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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

was, as he himself assured the world
by proclamation, benevolently to assim-
ilate them. OF course, he could do
nothing else, because there is provision
in the constitution OF the United States
against making them or anybody else
slaves. Benevolent assimilation in effect
takes the form of butchery A dead
Filipino is a benevolently assimilated
Filipino.
Free discussion of William McKin-
ley's use OF American millions to pur-
chase brown men at the antipodes and
murder them is described as "tampering
with the men at the front" We may
feel reasonably sure that the president,
sworn as he is to support the constitu-
ton and hoping, as he does, that he may
be reelected chief magistrate a year
hence, will not be unmindful of certain
provisions in the fundamental law. One
is that congress shall pass no law
abridging the right Of free speech; an
other is lucid definition of treason,
which shall consist only OF levying war
against the United States or adhering to
their enemies, giving them aid and COM
fort incidentally, there are other pro-
visions which the president must re-
gard. He cannot clap citizens OF the
United States who do not agree with
him in Fort Lafayette or any other
stronghold OF the United States, but
must proceed, unless he shall suspend
the writ of habeas corpus, in due ac-
cordance with law. No conviction for
treason can be had unless on the testi-
mony Of two witnesses OF the same overt
act, and it will hardly be contended that
a declaration that it was a monstrous
mistake to pay twenty millions for ten
millions OF people and use them for tar
gets is a reasonable act
Ii the administration should assume
that the citizen OF the United States
who will not dumbly assent to all that is
going forward in the Philippines shall
OS SuOJSSl " lldl Sill treatment there Will
be such benevolent assimilation Of the
Mckinley administration next year as
will destroy it. Mckinley will be spared
further worry about expansion and i'm
perialism. For him the rainy season
will set in with a vengeance and instead
OF dining with comfort upon such a
miraculous draft of fishes as fell to him
in 1896 he will be doomed to a diet of
that embalmed beef which he permitted
to be fed to the soldiery, who no longer
relish the task Mckinley sets for them
i'll an archipelago of the distant seas.
Mckinleys advisers may make up
their mind that the American citizen is
bound to avail himself in mighty volume
OF his fundamental privilege of free
speech before the majors work of "be-
nevolent assimilation" OF the Krag-Jor-
genson rifle kind is fully consummated
i'll the Philippines.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29
Hibernians Make Merry.

A very pleasant social event was held
on Monday evening at the hall of Div.
No. I, A. o. H., the nature OF which
was joint entertainment by the men,
bers of Division No. I and the ladies
of No. Auxiliary. The program con-
tanned number of excellent selections.
]. ]. Fitzgerald opened the festivities
with neat address of five minutes
duration, in which he took occasion to
felicitate the members OF both societies
for their enterprise. A piano medley of
Irish airs by Miss Mcclure was an en-
joyable feature. Master Gerald Fitz-
gerald recited "Paul Revere's Ride" so
we'll that he was obliged to respond to
an encore, as did also Mrs. Agnes Hart,
whose singing of Daddy" captivated
the audience. A recitation entitled can
Angels Prayer" by Miss May Lane,
also met with a deserved encore. The
next number on the program was song
by Thomas Gallagher, whose work as
vocalist was rapturously applauded. Mr..
Gallagher, who is always obliging, IA
vored the meeting with another good
ore, by unanimous request. P. H. Nc
Partlin, we'll remembered in Land
League days, delivered stirring patri-
otto address, which was followed by
some good Irish songs by J. J. Carroll,
after which William O'Brien caused no
end of mirth with his ever funny stories.
At the conclusion Of the program DAYS
orchestra furnished music for a few
hours, which were pleasantly spent in
dancing.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

