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The Irish standard., 1899-04-01
M'KINLEY1SM AND BIGOTRY. II

is OUR present government antl-Cath-
olic? We are aware that this is a very
serious question, and one that ought not
to be lightly asked But that there are
good and substantial reasons for ask
ing it in all seriousness at the present
time we think no candid man who takes
note OF passing events can deny, says
the Boston Republic.
In the first place, we ask why should
the government make haste to deprive
the Catholic clergy of our new depend
encies OF their salaries and turn them
adrift to beg or starve? The way for
this action was paved by the reckless
Protestant agitators who pictured the
Catholic priests and friars as corrupt
and inefficient, and as tools in the hands
of Spanish tyrants by whom the people
have been oppressed. 1t made no diff
ference that Protestant writer's of repute
had repeatedly disproved the charges
and ISLANDERS of these men.
But even if some of the allegations
were true and if some of the Spanish
priests were lax in the performance OF
their duties, why should our govern
ment feel called upon to punish the
whole body for the dereliction of the
few? Why should they feel called upon
to interfere in any way with the affairs
OF the church? Admit that it is not ex-
pedient that the present connection Of
church and state should be allowed to
continue permanently, would not COM
mon humanity, not to say Christian
charity, demand that some little time
should be allowed those gentlemen to
turn round and make provision for the
future? To us it seems most cruel
and heartlcss thing to turn them adrift
without any provision for present ne
cessities.
So, too, with the schools. By what
right. we ask, does our government
presume to interfere with and change
the character of those schools? The
people are Catholics, and they prefer
that their children should be taught
their religion during the school periods.
We have Protestant testimony to the
superior excellence of those schools, es-
pecialy their moral influence. Why
should our government presume to tell
these people that they shall not continue
to teach their children as they prefer,
but that they must consent to have their
schools made exclusively secular? To
us it appears like species OF spiritual
tyranny.
Again we ask, why should the officers
OF our armies be allowed to exercise
spiritual functions among the Catholic
people? In Porto Rico, we are told,
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next day and demanded to know ii he
believed what he said. Prof. Heron
replied in the affirmative, whereupon he
was requested to discontinue his sermons
before the Peoples church. Being inter
viewed by reporter as to the cause OF
his dismissal, the professor calmly said:
1t seemed bewildering to me that few
men OF wealth should assume it to be
their right to dictate what sort of mes
sage 1000 or 5000 people should hear
preached to them on Sundays. Won
der how the people like it. But such is
the way the present day church is gov
erned."
Such is the way the aristocratic Pro-
testant churches OF the present day are
governed, and if ever the Catholic
churches follow their example the cause
OF justice and righteousness will die out
i'll the land OF Columbus
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

The menu for the $40 banquet on JET
ierson's birthday in New York will be
printed in French. Some Democrats
vigorously object to the foreign Ian
guage on such an occasion, as they will
not know what they are eating. Mike
Callahan, Tammany brave, is said to
be thoroughly pleased with the arrange
ment. In an interview he says: I am
somewhat of caterer myself, and while
| do not profess to be French scholar
I am able to say that the stuff is 20. K"
1t will take us about an hour to get
away with it.
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ECHOES,OF ST. PATRICK's DAY.
Hon. c. A. Towne's Speech 10 the People
of Duluth.

The celebration of St. Patrick's day at
the Lyceum theater under the auspices
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians was
a thoroughly complete success in every
respect The house was tremendous.
Every seat was filled, and before the
program was commenced the manage
ment of the house had done thriving
business in standing-room tickets. A
large number of these were sold, and
though the performance was quite long
there were many people who found it
no hardship to stand all through it, and
no one became weary enough to leave
before the very last number had been
given. The program was fairly long
originally, but encores spun it out
third longer than it stood at first, and
no one complained. The program was
an excellent one, and the audience ap-
preciated the fact. There was plenty
of applause, and performers could not
ask for a more enthusiastic audience.
The decorations OF the stage were in
teresting and appropriate. The front
was adorned by row of ported plants
and flowers. On the scenery at the back
were hung shields bearing the names OF
Irishmen who have carved their names
on the scroll of history. Among them
were Sarsfeld, Smith O'Brien, Wolf
Tone, Emmett, O'Connell, Father John
Murphy, Grattan, Sheridan, Goldsmith,
Moore, Parnell, Edmund Burke, John
Boyle O'Reilly, Thomas Davis. Over
all these hung the Irish welcome, dis
played on broad streamer: "Cead Mile
Failthe," which means "A hundred
thousand welcomes" In short, the en-
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A PREACHER DISCIPLINED.

