The Irish standard., 1897-11-13
HANNA'S TRICKY TACTICS.

DuTlHS Lue recent elections IN New
YORK and Ono, the officers of certain
Irish and Catholic organizations. by
virtue of the positions they hold, took
an active and prominent part in the
campaign. In New York William j. Ly-
| man, the president of the Irish National
| Alliance. an organization established by
irish Americans to make Ireland a ma
flon threatened to annihlate Tammany
by his official influence as the head of
that body. because certain men were not
given place on the Democratic ticket
with Van Wyck for mayor. When Mr.
Lyman was elected president at tha
great convention held in Chicago in
1895 one of the strongest claims made
for him by his supporters was that he
| had always been Il non-partisan in
| American politics, and that he loved
| the cause of Ireland too we'll to cndanser
the stability and efficiency of the l. N.
! A. by participating in his official Ca
pacity as politician in municipal,
state or national elections in this coul-
try. IL newspaper reports be true Mr.
Lyman has dragged the organization
into the mire of American politics., and
If he has, we consider him unworthy
Of the confidence of the men who placed
him in brief authority as the head of a
patriotic body whose aim and object
is to free Ireland from the CALLING yoke
OF the Saxon. We hope and trust that
the members of the National executive
committee of the L. N. A. will investi-
gate the matter and promptly depnse
William J. Lyman if he has done allght
in his official capacity to impair the
usefulness of the organization.
The Catholic Mutual Benevolent AS
scciation. with headquarters in Wash
ington and branches in Ohio, took part
in the campaign to help out Mark
Hanna. One j. f. Sullivan. a member
of the order, is said to have prepared
circular in the interest of Hanna, but
ostensbly in reply to one issued by
the A. p. A. We will let the Boston
Republic tell the story in detail as fol-
lows:
''In the closing week of his campaign
in Ohio Mr.. Hanna rcsortcd to con-
temptible trick which stamps him as
an INSCRIPTIONS as we'll as reckless and
desperate politician. He caused to be
circulated among Catholic voters a num-
Der Of secret letters written by officials
of the moribund A. p. A. organization,
in which these worthless denounced the
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Catholics. and called upon all cellar
patriots to down Hanna as {; rcbukc
to Mckinley. The letters were written
with skill and cunning; indeed. they
showed SO much of these qualities shat
Il suspicion was at once aroused as to
their authenticity and purpose.
Investigation followed. and a sullic-
iently large array of facts was soon
brought to light to prove conclusively
that the whole scheme was simply Il
cumstance of the dirty transaction that
leading Catholic politicians in Ohio
were parties to II, and that they used
their influence to spread the lying and
dishonest documents among their CO.
religionists. Fac similes were sent out
in envelopes bearing the imprint of the
Catholic Mutual Benevolent Associa-
ton, most respected and distinct
lively non-political Catholic body. This
could only be done through the agency
or connivance of an officer of the ASSOC
citation. and the officer guilty of such
a breach of rules and regulations should
be summarily deposcd.
1T is wholly crcditable to the two
leading Catholic journals of the state,
tho Cleveland Universe and the Cath
Ollie Columbian. that they promptly
and cnergeticaliy repudiated the scheme
and denounced it as dishonest and in
sulting to the intelligence of Catholic
voters. Both these journals admit tho
genuincness" of the epistles emanating
from the headquarters in Washington
and from the state organization in Ohio
But both explicitly declare that the doc
uments were prepared with view to
helping Hanna rather than of injuring
him. The manifesto issued from the
Ohio headquarters is signed by f. Do
vile, state president. In this document
Mr.. Doville covertly attacks Hanna and
openly accuses Mckinley of catering to
Archbishop Ireland and other Catholics.
He states among other things says
the Cleveland Universe. that no class
of men in the state labored so arduously
for McKinley's election as the members
of the A. P. A. This, too. in face Of |
the declared purpose Of the association |