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The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

quarter of century the term Scotch
Irish" has been used in American litera-
turs, and it is never used orally or in
writing in the British islands. Bancroft
in his history of the United States re-
fers to General Montgomery, the hero
OF Quebec, as Scotch Irishman," but
he is the only one so designated by that
writer. Mr.. Gaffney is correct in saying
that Scotchmen with the prefix Mac or
Nc who settled in Ulster in the days
OF James l. were returning to the
mother country" 1t may be that Nc
Kinley's forefathers were among the
lot. There is one thing certain that the
present occupant OF the White House is
Celt and not an Anglo-Saxon and
strange to say, he takes more pride
in being the latter than the former.
That is sufficient evidence that he is a
degenerate Celt who has no pride OF an
cestry.
What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or
towards?
Not even all the blood of all the How
ards.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28
AIDING BR1rAIN's CAUSE.

The Bureau OF Education at Wash
ington has been detected in the act OF
distributing anti-Boer literature issued
at &c Victoria street, Westminster. S.
W.. London, by the Imperial South
African Association. Among the PAM
phlets now being circulated by the de-
partment Of public instruction are "The
British Case against the Boer Repub-
lies" "Boers and Blacks" "The Virtues
of the Churches" and "The Future OF
South Africa" They are exceedingly
pro-British and are being mailed to the
school teachers in every state in the
Union with printed cards requesting the
recipients to read and digest the con-
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

relation to exchangeable things. They
know that no law can ever make that
relation permanent, for it depends on
the laws of nature, and not on the laws
of man. The dollar, silver or gold,
that is of equal value with bushel OF
wheat this year may equal in value
only half a bushel next year. In this
case it is evident that the value, the
purchasing power, of the dollar has de-
creased, changed in obedience to the
operation of the law OF supply and de-
mand; in this case the supply of and
demand for wheat. And as supply and
demand have no fixed relation to each
other, but are ever changing, the value
or price OF all exchangeable things must
respond to that change. Money is an
exchangeable thing, and as such can
never have fixed value. So Mr.. Nc
Kinley's fxed-valuc dollar never ex-
listed, and never can exist.
1t is recognized truth of political
NSoiAoAAy lHdl CSSly uOlldI duucQ 10 the
volume of currency decreases the value
OF purchasing power of every other dol
lar OF the volume. The discovery of the
California gold mines decreased the val
tic OF the money then existing, for more
OF it had to be given in exchange for
other products. 1t is in this law-that
the value OF the money is in inverse
ratio to its volume-that is to be found
the real cause of antagonism between
the money trusts and the people to
whom currency is a necessity of social
life. The trusts are opposed to all in
crease in the volume of money because
it lessons the value of what they pos
sess. 1t makes no difference to them
whether the increase in volume results
from the discovery of new gold fields
or from the reconciliation of silver
1t is not the manner of increase, but the
increase itself that disturbs them. In
the former case they cannot regulate the
alchemy Of nature: but in the latter
case they can influence legislation. and
they have done so. and limited the vol
u1ne OF money by foisting on the people
in 1873 the demonstration of silver, and
the gold standard
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

An esteemed correspondent at Fari-
bault. Mimi, draws our attention to the
fact that w. E. Curtis wrote an account
OF Webster Davis connection with the
A. P. A. in Chicago Record of the 9th
inst. He suggests that the Irish Stand
ard should not try to vindicate him
from the charge of bigotry. 1t ap-
pears that the charge is too we'll au-
thenticated to be denied, but it will not
be forgotten that his connection with
the odious order was no bar to his ap-
pointment as Assistant Secretary of the
Interior in McKinley's cabinet Until
he resigned his position and declared
himself a Democrat at the Kansas City
convention the organs of the plutocracy
had nothing to say of his connection
with the beetle proved bigots. He was
all right while he remained Repub-
lican. There are other members Of the
same organization drawing salaries un-
der Mckinley.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

