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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

There Is not one drop of the generous
blood of the Celt in her entire body.
On the contrary, she comes from the
swinish race Of the Guelphs, that gave
the Georges to England. Anyone who
desires to know what they were is re-
ferred to Thackeray's pen pictures OF
them. The pudgy, lubberly woman
who has sat on the English throne for
the past sixty years has no English
blood in her any more than Irish, the
Guelphs being Germans with a slight
dilution of Scotch blood. That a mere
figurehead posing as a constitutional
sovereign should oppose any reform
advocated by great prime minister
Is proof positive that Victoria by the
grace Of God" is 'vlniictive toward the
Irish for denying to her Dutch husband
site in the city Of Dublin on which
to erect his statue, after saying in the
famine year Of Al that the Irish people
could live on grass" The Irish people
over whom she rules will think less Of
her In the future th:el III the past and
when she passes in her checks" and
the loyalists Of England are in mourn
ing the Irish whose rights she opposed
will not join them in their demonstra-
tions of sorrow. The Orangemen and
the English garrison in ireland may
pass resolutions on the demise of her
majesty, but we firmly believe that the
Irish nationalists will keep aloof from
them as they did on the occasion If
her diamond jubilee She deserves no
better treatment from her misgoverned
| Irish subjects.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23
ELEPHANT AND DONKEY.

The st. PAUL. Pioneer Press WAS re-
Gently asked by "a correspondent why
the elephant Isl ,use,l to represent the
Republican partys and the donkey the
Democratic party" eand the following
is the answer given:
Simply because there is similarity
between the parties and the animals
which are used as emblems of their
characteristics. The Republican par
ty is strong, faithful and wise, and has
shown its capability of doing much
good work-likewise the elephant On
the contrary. the jackass. which so
strikingly typifes the Democratic par
ty. Is stupid. stubborn, worthless for
work, and whose Only mission in The
world seems to be to kick, bray and
generate mules"
Now. we protest against the jackass
being characterized as stupid, stub
born and worthless for work" 1t is
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

Justice Field, of the United States SUI
preme court, declares that he would not
retire during Cleve;and's administers
ton because he did not want a Demo-
crat to succeed him on the bench. And
yet the judiciary is supposed to be
non-partisan in its makeup. We hope
the time will come when the people will
elect the judges Of the supreme court
as we'll as the senators of the United
States and retire them by compulslon
before they become old fossils. No
man ought to be kept in Office in this
republic until it pleases him to retire.
Acknowledgement McKenna was spoken
of as Judge Fields successor, but it is
now reported that an intimate friend
and neighbor of McKinley's is booked
for the vacancy. His name we cannot
recall just now, but he halls from Ohio.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

cling to man-made churches that have
sprung up like mushrooms since the
days Of Luther. FIR. O'Reilly is Wig.
orous preacher and perfect master Of
the English language. 1t may not be
generally known that he is also an
Irish patriot who is intensely interest
ed in the welfare Of his native land.
While in Minneapolis he has given
many evidences of his sympathy with
the Irish cause, and perhaps no Irish,
man in the Northwest is more thor
oughly Informed on the Irish question
than is FIR. James O'Reilly. Long may
he live as the beloved pastor Of st.
Anthony of Padua.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

The following information about the
fortress Of Gibraltar, which the British
took from the Spaniards in 1904, is
given by the Pioneer Press in reply to
the query of correspondent: This
fortress occupies a rocky peninsula
jutting out into the sea about three
miles long and three-uuarters of mile
wide. The central rock rises to the
enormous height of / ABS feet above the
sea. Its northern face is almost per-
pendicular, while its east side is full
of tremendous preciDices. On the other
SIDE it terminates in what is called
Europa Point. The west side is less
steep than the east, and between it's
base and the sea is the narrow, almost
level span on which the town of Glib
raltar is built. The fortress is called
impregnable because it could not be
taken by military assault, and even or
binary strategy would be of no avail,
since in times of the most profound
peace seven thousand British troops are
always on the alert against any attempt
at surprise.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