1t is sad commentary upon modern
Christianity that ministers of the gospel
cannot speak words of sympathy for the
poor without being reprimanded by
wealthy members OF their congregations
ard stigmatized as anarchists The di-
vine founder of the Christian religion,
were he on earth to-day and occupying
a pulpit in fashionable church, would
not escape criticism for his utterances in
behalf OF the poor and oppressed chill
drcn OF men. In this city few years
ago Methodist minister, who loved his
fellow men, was forced to resign for his
temerity in denouncing the Pharisees who
sat in the front pews and led licentious
lives. About the same time Dominican
priest delivered an address in which
he censured corporations for paying
insufficient wages to their workmen, and
for doing so he was viciously attacked
by a church organ in St. Paul. Our
readers remember how DR.. McGlynn, Of
New York, was prosecuted by his eccle-
sastical superior for participating in po-
litical movements tor amelioratng the
condition of the laboring classes. The
other day another New York priest, Fir.
Ducey, retired from the ministry, and
from his interview about "churchianity,"
the impression is that he incurred the
displeasure of the church authorities for
advocating the cause of human right
both in and out of the pulpit Be this
as it may, the prevailing opinion is that
in order to avoid trouble the modern
preacher, be he Catholic or Protestant,
must not condemn the rich for injustice
to the toiling masses.
In this age of syndicates and trusts
the ministers of the gospel Of every de-
nomination must be very guarded in
their utterarces from the pulpit, or they
will encounter opposition from the plu-
tocrats of their congregations. They
must not say that money is the root OF
all evil" for that would offend some
prominent members who have amassed
wealth by questionable business meth
eds. They must not denounce the man.
mon Of iniquity, if they desire to be
popular with those who wear costly gar
ments OF broadcloth and fine linen. In
short, if they place too strict an inter-
probation upon the words of the Divine
Master they will lose their positions and
find it difficult to make living.
We have in Chicago what is known
as the Peoples church, the trustees Of
which are wealthy men. During the alb
sence OF the pastor the pulpit was filled
by Prof George D. Heron, of Iowa
College. In one OF his discourses he
touched on the question OF expansion
and exclaimed:
eve are perjured nation. We have
not been true, but have been false to oul
promises to the islands of the sea-"
This was anything but pleasing tc
those OF his congregation who have thei,
plundering propensities highly devel
oped, and they protested vigorously. A
committee, headed by the president o
the board of trustees, waited on him the
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01
THE WAR AGAINST LIBERTY.

Mckinley's war OF conquest in the
Philippines is bearing fruit like Dead
Sea apples. To secure markets for Amer
lean trusts, the greatest menace to re-
publican institutions on this continent,
the brave and patriotic young soldiers
OF the republic who enlisted for the Gu
ban campaign are now being shot to
death i'll the malarial jungles of the
Orient while fighting against the first
people in the far East who ever set up
a republican form of government. 1t
is sad thing to contemplate that
the republic OF Washington, tempo
rarily ruled by a greedy plutocracy, is
now engaged in war against freedom.
Much as we admire the intrepid bravery
and dash of the American soldiers, we
cannot but deeply regret that they are
not shedding their blood in better and
holier cause Indeed, we cannot but
believe that they are fighting with ex-
IRENE reluctance when they remember
that their own forcfathcrs had to do ex-
actly what the Filipinos are doing to-
day. A dispatch from Manila states
that the majority OF the Volunteers de-
manded their discharge from Gen Otis
on the ground that they enlisted only
ior the Spanish American war; but as
according to the terms of enlistments
they were to serve for two years they
are retained in the Philippines to force
the natives into subsection.
Some Republican organs call Agui-
naldo ga traitor because he will not
surrender and allow his native land to
be ruled by foreigners. He never owed
allegiance to the United States and for
that reason he is no traitor to this coun-
try. George Washington and his COM
patriots OF the Revolution were called
traitors by England for their resistance
to tyranny but then they had been Brit
ish colonists, while Aguinaldo and his
followers have never been American
colonists, and we hope they never will
They deserve independence and they will
ultimately have it in spite OF the trust
administration which is now in power at
Washington.
The IRISH STANDARD was
among the first papers OF the North
west that favored the war with Spain
for it believed it was time that the
United States should put stop to
butchery neear its shores and recog-
nize the independence of Cuba. This
paper, however, never endorsed, and
never will endorse, the war waged by the
United States against the Filipinos by
President Mckinley without any author
ity from congress. He, and he alone
is responsible. for the war in the Philip,
pines, and upon his head will rest the
blood shed on both sides in the archi-
pelago. If we mistake not the Amcri-
can people on the first opportunity pre-
scented them will Enthusiastically show
their opposition to his unrepublican pol.
icq OF Strengthening an inoffensive PEG.
pie who never did this country an in.
jury, because, they will not submit tc
become submissive subjects, not citizens
of the United States.
Public sentiment is rapidly changing
'gainst the imperial scheme OF the ad.
'nistration. The people are at loss
10 see what benefits would accrue tc
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

