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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01
THE IRISH IN AMERICA.
Interesting Figures Taken from Unite
States Census.

An article of interest to Americans
of Irish birth and parentage appears
in the last number of the American
Catholic Quarterly Review. 1t is en-
titled "a Century of Irish Immigra-
tion," and was written by H. J. Des-
mond of Milwaukee. From it the fol-
lowing statistics and comments are ex-
tracted and adapted. The figures are
given on the authority of the United
States census:
During the present century 100000
people of Irish birth emigrated to the
United States, and at the close of the
century there are more than 100000
of Americans of Irish parentage. The
close of the century finds more people
of Irish parentage in the United States
than in Ireland, which has sent more
colonists to North America during the
nineteenth century than all Europe in
300 years. Three-fifths of the Irish
immigrants and their descendants re-
side in the New England States, and
something over one-fourth in the
twelve north central states of Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas,
Nebraska, North and South Dakota.
The circumstances of territorial dis
tribution has decidedly Influenced
their occupations and social condi-
lions. In the north central states
nearly one-half of them are farmers,
but in the other parts Of the country
but Is per cent. are engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits. In regard to other
occupations these statistics will serve
to show the advance made during the
ten years between 1880 and 1890:
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01
Bryan was denouncing any imperial-

Bryan was denouncing any imperial
ism in our dealings with the Philippine
Islands, and was giving for this course
substantially the reasons he now gives.
And as for his pursuing the Nachia>
velllan course of enticing the Repub-
llcan party into the difficulty in which
it now finds itself. nothing could be
farther from his character"
There is yet time for Mckinley to
extricate himself from the predica-
ment in which his imperialistic policy
has placed him. Let him now at the
eleventh hour promise the Filipinos
their independence. Let him allow the
constitution to follow the flag into
Porto Rico and order his carpet bag
gers out of the island. He will do
neither, for he is the slave of plutoc>
racy. Let him defend his arbitrary
actions like n man and assume all re-
sponsibility before the American peo-
pie, who will soon render their verdict
at the polls and drive him from public
life forever.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01
AN APPEAL TO The STOMACH.

The strange emblem to he used by
Mark Hanna in this years campaign
to catch the votes of the workingmen
is "a full dinner pail" Instead of ap,
pealing to their patriotism by the use
of the American flag, as in 1896, he
thinks he can do better in appealing
to their seltishness by Haunting din
ner pail in their faces. In 1896 his
battle cry was "honest money; in 1900
it is to be prosperity" Four years
ago he appealed to their consciences;
this year he will appeal to their stom,
achs. He thinks the workingmen are
a lot Of gudgeons who can he easily
bambOoZled, but he is making a big
blunder.
A full dinner pail in the hands of
workingmen is an excellent thing in
its way, but it Is hardly an argument
satisfying to intelligent voters who
prize liberty above everything else.
Man does not live by bread Alone"
The intelligent workingmen of Amer
lea see other things in their dinner
pals besides food for their stomachs.
They see that the tin trust, of which
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01
rHB BETRAYAL OF AGu1NALpO.

In his opening speech of the CAM
paign at Duluth last Monday evening
Hon. Charles A. Towne, the brilliant
Minnesota orator, proved from anthem
tic documents that Emilio Aguinaldo,
the Philippine leader, was the victim
of perfidy on the part of the Mckinley
administration. He showed that
Aguinaldo did not sell his country for
Spanish gold, as was stated by Min
neapolis minister, and that he was
not bribed to desert his countrymen,
as was alleged by President Mckinley
in one of his speeches in North Dakota
in October of last year. He showed
from the Chicago Tribune Of year
ago that McKinley's first Philippine
commission attempted to bride the
Filipino patriot An offer was made
to him of the governorship of Luzon
ut salary of S., 900 a year if he would
acknowledge American sovereignty,
but the man whom Mckinley publicly
slandered spurned the bribe, and
would not be corrupted. Surely"
said Mr.. Towne, 'it comes with poor
grace from us. after having attempted
to detach this brave man from the
cause of his people by the thinly dis
guised bride of the offer of a fine sal
airy and an office of dignity, to give
currency to charges against his per-
sonal character
In the course of his speech Mr..
Towne conclusively proved that the
Filipinos under the command Of
Aguinaldo We're allies of the Amerl-
cans against the Spaniards, and that
the Filipinos We're led to believe that
the Americans meant to give them in
dependence. Aguinaldo issued n
proclamation to his countrymen, up.
prising them of the friendship of the
United States, which he called the
'cradle of true liberty" Mr.. Towne
quoted Admiral Dewey, Hon John Bar;
rett, Lieutenant John D. Ford, Cen
eral Chas. A. King and others as to
the capabilities of the brown men for
elf-govetnment. They ranked them
with the Japanese, and Dewey de.
clared they were better fitted for self
government than the Cubans.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

