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The Irish standard., 1904-11-12
A FEW IRISH "REASONS.'
The American Who Thinks ireland Has
No Just Grievance,

The American Who Thinks ireland Has
No Just Grievance.
tThe New York Evening Journal
William Randolph Hearst-162 Mas
sau street, New York, Friday, Octo-
Der go
w. r. Hearst Editor Evening Jour-
nal:
Sir-I perceive that your newspa-
pers, in dealing with the Irish ques-
ton, try to stir up feeling against the
English government. You appear to
seek systematically to create national
feeling among the Irish and conse-
quent hatred Of the English. I am an
American, not an Englishman, al
though have Travelled in England.
Everybody knows that the English
have made mistakes in the past in
dealing with Ireland. But will you be
kind enough to state any single, defin-
lite grievance that the Irish have
against the English now? Can you
honestly say that the Irish are treat
ed less fairly or generously than any
other subjects Of Great Britain?
Yours very truly, a. w.
The Hearst newspapers are not try
ing as our reader says. to "stir up
national feeling among the Irish"
Where national feeling does not exist
you cannot create it. And where it
does exist, you cannot kill it. Ma
tional feeling in Ireland is fact, and
every Irishman hopes that national
life will one day be a fact.
A good many Americans and a good
many Englishmen honestly believe,
undoubtedly, that the question asked
in the letter published above cannot
be satisfactorily answered. As mat
ter of fact, it would take many entire
editions Of this newspaper to give even
fair idea of the just complaint that
ireland has to make to-day against
English rule.
The difficulty is to know where to
begin, but we shall try to give a short
answer, and reserve more detailed
reply for another time.
The mere depopulation of Ireland
through emigration should convince
my man that the Irish have a perma
nent cause Of complaint against tn,
English government. No people is
more deeply attached to the soil tina,
he Irish people, yet no country ha.
uttered from wholesale emigration a.
has ireland.
The men of feeling and Of ambition
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

italian government, says 4he Inter-
mountain Catholic. In view of the
fact that Emperor Francis Joseph has
never to this day returned the visits
paid to the court of Vienna, first by
the late King Victor Emmanuel in
1873, and then by King Humbert and
Queen Margherita in 1883, the action
of the Austrian heir apparent and his
wife in going to Rome and ignoring
the Italian court has naturally given
deep otfense to the latter, where it is
regarded as a further illustration Of
the ill will with which the future en-
peror of Austria-Hungary is notorious
ly imbued with regard to the reigning
house of Savoy and the italian gov
eminent.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12
A Dozen Dont's.

Don't meet trouble half way.
Don't waste bear shot on snowbirds1
Don't give advice to a starving man.
Feed him first.
Don't be good fellow at the ex<
pense Of your family.
Don't expect to be truly happy WITH
out making others happy.
Don't set your son an example and
then punish him for following it.
Don't try to fight the devil witff
hre. Take weapon with which her
is not familiar.
Don't expect people to profit by the
advice you give without following If
yourself.
Don't forget that the most tedious
conversations are those in which II"
is the text.
Don't worry over today's troubles:
until tomorrow, and then it will NOT
be necessary.
Don't make the mistake Of thinking
that the pleasure you buy is equal to-
the happiness you earn.
Don't make the mistake Of thinking
that knowing look will always serve
the same purpose as real knowledge,
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

1t may not be generally known that
the term "Alma Mater" which is uni
yersally applied to colleges and uni
versities where men received their
scholastic training, is of purely Cath
Ollie origin, says the Catholic Union
and Times. 1t had its source ut the
University of Bonn, and drew its in
SEPARATION from the beautifully chiseled
statue of the Mother Of Christ
known as the Alma Mater-placed
over the principal portal Of that cele-
brated seat Of learning. How closely
is not the Catholic Church associated
with all that is noble and tender in
the mind and heart of man!
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

Such popular men as Messrs. Belan-
ger and Mcguire, candidates for the
legislature, and A. L. Lennon, in the
field for county commissioner, went
down to defeat. They came exceed
ingly close to the goal. but the crush
was too great for them. Another good
man who met with disaster was D. J..
Falvey, candidate for county commits
sioner.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12
Why He sheula.

