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The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

own selfish ends. We propose to put
stop to this mixing up of our religion
with politics, and to prevent discrim-
ination against us as American citi-
zens, simply because we are Catholics"
The Irish Standard ut the time sec
onded the views of Bishop McFaul
and showed the influence that could
be exerted by the numerous Catholic
societies when acting in concert and
for some definite end. We urged the
formation of "a more perfect union
among Catholic orders Of the various
nationalties ''to provide for the COM
mon defense" of all Catholics in the
United States and it's colonial depend
encies.
We are happy to state that the
Catholic societies have deemed it ad-
visable to adopt the suggestions Of the
bishop of Trenton. A convention of
various bodies was held at Long
Branch on August 20 and 30, at which
'The American Federation of Catholic
Societies of the United States was
formally organized. Among the del
egates in attendance were representa-
tive Catholics of national renown.
The following resolution was unanim-
ously adopted:
Resolved, That we consider the
formation of a Federation of Catholic
Societies of the United States for the
better advancement and promotion Of
Catholic interests desirabihty; that
we believe such a Federation to be
feasible and practicable, and can be
made effective; that we pledge our.
selves to labor necessarily towards
that end until it shall have been at
tanned; and that we now proceed to
consider plans for the formation Of
such Federation"
According to the constitution adopt
ed by the convention the objects Of the
Federation are 'the cementing of the
bonds of fraternal union among the
Catholic laity and Catholic societies of
the United States; the fostering of
Catholic interests and works of re-
ligion, piety, education and charity;
the study Of conditions in our social
life; the dissemination of the truth;
and the encoura cement of the spread
of Catholic literature and the circula-
tion of the Catholic press.'
The next convention will be held at
Cincinnati, o., on December 10, 1901.
The membership Of the Federation
shall extend to all Catholic societies
of the United States, whose constitu-
tions shall be approved by the execu-
tive committee which consists of Hon.
John J. Coyle, of Pennsylvania; Hon.
John G. MEG CURE, of New York; L. ].
Kaufman, of New York; e. D. Rear
don, of Indiana; and p. ]. Flatley, of
Massachusetts. Each society shall be
entitled to two delegates to the ma
tional convention.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

Major Cecil Murphy, who says that
his son is a captain of militia on serv-
ice in South Africa, writes to the Lon
don Standard on the ignominious sur
render Of British troops at Ladybrand.
"Is it not time" he says, that some
serious steps should be taken against
the scandal of surrender that is max
ing the English army by-word? II
one or two officers were tried for cow
ardice, found guilty, and shot, it would
put sudden stop to dt, restore our
good name, and end the war very
SOON" AS the officers belong to the
British aristocracy, there is no danger
of their being tried for cowardice.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

less to deny it; but he would say that
if he thought he was an impostor he
would have long since taken to poll.
tics"
The Irish Nationalist attacked this
statement angrily as an insult to the
Irish members of Parliament.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21
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sixty Catholic jurors were ordered to
stand aside, and jury picked from
the Protestants and Orangemen of
Sligo was sworn to retry the case.
The jury was shamefully packed, and
MCGOWAN was found guilty and sen,
fenced to two years. Imprisonment
with hard labor"
The government later on admitted
that MCGOWAN was innocent. The
chief secretary for Ireland admitted
that not only in this case, but in three
others, in which convictions were pro-
cured on the evidence of the same po-
Lice sergeant, the convicted parties
were innocent, and that the sergeant
and his men committed the crimes per-
sonally, and perjured themselves in
testifying against innocent men. He
made these admissions in the House
of Commons:
sheridan was not only an immoral and a
wicked man, but an extraordinarily clever
man; but when suspicion was aroused, and
when l looked into these three previous
convictions, l was struck by the extraordi-
nary fact that in each one Of the cases Ser
geant Sheridan went out to find partic-
ular crime, and then found it."
Mr.. Dillon-.'That Is not at all an uncom-
mon thing in Ireland" Qrish cheers.)
The Chief Secretary-'If this had happen
ed once it would have been strange coin
cldence; II 1t happened twice it would be a
matter for suspicion. The third time is
brought clearly to my mind that Sergeant
Sheridan invented the crime and then dis
covered 1t. That Is true in all these cases."
During the Land League agitation
of eighteen or twenty years ago the
London press was flooded with har-
rowing tales about the mutilation Of
cattle and the burning Of farm houses.
English statesmen and English jour.
nalists denounced these inhuman at
tacks upon dumb animals, and char
ged upon the Irish leaders full respon-
stbility for such outrages. But they
were all perpetrated by the police or
by tools Of the police hired for the
purpose and paid out of the funds at
the castle. Scores of innocent young
men were arrested upon information
furnished by these agents, and packed
juries found them guilty. But they
were absolutely innocent, fact which
even at this late date is conceded by
the Tory government.
That is the sort of government Ire.
land enjoys under English occupation.
Is it any wonder that she resents and
protests against the awful system?
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

