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The Irish standard., 1900-09-15
HAMILTON AN IMPER1AL1ST.

In last weeks issue of the Irish
Standard we briefly explained why it
Is that since the election of William
Mckinley to the "syndicated presi-
dency" the Republican party Of which
Mark Hanna is the head has discarded
the name of Abraham Lincoln, its
founder, and taken up the name of
Alexander Hamilton for a shibboleth.
We said that Hamilton, like Hanna,
thought the British government the
best in the world and believed in an
American form of government ap-
proachfng as near as possible to a
monarchy. We added that If Hamil-
ton We're alive to-day he would be a
supporter of McKinleyism, q term
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15
ROOSEVELT AND VAN SAINT.

In his itinerary in Michigan Teddy
Roosevelt was the recipient of grand
ovation in Dutch settlement on ac-
count of his nationality. At least,
that is what the American people are
told by the correspondent of the i'm
perialistic press who accompanies the
orator of strenuosity on his campaign
tour. Teddy acknowledged the warm
reception and told the Hollanders that
this is great year for the Dutch.
He informed them that up in Mime
sofa there was Dutchmall-Capt.
Van SAINT by name-who was the re-
publican candidate for governor of
that great commonwealth, and that
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

II have always felt," says Rev.
Manchester, in the campaign pamphlet
referred to elsewhere, "that he (Mc-
Kinley) believed he was called to his
exalted position by the will of God"
OF course. But doesn't Mac also be-
lieve that Mark Hanna was the hum
BILE instrument in the hands of Divine
Providence to elevate him to the ''syn-
dicated presidency? If we remember
rightly this Manchester of Canton,
Ohio, filled lucrative berth in tue In
dian department under Morgan, and
he received the job from Mckinley fors
being his pastor when at home ;ln the
Ohio town. 1t is the will of Mark
Hanna that Manchester gives Mac a
certificate of sanctity to get votes
from goody-goody Christians Of the
Pharisee type.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

In the latest edition of the Britain
MICA. Edmund Burke is called ian
Englishman." He may properly be
called British statesman, but he GER
tainly was no more of an Englishman
than was the late Lord Charles Rus
sell. The same publication claims Sir
William Rowan Hamilton as Scotch
man, though, like Burke, he was born
in Dublin. Tennyson, in his ode on
the Duke of Wellington, says "the
great Englishman is no more" The
hero of Waterloo was no more of an
Englishman than are Wolseley, Rob
erts and Kitchener. Have not the
English plenty of great men Of their
own without appropriating the great
men of the .sister isle? Why don't
they claim Grattan. O'Connell and
Parnell as Johnny Bulls? They were
about as much English as Burke.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

Congressman John +. LentZ. of Co
lumbus. Ohio. i'll his address at Mime
apolis last Monday night, read a pas
sage from General Sheridan's me-
moirs. volume 2, page 81, showing that
Mckinley was running away from the
Confederates at Winchester when he
met theS general on his famous ride.
Mac was following close upon the
heels of fleeing parson when Sheri-
dan stopped him. The hero of Win
chester had written his memoirs be-
fore Mckinley was discovered by
Mark Hanna. and what he said of the
incident is impartial history which has
newer been contradicted.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

In one of it's editorials few days
ago the Minneapolis Journal accused
Aguinaldo of accepting bribe from
the Spanish government. If our es-
teemed contemporary turns TO it's own
Year Book for 1890 it will find that
Aguinaldo took no bribe as stated.
What is given in the Journals publ
cation was written in 1893 when
Aguinaldo was helping Dewey against
Spain. All that Aguinaldo and his
leaders ever received under contract
with the Spanish governor was
S400, 900 in Mexican money. This was
placed in banks at Hong Kong to their
credit, and when Spain failed to fulfill
its promised reforms the money was
used to buy arms for the insurgents.
The Journal now contradicts it's own
accoun. IF the transaction.
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The Irish standard., 1900-09-15
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The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