nave supposed stood for Americans OF
all breeds called by United States sem
ator the Anglo-Saxon flag," whatever
that may mean; because the progress
made by the brain and Drawn of all the
races that have from the beginning
made the force OF our country has been
attributed to the exclusive glory of the
Anglo-Saxon; because the Anglo
Americans, in the expression of their
devotion to the country OF their origin,
have presumed to speak in the name of
the whole body OF our people, by most
OF whom that country is regarded with
distrust or aversion; because this small
but voluble faction has been so far sue
cessful in its efforts to make the name
American synonymous with Anglo
Saxon that our countrymen are begin
ming to be- ashamed to be called Ameri-
cans and are taking refuge in hyphen-
alton in sheer self-defense. 1t is un-
doubtedly true-and the fact is full of
encouragement for the vendors of gold
bricks and green goods-that some of
our people believe England to have un-
selfishly interviewed in our behalf dur
ing the late war, and when this is DEM
onstrated on some better authority than
has yet appeared a proper sense of graft
tude, though mingled with surprise, will
be elected from all Americans of what
ever race. But even this will not recon-
cile the average American to the name
OF Anglo-Saxon. Since the success OF
our arms turned the tide of English feel
ing in our favor we have heard with
tiresome iteration the statement that
blood is thicker than water" the impli-
cation always being that racial sympa-
thies do and should take precedence of
every other tie that binds men together.
In nation like ours, made up of all
the races of Europe, to say nothing of
Africa, this doctrine is about as danger
Gus one as could be devised by our
worst enemy if it were meant to be
taken seriously or given general appli-
cation. But OF course everybody knows
that it is not so meant We all under
stand that in only one strain of blood
among the many that go to make up our
population is this quality OF viscidty
supposed to be desirable and that the
maxim is intended to read English
blood is thicker than waterfall other
kinds must be acknowledged to be thin
ner under penalty of being called I'M
American. II the Anglo-American will
kindly forego his claim to be the only
real American and will cease his efforts
to force his own traditions and sympa-
tlies upon his countrymen we will hear
no more of the other hyphenated sorts.
But if we are to accept his view that we
are not nation, but a kind of colony
owing affectionate allegiance to Europe,
let us by all means organize along the
lines OF Our racial predictions and be
true to all the various branches of our
ancestry not TO one only.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

In response to cablegram from the
editor of the Dublin daily Independ-
ent" to Mayor Harrison, of Chicago,
aprrising him OF the fact that local self
government was happily established in
ireland, "the young Lochinvar' cabled
back: "Rejoice in Ireland's triumph.
Full freedom must follow" The I'm
dependent" is the organ of the Red
nlondites, who favored the election OF
Unionists on the pretense of federation
to anti-Irisf candidates. 1t was by the
support of the Independent" that sew
eral Tory lords defeated Home Rulers
in few districts. We sincerely doubt
the patriotism Of the conductors Of the
Dublin organ of discussion.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

The article on Donnybrook Fair
which appeared in The Irish Standard
OF last week was reproduced from the
Chicago Tribune. Our object in pub
fishing it was to show that the fair was
of English origin and that the Irish
people were not responsible for the or
gies and rowdyisn carried on there. 1t
is now announced that Donnybrook
Fair is to be held in New York, pre-
sumably by Anglomaniacs. The Irish
societies of the city have passed resolu-
tons protesting against its introduction
into this country for the purpose of
casting undeserved reproach upon the
Irish name. They pronounce it a vulgar
exhibition calculated to lead to breach
of the peace, and call upon Irishmen
to discountenance the project.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

= AT press club dinner in Sheffield,
England, David Christie Murray, the
novelist, suggested the erection upon
British soil by British subscription of
statue of George Washington as "a rec
ognition of the honesty OF the cause in
which America fought against us, and
of our eternal amity for that great peo-
ple." After that deliverance we may
soon hear that the canny Scotchman will
pay visit to the United States to de-
liver a course OF lectures and compete
with his countrymall, Ian Maclaren, in
carrying off American dollars.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

Governor Tanner, of Illinois, sent
telegram to Senator Quay, congratulate
ing him upon his "vindication" by a
jury of his peers after a tedious trial on
the charge Of using the public funds in
violation of law. Governor Stone i'm
mediately appointed Quay to represent
Pennsylvania in the United States SEN
ate, though he had no legal or consti-
tutional right to do so. Republican
bosses like Quay and Hanna can do as
they please. The bigger scoundrels they
are the more honors will be showered
upon them. The Republican members
of the American house of plutocrats will
receive Quay with open arms for escap-
ing scot free.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29
THE:oD1ous CHARGE OF TREASON.

