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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05
McCrnre's for June.

For significance, variety and interest
of matter, and beauty of illustration,
there rarely issues magazine equal
to the June number of McClure's. A
series Of life portraits Of Queen Victoria,
made timely by the sixtieth anniversary
Of her reign, is an attractive feature.
There are twenty-five Of these portraits.
all reproduced with rare beauty and
showing Victoria at various ages, from
two years to the present time. There
are exceptionally good stories in the
number, several Of them true stories;
and they make the number as ffvs,y
and entertaining az 1t H. instructive.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05
list chroniclsd In this newspapers and
che prices current quoted In the stosSy
exchange"

Lord Justice Barry, the gentleman
who prosecuted the Fenians in Ireland
some thirty years ago and called them
murderers and assassins, has shudieu
off the mortal coil and gene to his re-
ward. He has Joined Judge Keogh, All
ether instrument of British tyranny. in
the world Of spirits. The latter cnt his
throat, while the former died natural
death. Both of them were "Cawtholics"
who rose On their country's ruins to
fame" to do the. dirty work OF England
in their native land. Another Judge
Of the same type yet remains. He is
Judge Peter O'Brien, alias 'Pether tho
Packer" most subseryient tool of Eng
land The sooner these anti-Irish irish
men "pass in their checks the better
for their motherland.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05
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Commenting on the decision Of At
torney General McKenna in re the
Catholic chapel at West Point, Mr..
O'Shea, of the Catholic Standard and
Times. who was formerly editor Of the
Dublin Freeman's Journal; pertinently
remarks: I'm Ireland there were aud
are Catholic Judges who have climbed
to the highest judicial positions by the
sacrifice Of every national and Catholic
principle and the defamation Of their
co-religtonfsts. These are known as
"Castle Cawtholics." When ON the
bench they strain the law to send Catho-
lies to prison or the ga1fows If by doing
SO they think they are serving the gov
eminent. We thought the genus was
unknown here. We are Of different
opinion now.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

Secretary Gage admits that the monty
question needs settlement, and that The
administration will attend to the matter
after the tariff bill is. disposed of, or at
the earliest possible moment when con.
sress meets about the end of the year.
Tie declares that he speaks for the
president in saying that the finances of
the country will be established on
sound and enduring basis. We believe
it impossible for the Republican I'D
ministration to do anything of the jlind
so long as it sticks to the SINCE gold
standard.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05
THE. DUBLIN CORPORATION.

We are delighted over the action Of
the Dublin Corporation in defeating {
resolution introduced at a special meet
ing of that body to congratulate Queen
Victoria upon having attained to the
Goth year of her reign. Sir Henry Coch'
rane moved that an address be present.
ed to her majesty and after prolonged
debate vote was taken resulting in II
for and % against.
Alderman Jones made the principal
address and said that Nationalist re-
spected the Queen as woman, but the
wrongs they had endured during he,
reign, and which continued unredressed
made it incumbent upon them to present
no address Of a complimentary nature
to her on this occasion. The results o.
her reign to Ireland has been popula'
ton reduced by one-half, taxation
doubled per head, and agriculture re-
ruced one-third. Mr.. Talon followed
by saying: cam I to rejoice over the
famine of 1S47, or over the repatriation
of my countrymen and the misery ane
restitution which has followed? I at
tribute none of these acts to the Queen
but cannot disassociate her from hel
government" Sir Robert Sexton sale
the Queen reigned but did not govern
and was not responsible for all the evils
that had come upon Ireland. Mr.. LeahJ
responded by saying that the Queen:
conduct in the case of the Manchester
martyrs stood unparalleled amongrth thai
of the crowned heads, and would forever
stand as a lasting disgrace. Alderman
Pile declared that the Queen had hel
duties as well as her rights, and It wa<
because she had failed In what he con
sidered her duty to Ireland that he was
not prepared to vote for loyal address:
of congratulation. He twitted the title:
members Of the corporation upon theil
loyalty, and when the vote was an
nounced there was loud applause from
the audience.
The Cork corporation few week:
ago refused to pass an address Of con:
graduation to the Queen. An acrimonI
GUS debate ensued, which was termin.
ated by motion ''to proceed with thu
next business. !" which was the repairing
an old street, and which was carried
amid applause hy 9 lakxs majority Il
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05
ELECTION FROM PARLIAMENT.

