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insuppressible candidate for the yiee
presidency. is out with azred-hot denun-
citation Of the Pope and all his works.
The exact nature of Toms grievance
against Rome lies hid within his own
chivalrous and patriotic breast. It
might be that he is determined to get
even with somebody or other because
the country did not take him or. his
claims to craftsmanship seriously last
November. The American people are
generally correct in sizing up mounte-
bank.
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The annual convention Of the scotch
Irish" society will soon be- held in De-
troit, Mich. The men who masquerade
under that title are neither Scotch nor
Irish, but weak dllution Of both. They
pride themselves upon the gallant
achievements Of their Irish ancestors in
Revolutionary days, and by right ought
to call themselves -Irish-Americans, If
they use hyphenated name. at all. The
Scotch in the war Of Independence were
all on the side Of King George, and
Morgan's dragons composed Of Irish
meR routed them on one occasion. The
Scotch and the Irish of today ignore the
pretcnsions of Scotch-Irish hybrids.
They do not figure in, history by the
name they assume. They are Ameri-
cans, ish-Americans or Scottlsh-Amer-
leans, IL they are. anything. The name
".Scotch-Irish" Is an abomiratlon In this
country and will soon fall into "innocu-
GUS desuetude," as: Grover Cleveland
used to say. " 49,.
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1t is matter of notoriety that DR..
Lyman Abbott, the New York divine
does not accept the story of Jonah and
the whale as anything less than Action.
The other day when dining at the Al.
dine Club, Charles g. Roberts, the writ
er, was introduced to him. very
pleased to meet you," said Roberts,
"but recognized you at once by your
symbol" BY a curious accident the
worthy divine was sitting under an old
print wildly depicting the capture OF
q sperm whale.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-05-22

Thomas F.. Bayard, Of Delaware
brought back with him from England
208 pieces of personal baggage, with
many more to follow as freight. lie
was also accompanied by four English
dogs. We are curious to know If Bay
ard was permitted to bring so many ar
ticles of British manufacture into the
United States without paying the duty
at the custom house. American aristo-
Gratis generally manage to escape pay.
ing the tariff.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-05-22

The Northwestern Chronicle of the
Sanity City must not let its "angry
passions rise" when administering {,
poraries of St. Louis and Milwau-
kee-the Church Progress and Catho-
lie Citizen. Our esteemed neighbor
must remember that their buncombe is
used to please their constituents; and
what the latter like they get. Punch
away, dear Chronicle, but don't hij
them below the belt.
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A st. Louis paper is authority for an
improbable story to the effect that one
William Kingsley, said to have been
born in the county Of Limerick, ireland,
in 1880, ia yet living hale and hearty in
bloomfield, Maine. In early life he was
1 British sailor, served under Nelson,
and was present at the battls Of Trafal-
xar, where the admiral. lost his eye. He
~ saiao aald 10 have recetyed numerous
1 = . 4 Z 81 IA lats 6.
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THE SENATORS AND SUGAR TRUST