The New York correspondent Of the
London Daily News says that the Irish
National Alliance, with headquarters in
Gotham. has bolted Tammany for ig-
noring the Irish in the nomination of
municipal candidates. William Lyman,
president Of the Alliance, has do.
nounced Boss Croker as an English.
man who is a "pal' OF the Prince of
Wales, and the strength Of the organ
fzation will be given to Henry George.
At least that is what the correspond
ent says If the report be true we think
Lyman is making a mistake in attack
ing any politician by virtue of the office
he holds from an organization designed
for the achievement of Irish national
independence. Keep out of American
politics, Mr.. Lyman, or your organiza-
ton will go to pieces, .:s.a. -..
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

for all the parliamentary representa-
full OF followers, and have ostracized
them for all participation In the coming
anniversary celebration. They are like
the dog in the nanger. They will do
nothing themselves but talk, and they
ridicule all others who try to secure
redress Of grievances within the Brit
ish constitution. They don't believe
that half loaf is better than no
bread" They will not be satisfied with
anything less than absolute indepen-
dence from British rule. In the days Of
Parnell they gave quasi sanction 20
home rule, and since his death they
lean toward John Redmond
The Irish Standard has no fault to
find with the principles OF the physical
force section of Irish nationalists. 1t
believes that Ireland and every other
country should be governed by its own
people without any interference from
foreigners. But the Fenian element
makes big mistake in arrogating TO
itself monopoly Of Irish patriotism.
and on the memorable occasion of cell
ebrating the deeds of Wolfe Tone, LorsS
Edward Fitzgerald. Father Murphy
and the pikemen Of '9S, they should
aim to unite and consolidate all classes
OF their countrymen to celebrate with
out friction the memories of their pa
triotic ancestors. Do the men of Fen
Ian principles desire to see Ireland free?
Then let them unite with their country
men after the fashion of the United
lrishmen they are going to honor next
year. Let them take in every man
Dillonite, Healyte, Redmonite, yes and
Orangeite-and have a united people as
much as possible in next years cele-
bration. The exiles Of Erin in every
land are watching their proceedings
and desire for the sake of Ireland the
unanimity of Irish nationalist in hon
oring their glorious sires.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23
OUR RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND.

There is wide difference of opinion
among leading American tourists and
observers as to the actual feelings Of
the British and American peoples to-
ward each other says the Boston Re-
public. The toadyish Anglomaniac sees
visions of delighted American and Eng
fish cousins rapturously embracing each
other and proclaiming eternal fratern-
ity and love. Good stalwart Americans
see nothing of the sort. They observe,
on the contrary, that English distrusts
America while she fears rupture; that
she would be glad to see "the States
involved in serious embroglio with
some other nation, and that she would
help that other nation if she could Go
so stealthily.
We have noted some expressions of
opinion on this subject uttered by re-
Gently returned tourists A Methodist
parson of Washington, D. c., Johnston
by name, went over about the time of
the jubilee. He gave his impressions
of the mother country" in a sermon
delivered in his church soon after his
arrival home. We quote this passage:
In blood, speech, tradition and custom
we are part of England. A part Of
our country is called New England,
The truth is that we are all of us chill
dren of England and citizens of a conn-
try that was born Of England. Some
talk of war between this country and
England. l think it an impossibility."
1T is only necessary to say in reply
to this bombastic utterance that less
than one-half of the present population
of the United States have a drop OF
English blood in their veins. A good,
clear majority of the inhabitants OF the
country, exclusive of the Indians, came
from European races that are not Brit
lsh nor Saxon nor Anglo-SaXon. And
that majority is increasing every year,
1t has been recently shown by an able
statistician that the defendants of Eng
fish settlers here are less than one-thjrd
CT the population. "In blood, tradition
~A'> >s'HeoAii' VIC olS, AHSl uOL d
part Of England" anil DIR. Johnston dis
plays his ignorance and his disloyalty
to his country by asserting that we are.
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higgin-
son. genuine American who is not
afraid to proclaim his nationality, found
a cordial feeling in England toward
Americans as individuals, "but," he
says, there is a vague distrust OF this
nation as whole" He is convinced
that similar feeling exists here. His
experience leads him to believe that
Americans like the individual English
man who is gentleman, but are like
ly to distrust them as race" He
further remarks: Il think this feeling
is justified at present by the whole
policy of England toward Greece and
by the aggressive policy of the empire
in Africa and India" He might have
added that it was justified by the un-
friendly spirit displayed toward the
United States in the war of the rebel
lion in the building Of Notifications at
points close to our coasts on the Atlant-
ic and the Pacific and in the churlish
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