"The Religious Life of President
Mckinley" is the title of a campaign
document just issued from Republican
headquarters at Chicago. 1t contains
testimonials from his pastors and is
calculated to produce an effect among
Methodists who have been denouncing
him for permitting the use of the army
canteen. Everyone knows that Nc
Kinley is very fine Christian. He
goes to church regularly to pray and
allows the trusts to prey on the people.
The next campaign document should
deal with the religious life Of the
sanity Mark Hanna.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

The Minneapolis Tribune sagacious-
ly asks: Suppose that President Nc
kinley, in the recent troubles in China,
had attempted to extend the Monroe
doctrine to Asia and had forbidden the
other powers to land troops there
would we not now have an interesting
war on our hands?" The Monroe doc
trine was not intended to apply to
China but to America, as every school
boy knows. The question is "incom-
petent, irrelevant and immaterial," as
the lawyers say.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

The full dinner pail' situation was
an Irish laborer. working OH tile street,
near the United States Hotel in Sara
toga when the Republican convention
met there recently. II suppose you'll
vote for Mckinley and the continu-
ance of the full dinner pail, Mike?'
said political missionary, by way Of
an opening. "Well, don't know" re-
piled the 1rishman; "the continuance
of the foil dinner pail, Is it? Sure,
when 1 get full dinner pail, there
will be time enough to talk of voting
for Mckinley" The political mission
ary went away.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

ciples at home and another set in the
new territory belonging to the United
States." What does Mr.. Mckinley
mean by such language? He is afraid
of defeat and tries to impose upon the
American people by limiting that the
newly-acdtired Aerritory from Spain
will eventually be governed according
to American principles. He does not
mean what his words imply, and his
imperialistic masters know it. The
people know it, too, and will repudiate
him with all his works and pomps.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

McKinley's puissant ally, the Sultan
Of Sulu, has gone on vacation TO
Singapore. So we are told in a dis
patch from Manila. The old chap can
we'll afford to travel. His majesty Of
Canton, Ohio, is paying him $4,000 a
year for the privilege of allowing Old
Glory to wave in triumph over poiyga-
my and slavery in his Mohammedan
dominion. 1t is not stated how many
of his wives accompany the dusky
monarch into China. Major Sweet will
attend to affairs of state in his absence.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

The Archbishop of Canterbury be-
fore the House of Lords recently said:
my LORDS whatever we are to do we
ought to take care that we do not mar.
row the church of England. She rests
upon the right and duty of private
Judgment, which requires that men
shall conscientiously accept her teach
ings." Why should men accept her
teachings if she rests upon such Il
foundation?
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

Mark Hanna should visit the anthra-
cite coal regions Of Pennsylvania with,
his "full dinner pail'' and speak on
prosperity to the poor miners who are
paid the munificent sum of ninety
cents day by the coal barons whose
representative he is. Nearly 10000
miners are going to strike because
of the injustice of Mark Hanna's
proteges. Prosperity for the working
men is "a mockery, a delusioin and a
SNARE" as Lord Denman said OH a his
toric occasion.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

The Republican press of the Twin
Cities. cannot pick any flaws in the,
acceptance speech Of Governor Lind.
All that the Minneapolis Tribune can
say of it is that "it was an able aud
adroit speech, yet full of sophistries.
and inconsistencies" 1t does not try
to expose the so-called "sophistries'
nor point out the Inconsistencies.
Why? Because they are not in the
speech. =.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

Says the Cleveland Plain Dealer: I'M
perialism first destroyed the Roman re-
public and then ruined Rome. I'M
perialism killed two republics in
France and is waiting it's opportunity
to assassinate third. Imperialism is
a menace to the American republic as
1t was the destroyer of the great re-
publics of ancient and modern Europe.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