in leading article last Mon
day under the caption of "Pun-
ish the Traitors" and poured a
bucketful OF abuse on the heads OF
Americans who are opposed to McKin-
ley's policy of benevolent assimilation
in the Philippine Islands. The proprie-
tor of the Boston Herald is the man
who moulds the policy of the Minneap-
oils Times, and as he is for imperialism
and expansion we are not surprised that
the Times is advocating them with all
its might When questioned at mass
meeting in Boston the proprietor of the
Herald could not tell why he favored
the foreign policy OF the administration.
He merely said he supported McKin-
ley on the Philippine question because
the western papers were doing likewise.
The western papers belonging to him
are advocating imperialism and expan-
sion according to instructions from him
self, and they cannot tell why they favor
conquest and spoliation except by say
ing that the papers OF the east but
more especially the Boston Herald, are
ardent champions Of killing off inoffen-
sive people who desire self-government
and freedom from foreign control.
1t is ridiculous for the Times or any
other organ of plutocracy to charge
loyal Americans with treason for criti-
cising the policy of the president in his
treatment OF the Filipinos. The false
dictum, "My country, right or wrong"
is repudiated by intelligent and patriotic
citizens of this republic. Why should
Mr.. Mckinley escape criticism, and why
should newspaper editors and others be
branded as traitors and threatened with
punishment for adversely commenting
on his war of determination in the East
"a war carried on without any authority
from congress? The Times thinks it
would be very humiliating for this pow
erful nation to withdraw its forces from
the Philippines, but it forgets that it was
humiliating for it in the sight of the
world to enter the islands under false
pretenses after it had compelled Spain
to cede them to us irrespective OF the
wishes OF the inhabitants The evil adj
visers of Mckinley are responsible for
the predicament in which the country is
placed. A nation which boasts of liberty
is trying to bring reluctant people
under a yoke of despotism We be-
lieve with Erving Winslow, secretary
OF the Anti-Imperalistic League o.
Boston, that if there is to be any pun.
ishment inflicted on anyone it should be
by way Of impeachment OF the presden
who is employing the army and navy O.
the United States in war of subju.
cation without having any authorit,
from the people or their Representatives
for waging it.
The Chicago Chronicle does not agree
with the Times in threatening dire ven
geance against those who dare to crit
else the Hanna Nc Kinley war agains
freedom and independence. In recen
editorial our Chicago contemporar,
speaks out in the following Independent
style: President Mckinley wanted tn
Filipinos SO ardently that he paid Spai,
twenty millions for them. His purpos
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

We publish elsewhere a resolution
passed by the legislature of Tennessee
against any alliance or ENHANCEMENT
with foreign nations. 1t was introduced
by Hon. Martin Kelly, OF Memphis, and
was unanimously adopted by rising
vote amid the greatest applause. The
fact that Mr.. Kelly is the only Irish
member of the assembly shows that the
right American spirit prevails in Ten
nessee on the question of foreign COM
plications.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

The St. Paul Pioneer Press, which is
edited by Nova Scotian who fled into
Canada to escape the draft during the
civil war, calls Governor Lind Gun
patriotic and loud-mouthed" for ad-
dressing message to the legislature
about the retention of the boys of the
Thirteenth Minnesota in the Philippines
after their term of enlistment had ex-
pired. Governor Lind can afford to
smile at the structures of his Canadian
censor.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

John Bull is exceedingly warm in his
professions of love for Uncle Sam.
Englishmen have commenced to call
Americans their brothers in arms"
since the slaughter Of British and Am
erican sailors in Samoa. At a dinner
the other day in London British gen.
eral was enthusiastically cheered when
he exclaimed: Though Germans may
be our cousins, the Americans are our
brothers." The APPROXIMATIONS may
be, but the other hyphenated Americans
spurm the relationship.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

In summing up the testimony in be-
half of General Miles before the beef
inquiry board, Major Lee said: "The
subsistence department, without ade-
quate test, purchased this ration by mil
lions of pounds. 1t was rejected by the
soldiers, and enough abandoned cans
were left by the troops to erect monu-
ment to the memory of the packing
houses. Not dollar for these discard
ed cans had been returned to the govern
ment."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

a correspondent of the Mail and Ex-
press says that Irishmen are numerous
and influential in Cuba and Porto Rico.
In Havana there are at least one hun
dred 1rishmen who have amassed great
fortunes. One OF them is Frank Nc
Ninney who took an American bride
and has thirteen children, all born in
Cuba. Joseph Regency, born in Dublin,
is one OF the wealtlnest planters around
Santiago. O'Kelly, OF Porto Rico, is a
native OF the island who does not speak
English. The names OF McDonough,
Fogarty and McClelland are frequently
met with, and SO are the O'Ncills, Nc
Cormacks, O'Farrels and Costellos.
Captain O'Regan and Captain Murphy,
the former a guerilla fighter, and the
latter an official at the port of Guantan-
amo, cannot speak word OF the Eng
isl language, When Captain O'Regan
was asked if he was OF Irish extraction
he replied: We'll they say an Irishman
would rather fight than eat. guess 1
am an Irishman."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

The coronation oath taken by the
sovereigns of England is condemned in
strong language by the loyal Catholics
of Canada. Rev. Dean Egan, of the
Catholic church, in a recent sermon,
declared the oath to be insulting, intol-
cradle and outrageous. He said before
fifty years had passed it would be seen
that Catholics were in the majority in
the Canadian dominion.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29
CoGHLAN'S INSULTING REMARKS.

