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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24
A CHAPTER ON FENIANlsm.

In his popular novel, "NIy New Cur
ate" Father Shcehan, of DoncraIc,
has a chapter entitled "Beside the
Singing River" i'm which he casts as
PENSIONS on the Fenian movement of
'G5-'G7 in Ireland and pictures it as
something very wrong and wicked.
The author makes Father Lethcby Of
the story condemn in unmeasured
terms the young men Of his district
whom he found drilling by moonlight
in Il sequestered spot and then he en-
dorscs the condemnation of the curate
who harangues the Fenian boys as
follows:
"And now look at the consequences
Of your present folly. Possible i'm
prisonment in the dungeons Of Port
land and Dartmoor; exile to America,
enforced by the threats of prosecution,
and the sense OF hostility to the
church, for you know you are break.
ing the laws. You dare not 90 to cO,l-
fession, for you cannot receive absolu-
ton; you are a constant terror to your
mothers and sisters-and all ut the die
tation of Il few scountlrcls, who are
receiving secrct-service money from
the government and Il few newspapers
that are run by FrermasOns and
Jews"
In the Chicago Citizen Of last week,
Hon. John Il. Fincrty takes issue with
Father Sheehan in his characterization
of the Fenian movement and says he
had better not have provoked con-
troversy OH the subject. He gives Il
long list of patriots who suffered penal
scrvitude for trying to free their coull-
try from the foreign yoke. among
them being Charles j. KicEhanl, John
OIcary. Thomas Clarke Luby, Col.
Thomas Il. Burke, Capt. McCafferty,
Capt. Costello, Col. Ialpin, Col. Byron,
Col. Warren, Sergt.-NLaj. Mccarthy
John BOYLE O'lieilly, Capt. Mackey,
Col. Kelly, Capt. Deasy, Michael
Davitt, O'Donovan Itossa, Stephen
Joseph Meany and others. AS for the
informers and spies, he says TINT
Father Sheehan made bad selection
for traitor in introducing an Irish
tailor in that infamous capacity, and
reminds him that one of the Man
chester martyrs was Il tailor by trade.
The tradcsmen of Ireland have ever
been patriotic, especially those Of Dub
lin, Cork and Limerick, and those
who prominently figured as informers
were the hired constabulary and the
minions of Dublin Castle. AS FOL
breaking the laws of the land and not
daring to so to confession. Mr.. Fmerty
says with truth:
"It was not an inspiring Catholic
| spectacle, in. our youth, to see Irish
soldiers and peeers, who had taken
an oath to support al alien government
in their native country, receive the
! sacraments, while honest young Irish
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24
CHURCH AFFAIRS IN THE. ORIENT.

1t was fondly hoped by the American
Catholic press that church property i'll
the Philippines would he satisfactorily
adjusted by Governor Taft and the
papal envoy. II reports he true there
is little progress being made in that
direction. a dispatch from Rome of
January y states that Cardinal Ram
polla has written to Mgr. Falconio,
papal delegate at Washington, COM
planning of the attitude assumed by
Governor Taft in refusing 10 rvinStAte
the Catholics in the lands seized by
the Schismatic followers OF Bishop
Aglipay, the eXcommunicated FiIipin1
priest.
In Il letter recently received from 4
friar in the Philippines, Governor
Taft is charged with encouraging
ASlipay and his adhcrents in the pro
jcct Of founding Il church Independent
of papal authority. The friar (whose
name is not givenl says that Aglipal
accompanied Taft on an expedition tc
the northern provinces and during
their absence from Manila the news
papers subsidized by Aglipay publish
cd reports to the effect that Taft told
Aglipay he could count upon "Ameri
can guns" to prosecute his mission
Taft has not yet contradicted the
charge. probably because he has no,
seen the American papers.
The Irish Standard is slow to be
lieve amy charges against Taft by al
anonymous writer. 1t would lie folly
for him to mix UP in Il religious strife
between Filipino frlrs. He has
enough of more important matters tC
economic ASPECT of the islands is
gloomy in the extreme. Famine and
pestilence rage in the archipelago and
q contribution of S3,OOO0OO is asked
from the United States treasury to aid
the people. AS subjects of the republic
it is the duty of Congress to make the
appropriation at once. The worst
blunder ever made by Il Republican
president and Congress was to ''beneyo-
lently assimilate' the natives Of the
Philippines. While the American FLAG
floats over them they must not suffer
the pangs Of hunger. 1t is the duty
of Taft to look after the bodies of the
Filipinos and leave their souls to the
wrangling friars
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

say that he died insolvent, but how
heavily he was in debt we cannot find
out. When he became secretary of
state number of his friends paid
him an annuity in lieu of his income
from the practice of law, and after
his death it was paid to his wife
whose trustees held a mortgage on his
Marshfield property. When making
his will he was troubled about leaving
his wife and son unprovided for. The
former removed to New York after his
death and the latter was killed at the
second battle of Bull Run. See his
biography by George Ticknor Curtis
one Of his literary executors, in two
volumes.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

