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type OF citizen, his death will cause
regret wherever he was known.

Congress last week decided that
cabinet officers and other government
officials are inadequately paid for
their services and proposed Il substan-
tial increase in the salaries paid them
says tho Omaha True Voice. Con-
gressmen, however, did not dare TO in
clude themselves in the list of under
paid officials. Their modesty is COM
hard matter at best TO arrange a sat-
isfactory basis for an increase OF their
salary. AS Congressman Sullivan, OF
Massachusetts, put it, some members
are worth $4,000 Il year and other.
are not worth thousand.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-29

Horace 3. Moore. secretary and
treasurer of the Duluth Board of
Trade, died in that city on Monday
last at the age of SO years He was
mayor Of Duluth in 1856, served as
collector of customs during Mr.. Cleve-
land . hrst term as president, and was
state weighmaster for the Duluth dis
itrict under Governor Lind. Gentle
81 manly IN his bearing towards his fell
loRMan, courteous and obliging, faith
{ fiil$ and painstaking in the perform
anee of any duty assigned him, Mr..
Moore was behaved for his strict in
stsgrity. honest and sincerity Of pur-
POKE IN who had the pleasure of
ilasts,ast qnaintance. "a splendid
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-29
PRESIDENTIAL MISTAKES.

President Roosevelt needs all the
popularity that he has gained to with
stand the shocks that he has recently
been giving to the country. A man
of less forceful character and with a
smaller reputation for accomplishing
things would easily be ruined by lesser
mistakes in Judgment than those which
the president has recently made. His
troops without trial has challenged
the attention of Congress. His threa.
to employ the federal troops to over
awe the people of the sovereign state
of California and to prevent them
from managing their own schools is so
clearly misconception of the power
of the president of the United States
and the constitutional rights of p
state, that the president is not beinA
seriously defended by thinking people
on that score. The submission to Con-
gress of the correspondence leading
up to the dismissal OF Ambassador
Storer has disclosed an intrigue that
is not at all creditablc. 1t reminds
ono of the days of Andrew Jackson
and Martin Van Buren,. Tho distin-
guislcd writer and educator Robert
Ellis Thompson, speaking of this fea-
ture says:
Il do not know what Catholics will
think OF the entire transaction. but
I should not be surprised to find them
resenting the whole of this interfer-
ence as an impertinence. 1t is on &.
level with the attempts of the British
government to control the selection OF
the Archbishop Of Dublin, which came
to such signal grief in the appoint
ment of DR.. Walsh to that dignity.
American Protcstants generally have
high opinion of Dr. Ireland and they
would be pleased to sec more than one
Cardinal among the dignitaries of the
that thirty years ago in The Penn
Monthly" but for our government TO
be asking that Prelates he honorea
because they have been found useful in
carrying out this policy is good for
neither state nor church. 1t is con-
founding of things we all are. agreed to
keep apart" i
We believe that the above expresses
the sentiment Of the large majority
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a convention was recently held IL,
Dies Moines, Ia, which passed reso-
buttons recommending that the lcgls-
luatures in the thirty-seven states
where sessions ara to be held this Will
ter apply to congress to call Il con-
yention for the purpose OF proposing
amendments to the constitution. The
that United States Senators shall b.
elected by the people. Since the adj
mission of Oklahoma it would take
thirty-one legislatures to make it OBJ
ligatory on Congress to take action.
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Though, the majority of the secular
papers in this country are either In
different TO the persecution in France
or ranged on the side of the perse-
cutors (through ignorance. no doubt,
of the true state of the case). there
are some notable exceptions. Several
of the great dailies sympathize with
the Catholics. and look at the outbreak
against the church as altogether UNI
worthy of a country calling itself q
republic. Among these liberal and
enlightened American commentators
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-29

arc THE Press" and THE Inquirer"
of this city; 1.-THE Sum-" Baltimore;
"The Post" Washington; 1.-The Plea
yune." New Orleans, and THE Lead
or" Cleveland There are doubtless
others, but we have only mentioned
those we sec now. 1t is truly gratify-
ing to know that bigotry is {. fast
diminishing quantity in the United
States, says the Catholic Standard and
Times.
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"A Musical Minister is the title
of an interesting little volume from
the pen of the Rev. G. l.. Morrill,. 1t
is sort of an autobiography OF the
musical experience of the we'll known
minister 1t is intensely human and
consequently interesting. 1t has to do
largely with his boyhood life. The boy
whose activities arc therein portrayed
bustling man. Those who know Mr.
Morrill, would be greatly interested in
reading his book.
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1t is rather strange to have Senator
Tillman speaking in the United States
Senate in support of the discharged
Golored troops, while at the same tins
President Roosevelt who has shown
himself to be n friend of the negro,
is fighting earnestly against the :e-
instatement. 1t is the principle in
Rctuate these two earnest, sincere in.
dividuals.
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mcompromising chivalrous defense OF
A woman when attacked by even tho
members of his own cabinet and their
wives, stands out as one OF the finest
OF the fine acts of Andrew Jackson
Thus spoke Il Republican Unite,
identity his purpose was to contrast
that act with the rough method in
which woman was recently cicctcu
from the White House.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-29
THOSE HAPPY DAYS.
Writer Recalls Delights Of His Boy
hood,

