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The Irish standard., 1897-01-09
MckINLEY's POLICY.

E. " Smalley, of ST. Paul. recently
called upon Major Mckinley at his home
in Canton and obtained from him an
outline of his views upon the leading
questions of the day. which may be
summed up as follows:
'l. An immediate revision of the
tariff On moderate protection lines. NO
extremely high duties that might foster
trusts or defeat the purpose of obtain
ing adequate revenue to pay the expen-
ses of the government:
:'2. The restoration of the reciprocity
treaties of the Harrison administration
"3 The maintenance Of all kinds OF
money at parity with gold.
"a. Efforts toward international bi
metallism. in fulfillment OF the pledge
of the st. Louis platform.
"5. Gradual retirement of the green
backs, as soon as the government has
a surplus of revenue to apply to this
purpose, and some other form of cur
rency, bank or metallic, can be substi-
tuted for them No new issue of bonds
will be favored for the purpose of taking
up the greenbacks. Possibly some plan
may be suggested for virtual retire
ment of considerable part Of the green
backs and treasury notes by their use
as part of the bank reserves; this with
a view of strengthening the gold basis
of the currency.
sc. An enlargement of the national
banking system to enable independent
banks or branches OF city banks to be
carried on in small towns. This might
lower the interest rate in the country
districts and tend to lessen the present
centripetal tendency of money towards
the large cities.
81. Economy in government expendi-
lures to correspond with the economies
enforced in all other lines of business
by the condition of the times
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09
CANUcKS ARE LOYAL.

The complimentary banquet to Sir
Charles Tupper and to Hon. Duncan
Gillies and Sir Robert G.. W. Herbert,
agents respectively for the colonies of
Victoria and Tasmania, in London, at
the St. Georges Club last Monday night
was a most successful affair. Major
General Sir Owen Burne. presided and
15O guests sat down to the table.
Major Gen. Burne toasted and eulogiz-
ed Sir Charles Tupper amid great en-
thusiasm. Sir Charles Tupper replied,
and in turn eulogized Sir Donald Smith,
Sir Charles said: II feel a great admir-
alton for the United States, but I do
not desire o possess their institutions!
feel that there is greater security un+
der British institutions for life, prop
erty and liberty. Canadians are great
" flattered at the desire of the United
States to possess Canada, but SO deep is
their loyalty and so united are the Cana
dians that the acquisition is impossible .
This expression was greeted with loud
cheers.
Sir Charles Tupper continued that
they knew Canada would be the battle
ground of any trouble between the
United States and Great Britain, but
there was not public man or any other
in Canada who would not do or die to
maintain British unity. On this ques-
ton, he said, all parties were united as
one man. .~....
The speech of the Canadian EXPIRE
mier was received with tumultuous ap-
plause.
Hon. Duncan Gillies. agent for Vic
toria, said he had never heard a better
speech, and he hoped it would not bea
long before Australia would try to build
up a united empire like Canada. The
colonists and the mother country, he
said, intend to remain united -
Nevertheless, there is a strong senti-
ment in Canada in favor of annexation
and g. great number of Canadians are
lip loyal only.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

{ 81 Hosise. ja Ii almost cert %
pcratic, and ia that event ltllfin-s !.
ley's hands will be practi icslly tied dur. :.
ing his whole administration. The DOM
inant idea in his mind is to relieve the
business pressure under which this
country is suffering.
..He has never been fighter in poli-
tics, and yet he has given his friends,
one and all, who have come here, the
impression that the bill IN question must
be passed or there will be war to the
knife between the president and those
who fight it, :, He is more intent on the
passage of tariff bill than anything
else, and to gain this end he will become
one of the most aggressive fighters who
ever entered the White House, if that is
necessary He will give no quarter,
nor ask any, until that bill passes. His
cabinet will be selected with the idea OF
forwarding the prospects OF the bill, and
everything he is doing today has It's in
spiration in that idea"
Elected as the exponent OF sound
money" chosen as the representative ol
those who believed Or Drofessed to be-
heEe that what the country needed was
the restoration of confidence in order
to have abundant prosperity, with banks
tumbling to pieces in the West, with
business stagnation prevailing every
where. Mr.. Mckinley calmly says that
what the people should do in order to
improve their condition is to tax them
selves a little more: Just as II ma
tion could become prosperous by exces-
sive taxation, That is the sort of states
manship which was selected by the peo-
pie last November, and there are Demo-
Gratis in this vicinity who boast of the
great and glorious" campaign. AS we
repeatedly pointed out, Mr. Mckinley
is welded to the tariff theory. He seems
to believe honestly that high protection
will cure any social or industrial i'll that
may make it's appearance. Those who
supported him with the expectation that
he would give his attention to any other
question until that was settled were sim
ply buncced. MI McKinley's hobby is
the tariff. Until that is disposed off, all
else must wait.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