Col. Blake, of the Irish Brigade in
the Boer war, is reported to have den
led in Il speech at Pawtucket, r. l.
last Saturday, that the Clan-na- Gaze
sent $4,000 to bring his men bacl
from South Africa. He acknowledged
that the American consul at johannes
burg received $1,000 from John Il
Fincrty Of Chicago; that his men got
sccond-class passage and $50 each
and that the balance uncNpended
$GG5, was returned by the consul. 1
was reported at the time that TIL,
Clan-la- Gael forwarded the money,
and the Chicago Citizen so stated. 4
looks as il Col. Blake was moi proper
ly reported.
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volumes,

A fashionable young lady of phia-
delphia has become Il socialist. In an
address on "The Coming Revolution
she says: "All the men of my family
had been strong Republicans, and l
had been brought up to believe in the
Republican party as Il Catholic be,
lieveS in his church." When the Re
publican party became imperialistic
she lost faith i'm it, and being true
American woman she became the adj
vocate Of the oppressed both at home
and in our newly-acquircd colonies
The name of the independent young
lady is Miss Caroline Pemberton, and
she is prominent in the best society
of Philadelphia.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

than conquered nations ought to eN-
pect; but it should not be heralded as a
benevolent enterprise"
The war against the Beers was and
is disgrace to England. In order to
conquer the. brave farmers Of the
Dutch republics, England found it
necessary to make war on women and
children. 1t used Kattirs as auxil-
iaries as it used Indians in America,
and now when the war is over it prom
How benevolent to the savages Eng
land is.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24
THE TRUTH is LEAKING OUT.

1t was frequently charged by the
Beers during the South African war
that England was employing the ma
tives as allies against them. 1t was
strenuously denied by the British that
they were using the savageS in civil
lied warfare. but those who had read
American history believed that the
British who had employed the Indians
in the American Revolution and War
of 1912 against their own kindred
would not hesitate to use the Kaffirs
against the Dutch of the African veldts
The truth is gradually leaking out that
the British Of to-day are as cruel and
bloodthirsty as ever, and that they are
ready to use savages to kill and plum
der those whom they try to conquer.
In speech at Ladysmith, Joe Cham
berlain announced amid cheers that
che had received telegram from the
Secretary of State for War stating
that General Lyttelton had been in
an order for the distribution of all
rewards and distinctions earned by
native soldiers and scouts. In fact, no
men who had served in the army Of
the empire would be forgotten"
What does that mean? Native
soldiers and scouts" means the Kaflirs,
and they are now to be rewarded for
acting as the allies of the British in
burning the homes of the Beers and
killing the women and children while
their husbands and fathers were away
fighting the invaders.
The Katlirs will receive rewards
and distinctions" because they "served
in the army of the empire but it will
be at the expense Of the Beers whom
Chamberlain is trying to conciiate
while he is schcming to make them pay
| the enormous cost of the war brought
OH by himself. The London dispatches
to American newspapers represent
Chamberlain as Il philanthropiSt in his
dealing With the Beers. but there is
turc. Even the Minneapolis Tribune,
which is intensely pro-British, is
slrewd enough to see the duplicity Of
the Birmingham screwnlakcr. In Il
recent issue our local Anglo Saxon
contemporary says:
1.-The boosted benevolence of tho
British government to the Boer col
onics does not bear analysis. AS stated
with authority by Mr.. Chamberlain in
Johannesburg. it seems Il pretty bust
ness-like scheme The imperial gov
eminent is to guarantee first loan Of
Sl75, 100000, to be secured upon the
assets of the two Boer colonies. That
is to say, the imperial government will
loan it's credit to float the bonds, but
the colonies must pay them. Then
there is to be Il second loan of $780,
100000, to be treated as a war debt,
to be secured upon the assets of the
Transvaal alone. 1t does not appear
that this is to be guaranteed by the
imperial government. Reduced to the
simplest expression, this means that
the imperial government is going to ell
ter encrgcticHlly upon a scheme OF eX-
ploitation of the countries it has con-
Quercd at their own expense, the chief
bcneficiaries being the interloping min
ing promoters who brought on the war.
while all the conquered people share
the burden. Perhaps this is no more
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