The Catholic Columbian, in an article
on Protestant histories in public
schools, sensibly remarks: Just as the
Northern people would be slow to ac-
cept history of the Civil war written
by a Southerner, or the friends of the
high protection policy ask believer in
free trade to prepare an official treatise
on the tariff question, or the advocates
of bimetallism request a champion of
the gold standard to teach the children
of the nation the fundamental truths
of the money controversy, so the twelve
to fifteen millions of Catholics in this
republic are kept away from the public
schools partly because they are run by
Professionals for Professionals, with Pro-
testant textbooks of history and phil
osophy, without regard to the convic-
tions, rights or feelings of any other
citizen.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

The Irish Standard has much pleasure
in indorsing the appointment by Gov.
Clough of Attorney John F. McGee
to fill the vacancy on the district bench
occasioned by the resignation of Judge
r. D. Russell. The new judge is re-
cognized by his brethycn of the bar as
an able lawyer and there is no doubt
but he will discharge his judicial duties
with marked ability and conscientious
impartiality No appointment yet made
by the governor has given such general
satisfaction as this Of Judge MCGEE;
and though Republican in politics, the
Irish Standard warmly congratulatcs
him upon the promotion he has justly
merited. A sketch of Judge MCGEE
appears elsewhere in this ISSUE
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

Kinley is pretending to be in favor Of
silver and gold by international agree
ment, his secretary of the treasury, Ly-
man ]. Gage. is maturing a plan to
give bimetallism its quietus, and the
same has been commended by McKin-
ley. Gage proposes to issue bonds pay
able in gold coin to the amount Of
s260,0O0,000 to wipe out the greenbacks
and treasury notes now in circulation.
The United States congress, however,
will hardly give its sanction to bis ne
farious scheme
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

The Peoria Herald issued a Father
Mathews birthday anniversary num-
Der containing portraits of prominent
leaders in the cause Of total abstinence,
together with selections from their
speeches on the subject. Among the
twenty thus honored were Pope Leo,
Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Ireland,
Cardinal Manning, Archbishop Ryan,
Very Rev. Father Hewitt, Bish-
ops Spalding, Watterson, Chat
ard, Fathers j. M. Cleary, Walter FL
lott, A. P. Doyle and Mrs Leonora NJ.
Lake. In the center Of the group was
the apostle Of temperance, with a poem
underneath containing the following
stanza:
Hero and Priest! We seem to hear the
call.
Along the misty length OF fading
years:
Dost thou come back again, unfettered
To stir our hearts and still our rising
fears?
Dost thou come back again, a spirit
bright!
To win thy people to the path of
right?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

The Chicago Tribune consumes two
whole columns of it's Sunday issue in
the vain endeavor to demolish William
j. Bryan's theory of bimetallic curren-
cy, Some time ago it declared that
Bryan was politically dead, but it has
evidently changed it's opinion and now
thinks he is a powerful factor in the
politics of the nation. Bryan's finan.
cial principles cannot be set aside as
easily as the Tribune fondly imagined.
The people are getting to be too intel
ligent to be bamboozled by the sophis-
tries Of the plutocratic organs of the
Windy City.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