Capt. P. ]. H. Farrell, of the First
California volunteers, says that Aguin-
aldo's insurgents are armed with Maus-
ers of the 1897 model He thinks the
instruction will not cease until the ma
tives are deprived OF arms. That shows
that they want either liberty or death
what Patrick Henry asked for in his
famous speech against English oppres-
sion of the American colonies. No
real American can blame the Filipinos
for Directing to a foreign yoke placed
on their necks by the trusts OF this
country.
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our army officers make themselves very
oificious in trying to reform or prosely-
tie the Catholic people, establishing
Protestant conventicles OF their own
and interfering with Catholic worship
In Havana general of the army as
sumes the authority to say what kind OF
prayers should be used in Catholic
cemetery over which he has no moral
or legal right OF control 1t was sim
pie act OF spiritual tyranny. IF you
won't have Protestant prayers" he said,
you shall not have Catholic services"
Again, why in appointing men to in
tluential positions in our new territory
are Catholics almost invariably ignored?
Why, for instance. in selecting commits
sioners to deal with the Filipinos, should
the government appoint an anti-Cathol
ic who had written book in which
charges were made against the clergy
and people OF those islands which have
been disproved by other Protestant
writers? Not a single Catholic was APP
pointed, though every consideration OF
justice. propriety and fair dealing re-
quired that the Catholic people and
Catholic interests should be represented.
To come nearer home, why should
Congress. just adjourned display such
niggardly parsimony towards the Cath
Ole Indian schools. reducing the allow
ance from thirty to fifteen per cent, add
ing a new proviso that this shall be the
final appropriation for sectarian schools?
We have always contended that with
Protestants "sectarian' means Catholic.
This action OF Congress proves it, for
the appropriations to the Lincoln Insti-
tute OF Philadelphia. Protestant Epis-
copal institution, and the Carlisle school,
which is anti Catholic and which prints
an anti-Catholic paper conducted by
Captain Pratt, an officer OF the govern
ment and rabid anti-Catholic, not to
mention others, are continued, and
without any intimation that the allow
ances are hereafter to be withdrawn.
We may also now ask, why are the
appropriations to the Catholic charitable
institutions OF Washington withheld on
the same plea when they are generously
continued to the non-Catholic institu
tons? Those Catholic institutions are
doing noble work. They are not
inferior to any in the district, and one
would naturally suppose that they
would appeal with irresistible force to
every man with spark of common
humanity in his breast. Is it not strange
that the very excellence and manifest
superiority OF Catholic charitable insti-
tutions should be an argument against
them? OF course, it is nothing but a
narrow, mean spirit OF religious bigotry
that gives rise to the jealousy that closes
the hearts OF Protestants to the powerful
appeals OF those charitable institutions
and works, and we contend that the
government has no right to lend its in
huence to those who are committed to
the policy OF depriving Catholics OF their
just rights in the premises Is it the
apathy, the indifference, the pusillanimi
ty OF Catholics that allows this to be
done without united and efficient pro.
test?
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

All London is agog over the extra
ordinary will made by the late Walter
Broadwood. the millionaire head OF the
English piano manufacturing firm OF
that name, who is found to have be-
queathed almost the whole OF his colos-
sal fortune, including his country seats.
horses and carriages. and all his private
papers and correspondence, TO his nurse,
a woman OF the name OF Amelia Ed
wards. His two daughters are left an
income OF $4,000 a year. The will is
likely to be contested.
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

Lady Randolph Churchill is preparing
the first number of a quarterly which
will be called "The Anglo-Saxon." She
says she is an Anglo-Saxon herself
and that the title OF the periodical will
appeal to Americans as we'll as Britons
1t certainly will appeal to such ELUSIVE
Anglomaniacs as belong to the Nc
Kinley administration The name will
be hailed with delight by Joe Choate,
Johnny Hay, Cush Davis, etc.
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

Among the speakers at the annual
banquet OF the Knights OF St. Patrick
in San Francisco was Prof David Starr
Jordan, president OF the Stanford Uni
vcrsity. whose able address on The
Philippine question was recently pub
lished in this paper In the course Of
his speech he paid his respects to Jo-
seph II. Choate for saying in London
that the American eagle must not
scream when the British lion roars
There was much talk OF what the An
glo-SaNon could do said Prof. Jordan
but it is better for the Anglo Saxon
to exterminate himself America need
ed no model that England could fur
nsl'. Founded on right and freedom,
the United States would advance in the
path made for her by the genius OF the
past and the lessons OF the present.
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

