The Irish standard., 1894-06-16

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DONNELLY CORRECTED.
In published interview with Ignatius
DonnelIy on the political outlook for the
Peoples party in Minnesota this fall, the
Penny Press reports him as saying: "lhe
Democrats lin 1892 made special ap
peal to religious prejudices by nominat-
ing Mr.. Lawler for governor and making
q personal appeal to Catholics to stand
by on sectarian grounds. This cut down
our vote, but at the same time it inten-
sifed religious feeling and had largely to
do with the spread Of A. P. A'ism in the
state. AT that time the Democrats were
sanguine of carrying the nation and were
preaching the doctrine that free trade
was the universal panacea to give pros
peritY to everyone"
Such statement as this, coming from
a prominent politician like Mr.. Donnelly,
who was himself candidate for COVER
nor against Mr.. Lawler, deserves few
words of comment from The IRISH
STANDARD. When Mr.. Donneily asserts
that the Democrats made special ap-
peal to religious prejudice by nominating
a Roman Catholic for governor of this
state and that personal appeal was
made to Catholics to stand by him on
sectarian grounds, he says more than
facts Justify him in saying. The Demo.
cratic party of this state when nominal
ing Dan w. LAWYER for governor did not
consider his religion but hisqualidcations
for the Office. He was an American born
citizen possessing IN an eminent degree
a]l the requisite qualifications, and for
that reason and no other was he made
the standard. bearer Of the Democracy.
The Republican party, however, was not
actuated by such high motives in select
ing Knute Nelson. That party was
aware that he was the strongest man
they could nominate because of his ma
tionality, and perhaps the matter of re-
ligion entered into the choice. During
the campaign the Republican managers
did all they could to work on the religious
preiudices of the Scandinavians in a
stealthy way, and made many of them
believe that if Lawler were elected the
governor de facto would be none other
than his grace, Archbishop Ireland. The
Republicans secured the cooperation of
the Lutheran clergy, who, in the pulpit
and outside of it, urged their focks to
vote against Lawler Oh account OF his
creed. When Mr.. Donnelly asserts that
personal efforts we're made to have Cath
olics vote for Lawler he says what is not
entitled to credence. Neither Catholic
clergymen nor lsymen ever appealed to
voters in behalf of Lawler on account of
religion, and when Mr.. Donnelly insinu-
ates that they did he is guilty of wilful
misrepresentation. But during the CAM
paign he misrepresented Lawler in every
possible way, though he knew quite we'll
that he himself had no chance of being
elected. Toward the close Of the cam.
paign Mr.. Lawler replied to all the false
charges made against him by his un-
scrupulous opponent, and the Sage of
Nininger remained eloquently silent after
the charges were refuted.
Are Catholics never to receive nomina-
tons for important Offices in this state
because religious feeling may be intensi-
fed and the un-American cabal called
the A. P. A. may spread and grow? That
is apparently what Mr.. Donnelly means
in his interview. A Lutheran may get
the nomination for governor, and a Moth
ingarian like Mr.. Donnelly may get it,
but Catholic should not, for fear of
bigotry. What exalted senti-
ments from the man who voluntarily
the Catholics from the pro-
scriptive organization which he ridiculed
so eloquently in the principal cities of
This country few months ago!
Mr.. Donnelly knows that the Lutheran
ministers of this city issued circular to
the Scandinavians Of hesitate during the
asst campaign, calling upon them in their
clerical capacity to vote for the Republi-
ian nominees for judges Of the supreme
court. The leading Scandinavian paper
n this city changed it's politics to help
,lect Nelson and advised the ministers
o instruct their hocks on political topics
n their churches, During the. entire
the Lutheran parsons Of the
tate, both openly and clandestinely, in
tructed their religious followers in q |
oreign language to vote against D an.