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The Irish standard., 1898-09-10
no CHURCH PRIVILEGES.

A special from st. Paul to the Chi
cago Times-Herald reports Senator
Cushman X. Davis as saying that the
property Of all churches in the territory
which the United States may acquire as
result of the war will be fully pro-
tected, but the churches must be on
Grated in accordance with the Ameri-
can constitution. That statement was
made to a committee of Protestant
ministers who called upon him at his
homo to discuss the question of RELIGIOUS
freedom In Americas new colonies.
they pointed out to him Tie fact tina,
the Catholic church owned considerable
property in the Spanish possessions and
| that the Spanish prrlates would exert
| every influence Oh The peace commits
| sloners to secure the post liberal terms
possible in the final adjustment of t...e
| ownership Of the islands. The senator
replied that there must be absolute
separation Of church and state. and
added: Should the Spanish commits
! siorers decline to agree to this propo-
sition the American commissioners will
return home without arranging a treaty
OF peace"
The Catholic church in the Spanish
Islands is entitled to hold all the prop
erty in its possession. and there is no
danger of it's being contiscared by the
American government. After the islands
pass from the control of Spain and be-
como the territory of the United
| States the Catholic church will no
longer be Affiliated With the state. but
must maintain ITSELF without any aid
from the American government. There
will be freedom of worship for all de-
nominations. az 'in the United States,
and both Catholics and Professionals
must support their bwn churches as
they do here"9 The Spanish peace
commissioners will ask no special priv
ilcges for the Catholic church, and if
| they do they will not obtain them. The
three Protestant ministers of St. Paul
who represented the Ministerial AS
sociation of the city and called upon
Senator Davis for his views on the
question ought to feel satisfied with
The answer they received. So far as
the property of the Spanish, ccclesiastics
is concerned the Protestant ministers do
not expect this government to take it
away from them any more than ii
would take away the property of othc,
individuals. This government will never
be guilty of such highhanded proceed
urc as was the English government in
the time of the Tudors.
The Professionals will have ever,
opportunity afforded them for the per
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10
An Irish Industry.

Irish poplin is the costliest and most
valuable silken fabric in the world and
that for several reasons The warp is
the long-fibred cervennes silk of italy:
the wool is mixture of fine Cane Or
Australian wool and the rare and costly
Patagonian or Peruvian wool, and the
fabric is hand woven, as no machine
has ever been devised which can take
the place of the cunning skill handed
down from generation to generation of
the weavers in the Dublin factories. OF
this guild there are now about S. MEM.
pers, all men. as the rules of the guild
forbid the instruction of women. The
art was introduced in Dublin by the
Huguenots, who found refuge there after
the massacre of st. Bartholomew, and
the Irish became more skillrul at it
than their teachers.
A. T. Stewart, the New York mer-
chant, made an attempt to establish a
factory in New York, but though ma
terial and workmen were Identical with
the conditions i'll Ireland, the outcome
OF the loom was not a success. The
nearest approach to it is made at Lyons.
France, and in the Alps. where dry at
mospheric conditions are similar to
those in Dublin; but the price of these
goods are about half that of the Irish
poplin.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

Says the Minneapolis Journal We
hear the name Of Father Cleary, pastor
Of st. Charles church, mentioned for RE
publican nomination for the school
board. This strikes us as an excellent
suggestion. Father Cleary is a faithful
pastor, and enjoys the confidence and
esteem of his people in very high de-
gree. But he is more than that His
activities and his usefulness are not con-
fined to his own parish. He is man OF
affairs. He has not only managed well
the interests of his church, spiritually
and financially, but he takes an active
interest in all public questions, Identify
ing himself with their discussion AKA
settlement, and is warm friend of the.
public schools. The members of the
general citizens committee for the rails
ing Of money to keep the schools open
last spring to the end of the school year
will remember that Father Cleary was
one of the most active workers in that
cause, and that his district, of which he
was the chairman, was one of the few to
raise the entire amount apDortioned to
It, and more. If the ether districts had
done as we'll as Father Cleary's, the pub
TIC schools would have kept open the
full school year, and the result was
largely due to his efforts He is a broad.
minded, practical man, and we believe
would serve the city well in that office.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

ligious instruction, in place where
there is but one form of religion, is q
curious commentary upon the ideas of
freedom entertained by some people 1t
is an extension OF the American princi-
pie to Il place where there is no excuse
for it. Our "non-sectarian" rule was
adopted simply as an expedient-not be-
cause we condemned religion in the pub
lie schools. but because the religious
difficulty was so perplexing that we con-
fessed our inability to deal with it save
by the process of cutting the Gordian
knot" We say to apply this principle
or rather -principle-to such Il place
as Santiago, where there is no such diff
ticulty, is not freedom. but the very re-
verse of that sacred thing.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