lock knows better. When he crossed
the Pyrennees few years ago did he
not find the Spanish donkey an intelli
gent. docile and sure-footed animal?
Wherein did he show stupidity and
stubbornness? Could an elephant have
carried the editor so safely over the
craggy paths? When he visited the
pyramids did he.not ride donkey in
stead of an elephant, from Cairo and
back? The donkey, instead of being
worthless for work." is one Of the
most useful and Woodworking beasts
OF burden in creation, and far surpasses
the huge elephant in usefulness to man.
The jackass, as the mules father, Is a
more important animal than the Gle.
plant. During the civil war the mule
was much in evidence. Where was the
elephant? In oriental junges. Ma
poleon's savants accompanied him to
Egypt mounted on donkeys. Had they
been mounted on elephants they would
have been mercilessly slaughtered by
the splendid cavalry of the Mamalukes.
The donkey figures conspicuously in
history, both sacred and profane, and
the old and the new Testament make
honorable mention of him. Even the
poets have elegized him, and though
one Of them was satirized by Byron
for SO doing he afterwards regretted
his unjust structures.
The elephant is emblematic of the Re-
publican party because it has the capac-
ity for gobbling up everything within
reach of Its trunk. 1t has a voracious
appetite which can hardly be appeased,
and in this respect it resembles The
the gormandizing monopolists begot-
ten of the Republican party, who have
assumed elephantine proportions by de-
vcuring the substance Of the people
by means Of the tariff and the single
gold standard. In it's native haunts,
unlike the donkey, which Is the animal
of the poor, the elephant is used by
the nabobs, and when brought to other
climes 1t is placed in geological gar
den or used as an object Of curiosity
in circus parades. So with the Repub-
ltcan party, which it typifies. That
party, unlike the Democratic party, is
the political menagerie of the wealthy
who are waxing strong on the SUBJ
stance Of the producing classes, while
its organs are clarifying its depreda-
tions and opening their Walls of wrath
upon those who will not submit tamely
to Its plundering operations.
The Pioneer Press will remember that
Xerxes with his elephants were routed
by the Greeks under Miltiades In the
same way Mark Hanna and his pluto
Gratis will be routed by the Democrats
under Bryan.
The donkey will outrun the elephant
in the race this fall, for he is light
and fleet-footed, while his antagonist
Is heavy and cumbersome in his move
ments. For the presidential race Of
1900 the Asiatic beast will be so handi-
capped by Mark Hanna, the paladin
now seated in the houdah, that he will
never win the prize. The Ohio jockey
will ride the clumsy brute to death.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

Henry George will rot gain any
strength by dragging religion into mu-
Eicipal politics. In a speech the other
evening he referred to the case of Rev.
DR.. McGlynn and said he visited Arch
bishop Corrigan in his behalf. "Tha
said, "and would not listen to my ex.
plantation, which 1 tried to make clear
was not in any way antagonistic to
the Catholics or the doctrines of the
church. He would not listen. You
know how these people are. Tammany
ran the archiepiscopal college at that
time"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

Says the Faribault Pilot: The old
saying Of Like father, like SON." does
not hold true in regard to the sons of
the late Generals Sherman and Slleri-
dan. The only son of General Sherman
is Father Thomas Sherman, a Jesuit
priest. The oldest son Of "Fighting
Phil" Phillip Sheridan, jr., has also
entered the Catholic priesthood and
celebrated his first mass on Sunday
last in St. Paul's church, Washington
ID, G..
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

The IRISH STANDARD begs to ten
der its congratulations to FIR. James
O'Reilly upon the improvements made
under his personal supervision in the
church OF St. Anthony Of Padua. 1t
is now magnificent ediflce which
speaks volumes for his indefatigable
zeal and energy. In his sermon last
Sunday he dedicated 1t to the service
VI God for the use of his flock and
urged the congregation to get the value
OF the money expended in its renova-
ton in heavenly graces to be obtained
by constant attendance at divine wor-
ship. His discourse on the divinity,
impregnability and perpetuity Of the
Catholic church was most impressive
in its character. 1t was logical and
convincing and we'll calculated to pro-
dnce doubt In the minds of those who
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

Tom Plat, the Republican boss, is
calling on Mckinley to help his ma.
chine in New York city, while Mark
Hanna wants him to stump Ohio in his
interest. The man from Canton, who
during last falls campaign spoke from
his doorstep, has so little presidential
dignity that he will respond to the call
of his henchmen to save the party from
defeat. But his labor will be in vain,
as time will show.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