Not long ago stock of crockery was:
sold at auction, and Mrs. Wilson at4
tended the sale. When she returned
her face was radiant with Joy.
"You must join the Cremation Socf-
ety." were the first words she said to-
her husband. -
"What on earth for?" exclaimed Mr..
Wilson.
"Why," replied his loving spouse,
1--WE bought such lovely vase to hold
your ashes. You can't imagine how IL
will set of the mantelpiece!"
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

Taking everything into considera-
ton, DR.. G. II. Kohler made phenom-
email run against Loren Fletcher for
congressman from this district. Had
Roosevelt's majority fell below the
10000 mark in the county, Democra-
cy's popular candidate would have
been chosen.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

The apparent defeat of Mayor
Haynes is a distinct loss to the city of
Minneapolis. His splendid run shows
what the people think of his admin
istration. 1t seems too bad that the
city should be deprived of his services
simply because the eXigency of politi-
cal circumstances demanded the Office
for the other party.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12
now IRELAND IS REPRESENTED

Inc representation OF ireland, III the
distribution of seats in the London
parliament, is matter that of late
appears to be giving considerable
trouble to that select Tory coterie in
Belfast which styles itself 1.-THE Con-
sentative Association''-par excellence,
says the Irish-American. So deeply
moved have they felt on the subject
that they have addressed a commune
cation touching it to Premier Balfour,
which that gentleman has published
in the ministerial organs. In this mis-
sive the Belfast politicians do not COM
plain Of Ireland's being limited to
the one hundred and three members
that now compose her representation
in the house of commons; they would,
even, not be averse to seeing it still
further reduced; but what they do
kick against is the distribution Of the
representation, of which they claim
that Belfast and North Antrim, and
that section of Ulster that has always
stuck to the London government,
through thick and thin, should have
larger slice than it now enjoys; and
this deficiency they think could be
made by taking some of the members
of Parliament from those Nationalist
sections of the country where the pop
ulation has fallen to little above one
half what it was when the original dis
tribution was projected, de-
Quoted representation could be con-
ferred on the favored 'loyal'' divi-
sions of the north. The advocates of
this peculiar policy of redistribution
ignore the fact that the Parliamentary
representation as it stands was judi
cially settled in the year 1900 by the
act of union, in which it is specified
that the proportions therein set forth
should never thereafter be reduced or
modified. AS the representation was
apportioned by counties and boroughs
there was no allotment Of population
as necessary qualification. Further
the plea Of reduced population is
dishonest and invalid pretext; for that
reduction was the direct result of Eng
lish misgovernment; and it is an az
iom of all recognized law that none
shall be allowed to take advantage of
their own wrong doing. Recognized
law, however, appears to be an ele-
ment as little considered as Justice in
modern English craftsmanship.
The real object Of this continuous
crusade against the Irish representa-
ton in the English house Of commons
is to reduce the strength of the Irish
opposition by lessening the number of
those who constitute the Nationalist
section. The advocates of this policy
forget that O'Connell, when at the
zenith of his power could only count
on forty-four members Of the house at
his back; and that Isaac Butt, when
he began the home rule struggle, could
not rely on more than thirteen to sus-
tain him. 1t was the justice of the
Irish cause and the union of the peo-
pie at home and their kindred through
out the civilized world that constitut-
ed the real strength of the national
movement; and that union is stronger
and more effective to-day than ever it
was in any former period of the fight
for home rule; and it does not in any
sense depend for it's power on the
number of those representing the ma
tional idea who may happen to hold
seats i'll the English house OF COM
mons.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

The Irish Standard is much please,
over the election Of, T. D. O'Brien t
the district bench in st. Paul. b
is an able lawyer and man of hie
type. His election in this Republ
can year speaks highly for him.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

