The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-06-04
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About 81 per cent of the business
failures last year, according to Brad
street, are accredited to those who did
not advertise in newspapers. And
about 81 per cent Of these, no doubt,
never heard of Barnum.
The car is said to be a heart-broken
man. Alas, what is glory and power
anyway, says the Princeton, MIMI,
Union. That sounds as though Bob
Dunn was about to give up the fight in
despair.
A st. Petersburg correspondent of
the Matin says that Admiral Skryd-
loft has reached Port Arthur by bal
loon. He learns this "from high quar-
ters," and as it seems to have been at
a point where no one will dispute it
the statement is accepted.
Cleveland is the strongest candidate
to put in the field against Roosevelt,
according to the Minneapolis Tribune
and other leading Republican papers.
Perhaps, but this would he simply a
choice between two Republicans. On
ly a Observation-Disclosures Demo-
crat will do for Democrats this time.
No, gentle reader, you will not be
obliged to hold your nose forever. AS
soon as the Republican state conven-
ton has been held, you may begin to
gradually loosen the grip of your
thumb and first finger thereon. ana
eventually it will be safe to take a
full, long breath of Minnesota's usual
ly pure air, says the Wabasha Herald.
From Texas comes the announce
ment that man in that state has been
sentenced to 1906 years in the peniten-
tiary. In the event of good behavior
this will be reduced about one-tenth.
While Texans are known in particu-
lar manner for their longevity, still
there is little consolation in this.
The Glendive Independent has lust
celebrated its twentieth anniversary
and is thankful to Montanians and
others for the generous support it has
always been accorded. Exceptional
prosperity has been the independents
lot thus far. That is admitted by it's
publisher. And may this be the story
of each succeeding anniversary.
The textbook commission of Kan
sas, Gen. Funston's native state, has
ordered the expunging from the school
histories of that commonwealth of that
hero's famous swimming of the Bag
Bag. Instead Of madly and boldly
plunging into the raging torrent of
the Bag-Bag the discovery has been
made that he was towed across on a
raft. What descent from greatness!
AS manager of political campaigns
no two men in the Republican ranks
contributed so much to the success of
that party as Marcus A. Hanna and
Matthew Stanley Quay, both now dead.
Much alike in their manner and in
method, they stood at the head of the
class in the game of politics and it
mattered little whether the plane was
of high or low order. OF the two,
Hanna was the cleanest.
The delegation of Wisconsin Repub-
licans, favorable to the interests of
Governor La Toilette, who presented
their grievances to President Roosevelt
during the week returned without ac-
complishing their purpose. 1t was
found that Mr.. Roosevelt was equally
a Stalwart and Half Breed, so far as
Badger State" politics are concerned
and beyond this had troubles enough of
his own to entirely engage his atten-
ton during the next five months.
The Irish exodus for last year has
recently been published and shows
that 39,7S9 people emigrated from Ire
land in 1908. Twenty-Five years ago,
at a time when the population was
nearly million greater than it is at
the present time, the number of emil
grants leaving the old land was much
less than it is to-day. One Of the bad
features of it all is that there are no
signs Of improvement in the conditions
thus referred to.
From a Republican standpoint it
looks as though Theodore Roosevelt
would handle the coming campaign
himself-outside the mere question of
furnishing the funds to conduct the
same. So far he seems to have things
we'll lined up. He will suggest the
nominal head Of the Republican ma
tional committee and the gentlemen
who are to nominate him in convention
must get their credentials direct from
the nations chief executive. This is
going to be strenuous struggle and