Baroness Burdett-Coutts seems to be
exhaustless in her wealth, and also in
her plans of social amelioration. She
is said to be a great admirer OF the
pluck Of Cecil Rhodes in his efforts to
develop Rhodesia. For every selected
young man who promises to settle in
that possession, and who chooses wife
from among the young women in her
charitable institutions, she will present
them with one hundred pounds sterling
Mr.. Rhodes will undertake to find en-
ployment for the husband. The baron
:ess is the youngest looking of all the
aged ladies who still appear in general
London society. She is as straight as
"a rush, and recalls the grace and charms
iof the most elegant ladies to be met
with in any country. OF her three pri-
vate secretaries, two are ladies.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

There seems to be wide difference
of opinion among authorities as to
whether the power to recognize bellig-
erency vests in the president or con-
gress, says the Catholic Citizen. Judge
Story in his commentaries leaves it an
open question, but leans toward the side
of congress. Professor Won Holste is
quite positive thats the authority vests
in he president, while Judge Cooley
holds that the, power ."must devolve on
the executive, but is not complete and
final" without legislative action by con-
gress. Ex-senator Edmunds, seems to
reach about tbeo Same conclusions. He
says: .. 4 a.
"The right of congress in its legis-
lative character ITO; declare war is ex-
pressly given iby the constitution, but
the power to make peace and preserve
it is given by the constitution to the
president acting, 81 most cases, by and
with the advice and consent Of the Sen
ate. To say the least, therefore, the
right of congress to recognize the estab-
lishment Of new state in the family Of
nations against the judgment of the ex-
'ecutive branch is extremely doubtful,
and to do so would under existing cir
cumstances, necessarily produce evils
the extent of which can hardly be esti-
amted. - rsts-
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

John M. Thurston, Nebraska's spec
tacular senator, expresses the opinion
that there are enough silver republi-
cans and democrats in the senate to pass
the new tariff bill. Senator Thurston
is peculiarly optimistic. After having
once declared himself friend of silver
in the matter of practical bimetalltsm,
and having supported the gold standard
in the last campaigns In most uncom-
promising manner. he now appreciates
the value of the votes of the men he then
termed repudiators and measures pro-
liability by his own and his party's de-
sire. The senator's intentions are too
thinly yelled, however. His insincerity
is apparent, and his estimation OF the
situation as hus expressed is worth as
little as his respective and contradicto-
nv ideas upon policies of national
finance, says the Peoria Journal.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

A futile attempt was made on Tuesday
to have Charles w. Blake. now in the
county Jail, declared insane. Blake Is
accused of having embezzled some $10.-
500 while In the service of the Mime
apolis Dry Goods Company The tech
nical charge against him is grand lar
ceny in the first degree. His attorney,
M. L. Germany. yesterday presented an
affidavit to Judge Belden signed by one
Harry Henwell and stating that queer
actions had been noticed on the part Of
the defendant. The court did not Ind
the affidavit sufficient in any respect, as
1t did not show who the affiant was, nor
proved the actual character of the de-
fendants mind. The ease was contin-
ued.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

The funeral services over the body OF
the late Catholic archbishop, Fabre, was
the most gorgeous that has been seen
here in Montreal for years, and was at
tended by 80 bishops, including all the
bishops of Canada with the exception OF
Mgr. Cleary, Of Kingston, who is Ill.
Two United States bishops were also
present. Bishop Duhamel conducted
the funeral service, but at the special
request of the deceased, there was no
sermon. When the body had been taken
out of its temporary coffin to be placed
i'm the vault, a struggle ensued between
the priests surrounding the coffin to OBJ
tain possession Of pieces Of the lining as
relics. Hardly any of 1t was left.-so
says Montreal exchange.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

On December 20, Mr. Gladstone cele-
brated his eighty-seventh birthday, at
Hawarden, surrounded by his family.
There was the usual demonstration by
the villagers in honor of the occasion,
consisting of the ringing of church bells
and he assignment of deputations to
proceed to the castle and congratulate
the venerable statesman. Throughout
the day there was an enormous flow OF
congratulatory kilograms into the castle
from all parts of the United Kingdom
the United States and the Continent.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09
FIXING HIGH TARIFF.