Friday night, May 28, John Il. Red
mond and three Of his followers were
elected from the House of Commons for
insisting on speaking of the over-tax-
alton of Ireland when another subject
affecting English interests Was under
consideration. They were suspended
for a week, but the government In its
great magnanimity allowed them to
take their seats on the following Mon
day, and it is presumed they have been
good boys" ever since, or we would
have been told Of it by cable.
I'm cur opinion it makes very little
difference to Ireland whether the Red
mondite band is in OF cut OF parliament.
There was a time when obstruction
could be successfully pfacticed by Irish
members in the House of Commons,
but that time has passed by. Mr.. Red
mend himself, in his recent speech in
Minneapolis, humoreusly related how
Joseph Biggar, the colleague Of Par
nell, spoke on one OCCASION for five
hours in parliament and blocked all
business. Parliament, in self defense,
adopted rules to enable it to clfeekmate
the tactics of the obstructionists. These
rules are now enforced when necessary
and John Redmond and his brother
William, John Clancy and William Field
now realize their effect They knew
perfectly we'll what the consequence of
their obstruction would be; they knew
their tactics would not be tolerated by
large Tory majority; and they simply
ignored the rules for b11ncombe, know
ing that their constituents would back
them up in anything that would annoy
the government. They acted the part of
demagogues, in Our estimation, to make
political capital for themselves. Red
lnond is fond Of theatrical display and is
trying every effort in his power to sup.
ersede Dillon as Irish leader in the
Commons: The latter gentleman and
his adherents recently approved OF tile
plan suggested by Timothy Harrington
ties. Redmond and hts recaIcitran:s
stand aloof and desire no cancellation.
They want no united party, and there
fore, We say they are not true patriots
having the interest of Ireland at heart
At another time Mr.. Redmond caa
have an opportunity of bringing up the
over-ta&ation question in parliament,
and all the members from Ireland will
join him in demanding justice. When
they all act together the government
will listen more respectfully to them
whether relief is granted or not. If
they are not allowed to proceed with
the debate under the rules and are
"hamed" by the chairman, then let them
go out together with a shout Of defiance,
and they will earn the sympathy of
their countrymen in all parts of The
earth.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

! It is said that ex-Sheriff O'Brien, the
leader of the Young Democracy, is In
favor of nominating a candidate for
mayor of the Greater New York who
will endorse every plank In the Chicago
platform, free silver and all. The
Young Democracy is strong organiza-
tion, having two members of the board
of aldermen, about $50 places in the city
government. branches in every assem-
bly, district and considerable strength
In Brooklyn.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05
CENSOR!CUs CRITICISM.

We are surprised at the North ISL
ern Catholic for saying that cit is a
cold FLOODED, grotesque and ridiculous
piece of impertinence on the part Of the
Irish Standard to lecture the Germans
on their duty to their own children,
especially as to the language they shall
teach them" We beg. to inform our
Irish friend of Sioux City that we arc
doing nothing of the kind, and il he
had read our original item in full before
it was quoted by the Catholic Citizen
he would find we said nothing OF the
Germans that they could take oifcnse
at. Our contemporary may BE- right or
wrong in asserting that 1.-The Irish
Standard does not reflect the opinion OF
Irish-American Catholics on this sub
ject." We will net argue on that point,
but simply say that the Irish Standard
is published to ventilate it's own views
and not for the purpose of "refesting
the opinions of others. We are emit
tied to hold any opinion we please on
this or any other subject and the an
imadversions of our Sioux City c,ninm.
porary will not change our course.
We feel justified in saying that our
Hawkeye contemporary, in rushing to
the defense of the Milwaukee Citizen
and hurting it's epithets at our head, is
guilty of breach of journalistic court
esy for which it ought to apologize. We
serve notice on John Brennan that all
the big adjectives in his vocabulary will
not deter the Irish Standard from ex-
pressing its opinions fearlessly.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