The able editor of the Providence
Visitor has been brought to task by
some disgruntled Irishmen for express
ing his honest opinion on the with
drawal of the Irish party from par
Lament during the debate on the .edu
cation bill. Very many Irishmen are
eager to find fault with an eGSor
whenever he says something displeas
ing to them, but few are willing to
compliment him when he gives ex-
preston to their views and champ
ions the cause of Irish nationality.
Our Rhode Island contemporary has
been always staunch friend Of Ire,
land.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

Bishop Cosgrove, of Davenport, Ia,
is encouraging his priests i'll their cru
sadie against gambling and Sunday sa
looms in that city. In an interview he
says: Il have heard enough to con-
vince me that we have city here with
worse conditions Of immortality than
any other town i'll America. l believe
from what l have heard that Daven-
port is the wickedest of them all. l
don't like to sit still while it is going
to the devil" That's right. 1t is the
duty Of the Catholic bishop and his
priests to fight vice and rescue their
city from the grasp of the demon Of
intemperance. Decent men Of all de-
nominations should join them in the
crusade.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

not like the French of Paris during the
reign Of terror. The working man
should lie afforded an opportunity to
make a living by honest toll, and the
government should see to it that he
should not become a pauper while he
is willing to work by the sweat Of his
brow.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

Bishop Luddrn, of Syracuse, y. T.,
has officially sanctioned the teaching of
Irish history in the parochial schools
of his diocese. The late Archbishop
Feellan approved the Short Story of
Ireland" by Father Dillon for use in
the pnrOchal schools of Chicago. 1t is
for sale at the Irish Standard office
and remains uncalled for on the
shelves \ good sequel to 1t is the
STORY of Ireland" by a. M. Sullivan.
The sons and daughters of Irish
parents study the history Of England
in the public schools. Why should
not the sons and daughters Of Irish
parents study the history of Ireland
in the paroclial schools supported by
them? Who will be the first Irish
prelate in the Northwest to order
Irish history taught i'm the schools ulL
der his jurisdiction? Why should not
children of the Irish race know some.
thing of the sad but glorious history
of Erin?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

The Sultan of Sulu, who was in re-
ceipt of $1,000 year for recognizing
the authority of the United States in
his islands, has passed in his checks.
He was polygamist Had he been Il
Christian instead of a Mohammcdan he
would not have got cent from Uncle
Sam
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

The New international Encyclopedia,
published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New
York, is full of misinformation on
Catholic subjects. Every sensible
Catholic will withhold his patronage
from such a publication.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

The trial of Col. Arthur Lynch, Nj.
P. OH the charge Of high treason.
opened in London last Tuesday. Inc
distinguished prisoner is defended by
Horace Avory, an eminent criminal
lawyer, who had to apply for the
kings special permission to look after
the interest of his client. The case
will attract worldwide attention.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

Apostle Reed Smoot will represent
Utah in the United States senate
despite the fact that he is Il Mormon.
He is as much entitled to seat in
Methodist Sunday school teacher.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

Capt. ShaweLraylor, son of an Irish
to ascertain the feelings among Irish
Americans on the new land purchase
bill to be introduced in parliament
next month. He has letters of intro,
duction to President Roosevelt Cardin-
al Gibbons and Bourke Cochran.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

the rule" 1t is about the same in
other cities. A great deal depends
upon the kind OF woman in the eleva-
tor. Sex does not count much nowa-
days.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

The centennial of Emmet's death will
be celebrated this year by Irishmen
in all parts of the earth. The cXecu-
ton of the young patriot took place in
Dublin Oh September 20, 1903.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

John Hay thinks that President
Roosevelt has six years more to spend
in the White House. If Roosevelt ex-
poets another term lie should get rid
of his British prime minister.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

Senator Dolliver, Of Iowa, says:
"Within twenty years every trust
magnate will be dead or i'm a SANTA
rum for nervous diseases, and the
world will be looking for trained men
to do the worlds work" The mag
mates may be dead, but the trusts will
live unless they are killed by legisla
ton.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24
THE POOR OF ENGLAND.