After reading the acceptance speech
of Gov. Lind, one of the leading writ
ers on a Mckinley organ Informed the
Irish Standard that Evan SAINT is an
intellectual pigmy when compared to
Lind" He considers Gov. Lind one of
the ablest statesmen of the country,
and there are thousands Of patriotic
and unbiased Republicans who think
likewise.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

was looked onpon as literally the
slaughter of wild beasts, when, in the
words Of Lecky, year after year over
q great part of Ireland all means of
human subsistence were destroyed, no
quarter given to prisoners who surren-
dered, and the whole population skill
fully and steadily starved to DEATH
A self-same process was pursued by
Cromwell, by the operation of the pc
nal laws, by the English-made insur-
rection, and by several manufactured
famines."
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

The London Tory correspondents say
that the Boer war is virtually at an.
end and that Botha is negotiating for
surrender. OF course, there is no truth
in what they say. General Otis said
months ago that the Filipino war was
over, but lists of dead Americans are
being sent by General Macarthur every
week. Men fighting for liberty will
hold out to the bitter end.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

The Tribune is mistaken when 1t
says that "any respectable opponent
recognizes the high character of the
present occupant Of the White House."
John J. Lentz Is as respectable as Will
liam Mckinley. He is an eminent citi.
zen of Ohio, a law partner Of Governor
Nash of that state and a millionaire to
boot. He is not the "strepitant black.
guard that the Tribune calls him.
Everything he said in Minneapolis he
repeatedly said on the floor of congress
in the hearing of McKinley's cham
pions. He is not ''the lightweight poll
tician" the Tribune calls him. He is
a heavier man, both physically and in
|tellectually, than the creature who rep
resents the fifth Minnesota district at
Washington. He is bigger man than
McCleary or Morris. In fact, he Is one
of the heaviest weights in the house of
representatives as Grosvenor of Ohio
will readily acknowledge.
The Tribune says that Mr.. Lentz
was positively indecent in his Ian
guage," and that he compared McKin-
ley to "a prowling night thief" If the
Tribune had any regard for veracity it
would not have made such assertions.
Mr.. Lentz spoke like gentleman and
used very elegant language. OF
course, he intimated that Mckinley
was a runaway from the battlefield of
Cedar Greek. P. H. Sheridan's Me-
moirs, Vol. II, PIP. S1-S4, was given as
his authority. The Tribune says Nc
Kinley was gallant soldier of war.
There is nothing said by Sheridan to
substantiate that statement, unless it
be that on page SO of the volume quot
ed he says, Crooks troops Ito which
Mckinley belonged) showed that their
ill-fortune of the morning lin getting
stampedeD had not sprung from lack
of valor." The only troops that Sher-
idan found "in the presence Of and re-
sisting the enemy" was Getty's divi-
sion of the sixth corps. The color
bearers of Crooks division turned
up in the rear of Getty's division, hav-
ing withstood the panic, but Major Nc
Kinley was not with them; he was
away back in the rear at Newtown.
The report Of Mr.. Lentz's address, as
printed in the Tribune, gives no ade-
quate idea of what the speaker said.
1t was one of the most forcible and
eloquent platform speeches delivered
in Minneapolis for many years. The
report given by the Times was su-
perior in every respect to that given by
it's partisan contemporary. The edi-
torial writer of the Tribune has based
his vituperation of Lentz on the very
unfair synopsis of his address which
appeared in the reportorial columns,
and hence he ought to pe somewhat
excused for his animadversions. The
only crime Lentz was guilty of in his
arraignment of Mckinley was telling
the truth in plain, unvarnished style,
and proving what he said Of his dupli-
city and insincerity.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

One of the London papers has sent
out a lying report to the effect that
the peasantry of Ireland believe that
Parnell is yet living under the name
of Christian Dewet, the brave Boer
general who has outwitted Roberts
and his officers SO often. The peas
antry of Ireland have better sense than
the Johnny Bull who manufactured
such nonsensical news.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

Chauncey NJ. Depew, the comedian
who represents the New York Central
in the upper house of Congress, re-
Gently declared that the English peo-
pie prefer Bryan to Mckinley. Chaun-
cey is recognized as one of the biggest
jokers in the country. Mark Hanna
must have chuckled when he read his
declaration. So must have Paunce-
fote and Hay.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