A dispatch from San Juan, Porto
Rico, of July 26, states that the inlab-
itants celebrated the feast of St. Jago,
the patron saint of Spain. with great
eclat on the day before Spanish flags
were flung to the breeze and the Stars
and Stripes was conspicuously absent.
A prominent Porto Rican, in explain
ing why the American flag was not dis
played, said that 'the United States
constitution has not been extended to
the island" He believes. like all true
Americans. that the constitution should
follow the flag into all islands. far and
near. that are governed by the republic
of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

Said Cardinal Gibbons in his address
before the Catholic summer school at
Detroit: "The statements made in
some Of the Protestant weekly papers
to the effect that the Catholic mission
aries in China are the cause of the up
rising is an outrageous misrepresenta-
ton without shred of evidence to give
it the color of truth. The Catholic
bishops and priests there have the pur-
est, highest and hottest OF motives. When
they entered that country they could
have said with truth that they left all
hope behind. They ate the same kind
OF food, lived the same primitive way as
the natives, and it is shame that some
people will SO maiciously misrepresent
them"
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

Owing to misunderstanding, based
on misiniormation, the Irish Standard
was led to say in last weeks issue that
the Northwestern Chronicle was alb
sorbed by the Milwaukee Catholic Citi-
zen and had gone out OF existence. We
are informed by Mr.. Geo. +. Cannon,
manager of the Chronicle, that such is
not the case. He says it is published
regularly at the old stand. So L. Third
street, St. Paul, and that it has simply
changed ownership and management.
The Irish Standard is glad to make the
correction and wishes its esteemed con-
temporary long tenure OF life and un-
bounded prosperity.
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nected with the Brooklyn Eagle. 1t is a
very timely publication, which ought to
be read by the voters of the country.
The book contains $50 pages and is
neatly bound in CLOTH 1t deals in All
instructive, interesting and wholly dig
ni6ed manner with social and industrial
topics and is commended for wide cir
culatior by Judge Gaynor of the New
York Supreme Court. The publisher,
George F. Spinney, is well known
throughout the Northwest, being man
aging editor of the ST. Paul Globe for
many years until it fell into the hands
OF J. ]. Hill The book retails at so
cents. Address George F. Spinney
Company, Publishers, P. o. Box II,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

Says the Boston Republic: Mr..
Mckinley announces to the country
through his subsidized correspondents
that he will not call an extraordinary
session of Congress just now owing to
the expense it would involve. He is
buying transports to send troops to
China and spending millions to keep
up his military establishment, but he
fears the cost OF an extra session. AS a
matter of fact he fears the effect of such
session upon his candidacy. Every
thing connected with the government
business must be subordinated now to
the exigencies of the campaign. Mean
while the imperial idea is developing.
The President is making war in China
without authority of Congress or the
people.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

Some lying scoundrel circulated re-
port to- the effect that Rev. ]. George
Gibson, of Emmanuel Baptist church,
San Quentin, CAL, had confessed when
dying that he had committed the MUIR
ders for which Theodore Durrant was
hanged. The clergyman in question
writes to the Monitor, OF San Francisco,
saying he is alive and denying he ever
made the confession attributed to him.
AS some Catholic papers gave the false
news, the Irish Standard gladly devotcs
paragraph to the matter in justice to
the reverend gentleman whose character
was aspersed in such shameful man
ner.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

According to the Arabian system Of
astrology, John B. Sullivan, of Yonkers.
N. Y, figures out that William McKin-
ley will be defeated for the presidency
in 1900. He claims to have forecast his
election in 1896. He says Macs nomi-
nation at Philadelphia should have been
made on June 20, when the people ex-
pected it, and not on June Fl, and there
fore the election of Bryan is foregone
conclusion. We hope Sullivan's predic-
ton will be fulfilled.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

