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The whole world, irrespective of
creed. has been notably affected by
the illness of Leo XIII. He is in
deed Il most extraordinary man. He
has been the man of the age. He un-
derstands to Il degree approached by
no other leader of thought, the dis
eases that now affect society. His
great influence has been eXerted in
favor of education and progress. He
threw open for the first time in cen
turtles the great libraries of the Vati-
can to the students and scholars Of
the world. His letters upon capital
and labor are considered the most
thoughtful and inclusive works upon
that difficult subject. His attitude
toward the government of the United
States and to all peoples struggling
for greater liberty and freedom is
we'll known. His efforts have always
been in the direction of religious and
political freedom. His influence in all
Christcndom has been profound. The
deep anxiety exhibited by rulers and
striking testimonial of his worth and
character. The world has been made
better because Leo Mi has been the
head of the Church.
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Elective Judges and Strikes,

Elective Judges and Strikes in
which You comment on the decision
Of Judge Cray of this city, you say,
among other things: 1T is particular
ly noticeable that this injunction pro-
ceeded from Judge elected by the
popular VOTE
Now. this is not Il fact. Judge
Cray was never elected by the people
of this city to any office. He was APP
pointed by Governor Van SAINT to fill
vacancy caused by the resignation
OF Judge MCGEE last January think
that when Judge Cray comes before
the people of this county for an cleo
ton he will find that they do not ap-
prove OF decision which is clearly
in the interest of the corporations as
against the laborer. l think very few
will dispute that any man belonging
to union may refuse to work for IL
firm employing non-union men, and
when judge issues an injunction re-
beyond all common sense"
The Chronicle is quite right in COM
mendlng judges for doing their duty
irrespective of the effect of their ac-
ton upon the labor vote Whether or
not Judge Cray did right in this
particular case is Il point upon which
people differ. Lawyers and judges
differ upon whether the "boycott'' and
"picketing" are lawful practices. We
believe that the Chronicle would do
more urgent and necessary public
service If it would point out for pub
lie commentator elective Judges
who do their duty when the interests
of public service corporations are in
volved. Out of the large number Of
Judges i'll Chicago there ought to be
few such. In this community we be-
lieve that most lawyers will admit
that more Judges have been shaken
on the bench" because of the fear
of corporate influence. In this city
organized labor has never vet made
an effort. as an organization, to con-
troll an election. But an election for
Il judge. Il member of the legislature
or Il member of the city council in
which our public service corporations
would not be busy. would indeed be
novel. If labor should combine in
this city as it has in some eastern,
and far western cities to carry cleo
lions. it would have ut least one de-
Tense which is always good when es-
tablished-self defense. Yes. we want
independent judges. Judges indie
pendent alike whether dealing with
questions between the individuai ard
the corporation, or with questions be-
tween an employer and employee, he
the employee union or non-union.
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chase inStallments he Invariably. and
in the face of Il shrinking majority,
opposed Il Ministerial non possumus
Answering Mr.. L. W. Russell. he said
that "he must adhere to the minimum
reduction proposed Again, he re
GREETED that he could not give way"
\ week later he proposed himself the
amendment that the government
should sanction and aid every bargain,
the security of which should seem
sound and the terms fair. This sweep
ing concession must have put to
shame the Irish members who had
been lag"ln" about Il beggarly ; per
cent. The bill is perhaps strengthened
by the amendment extending the scope
of legal purchase: but it is doubtful if
the government is strengthened hy un-
saying ut the end of the week what
it has said ut the beginning"
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in other words 10 keep his place, us
every one ougb< to and as most white
people do. and race prejudice will
gradually die away. 1t would be /,
great help in the solution of the race
troubles if the politician would cease
coddling the negro and instead give
him to understand that With political
privileges go duties and responsible
ties. 1t is time for the press and the
politicians in the North to cease re.