fight any trust which may be engi-
neered by some of his party friends.
This is what Croker says of the trusts:
1.-The trust question is what is going
to sweep the country for Bryan. Twen-
ty-fivc years ago. when Twas a young
man down on Third and Fourth ave-
nues. there were Il number of small
business stores. They all did good
business and the proprietors paid
$4,000 n year rent. There We're no TO
rent bills up in the windows those
days. Now you see plenty of them.
What is doing this? 1t is the trusts.
How many department stores are
there in New York? Twelve, you say.
What is to prevent these twelve stores
forming Il trust and discharging nearly
all their help. What is true of depart
mcnt stores is true of all trades.
eff Il man loses Il job with trust,
how can he get work anywhere ut his
trade? The trust will keep him out of
Il job. What will his wife and family
do? tell you the people won't stand
these trusts any longer, and they will
not stand Imperialism.
TRUSTS and imperialism are the
same things. They mean centering
power in Il few or one man, and Amer
leans won't stand for that. If the trust
idea is continued it will spread all over
the country and into every business
The people are beginning to under
stand this, and they will vote for
Bryan, and he will be elected.
1--WE will not be really prosperous in
this country until we return to the old
fashioned American idea of business
plenty of stores, plenty of competition
and plenty of employment and en-
ployes. If Mckinley is elected and the
people see that they will have to en-,
dure four years more, the result will
be dreadful. l tell you the people will
not stand it. There will be anarchy"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01
Piety of the Filipinos.

Writing from Cebu, P. L., to the
Minneapolis Journal, NJ. J. Bowling
says:
Gas in other towns, there are fine
churches and public buildings. One of
the most powerful bishops of the arch
ipelago lives here in a fine palace. !.
saw him go down the street one day
holding out his right hand, which the
natives crowded around to kiss. They
ran eagerly from all directions upon
being told that the bishop was pass
ing, and fairly trampled each other
under foot in an effort to touch the
hem of his garment or kiss his hand.
'"There is large cathedral here,
fine convent, good seminary, leper
hospital and one of the most beautiful
cemeteries on the island. Easter Sum-
day in Cebu was an occasion for great
festivities. One feature was a relig-
ious procession consisting of floats
drawn by natives; upon these floats
were arranged the most beautiful and
comely of the natives to represent
Christ, the Apostles, the Virgin Mary,
etc.. each float representing one event
in the life Of Christ from His birth to
His crucifiXion. AS this procession
moved slowly through the crowded
streets, natives by the thousands liter
ally buried their faces in the dust be-
fore it. A good band furnished the
music and children's voices formed
numerous choirs. 1t was the Ober-
ammergau Passion Play" in minia-
ture. These festivities taught me to
believe that these natives are very de-
voted church people, at least they pay
most particular attention to the OBJ
servance of holy days and the rituals
of the church,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

The Americans did not intend to
keep faith with the Filipinos after
Merritt and Otis arrived in Manila,
and on Feb. 4, 1899, the first shot be,
tween the allied forces was fired. CAS-
a matter of fact" said Mr.. Towne, las
shown by General Otis report, we
fired the first shot and the Filipinos
acted on the defensive" That state.
ment is also made by an English bar
rister, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who
was in Manila at the time. In book
just published he arraigns the Amcrl-
can officials for their betrayal ST tn.
Filipinos and declares that the AElerl-
cans provoked and began the war with
tic natives.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press, the lead
ing organ Of Anglo Saxon rapacity i'll
this part of the United States, devotes
a whole column to criticism of Mr..
Towne's speech without disproving a
single statement in relation to our
dealings with the Filipinos. The cdi-
torial writer brazenly charges him
with "distorting, coloring and falsify.
ing the record to suit the purpose of
his plea" but he fails to point out any
perversion of the text in any OF the
quoted passages in his remarkable adj
dress. That the Pioneer I'ress is I'm.
able to pick flaws in Mr.. Towne's great
speech shows that truth is more pow
erful than falsehood. The address OF
the Duluth statesman is unanswerable
and will bring conviction to the minds
of all Americans who are free from
partisan prejudice. 1t will un,loub..tl~
~ make one of the most forceful and
eloquent contributions against impe-
rialism and ought to be widely dis.
tributed during the campaign.
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