Senator Cushman X. Davis, the loqua-
cious peace commissioner, opened the Re-
publican campaign in this city last We'd
nesday evening. His speech was Of the
stereotyped kind and consisted of exag-
gerated praise of the Republican party
from it's birth 10 the p esent day. He at
tributed the invisible prosperity of the
country to the tariff. and pronounced the
financial issue dead issue. De-
spite the liberal advertising in the
Republican press about this being his
last appearance on the platform ere his
departure for Paris. he lamentably failed
to draw out anything like large audi
ence. He is too much of partisan to
be popular, and the masses of the people
the bread winners-have" Ito confidence
in him. They admit his cleverness as
politician, but know that his services are
given to the plutocracy and not to the
democracy. Hence they cared not to
hear him.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10
Days Gone BY.

Oh, the days gone by! Oh, the days
gone by!
The apple in the orchard and the path
way through the rye;
The chirrup of the robin, and the whistle
of the quail,
AS he pipcd across tho meadows sweet
as any nightingale;
When the bloom was On the clover. and
the blue was in the sky;
And my happy heart brimmed over in
the days gone by.
In the days gone by. when my naked
feet were tripped
BY the honeysuckle's tangles, where Tie
waterily dipped.
And the ripple of the river Tipped the
moss along the brink.
Where the placid-eyed and lazy-footed
cattle came to drink.
And the fitting snipe stood fearless Of
the truants hayward cry,
And the splashing of the swimmer IN
the days gone by.
Oh, the days gone by! Oh, the days
COMO by:
The music Of the laughing Lip, the l,,stre
OF the eye;
The childish faith in fairies and Al
laddin's magic ring.
The simple soul reposing, glad belle.
in everything.
When life was like story, holding rci-
Their sob nor sigh,
In the olden. golden glory Of The days
gone by.
James Whitcomb Riley.
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version of the Catholics of the islands,
but why send missionaries to the
Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico when
the inhabitants are already Christian
lied? They have been baptized and
taught to believe in Christ, and that
is sufficient to save them in the world
to come, according to Protestant the
ology. We are not aware that Protes-
tants consider it necessary for Catholics
to renounce their faith in order to be
saved from eternal perdition. Why,
then, try to proselyte them? Would it
not be better for Protestant mission
aries to go among the heathens and
preach the gospel of Christ to them?
There is a fertile field for them in
which to gather in the harvest among
the Hindoos and Chinese and other pa
gan people, who sit in darkness and the
shadow of death.
In a recent interview Archbishop Ire
land declared there is no more occa-
sion for Protestant societies to send
missionaries to Santiago, to Havana to
San Juan and to Manila than there is
to our national capital The ex-Indian
commissioner. Gen. T. ]. Morgan, pres
ent secretary of the American Baptist
Home Mission Society,", does not agree
with the st. Paul prelate. In recent
interview he says that many Catholics
are joining the Baptist church. +
ought to have been more specific in his
statement, as there are 13 divisions of
the Baptist denomination in thie coun-
try. What branch of it Gen. Morgan
belongs to we do not know. "Protes-
tants have been doing missionary work
among the Roman Catholics of this
country for many years, and the ranks
Of their churches are largely recruited
by converts from Roman Catholic
families" says Gen. Morgan. We seri-
ously doubt it. We do not know but
one Catholic in Minneapolis who has
Joined the Baptist church. and that is
young woman who married Baptist
and gave up her faith for a husband.
Again he says: "'rhere is scarcely
prominent Baptist church in the United
States which does not contain in it's
membership converted Roman Catholics
and children from Catholic families.
What is true of the Baptists is true,
also, think. of all Protestant denomi-
nations.
The doughty Morgan is romancing, to
use a mild expression. OF course, he
lives by the gospel, and it is to his in
terest to make such statements He is
paid a. good salary by the Home Mis-
sion Society," and he desires to impress
the Baptists with the idea that he is
'evangelizing'' the Catholics at rapid
rate. They ought to ask him for the
names Of the converts" from Catho-
licity, with all necessary specifications,
and then they would discover that he
is given to exaggeration. Protestant
missions among Catholics have always
proved to be a gigantic failure.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10
THE BRITISH IN THE scupAN.

