arouse
the ire OF Irish Catholics. Minneapolis
has good many Orangemen, but not
enough of them so that they are desir-
Gus of parading in the streets. They do
get together once in while. though,
and celebrate the battle of the Boyne.
Yesterday was the day and they cele-
brated, although quietly. But it was
not so quietly done That it did not breed
trouble.
The Minneapolis Orangemen went on
picnic to Prescott. Wis, but they had
to advertise the picnic. To do it they
bought some orange-colored cards and
had printed OH them the announcement
of the picnic. These cards were posted
in the regular way in some of the most
prominent windows in town. They
were seen by 1riShmen and Catholics,
and boycott will be instituted against
all the stores where those cards were
displayed. A man was employed all
yesterday afternoon in getting COM
plete list of the stores that displayed
the cards, and the list was presented
last night to meetings OF several Irish
organizations. The decision reached in
every meeting was that the stores should
be bOycotted.
suppose picnic of the Ancient
Order OF Hibernians were to be aGver-
, tised in the same way, would not the
Orangeinen have the same good reason
for making a complaint" was asked of
one particularly aroused Irishman
NO." was the emphatic answer,
..there is all the difference in the world
between the Orangemen and the Hi
bernians. The Hibernians are composed
of American citizens. 1t interferes with
no mans business or his religion. 1t
minds its own affairs. 1t is simply
beneficial order-a benevolent order.
The Orange order is un-American.-
1t is founded on. prejudice of the
meanest sort. 1t lives for the sole
purpose of antagonizing the Catholics.
1t has no other object. AS l said, it is
un-American because to prevent the
exercise of what every man the United
States guarantees to all-eQual rights in
spite of religious beliefs. 1t has moth
ing in common with American institu-
tons, Its king, its god, is King William
of England" -
This boycott. if enforced earnestly,
will mean big loss to the few mer-
chants who displayed the Orange cards.
1t is estimated that Minneapolis has a
Catholic population of about 10000. The
patronage of that number of people
means good deal. And the Irishman
knows how to use the boycott because
he invented it.