The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-11-23
Showing Up An A. P A.
What Brann's Iconoclast Thinks
of Jackson, Vice.President
of the Order.
He Has st. Vitus Dance in the Jaw
Bone and Interviews
Himself.
! Compares the federation of CATH
olics to That of the
ProteStants.

inaugurate the Golden age, to pull the
Millennium in by the ears. We have just
learned that he is living, and have lifted
out whole page of live "ads" that we
may impart to the public that important
information. That with our long range
telescope, we have hitherto overlooked
jackson, fronting destiny like lnuley-
calf facing runaway freight train, is
our misfortune. not his fault. He has
been there all the time not only willing
+. but eager to be observed, says Brann's
Iconoclast
Jackson is not star Of the first mag
nitude in the political armament, but his
procession is something appalling. Ha
is making the rounds of all the constella-
tions TO see which he likes best. at the
gait he is now going, it will not take
him ten years to make the entire circuit
of the political zodiac. When first OBJ
served he was Democrat with q we'll
defined itch for office. Failing to find
a panacea for his pain, he turned Popu-
list and tried to break into the legisla-
ture by means of the Omaha platform,
hut. was again hoist by his own petard.
All Jaekson's s petards seem to go off pre-
n.aturaly and leave him outside the
walls. After falling to reach the iegls-
launre By bawling for Populisn with MS
mouth opan, he turned up as wheel
horse in the a. P. A., and by close atten-
ton to other peoples business, has at
tanned to the national vice presidency OF
the Aggregation of Political Asses.
Undoubtedly Jackson has become a
H>+ in n
10 spill his superlatives through his
teeth. to work out the salvation of his
,ong-snffering country by the magic pow
er Of wind. He has st. Vitus' dance OF
The jawbone-has contracted the bad
habit OF interviewing himself when be
has nothing to say. Jackson fairly oozes
patriotism His zeal registers 200 in the
shade when there's frost on the grass.
Es is the knight errant OF "A. +. A,sn1.
He has straddled his Rosinante and sal
lied forth to rescue maids foriorn from
the muItifarious ills Of convent llfe-to
snatch cities states and nations from
the deep-eyed villiany of the Vatican.
He is welding bs snickersnee with all
,he visor of the maid of Saragossa, is
loading and firing his smooth bore with
the impetuosty Of a Molly Pitcher.
The last time Jack kson succeeded i'll run
ling himself down and securing his tar
6y consent to talk for publication, he in
formed the 5,s23 readers of the Dallas
News that 'a Catholic IN politics cannot
he true American, because he votes
the way his church wants him to- We
cen only wonder where Jackson. stum-
ble6 onto this bit OF important informa-
ton anu when he is going to prove it.
The Iconcelast is a pretty goood har-
,,epi.er, but it cannot reconcile the jack
soDian theory with existing conditions
II finds Catholics prominent in the coun-
ellis of all the great political parties
pegsistently working and voting against
each other, and frequently electing Pro-
testants an infideis in preference to men
OF their own religious faith. If the Vat
lean is intent on the capture and control
Of the American government. why does
II set its political mercenaries to fight
ing among themselves? We much fear
that the national vice president OF the
Aggregation OF Political Asses is MAX
ing an indecent exposure Of his ignor-
aEce. He should hasten to hang some
thing heavy or the narrative of his meth
or garment to prevent it's swirling in the
cyclone raised by his lungs.
4 little consideration will convince any.
fair-minded man that the Catholics are
not near 50 clannish pilitically as are the
FroteStants: that the preachers take far
more dish in politics than do the
priests. Catholic communities frequent
IL eject Pratestants TO the highest public
oiffcss within their gift, but the courtesy
Is seldom returned. Just imagine a
Roman Catholic being elected judge Of
this good old Baptist county ofAfcI4ennon!
What is true of America is true of Ire
land. The present Irish parliamentary
party contains a number OF Protestant
memh hers. all chosen by Roman Catholic
constituents. yet those communities
where the Protestants have a majority
have never elevated Catholic above the
dignity of dog-catcher. Every important
city IN Ireland has more than once elect
e6 Protestant mayors but what Orange
city has ever elected a Catholic chief
magistrate? Not one, Prior to the ad
vent of the 4. P A. there was not a Cath
o,ic community in all America where a
Protestant would hesitate on account of
religious prejudice TO become candidate
for political prefern,ent: yet it were. as
Easy 10 elect corn-field coon President
of these United States as to elevate the
most learned and patriotic Catholic to
that Office
jackson prattles much OF Keeping the
church out Of politics. Ii that be indeed
the object OF Els eXeftlGna he had pest
align his guns in the opposite direction.
The Catholic church has never meddled
in American poiitics-the priest who pre-
sume;i 10 do so would be rebuked by his
cMn parishioers and could consider hfn-
self fortunate if he were not unfrocked: !:
but a large proportion of the Protestant
preachers proclaim their .pet political
dogmas from the pulpit. Taimage's ser
mons are oftimes no more than politicsl
harangues. while Sam Jones can scarce
0nen mis- empty head without airing lis
cpikions anenI public questions that have
aanght to do with either religion or NOR
& as.
s The A. F. A. is a politico- religious sor i
ESaA1xRtion which Is WarT5Gg upon The
u 6Iogy of the Church Dc Rome as veil
I = sn IN the civic ghts sof Its cinmhnf-
The laassss s'eq 'ers