One of the appalling evils of the day
that horrify the. people is the tendency
to corruption that exists among our pub
lie servants. In municipal, state and
national affairs the servants of the peo-
pie take every advantage of their posi-
lions to enrich themselves and put mon
ey in their purse. No public official
from city alderman to the chief magts-
trate of the United States is above sus-
picion. Whether it be in awarding con-
tracts for city paving or in selling
United States bonds to replenish the ma
tional treasury, the ofacial incumbents
have an eye to business in making mon
ey for themselves from the transaction.
The latest SCANDAL in high places
comes from Washington, where the
United States senators are said to utilize
their knowledge st the Dingley tariff
bill to speculate successfully in sugar
stocks. The, washington correspond
ent Of the chifag4h Times-Herald, Nc
Kinley organ, is tie authority for this
statement, and hes is considered to be
one of the mqst trustworthy newspaper
men at the nattonal capital.
A few dayA.ag9 Senator Tillman, of
South Carolina, made a speech in the
senate, in which he used his "pttchfork"
with much effect. and caused sensa-
ton On the foog and in the galleries
by saying:
"There are today in the newspapers
Of this country charges floating about
and being sent, broadcast, signed by
correspondents in the gallery, to the CT
feet that last week, when the new tariff
bill was reported with change in the
sugar schedules, that three senator's had
speculated in sugar stock. We have
another stencil on our hands and In
stead Of It being q dinerentia1 in favor
q the trust of i third ,of !. cent as that
nosI 4 q q & So ~ {
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The editor of Brann's Iconoclast has
offered a reward of 5000 to any promin-
ent A. P. A. who can prove a.. good
moral character for ten years. Ten
years! That is too long time. Why
not make it months instead of years
and give the boys fair chance of win
ming the prize?
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In a message to congress President
Mckinley recommends that $4,000 be
appropriated for the relief of the suffer-
ing Americans in Cuba who are in q
starving condition and unable to help
themselves. The appropriation will cer-
tainly be made.
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The Queens University of Kingston,
Canada, has conferred the degree of
doctor of laws upon Lady Aberdeen.
She is the first woman to receive such
distinction in the dominion. and she de-
serves the honor If any woman does.
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party. Laws continually daspised and
diaregarded, legislation conceived for
blackmailing. purposes. speculation by
public ofacials in ,trust and other stocks
while tariffs and other financial bills are
pending, must 1surely and irrevocably
ALLEVIATE the people from their party and
awaken disposition and desperation 10
substitute almost any wild and untried
leadership with the hope Of possible
relief"
Some dyed-in-the-wool Republican
organs, like the Minneapolis Tribune.
affect to: smile at: the language Of this
millionaire merchant and ex-cabinet Of
fcer, and hint that he is 'sulking in his
tent because-sof sreceiving no political
recognition from! the president; but h
that as it may. he is fully justified in
speaking as he uoes: The people have
lost confidence in the Republican party,
or at last that portion Of them, includ-
ing Republicans and Democrats. who
were deluded into the belief that pros
perity could be restored by pursuing
the same financial policy that had
brought the nation to the brink of bank
:ruptcy. So long as the single gold
standard is maintained. 80 long will
hard times continue and prosperity keep
away, and MO tinkering Of the tariff will
bring relief to: the people, Taxing peo-
pie more for the necessaries of life will
not tend to make them contented, pros
porous or happy Z.
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Lands In Wisconsin.

Lands In Wisconsin.
The Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha Railway company has over four
hundred thousand 100000 acres Of
lands for sale In Northern Wisconsin at
low prices and on easy terms.
Land Seekers Excursion Tickets on
sale March I'd and 10th, April 9Th and
10th, and May 4th and 1Sth,r at stations
IN Northern Illinois and Southern Wis
consin, on G. and N. w. Ry., and at
stations in southern Minnesota on c..
st. p. II. and O. Ry.
For. maps, description, q lands. ETC..
.eddrea Bell, 1a9d eonmissionst.
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Ing at the Siege Of sebastopoI at: which
date he must have been seventy-five
years old. At the present time he would
be lit years Of age. The st. Louis paper
says that, though somewhat bent in
frame, he enjoys good health and is still
able to do fair days work at we'll
digging. This seems to be a story. for
the marines. ,..o
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ANCL0.IRISH AFFAIRS.

the most meagre description SO far as
politics is concerned. In parliament
there is hardly a quorum in attendance
to transact the. business Of the British
empire. The Tory ministry has no diff
ficllty in passing any measure it deems
necessary to strengthen its own posi-
ton with the country. The latest
scheme of Salisbury and Balfour is to
make a change in Irish land laws to
placate the landlords who were threat
ening to backslide. on account Of the
overtaxation question. The Irish land
lords held convention in Dublin, at
which they aired their grievances in
lugubrious tones, and strongly objected
to the reduction Of rents by the land
commissioners. The Irish farmers think
that in view of the low prices of farm
products the rents are already too high.
The Tory government, however, has an
overwhelming parliamentary majority
and the tenahtstt protests will go un-
needed. hsIss
The Dillonites91 Healyites and Red
mondites may ,56an forces in fighting
for the tenants; laid If they do, there are
lively times ahead for Salisbury and the
landlords. Then irish members do not
attend parliament with regularity az
they are toon weak to cope with the
Tories, evensif they were united to a
man. The Dory government is master
of the situation qand eanAdo it's sweet
will In opposition to the Liberals and
Irish Acknowledgement The pres
ent session istltkgly to- end in July in
stead Of being absotracted into August
and September az in past years.
Last week che Irish members of all
political shadesLHome Rulers and
UnionistEjoihed' together in demand
ing that Ireland receive her full equiva-
lent, proportionately to that Of England
of grant in aid of agricultural rates.
Ireland had been offered $750,000 year
instead of $3,900,OoO, what she is en-
titled to. When; the government saw
that all the Irish members without re-
gard to party were determined to insist
on their rights and have fight over it,
their demands were conceded in full
There was another reason for it's yield
ing to the Irish members In England
the tenants pay all the agricultural
rates, and they get all the benefit of the
relief, whereas in Ireland half the rates
are paid by the landlords, who will ac-
cordingly receive half the relief. But
it is gratifying to the friends of Ireland
in this country to learn that for once
the entire representation of Ireland in
the alien parliament were unanimous in
demanding the rights of their common
country. It is a contamination devoutly
to be desired that they will in other
things, and in everything. unite to Sc
cure justice in the future from the
grasping government of Britain.
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WANAMAKER's WARNING.

