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The Irish standard., 1905-06-03
MEMORIAL DAY.

The rapidly diminishing numbers OF
the survivors of the civil War present
only small remnant OF that grand
army of the Republic, which existed
on our first Memorial Day. Those
who established the custom OF the
Gays celebration will soon have
passed away. When they shall have
joined their fallen comrades, the day
will still be observed, not alone as a
Memorial to the tens OF thousands
who fought in the Civil War, but as a
day given over to the memory OF all
the dead. Even now Memorial Day
has developed into a day given over
to the honor and memory of all the
departed. In this way more gen.
eral observance is given to the day
because of the wider interest.
1t is well that the day has de-
veloped into more than men,
orial day for the departed SOL
diers, for its more general observ-
ance will insure it's celebration when
the last remnant Of the great army
OF the Republic shall have gone. The
day already exerts wider influence
than was ever dreamed of when it was
first established. Even those who do
not attend services or otherwise OBJ
serve the anniversary nevertheless
feel it's influence. Cemeteries show
the effect in the added care that is
given to the graves, not OF soldiers
alone, but of those even who have
been born and died since the Civil
War ended. The influence as exer,
cised is a most beneficial one, for it
brings out the most unselfish side of
mems characters. 1t has great hui
maniZing effect. In way it is
counterpart of All Souls Day, the day
set apart in every year on which the
Catholic Church remembers it's dead.
Memorial Day offers an opportunity
for all people to turn their thoughts
toward their departed relatives ana
friends. The effect of it all is good,
even though the purpose and method
OF observance be different from that
prescribed by the Church in it's OBJ
servance of All Saints and All Souls
Day.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03

in order to attend college. There
should be no false pride as result O.
a college education, but, unfortunate
ly, in this country an education is
looked upon by most people as g
means of making livelihood. Faith
ers send their sons to school in orde,
that those sons may be able to make
a living easier than they did, and if in
any case the son does not succeed in
securing lucrative employment after
leaving school his education is voted
a failure. And the young man who
finds it necessary to return to the
same old work that he was able to
| perform before spending money and
time in securing a liberal education
is likely to be looked down upon in
certain quarters.
This attitude toward education is
what creates in the mind of MANY
young men the false ideas about their
Importance and the work they should
| engage in. And, it is identically these
false ideas which make so many so
called educated FOOLS"
The young college graduate who
next week returns to the farm, or to
other honest but perchance rude en-
ployment, will easily outstrip his class
mate who retires to some summer
watering place to rest up after what
fond parents have characterized as
the hard work of a college course
The young man probably has had a
pretty good time in college and with
the knowledge of that fact coupled
with the information derived from his
friends that it is hard work he is like
ly to wait around a good long while
to find something easy OF course
he will never find anything as easy
and as pleasant as college course.
He is spoiled at the very start, while
his classmate who went to work on
the farm is always ready to work at
anything he can get to do, and being
prepared by the training which a col
iege course gives he is ready when
the opportunity presents itself to step
onward and upward.
Those young men and young women
who this week and next will step
from the college work into the world
of actual work, ought to be better pre-
pared than their cotemporaries who
have not received college education,
and they are better prepared unless
there has been instilled into their
minds that false notion of their own
Importance which prevents them from
doing honest work, no matter how
lowly that work may be.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03

The scandal arising from the at
tempt of corrupt political machine to
steal the gas plant of the city of
Philadelphia has lead to an agitation
in that city for the immediate owner
ship of municipal utilities. Such is
the inevitable result of rotten muni-
cipal politics. Will the opponents of
municipal ownership charge the citi-
zens of the Quaker City with being
Radicals and Socialistic agitators? AS
we have often pointed out heretofore
the most potent promoters of munich.
pal ownership are the private corpora
tions which through bribery and other
corrupt means run the affairs of our
cities. The United Gas and Improve
ment Company of Philadelphia which
attempted through it's tools to gain
control of a valuable gas plant has
done more to start agitation in favor
of municipal ownership in Philadel-
phia than all the curbstone orators
and cheap Socialistic agitators could
do in fifty years.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03
CHARLES ]. BoNAPARTE.

The announcement that President
Roosevelt intends to appoint Charles
j. Bonaparte of Baltimore as Sec
retary of the Navy to succeed Paul
Morton is another indication of the
Presidents broad liberality and in
dependence. Mr. Bonaparte is one
OF the most interesting figures
in American public life. He is
the grandson of Jerome Bona
parte, the brother of the great
Napoleon. Mr.. Bonaparte has been
a vigorous advocate of Civil Service
reform, and has always taken a great
interest in all movements looking to-
ward the uplifting of public life He
is a man of great wealth, who could
it he would, lead a life of ease, but
like the President he chooses rather
to engage in the thickest of the fight.
He has been for years an intimate
personal friend of the president and
so great has been the Presidents con-
tindence in him that he appointed him
as special counsel to investigate the
post-otfice frauds and upon Bona
parties report the President took de-
cisive action.
Mr. Bonaparte is an eminent lawyer
and has been for years a conspicuous
and ardent supporter of Civil Service
reform. He has not been known as
a partisan in politics. He is a high
type of man and his appointment will
result in good to the country.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03
THE COLLEGE GRADUATES.

