The Irish standard., 1895-03-02
REVIEW OF OUR WORK.

REVIEW OF OUR WORK.
This number marks an epoch in the
career Of THE IRISH STANDARD.
This issue is an extra edition, Of 10000
copies, devoted to q charitable insti-
tuition Of a public nature. Realizing
that a newspaper is a. public servant,
devoted to the interest Of the COM
munity in which it exists, it gives
the publishers of THE STANDARD an
especial pleasure to refer to It's his
tory, objects and policy.
The first issue of the paper was Nov.
{, 1885, as the Northwestern Stand
ard.
The establishment Of paper Of the
nature and with the objects of THE
STANDARD was a new idea in this
community, and, consequently, more
or less Of an experiment. The objects
of THE STANDARD were stated in
it's first address to it's readers, as fol-
lows:
Cur entry into the journalistic field
needs little or no comment; but, IN
Justice to those who have already en-.
dorsed our project, a public definition
of our policy becomes necessary.
The need of such an organ---Inore
especially at the present time--on the
eve Of Parnells glorious conquest, IS
and has been a long admitted fact.
To urge the Irishnen OF minneapolis
and the Northwest in general TO up
held that patriots hands in his fight
with British tyranny, that the doubt
may yet become a certainty, is our
main object. All things else are Sec
ondary.'
Such was the primary object in the
establishment Of THE STANDARD,
and it still continues to be the pri-
mary though by no means exclusive
object.
In April, 1886, the Northwestern
Standard was changed to THE IRISH
STANDARD, and came under the ex-
elusive control Of the present editor
and proprietors. On that occasion we
felt it in place to say that, We would
be deliberately prevaricatin9 were we
to assert that when The Northwestern
Standard was established some five
months ago, the management had no
misgivings as to its success, from
financial point of view, or otherwise.
1t was asserted by some that the Irish
feeling toward anything partaking of
a national Irish character was dor
fnant. and they would support any
paper but one advocating their in
terest. The extraordinary success of
THE STANDARD is the best evidence
which can be offered that such pre-
dictions lacked verifcation; on the
contrary, the Irishmen of the North
west have proved loyal to their organ
We made these remarks with en-
thusiasrn and confidence. The unln~
terrupted success Of the past 10 years
iustifes us in repeating them today
with an assurance born Of realized
success. Ten years ago we ventured
the assertion that THE STANDARD
had come to stay; today such an as
sertion is unoalled for. Forces OF
circumstances and nature will, OF
course, remove those who have estab-
lished the paper. but it will remain.
But while the success o. THE
STANDARD in its present scope is
assured. we do not hesitate to say
that we are still unsatlsfed. 1t is cur
ambition and intention to make still
greater changes in THE STANDARD
in the next decade than were. made
in the past. We are conyince! that
the usefulness of this journal can be
increased to a limit unthought Of by
its friends. In all Our efforts to ad-
vance the work in which we are en-
yased. we assure our patrons that
every increase Of prosperity Will be
applied exclusively to the betternent
of THE STANDARD.
In policy THE IRISH STANDARD
will continue to be what it has been
in the past, partisan when the prin-
ciples OF true democracy are assailed
and ut issue, sectarian only when
bigotry opens its mouth, devoted to
the cause of Irish nationality at all
points not inconsistent with true
.Americanism. and devoted to the i'll
terests Of the people OF the great
Northwest. We thank our friends for
the support given in the past, and
shall at all times endeaNor to make
40 demand not merited by this jour-
nal.