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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

made all the use it could of the Fill
pinos when it was question of fighting
Spain. The unhappy Filipinos were
made to believe that the Americans
were coming as their liberators from
Spanish rule, ard that when the Span
iards had gone the natives would have
their territory restored to them by their
grateful allies. A large sum of money
was deposited by the Filipino represen-
tative in the chartered bank of India,
Australia and China for the purpose of
enabling the Filipinos to help the Amer
leans in driving the Spaniards out of
the islands. Admiral Dewey assured
the Filipinos that the American gov
crnment would furnish them. with all
the arms and ammunition they needed.
This was at conference on the ad-
miral's flagship. The Filipinos, in so far
as they secured arms, carried out their
part OF the bargain. They fought the
Spaniards with desperate valor, driving
them from point to point; they actively
assisted the Americans, and their flag
was recognized by Admiral Dewey when
he had need of their assistance, and
then, when all this and more had taken
place, the Filipinos found themselves
treated as rebels in their own land;
found themselves denounced by the
President as outlaws; found their homes
invaded, their goods stolen, their liber-
ty at the mercy of the ships and guns
OF great power, acting under treaty
which sold the Filipinos to the United
States at the rate OF two dollars a head!
Was there ever meaner and more con-
temptible story told in modern times?
Well may all decent American heads
hang in shame! We have no right to
be over critical, seeing what England
has recently been doing. 1t is not, in
deed, with us so much question of ore
nation against another. The serious
problem is, what is our civilization COM
ing to, what is it worth, when the two
nations of the world that suppose them
selves to be foremost can act as the
United States and Great Britain have
been acting during the last twelve
months? Anglo-American alliance?
Heaven forbid! 1t would be an alliance
of murder and robbery"
Any American not blinded by partisan
prejudice and who is not a seeker for
political spoils cannot but admit that the
influential Radical paper of England has
stated the case both fairly and correctly.
The editor does not spare his own gov
eminent from deserved odiunl, and yet
his contemporaries which represent the
upper classes do not reprimand him for
his utterances. Were he in this country
he would be branded as "a traitor and a
copperhead" for uttering the mildest
protest against the criminal aggression"
of President Mckinley with the trusts
at his back. We thank the intrepid
British journalist for instructing the
common people of England on the aims
and objects of the war in the Philip
pines. We touch our hat to him for
exposing wrong and injustice, whether
it is done in London or at Washing
ton.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

The Orange city of Belfast still main
tains its unenviable reputation for black
guardism and bigotry. On recent oc-
casion Nationalist parade was violent
ly attacked by the followers of King
Billy. The police charged the rowdies
with fixed bayonets. A serious en-
counter took place, private property was
destroyed, and military magistrate was
badly injured. The lawless cut-throats
will escape lightly at the hands of the
Orange dispensers of justice.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

A national convention of that bigotcd
organization called the Junior Order of
United American Mechanics was held
in Minneapolis during the week. They
are the Apa's under an elongated name.
They boast that they have furnished
1000 members of their order to McKin-
ley's war in the Philippines. If that is
a fact it is no wonder that Catholic
churches in the islands have been desc
Grated and pillaged. They pretend to
be solicitous for the glory of the Ameri-
can flag and the safety of ''the little red
schoolhouse." OF course, they are all
patriots of the Anglo-Saxon type.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

casion to flatter the British for imagin-
airy services to-this country during the
Spanish-American war. With charac-
teristic effrontery Chauncey declared
that were it not for England the Euro
pean powers would have interfe.ed in
behalf Of Spain. "It was this knowl-
edge" continued Chauncey, (which made
it possible for me, when addressing a
popular gathering OF 1000 people in
America the other day, to take the Stars
and Stripes in one hand and the Union
Jack in, the other, and net to hear one
dissenting voice; in that vast audience. {"
OF course, Chauncey was rapturously
applauded by the Johnny Bulls.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

A report from Manila says that a
"treacherous attack" was made on 900
American soldiers the other day on
their way to linus. The Filipinos fired
at them from behind instead of stand
ing in front of them as targets. The re-
suit was that they killed five Americans
and severely wounded twenty-three. We
are sorry for Our boys but cannot blame
the Filipinos one particle. They are
fighting against foreign invaders and
are fully justified, according to the laws
OF civilized warfare, in attacking them
from either the front or rear. The cor
respondent may think it is "treachery,"
but every sensible American knows it
is not.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