That the Democrats who supported
Mckinley OH the ground that he would
reform our currency system and es-
tablish forever the gold standard were
badly buncced is gradually dawning up
on the dazed inteliects of the victims of
that specious hallucination. Mr.. NC
Kinley is not gold man; he never was.
He has declared himself three times as
in favor OF the free and unlimited COIN
age of silver. Today he is preparing his
plans to postpone discussion Of the SUBJ
ject until commission of financial ex-
perts shall have tried to induce foreign
nations to join lis in establishing inter
national binetallisn, says the Boston
Republic.
But Mr.. McKinley's interest in the
monetary question is only secondary.
He believes that all the ills to which the
country has been subjected can be cured
by high protective tariff. Consequent
ly he is bending all his energies toward
the framing and passage Of new rev.
enue measure. The correspondent Of the
New York Tribune stationed at Canton
has telegraphed the following. which is
evidently inspired:
s'He is absolutely convinced that the
stringent business situation cannot now
be bettered without the passage of a in-
$diciously prepared revenue tariff bill.
This bill will be prepared with an eye
single to the good of the country, and
1 not with a view Of heiping particular
class or industry, or with a particular
object. This bill the president elect Is
;aanguile viii pass ut The approaching
sessii 4. IT does moi bring. the
Isaa, s 4 s this ,ortuult, the
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

The truly good John Wanamaker OF
Philadelphia, the gentleman who keeps
q bargain counter and runs choice
Sunday school on the side, has been de-
tected in bribing people to vote eor him
for United States senator. The man
most active in finding of the goody
goody Johns ways that are dark and
tricks that are vain, was sthat other
good man, Matt Quay. To think that
the state OF Pennsylvania should have
such wicked Sunday school teacher
as Wanamaker is only paralleleG by the
thought of it containing suck & nious
politician as Quay.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

Says the Boston Republic: William
Waldorf Astor has renounced allegiance
to the American constitution, and has
become a British subject. Mr.. Astor
has tobnobbed with the Prince Of Wales
and with other dignitaries, and he has
nut on all the airs and graces of the aris-
tocracy. We may next hear Of him as
a marquis, duke or baronet. It his
friend the prince ever ascends the
throne he will make him a peer. Now,
if our distinguished English ambassador
will only stay. abroad and join Astor,
this country may have genuine cause for
congratulations.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09
AT REST.
Miss Alice Quinn, of the East Side,
Passes Away.

Miss Alice Quinn, of the East Side,
Passes Away.
The many friends of Miss Alice Quinn
will be grieved to learn Of her death,
which occurred early last Monday morn
ing at the home of her father, IT'S Third
avenue northeast. Deceased had been
ill almost seventeen months, and suffer-
ed very much. Neuraesthenia was the
caused death. She was we'll prepared
to die, having received the Blessed Sac
rament frequently during her illness,
and then the preparation towards the
end was perfect There are left to
mourn their loss father, three sisters,
one religieuse, Sister Bernard OF the
Visitation Convent; Mrs. Finn, of this
city; Patrick F. and James, who are at
home. The pall-bearers were school
mates and dear friends of Miss Quinn.
They were the Misses Rebecca Lyons.
Annic Norton, Jennie Cramsie, Kather-
inc Smaller, Maggie McNamee and Katie
Bohan. Messrs. Richard Fitzgerald and
Archie Crahsie assisted the pall-bearers.
Miss Quinn was member of the Blessed
Virgins Sodality, and Ladies' Auxiliary.
Div. No. Q, u. of r. Both societies at
tended the funeral in a body. The floral
offerings were beautiful. High Requiem
Mass was celebrated at 9 o'clock by Rev.
H. Prendergast. Rev. Jas. O'Reilly
preached the funeral sermon, which was
a high tribute to the departed one and
the family The funeral took place
from st. Anthony Of Padua Church, and
tile large attendance was an expression
OF tile esteem held for the deceased by
those who. knew her in life.
Interment took place at ST. ntiony
Cemetery May her soul rest II. peace
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