Wiling the enlightened people of the
South. The leaders of the South have
learned from experience that the race
question is not one of morals and sell
timcnt alone. They have learned
that it is Il serious practical question
calling for the exercise of practical
common sense. The peace and pros
perity OF the South is dependent upon
the right solution of the negro ques-
ton. The South knows this and the
South knows the negro better than
the North. 1t is time for us to CO.
operate With the South in trying to
solve the question. There are en-
lightened leaders of thought in the
North who know the difficulties of the
question. But the press and the poll
ticians seem to miss the mark.
In an address delivered upon the
Fourth. DR.. Lyman Abbott expressed
sensible views upon the question. He
said in part:
There are brave men and true in
the South. They believe in liberty,
equality, fraternity. They do not be,
lieve in idlenesS. vice. and shiftless-
ness.
They do not believe in negro dom
nation. because while G5 per cent of
the negro population cannot read and
write. negro domination means GOV
eminent of society by its ignorance
and its vice. They do not believe in
amalglmation. Perhaps they may he
needlessly afraid of it, But they be,
lieve in giving the negro ~ free chance
to work out his own salvation; equal
justice before the courts: helping
hand in his endeavor to help himself.
These men are our allies. Nay! these
men are our natural leaders in the
movement for the solution of the race
problem in accordance with the Amer
lean spirit: the spirit of liberty. equal
ity. fraternity.
"If in liberty we are to find the
solvent Of the industrial problem. if
in equality we are to find the solvent
of the legal problem. in fraternity we
are to find the solvent of the educa-
tional problem. The negro is brother
to the Anglo-SaXon. This does not
mean that he is to intcrmarry with
the An%lo-SaXon. nor that he is to
govern the Anglo-SaNOn. nor that he
is to initiate the Anglo-Saxon: but it
does mean that the 4Anglo-SaXOn is to
give him aid in developing in himself
as an individual and as Il race the
highest and best and largest man.
hood"
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DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.

In Il recent editorial the Chicago
Chronicle strongly commended Judge
Cray of the district court of this coun-
ty for his recent Injunction decision
AginSt labor unions. In commenting
upon the decision the Chronicle said:
ut is particularly noticeable that
this injunction proceeded from Il
judge elected by the popular vote. 1t
is demonstration 10y Il representative
of the elective judiciary in favor OF
law and order of free labor indcpcnd-
ent OF trades union terrorism, Of the
rights of employers and of nOnunion
labor. of the right of every man TO
work for whom he plcaScs if he can
find an employer and they can agree
on wages and other terms of employ
mcnt. Nearly all former in,junctions in
strike eases which have been severely
criticised proceeded from the United
States courts. the Judges of which are
appointed ami do not appear every
ltN StitS btlOIc tHc NotcFS lOF re-
election. 1t now develops that the
best elective Judges. those who are
not mere shifty politicians and dcma-
gogues, are rising to the occasion in
their performance of duty. Politicians
aud dcmagOgues have egregiously
overestimatcd the terrors OF the"labor
vote" Some judges have been shak-
on on the bench in fear of it's effects
on their chances for reelection. Yet
one of the greatest and best judges
Of Cook county has been elected over
and over again in spite Of the "labor
vote bull-dozcrs in the judicial cam
paigns."
The Chronicle was in error in the
first statement quoted above. Judge
Cray was not elected by the people.
Mr.. w. II. Hatcher. a member of n
labor union in this city. called the
Chronicle to task for it's statement
in letter to that paper. which it pub
lished in Il later issue. The letter is
rs follows:
"In an editorial of July S. entitled
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Since President Roosevelt returned
to Washington from the West the
talk about postal frauds has stopped.
While he was away people connected
with the department We're disclosing
the disgraceful conditions. His return
was followed by an order to keep 81
lent This is the same method which
the President used in an attempt to
silence General Miles. For q man who
is accustomed to speak so many plati-
tudeS about private and public rccti-
tude and honesty Mr.. Roosevelt pur-
sues peculiar methods. The public
has a right to inquire into the acts of
public servants ana demand proper
punishment for official misdecds.