The Republican organs say that
BILLY Bryan" violated the flag of
truce" by referring to politics in his
Chicago Labor Day address. They
say nothing Of Billy Mason who made
n red-hot political speech for McKin-
ley on the same platform and was
reprimanded by the labor leaders,
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

Lord Roberts is now being styled
the Cromwell of South Africa, and his
most ardent personal admirers are
blaming him for his barbarous treat
ment of the Beers. His military repu-
tation is indelibly stained.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

Some one has truthfully said that
Mckinley possesses a super-human
genius for trampling on right and JUS
tice. and weaving shifting policy,
woof of costly b;.1nders.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

The only answer which the Repub-
lican organs make to the scathing let
ter of Mr.. Olney is that he was not
registered as voter in '96, 81, '9S and
80, and is not registered this year.
Therefore he has no right to criticise
'McKinley's policy of Imperialism and
refer to his presidency as "syndicat-
ed.' Fine logic!
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

John +. Finerty forclbly says: "a
Khaki Irishman" is n renegade and n
traitor whether lie is field marshal
or a militia recruit. If the Irish want
to be free they must learn to. be
wholly Irish. They cannot be Irish
and English Mt the same time"
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

Says the Dublin Weekly Freeman:
"The English government seriously in
tended to depopulate Ireland of its
Celtic inhabitants when, in the time of
Elizabeth, the slaughter Of Irishmen
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

John Hay has not yet recovered
from his indisposition and gone back
to his official duties. Is it possible
that the administration has shelved
him during, the campaign? He is q.
pretty heavy load for afcHanna to
carry.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

The British-Boer war and the Yam
kee-Filipino warsare not yet over by
a long shot The weak races are not
quite so weak as the Anglo-Saxons
took them to be.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

Teddy Roosevelt, ''the hero of San
Cromwell, man who was an infinite
ly bigger butcher than Weyler ever
was.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

The Galveston catastrophe is the
most disastrous in the history of the
country. Every aid should be given
to the surviving.victims Of the winds
and waves.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

Arthur Sewall, the running mate of
William ]. Bryan in 1896, died last
Wednesday Mt Bath, Maine, at the age
of G. years.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

William Mckinley, the syndicated
president by the grace of Mark Hanna,
says that "the Republican party
doesn't have to assert it's devotion to
the Declaration of Independence" If
it did assert its devotion. nobody Of
good sense would believe in it's sim
cerity. Actions speak louder than
words.
The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

Tim Healy's paper, the Dublin Ma
tion, has been absorbed by the Daily
Independent.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-26
THE FAMINE IN INDIA.-A despatch

THE FAMINE IN INDIA.-A despatch
from Calcutta, dated the 10Th inst,
states that 100000 people are suffer
ing for want OF food in India, about
22,000,O0O persons are now affected in
British territory and about 100000
in the native States. The Eiccroy,
Lord Curzon of keddlcston, said that
the famine area had expanded, sur
passing the first fears and they were
now facing cattle, water and food
scarcity OF a terrible character. About
3,25O,O00 persons, he continued, were
already receiving relief. While in
1897 the world shared India's sorrow
and contributed hundreds of thous-
ands of pounds toward the relief fund,
the Viceroy pointed out, India would
nov have to struggle alone, for the
thoughts OF every Englishman in the
world were centered on South Africa.
1t would otherwise be the duty of the
government to pursue the task of saw.
ing millions of lives, and it would
spend its last rupee, if necessary, to
do so.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-26

The sameness OF the professedly
original paragraphing and occasional
ly of leading editorials, which appear
in the smaller Republican newspapers,
shows that Hanna has got his d" educa-
tional bureau" into working order
again, and that the country from now
on until next November will be flood
ed by the stereotyped war-cries of the
party which "Claims everything and
comedies nothing" The "Open the
mills" paragraph of eight lines, for
instance, has appeared in precisely the
same language in about a dozen of
our exchanges, and in each instance
has been adopted as original.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-26

