The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-12-17

these was brother of the great-grand-
father Of the present member Of parlia-
ment for East Wicklow. Wolfe Tone,
the Irish patriot martyr, was great
friend OF John Saeetman the elder.
From Wolfe Tones deathbed he sent
Sweetman pucketbook stained with
the patriots blood. The pocketbook 10
still an honored heirloom in the Sweet
man family. In one Of it's pages is writ
ton IN Wolfe Tones handwriting Tho fol-
lowing extract from Virgil: 1Te nunc
habet iste eeecundum"-1his has you now
as second owner. The Sweetman OF to-
day when very young man greatly adj
vanced the interests Of the great National
Land League established by Messrs. Par
nell and Dayitt. In 1873 Mr.. Sweetman
published pamphlet on the Irish land
question which opened the eyes Of those
who were seriously interested in Irish
politics. TIE pamphlet is mainly made
up of extracts from a work entitled
'England and Ireland" by the late john
Stuart Mill. In this pamphlet MIR.
Swsetman advises the Irieh people to or
ganize against the infamous system of
landlordism which was crushing their !,
very life out. He would exterminate all :,
landlordism, whether good or bad. He
wrote: "In my opinion, the bane of Ire :,
lpnd is what is called the good landlords ;
They are the men who perpetuate the {.
system of landlordism, whereby a few
mon are despots and thousands are
slaves. I cannot belive this system to be
useful to any country, although the
despots may be paternal and tbe slaves
willing" Later on Mr. Sweetman came
to Minnesota, which has practically been
his home ever since. Just before the
late general election in ireland he was
called and invited to be candidate for
Wicklow, Parnell's own county. Mr..
Sweetman is fearless in his opinions.
powerful in debate,and would have made
an admirable obstructionist, even in the
days when that was the most practical
policy to follow. - .
WISCONSIN.
st. Joseph's Cathedral, La Crosse, has :
a novelty in church lighting. A hard~r
wood frame surrounds statue of the
Blessed Virgin and the child Jesus, s,while
below is the name Ave Maria" On the
frame are thiroy-two one candle power
lamps, alternately red, white and blue,
while the name is in seventy-two red
globes. A star above the pictures is
made up OF 16 pure white globes.
Says the Sheboygan Journal: The
magnificent vote received by Attorney
General O'Connor proves that the tax
payers of Wisconsin appreciate the
matchless services of the best and brav-
est attorney-general the state has ever
had. Mr.. O'Connor leads the state
ticket with plurality Of 1857. For
three months after his Inauguration the
Republican papers throughout the state
prophesied that he would not dare to
bring suit against the Republican ex-
treasurers who had pocketed nearly q
million dollars OF the peoples money.
But he did, and everybody knows the
result. A Republican judge gave the
people Judgment for heentire amount.
The manly and honest efforts of cour-
ageous Jim O'Connor were rewarded by
the triumph of justice He will live in
the history OF Wisconsin as one of her
most faithful benefactors.
NORTH DAKOTA.
Dickinson Recorder of Dec. 8: Bishop
Stanley gave an hours talk Sunday
evening, on the origin and belief Of the
Catholic Church, to the largest and most
appreciative audience that ever as
sembled at the rink. Many pleasant
things might be said about the meeting
and would be-if we had the space, but
this we will say: Bishop Stanley is
pleasing and impressive speaker, and
the Catholic Church Of North Dakota is &
to be congratulated on having such
man as he at It's head. That the Church
WIZ WI" 10 nuo1ofSI " " uAeoE LIS mhHae6m0n6
is already assured. .55 !.
The Fargo Argus corroborates what
Bishop Shanley said on the liquor ques-
tion. a reporter Of that paper visited
the 'blind pigs" in Fargo and found
them ''in clover" He states that they q
flourish in great numbers in many se- 4
cluded places in the city; that beer and
whisky are dealt ont regardless Of law il
The face Of officials, and that these halls
Of iniquity run day and night and are Il
supplied with gambling attachments. 81
In the face Of these facts the rantine Sa
Of North Dakota who spout
about prohibition have poured yialesof
wrath upon the consecrated head % tha Il
Catholic bishop for calling 1iibiittiioin, q
farce and an imposition upon sensiill,llssl
and law ahif3ino ri zarIa