The Irish standard., 1902-08-02
ton, their unstinted good will, and un

tion their unstinted good will, and I'M
bounded hospitality will ever remain
among our cherished memories.
I'VE pledge anew our humble sub
mission to our holy mother church
and our answering faith in her di-
vine teachings. BY her precepts we
are led to the greatest fidelity to gov
| ernment, love of home and sense of
moral duty. Under her wise guidance
we shall ever strive to attain to the
loftiest type of American citizenship.
I'VE tender again our loving rever-
ence to his Holiness, Leo MIL, most
sw@etly majestic figure Of his time,
whose wise administration Of the
chair Of Peter has been signally
blessed by the most cordial relations
between church and people and whose
oft-expressed interest in the cause of
suffering humanity has endeared him
to the hearts Of all mankind.
I'VE acknowledge with gratitude
the assistance given our order by the
ladies' auxiliary and assure them of
our high esteem and lasting regard.
We bespeak for their organization the
loyal support and earnest cooperation
of every member of the order. We
declare our belief that they may reach
fields of influence not open to the
men and. consequently, may achieve
results not otherwise attainable.
I'VE recommend again to the sup
port and encouragement of our people
Irish and Catholic newspapers and
publications. In special manner do
we commend to all our countrymen
the National Hibernian, the official
organ Of the order. We believe and
we glory in the power of the press
and urge upon members of our race
in America the support of all that is
clean and wholesome in the literature
Of our land, but we caution them that
it is to their own that they must look
for truthful treatment of their inter-
csts. Though much has been done
and some Improvement made by pub
lie writer's in this behalf, vet to our
sorrow we know that much vet re-
mains to be done before the false inn
nressions of our race and belief fixed
by our inveterate enemies in the
minds Of our ullsuspecting fellow cit
liens can be removed. And in this
connection we call attention to most
fragrant instance Of distorted and
untruthful publication now being Of
fcrcd to the American public by one
of the leading publishing houses Of
the country, in the form of a work
entitled "Applcton's Universal Ency-
clopcdia and Atlas" The reputation
of this house and the assertion of
absolute impartiality that it makes in
offering this work to the public, it's
claims that its editors comprise and
include the ablnst and hest that can
be obtained in every field of intel
lcct,lal 2n,leavGr and the inference
''iiVN JUS tIItItIIplll lIlil tIlt aElIcltS
therein published. relating to our
faith and the history of our church
and race. were written by elit, rs both
broad enough and scholarly enough
to write impartially upon such mat
tors. together With the resources at it's
command for placing such work
Within the public reach, makes the oc-
casion of its publication and sale one
of more than ordinary import not
only to us and our church. who are
most illihalally. unfairly and un-
truthfully treated in numerous arti-
clcS therein. but also to every person
in quest of information who must, of
necessity, consult works of this kind.
The errors and omissions of this work
are tcO numerous to lyA pointed out in
these resolutions. In matters relating
to the Catholic Church and to the
Irish people numerous articles are
marked by Ignorance. prejudice and
bigotry. Against it's publication and
sale we enter our emphatic protest
and demand of the Appleton Publish
ing company a revision and correction
of the work SO that it shall fairly and
truthfnly express tho Catholic posi-
ton on all matters of Catholic doc
trinc and church history and fairly
and trnthfully state that which con-
Germs the Irish people. And for the
enforcement of this demand. we call
upon our people everywhere and our
fellow citizens of whatever race or
creed who love truth for it's own
sake. to refuse to purchase thissency-
clopcdia or to allow it place in tlrair
homes or on the reference table Of our
schools and libraries until it has
been so rewritten and conformcd to
acceps,d and modern standards Of
scholarship.
1--WE urge again upGm our people to
place within the reach OF our children
opportunities for the study of Irish
history. If we cannot call upon the
outside world to take much interest in
a matter so vital to us we may con-
filently expect that our own will give
it some measure of attention. We cite
no less an authority than the late
William +. Gladstone, the greatest
Englishman of his time, in saying
that the history of Ireland for the
past 200 years is not only replete in
itself with eNcry human interest but