Now that the United States is "a
world power" it will need all the mules
it can raise for its own USE Through
the grace of the Mckinley administra-
ton thousands of American mules we're
shipped to South Africa for the use Of
the British. Until the Pekin problem
is solved it would be we'll for the i'm
perial government at Washington to
stop the sale of mules to the European
powers. From every indication the ami
mails will be needed for Our own foreign
service.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

they voted negatively on putting an
eleventh party ticket in the field to aid
in the election of Mckinley. The great
organs which supported the candidates
OF the Gold Democrats in 'o6 are en-
Enthusiastically supporting Bryan this
year, for they believe with Mr.. Halde-
man that the leading issue of the CAM
paign is imperialism Among the pa
pers that supported Palmer in 90 and
are now exerting their influence in be-
half of Bryan and Americanism are til
New York World, the Chicago Chron-
icle and the Louisville Courier Journal.
The only thing left for the gold Demo-
Gratis is to vote for Bryan or Mckinley.
The most of them will vote for the Ne
braskan and help to save the republic
from the perils that confront it.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

In his speech at St. Paul Theodore
Roosevelt declared the Democrats were
dishonest at home and towards
abroad" Commenting OH this utter
ance OF the Rough Rider the Chicago
American says: Governor Roosevelt
description, by the way, applies to Cen
eral Lawton-he was Democrat; and
to Dewey-he is Democrat; and to
Schley-he is Democrat; and to Cen
eral Wheeler-hc is a Democrat, Were
those men dishonest at home and cow
ards abroad?
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

James Lawrence Carew. who repre-
sents the College Green division Of
Dublin in the British, parliament, was
once a rampant Nationalist and suffered
Imprisonment for love OF country. Not
long since he attended a reception at
Buckingham palace with his aristocratic
wife. and now he is explaining to his
colleagues that he did SO to please his
better half Carew will likely be
defeated for reelection. A man who
attends Queen Victoria's garden party.
is hardly fit to represent his Dublin
constituents III the House OF Commons.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

The university professors are now dis
cussing the question: Did Judas really
commit suicide? All orthodox Chris
tians will give an affirmative answer,
but Professor Harris in the American
Journal OF Theology, published by the
Rockefeller University of Chicago, dis
putes the testimony of St. Matthew re-
garding the traitor and also the record
as found in the Acts. De Quincy, the
opium eater, wrote learned essay in
defense OF Judas, but he did not hold
that the Scriptural story is romance,
as he was ignorant OF the higher criti-
cism' OF the scholars OF the present day.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

The Catholic Truth Society of San
francisco is quite enterprising. 1t has,
Just published in pamphlet form an elo-
quent address delivered years ago in St.
Louis by Archbishop Ryan, and also a.
lecture by Hon. Henry c. Dillon, of
Los Angeles. The titles of the PAM
phlets are What Catholics Do Not
Believe" and Catholicism and Rea-
SON. They sell at S cents copy or S.
per hundred and are worth double the
price.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

According to Republican papers the
United States was not "a world power"
until it began to govern alien peoples
against their consent. Many Amer
leans have been laboring under the i'm
preston that the United States has
been "a world power" of the first mag
nitude during all the years of its exist
encc as republic. and that it was get
ting more powerful as it advanced in
age and increased in population. 1t
could defy all the great powers Of the
earth by pursuing pacific policy and
keeping out of international quarrels.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

In his oratorical address at the ban
quet of the "Anglo-Amcrican Brother
hood" in London on the Fourth Of
July, our ambassador extraordinary to
the court of St. James dramatically
asked: "Wfat would George III. or
Lord North have said to the command
er-in-chief of the British army propos-
ing the health of the American prcsi-
dent?" To which VIM O'Brien replies
in the Irish People OF Dublin: "It
would have been more to the point to
speculate on the feelings OF George
Washington or Benjamin Franklin, or
the two heroic Irishmen, Patrick Henry
and Charles Carroll OF Carrollton, had
they anticipated the action and attitude
of Mr.. Joseph Choate."
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

Where, in these lively times, is Broth
er Abner, and why is he not on hand
to complete the family group on the.
front porch? asks the Chicago Chron--
icle. AT last accounts Abner Mckinley
was in Cuba grabbing off franchises
with both hands. He is making hay
while the sun shines.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