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OF cities having 100000 or more
population Minneapolis has next te
Boston the largest percentage o:
school population from five to twenty
years attending school. Boston leads
with Il percentage of 500, and Min
neapolis follows closely with per.
centagc of 59.S. The figures for the
different cities are as follows:
Boston. 500: Minneapolis. sos; Buff
falo, 55.2: Milwaukee, 54.7; Cincin-
natl. 53.S: Cleveland. 53.6: San Fran
cisco, 52.S: Detroit, 51.7: Jersey City,
Oh; New York, 500: Newark, sos;
Washington. 5O.5; Pittsburg, 49.G;
Philadelphia, 1915; Louisville, 47.7;
Chicago, 47.2; Baltimore. AGA; New
Orleans, 800.
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Chief secretary for Ireland, Wynd-
ham, proposed a new clause to the
Irish land bill, appropriating $4,000
annually to indemnify Trinity college,
Dublin, from any loss of income
arising from the sale of land owned
by the college. The new clause was
vigorously opposed by the Irish Ma
tionalists, but after a long debate it
was adopted by Il government ma
jority Of siNty-three. Trinity college
is not popular with the Irish people.
Its influence has long been eXerted
against the aspirations of the people.
1t is an English college located in
Ireland.
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1t is reported that Bourke Cochran
is seriously considering joining the
forces of the Irish party in parlia-
ment. Mr.. Cockran's intense interest
in the Irish cause is well known and
he would doubtless make great sacri-
fees in order to be of greater as
sistance to that cause In order to be
eligible to Il seat in parliament he
would have to become British sub
ject. and it is hardly probable that
he would renounce his American
citizenship.
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ut is so always" observes the
Boston Herald NndD. Politicians pro-
pose; events dispose. Seven years ago
the scheme was carefully devised to
choose William Mckinley president on
the tariff issue. The political canvass
came and the election was held. but
before that time the tariff issue went
out of sight with the voters. Why?
Simply because the issue of the cur
rency had come up to displace it. This
state of affairs had been so little fore
seen shortly before the election that
Mr.. Mckinley had taken the wrong
side of the currency question. and had
to take the right-Hbout-facc to put
himself in harmony with his party on
that issue. 1t is so now. The tariff
is the natural and the legitimate issue
for next year, and the attempt is be-
ing made to put it out of sight,
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IRELAND's HOPE.
Full Text of Splendid Address
Delivered at Duluth.

At the commencement exercises of
the Duluth high school held on the
evening of June 18th. the following
address was delivered by Alfred II.
Moe. one of the graduates. 1t was Il
splendid effort and the reading of it
will we'll repay those who take the
time to do so. Taking for his theme
''Ireland's Dream of Nationality" Mr.
Moe spoke as follows
Fourteen hundred years ago there
walked through Ireland Il simple. sub
lime young man, who had the atmo-
sphere of heaven about him. His
mission in this heather country was to
preach the gospel and baptiZe the peo-
pie into the holy church. When his
footsteps had ended. the pagan land
which he had seen ut first. had be-
come Christian forever. and not only
Christian itself. but was destined for
centuries to give light and learning
to Pict and Briton and Frank and
even to the faraway Alps. The foot
steps of the saints and scholars who
formed the Irish army of civilization
may still be tracked in lines Of light
into the heart of the Swiss Alps and
to the farthest shores of Sicily.
But that country. which for two
hundred years was the splendid center
and source of whatever learning ana
civilization existed in Europe during
the dark ages, was destined to have Il
future undeserved. darkened with op-
preston and tyranny.
Seven hundred years after st. Pat
rick went into Ireland to promote
Gods cause, an English king sent
over missionaries, not like those OF
the sanity army of the fifth century.
whose mission it was to uplift the
people. but emissaries whose work it
was to conquer and to enSlave. But
this Gaelic race. who next to God love
their country and their freedom. re-
fused to he conquered The work Of
1lellIN lllt SSSolINl was lOl PiCtSN
then. it has not yet been completed.
and it never will be completed until
every Celt has persisted from the land.
The splendid faith and hope which
have characterized Ireland through all
these centuries of English savagery
have made her triumphant. For
country and for liberty have her sons
fought during all these terrible times.