The following extract from a Japan
csc newspaper published in Toxic is
given by the London Times: ''Thy
greatness, o England, Is not thy own
making. Thou hast not stored for thy
self coal in Lancashire and iron in York
shire. Thy commodious harbors of Liv-
erpool. Bristol, Southampton, etc., we're
not digged by thee. The warm wind
that comes from the west and the fruit
full rains which 1t brings are brought
to thy shores by a power that is not
thine own. Thou vast placed in the CEN
ter of the land hemisphere, and the
whole world turns toward thee: Thou
art the worlds mart and thy wealth is
the worlds. Then thy laws, literature
and religion-they, too, are not all thy
thinking. What were thy Hobbies, Aus
tin and Blackstone, had there not been
Caesar and Justinian for thee? What
were thy Milton and Shakespeare, had
there not been Aeschylus, Horace and
Virgil, who unwitting1y wrought for
thee? What were thy Wyc1thf, Knox
and Wesley, had there not been Isaiah.
Daniel and Paul, who preached for thee?
Rome, Greece. Judea, Phoentcia, all con-
tributed their parts to make thee great.
Thou art the product of ages Of huNan
labor, from Abraham and Homer down.
ward. The world demands from thee a
service which is thy due. Thy feet
ought to be employed not merely to pro-
tect thy interest, but to right the worlds
wrong. Thy pluck and skill ought to be
freely given to help the helpless, to res
cue the perishing.'
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

The first game Of chess by cable has
been played this week between members
of the British House of Commons and
members of the American House of Rep
resentatives. The next thing in order
is game between the American Senate
and the Spanish Cortes. They might as
we'll be playing chess In Washington as
specializing in sugar stocks and tinker.
ing with the tariff.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05
IS TIE YANKEE DYING OUT?

In last weeks issue we drew atten-
ton to the statement of Rev. Henry
Marley, the London evangelist, con-
erning the physical deterioration of the
American people. With one exception,
the daily papers of the city made no
note or comment on his utterance. The
Times devoted couple Of editorials
to the subject and forced Rev. Marley
to make an explanation in which he
modified his original statement. The
Times in It's criticism referred to the
fact that the British house Of lords
was largely composed of physical
wrecks and mental imbeci1es, and Rev.
Marley let the matter pass without con-
tradiction. The Times could have also
said on the testimony of a famous
London physician that every thirtieth
woman walking the streets Of the mod
ern Babylon is murderess, and that
Rev. Marley had a splendid field for
missionary labor in his own city with
out crossing the Atlantic to lecture the
American people on their effeminacy.
Well-informed statisticans who have
made special study of this subject do
not hold the American women RESPONSE
BILE for the decline in population because
of any criminality on their part. They
consider the question Of physical de-
cadence more from physiological than
from a moral standpoint. Until the for
eign influx into the New England states
about 1920, the population Of Yankee
dom was rapidly increasing; and If the
ratio of increase had continued to the
present day, the population Of the ma
tive Americans would be in excess of
the present mixed population. At the
same time it cannot be denied that In a
country where divorces are so general
there must be laxity Of morals among
the people. It would be we'll for the
pastors Of Protestant churches to fmi-
tate the Catholic priests In preaching
on the sanetity and indissolubility of
the marriage bond, and on the real
purpose Of the married state, which fs
to bring up children to populate the
earth. Tire trouble with the Protestant
ministers is that they are afraid to
offend their sensitfye nocks 81 preach
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

