The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-07-14
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. SATURDAY, JULY H.

. elk authors Of the Constitution, nine
signers Of the Declaration of Independ
ence, upwards Of 20 generals of brigade
! and a notable list of statesmen, jurlste
i and millionaires.
1 An Irishman built the White House
James Hoban, of Charleston, 8. c., won
the $500 prize in the competition for
building the presidents house.. or "pal-
ace,'' as it was called in the early docu-
| ments. ;.
Did yoa know that General Grants
| mother was an Irish woman? She wss
Miss Simpson. The Simpsons were from
Limerick, and the great soldier presi-
dents name was Ulysses S. Grant. In
conversation with distinguished Union
f.soldler the other day I learned many in
terssting impressions he had gathered of
that great war genius and general, Stone
wall jackson. Among other things he
stated that Jackson was OF North of ire
land. Presbyterian stock, and that the
only Union officer who had ever success
fully stood against him was an Irishman
also General Shields, who was in politi-
teal life SO singularly 'honored rs to be
elected United States Senator from
three different states.
Chief Justice o. A. Lochrane, of the
fsupreme Court of Georgia, was called
/ the "rosy Lochrane," not only because ct
his tlor1d complexion, but On account Of
tho tropical luxuriance of his graceful
and polished diction. I was once en-
Egaged In q case in which the judge was
EEpalled in as arbitrator, but so infectious
Ssanu all-pervasive was his good 'humor
Ethat laughter struck the keen edge from
lcontroversy, the result being that the
bother arbitrator and the "appeal or third
Eman" found no duties, for We arrived at
Ega settlement before We reached an argu-
ment! #.-.
4 There were hundreds of brave Irish
men on both Sides during the Civil War,
land none will forget among the Union
forces Thomas Francis Meagher, O'Berns.
Dorcoran, Mulligan, defender Of Lexing-
ton, one of the first soldiers of promin-
enoe killed; Tom Smyth, OF Delaware,
||Aahs laat officer killed during the war, and
your own St. Clair A. Mulholland, whom
ycu can't kill, and whose high qualities
of head and heart have won the respect
of both sides.
Forty. four states-eighty five senator's
Montana, Washington and Wyoming
would not or could not elect; the govern
ors could not appoint-so there you are.
OF these eighty five senators all are ma
tive-born except Patrick Walsh. of
Georgia; Samuel Pasco of Florida, who
was born in London, and James McMil-
Ian, of Michigan, in Canada.
McGann, of Illinois; Weadock, Of
Michigan; CLANCY and Graham, of Brook
lyn, N. Y; McAleer, of Pennsylvania;
William Bourke Cochran and Timothy
J. Campbell, of New York city, and
Ryan, of New York state, were born in
Ireland.
David B. Henderson, Of Iowa, first saw
the light at Old Deer, Scotland, and the
Norwegians Of the House are Haugan, of
Wisconsin, and Boen, of Minnesota, the
latter, in the language of an autobio-
graphical sketch, "being the younger of
twin brothers"
"Now, how does Boen know that?" I
asked of several interested parties, and
one of them, who seemed to speak with
the authority of an M. D., gave rather
unsatisfactory explanation. "What do
you think of that answer to the problem?"
I said to Chicago man. 1.-The man who
gave that explanation is less an NJ. d.
than D. F." said he. II will tell you
all about it. In the good old days, when
casualties like twins were of more fire.
quent occurrence, it became necessary,
undes English law, to determine the
rights Of the first born.' so that it was
the custom to tie red silken thread on
the little arm or first member that saw
the light in order to determine prece-
dence. and so established became this
principle that in an authenticated case
Of which I cannot give you reference
without consulting my memoranda,
where the silken thread had been tied,
and by accident or. necessity the arm
was withdrawn and the other twin actu-
ally born first, it was held that, notwith-
standing this fact, the silken thread de-
termined the th-right, and the ques-
tion of inheritance was SO adjudged." :"
Will some Philadelphia lawyer tell us if
| this is true doctrine?
Good Returns for Capital Invested.
Mr.. w. w. Ouless, r. A.. tells capital
story Of the time whom he was painting
John Bright portrait. ].
One day Mr.. Bright said to him when