The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-22
A HOWL FROM ORANGEMEN.


STORY of Liberty" from the public H.
brary, as related in these columns last
week, has aroused the Indignation .,f
the loyal followers of King William of
orange in this city, according to re-
port in one of the daily papers. The
Irish Standard showed up the character
of the book and protested against its
use IN a public Institution supported by
general taxation, and the members of
the library board 9 at their regular
meeting ordered it withdrawn from cir
culation and removed from the list of
reference books
After the board had performed this
praiseworthy act few members of the
Orange and A. P. A. lodges with Stew
art Gamble. j. G.. Mcintyre and R. c.
Barton at their head, met and resolved
that the book should be restored for
circulation and reference, and appointed
a committee to wait upon the library
directors to persuade them to rescind
their action. The druggist Gamble
gave his profound opinion to the effect
that the book was absolutely free from
bigotry. and that it was a faithful por-
trayal Of the religious conditions exist
ing during the period of 500 years COW
cred by the veracious chronicler Of
the STORY Of Liberty"
The vender of patent pills stated that
"Mr. Coffin makes no attempt to per-
vert the facts of history" but when 1t
is remembered that he is leader Of
Orangeism his opinion Is not worth
Partially of the author is not worth
much as compared with the opinion of
President Northrop, of the State Uni
vertsity, and DR.. Hosmer, the public H.
brarian
Aside from that while Gamble may
or may not be a native. the overwhelm-
ing majority of his followers are not
American citizens hut Only temporary
sojourners who have not renowned
their allegiance to royalty.
The amendment to the state consti-
tuition adopted by the people in 1896
disfranchises the bigoted fellows who
swear by King William on horseback.
Until they take out their second pa
pers" they can no longer have voice in
American affairs, and they worship
British royalty too much to cast off
their old allegiance for the new. AS we
write. we have before lis a copy of the
bylaws of the Minneapolis Loyal Or
ange Lodge" to which these WORTHLESS
belong, and from the declaration Of
tract this paragraph: "The members
Of the order are known in all countries
as Orangemen, in honor of the noble
William of Orange, who did so much
for the cause of universal liberty. We,
in the United States. adopted the hon
ored name, because Of its universally"
Such a claim as the above is ridiculous,
The order Is held in contempt wherever
1T is known, and everybody knows that
King William is not known in history
as a promoter Of human liberty. He
was certainly a better man than any
of his worshippers who In 1895 organ
lied a conspiracy bearing his name,
and which the Protestant Irish patriot
OF immortal memory, the eloquent
Henry Grattan, characterized as "a ban
ditti. who, being of the religion of the
state. had committed the most horrid
murders, and had proceeded from rob-
berry and massacre to determination"
The only country In the world cursed By
the presence of these inhlman monsters
is poor Ireland, where they answer the
purpose of the British government in
keeping the country in turmoil They
are found organized in no other country
of Europe but Ireland, and how their
offspring here can claim universally"
for the odious organization is more than
we can understand.
The members of the library board
will pay no attention to the remon-
strances Of these fellows. Only hanl-
full of them are citizens of the United
States, and they We're accidentally born
under the stars and stripes. The Or
angemen from Ireland and Canada will
never go back upon Queen Victoria to
become citizens of this republic. If
Q war between Great Britain and the