Commenting on the report that the
Presbyterian board Of foreign missions
has recently assigned " new mission
aries to China, the Minneapolis Tribune
sensibly remarks: while some over
Jealous persons regard this departure
as an act of exalted courage and Sill
prcme religious devotion. people in gen.
eral see in it more of fanaticism than
of fcrvent piety."
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

William Waldorf Astor, the vulgar
millionaire who foreswore his birthright.
as an American citizen on the pretense
that this is no country for gentlemen
to live in, has fallen into disfavor with
the Prince of Wales and is now socially
ostracized by the English aristocracy.
Good enough for the upstart!
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28
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The Dublin Frceman's Journal an
nounccs editorialy that Webster Davis
was nominated as Bryan's running mate
at the Kansas City convention. Davis
is better known than Stevenson in Ire
land because of his attitude regarding
the AngloBoer war.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

The Boston Pilot says: Mr.. McKin-
ley, in his speech accepting the non1ina-
ton, said that he was lifting "the yoke.
of imperialism from the Philippines"
He has already lifted it from 10000 of
them, who will never feel it again in
this world.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

In letter from Manila, M. ]. Dow
ling, an active Republican in the bank
ing business at Renville, Mimi, says
that 'if the junta, which thrives under
the protection OF the British flag at
Hongkong, could be knocked out, the
instruction in the Philippines would
come to an end instantcr"
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

There are only three Catholic chap
lains in the United States navy, and in
the whole army there are only four
Catholic cl1aplains. A great many of
the soldiers and sailors are undoubtedly
OF the Catholic faith, and ought to have
more chaplains.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

No. the word "Boer' is not offensive
to the burghers of the two African re-
pubics. 'Boer" is the plain Dutch
word for farmer or peasant; there is no
opprobrium whatever attaching to it.
1t is the equivalent OF the German
bauer The English word Door" is
derived from the early Anglo-Saxon
word, OF the same root, which means
husbandman.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28
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The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

Dick Croker says that So per cent of
the American people are governed by
20 per cent. That is to say, the masses,
are governed by the classes. In other
words, the plutocracy is governing the
republic under the administration of
William Mckinley.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

Twenty three Democrats of Luverne,
Rock county, MINI, sent round,
robin to the ST. Paul Globe respect
fully requesting the publisher to strike
their names from the list of subscribers.
That was their answer to the Globes
anti-Bryan editorial OF July 2.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

General Lew Wallace, author of Ben
Hur, was an anti-expansionist like Sen
ator Hoar, but like the Massachusetts
statesman he has resolved to support
Mckinley. Perhaps he expects to get a
foreign mission.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

Says the Catholic Citizen: Sir Robert
Hart, inspector-general of the customs
OF the Chinese empire and Sir Claude
Macdonald. the British ambassador,
both OF whom are reported slain by the.
Boxers, were Irishmen in the British
service. Admiral Seymour, in CON-
mand OF the allied forces at Tien Tsin.
is also a native OF the Emerald Isle.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

Consular reports show that there are
1885 Americans in China. Many, if
not all OF them, are in deadly peril, but
it is not definitely known that any of
them have been killed by the Boxers.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

The London Star says to Salisbury
and Chamberlain: "You cannot assert
your hegemony in China. your STU
zerainty in Africa, claim the golden
stool OF Ashanti, teach France her man
ncrs, and WELD longer spoon than
Russia without either counting disaster
or facing CONSUMPTION.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

Col. E. H. Liscum, OF the Ninth Reg
ular Infantry, who fell in the first en-
gagement OF the American troops on
Chinese soil, fought in Cuba and i'll the
Philippines, and was noted for his gal
lantry.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

The following declarations in Jeffer-
sons immortal document are now out
OF date with the adherents of Mark.
Hanna: Eve hold these truths to be
self-evide1 1T: That all men are created
equal; that they are endowed, by their
Creator with certain inalienablej rights:
that among these are life, Liberty and
the pursuit of happiness"
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

The annual convention of the Roman.
Catholic Total Abstinence Union Of
America will be held in Philadelphia on
Aug. 8-1I, as already stated in these;
columns.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