Says the Chicago Chronicles: Presi-
dent Mckinley cannot fail to note with
disquiet and perturbation that Mr..
Sharkey, when he was overthrown by
Mr.. Fitzsimmons, wore as a belt the
glorious flag of our common country
Has not Mr.. Fitzsimmons, therefore,
answered our noble executives historic
inquiry, "Who will haul it DOWN." and
does not Mr.. Fitzsimmons consequent
ly stand in peril of the penalties of
treason?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

The Toledo Bee expresses the exact
truth when it says: The set policy of
the Hanna party for years has been
to give protection to the employer by
legislative enactment, and then let the
workingman get what protection his
employer might be pleased to give him.
Its policy in effect has been to have
the government take care of the rich
and let the rich take care of the poor.
That's how the Republican party is
working today.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

Last week the st. Paul Pioneer Press
and Minneapolis Tribune We're the vic
Tins of a practical joker. The AIcEin-
ley organs published Il letter, alleged
to have been written by James Muir
ply, Montevideo, MIMI, to a local pa
per, announcing his conversion to Re-
publican principles. The fact that an
Irishman would become Il Republican
in his old age to vote for imperialism
and Anglo-SaXon alliance was consid-
cred very strange, and the readers of
the alleged confession came to the con-
clusion that Mr.. Murphy must be
crazy. 1t has since developed that he
never wrote the letter at all. Geo. H.
Claggett, Il fellow townsman of his,
vouches for his Democracy and says
the letter was written by Il wag who
wanted to have fun over 1t. An Irish
Republican in Minnesota is almost as
rare as black swan.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

In the Chicago Citizen, Of which he
is editor, John f. Finerty says: The
vote of an American citizen is the
highest political privilege possessed by
civilized man. 1t is holy and sacred
trust -bequeathed from father to son
for the benefit of millions yet unborn,
and it should be exercised with a be-
coming reverence for the liberty it
stands for, and the sacrifice of those
who died to establish and maintain it.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

The bigots of Mobile are opposing
Hannis Taylor, ex-ambassador to
Slall, for seat in congress, because
his wife is a Catholic. He is not n
member of any church himself, though
born of Protestant parents, his mother
having been a Baptist and his father
a Presbyterian. The prosecuted man
is Intellectually the peer of any South
erner, but that cuts no figure with the
beetle-browed Apes Of his district,
who are entirely destitute of chivalry.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

Slattery, the ex-priest, and his fe-
male companion are at the antipodes.
The precious pair recently found their
way into the courts of New Zealand.
When on the witness stand Slattery
confessed he did not know whether or
not Mag was ever nun. He made
no attempt to disprove that she had
never been in n convent. His knowl-
edge of the matter was confined to
hearsay.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

Secretary Gage admits that silver
dollars at the legal ratio of 1G to 1 are
being coined by the million under the
Mckinley administration. He does
not deny that they are 100 cent dollars,
but says they are coined for the use
of the government and not for the use
of individuals. Gold dollars are coined
for the use of individuals; why not
silver dollars?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

Ex-Governor Andrew J. Felt, of Kan
sas, has rendered his resignation as
chairman of the Republican county
committee at his home in Nemaha.
In a recent letter he says: Gin God
we trust'' is a more noble ideal than
the new Mark Hanna version: "IH-the
trusts we find our gods.''
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

Patrick O'Farrell, the eminent
Washington lawyer, is opposed to Nc
Kinley this year. He stumpcd the
country for him in 1896 and now re.
grets his action. AS Lincoln ReDub-
lican he cannot swallow Imperialism
He will exert all his influence to elect
William J. Bryan.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

John Wesley, the founder of Metllo-
dism. is credited with saying that the
Chinese language was invented by the
devil to keep missionaries out Of
China. Whether the arch-enemy of
mankind was the inventor or not, the
Chinese language has never been thor
oughly mastered by the disciples Of
the Englishman.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

A young Jew named Paul Schaffel,
who became Il Catholic four years ago.
is now studying for the priesthood ut
st. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee.
He is a brilliant student. Early in the
fall he will go to Rome to complete
his studies in the American College.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01
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The attention of members of the
A. o. II. in the Northwest is directed
to the address of National President
keating on the first page of this issue
of the Irish Standard.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

Ex-Governor Boutwell,, of Massa-
chusetts, has been publicly called
traitor" by Senator Foraker, of Ohio,
because lie has placed country above
party. ORATORS" like Boutwell, are
numerous this year. See list Of
them elsewhere in these columns.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