Not long ago Mr.. G. Shaw Lcfcvre,
Il British publicist, contributed an
article to the London Speaker showing
the growth of pauperism and vagrancy
in England. He gave official figures
showing that in 1900 there was one
pauper in every forty-two of the popll-
linton, in 1901 one in forty, and i'm
1902 one in thirty-eight. Twice as
many paupers were received in the
warehouses; last year than ten years
ago, and the conclusion Mr.. Lefcvre
arrives at is that the great increase of
paupers is a result of the South Afr-
can war. During the war there was
plenty of work in certain lines of in
dustry, but now it is different, and
employment has considerably fallen
off. If the poverty prevailing in Eng
land at the present time is due to the
war of piracy carried on against the
two Rocr republics, as Mr.. Lefevre
says then the chickens of conquest are
coming home to rOOst in Merry Eng.
land
A special dispatch from London to
the New York Sun says that the poor
of the British metropolis parade the
streets every day under red banners
and that they are escorted by the po-
lice What a spectacle in the richest
city in the world! While such scenes
are witnessed in London, the Kings
representative in India recently held
a BelshaZZar's feast at which a million
pounds sterling were squandered, and
another representative of His Majesty
is in South Africa to saddle Che cost
of the war on the subjugated Dutch
farmers instead of OH the mining cor
pOratiOnS for whose benefit the war
was waged in the name of British civ.
ilization and progress. .
The correspondent of the Sun says
that the poor of London are not starry
ing in silence as in the past. He says
that the great professions of the uncm-
ploycd march through the streets and
are thanked by thirty or forty half-clad
individuals who shake wooden cOllcc-
ton boxes under the noses of the spec
tators. Had the poor of London acted
so rudely in the reign Of Henry VIII.
or his daughter Elizabeth they would
have gone to the block or swung from
a gibbet. But King Edward VII. is of
a mlder disposition and will let them
beg unmolested. In fact. large detacl-
ments of police accompany the beg
gars on their expedition and preserve
order in the ranks.
According to the correspondent the
procession of trampS is under the aus
pieces of the Social Democratic FEEDER
alton. Each man receives a ticket Ell,
fitting him, il he walks sixteen miles
in the line to Hyde Park and return,
to a share in the money taken up in
the collection boxes. These shares
tNSiN6C ~ Wills. IllC VI tllc
men in these professions are dock Ia
bOrers.
During the greater part of the dis
lance the marchers are silent, and
nothing is heard except the rafting of
the cash boxes. Now and then, how
ever, the thousand or two thousand
men join in this chorus:
The poor, the poor, are ever in the
way:
The poor are starving day by day.
They walk along the Kings highway
The starving poor of England.
If conditions do not change in Eng
land the poor may not suffer so pa
tiently. 1t is well for the aristocracy
fvNnf r.{D
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

SAYS the Boston Globe: eve don't
know how it is in other cities, but in
Boston the man who takes off his hat
because there is woman with him in
an elevator, is an exception rather than
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

Abraham S. Hewitt, eX-mayor Of
New York, died last Sunday morning.
At one time he stood high in the Demo
cratic party, but of late he belonged
to the plutocracy.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

A German cruiser fired OH a Nenezue-
Ian fort the other day. That looks as
If Germany is not very anxious for
peace. ....
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-24

In reply to correspondent at Sisse-
ton, s. D., regarding the financial con-
dition of Daniel Webster, it is safe to
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If conditions do not change in Eng
iamd the poor may not suffer so pa
tiently. 1t is well for the aristocracy
that the starving men Of London are
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-05

guest OF honor at the dinner" said Presl-
lent Rood. "and. in addition. acceptances
nave been received from Senator Joseph W.
Bailey OF Texas, William ]. Bryan. Senator
Francis NJ. Cockrel OF this State and z.
w. carmack OF Tennessee. The club will
also hAve as its guests two leading Demo-
Gratis from the Atlantic seaboard. so that
the affair will be OF national interest.
Senator Stone has aiways had an en-
thuslastic following among the Kansas City
Democracy. and the earnest desire to do
him hoLor was the principal motive in ar
ranging for the proposed celebration
at is certain that many Ex-senator
Stones political friends and admirers from
the various sections Of Missouri will be
present. and among those who. in addition
to the clubs officers. have taken al ac-
tive interest in making the preliminary ar
engagements for the Inner are S@:rs'ary
OF State sam B. Cook. state Chairman W.
A. Rockwell. Railroad Commissioner John
A. Knott. Mayor James - Reed. and City
Treasurer James Cowgirl
IAN elements OF .he local Democracy are
cooperating IN thn movement 10 make tire
Stone dinner a notable one WITH the same
harmonious enthusiasm that Characterised
the party during The campaign last fall
The LIST OF committees appointed comprise
many cf the lending h~u5iness and profes-
ssonal nen # Kansas City and represent
every SHADE OF political opinion that s o.
posed - the pot;c.es OK tie Republican
party. Among son OF the ~bss.-known
members OF tSe R~ecspsisn coTsastsee are:
mccall C.Lb: J. . Sr4dO-a- president of
Manufacturers ASSOCIATION. Doeto< w 6.