The new commissioner of Indian af-
fairs, VIM. A. Jones, of Wisconsin, has
slapped the sugar trust il the. face, and
his action is approved by Secretary
Bliss. A month ago he advertised for
bids to furnish upward Of one million
pounds of granulated sugar to supply
the Indian reservations during 1893. He
received seven bids, five o. which were
identical, though uhey were sent IN sep
arately and signed by different bidders
The sixth bid was the same as the otner
five with freight charges added. MIR.
Jones smeiled a rodent and rejected
them all. The seventh bid was from
a New York importer Of Dutch sugar
and was lower than the rest, and as the
sample he submitted stood all the tests
of the department experts, ne was
awarded the contract. The sugar trust
il now gnashing it's teeth, for 1t Stood
behind the six bidders who got LETT.
The plucky commissioner on hearing
of the kicking said: "This office will
accept no dictation from the sugar trust
ar any other corporation. l took this
commdssionership intending to conduct
the office on business principles. This
I propose to do or get out" We al
m;re Commissioner Jones for his grit.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

!, Alderman Harlan, late candidate f6St
mayor Of Chicago, on the Independent
Republican ticket, made a speech at a
mass meeting last Sunday, in which he
accused certain officers of the gas and
street car companies of bribing the legis'
lators at Springfield in order to get re-
newal of the franchises of the corpora
tions for almost nothing. Why does not
the grand jury of Cook county indict
these officials? Both bribers and hood
lers should be sent to Joliet.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

: They had big time lately at the New
York custom house about piece of the
Giants Causeway which arrived on one
of the Anchor Line steamships. It was
q gift from a friend to Gen. Patrick A..
Collins, ex-consul at London. A dispute
arose over it's classification on the tariff
schedules, some claiming that it was
crude mineral free of duty, while others
maintained it was granite and dutiable
to the extent of nine cents. Experts
examined the fragment and quoted
biologists as to what it really was.
Finally, it was decided that it was sim
ply bit of trap rock that ought to be
admitted free.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

{ The Times Record, Of Valley City, N.
D., says in it's issue of May ~: Ed
Ward O'Brien, editor Of the Irish Stand
ard Of Minneapolis. was in the city yes
terday on his annual tour to the Pacific
poast. Mr.. O'Brien Is an old friend of
the Times Record, and his paper Is a
household necessity for all sons Of Erin.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

Poet-laureate Austin, the successor of
Tennyson, has composed jubilee poem
on the queens reign in which he says
of Victoria Long may she linger." Tho
Prince of Wales will not be likely to
wish more power to his finger for writ
Ing such rubbish.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

An Irish woman residing in Greece
has given the queen of Italy costly
piece of lace, with the queens crown
embroidered in the center. The design
was redrawn from the queen of Italy's
crown by the countess of Beehive.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

We believe that the late DR.. Todd. Of
Trinity College, was the first Irish writ
er who claimed: that st. Patrick was A
Protestant. OF late years in this coun.
try, about the 18th of March, some Pro-
testant preachers and papers set up
the claim that the Irish church in the
days Of st. Patrick was independent
and did not. recognize the Pope's SUI
premacy. Last Patrick's day The Even
ing JoHFnal Of this city contained an
editorial to that effect. Bat now an
soxfcrd scholar; nazaed Rev. Charles
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

A good story is told In connection
with one of the recent photographs OF
Mr.. Gladstone. When it was finished
the picture was taken to Mr. Gladstone
with many apologies by the artist, who
expressed his opinion that the negative
had been spoiled. "How's that? in
ouired Mr.. Gladstone. The Photographic:
did not like to say exactly, but men-
toned that there was something in it
which was not intended. what is IT,"
asked Mr.. Gladstone, and eventually the
photographer limited that Dorothy Drew
was bounding aboat her grandfather
when the lens was exposed, and had
been eaaght rompisfiIy on the picture.
.spolledw said Mr.. Gladstone, "Spefei?
Produce it as you have got it." "spsH-
cdr IL mid aEaia. wtth sosle sseestsh-
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

