The Irish standard., 1895-10-26

form nor fOr WnaL ODJecC Iue generosity
Is extended the noxious element sits in
judgment upon the act and attributes
| to the giver an unworthy motive. Why
this is done it is hard to say except it be
| that the one who goes about carrying
| the poison wishes the world to believe
| that his penetration is such that he can
discern the true motives OF all his fellow
| men, and the pity of it is that through
his moral bias he never can find wor-
| thy motive in any one-himself excepted.
| He is the personifcation of virtue and
excellence in all things.
Here is an illustration of this human
fungi. 1t is the editor of the Waseca
Herald. He says:
"That J. ). Hill and other organized
plunderers Of the people, who rob the,
poor and then turn around and endow
religious colleges for the clergy, and give
largely to churches, should squirm when
they read the Herald is not strange. Nor
is it any wonder that the insignificant
creatures who are hired to do his bidding
should bark at our heels. That J. J. Hill
and other corporate magnates and mil
lionaires endow churches and religious
schools for the purpose Of closing the
mouths Of both clergy and laymen, goes
without saying. j. j. Hill is not giving.
q half million dollars so ostentatiously
for nothing. He understands the power
Of money and clergy just as we'll as he
understands the power of money and the
press and he makes very few mistakes in
such matters. He has an army OF I'M
scrupulous newspaper writer's to belfttle,
deride ard besmirch every man who op-
poses his schemes. Through some Of his
henchmen he now claims that we lately
accepted free tran sportation and free
fare' at the hands Of Mr.. Hill, and that
therefore we are debarred from making
criticism Of Mr.. Hills magnit1cence %
ETC. There is no truth, not particle OF
truth. in the statement. We never ac-
cepted of Mr. Hill or any other railroad
magnate any transportation or any other
service, as editor Or publisher, that we
did not pay for. And if any railroad
man or manager has ever extended to us
any courtesy with the expectation OF
owning or influencing our opinions, he
has made mistake. That there are men
with souls so small that they can thus be
influenced we do not doubt, judging from
the barking at our heels Of one Of his
Minneapolis puppies and it's Waseca
echo.''
The remarks on this particular topic
are given in full so that the reader may
see with. what richness of egotism this
modern Don Quixote is endowed. Ina
CINE this fellow righting the wrongs OF
the world. Fancy him astride Of his
Bucephalus on the plains of Waseca and
away beyond fitting at imaginary wind
mills, because the real windmills have
not vet been erected for his accommoda-
ton. Imagine Mr.. Hill squirming at the
denunciations Of this terrible sWash-s
backer-Mr. Hill, who probably never
heard of the Herald or if SO heard of it
itor. Barking at the heels Of this moral
KNIGHT Grant is a very significant re-
mark concerning the '.insigniticant Gre
atures'' for these creatures always ex-
tract much hilarious amusement from
viewing the highly fantastic or hideousiy
grotesque. GS3s.
The only .ostentatto1 = about Mr.. Hill
in giving this large amount Of mbney
was a modest and appropriate speech
made at the dedication Of the seminary.
OF course, the building shows for itself.
TO avoid the semblance of ostentation
perhaps the Herald man would like to
have seen it built underground. But this
great eonservator of the morals Of a ma
ton has nothing TO say Of the motives Of
Phil Armour IN erecting an institution
for manual training in Chicago; Of Rock
Eefe1ler for his gift to the Chicago UniVer
sity OF Leland Stanford for his endow
2Inent Of the university that bears his
name ! az the late e.. w. Ghilds for build
ing a home FOR aged print of Peabody
for assisting the poor OF Lone don; OF Mon
ltefione for giving abe ping hand to the
people gof his own race, the Jews; Of Ear
on IIirsch Tor ii irnil purpose; and Of
Tie risk and Vanderbilt univ ersities at
MASH me. aicll man aised
much 10 hem on
~;