The Irish standard., 1900-07-28
Irish Standard is a Favorite in
the Great Northwest.
The BNTBRPRIslNG CITY OF FARGO
Grand Work Accomplished by
Bishop John Stanley.
Editor OF the Irish Standard:

Having little time at my disposal
at this place thought would send you
few faint pen picture sketches of some
OF the towns l have seen en- route to the
coast. Beginning at my first Jumping
off place, St. Cloud is, as everyone in
the Twin Cities knows, staunch, old
fashioned German-American town, solid
as the granite known the world over on
which it is built. Yes, ST. Cloud is
there to stay; it is not built on stills.
Among the many readers OF the Irish
Standard there are some who act al
most as agents to spread the light. In
the community are Ed O'Brien, P. B.
= German and ]. D. Sullivan. Sullivan is
the county attorney and German ex-
states representative. They are pro-
nounced Democrats and are riveted to
the Kansas City platform. They will
preach its principles to the close OF the
polls in the ides OF November, when all
the world will be free once more in the
election OF Bryan and Stevenson, the
real peoples choice and voice. If it is
true that man is the image and likeness
OF God and that all men are born free
and equal, then the coming victory will
surely be the voice of God.
Next we have Little Falls. This is
also a decidedly German town, which
is young, healthy and prosperous, hav-
ing the finest farm lands in the state
Immediately south and all around it,
This fact, together with its great lum-
Der and milling interests, makes it away
above the average or ordinary small
town. But Little Falls is not small; it
has 1000 people and will double up in
five years. Here we find P. ]. Tomelty,
the merchant, swearing by the Irish
Standard and every one OF its princi-
Piles, and making converts almost daily.
His able assistants are James Landy,
Thomas ]. Flynn and Thomas ]. Mar
tin.
Next comes Brainerd Oh! but this
is an Irish Standard town, and woe be
to the man who would attempt to assail
it or its political teachings. Dan
Clarke would get lumber jack to twist
his neck off if lie didn't want to go to
the trouble OF doing it himself Brain
crd is busy town. Every merchant
that we saw, wholesale and retail. dry
goods and wet goods, is continually
busy and all have the Standard on their
tables, counters or desks. They read it
more thoroughly than we do at home.
No other weekly need apply They
know what they have, they say, and
some of them have had it for IS years
and it has never wavcrcd an inch. That's
what they like it for. Brainerd has
strong organization OF the A. O. II. I
was present at joint installation OF the
officers of the A. o. H. and Daughters
of Erin, with their own beloved "Sog-
garth Aroon,' the state chaplain OF the
order, to watch over and safely guide
their spiritual welfare. Here we have
Dan Clarke and about fifty gentlemen
by the name OF Murphy. There are
McGinnis, Willis, the Earlys, Toohey,
Graham, DR.. Camp, Howe, Sanborn,
Mccarthy, Hawkins, Wallace, the Gull
lens, Kellel,an, Hughes, H. P. Dunn
(the new president), Adair, the Reillys,
McCabes, Crowleys, Maloney, Gard
ners, Schwartz, Tache, Jamison, Stahl-
man, Derosier, Sargent, Drapeau, and
scores of others that we forgot to pen
down. Some Of these people, you will
observe, are not strictly Irish, but they
are strictly German, strictly French,
and all American citizens. They are
friends of the Standard, and Bryan, and
Democrats and anti-imperialists to the
core.
Next is Moorhead, a good old-fash-
Toned town, with its good, old-fash-
toned German priest, Father Augustine.
Here the Standard has many friends,
and many new ones rushed to its agent
and ordered the paper. Some OF them
ordered it for life, among them being
Mike Lynch, Mrs. Lally, Messrs Erder,
Fay, German, Curry and Costello, the
gifted painter and penman. I forgot
to mention Staples. This is nice rail-
road town. 1t has the advantage also
OF having good farming country all
around it. Some OF the Standards best
friends there are M. Cullen, H. McMon-
agile and M. Gillespie.
Next we find ourselves in the truly
metropolitan city OF Fargo, N. d. The
Red River of the North, that we have
heard and read so much about, can be
crossed now without wetting ones
trousers. 1t never was so low before,
the Oldest citizen says. Fargo is GER
tainly an up-to-date city. 1t is not
town; it has outgrown that appellation
long ago. 1t is as metropolitan a CITY
as there is in all the West. 1 am told
it has the largest Masonic Temple in
the United States, the second greatest
farm machinery depot in the United
States, and the greatest fax fiber mill
in, "a Mast r. -.