n decisive victory was gained by the
Anglo Egyptian forces under Gen. Sir
Herbert Kitchener over the .Dervishcs in
the Soudan on Friday. Sept. 9, when the
iatters army, estimated at 10000, was
completely routed by 10000 British regu-
lars and $4,000 Egyptian natives. 1t is
sad that the Dervishes, who fought
fiercely and with urdaunted bravery, lost
e,oV0 Ill the engagement, wnlic the Anglo
Egyptians sustained loss of about 500.
Inc great disparity in the number of
killed Is owing to good generalship, fine
discipline and superior weapons of war
rare The English and the native troops
were armed with the best rifles and ma
chine guns known to modern military
science and the serried ranks of tire
enemy went down like grain before Il
Mccormick reaper. The Arabs fought
with reckless desperation and threw
themselves with tremendous force
against various points of the British for
nation. to be only slaughtered by rapid
hflhg MaXims and the deadly volleys of
well-trained battallons. The rifle. is no
match for artillery and the Soudanese,
with overwhelming numbers, had to re.
treat precipitately, after losing heavily
Ill attack. AS the war correspondent
says: Their dense masses gradually
melted to companies and the companies
to driblcts beneath the leaden hail. Fin
ally, they broke and fled, leaving the
field white with jibball-clad corpses, like
show-drift dotted meadow"
Without entering into the origin of the
war; 1t must be confessed that the Brit
lsh slrmounted many obstacles in the
campaign, and that Gen. Kitchener has
earned the gratitude of his government
for succeeding where others before him
failed. The British soldiers fought we'll
and brilliant charge was made by the
Twenty-fifth Lancers. under Lieut.. Col,
Martin. Galloping down on detached
body of the enemy. they found the Der
WISH swordsnen masscd behind and were
forced to charge home against appalling
odds. The Lancers hacked through the
mass. rallied and Kept the Dervishes at
bay. Lieut.. GiAnfea, a nephew of Sir
Francis Grenfen, nwas killed and four
other officers we're 'Aounde,l, twenty-one
men were killed and twenty wounded.
That shows that the British soldiers
still retain the tlespStrate valor they dis
played at Waterloo and Balaclava. We
do not admire the government that
wages war against Khalifa Abdullah and
Osman Disna, but its mercenary soldiers
are good fighters even in an unjust
cause. and the clause for the war in east
ern Africa is ulijilist on the part of Eng
land
In this battlS The power of The Der
wishes has bear orerthrown. Their
army has been defeated and dispersed,
their black banner captured, and their
leaders are henceforth to be fugitives.
The two cities of Omdurman and Khart-
um have been taken and the Union Jack
is floating over them in triumph. The
death OF Chinese Gordon the freeboot-
or. is avenged. and England has gained
large slice of the African continent for
the extension of British "Christianity
and civilization"
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10
THE ANGLo-sAxoN A MYTH.