The majority in Hennepin county
for John A. johnson, Minnesota's pop.
ular Democratic candidate for Cover.
nor, is in the neighborhood Of 5000.
1t will not vary much from this figure.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

& Relations between the courts Of
Vienna and Of the quirinal have recent
~ been still further strained by the
1ncognito visit Of. Archduke Francis
Ferdinand, the Austrian heir appar-
4nt and Of his wife, the Princess Ho-
shenburg. to Rome, where they were
received in private audience by the
pope, taking no notice whatsoever of
the King and queen Of Italy or Of the
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

P. w. Morrison, Of Norwood, is an
excellent vote-getter, as is proven by
the returns from that judicial district.
Mr.. Morrison succeeded in defeating
Judge Caldwell, the present incumbent,
for district judge.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

F. G. Winston, Democratic candi
date for Lieutenant Governor, ran
ahead Of his ticket in every section o.
the state, and though defeated car
well feel proud of the compliment paif
him.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

The defeat Of Stockwell in the
Twelfth ward came as a surprise.
Cheney, in the Sixth, also deserved Il
better fate, SO did Rosing in the Third,
and Dwycr in the Tenth. All candi-
dates for aldermen, splendid men in
their way, but all went down in the
crash. And Minneapolis is a loser
thereby.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

John A. johnson and Fendall G..
Winston, candidates respectively for
governor and lieutenant governor,
both carried Hennepin county in the
face of the awful landslide.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

Mayor Armson Of saltwater was re-
elected to that position last Tuesday
by a splendid majority. Just what
the mayor deserved. Merit and worth
seldom go unrewarded in the prison
city.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

There are some things the Dem
ocracy Of this city have to be thank
full for. The election of Cashier, can.
didate for alderman in the Ninth ward.
is one Of them. 49,.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12
The "big stick" prevails.
It's all over-the shouting included

For man who is usually quick in
grasping with situation, it is taking
Condo Hamlin long time to hear
''from the rural districts"
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

On the Hennepin judicial ticket,
Frank P. Brooks is the only one of the
Democratic candidates elected. An
other cause for regret.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

There were no doubtful states this
time, except in the solid South.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

Roosevelt's plurality in Hennepin
will be over 10000.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

have been driven away from their
country in their prime, and to-day the
Irish race the most vigorous, per-
haps, in all the world-stands far be-
low the other European populations in
it's birth rate. and stands low in it's
marriage rate-the men and the wo-
men Of marriageable age being driven
abroad, and their children born in for
eign lands.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

Ireland to-day suffers under English
rule in all the important relationships,
Of government.
She suffers from excessive taxation.
her tax rate being far in excess of
that imposed upon other populations.
under English control.
She suffers through unjust discrimi--
nation against the Irish in the matter
of education. Irish children and the
young men of university age are alike
swindled out of the education that is
due them. Ireland suffers especially
because of the systematic effort to kill
patriotism in her sons, by giving all
public preferment to those that have
shown themselves Indifferent or hos
tile to the national feeling, and SUBJ
missive to English rule.
Ireland suffers from the most offen~
sive of determinations, that based on
religion.
England has purged herself, for her
own good, Of all religious discrimina-
lions. She has had Jew for a prime
minister; her statute books no longer
contain denunciations of the Catholic
faith-although the king at his corox
nation does humble these over
In Ireland alone the English still ex.
ercise religious discrimination.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

The Democrats in Minneapolis were
impartial. About one-third voted for
Roosevelt, one-third for Debs and
the other third for Parker.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

TIL. above rates include cost OF postage
to ally part of the United States, Canada
or Mexico. To foreign countries the post
age will be soc per year additional.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