Henri Watterson, OF the Louisville
Courier-J Journal, has discovered that it
does not pay to publish gold standard
democratic paper in Kentucky. There
fore, he announces that he will support
the platform of the national democracy
in 1900, regardless of the principles to
be enunciated. We have no use for such
leaders of democracy as German of
Maryland, and Watterson of Kentucky,
and it makes but little difference what
attitude they assume in the coming ma
tional contest of the democracy against
the plutocracy. Right and justice will
and must prevail in spite of them.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

The bankers OF Minnesota held thei,
annual convention in Minneapolis last
Monday and listened to an address from
Prof. Folwell, OF the State University.
That gentleman always keeps in touch
with the plutocracy for obvious reasons.
Speaking OF the Philippines he said:
"But no matter what pretext may be
set up, no matter what the cost, we are
going to have those islands. Our legal
title is perfectly good and we have the
power and the motives to enforce it."
Prof. Folwell and the bankers desire to
retain the islands at any cost in blood
and treasure, because the legal title is
good and we have the power to enforce
it. How much will the financiers con-
tribute to the war? They will neither
fight nor pay taxes on their incomes
They expect the proletariats to do
everything for their benefit. Will they?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24
The Printers Towel.
When I think of the towel,

When think of the towel,
The old-fashioned towel,
That used to hang up near the printing
house door,
can think of nobody
In these days of shoddy
That could hammer out iron to wear as
it wore.
The devil" who used it,
The tramp who abused it,
The comp" who got at it when these
two were gone,
The makeup and the foreman,
The editor (poor man),
Each rubbed some CRIME off, while they
put heap on.
In, over, and under
1t was blacker than thunder,
Harder than poverty, rougher than sin,
On the roller suspended,
It never was Bonded,
And tapped on the wall like banner
of tin.
1t grew harder and rougher, ."
And blacker and tougher,
And daily took on more mixer hue, T..
Until one windy morning,
Without any warning,
1t fell on the floor and was broken in
two .fa
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

1t is now proposed to build tunnel
between England and Ireland 1t will
be twenty miles long, under eighty
five fathoms of water, and the estimated
COSTS 10000 ,ooo Lord Beresford, Lord
Wolseley and Lord Rosebery are in ia
vor OF the scheme. 1t will be probably
used for military purposes, though it is
said that the object is to make the two
countries more closely united. They are
already too near each other.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

truth has not yet been half told. The
administration will try to conceal the
barbarities committed, but murder will
out" in spite OF denials The Philadcl-
phia "North American" of June 10 pub
fishes lot OF letters which appear to
be genuine. According to them our
troops spared neither age nor sex, but
killed, looted and burned like fiends.
We fondly hope that the Infamous
crimes imputed to our soldiers are false,
but if they are true the generals in COM
mand are to blame. We shall know ma
ny things, OF which we have been kept
ignorant, when the boys come home.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

the American people and to union jack
ass the American flag are all but the
symptoms Of the disease that is eating
out the vital principles of liberty from
the heart of the American republic. The
full force Of an international conspiracy
is laboring to discredit the principle OF
government by consent, and to reinstate
the principles for which the armies OF
George III. commended. r.
The frantic demands for 'sloyalty" to
the person and policy of the president,
the mockery of the sacred name of lib
erty and the epithets OF "copperhead''
and "'traitor" and ''little American" so
Extensively applied to the patriotism and
conscience of the country are all but
rough and ready expressions of the prin-
ciples and purposes OF the "Anglo- Sax
on" conspiracy.
In view OF the facts so trenchantly
stated by Mr.. Brennan the only thing
for all Americans who love the republic
and desire to see it free from foreign
entanglements is to Gust from power the
party now managed by Mark Hanna.
We believe that patriotism is not yet
dead in the land of Washington, Jeffer-
son, Jackson and Lincoln, and that the
class of men who are steering the ship
OF state into imperial waters cannot sue
coed in destroying "a government of
the people, for the people, and by the
people," either here or in the Philip
pines. When the day of reckoning for
the imperialists comes they will receive
verdict Of condemnation from Celts,
Saxons and Teutons at the ballot box.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

The Manchester Guardian thinks it
silly for Americans to demand recogni-
ton of sovereignty over the whole
Philippine group while they hold only a
few square miles around Manila. 1t
says: "A situation so preposterous as
this might provoke general laughter,
were it not that the circumstances are so
tragic to the Filipinos, and SO humil-
iating to the Americans"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

The New York Sun is engaged in the
contemplate work of fabricating fimsy
charges against Admiral Schley. The
Sun shines for Sampson and the navy
department, but in spite of them all,
Schley's fame as the hero of Santiago
bay remains undimmed in the eyes OF
his admiring countrymen.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

An Anglo-Saxon monument is to be
erected in Samoa in honor of the SOL
diers and sailors who were ambusled
and killed by Mataafa's followers. The
names of the British will be engraved
on one side OF the monument and the
names of the Americans on the other.
Surmounting the names of "the broth
ers in arms will be the Stars and
Stripes and the Union Jack entwined.
There will be no trouble in raising a
subscription for the purpose among An
glomaniacs.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24
OTIS IS UTTERLY INCOMPETENT.