Ill O1SteI, where w elWOOQ resides, ~.
w. Russell, a Conservative member Of
parliament, is agitating for the ex-
preparation of the landlords, and the
Presbyterian farmers of the province
are at his back. Before the agitation
ceases landlordism will be done away
with forever by the reluctant parlia.
ment at. Westminster.
In consequence of the development
of the building trade in Belfast and
Derry and some other towns in the
North of Ireland, Ulster has not lost
so many people through emigration,
during the past decade, as Munster,
Leinster and Connaught, but the pop
ulation of the province is OH the wane
In 1891, according to the census, the
Presbyterians numbered 444,974; in
1901, they numbered 443,49 or de-
crease of 1,4S0. Is that a proof that
even in Ulster, the people are "con-
tented and happy" as Mr.. Wildwood
alleges? If he turns to the first page
Of today's issue of the Irish Standard
he will find what a Scotchman says of
British misgovernment of Ireland, and
what he thinks of the men who rep
resent the country in an alien parlia-
ment. This Belfast man Is Tory,
and therefore he is opposed to self
government. He belongs to the Brit
ish garrison and is destitute Of ma
tional aspirations for freedom. He is
an 1rishman by accident Of birth and
is more English than the English
themselves. He belongs to the priv
leged class and feels "contented and
happy" In spite of men of his ilk
Ireland will win its rights through
the agitation and persistent efforts of
the true representatives Of the nation
who have the confidence of the Irish
race at home and abroad.
Any Anglo Irishman like Wildwood
who comes to this country on COM
mercial business and tells the Amer
lean people that the Irish at home
are "contented and happy under Brit
ish rule is simply talking through his
hat. No intelligent American will be-
lieve him. The Irishman of Celtic
origin loves his country and is unwill-
ing to leave it to improve his condi-
tion beyond the Atlantic's foam. And
yet he is constantly emigrating to
other lands to enjoy the rights denied
him in the land Of his nativity. No
country in the world except Ireland
has lost half its population in fifty
years. What is a nation without men?
Listen to the following lines from
Goldsmith's immortal poem:
Ill fares the land, to Fastening ills a
prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men
decay;
Princes and lords may flourish or may
fade,
A breath can make them as a breath
has made;
But bold peasantry, their country's
pride,
When once destroyed can never be
supplied.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21
A BR1r1sHBR FROM BELFAST.