In discourse to his congregation on
the life and labors OF St. Patrick, Rev.
DR.. Parry, Baptist minister OF Water
bury, Conn, paid grand tribute TO the
Irish people. Among other things lie
said: Nothing in the past OF nations
is now better asccrtained than the high
character and intellectually OF the early
civilization OF Ireland Beautiful ruins
that abound in Ireland are mournful
monuments OF its former zeal in the
cause OF letters as we'll as religion. For
the structures that are lovely even in
their dcsolation were those that once
gave shelter to priest and student when
Ireland was as Dr. Johnson calls it, the
quiet habitation OF sanctity and learn
ing
Il honor the sincere dcvotedness OF
the Irish to their faith; | honor the zeal
with which they have always confessed
it. and the constancy witt, which they
have been willing to suffer for il"
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

Bishop Duggan. who became men
tally unsound some thirty years ago,
died last Monday at St. Vincent's Insti-
tute i'll St. Louis, Mo. He was "a years
old, native OF the county Kildare and
received his education at the College OF
Maynooth. He was ordained priest at
the age OF 20, and became bishop OF
Chicago at the age OF 43. In 1869 his
mind became eniecbled and he was re-
moved to the institute where he re-
manned until his death.
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

other cities will follow the example OF
the Chicagoans. No patriotic American
OF any race can find fault with the SEN
timents of the German speaker. There
is no use in landing Anglo Saxons and
placing them at the top Celts and leu
tons will resent it, and prevent such
national calamity as an alliance with
the robber Of the nations
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

A telegram from Dublin, dated March
Fl, says that Michael Davitt was stoned
at political meeting held in the county
OF Cork few days before Any news
coming from the British metropolis
about disturbances in Ireland must be
accepted with suspicion.
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

The Knights OF Columbus, at the
Supreme Council meeting recently held
in New Haven, Conn.,, voted an endow-
ment Of $4,000 for establishing a chair
OF American History in the Catholic
University at Washington, D. c.
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

The Morning Star, of New Orleans, is
indignant at Puck for caricaturing the
Pope in its cartoons. What else can be
expected from the German frcetl1inkers
who publish it? We beg to remind Our
e. c. that Keppler has been dead for
about two years and is therefore not
responsible for what appears in it now.
The fellow who has taken his place is a
bigger butcher OF art than he was. 1t
makes little difference what Puck does
nowadays, for it is hardly read outside
OF barber shops. Respectable people
have turned against it.
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

Gen. John F. Weston. Eagan's sue
cessor as Commissary- General, was all
iron moulder in Louisville, KY, in his
early youth. Recently he visited that
city and passed the day with all old
Irishnan, a moulder, now retired
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

Dispatches from Manila to Madrid
say that the Americans have lost 900
men in the late battles, besides several
companies OF troops taken prisoners by
the Tagulos. We sincerely hope that
the news is false and highly colored.
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

1t is stated by the London Leader
that the United States is shipping coal
from Philadelphia and baltimore to
European ports hitherto supplied ex-
clusively by British coal Perhaps it
may come to pass that the United States
after a while will ship coal to Newcastle
When it does we may expect the Brit
ish lion to roar in the fercest manner.
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

1t is said that Attorney General Mon
nett OF Ohio. was offered 100000 by
a representative OF the Standard Oil
trust ii he only would cease his activity
against that gigantic monopoly He
spurned the bride.
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

Secretary Ayers name is probably
mispronounced by over hall the people
that use it. The secretary pronounces
it with a broad "A" so that it is almost
"Allger."
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

from destruction, and his prayer was
heard. None OF the passengers had the
slightest objection to say amen to
his icrvent invocation for safe voyage
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

Mgr. Brindle, the new coadjutor OF
Cardinal Vaughan, had recent inter-
view with the Pope. He says that the
pontiff expects to live ten years longer,
and his eyes are like those of a boy in
brightness.
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

Mark Twain. the American humorist,
made funny speech the other day at
jubilee banquet i'll Budapest. He
spoke in German and made the Hun
garians laugh almost to death.
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

City Auditor James H. Dodge, Of
Boston, declared at a recent meeting
that more than 200 names OF dead mel
had been discovered upon the pay re lis
OF that city.
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

Senator Stewart OF Nevada. thinks
that Bryan did right i'll declining to at
tend the Croker-Belmont dinner on
Jeherson's anniversary. Senator Teller
thinks the same
The Irish standard., 1899-04-01

Rt. Rev. Thomas O'Gorman, bishop
OF Sioux Falls, S. D.. will sail from
New York for Rome about the middle
OF April.
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Ten members oil the Thirteenth Min
nesota Volunteers were wounded in last
Saturdays fight outside OF Manila.
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When John Sherman reaches his
home at Mansfield, O., he will have the
rare pleasure of reading his own obitu-
airy. The ubiquitous and enterprisi,,g
newspaper correspondent reported that
the aged stateman had died on board the
Paris. off the Cuban coast, and immedi-
ately the Associated Press furnished a
biography of him to the daily papers.
Next day the report OF his demise was
contradicted and the ex-Secretary Of
State who was frozen out he Nc
Kinley cabinet was r+ on the
high road to ~