The recent speech of ex-Postmaster
General John Wanamaker before the
Businss Mems League of Philadelphia,
in which he predicted a revolution un-
less government is more honestly adj
ministered and politics less corrupt, has
caused CONSERVATION in the ranks of
the Mckinley high tariff Republicans,
and set the people Of the whole country
to thinking seriously of the future Of
the republic.
Mr.. Wanamaker referred to the prom
ises made last fall by the gold men for
the speedy restoration of prosperity in
the event of McKinley's election. The
party press and political leaders gener-
ally fixed the November election Of 1895
as the date of the beginning of good
times. Despite the fact that the Chica-
go Times-Herald, the energetic organ. Of
Mckinley, states that prosperity is fast
approaching, because municipal bonds
can now be sold more readily than for
merly, Mr.. Wanamaker declares that
though half year has expired since
the promises were made by the politi-
clans, hardly any noticeable improve
ment of the wretched times is mani
fest. He then employs the following
alarming language, every word of which
will find Heriflcation, if the administra-
ton does not change it's suicidal policy:
''The tide will soon set In strongly
against the Republican party unless the
depression of business is altered. Idle
ness and want breed a bitter discomfort,
which will never be overcome until
there are ample employments. The foes
America has to fear are not the sullen,
savage Turks, nor the insurrectionists
of Cuba, nor the territory grasping
British, but they are our own patient
and heart-tired people, our own suffer-
ing, much promised people, who, be-
trayed and disheartened, no longer have
faith in their party and will turn to any
leaderships that offer promise of better
times, believing that worse times can
never come than those existing. It is
a terrible thing to observe public sen
timent adrift and unexplained, and the
people sweeping away from their affec-
ton to the old party.
"The young men are growing up in
different to Republican principles, with
no respect for parties of broken plat
forms who use national and state pat
ronage in payment for election con-
tracts. The political religion of the ma
ton is falling lower and lower under the
reckless daring of INSCRIPTIONS bosses.
There are Unreasonable depths Of mis-
fortune for this nation and state II the
continued use of corporation and pub
lie moneys and the dispensation of fed
eral and state patronage continue to he
controlled in the interest of of1ceSold-
ers to hold Office for themselves and TO
benefit those who desire to keep gov
eminent contracts or maintain particu-
lar projections through the money CIV
en- by which elections are decided.
There will most assuredly come q
day when there will be . mighty revolt
md resistance, resulting 81 = reyolatidn
til xIill slxs 8 8
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The New ireland Review for May
contains an interesting contribution
from Sir Thomas Esmonde on ''The
Spelling Of Ireland" in which he dem
onstrates how Great Britain has robbed
his country by over-taxation and broken
all the pledges made at the time of the
Union and since. He accuses John Bull
Of pursuing a course Of refined and
systematic spoliation which is unparal-
leled in the history Of mankind" Hon
est John will raise his eyes in holy hor-
ror at such q charge, and continue to
rob Paddy .all the sanee."
Il 80 -
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T. m. ROBERTS,
SUPPLY HOUSE,
5o8.5Io, 7l7-7l9-72I AIcoIIsi Ave,
MINNEAPOLIS, MlhN.

of this country. and it is high time for
the metropolis Of the Northwest to COM
mence perpetuating the memories Of Its
old citizens in bronze and marble.
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!. POsT0FFlCE CORRUPTION.