In England the people have at least
this comfort-that they have conf
dence in their judges.
But among the Irish people-and for
good cause - there is no confidence
whatever in the rulings Of the judges
that the English have set up over
them.
The government of Ireland by im<
ported, ignorant Englishmen, serving
the briefest possible terms, returning
from Ireland as from an exile, has
been an abominable travesty on the
rights Of people of intelligent and
consecutive purpose in the manage
ment of their affairs.
From her war with the United
States, England realized the import
ance of making subject peoples COM
tented, through home rule.
Ireland alone has been shut out
from. the exercise of this acquired WIS.,
dom. The Canadians. the Australians,
the New Zealanders, are allowed to-
manage their own internal affairs.
But if an Irish town wants to build
a tramway, if an agricultural SECTOR
needs the developing help of a rail-
road, the Irish must go to Westmin-
ster, and beg to be allowed to spend
their own money for things that they
need.
The Irish are treated, not as they
should be treated-like one of the
most intelligent races of people living
on earth. So far as national rights
and initiative are concerned, England
keeps them on par with her Zulus
or other savage conquered peoples.
England could not keep Canada for
six months if she treated Canada as:
she treats Ireland, and she knows it,
But Ireland is close at her doors, with
in easy reach Of fleet and army.
Whoever knows anything about the
Irish question knows that it is aggra-r
waited, in the present as in the past,
by actual race prejudice. The Irish
are of origin totally different from the
English, sprung from different stock,
with different characters and different
minds.
The Irish-hating spirit that used to-
be put at the end of each English adj
vertisement, mo Irish need apply"
still exists.
If our reader or any other Ameri1
can or Englishman wants further or
more detailed information as to the
real basis for Irish hatred of English
rule, we shall be glad to supply such
information, or to direct the inquirer
to source that will supply it.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12

Rtmittances may be made at our Risk
By either draft, express money order, post
Office money order or registered letter, ad-
dressed to The IRISH STANDARD, Mime
apolis, Nina. Money sent in any other way
10 ut The risk OF tfs rarsau .sending 1t.
The Irish standard., 1904-11-12
EXPIRANfHA,

The date which is prlntss vith your
name of your paper or wrappar shevs to
what time your subscription is paid. Thus,
Dec. "a means that your subscription 10
paid up to December, 1904; Aug. o., to
August, 1905, and so on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05

Governor LaFollette has openly
admitted that the treasury of the
state is 1886, OOO short, but says it
isn't his fault, he can't help it. If
that's the case and the state of af-
fairs into which things have twisted
themselves or been twisted or been
allowed to twist, we certainly want
somebody in the executive office
who can and will remedy the short
age, and keep it out from now on.
However, it isn't surprising, as
everyone knows that this game
warden, oil inspector, bribing cam
paign which has been run from
under the blackened wreck of the
state house has cost somebody some
money. A vote against LaF Gillette
next Tuesday will give someone a
chance to straighten things out who
has been weighed in the balance
before, and has not been found
wanting.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05
A Hustling Candidate.

During all the turmoil and strife
Of this campaign, sentiment against
Robert Glenn as candidate for
sheriff has been conspicuous by it's
utter absence. Other candidates
may he scored, reviled, and abuse
heaped upon their heads, but on
everyhand nothing but good will is
heard for this excellent man. Those
whom he has had the opportunity
Of meeting personally have become
his staunch friends, regardless OF
politics. He is a man of the people,
the same now as ever, with always
kind word and ready assistance
for everyone. One who has known
him since his boyhood says of him,
Il never knew better man for a
public office than Robert Glenn.
He is a reserved, unpretentious,
broad minded man, with not a
single bad habit, and with strict
sense of duty and right that has
made his life an example of upright
ness and honor in the past, and will
make it so in the future. One need
but look at his farm in west Grant
county to appreciate the executive
ability Of the man."
Mr.. Glenn was born in the VII
lage of Wyalusing, November 3Oth,
1858. He lived with his parents in
that village until he was eleven
wears old, when he removed with
them to the farm where he now re-
sides. With the exception Of one
year on the Wyoming range, one
year in Minneapolis and two years
in the grain business in western
Iowa, he has lived on the home
place ever since; and has served
four years as member of the
Wyalusing town board. The voters
of west Grant county are enthusi-
astic in their loyal support Of their
esteemed neighbor, and the elector
who makes Robert Glenn of Wyalus-
ING his choice for the Office of sheriff
will have made wise one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05