But no knight of chivalry ever pranc-
ed in the lists with a prouder love
light in his eyes. than have Ireland'S
sons welcomed their death wound to
the fierce music of battle for their
beloved land. The passion of Irish
patriotism is blent with whatever is
enrolling and divine in our being.
with all that is tenderest in our -
sociations. and most inspiring in the
lOngings of our hearts. And the hat"
and wrongs which Ireland has sutf""
cd and endured have only intensified
this passion.
For the last seven hundred years.
the story runs of England's attempt
to force her rule upon people who
love their freedom as much as did our
forefathers when they refused to sub
nit to Engand's rule Nothing IA
more dear to a country than its free
dom. For is not freedom as neceS-
SarY us love to ANY neOnle? Can there
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WILL HAY RESIGN?

1t is to be hoped that the rllmored
resignation of Secretary of State Hay
will prove true. He has long since
proven himself q weak occupant of IL
cabinet position heretofore for the
most part held by strong and able
Americans. The President has dis
regarded him in the Russian affair and
if the Secretary of State has any self
respect or independence in his make
up. he cannot do otherwise than re-
sign. But John Hay has not been
noted for his independence nor his
self-respect. Men of his calibre are
not quick to resent insult even when
insult is offered for the purposes of
forcing resentment. John Hay be-
longs to that class of alleged Ameri-
cans who look to London for light
and glory. He is not and has never
been of the dimensions of which our
secretaries of state have in the past
been built. The foreign policy of the
United States up to 1896 was one of
independence. "Entangling alliance
with none" had been our motto. Til
really great men of the nation had
been entrusted with the Stat.
Department and by adhering to the
distinctive American foreign policy
they made the United States the
master of the Western Hemisphere.
The United States had gained Il
reputation for independent and bril-
liant international action. Our great
secretaries never had any use for the
Tallyrnd brand of diplomacy. Du-
plicity was not part of their stock III
trade. Neither did they exert their
influence against peoples in other
lands struggling for liberty. Under
them the United States came to be
known as the Great Republic" and
incipicnt republics locked to the Great
Republic" for sympathy and encolr-
agement. Under Hay all this was
changed. His policy from the start
was one of dependence instead of i'll
dependence. Instead of entnEgling al
lance with none he has kept the press
Of the country filled with mysterious
rumors of alliances in this and that
direction. The history of the State
Department since the time John Sher-
man was forced to leave it because a
true American was no longer needed
is Il source of shame and humiliation
to the American people. In deceit,
evasion and subterfuge it reminds
one of Tallyrand's methods without
any of the ability or shrewdnesS Of
that crafty scoundrel. The time was
in this country. and that not long
ago, when the appointment and reten-
ton of such man as John Hay as
Secretary of State would send any
administration down to overwhelm-
ing defeat. Roosevelt has undoubted-
ly heard of the opinion which the
American voter entertains toward
Hay and now takes occasion to force
his retirement. Let us hope that we
will soon get rid of the Anglo-SaXon
sycophant who now misrepresents
American ideals. 1t would he interest
ing to know what the considerations
We're which dictated the appointment
Of such man to the post formerly
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occupied by such men as jefferson.
Madison. Webster, Clay, Blaine and
I Olney. He had no political training
and stood for 10 policies; he had some
literary skill, but even in that line
had attracted little attention. 1t is
hard to escape the conclusion that his
frequent intervals of residence in
England We're his only qualification.
If the idea of his appointment was
to please England and make the
world believe that America had enter
ed into an alliance with her traditional
enemy it has succeeded. If President
Roosevelt shall have the opportunity
to appoint Il successor it is to be hoped
that IL thorough American will he his
choice.
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THE RACE QUESTION.

Nothing c;ln be said in favor of
lynclilly or mob law which would ap-
peal to any Suher-lnintletl man. Men
who take the law in their own hands
are enemies of their country Lynch
ing breeds lynching. 1t is not IL miti-
gation OF the otfenSe to say that the
law furnishes 10 adequate punish
mcnt for Il certain class Of offences.