A monument. has been erected at AL
ton, Ill.,, oyer the grave of Loyejoy, the
FIRST martyr of negro. abolitionism in
this country. He was murdered on the
9Th of November, 1887, for advocating
The abolition of slavery. Ills name will
always be associated with those Of Will
liam Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phil
lips.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

Every Catholic in the Country has
heard of Rev. Madison c. Peters, the
New York Baptist minister who uttars
bigoted1 diatribes against the Catholic
church. On recent occasion the Cath
olic members of a regiment of the state
militia, CT which he is chaplain, abso-
lutely refused to go to church to hear
him, and the officers on learning the
reason, did not urge them to go. The
other day in New York, Mad. Peters,
rs he is called for short, gave advice
10 young women about getting married
and there is one thing he said which Is
worthy of reproduction, namely, edo
hot make matrimony matter Of money
% common has the mercantile estimate
6e marriage become that should not be
4 ssI,risetf 10 pee tAss hy1nensAl market
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

The crowds drawn by Mr.. Marley, the
evangelist, furnish another illustration
of the proneness of Americans to ran af-
ter anything bearing foreign label.
There are dozen clergymen in this
city who possess more eloquence and
power than Mr.. Marley, and who preach
a more rational and enlightened gospel
but they do not attract such audiences.
But Mr.. v is an Englishman, and comes
from the far. distant Australia with
something Of reputation for sensa-
tfonal rreaching-hence the curiosity to
see him.-Minneapois Tribune.
Undoubtedly there are more eloquent
clergynen in this city than Rev. VAR
ley, but they do not attract large audi
ences because their preaching does not
touch the hearts and consciences of the
people and arouse them from their spir-
itual lethargy. Rev. Varley speaks in a
plain, unvarnished style, and tells the
people "Unless We do penance We shall
all likewise perish" He tells them plain
facts and threatens them with the ve1-
geance of God unless they keep the
Commandments. That is how they
preached in the apostolic age, and that
is how Catholic priests expound the Cos
pei today. There is too much estheti-
cfsm in the preaching of modern Pro-
testant ministers to satisfy the human
heart, and when a man like Marley
comes along multitudes rush to hear
him. Revivalists from other lands are
sadly needed in America today, and the
mission of this stranger may accom-
pfish much good.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

Ireland will be represented at the
Women's International Chess match in
London, by Miss Finn and Mrs. Barry.
They will probably be able to claim
varied kinship With Ita1y's champion in
the same contest, Signorina Pagan.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-06-05

The Duke of Tetuan and Mr.. FitIsfm-
mons are both opponents Of the manly
art, and the superiority of Drawn over
brain. Is not the dukes family name
O'Donnell?-Providen Visitor. Yes.
His OWE name is Carlos ODonnell, and
the Spanish duke is Of pure Celtic ex-
traction, being descendant of the i'll
fated Prince of Tyrconnell who lied In
London tower after the battle of the
Boyne in 1885,. He inherits an Irish
antipathy to the British government as
is evidenced in the fact that he refused
the Spanish mission to the Court Of s..
James on that account. Whether he
possesses superiority Of Drawn over
brain" we do not know; but he must
be man of good mental endowments
to have reached his present position and
to- have been deemed worthy by his
government of filling the important ap~
poiutnent Of minister to- London. Bob
Fitzsimmons is an Trishman of Celtic"
Norman extraction, and he also must
have some brain as we'll as Drawn to be-
come the champion pugilist of the
world. At the time OF the Carson fight
Bob was called a Cosnishman and was
said to have sung Rule Britannia"
after whipping Gentleman Jim;" but
the fact that he cheered over the defeat
Of the Anglo-Amertcan treaty in the
gallery of the United States senate On
the memorable 5th of May eonvinces us
that the professional bruise:' is an Irish
man in his mental makeup, and there
fore not lacking in brain power. We re-
greet that our esteemed Yankee conte1n-
porary does not admire physical Prov
ess in Spanish statesmen ana Irish
pugilists as we do in the ''woolly west"