One John e. Wildwood, the Belfast
agent of the Pillsbury- Washburn Mill
ing company, of this city, which is
now a British concern, was in Min
neapolis few days ago and SUBMIT
ted to an interview on the condition
of affairs in Ireland. He is reported
to have said:
''The British government desires
anything but depopulation of Ireland.
The government desires that Ireland
remain for the Irish and the Irish re-
main for Ireland. The country is in
better condition today than it has been
during the past hundred years. AS
general thing the people of ireland are
contented and happy. We have poll
ticians in Ireland the same as you
have in the United States, and these
men have to be engaged. Their prin
cipal occupation is agitation and an
effort to stir up strife and dissatisfac-
ton with the people of Ireland. The
government will increase its interest
in affairs industrial in Ireland, and
there will be employment for ALL
The reporter who quotes the Belfast
man informs the public that "Mr.
Wildwood is not only native of the
Emerald Isle, but has visited every
country and DIS thoroughly familiar
with their conditions, political and
otherwise" That may he, and yet
what Mr.. Wildwood says of his native
land and it's Nationalist parliamentary
representatives is not true.
When he declares that the British
government does not desire the depop-
ulation of the Celtic Inhabitants and
that it desires Ireland for the Irish,
he says that which is absolutely
false. The policy of the British gov
eminent for ages has been the up
roofing of the Irish people from the
soil and the replacing of them by
British settlers, like the ancestors of
Mr.. Wildwood. The plantation of
Ulster, from which this Tory Irishman
halls, is one of the most gigantic rob-
berries on record. Bancroft, the Amer
lean historian, refers to the spoliation
by saying: '"rhe Catholic Irish were
plundered of six-sevenths of their land
by Ubiquitous confiscation; every acre
Of the remaining seventh was grudged
by the Protestants. In settling the
government, England entrusted it ex-
clusively to those of the English col
ony who were members of it's own
church, so that the little minority rule
the island"
The little minority rule it yet, and
Wildwood belongs to 1t. That is why
he attacks the Home Rule members
Of parliament who want the majority,
and not the minority, to rule, as in
every country that has a constitu-
tional form of government. They
have politicians in ireland, to be sure,
and it is we'll for Ireland that it has
politicians Of the patriotism and abil-
ity of Redmond, Dillon, O'Brien and
Davitt. 1t is through parliamentary
agitation conducted by them that Ire
land has received whatever measures
of reform have been granted by the
British parliament during the past
twenty years.
The people of Ireland are agitating
for the radiance of landlordism SO that
the cultivators will own the land. Up
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

When Senator Hoar was Informed of
the death of the president last Satur-
day, he said: 'Nhank God there is no
division in the people today. Rich and
poor, Democrat and Republican, Prot
estant and Catholic, native born and
foreign born, are mingling their sor-
row. The coward blow that has
stricken down one noble life has
strengthened the life of the nation"
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

We have received copy of ''The
Holy Mountain of La 'Salette" by the
Rt. Rev. w. B. Ullathorne, D. D.
Bishop of Birmingham. A notice of
1t appears elsewhere. 1t contains 22O
pages and is beautifully illustrated.
Clothbound, 80 cents; paper 80 cents.
This is the first American edition of
the work, and it can be had from La
lsalette College, Hartford, Conn.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

France is proud of the increase in
her population. The census figures
for this year are 1854 ,33, an increase
in five years of 412,364. The increase
in the preceding tive-year period was
only $3.50.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

The observatory at Manila is the
central station Of the weather bureau
in the Philippines, and at Its head are
five Jesuits, under the dictatorship of
Father Algue, his first assistant being
Father John Doyle.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

Says the New York World: When
the Anglo-Boer war began South At
RIGA was sending gold in large quanti-
ties to England. Ever since England
has been sending large quantities of
gold to South Africa.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

The San Francisco Monitor says: II
somebody else, five years ago, had de-
Nvered the speech made by President
Mckinley in Buffalo, he would have
been bitterly derided as tariff re-
form crank.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

Bishop Henry B. Whipple, of the
Protestant Episcopal church, died ut
his home in Faribault, Mimi, on Sept.
16. He was known as an apostle Of
the Indians and spent half century
in the ministry.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

1t is reported from Manila that
General Funston, the captor Of Agui-
naldo, Is suffering from appendicitis.
He is in the hospital and may have to
submit to an operation.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

King Edward of England command
ed the Court to go into mourning for a
week on account of the death of Pres
ident Mckinley.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

A son Of Paul Kruger, who was q
Junior officer in one Of the Boer COM
mandoes, was captured by the British
last week.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

President Mckinley carried life in
surance amounting to about $4,000 at
the time of his death.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

The trial Of Czolgosz will begin be-
fore Justice White Of the Supreme
court ut Buffalo on Sept. %.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

The Boer generals have disregarded
Kitchener's edict. September Is has
come and gone, and there has been
no surrender to escape Punishment.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

Timothy Harrington, M. P. has been
nominated for second term of office
as Lord Mayor Of Dublin.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

Martin Dooley's philosophical say
ings are read with avidity on the Euro
pean, side of the Atlantic.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

Justin Mccarthy is now engaged IN
writing a history of the reign OF
Queen Anne.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-11-15
The Soft Answer.