Not within present memory has the
New Year dawned in Ireland so bright
with the hope. of national autonomy.
The proof of the way in which the com
mercial vigor of the country has been
emasculated, by excessive and illegal
British taxation, has reused the whole
country to more resistance. in which, as
in. the time. of;."The Volunteers every
class. creed and condition are united.
The force of this national harmony has
hardly ever been equalled in the history
of land too often rent by internal dis
cord and factional strife. 1t is the most
auspicious omen shown in Irish affairs
in generations. Extreme Nationalist
may not consider that the present agita-
ton fills all the measure of their aims
and aspirations, but 1t is, as they must
admit, a long stride in the onward
march of Improvement; and everything
else will come in good time.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

Henry Clews is under the impression
that business is not improving to any
great extent. This is the croaker who
has been predicting that nothing short
of monetary contraction would produce
good times. He has both the gold
standard and monetary contraction at
this blessed moment, and he says times
are not improving. The truth is grad
ually coming to the front.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

A report from Washington says Major
Mckinley will select Colonel John Hay
of Washington as ambassador to Great
Britain to succeed Mr.. Bayard. Colonel
Hay has had a great deal of diplomatic
experience. He has been secreary OF
legation at Paris, at Vienna and at Mad
rid, and was often charge d'affaires ad
interim at each of these capitals. In
the Hayes administration he was first
assistant secretary of state He was
one of President Lincoln's secretaries.
Many readers will remember Colonel
Hay best by his poetic productions, such
as Little Breeches" and Jim Bludsoe." +"
His "Pike County Ballads" was univer-
sally read by the generation of quarter
of a century ago.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09
HOME RULE.

made that upon the opening OF Lne next
session of parliament, about the middle
of January, the attention of the nation
will be called to the spoliation of Ire
land by the existing method of taxa
tion.. The Interpolation of the gov
ernment will be based upon the report
of Mr.. Sections commission, which
proved conclusively that in the last half
century Ireland was overtaxed by Eng
land to the extent of 6 100000, 600, a sum
equal to $5OO,oO0,000 in our currency.
1t must be remembered that this sys-
tematic robbebry continues to the pres
ent day, and that under it ireland pays
annually into the British treasury e.
500, 900 more than her legitimate share
Of imperial taxation, says the Boston
Republic.
There is reason to believe that the
Tory leaders anticipate serious trouble
over this question. Ii they readjust the
levy upon the lines marked out by the
commission, they must necessarily in
crease the rate in England to make up
the deficit This they cannot do with
out suffering heA4yy losses in close con-
stituencies. The Liberals and the Irish
members will he able to use the figures
of the report to support their demand
for home rule for Ireland. These fig
ures will be their. most eloquent and i'm
,,no,o:x-o
That the Tory leaders realize the dan
ger ahead was made very plain by Mr..
A. J. Balfour in = recent address de-
livered before the National Union Of
Conservative and Constitutional Asso-
ciations." MrssBaafour made the state
ment that homie rifle for Ireland would
be the leading5issue of the Liberals in
the next election! "1n view of that
danger" he said, "it seems necessary
and desirable that the Unionists should
keep their organization at the highest
pitch of efficiency, SO that when the day
of stress and danger is again upon them
they would be found with united ranks,
fully equipped for the battle before
them, and therefore and consequently
with good hope of bringing that battle
to successful ISSUE"
About two years ago this same Mr..
Balfour, flushed with the successful is,
sue of the general election, told the
country that home rule as political
question was dead. What has resus-
citated it? Certainly the report OF the
Sexton commission had much to do
with it. What does Mr.. Balfour pro-
pose to do on that question? He gives
no sign. He simply warns his friends
that they must prepare to do. battle
against home rule. What will Ireland
do? Will she tolerate the perpetnation
of factional strife which stiles her
voice in Westminster and leaves her at
the mercy of the plundering landlords
and tax gatherers? Or will she relegate
to the rear the men who are trading her
interests and her national aspirations
for personal preferment? Now is the
time for her people to rise in their
might and drive from power and place
the leaders who are running her cause
and blighting her hopes If they were
adequately represented in the imperial
parliament in the approaching session
they could, by the aid of the Liberals,
/ break the Tory ranks, and either oust
the government or gain valuable con-
cessiOns.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