About this time every year there
is turned loose upon the world a large
number of graduates from different in
stitutions throughout the country.
These young men and young women
start out in most cases with exag-
gerated opinions of their own import
ance in the makeup of society. Youth
is naturally idealistic. 1t looks to
the higher and better planes of life.
A college course has tendency to
increase the idealistic for it engages
the attention of the student with
theory rather than with practice. The
result of all this is that large major
ity of the college graduates are bound
to meet with sore disappointment in
the first years after leaving college,
They will be told by their teachers
and by distinguished speakers whom
they invite to address them in these
closing weeks of their college life that
the real battle of life has just begun,
but these words wifi fall upon the ear
of the average student without much
effect. He is likely to regard exam-
nations past, conditions made up and
college requirements met as the hard
est and the greatest tasks that he
will ever be called on to meet. Six
months from now most of these gradu-
ates will begin to understand what
was really meant by those who said
that the real battle Of life was anead.
There is no person more useless
and whose condition is more pitiable
! than a college graduate whose high
opinion of his own station in the
worlds makeup prevents him from
! engaging in that toll which he could
secure, and whose lack of experience
and lack of ability prevents him from
| securing that employment which he
would like to secure. Such person
| is sure to prove rank failure in the
! worlds struggle. Disappointment is
sure to overtake him, and unless he
is made of unusually stern material
he will lose his grip and failure is
almost sure to characterize his life
On the other hand those students who
have not been spoiled by college
course, those who have learned
to aim high but to do that which the,
are able to get to do, and to do it a!
we'll as they can, are sure of success
There is no good reason why a col
iege graduate should not return to tn,
farm or to the shop or to the stor,
and take up the work that he left OF
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03

olics are in the habit in this coun
try of supporting nom n-Catholics for of
flee. What the Republic complained
OF is that Protestants are not equally
liberal in their support of Catholics
No president of the United States was
a Catholic.
No political party has ever nomi
mated Catholic for president, except
we call the handful of Democrats who
nominated Charles O'Conner in 1872,
party. Is this another mere circum.
stance? If the Catholics constituted
but small portion of the population
we might easily ascribe it to a circum-
stance, but constituting such a large
proportion it can not be possible that
there is not in all the states a single
Catholic whose ability and merit does
not today entitle him to a governor
ship OF TO seat in the United States
senate. Catholics are not desirous of
raising the religious question in poll
tics. They have had severe suffi-
cheney OF that, but the mere assertion
OF an existing condition ought not to
be considered as an attempt to raise
the religious question. We hope the
day will never come when Catholics
will as a body support any political
party or an political candidate, but
we hope equally much that the day
may soon come when voters who are
non-Catholics will not vote against
candidate simply because he happens
TO be Catholic.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03
Minneapolis Labor Conditions Good

No better conditions for good
seasons work for all of the building
trades could be asked for" says Phil
Carlin, business agent OF the Building
Trades council.
There is enough work to keep all
our men busy in all trades; but there
is not so much that we can't take care
OF it in good shape''
Considering the unprecedented
amount of work that is to be ac-
complished during this season, which
1ar surpasses the record OF any pre-
vious season in the history of the city,
it might naturally be expected that
the worknen would be swamped. 1t
seems, however, that this is not the
case
This condition of affairs is explained
in this way. In the first place, the sea-
sons work has neevr been more even
ly distributed. Work on the big busi-
ness buildings was started as soon as
Il,
upon these large numbers OF men will
be steadily engaged until late in the
fall.
There was not SO much hurry about
the smaller buildings; so that by the
time excavation started for these. the
excavators had done with number Of
the larger holes and were all ready
for fresh jobs. And this is the way
with many other branches of the
work.
Then there are the residences of all
kinds, long lists of which have ap-
peared every week since the middle
of winter. These have been and will
be started all through the season.
On some the work is already at an
advanced stage, while others are just
being commenced, and with still 9TH
ers the owners are not yet ready to
begin work.
The plasterers, for instance, whose
work does not come until the building
is nearly finished, are all busily en-
gagged already; and yet they expect to
be able to take care of all the work
at the end OF the season, when plas-
terers are usually most in demand,
without trouble.
Another explanation Of this smooth
working OF things is found in the fact
that with increased building, the popu-
lation has also increased, this being in
TACT largely the cause of the greater
building activity. 1t is case OF more
people more home, and also more peo-
pie more workmen in all trades.
This increase in population is noted
Ill the ranks OF the unions, many OF
which are reported to have been
steadily increasing in their member
ships.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03