Cecil Jones is q little chap who rides
& noisy broomstick across the street
from Us, relates the Norto Champion.
He goes to school, too, and through
some trait of character indigenous to
youth, inspired the wrath Of his teach.
er, Miss McClsury, She took him into
the logging room and ordered him to
sit upon a chair. Driving another
chair IN front of him SD also sat down,
bent her face near his, looked savage
as her mild eyes dared or could, then
asked him:
Cecil, what do you suppose I am
going to do with your"
Placing his little soft hands upon
both her cheeks lac smoothed them
tenderly while saying:
81 suppose you ere going to whip me
but hope you won't whip me hard. -
Our Nellie told Us the story with
tears in her eyes.
We write it here in tears.
Christ's mercy to the villain on the
crossi Beats there a heart that could
harden to the crime of whipping such
loving tenderness?
Never was forensic oratOry pleading
for q life equal to the ungrammatical
plea Of Cecil for mercy.
The rod was here a tragedy.
She let him 60 untouched-but in
this We certainly prevsrica te.
She let him Norton
Champion.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-11-15
20 Greater AmerIcans.

At Butte City, Mont, recently, &C
cording to the New Lippincott, q Ger
man, talking to the bartender upon
the subject of labor unions, said:
81 tell you, uf a man wants brotec-
ton in dis country, he must jine a
union"
An Irishman standing near, hearing
the remark, replied:
"Pbat's thot about q China union?
well hove no China unions in this
country, I'm tellin' ye."
"WhO said anything about a China
union? 1 say a man who wants bro
lection in dis county must jine a IN
ion, replied the German.
"There you go again wild yer China
union. Well hove no China unions
here, I'm tellin' ye," said the Irishman.
Il didn't say China union" replied
the irate German; 81 said jine union"
swell" said the Irishman, "pby don't
ye talk United States, ye auld beer
tank?"
"Why don't you understand United
States, you Irish whisky BUMP" replied
the German.
"Don't yez call me a whisky bum, or
I'll smash yer face" said the Irishman.
"Und uf you do I smash you back, y
replied the German, and that's the way
the fight began.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-11-15

Bale Wsggener, of Atehison, has
quit the habit Of writing his name on
scraps OF paper wherever he sits down
It was a great habit of Bales for years.
When trying lawsuit be would scratch
his name over all the paper on the
table in front Of him. One day a friend
Of his got hold Of a slip Of paper on
which he had attached his signature,
and over it wrote a promissOry note
for $4,000. He took the note TO local
banker and asked him to present it to
Bale for collection, which vas done.
Bale didn't pay the note, but he stop
ped writing his name on everything
kansas City Journal.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-11-15

The report of the comptroller of the
currency that there has been an in
crease of s81, 100000 in the nation
al bank circulation in the last
year shows a remarkable imitation of
the currency in paper money that is
not even a legal tender in payment of
debt. Is this honest money? The BIZ
metallists have always contended that
the reason the. money trust sought to
discredit silver and silver certificates
was that they might drive it form the
field and themselves monc,polize the
money function of the trea sury in the
field as a bank of issue.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-11-15
Pointed Paragraphs.
From Chicago News.l

