The Irish standard., 1897-08-14
MeKlNLEY's APPOINTMENTS,

| When Judge Joseph MrKenna, Of
California. was appointed attorney
general by President Mckinley every
Catholic gold Democrat in the land
praised the man from Canton for his
| liberality in selecting an adherent OF
the Catholic church for the cabinet.
Some OF our Catholic contemporaries
were in ecstasies over the appointment
and considered it a high honor that Il
member Of the mother church was pick
| ed out by a pious Methodist for such an
exalted position. But Mckinley and
his mentor, Mark Hanna, knew what
| they were about When the West
| Point chapel case came up the preside 1T
was convinced that he made no mis-
take in appointing McKenna as attor
! ney general Mckennas antecedents
as corporation attorney. and afterwards
as judge. were of such a character that
| when question affecting the rights
| OF his own cOreligionists came up befole
| him he was sure to pronounce upon it
| to the entire satisfaction Of all the
| Mr.. Coudert. Il New York Catholic law
yer of international renown, denounced
the decision of Attorney General Nc
Kcnna. there were Catholic papers to
be found that defended that Republic
can official. One of them was the Mil
waukee Citizen. That paper, which is
noted for changing it's opinions with
almost the same lapidty that the cham
eleon changes It's color. took upon itself
tho herculean task of defending Me
Eenna's action. AS if to irritate the
feelings of the Catholics in whose in
tercsts it processes to speak. the Mil
waukee paper observed that the strac-
ture at West Point, in which the Cath.
olics worshiped, was superior in ac-
commodation to the barn in which one
OF Archbishop Corrigans priests held
services in New York city.
When Terence Y. Powderly, the rem
cgade Democrat, was rewarded by Nc
Kinlcy for his perfidy. the same MilwAu-
kee paper declared that the president
did Il graceful and good thing" and
significantly added: AN Irish Amnri-
can Catholic in that office is certainly
salt to the wounds Of the bigots," for
getting that the religion of the ex-ma:;-
ter mechanic Of the Knights OF Labor
did not enter into the question of his
case of Mr.. McKenna.
If tho appointment of Powderly SIS
salt to tho wounds of the bigots.' is
not the appointment of G. Il. Sapp.
president Of the A. p. A. in Kentucky.
as collector of internal revenue in thar
state. a balm of Gilead to the wounds
OF the same bigots? The national presi-
dent Of the A. p. A. Issued circular
to his brethren last fall. calling upon
every mothers son of them to vota
! for William Mckinley. Jr.r and every
one of them obeycd the supreme head
of their order. 1t is well known that
when Mckinley was asked sWhat his
attitude was on the proscrptve organ
ization he remained eloquently silent,
| while William J. Bryan unhesitating!y
condemned it's principles.
For the information of our Milwaukee
contemporary we will produce Few
facts about Mr.. Sapp from the Louis
vile Couricr-Jorunal. and then ask
what II thinks Of his appointment.
Henry Watterson's paper says:
MIR. Sapp is president Of the A. p.
| A. In Kentucky. His appearance upon
the political field Is due entirely 20
his prominence in this un-Amercan
organization. Outside of his connection
Herewith he has no Claims whatever
to political prcferment and was never
| heard of until he began the use OF this
secret band for personal advancement
! It WAS because he was the head Of The
A. P. AS in this state that he has
welded any Influence in politics. 1t was
because he was the head of the a. p
| IS in this state that he waS selected
to preside over the recent Republican
convention in this city-a convention