The Minneapolis Tribune has the
unique distinction OF being the first Re-
publican organ OF any influence in the
Northwest Cor anywhere else, so far as
we have secn) that has sufficient courage
to question the efficiency of Gen. Otis
as commander OF the American forces
in the Philippines. The editor of the
Tribune is trained soldier and for that
reason his opinion OF Otis is entitled to
considerable respect. When, therefore,
he deliberately asserts that Otis is a
complete failure and is utterly incom-
petent to handle the campaign in Lu-
zon he will find many supporters Of Nc
Kinley's policy to agree with him that
Lawton and not Otis is the proper man
to assume the chief command in the
islands. The former has grasped the
situation; the latter has not Lawton
declared that 100 900 men would be nee
essary to subjugate the natives; Otis
said he could get along with one-third
of that number. Notwithstanding the
fact that the army OF occupation has
been overworked since the beginning OF
the rainy season, and is kept continu-
ously on the defensive, Otis has not
asked for any more troops. While the
president stands ready and willing to
comply with any request that Otis may
make for more soldiers, that pet OF the
administration sits in his rocking chair
in Manila and says that only 10000 men
are necessary and desirable for the cam
paign. He is certainly mistaken, and
should be Immediately superseded by a
more competent general.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

A Washington correspondent says:
English and American merchants in
Hong Kong, who are helping the Phil
ippine junta, are showing great activity
and are said to be offering enticing in
ducements to blockade runners to carry
arms and ammunition to Aguinaldo.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

In his examination before the In
dustrial Commission at Washington, H.
o. Havemeyer Of the Sugar Trust testi-
fed that the mother of all trusts is the
Republican tariff bill. For saying so
some OF the Mckinley organs call Have
meyer a Democrat.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

Says the Minneapolis Journal: The
dissertation of churches, whether Profess
tant or Catholic, is something that
ought not to be permitted by the au-
thorities, and the thoughtless actions of
the American soldiers in the Philippines
in carrying off articles from the church,
es which are regarded as sacred by many
people should be prohibited by the au.
thorities.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

The funeral of Congressman Bland
was attended last Saturday at Lebanon,
Mo-, by William ]. Bryan. At the re-
quest of Mrs. Bland, only ministers took
part in the services. The remains of the
champion of free silver were inferred
in the Catholic cemetery. g..
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

The Minneapolis Times can hardly
believe the story OF Bugler Roberts
about the atrocities of the volunteers in
the Philippines. At the end Of lead
ing article it says: "If warfare means
cowardly butchery, let the flag be furled
and swathed in Grape, and the bugle
sound retreat" We greatly fear that the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

A mass meeting of laboring men de-
nounced E. Benjamin Andrews, the
superintendent of the Chicago public
schools, last Sunday, for his arbitrary
conduct towards the teachers The
Brown university bimetallist is not liked
in the Windy City.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

A yacht belonging to Lord Ashbur-
ton, and loaded with 1900 rifles for the
Carlists, was recently seized by the
Spanish government. 1t is said the
British lord is the agent of Don Car
los, the Spanish pretender, in England.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24
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The Mazet committee in Greater New
York has adjourned till August. So far,
it has utterly failed to find anything
that can be used with advantage against
Tammany in the next campaign.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

That loquacious blatherskite, Chaun-
cey Depew, is again abroad, and the ca
BILE is freighted with his views on the
affairs of the world in general. He re-
Gently spoke at banquet rendered to
Mark Twain in London and took oc-
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

George Beauregard Barrow was SEN
fenced to Sing Sing for fourteen years
and ten months for kidnapping Baby
Marion Clarke. His confederate, Belle
Anderson, was sentenced to four years
in Auburn prison.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

All the Uitlanders are not against
Paul Kruger. Some 5000 of them re-
Gently declared they were satisfied with
their treatment by the Boer republic.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

Many of the Brooklyn's crew now in
sist on calling the grid of July "Schley
day. Sampson is greatly chagrined
over the name and cannot be comfortcd.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

Chamberlain has not succeeded in
striking terror into the sturdy breast Of
Dom Paul. The old Dutchman does
not scare worth cent.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