cunning man is sure to overreach
himself sooner or later.
The only berry that f1ourishes 365
days IN the year is bribery.
Many investigating committees are
made up Of expert whitewashers.
All stained glass windows look alike
to the man who is color blind.
Human nature is the same the world
over, but 1t never shows up we'll at q
free lunch counter.
An old bachelor says a man is luckv
at cards and unlucky in love if be wins
in both instances.
Probably the happy medium is the
spiritualistic medium who has a knack
OF acquiring the circulating medium.
a wOman's face is the rose and her
tongue is the thorn; the rose fades. but
the thorn continues in business at the
old stand
Many a mans thirst is due to his
lack of spirit.
Ill luck often turns friends into mere
acquaintances.
Little white lies frequently used
soon become big black ones.
Nothing seems to succeed like the
success OF our fool acquaintance.
A wise man enjoys the little be has
while the fool is looking for more.
Wealth is a bottomless sea in which
honor and conscience may be drowned.
Excuses in youth are drafts upon
oil age, payable about 80 years after
date.
A marriage license is a receipt in full
for the promises q man makes during
cOurtship.
Most of the shadows that cross a
mans path In life are caused by his
standing In his own way.
When q man tells you that he con-
siders you an expert poker player Won
will save money by cutting his ac
quRintance.
Ii young man is wise he will steer
clear OF q young woman whose front
name is Birdie. All brides have bills.
and be should play safe.
Whenever you hear a girl refer to a
man as an idiot it's dollars to douob-
nuts that she is in love with him and
be IS 10 love with some other girl.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-11-15

In New York city the anti Tammany
democrats fused with the republicans
and elected Seth Low mayor of greater
New York by 1854 votes. In Pennsyl-
phia the democrats ''fused" with the
anti-Quay republicans and were de-
feated by the machine by $4,000 votes.
All along, in the southern states re-
rublicans have "fused" with popuIists
to defeat southern democrats. In Kan
sas populists and democrats have often
fused" but now they are up against
the republican anti-fusion law.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-11-15

The eastern question is looming up
again, with England tied hand and
foot in her war in South Africa. The
French seizure of Turkish ports to en-
force the payment of an indemnity
may yet precipitate a crisis and embroil
all Europe in war. The "sick man of
Europe" is in a more critical condition
than ever before. 1t would be well for
the world if that detestabIe despotism
should be overthrown.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-11-15
eAvE saa,OOo FoR Els lie.
David n. MoRatt, Of Denver. Gave That
Amount to an Assassin-One Of the Few
Men Who Have Paid for Their Lives

David n. Mohatt, Of Denver. Gave That
Amount TO an Assassin-One Of the Few
Men Who Have Paid for Their Lives
Mr. David II. Moffatt, president of
the First National bank OF Denver,
Col, solved 20 his own satisfaction the
question Of whether a man should give
up money to an assassin or not. Sew
eral years ago a man came into the
First National bank and went into Mr..
Moffstt's private office. In his hand
was a bottle containing a light eolored
viscOus fluid.
"Mr. Mofatt, - be said, 81 am a des-
perate man. This bottle contains two
ounces of nitro-Rlycerin. If 1 explode
it, you and and the bank building
will be blown to smithereens. I want
$4,000 I want you to write out a
check for that amount, take it TO the
cashier, get the currency, and give it
to me-"
Il don't believe" said Mr. Moffatt,
shat the man had -glycerin in
the bottle. I didn't believe that he
would have used it If he had But at
the same time there was a chance that
he did; there was a chance that he was
fanatic; there was a chance that he
would have killed rs both. figured
the thing out in my mind quickly-a
mans mind acts readily under such
circumstances-and I came to the con-
clusiOn that it was better to give him
$4,000 than to run the risk of my life,
for $4,000 was only a couple of weeks
income. Death was eternity. I went
to the CASHIERS desk, wrote the check,
got the currency, gave it to the man,
and he walked out with it and has
never been seen sinee.n
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-11-15

The elections last week showed heavy
republican pluralities in republican
states for what is called an off year
In democratic states, such as Kentucky
and Maryland, the democrats have held
their own. Nebraska went republican
by 1900, slight falling off from the
presidential vote of 1900. Colorado
went republican by 10000, but the city
of Denver went democratic by about
5000. In both Colorado and Nebraska
the republicans made large gains.