St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-15
FLOUR CITY EVENTS.
Minneapolis 0rangemen Take
a Few Turns at the Mat
ter Of Boycotts.
A Tour of Inspection Made by
Gen. Grant and Mayor
Winston.
The River Should Not Be Used
as a Dumping
Place.
Burglar Kelly's Father a
Wealthy Contractor OF :.
Kansas City.

The GLOBE of Wednesday morning
published the fact that the Irish-Catho-
lie organizations of Minneapolis Will
boycott certain retail stores because in
their windows were placed cards an
nOuncing that the Orangemen of the
city would 60 down the river to Pres
colt for picnic July IL. the anniversary
of the battle of the Boyne. The
Orangemen make this reply over the
signature of NJ. E. Bryant, the district
master of the order:
Orangemen celebrate this day, not because
of personal victory of William of Orange
over James II. of England, at the battle. of
Boyne. but because of the principles that
were there victorious; liberty of speech lib
erty of the press liberty to worship accord
ing to the dictates of ones own conscience,
liberty to Protestanlsm. all of which are God
given liberties, none of which should be, or
can be suppressed blythe bgotry, superstition
and intolerance of the Roman Catholic
church.
The principles of Orangeism were planted
on American soil by the Pilgrim Fathers. and
the principles for which Orangeism stands
are embodied in the Constitution of our be-
loved country, the United States of America,
and in this respect only are we ''antagonistic
to the Catholic'rellgion." Orangemen enter
tain no hatred or i'll will towards Roman
Catholic brother. but on the contrary, would
in need of help. but they are opposed to the
hierarchy of Rome and that form of despot-
ism under the gdise of religion that would
stamp liberty from off the face of the earth.
and that is foe to our institutions, espe-
cially the ''lttle red schoolhouse.'
Now, regarding the boycott. In the first
place, the laws of the country have decided
that boycotts are unlawful, and those insi-
eating them are amenable 10 the law. Boy
colt is the meanest thing that a people can
resort to. Possibly this accounts for the
Irishman being the inventor We would
like to drop word of warning to these self
constituted, patriotic Irishmen. Hibernians
and Roman Catholics that they have not a
monopoly OF that mean thing, a boycott.
They want to bear in mind that there
are 100000 Protestants in this city to
their 5000, as they give their num-
Der (and l question very. much II
The Orangemen aud many of the Protestants
of this city and ST. Paul wish to say TO those
business houses that if they should feel the
practical result of this threatened boycott
they have but 10 make it known to the
Orange lodges of this city and they will guar
antee that not only the Orangemen but pa
trlouc Protestants of this city and st. Paul
will more than make up the amount of trade
lost; and we also believe that there are Ro-
man Catholics in this city who would dis
countenance such meanness. 1t is pretty
state of affairs, indeed. when secret loyal
American societies cannot picnic without
breeding ill-feeling with bigoted Roman
Catholics, and especially the Irishmen of
that faith. The Orangemen have never in
terfered with the Hibernian societies that
parade i'll this city. and there are more
Orangemen in the city than Hibernians.
twice over; but we want it understood once
for all, that the Orangemen will picnic. cele-
brate and parade in this or any other city
whenever and wherever they may elect Hi
bernlans to the contrary notwithstanding.
providing the law does not forbid parading
or celphraIiup