Yes, sir! Boyhood's happy days, OF
| course. We know about that. We have
not forgotten the joy of sleeping in an
unfinished loft in winter, when our
breath froze to the bedding and we
had to thaw out with a hot f1atiron
every morning, says the Chicago Daily
| News.
Morning. too! We got up at a. m.
| pitch dark, 4s below zero, and still
going down! We had to get up, hus-
tie out and feed and milk the lowing
herd, curry the rear elevation of the
| family mule, wake the rooster up to
crow, thaw out the pump, chop -four
! cords Of wood and shovel away the
snow to make room for the sun to
! rise!
Sometimes we went to school in the
| winter-not often. Only on the days
when it was too cold and stormy to
go outdoors. Then we sat on a nice
cool board, about so feet from the
stove and gayly blew at our fingers
and picked icicles from our hair. And
as we sat, we listened to a wooden
| image with teachers license as he
handed us misinformation and perma-
nently crippled our intellects.
Then came the merry springtime!
| Rise at $3.50 a. m. More lowing herd!
The herd lowing owing to the supply
Of fodder being low. Then the hired
man, who had hibernated in the forest,
came forth seeking whom he might
! make happy with his presence. And
we, being in need of extra joy, were
| allowed to sleep With this 'woolly hire
ling, who snored like the boom of the
sad sea waves. He was good fell
low, this hired man. He taught us
to chew tobacco and swear. These
gentle pastimes procured US more VIC
lent lickings than any other joy in
our whole young life.
No memory is more loaded with joy
germs than the spring crop working
Can we ever forget the blowing? How
we held the pillow when we had to
reach up with a pike pole to get the
handles; how we drove the old plug
team with the lines around our neck;
how, when the clevis broke, tho mares
walked away with our frail body drag
ging behind by the ears? When dark
ness came we stabbed the plugs and
went forth to milk the brindle heifer
The heifer kicked US across the barn
floor and an old COW obligingly kicked
us back again. Then, when the milk
ing was over, what fun to turn i'll
and teach fool calf to drink! This
acting as dry nurse TO handy
legged calf was one of the most un-
mixed joys Of all. We tied the calf
short, set the bucket in front of him,
got astraddle Of his neck, stuck two
fingers in his mouth, and with the
other hand damned his head into the
pail. And all the time we were empty
ing out abuse on calves in general and
this lop- cared idiot in particular. This
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-29
SWEARING DEE.

| This is a time of year when business
men take inventory and strike a bal
ancc. Tho striking of a balance at
certain periods is necessary in order
to determine whether the business is
being conducted at Il profit or other
wise A practice that is deemed nee
essary in business life ought to be .
| wholesome practice in the private af.
fairs Of every individual. Men should
stop at intervals and seriously con-
slider whether or not their lives are
being conducted at profit to them
selves and to the community, or other
wise. If all people took inventory and
balanced the good against the bad, the
after the first of the year, they have
would be more chance for a real
progress.
The habit of swearing off on New
Years Day, while ridiculed, is to be
commended 1t shows that those maxi
ing the resolutions have taken some
sort of an inventory and have come to
the conclusion that there are some
matters in which their lives could be
bettercd 1t is at least an admission
from them that they are not perfect
and that is something. A person must
know his faults before he can be eX-
pectcd to remove them. Not a large
percentage of those who swear off will
remain true to their new resolutions,
but that is to be expected. When men
swear off there is hope for them. 1t
shows that they arc at least making
some sort of a fight to conduct the
business of their life in better chan
ncls. We think tho habit of swearing
off should be encouraged and that
those who swear off should not be dis
couragcd if they find that. Il few weeks
after the first OF the year, they haye
lapscd back into the old ways. For
such class VIC would advise more fire.
quent inventories and more frequent
resolutions. The habit OF swearing off
might then become Il rule OF life and
he period of resolution would then
be tho rule rather than the exception.
There are many wrecks along tho
paths OF life that might yet yield some
salvage If only IL period of introspec-
ton could be brought into those lives.
There are many, many more who are
going through life without any pur-
pose OF aim; doing nothing good and
yet nothing very bad; simply pawns
upon the chessboard. An inventory III
that class of lives would result in
great good. 1t would show the utter
usefulness of such lives to the persons
themselves. II honestly and sincerely
taken. such an inventory would prove
that the only life worth living is that
which is full of activity; that which
acomplishes something for the possess
SCR and something for tho community,
the state and the nation. Such an in
ventory would teach many who now
spend their time in repining and find
ing fault with their neighbors and
with existing conditions that it would
be far better for them to use their
time i'll accomplishing something. The
successful man Is ever studying how
he can better conditions He is never
satisfied with himself or his accom-
~ -
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Lindsay p. Hicks. the miner recently
rescued after fifteen days entombrnent
in mine, has fully recovered und is
already considering proposals" from
women in various parts of the land.
He also threatens to go OH the stage.
Mr.. Hicks apprecia ton of favors done
irtl has reached the limit of human
endurance. He should be rc-entombed.
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THE REAL ISSUE.