the postoflce department, now carried
on in Washington by the senate COM
mittee on civil service, 1t has been con-
clusively proved that the civil service
rules during the Cleveland administra-
tion that were grossly violated by those
in authority.
"A former assistant superintendent Of
the free mail delivery testified that q
collision existed between the postofflce
department and the civil service COM
mission in 1894 and 1895, by which the
law was violated in employing flfty-nine
spies, part Of whose duty it was to in
fiuence the votes of letter carriers in a.
New York congressional district. In
Philadelphia the Cleveland administra-
tion got rid Of Republicans and old SOL
diers on the letter carriers force and
the inspectors were assessed for the ex-
penses of the Democratic campaign in
Ohio in 1896 In order that they might
the better be able to pay the assess
ment, the salaries of the inspectors were
raised in the month of July of that year
from 81 to S. day. A meeting of the
inspectors was held in Chicago in Octo-
her, 1895, to which Mr.. Machen, the
superintendent of the free delivery serv-'
ice, had come from Washington to make
necessary arrangements for the assess
ment. 4 '''' -; :
Evidence was also produced to show
that this great functionary had threat
ened to cut off the heads of all who
failed to pay this political tax for the
benefit of the Cleveland party. Mr.. Oh
ney, the then attorney general, was
made acquainted with the facts and
urged to prosecute the officials impli-
Gated, but he let them go unrepri-
manded and unpublished.
The chief witness at the investigation
was William w. Hill, life long Demo-
crat, who filled the position of assistant
superintendent of the delivery depart
ment with conspicuous ability, but was
discharged by Assistant . Postmaster
Jones for talking to congressman
about the illegal assessments.
Jones accused him of ingratitude and
unceremoniously fired him from the
service.
And so these were the civil. service
rules that governed the postofice de-
former, Grover Cleveland That pomp-
| Gus individual is one of the biggest
sham reformers of the age. No man
ever sat in the presidential chair to
equal the statesman of Gray Gables In
partisanship. He forbade his appointees
to take part in politics and was an Of
fensive partisan himself. He tried to
influence the elections in New York,
Ohio. and other states, and ordered
members of his cabinet to go on the
stump to bolster up his administration.
If any man holding position under
him exercised the right of speaking or
voting for William J. Bryan in the last
campaign, the man of Destiny" imme-
diately deprived him of Office. That is
what he did to the postmaster Of Gin
cinnati; but that decapitated official had
the satisfaction of beholding the
STUFFED prophet" burned in efhgy by
victorious Bryan Democrats in the re-
cent municipal election. Civil service
rules under the gold administration of
Cleveland were like trials by jury in
Ireland in the days of O'Connell-a
mockery, delusion and snare.
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the Indian schools, In which he referred
to the incompetency Of broken down
preachers and defunot politicians" as
instructors of Indian youth. and eulo-
gized the Jesuits as the only good teach
ers among the aborigines. At the con-
vention Of the supreme council Of the
dark lantern organization held in
Washington last week q resolution was
adopted censuring Senator Vest for ex-
pressing such sentiments, and calling
on the senate to impeach him on the
ground that he is not truly American"
in his views. OF course, the senate has
paid no attention to the rawlings of the
psuedo patriots, and Mr.. Vest goes on
the even tenor Of his way, as IL no such
fellows were in existence. ''
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A preacher out West recently tested
the effect Of the hard times upon his
congregation in the following manner:
At the conclusion Of one Of his. sermons
he said Let, everybody in this meet
ing. house who pay their debts stand
up" Instantly every man, woman and
child with one exception, arose to their
feet. He seated the crowd, and then
said: LET every man who is not pay
ing his debts stand up" The exception,
in his last summer suit, slowly as
sumed, a perpendicular position, and
leaned upon the back of the seat in
front of him. "How is it my friend"
inquired the minister, chat you are the
only man in this large congregation
who is unable to meet his obligations?"
II publish a newspaper" he meekly re-
piled, "and my brethren here, who have
just stood up, are all my dear beloved
subscribers, and" "Let us pray a red
hot prayer" exclaimed the minister-in
a voice which seemed to be loaded with
cinnamon bear and sycophantical liars.
Prof. Hennebry, the incumbent oil
the Celtic chair established in the
Washington Catholic University by he
A. o. H., is now in Germany taking
lessons from German philolosists ii;
the language of Ireland.-lrish Stand
ard.
AS the German has been kind enough
to preserve the Gaelic, why blame him
for preserving his own 1a1guage-
Catholic Citizen
We don't blame him; but when hi,
comes to the United States he ought to
learn enough English to be able to
testify in court Of justice without
requiring the aid of an interpreter. 1t
is his duty to give his Amerlcan-born
children an opportunity Of acquiring a
correct knowledge Of che language Of
the United States; for it is 4 shame for
young men and women horn in this
country to grow up il Ignorance Ct
their native language,-wllicn Is la/-
lish and not German. If our Cahen-
sley contemporary were published else
where than in the metropolis of Wis
consin, its bright editor would readily
acknowledge the fact. Isn't that so?
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lAea . s. tle Sisan Fran
g.