The Irish standard., 1904-03-12

| SttutlN III llle newspapers. vi MCe
there has been very grave danger
| that Parklurst was becoming stale.
He is Il good advertiser and evidently
was one of the first to note that some
thing new must he said or lie would
become Il "has-heen." In Il recent SER
mon on st. Patrick he showed a spirit
of racial bigotry toward the Irish
which is really surprising. He is re-
ported as having said:
AS things are the world at large
does not admire Irishmen and has ITO
use for Irishmen. They are the bette
noire of the English. the eNccration of
the Scotch, and, as for the American,
what he knows of Ireland he has gain
ed for the most part by reading Eng
lish books.
"pisagreeahle as it may be to the
pride of the Irish. st. Patrick was a
Scotchman, born perhaps at Dunbar
to-. His name was not Patrick, but
lSatricius--rat ller Il Roman title or
honor. If we learn to think of him
under that title of distinction it will
tend TO relieve him and his history of
some of the uncomfortable associa-
tons due to there being so many m
tanned and unwashed little Hibernians
that spell their name with a X"
No doubt there is good reason for
DR.. Parkhursts hatred for the Irish.
The Irish are numerous and powerful
where the Rev. Parkhurst lives. They
have no use for such men as he. They
are not easily led by political preach
ers. They do not attend churches
where the minister breaches politics
and spreads sensation. If the Irish
were more friendly to Parkhurst's Pc
culiar brand of Christianity, he might
Lave more use for them. Then, again,
the Irish are politically opposed to
such bigots as Parkhurst. An Irish
man is now chief of police of New
York, and Parkhurst cannot run the
department; he is not even consulted;
his Importance is, therefore, belittled.
That particular part of the world in
which the doctor lives has consider
able "use for the Irish" The city in
which he lives is ruled by the Irish
and that is what troubles the political
preacher. 1t is not many years since
such men as Parkhurst ridiculed the
name and work of ST. Patrick. They
even maintained that no such man
ever lived. st. Patrick preached the
gospel to the Irish people, converted
them to Christianity, and they have
leId him in grateful remembrance ever
since. Such men as DIR. Parkhurst
have for centuries striven to undo the
work that st. Patrick did for the Irish.
The attempt has been a miserable fail
ure, consequently that kind of people
have little use for the Irish. But such
men do not count for much in any
community. They are too small and
bigoted. The place of the Irishman
in the world is pretty, we'll established
and the Parkhursts are but outbursts
of belated bigotry. There are many
millions of people in this country with
Irish blood in their veins. These peo-
pie rule the great cities of the land.
They are increasing in numbers and
power. Fortunately the Parkhursts
are decreasing in number and their
power is already nil. The Irish in this
country, when equal opportunity is
afforded, can we'll afford to be mag
unanimous to such ill-favored speci-
mems of humanity as DR.. Parkhurst.
He cannot outwit or outvote the Irish
man; he therefore attempts to libel
and malign him.