The Irish standard., 1904-05-14

Dunn seems to have little the best
of it thus far. The more open the
discussion the more firm he seems to
implant himself with the plain people
within the ranks of his party.
G. A. Nimocks, at one time engaged
in the newspaper business in this city,
will be candidate before the primaries
for the Republican nomination for
city Comptroller. Mr.. Nimocks is an
acknowledged expert accountant, has
been resident of Minneapolis for the
past thirty years or more and is there
fore we'll known to the people. While
our Republican friends will undoubted-
ly have other candidates in the field
for the position named, we do not
believe they can bring out any one
more competent for the comptroller
ship than the gentleman here named.
What do you think of the idea Of
ushering in the election day by play
ing the "Star Spangled Banner" and
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee" on the
court house chimes? asks the Mime
apolis Telegram. Well, that's a pa
triotic thought, anyhow, but the court
house chimes are so uncertain. Instead
of giving us the above mentioned Sc
lections on election day morning,
something like eve Won't Go Home
Till Morning." or 'There Will Be
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight"
might be unceremoniously sprung upon
us. Now, that wouldn't do. -
"Mr. Bryan was willing to have
Judge Parker for a running mate in
1900 and was pleased to have Senator
Hill second his own nomination then.
What has occurred since to make
Judge Parker non-available?" asks Ex-
Congressman Thomas A. Ball, of
Texas, who was himself delegate
to the national convention in 1900.
That's the question. What has oc-
cured? 1t will not do to say that
Judge Parker is not available simply
because David B. Hill is supporting
him. This would be puerile, to say the
least.
In lengthy editorial the Sauk Centre
Herald assigns some twenty PROPOSE
tions the Republicans of Minnesota be-
lieve in. Taken as a whole, it reads
good and has been well prepared, but
there is much in it that is meaningless,
though this, of course, does not in any
wise injure it from Republican point
Of view. What Republicans of this
state really believe in could be summed
up in one short paragraph. There isn't
an issue or point at issue but what
can be overlooked or discarded when
success is endangered. No well-defned
principle must be pushed so far as to
endanger success.
Mrs. Mary A. Wright died in Bos-
ton few days ago and was buried
from the Immaculate Conception
church of that city. A poor woman,
she would have passed away almost
unknown but for her strong mother
love. Herself consumptive, she
walked from the sanitarium near Wor-
cester to Boston, a distance of forty
miles, on learning of the illness of her
youngest daughter, who had been
stricken with pneumonia in the latter
city. Both have passed away, the
child dying first-but few minutes
after the mothers arrival at her bed.
side.
There is hard common sense in the
following, which we take from the
Glencoe Register: "'Now is the time
for the Democratic newspaper boys to
do their shouting for their favorite
presidential candidate. The merits
and demerits of the various candidates
whose names may be presented in con-
nection with the presidential nominal
tion, between now and the convention
are proper subjects for public discus
sion, but after the candidate has been
named by the requisite two-thirds ma
jority Of the delegates chosen by the
people, all true and loyal Democrats
should yield their individual prefer
ences and give their undivided sup
port to the nominee"
The Indiana Democratic state coil.
vention for the purpose Of electing dele.
gates to the national convection in st.
Louis was held in Indianapolis Thurs
day and was the largest and most ell.
thusiastic held in many years. By ac-
ton of the convention Indiana's thirty
delegates were instructed to vote as a
unit for Judge Parker at st. Louis for
president, and indorsed Thomas Tag
CART for national committeeman and
recommended him to the national COM
mittee as it's chairman. New York.
Connecticut and Indiana are for Par