Captain Joseph Bulloch Coghlan, OF
the United States cruiser Raleigh, has
the unhappy faculty of making a fool
of himself when he either speaks or
writes on the naval conflict with Spain
in Manila bay. His insulting references
to Germany, its emperor and flag, at
two banquets in New York, have given
him worldwide notoriety during the
past week Fearing court-martial for
his discourtesy and insult to a foreign
nation with which the United States is
at peace, he tries to escape punishment
by claiming that his reprehensible re-
marks were exaggerated. and distorted
in the newspapers. He will certainly be
reprimanded by the naval authorities or
disciplined by temporary suspension
from service. The citizens of German
nationality in St. Louis have resented
the insult to the fatherland by passing
resolutions of indignation in which they
remind the Mckinley administration
that the ex-subjects of Germany and
their descendants cast vote of 2,5oo, 200
in presidential election. The Germans
in Europe have been so much accus-
toned to abuse and Misrepresentation
from the Anglo-American press during
the past eighteen months that they laugh
good-naturedly at Coghlan's bad break.
One of the Berlin papers refers to the
naval hero as can Irishman," but he is
no more of an Irishman than is William
Mckinley who speaks affectionately of
England as "the mother country"
1t appears that Coghlan has been air
ing his views in the press, and Judging
from his article in the New York indie
pendent, he is just as indiscreet with
his pen as with his tongue. In his news
paper contribution he deliberately as
serts that in the Spanish-American war
every other nation but England was
against the United States. He writes
contemptuously of Germany and charg-
es France with being unfriendly. Brit
ain only manifested friendliness during
the brief and unequal conflict, if Cap
tain Coghlan is to be believed. He de-
scribes how enthusiastically the men of
the Raleigh were received by the British
in Asiatic ports and how dinners and
entertainments were given for their
benefit. "In fact" he says, "the whole
conduct OF the English people of the
various stations were as cordial as that
of Our own people here in New York"
Captain Coghlan declares that before
the war he found Englishmen abroad
showing a feeling toward Americans
that resembled jealousy, but since the
war that feeling has been swept away.
He then goes on to say: "The feeling
OF the English toward us is undoubtedly
deep and sincere. l believe that the
Americans understand and appreciate it
and that we are certainly moving toward
an alliance, perhaps not paper alliance,
but certainly closer union and under
standing between the two English
speaking peoples. This war has opened
our eyes. We have been living with a
Chinese wall around US, and there were
many things which we did not see. This
war showed us that all the great Euro
pean nations were unfriendly, with the
single exception of England, and it also,
I believe, opened England's eyes to our
proves and our possible mission and
development. We must stand shoulder
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

ing from Holy Writ that slavery was a
divine institution a century after the
Pope had declared against it. And
when l see Americans going into costa
sizes of rage over Spanish oppression 1
like to recall the fact that Spain had
abolished slavery hundred years before
the blood OF Brown and Lovejoy had
aroused the American conscience to act
with like humanity"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

1t is said that thirty-one languages
are spoken in the cosmopolitan city of
New York. That shows that there are
other nationalities besides Anglo-Sax-
ons in the American metropolis and
that Europe and not England is the
motherland of its inhabitants.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

President Mckinley and his pluto
cratic advisers anticipate no good re-
suits for the Republican party from the
opinions expressed by the returning vol
unteers of the policy of con6scation in
the Philippines.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

One hundred and twenty carloads Of
beer, which means no less than $4,000
barrels, were shipped last week to
Manila from New York and the Pacific
coast. That is specimen of the Anglo
Saxon method OF civilizing the inferior
races OF the Orient A cargo OF rum
and King James Bibles will follow the
beer in course of time.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

The Chicago Tribune says that Crom-
we'll was as unlike Mckinley in some
radical respects as could be imagined.
So much the better Tor the emperor OF
the Philippine Islands.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

In lecture on Las Casas recently de-
livered before Protestant audience in
Cincinnati, Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow
said: "When I hear bigoted Protest
ants ranting against Catholics, l am
pleased to remember that Protestant
ministers in New England were prov
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

The lynching of a negro by an en-
ragged white mob in Georgia the other
day is shame to Anglo-Saxon civiliza-
ton. In avenging a crime they sur
passed the brutality of their victim.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

The Columbian Catholic summer
school will open in Madison, Wis, OIL
the 18th OF July and continue in session
till the grid OF August.
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Andrew Carnegie has given twelve
million dollars for philanthropc pur-
poses. Fifty years ago he worked for
$3.50 a week.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-29

E. M. Conner, former newspaper
reporter, has been appointed bicycle de-
tective by the mayor.
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The man who doesn't believe in signs is
liable to get fresh paint on his clothes
Philadelphia Record.