several tunes during Ine recent Wir
the Irish Standard, in the interest of
truth. was constrained to correct it's
city contemporaries in the use OF the
hackneyed word "Anglo-Saxon. as APP
piled to the English speaking citizens OF
America. The Evening Journal, whose
editor is Celt, yielded somewhat to the
irresistible logic Of the Standard, while
the Times editor, with the stubborn
Anglo-SaXon race was pre-eminent in
everything, and that this republic owed
it's greatness to the wonderful energy
and activity Of that particular breed Of
the human family. But marvellous
change has taken place in the editorial
utterances of our daily contemporaries
within the past week. The Times has
taken us by surprise in saying that the
Anglo-SaXon is a myth and does not ex-
list in America. 1t took quite while
for it to arrive at that conclusion. and
we congratulate it on it's conversion to
the truth at last. and hope it will hold
fast TIC it for all time to come.
The Journal. in recent editorial,
consumed much valuable space in at
tempting to prove that this is not an
Anglo-Saxon country at all, despite the
fact that during the SpanishAmerican
war the newspapers were full of allu-
sions to Anglo-Saxon courage, Anglo
Saxon endurance, ArgloSaXon determi-
nation. An9lo-Saxon humanity, until
one was prompted to inquire what has
become Of the Americans. The Journal
has admirably succeeded in showing
that the term "Anglo-SaXon," used in
Discriminatory in reference to the
American people. is a misnomer. In
the course of an interesting article it
says:
Few of those who so indiscriminately
apply the term Anglo-Saxon to the men
Of many races who atormed Sail Juan
and rushed FL Caney, who stood behind
the guns ut Manila and Santiago, know
that it is statistical fact that Anglo
Saxon blood does not predominant in
this country. In the first place, the
term Anglo-Saxon is a misnomer APP
piled even to the people of England. In
the veins of the modern Englishman
flows the blood of the Norseman, the
Dane the Celt. the Norman, the HUI
guenot and the Dutchman, as well as
that of the Angles and Saxons. In
Scotland the people so far recognize the
fact that they are not nglo-Saxons that
they insist On the term British instead
The two greatest 'Anslo-SaXon states
men of the last 50 years. Disraeli and
Gladstone, We're OF Italian-Jow and
Scotch blood, respectively"
The journal shows that before the
American revolution the population of
| the colonies WAS composed of diverse
elements and that during the 10 years
following the revolution the immigra-
ton. though not large, was chiefly from
non-English sources. When the census,
Of 1920 was taken it was found that
! there were in the United States 1888 .S22
! people being an increase of little over
100000 since 1910. From 1890 on. the
| stream OF immigration poured into the
| United States in ever-increasing size
| Between 1920 and 1894 17,42S.4G7 white
persons came to tho United States vo
reside.
1T is difficult says the Journal, SIC
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

The Democrats of California have
nominated James G. Mcguire of San
Francisco, for governor of that state
Judge Mcguire was a member of the
Fifty-fifth congress. He was one OF the
original single tax men of the country.
a friend of the late Henry George, and
is an orator of great ability. Judge Ma
guire obtained his title in six years
service on the bench of the superior
court Of California. He began life as
blacksmith. His candilature has been
Endorsed by the Silver Republicans and
the Pcpllists- except the middle-of-the
their own candidate
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

Martin L. !. Griffin may consider the
following settlement made by ST. Louis
4rsl.mcn. III mass meeting assembled,
;n unlonni"d claim: I'VE can Law the
iattcrins JUNCTION to our souls as n
source OF sincere pride that men of our
race and llu"d constituted not less than
Go per cen ui the army and 40 per cent
OIL the navy in the late war. and in every
engagement OH land and STA were more
IMAM cohaplcuonS, brave ana daring. and
Ill Il signal manner proved that the Colt
was i'll every instance in the front. on
the tirinG linr. iii" hravest of the brave"
we nave no means OF asrcrtuining
whether they claim too much or not, but
ii they contributed the percentage stated
ny them 70 10th the army and navy.
they cont, ;hutrd far more than their
snare ACCORDING to their numerical
strength.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

Some weeks ago II Methodist mission
airy named Baton wrote IL letter from
Juebla. Mexico, to one Of his church or
eans in 81. Louis, stating that he saw a
placard on II church door in Mexico an
nouncing /, rattle for the rescue of souls
from purga'niy. A Catholic priest of
FINE Bluff. Ark. sent IL paper contain
ing the letter to the bishop of puebla,
and received Il reply to Tie effect that
Tie Methodist preacher had not the
ieast foundation to warrant such a
statement. The bishop says that, as Il
rule. all statements made by American
missionaries about the Catholic church
IN Mexico arc nothing but lies made out
OF whole cloth. Their work here" he
says. does not amount to anything, and
the number of their proselytes is pro.
portioned to the size of their purse"
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

A Washington special to the Mime
apolis Journal says that President Nc
Kinley will find it necessary to throw
the Jonah of his cabinet, Russell A.
Alger, overheard, to pacify the Ameri-
can people. man who has shown
such fragrant incompetency should be
Immediately decapitated The abuses
of brave American soldiers in the
camps will be brought up against the
administration in the coming campaign
if Alger is retained as secretary of
war.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10
Says the Providence Visitor, now edit

Says the Providence Visitor, now edit
ed by Rev. Thomas l.. Kelly: The Rev.
Josiah Strong, author of Our Country
is out with jeremiad on the immortality
which is devastating the public schools
of our large cities. He has got the facts.
and unpleasant ones they are, from
various ministers throughout the land
He says that the plague RACES even
among children brought Up in Christian
homes. But he offers no remedy. We
take the liberty Of Offering one. Make
education more Christian.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