that the party managers scented
possible danger; many voters ap-
peared to think the outcome so GER
tain that there was no need for
exertion in the campaign.
There are many Congressional
districts in which the vote was so
close two years ago that an appreci-
able degree Of apathy would spell
danger. The Republicans, indie
pendents and Gold Democrats who
have supported the Republican
candidates for Congress in the past
must again stand on their guard
and vote for their principles and
the policies in which they believe.
1t would be a political calamity,
certain to be followed by industrial
and financial misfortune, if Demo-
cratic House of Representatives
should be elected this fall and the
power of Congress to legislate be
divided between the two political
parties. That would mean that
nothing could be accomplished and
the House and Senate would be
dead-locked on all questions involv-
ing political principles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05

Grant county real estate valua-
ton has been raised about SIS, 900, 900
under the reform administration
and the farmers will realize this
when they secure their receipts.
Milwaukee and other counties with
greater populations and more voters
were reduced. Wonder if the
primary election law will reduce
this extra taxation to any notice
able extent?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05
THE EIGHTEEN CHARGES.

public measure? When, and on
what measure? Upon what measure
has he equivocated? He suggested
changes in the iron and steel sche-
dulles in the tariff act. His sugges-
ton met with decided opposition,
although many of his constituents
saw the wisdom of his suggestion;
but in the party councils he was
overruled.
~. We prefer good Democrat
to Republican who used the great
party name to secure an office, and
when elected, repudiates the party
platform and brings disgrace and
contumely upon the party NAME"
If the honorable gentlemen whose
names are subscribed to the double
column leader prefer a good demo
GRAFT to man who has heretofore
acted as their trusted representa-
tive so faithfully that they have re-
peatedly helped to re-elect him to
the position which he now holds,
is it not quite possible that they
will be required to refrain from
voting for congressman at this
election, if they have not already
secured the right to vote in some
other district which has a democra-
tic candidate for congress? If Mr..
Babcock has brought disgrace and
contumely upon the party name
it must have been since his last
reelection; and it certainly would
not be a great effort after so many
months of research to have singled
out one instance of the sort, at
least.
''1S. He met and acted with the
boilers, while eighty-five out of one
hundred and three of the delegates
from the Third Congressional Dis
trict remained in the convention"
If he met, with the boilers, did he
do a greater wrong than did the
governor when he deserted his Office
for the purpose of carrying on a
campaign against him, and who
never, IN any pubic address, dared
to make a single specific charge
against Congressman Babcock, but
framed general charges in the hope
that someone might construe what
was said into charge against Mr..
Babcock.
After ali is said and done, the
main question is: Are the republi-
cans of this third congressional dis
trict willing to desert their party to
elect man to congress whose prin-
ciples are opposed to every republi-
can principle, whose every effort in
congress would be to defeat republi-
can principles, change the policy of
the government and institute in it's
stead unknown policies, untried
policies, and policies directly in con-
flict with those under which the
prosperity of this country for the
past ten years has been the direct
result. Unless the voter is ready
and willing to make such change,
he cannot afford to allow his per-
sonal likes and dislikes of can
didate to interfere with his judg-
ment as to what should be done at
this time. A vote for Joseph w.
Babcock at this time will do as
much ito perpetuate both our ma
tional and individual prosperity as
will vote for Theodore Roosevelt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05

The state treasury is bankrupt
and the governors only excuse for
this deplorable condition is that he
is not to blame that's all he'll say
about it. Still he has had the state
tax levy .passed up this year as a
political dodge to fool some of the
people into believing him a great
financier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05
Charged with Robbing Laborers.

st. Louis, Nov. 4.-George M. Hall,
of Kansas City, has been arrested by a
deputy United States marshal on the
charge of having obtained a fee Of 50
each from 200 laborers for securing
them employment, and then sending
them to Alaska at their own expense
to work for construction company
that did not exist. The specific charge
against him is that he used the mails
to defralld