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The age-herald., 1899-09-21
NEGROES FOOT AMPUTATED
Mat Sanders Hurt in Press of Roundlap
 Bale Company at Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa, September 20.-Mat Sanders. a negro, while working at one of the presses of the Tuscaloosa Roundlap Bale companys plant, was injured yesterday morning. His right foot was so badly mashed between the rollers that amputa- ton was necessary.
 Lieutenant K. B. Going left Tuscaloosa yesterday with six recruits for the volun- teer army. They will go first to New De- catur and then to Fort Leavenworth. There were a number of applicants who were anxious to go to the Philippines, but out of about twenty-five men who were examined only six stood the physical test They were Alan Jemison, Oliver Whatley, John Hood, J. S. Reed, of Tuscaloosa; H. H. Powell, of Northport and Luther Mat thews, of Eutaw.
 Professor and Mrs Barnwell have ar- rived at the university, where they will occupy the residence of the late pr. B. F. Meeks
The age-herald., 1899-09-21
RoUNDLAP BALEIs WORTH MORE
Why Texas Farmer and Compress Man Wishes Success to the Ameri-
 can Cotton Company's Package

The following letter from Mr. J. Adoue, of Calvert, Texas, is interesting as showing the attitude toward the American Cotton Company's Roundlap bale of man who Is a cotton farmer as well as the owner of square bale compress:
 Dear Sir: A few days ago I noticed bill introduced in the legislature proposing to tax your company 40 per cent. of it's gross receipts. l presume the bill is in- tended to confiscate your property or drive you out of the state.
 Your machinery congresses the cotton in a smaller and better package than the present congresses. You are in the field now offering to save the cotton growers fully $1 per bale by reason of compress ing the cotton at the gin and the saving of baggng and ties, yardage, etc.
 No doubt, it is the intention of the leg islature to protect the present congresses from your iniquitous competition, and as a compress man l want them to do 1t.
 "As a farmer, however, I hope you will not be driven out; I want to continue to sell you my cotton at about s1 per bale more than if put up in square bales.
 Yours truly,
 (signedD "J. ADOUE." Calvert, Texas, February 24, 1899.
The age-herald., 1899-09-21
HARRISON'S ARGUMENT
He Contends That Salisbury and Web
 ster Advanced British Boundary

Paris, September 2O-Before the Anglo Venezuelan boundry arbitration commits sion today, Former President Benjamin Harrison continued his argument in behalf of Venezuela, declaring that both sides ad- mitted there was a common co-terminous boundary between Guiana and Venezuela, and that any idea of a space in which Great Britain could advance was alien to the views of their ministers and to those expressed in the diplomatic correspondence to the use of which Sir Richard Webster the British attorney general, had protest- ed; that the aggressive surveyor, Sir Robert Schomburg, had advanced the Eng fish boundaries and that Lord Salisbury and Sir Richard Webster had advanced them further
 Continuing, MT. Harrison said that if Barima point was left in other hands than those of Venezuela, a dangerous and un- wholesome situation would be created both for Venezuela and Great Britain.
The age-herald., 1899-09-21
Howard College Npentng

The Fifty-eighth session of Howard col lege will open al 10 o'clock next Tuesday morning, September 26. The indications are that this will be the largest opening the Howard has had in many years. Stu dents from all over Alabama, as well as from other states, are rapidly enrolling and securing rooms for the approaching session. Many of Biming'ham's best young men will grace the roster this year; more, in fact, than for any previous session. This is well. The Howard is here; it is our own: it's faculty is composed of edu- cators who devote all their time to the work of teaching and to the interest of the students. The Howard and Birmingham are growing up together, each helping the other. The Birmingham citizens who have agreed to lecture to the Howard students during the next session represent all busi- nesses and professions, and many religions.
 All friends of the institution are invited 10 attend the opening, which will consist of speeches by distinguished citizens, inter- spersed with music Let us go out and give the boys a regular Birmingham well come We owe 1t to them. to the college and to our city.
 The Howard has a great year before it.
The age-herald., 1899-09-21
PORTO REGAIN STATISTICS
Thousands of the Population of the
 Island Indigent

San Juan, Porto Rico, September 20.-The board of charities tabulated statistics show that out of a population of 914 ,994 there are 291, ,0S9 indigent and 11S5S sick. The number of deaths as a result of the recent hurri- cane was 2619. One weeks ratons were issued to 293.147 persons, and the number of those working for rations was H. ,71S.
 The first jury trial in the san Juan pro- visional court took place today, when prisoner named Francisco Trapaga was convicted of larceny and sentenced to six months Imprisonment at hard labor and to pay $500 cost.