The flag OF Washington was never
intended to wave over pirate empire.
Haul it down, and keep it here in "the
land of the free and the home of the
brave"
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

Mrs. Potter Palmer, wife OF the Chi
cago millionaire, got her $4,000 di-
amond necklace stolen in Paris. She
has offered $500 for its recovery.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

Thirty of the United States soldiers
and marines who were killed and
wounded by the Chinese at Ten Tsin
bore unmistakable Irish names.
The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

We have received a copy of mark
Hanna's Moral Cranks' >and-O Others"
by "Mul., clever newspaper man con-
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-21

henla, another snow mountain Of
similar magnitude, was discovered, a
better knowledge of the Lower Niger and
its principal tributaries was gained, the
Ogowaj was explored; the gorilla haunts of
northern Gaboon was visited.
A Decnce o. EeIimitntiOn.
The fourth decade-1SSO- 1S90-was still
richer in results and so great was the prog
ress of exploration that all the civilized
powers responded to a call for a general
conference to decide the ownership of the
territories discovered and to formulate GER
tain rules and principles for future pro-
cedure. Out of this the Congo Free State
came into existence, a free trade zone was
delimited, the French Congo was defined
and the limits of the Portuguese claims
made clear. At the conclusion Of the con-
ference the European powers commenced
a scramble for African possessions which
lasted several years. German war ships
coasted round the continent and seized
upon the Cameroons, the Gold Coast, Mama
qua and Damara Land and a large section
of East Africa. French travellers distin-
guished themselves by anneXations to the
north of the Congo and Western Soudan,
until many countries hitherto unknown by
name had been converted into a French
colonial empire of unprecedented extent.
Italy entered Abyssinia, established Fry
threa and made the whole horn of Eastern
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-21
About Noted People

Serene e. Payne, chairman of the house
ways and means committee, has a voice
which is the envy and despair of most con-
gressmen: In carrying power he has no
equal, and though every syllable is plain all
over the house, the tones are never harsh or
wearying.
Captain Cecil Macready, who has become
a major of the Gordon Highlanders owing
to the many changes in the personnel of
the regiment at the front, is a son of Ma
cready, the actor, and was born in 1862. The
only service he saw prior to the present
campaign in South Africa was in Egypt in
1882.
Rudolph Schwartz, the sculptor, has COM
pleted the first one of the colossal stone
figures for the great indianapolis soldiers
monument. The contract calls for the
completion by next August, when the mon
ument will be dedicated. Ex-President
Harrison has been asked to deliver the
Grafton upon this occasion.
Two democratic congressman from Illinois
james r.. Williams of Carmi and William
f. Williams of Pittsfeld-are among their in
Inmates in Washington distinguished respect
lively as Bob" and 'Elza,' these cogno-
mems standing for the middle name of each.
This saves some confusion and delay in
the matter of Identification, but, unfor-
~tunately for the gentlemen named, it does
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-21

THE DEWEY CUP ON EXHIBITION IN
BOSTON-Photo October, 1899, by Louis r.
Dostwick,
The cup was presented last week to the
admiral as a token of esteem from 10000
Americans who had contributed dimes
toward its purchase, and is sure to be one
of the most treasured trophies in his rapidly
growing collection,
William Harry Wallace, "A direct descend
ant of the famous Scot of the same name,
is an Omaha boy, and is proving worthy of
his Scotch descent by his admiration of his
peoples tayorite musical instrument-the
bagpipes, When 10 years old he made the
handsomest set of pipes ever used in Amer
lea, SO far as is known to local S~cotchmen,
and this set he has since improved greatly
by some original devices and silver mount
ings, The costume which he wears on
gala occasions he also made himself, the
ornaments, buttons and dirk being fash
toned by hand, The pipes show the most
careful and skillful workmanship, being cut
from solid pieces of ebony and artistically
mounted, Only 81 years old and OF manly
bearing. young Wallace presents a hand
som appearance when playing the Scotch