The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-04-07

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ANGLo-sAxoN TwADDLE.
A writer bearing the outlandish cog
nomen of Bocock has a ten page article
in the April Forum on "The Irish Con
quest of Our Cities Like many other
Americans of Anglo. Saxon origin he
labors under the deluslon that the Irish
are here on suferance, and that America
is sort of an Anglo. Saxon colony instead
of being a cosmopolitan nation, as it
really is. The Anglo Saxon element in
the United States is really an inconsid-
cradle fraction of the complex race which
inhabits the great republic. It is far less
than the Celtic blood which flows in the
veins of generations of Americans from
the time of the English settlements to
the present day. When Bocock speaks
of "our" cities :and says they are con-
trolled politically by the Irish, he forgets
to remember that the Irish have con-
tributed largely to build up the cities,
and that they have as much interest in
their prosperity as citizens of any other
race. If the Irish have succeeded in
securing poll ical supremacy in some OF
the cities it is because of their superior
ity as politicians. Bocock says that lit is
hardly necessary to point out that the
Irish in America constitute small per-
centage of the population In making
that assertion he is wofully mistaken.
They form altogether about twenty five
per cent of the population, and that is q
large percentage. They have been COM
ing to this country in streams for more
than century, and it is we'll for the
United States that they have come. In
revolutionary days they fought with
Washington on every battle field, and SO
numerous were they in the patriotic
army that Lord Mountioy exclaimed in
the British parliament, I'VE have lost
America by the Irish" In the second
war with Great Britain the Irish took a
conspicuous part, and in the rebellion
they displayed their valor and patriotism
in defense of the Union.
America belongs to the Irish more than
to the Saxone, for while many of the lat
ter took the part Of the mother coun-
try" during the revolution, the Irish
we're loyal unto death. Men of Bocock's
stamp are jealous of the Irish because
they are intellectually superior to them
selves Not only in the United States
but in every country they have settled
have Irishmen achieved success in politi-
cal affairs. In the British colonies they
have come to the front when thrown in
competition with the Saxons, In civil
service examinations when pitted against
their English competitors, the young men
of ireland at the present day carry off
tho honors. In this country the Irish
rank high in oratory, and if Americans
admire any thing more than another, it
is the divine gift of eloquence with which
Irishmen are endowed. In political gath
erings and conventions the Irish excel as
speakers and hence they WELD tremen.
dous influence in elections.
Bocock lueubriously cries out that
among the cities led captive by Irish
men and their sons are New York, Brook
Ign, Jersey City, Hoboken, Boston, Chi
cago, Buffalo, Albany, Troy, Pittsburg,
St. Paul, s.. Louis, Kansas City, Omahs,
New Orleans, and San Francisco. The
mayor of Dubuque is Mr.. Dougherty; of
Fall River, Mr.. Coughlin; of Holyoke.
Mr.. Dennis Farr; of Los Angeles, Mr..
Rowan; of Rochester, MI. Curran; OF
Savannah, Mr.. McDonough; of Scranton,
MIR. Cornell; of Troy, Mr.. Dennis Whe-
Ian, and of Chicago, John P. Hopkins
He then takes up the "Police and
Prison Cyclopedia'' to show that the
chiefs Of police in the leading American
cities bear Irish names. The patrolmen
also wear Hibernian countenances.
Booock asks "What do the majorities of
the citizens of American municipalities
think of themselvee?" If the Irish COM
prise such small proportion Of our pop
ulation as Bocock alleges, they are ex-
ceedingly clever in monopolizing the
offices. Bocock must be disappointed
politician or member of a proscrlptive
organization.
DEATH OF A BRITISH SPY.
Major LeCaron; the British spy and
infOrmer. is gone to his reward. accord