Said George du Maurier once in a pri-
yate chat: Il think that the best years
in a mans life are after he Is 40. so
Trollope used to say. Does Daudet say
so, too? A man at 40 has ceased to
hunt the moon. would add that, in
order to enjoy life after 40, it is perhaps
necessary to have achieved, before
reaching that age, at least some Sue
cess"
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

q, rsIs
Toward the daslical lrofessio ion. T1e
relations ara abont the same IN Chicago
as they are Fl Davenport. The press Is
always ready to advertise the doctors,
but the deetors have. ethical objections
to advertising in the papers. The att
tftude of good will both ways remains
undisturbed.
In other words, the doctors believe in
what is known in newspaper ethics as
jug-handle reciprocity.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

The jury in the case Of the 1rish-An,-
erican Bank, through its receiver,
against T. E. Byrnes and John Goodnow.
has returned verdict In favor Of plain.
tiff. Defendants, had made q counter,
cla!in Tor legal services, The Jury sass
them $500 under that: head, mak.ng thl /
Judgment II; the snnn u s1oc.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

Cuba is 76O miles in length and has
Is, 600 900 acres of woods and 100000
acres of land not under cultivation. Do
these facts not in a manner disturb our
ideas concerning the beauties OF the
tropical island?
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

The business men and bankers of Chi
cago who worked SO hard to elect Nc
Kinley are not getting the prosperity
and stability which were promised tc
them as the natural result of their sue
cess in that direction.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle
reports that last year it cost 4.2S cents
to collect every dollar of the income OF
the government from customs. The
year before it cost 4.23 cents on every
dollar. Bank collections are cheap in
OmpariSon.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

Ambassador Bayard says il he has
been able to bring tho people OF America
and England closer Agether that he
will not pay any attention to adverse
criticism Bayard can perhaps afford
to be defiant now. as his term of office
Is short.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

Uncle Sam and Spain have shaken
hands across the bloody chasm. Both
sides for brief period had chance OF
shaking at each other their CORY locks,
but now peace reigns.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

Backbone is the name of a small-sized
four-p page paper published in St. Paul by
Geo. r. Wells, in the interest of Prohi-
bition. It has work before it.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

A writer in the Colorado Catholic
speaks of Father Cleary as bishop Of
Minneapolis. AS usual, we are obliged
to go away from homie to learn the
news about ourselves.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

professor in Wisconsin has invent
ed a milking machine which will milk
about one quart per minute with the
aid of man and some power to work
the machine.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

Some people have hopes that ambas-
sador Bayard will follow the example
of Willie Wallie Astor and swear eter-
nal allegiance to the queen.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

Senator Sherman will go into the cab
met as secretary of state. At least, so
the newspaper correspondents have set
tied the question.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

Senator Sherman is opposed to tar
iff commission because its creation
would reflect upon the ability and hon.
esty of congress.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09
6ooF 81 linsl t,ibbo 81. % ]. ths

'6ook o{ li q Y. Iathlsl| l,s
s,s % ',#s
familiar lessons should be i,acor-
porated into cur textbooks, inculcattng
reverence for pur political institutions
and embodying an elementary knowl-
edge of our system Of government, to-.
gether with the respective functions OF
it's legislative, judicial and executive
departments, the conditions required
for American citizenship, and the duties
and rights Of the citizen These les
sons should OF course give a conspicu-
Gus place to the memorable events OF
which our country has been the thea
ter and which serve as landmarks on
her onward progress. They should in
clude brief sketch of the nations
heroes, statesmen and patriots, whose
martial deeds and civil virtues the ris-
ing generation will be taught to EMU
late"
Can we, in this modern age, offer ad-
vice that can he more conducive to ad-
vancement than what is contained, in
the above clipping from an exchange?
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

The Chicago Herald company has
filed notice of an increase Of stock from
81, 100000, to 81, 100000 with the secre-
tary of state.
The Irish standard., 1897-01-09

A great many things are said about
the patriotism ~of the American Irish
Catholic, but good aes1 may bei1earned$
from this Little paragraph from the new.