The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-01-11
STILL HARPING ON THE POPE.

f. SILL af1AkPlNU UN nE POPE.
"Whom the gods would destroy they
! first make mad" w. H. J. Traynor,
supreme president of the American Pro
tective Association (mark the title) better
known as the A. F. A., recently issued
circular to the rank and file in which
he reviewed the progress OF the clique
and also discussed the political situation
| and other things
The circular states that a large number
of Che members of congress belong to the
| A. P. A. and that they have number Of
pet measures which they will introduce
at this session. OF course all these
measures will be aimed directly Or indi-
rectly against Catholics. It IS patriotism
that urges them to take this step, just
as it is perdition that will urge them to
! take the other later on.
| Speaking of the presidential election
this choice bit of literature intended for
the edtfication of the faithful says:
ut is doing no injustice to Mr.. Cleve
land to assert that if the United States
had been papal country and the pope
temporal sovereign, our president could
! not have given more recognition to the
| papacy as temporal power, than
! he has during his present term
Of office, commencing with his
! obsequious present of q magnificently
| bound edition of the American constitu-
ton to the pope, and concluding with the
disgraceful promotion of Col Coppinger,
who is worthy of notice only, and that
not seriously as a fervent adherent Of the
pope of Rome, and an ardent admirer Of
papal institutions, two facts sufficient in
themselves to eternally debar him from
any public Office in the gift of a free ma
ton or any of its representatives.
OF course, of course. And if the A. P.
AIS had been evolved from their Shiny
source during the rebellion they would
have protested against the battles
| won and the courage displayed by Phil
Sheridan because he was a, Catholic. And
as to making him head Of the army-but
the thought is too much.
Reed and Allison get rap, too, in this
circular because they have not run
amuck for the purpose of striking to the
death every papist they ran across.
These two gentlemen antagonized the A.
P. AS and for that sin they are specially
signalled out for slaughter.
There are a few choice spirits though
that this manifesto recommends who are
entitled to the support of the order.
These are the Hon. w. l.. Linton, Of
Michigan; Senator John H. Gear, of Iowa;
Gov. w. o. Bradley, of Kentucky, and ex-
President Harrison. Curipusly enough,
they somehow overlooked the fact that
Gov. Bradley is a descendant of Dan
O'Connell, and THAT the "C' in his name
is the abbreyiation Of the name of the IL
lustrious L:berator.
Warning is given to the Republicans
that if they show any trucking to
Rome that "new party should and
must result Carter, chairman Of the ma
tional Republican committee. and Harri
ty, chairman of the Democratic, are
scored for being uncompromising
papists.
Traynor found out another thing. He
has discovered that the drilling and arm
ing of Irishnen in this country is moth
ing more nor less than a deep laid plot
to drive this country under the awful
yoke of the papacy. AS soon as the
United States becomes involved in war
these armed lrishmen Will rush to the
support of the pope, tear up the country
by the roots and hand it over to Rome.
OF course that would he very unpatriot-
ic on the part of the Irishmen and not in
keeping with their conduct during the re-
bellion, but times are changed.
The war idea is not favored. It is
claimed that the cry is made in the inter-
ests of the president, the priests and the
monied men-the first to secure his re-
election, the second to gain absolute
power and The third to make money
when bonds would necessarily be issued.
To go to war with England, says this
combination Of Sir Andrew Aguecheek,
Bob Acres, Uriah Heep and a modern
swashbuckler, would be mutual ca
lamity and an international sim Of
course, England must not be sinned
against.
How often have we listened to the CAB
BILE of this tribe about patriotism. Their
shibboleth is America for Americans
and yet they serenely tell rls that their
oath would not permit them to fight
against England should this country go
to war over the Venezuelan matter be-
cause Venezuela is Catholic country!
| And such is the patriotism of those
Shiny fellows knows as Apes.
VESTS SPEECH.