A QUEER CAsE.-A Chicago man
lately forged his own name to a check
and received a couple of thousand
dollars by it. It seems the check was
intended for man in New York by
the name of J. H. Bird, but another
Bird OF the same initials was supposed
to be its owner and it was sent to him.
He endorsed it and drew the money,
and now jury is trying to determine
whether or not he is guilty of forgery.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-26

IT is remarkable fact that the
louder the Republican party proclaims
disaffection in the Democratic party
and the more solemnly they predict
its utter extinction, the nearer it is
towards dealing solar plexus" blow
to its own PARTY of pretense and greed.
IT there is the least sincerity in such
protestations, it certainly shows o re-
markable faith in that somewhat par
adoxical assertion regarding the un.
expected which sometimes happens.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-26
OA9 ToEEA.
Be., ths ,Ihs Kind You Have Always DuuRht
'': !: .; & ;, Z; I; :; =:

A warrant was issued at Whatcom
Saturday for the arrest of c. H.
Wolcott, an insurance man of Seattle,
on the charge of obtaining money un-
der false pretenses. Wolcott Satur-
day drew check for $40 on local
bank in payment of a hotel bill. 1t
was early discovered that he had no
deposit there, but too late to catch
him, as he departed Oh north-bound
train.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-26

Chaplain r. S. Stubs, superinten-
dent of the seamen's bethel work in
Tacoma harbor, has deposited with the
State Historical Society a little, old
brown-covered book, purporting to be
a diary OF soldier of the American
Revolutionary army, mainly written
in 1775-76. It contains some 80 fine
ly written pages. 1t was presented to
Chaplain Stubs by Mrs. Collins, of
Collins landing. on the Columbia
river, above Vancouver. It belonged
to her husband, at whose death Chap.
lain Stubs officiated.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-26

THE Ashland Ore, wooden mill, was
destroyed by fire at an early hour
Sunday morning. 1t was valued at
$65, 900 and carried an insurance OF
$13,5OO. 1t gave constant employ
ment to 80 or IS operatives.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-26

The government has provided about
1OO submarine torpedoes, to be used in
the lower Sound, in case of war, to
protect the approach to Port Orchard
drydock and naval station, and Incl
dentally everything else ON the Sound.
They have arrived at Seattle, and are
of course unloaded, and are said to re-
semble large gin-fizz bottles, with a
ring bolt for anchoring them. The
caps are screwed in and have an ap-
pliance for exploding by electric cur
rent when loaded, primed and in posi-
tion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-26

THERE are few honorable excep-
tons to the "party at any cost" lead
ers of the &. o.p. One of these is a
Philadelphia paper, owned by Post
master General Charles Emory Smith,
which is exceedingly severe in its com.
ments upon the Gage custom-house
dao1
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-26

THE Northern Pacific announces
that with the Inauguration of its new
double service to Seattle in March it
will do away with gas MS an illunin-
ant and instead will introduce a new
system of electric lighting which has
not heretofore been attempted on
Western roads.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-26

Now that Representative-elect Rob-
erts of Utah has been refused seat in
Congress for his polygamous practices
isn't it about time for the President TO
kick out those polygamous postmas-
tiers that are holding Office at his
Measure?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-26

1T seems that the letters filed in the
executive Office charging Mormon ap-
plicants for postal positions with po-
lygamy, which were simply ignored by
Mr.. Mckinley, are now conveniently
missing, when wanted by the commit
tee to make full report upon the ef-
feet such iniquity has upon eligibility
for Office.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-26

MRS. James Hamilton Lewis, oil
Seattle, has returned from her visit to
relatives in Europe, and was in Wash.
ington, on the Goth inst, en- route to
her former home in Georgia, where
she will remain several months before
she comes west.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-26

FRUIT AND WHEAT CROPS MENAcED.
1t is feared, in the eastern part OF
the State, that the open winter will
result in short fruit crop next sea-
son. In the orchards, fruit and leaf
buds are swelling and cold weather will
certainly blasts the germs and prob
ably kill many of the trees. The
wheat crop is likewise started up and
hundreds of acres have been cut to re-
tard development.