An Eastern paper says that -four
teen out of every fifteen young Ameri-
cans are educated in our public
schools and to them more than to any
other factor we owe our national char
acter." Admitted, but really what Is
our national character? Divorce,
lynching, bribery, corruption and race
suicide are features that stand out
most prominent The trusts are Pc
culiarly American. OF course the pub
lie schools will naturally stand for
these, too, as part and parcel of our
national character"
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03

Never in the history of the country
1t is safe to assert. was our daily
press so burdened in chronicling crime
as has been the case in recent months
says the lntermountain Catholic of
Salt Lake City. Gratifyingly sensation
al are the daily reports of MURDERS
suicides, divorces without number,
private and public defalcations, bribe-
ry in high places and other violations
of the laws of God and man. Add
to this the crimes. perpetrated and
obviously contemplated, in the name
of humanity and justice. in connection
with the Chicago strike. and the less
sensational but no less damning in
diligence in dissipation and debauch-
cry SO common in our day, and the
picture is certainly a sufficiently lurid
and appalling one. Is not our land
going, pell-mell, and with frightful
reckleSsneSS, to the devil? Timely
and urgent is the call of our Holy
Father: Back to Christ" Shall
it be wisely needed, or have the
gods" marked the nation for destruc-
ton, and therefore made it irredeem-
ably mad?
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03


as to the Protestant population of the
great metropolis, says: IF S29,245
persons exhaust the regularly attend
ing constituency of Professionalism in
Greater New York, or a little over
one-fifth of its whole population, the
churchless Protestants must number
1,0S7,762 or over one-fourth of the
whole. The churchless Protestants
of New York, in other words, out-num-
ber the whole population of Nebraska,
and are the equivalent of the whole
population OF Washington, Idaho, Mon
tana and Wyoming" That is one of
the results, of the Bible with private
Judgment" thereupon, as the sole re-
ligious authority.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03

Walter Wellman tells us that it is
no longer a secret that official Wash
ington has passed from ardent sympa-
thy with Japan to point where II
looks askance at the rising power of
Japan. We wonder why. Is it not
probable that official London and Of
ticial Berlin, and official everything
else looks at the matter in about the
same way? 'fhe truth is that the lit.
tie Japs have forced speculation as
to what may happen after they have
taken possession of Manchuria and
taught the Chinese to Shoot as well
as they themselves shoot.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03

should they go into the imperial bust.
ness, we believe that they could show
the vaunted Anglo-Saxons a few new
turns. We hope, however, that Japan
will insist hereafter upon running its
own affairs, and that it will say to
the land robbers among other nations
Hands Off," and that it will inform
religious proselytes that it has relig-
ion and philosophy older and better
established than any of the religions
which certain nations have been in
sisting upon shooting into them.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03
BRA1NERD BRIEFS.

Div. No. l A. o. H. held a rousing
meeting on Wednesday evening of last
week. The occasion was the initia-
tlon OF fine class OF eighteen young
members as follows: Frank Mcbride,
}. NJ. Taylor, Burt O'Brien, T. Dwyer,
Geo. McClary, P. ]. Boyle, ]. P. Nc
Ginnis, F. A. Murphy, D. F. Cassidy,
NJ. j. Enright, Jas. Maloney, Thos-
Cosgrove, Jr., Thos Finley, Jr., Jas.
w. O'Brien, E. Hawley, c. w. A.
FLYNN, Albert bingham and Maurice
Mantor. The degree team were in
fine form and rendered the work in
a very impressive manner. Under
good and welfare of the order several
interesting impromptu talks were
listened to, besides two fine piano
selections by brother Jas. P. M. Nc
Ginnis and one of ]. w. Kellys famous
songs sang bg Prof. VIM. Graham
Following the meeting sumptuous'
banquet was served which was thor
oughly enjoyed.
Patrick O'Connor had the misfor-
tune to meet with very painful acci-
dent on May "a, while at work at the,
N. P. foundry. He was working on
small hand crane and got his fingers,
caught in the gearing. Half of the
first finger was taken off and the Sec
ond and third fingers were badly
mangled. He was taken to St. Jo-
seph's hospital, and it was found nee
essary to amputate the second finger
Mr.. O'Connor although suffering con-
siderable from pain of the injured
hand, is getting along quite we'll.
M. ]. REILLY, who bought w. H.
Cleary's interest in the Brainerd
Grocery some time ago, has resigned
as manager of the Brainerd-St. Cloud
ball team and assumed the manage
ment of the. Brainerd Grocery Co. on
June 1st.
The third annual festival of the St.
Benedict Sisters pupils was given on
Monday evening, May %, at the Brain
erd Opera House, and the event was
very interesting one. The program
| was on a more elaborate scale than
| ever this year, and the diversity fur
nished in the numbers gave the
| audience unique performance
throughout Much credit should be
| given Graham's Orchestra which fur
| nished the music for the occasion.
| Miss katherine Fribiger of Duluth
was the accompanist, and was also
| heard to advantage in piano num-
ber. Her playing was distinct fea-
ture of the program. Others who took
part in the entertainment are: Bessie
Murphy, Gladys Kreatz, Genevieve
Brady, Lulu Stirwalt, Rose Brasseau,
Edith Mccullough, Bertha Glunt, Ma
mie Scallen, Joy Brown, Dorothy
Green, Maurel O'Brien, Maggie Gu
neen, Wallace Dodd, Geo. Mccullough,
Thos. McGinnis and Arthur Pillon.
]. ]. N.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03