The challenger uf the Americas Gun.
Sir Ihumd, !.lptun. is moi ashamed of
Being called Irish. notwithstanding his
English title. Questioned as to his ma
tionaity. h" took occasion to explain
That he is not :, Scotch-Ilshman nor
an English lrishman, but a straight
arishman through and through, md
without ANY Irills or flirhclo%s That's
the kind "f an lria,nan We like
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

fathers before Them. But they were
kept in camp ON American soil and
Obliged to suffer like the rest Of the
American volunteers. They would have
preferred to be with the Rough Rider;
at FL Caney and San Juan hill a.
share in the danger and glory of their
achievements but fate and the war de-
partment decreed otherwise.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

the United states government has
now on hand about $1,000 Mauser rifles
which were used by the Spaniarls IN
the late war. The Ma,lser is the Aus
tflan weapon. and is said to be superior
to the krhg Iorgrnson but inferior to
the Mans.iri''r. I.chcl or l.cc-Mclford
used hy Germany, France and England
respertlvciN. The best rifle manufac-
turcd should h" purchased for Americal
soldiers.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

The Boston Pilot, in correcting a
writer who claimed that Theodore
Roosevelt is three-quarters Scotch-Irish
and Huguenot and one-quarter Dutch,
says: Oh, no, he isn't. He is one.
quarter Dutch, one-quarter Irish, one
quarter French and one-quarter Scotch;
but he emphatically is not Scotch
Irish," and not one little bit of him is
"Anglo-Saxon;" for he comes of whole
races, not of mongrel myths
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

The chaplain of the Oregon, Rev. ]. P.
Mcintyre, is threatened with court-mar-
tial for speaking slightingly of Bob
Evans and Admiral Sampson in the
naval engagement in Santiago bay, July
3. On learning that he would be repri-
manded for his utterances. he strenuous
ly denied that he was accurately quoted.
Perhaps the parson has been misrepre-
sented.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

Stewart Gamble, the Irish Orange
man, tried to get the nomination from
the Republicans for member of the Ii
brary board. They remembered his per-
nicious activity as representative of
bigotry in behalf of Collins STORY of
Liberty and turned him down hard.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

jeremiah Curtin. the translator of
Quo Vadis," is said to have realized
$4,000 as his share of the sales of Sien-
kiewicz's works in the English language.
Mr.. Curtin belongs to the Irish
Historical society, and was formerly at
tached TO the Smithsonian Institute at
Washington, D. C.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

Company. ri BOSTON. which is made up
exclusively Of Anglomaniacs, escaped
from illness in camps or wounds from
Mauser rifles during the war. because
they stayed at home. Boston has no
cause to icyl proud of them. and ii
isn't.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

A generation has elapsed since the
close OF the civil war. aud still there arc
1,0i0.9o0 pr'suns drawing pensions from
100000 Il year. Tho deserving soldiers
ought to recriS" pensions in their old
age but il locks as il many persons get
pensions who never smclled powder on
the bait iclicl,l.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

The Standard and Times, of Philadel-
phia commenting on tho decree issued
by Gen. Wood in regard to the secular
character of the public schools in Cuba.
sensibly remarks: The abolition of re-
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

A bronze statue of Frederick Doug
lass. the great colored orator, is to he
unveiled in Rochester, N. Y, on Sept.
IA. The monument will cost about
$4,000, and is being met by popular
subscription. principally from among
the colored people of the country.
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

Gen. l.. y. Collins. cX-Amprican consu
to England, says that he is in favor of
the widest possible extension of trade.
and tho least possible extension of ter-
ritory
The Irish standard., 1898-09-10

Lady IIugsins. wife of the famous as
tronomer, Sir William Higgins, is an
Irishwoman. She was chosen by him
as his mate because of her profound and
self-acquired knowledge of astronomy
Lady Higgins is said to be an astrono-
mer of the first order. to be compared
with Caroline Herschell, the sister and
helper Of the great English observer.
During her youth Lady Higgins read all
the books she could find on the heavenly
bodies. and, with the aid of small
telescope, she had discovered for her.
self many Of the truths that had been
established by observers before her time.
Sir William Higgins became fascinated
with the young Irish girl who is now
his wife. and sought her for his life
companion This scientific pair work
together beautifully, and thorough
understanding exists between them.