Ii criminals are lynched for one class
OF crimes now, the time will come
when this mode of punishment will
be extended to other classes. There
is now an epidemic of lynch law. 1t
would be unfair to deny that race
hatred increases the number of sum-
mary puniShments. 1t seems to be
quite the fashion for newspapers and
public speakers to sputter and fume
about the negro question. Well me;ln-
ing people are continually deriding
the treatment accorded the negro
race. This is the common practice in
those sections of the country where
there is no negro peril. These people
contribute Il great deal toward ac-
centuating race troubles. The great
trouble is that the people of the North
do not understand the trouble. They
have had little experience with the
negro. The people of the South un-
derstanl from experience the serious
nature of the race problem. In many
sections of the South the vital uues-
ton always before the people is
shall the white or the black race
rule" In certain sections of the
North the people are now beginning
to experience the difficulties which
the South has long suffered from.
And the results seem about the same
in the North as in the South. Within
the past few weeks Delaware. Illinois
and Indiana have had serious race
troubles. In all three states neyroe
have been lynched. The efforts to
prevent mob rule in these states has
iJt'Nli llo lllolt utltl li'l tllttllNt'
than the efforts ordinarily made in
the South. Race prejudice will never
cease as long as public opinion con-
tinurs as it is ut present. And pub
lie opinion will never change unit
the negro learns to distinguish be-
tween liberty and license. 1t is not
unfair to say that the average negro is
inclined to force himself into public
notice and into places where he is
not wanted. upon the slightest Op.
pOrtunty. He has read and heard so
much about equal rights and has been
told so often by the newspapers and
the politicians that he does not en-
JOY equal rights with the white man.
that he takes every occasion to in.
pose himself upon those who do not
want to associate with him. Social
equality is Il myth. White men do
not enjoy social equality. The negro
is Il free man rs he ought to be. He
enjoys all the rights and privileges
of citizen. Further than this. he
cannot be aided by any one. More
than that he must not demand.
The negro has been misled by the
political demagogue. General Wilson
says that Addicks has debased the
Delaware negro by bribery. He has
been led to believe that he is of far
more Importance than he really is.
All the negro has to do in this coun-
try is to avoid being insolent and
fresh: learn to he self-suppOrting and
not to force himself upon those who
do not wish to associate with him,
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)rGNMsmN
InaoEs Ut [e2yNeIL
~ssi77 5 Su
To Butte and Anaconda Subscribers.

John Il. Pewters, general agent for
The Irish Standard will he in Butte
and Anaconda. Mont, for the balance
of this month and part of August and
will ende;lv0r to SO" all subscribers
to this paper. 1t is hoped that all
will he prepared to meet their Oblig;l-
tons when called upon.
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1.-The Honorable Joseph Choate.
says the Chicago Chronicles, "cvident
~ has been SO busy attending Anglo
American love feasts-Strong accent
OH the AnglO-tllat he has not heard
of the episode of the Frederick the
Great statute. If he had heard of it
we should not see him weeping into
his tea cup and proposing to erect in
the United States Il statute to another
European sovereign"
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Mrs. Mary Anderson De Navarro is
said to be longing for another glimpse
of her native land. which she has not
seen for five years. Somewhat wearied
of her quiet life in England. she
wants to live for Il time in the buster
cis-Atlantic existence and may run
over for Il short time in Il month or
so. Her son. Jose De Navarro. is
now Il sturdy chap of and his
mothers unending joy.
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Cardinal Oreglia, dean of the Sacred
College and Camrrtn"O Of the Church.
who will be acting pope in case of the
death of Leo NH. until the election
of Il new pope. is the only cardinal
now living who was Il cardinal when
Leo NH was elected. The pope has
ed by Plus IN.
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II hope YOU try to push business.
John. evrn after office hours" said Il
coal dealer to his clerk.
Il do. sir" replied John. Il call
upon IL different girl every night alMl
never leave before II o'clock. and
Fave Il i'iI fire going all the tim".''-
Tit-Ri.s.
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The New York Post commenting
upon the concessions made by the Bal
four government on the Irish Land
bill, says:
"Mr. Wyndham's surrender on the
main clause of the Land Purchase bill
appears more complete in the full re-
ports than it did in the dispatches
To the various amendments offered
June II and Is to reduce the pur-