With the submarine boat and the
torpedo, and submarine mine doing
their work so perfectly, as shown by
the results OF the recent battle in the
Far East, between the Russian and
Japanese fleets, the building of bat.
tleships, costing millions of dollars,
must soon go out OF favor. The aw.
tui waste OF money in t&is direction
has been made plainly evident in the
recent naval contest.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03


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The Irish standard., 1905-06-03

It is indeed pitiable to see to what
extent some Catholic parents go in or
der to marry their sons and daughters
to persons who are members of what
is called society, says the Memphis
Catholic Journal. In most cases the
matches are made with persons who
have neither sense, education, moral
1ty or religion. But they are mem.
bers of society and that satisfies these
poor, unfortunate parents, who in a
few years find that their sons-in-law
and daughters-in-law were in quest of
money and will not even recognize
them outside of their own home. How
unfortunate must be the position of
these parents when the truth dawns
on them.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03

1t is mighty lucky thing for that
black Sea fleet that there was a
Treaty OF Berlin, for were it able to
pass the Dardanelles, and to go to the
Far East, it is more than likely that
1t would meet the same fate that has
Defallen Rojestvensky.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03

were ever with the Old land, and in
1885, he returned to Ireland, and took
up there again his sacerdotal duties.
as well as his great historical re-
searches. No more jealous minister
of religion ever labored in the cure
OF souls committed to his charge than
did the venerable Canon, who has
now entered into his reward.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03

The six members of the Minnesota
ed by the governor last Tuesday. They
are: A. F. Evenson, ST. Peter; T. Thor
son, Glenwood; ]. F. McCargar, Fer
gus Falls; P. B. McManus, Crookston;
w. F. Kelso, Hallock; S. c. Thorson,
Winthrop.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03

The Boer war has long since be-
come a matter of history, Russians
and Japs after somewhat protracted
struggle now seem on the eve of set
Ting their difficulties, but the siege of
Thornapple dam that began ever so
long ago over in Wisconsin still con-
tinues. Many have come and gone
since John Dietz began his wonderful
defense, but the hero of Thornapple
dam cannot hold the fort much longer.
Old age is rounding him up at last and
his enemies see nothing left for him
now but page in history or a place
in the hall of fame.
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03

81 There are 100000 Catholics in
4 New York city, says the NJ. Y. Free
mans Journal. The figures are from
I statistics by the Federation, which,
The Irish standard., 1905-06-03

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Dental election OF 1884. Others nave
asserted that the fact that some OF
his relations were Catholics defeated
him. We are not among those who
would subscribe to any OF these asser-
tlons, and yet the fact that they are
constantly made proves that the Sun
is wrong when it says that the re-
ligious question is not IN the domain
of American politics.
What the Sun says about the nu-
merical Importance of the Catholic
population of the United States is
true. 1t constitutes the largest single
body of religious believers, number.
ing perhaps almost as many as
all the Protestant churches together
Is it not then a peculiar circumstance,
in view of the fact that Catholics con-
stitute such a large portion of the
voters in this country, that not sin
gle governor out of the forty-seven
states in the United States is Catho.
lie, and we believe not single United
States senator is a believer in that
| faith. Is this mere circumstance or
is there some reason for it? We rath
er think that the religious question is
in the domain of American politics
| The Sun says that the leader of the
Democratic party in the city of New
York is a Roman Catholic and that
he is enthusiastically supporting the
present mayor for reelection, who is
] q non.Catholic. All this is true. Cath