Colonel Thomas Wentworth uig-
ginsOn, soldier, scholar and litterateur,
voted against Bryan four years ago.
but this year he will vote for him as
an anti-imperialist and take an active
part in the campaign.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

A country, like an army, moves upon
its belly. Such is the belief of Mr.. Nc
Kinley and the other men of genius
who conceived the happy idea of the
"full dinner pail as campaign en-
blem, says Father Cronin in the Cath
Ollie Union and Times.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

The educational edition of the West.
ern Waterman reflects great credit on
the publishers. Father Talon, the as
sociate editor is doing finely in the alb
sencc of Rev. d. S. phelan, who is
writing interesting letters from
France
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

We have heard nothing lately from
Grover Cleveland OH political issues.
The Mckinley organs know he is op.
posed to Imperialism, and consequent
ly they give him Il wide berth.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

The Philadelphia Standard and
Times very truly remarks: Archbishop
Ireland has many admirers-a class
sometimes as dangerous to public
man as his personal friends.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

The car of Russia has ordered
100000 pounds of ''beef on the hoof''
from Armour & Co. of Chicago for the
Chinese campaign. 1t will take 5000
fat steers to fill the order.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

Magnus A. Hess, of Chicago, the
Original Mckinley man, has joined
the Bryan ranks. He organized the
first Mckinley club in the United
States. 1t is still in existence, but the
majority of the members will vote for
Bryan.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

Says John Sherman, the veteran
l cannot see why we should go to the
opposite end of the world to acquire
territory by conquest, with the added
danger of involving ourselves in the
meshcs of Europe's lust for Eastern
land.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

Congressman Eddy says Mckinley
will carry Minnesota by 10000. In '9G
he carried it by $4,000. If he loses
proportionately in other states how is
he going to be elected?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

~ picture Of Mark Hanna brought
ten cents at an auction sale in Wilkes
barre, Pa, a few days ago. A dime
was too much for his counterfeit pre-
sentiment"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

J. Pierpont Morgan now owns Har-
per's Weekly. No wonder the Mug
wump sheet is attacking Bryan with
great virulence.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

He who puts party above country
ceases to be IL patriot, and he is I'm.
worthy to possess a franchise who
simply looks upon it as commercial
asset.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

Neither Mckinley nor Bryan attend
ed the Grand Army reunion in Chi
cagO. The old soldiers had a good
time, nevertheless.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

No self-respecting Irishman can sup.
port the foreign policy of President
Mckinley, says John +. Finerty.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

TIE above rates include cost Of postage
- any part of the United States, Canada
q Mexico. To any other part Of the world
~ postage will be Soc per year additional.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-01

Says the Boston Pilot: The work
of the Irish Brigade will form one of
the brightest pages in the history Of
the war in South Africa, despite its
traducers. No Drawer body of men
has faced the minions of England, as
that country knows to her cost, while
the character of it's members matches
that of the Beers, than whom, per-
haps, the world has seen no more hui
name and honorable fighters. The
bravery, humanity and morality of the
Boer patriots and their Irish allies
have been in sharp contrast to that of
their foes. Many of the latter's deeds
ages.
Advices from Manila say that the
Kansas City platform has been trans
lated into Tagal, and is being extern
sively circulated among the insurgents
and gives them great encouragement.
minneapolis Tribune.
The Declaration of Independence
had been translated into Tagal long
before Dewey got into Manila bay,
and that is what nerved their arms to
cast off the Spanish yoke. The Kan
sas City platform is Il second declara-
ton Of independence, and undoubtedly
it gives the Tagals great encourage
mcnt in opposing the Criminal ag-
gression'' of the Mckinley imperialists.
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The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-10-20

The New Orleans Times-DemOcrat
tells OF a blind man In a southern city
who goes 10 the pOstofiice every day
carrying a small light riding whip
which he holds slightly inclined 10 the
front, with the tip just touching the
pavement His sense Of touch has be
come 30 delicate that the whip is al
most an artificial eye. When the point
encounters anything, be makes few
swift passes over the surface and gen
orally determines the exact character
Of the obstacle. IL Is done ~ quickly
and deftly as 10 attract no attention,
aud few passers have the least suspl-
clOn Of the old mans lnnrmlty. When
he reaches the pOstOfice, he turns un-
hesitatingiy. mounts the middle stairs.
walks over 10 the lock boxes and With.
out any feeling around thrusts Key
into the right aperture.