The Irish standard., 1904-06-18

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When Populists and outcasts from
other parties get control of the organ
ization, as witnessed in the so-called
Democratic convention recently held
i'll Normanna hall, it's about time an
accounting was being taken.
How different from conventions of
ten or twenty years ago was that of
last Saturday-in the days when a
Democratic convention meant Demo-
Gratis and Democrats only-who had
any voice in the proceedings.
Many of the men who stood for
William ]. Bryan through two cam
paigns and who would have done so
with equal earnestness through
third, are getting tired of his contin-
ual fault-finding. Parker, in his
silence, is far to be preferred to Bryan
in the opposite course.
NJ. Z. Neary, of this city, after fif-
teen years of service as state president
of the Federation of Labor recently
announced his retirement from that
position. He is succeeded by H. L.
Dix, who also resides here. Mr.. Neary
gave excellent satisfaction during his
long period of office.
a reasonable figure now at White Bear
Lake. Some one with an eye to bust
ness has bought up all the bob-tail
cars in the twin cities and has put
them into use at White Bear. Your
bob can be hitched on to the regular
car when the season is finished, and
brought home. A handy cottage.
\ committee of five, with the mayor
as chairman, has been appointed over
in Hudson. Wis. to make prepare
lions for an old-fashioned Fourth of
July celebration at that point. ]. L.
O'Connor, former attorney general of
that state. will be the orator of the
day and the event will be such as the
people of Hudson are capable of pro-
ducing-a grand success.
Mrs. Parnell. widow of the late Mr..
Charles Stuart Parnell, appeared in
the bankruptcy court. London, lately.
The widow admitted that she is almost
penniless owing to the loss of her
fortune through unfortunate invest
ments. She denied that she was living
extravagantly, and explained that her
income was insufficient to meet the
needs of her family.
Last Monday afternoon the Mime
sofa Editorial association members.
who spent Il week or more at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition. reached
the Twin Cities OH their return from
the exposition, and majority of the
members departed on the evening
trains for their homes. Unanimously
the opinion is expressed that the 1904
excursion was the most successful in
the history of the editors organization.
With John 2. Hopkins. Ben L. Cable
and Samuel Alscluler as three of the
four delegates at large to the st. Louis
convention from Illinois, we suspect
that the Hearst instructions in that
state mean about as much as Tam
many's professed preference for Grov-
er Cleveland. Hearst paid a whole lot
of money for instructions from Illinois,
and he got them, but three out of four
of the delegation are anti-Hearst.
The executive board of the Worlds
Fair has announced the official at
tendance figures for May as follows:
Paid admissions. 542 OPS; admissions
by pass 9S5,427. In all, 1927, 455. The
number Of passes issued seems to have
been on most extensive scale, though
this is explained away by the fact
that thousands of workmen We're EN-
ployed at the grounds during the
month referred to.
The awful horror of the Iroquois
theater fire in Chicago has been dupli-
Gated by the burning of the steamer
General Slocum in East river on We'd
nesday last. In sight of New York city
at the time fully six hundred lives
were lost, some having been burned
to death, while hundreds jumped to a
watery grave. There is lesson in
every catastrophe of this nature, but at
what an awful cost are they pur-
chased.
The Jeffersonian, Democratic
paper Of Wilmington, Delaware, I'M
der date of June 14th, prints the fol-
lowing telegram from William J. Bry-
an, dated last Monday, in response to
question. He was asked whether it
was true that lie had agreed to support
Judge Gray should the latter be nonl-
mated for the presidency. mo. l do
not favor the nomination of Gray or
anyone else who opposed the ticket of
1896"