Candidate Shaw, who is running for
Republican governor of Iowa, boasts Of
his physical endurance, and says he
holds the record over Bryan, having
spoken for twenty-seven hours in six
days during the campaign last fall. In
the gubernatorial campaign he is ignor-
ing the currency issue and combining
himself exclusively to the tariff. He
understands thoroughly how the people
steers clear of it.. In this he displays
good horse sense.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

In the municipal election in Nash.
Vile last week the Democracy was trl-
umphant. Two years ago an A. p. A.
named Mccarthy was elected mayor
but he was buried out Of sight when
he came up for reelection Hence
forth and forever his name is Denis
in the centennial city. The gang that
supported him has received its death
blow.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

The village of Gracevlle, Big Stone
county, Mimi, with a population OF
progress in a remarkable manner. and
has set a pace which larger towns
should emulate. Through the efforts OF
M. F.. Noonan. president OF the village
council. the progressive burg is now
illuminated by electricity. His col
leagues on the board and the citizens
generally aided and encouraged Mr..
Noonan in the movement
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23
attitude Of the Tory government on
the seal question.


the seal question.
George H. Lyman, who is slated for
the collectorship Of the port of Boston.
has also been abroad, and has returned
with well-defned notions touching the
Bayard estimate of international senti-
ment. Mr.. Lyman tells a reporter that
he was able to notice decided growth
in the last few years in England of
friendly feeling toward America and
Americans. The tone Of the London
newspapers was different, he thought.
He evidently did not read the comments
made upon the state department letter
on the seal fishery dispute. We quote
the closing paragraph of Mr.. Lyman's
Interview from the Journal: "He said
there was a strong feeling among the
English people for their Anglo-Saxon
cousins over here, and he thought that,
while England might not object to see
ing the United States Inundated a lit
tie, she would strongly object to see
ing her getting into any serious
trouble"
1t evidently did not occur to Mr.. Ly-
man that nation which would look
on complacently while we were being
Inundated was not very friendly, even
if she were willing to prevent our utter
humiliation. Mr.. Lyman and DR.. john
ston take the English and Bayard views
of our relationship with England, while
Colonel Higginson represents the stur-
are not part of England, that we care
not for her, nor do we trust her pro-
fessions of friendship.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

In Justice to Attorney-G General Nc
Kenna we will state that the report
about his accompanying President Nc
Kinley to Methodist church on Sun
day has been contradicted. The Cleve.
Land Universe says he only walked with
the president as far as the door of the
church, but did not so inside.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

President Dom Paul Kruger. OF the
Transvaal. has gained the title of the
"South African Solomon" A father
dying willed u his property equally be-
tween his two sons dispute having
arisen they referred the matter to IL.
president for decision. Addressing the
elder brother Paul Kruger said "You
are the elder, are you not?" yes"
was the answer. so you shall divida
the property" This pleased the elder
immensely. you are the younger" con-
tinued Kruger to the other, so you
shall have first choice"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

The new provincial OF the Dominican
order in the United States, Very Rev.
Farther Kearney, y. p, is typical
6outherner. having been born and
reared in old Kentucky. He is 81 years
old and one of the brightest men In
the order. He was ordained priest at
the famous University of Louvain
That he Is popular in the order of
which he is so brilliant an ornament
is evidenced in the fact that he was
elected provincial on the first ballot,
the first instance In the history of the
order in this province where the cleo
ton was decided so expeditiously and
unanimously.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-23

Senator Wolcott is hoping against
hope that John Bull will favor an in
ternational conference to promote Nc
Kinley bimetalism. According to the
tone of the London press it is just as
we'll for the Colorado statesman and his
fish know that Mckinley and his sup
porters do not want bimetallism and the
London Times intimates as much when
1t says that president Mckinley has
now redeemed his election pledges and
may turn with pleasant sense Of dis
charged responsibility to the serious
work Of financial reform" While Nc