Church i'll France has called forth IL
reply from Premier Clemenceau. The
French government has evidently laid
q we'll considered plan for the UNDER
mining Of religion. 1t first procured
"a law to be passed, which the minis
tiers proclaimed loudly to be provision
for the separation of State and
Church, when as a matter of fact the
law was one which they knew that
the Church could not submit to and
survive. The intention was. no doubt,
to make it appear to the people of the
world that the Catholics of France
were opposing the separation Of State
and Church. 1t was expected that the
enforcement Of the law would create
trouble and the government expected
to place French Catholics in the at
titude of disobeying the laws of their
country. This would form an excuse
for further laws expelling the priests
and bishops from France.
Matters are not working in com {.
plete accordance with that plan. Phys
ical resistance to the law is not being
made but the French Catholics are
appealing to all Christians. They are
showing that the fight that is now be-
ing made is one mot against some
one form of Christianity, but against
all Christianity.
Clemenceau is unwilling to have the
words of his Minister Of Worship,
which We're quoted by Cardinal Glib
bons, go unexplained. The words
which attracted the attention Of the
head Of the French government were
uttered by Briand some time ago.
I'VE have hunted Jesus Christ out
of the schools, out of the universities,
out of the hospitals and asylums, nay.
even out Of the prisons and mad
houses. 1t now remains for us to hunt
Him out of the government Of France >
1t will be noted that this is not an
attack upon the Catholic Church
alone, but upon Christianity in every
form. In Some quarters, no doubt, the
hunting" of the Catholic Church out
OF France would be welcomed THE
French Ministers expressed the true
sentiment of the Masonic Hebrew and
socialist combination that is now in
control in France. 1t Is not Catholicity
alone that they are fighting. They are
fighting the battle of irreligion. They
want to drive Christianity out of the
hearts of the French people. The at
, tack. of course, is directed against the
Catholic Church, because that is the
Church Of practically the whole French
nation, but they are not fighting
against the Catholic Church, in order
that it may be replaced by any other
form of Christianity. They want 70
give the materialistic ideas, which are
just now so popular in that country,
full sway. @
Clemenceau, therefore, views with
some alarm the statement of Cardinal
Gibbons, in which he places before the
American people SO clearly the real
object of the present campaign against
the Church. =
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-29

On Wednesday last Michael Foley,
q resident of Fort Dodge, Iowa, since
1858, died there at the age of 50 years.
IT was Michael Foley, almost forty
years ago. who Quarried the rock for
the Cardiff Giant" and made the Iowa
town famous.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-29

The naval onlcer on watch got an
cry about something. Rushing to this
speaking tube he yelled to: one Of the
men below,
is there a foolish idiot at the end
Of this tube?"
Not at this end. sir" was the mild
reply.
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-04-05

Why was it that Art Allen Topped
SO quickly from the anti-machine to
the machine? The only solution to
this problem that we have been able to
discover is that he had an itching to
secure the nomination and election to
the office of state auditor and in fact
his brother Charlie had this all nicely
planned out. OF course Charlie wanted
to hold the postoffice and must lend
his strength to the machine in order to
ecu endorsement from kittredge.
About a year ago Art became convinced
that there would be a revolt in Brook
ings county as a result Of the machine
methods which he proclaimed as being
rotten" He believed that by estab-
fishing himself as an advocate OF re-
form within the party he would be able
to secure the support Of the Brookings
county delegation to the state conven-
ton in his interests, if the anti-ma-
chine element won out and he was
certain it would. Charlie would sup
port the machine and which ever way
it went one of the brothers were bound
to win-either the p~ostOtfice or the
state authorship. Now ''this looked
mighty good' to the brothers. But
lolNSo "lIt outoiNiO vi JCiooh-
ings county, as well as here at home,
demanded that Philo Hall enter the
field as a candidate for congressman.
Art Allen vas a riOtous, rantankerous
insurgent up to that time, but when
he realized that both he and MIR. Hall
could not possibly expect nomination
from Brookings county he at once
lost interest in the anti-machine move
ment and turned a back summersault,
lighting on the other side of the fence
and as usual became a pliable tool for
his brother to mould and twist into
shape as best suited the machine.
OF course he will get his portion of the
corruption fund which is being dis
tributed by the machine chairman of
the state central committee and will
attempt to justify his action. 1t is
not the first time Art has been used to
pull chestnuts out Of the fire and his
fingers ought to be pretty we'll case
hardened by this time. He is to be
pitied rather than censured.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-04-05
Argus-Leader Has a Fit

During the whole of last week."
says the South Dakota Ekko, "the
Argus-Leader has suffered from hys-
teric fits, our attack after another and
all on account of the Scandinavian
State League. We do not understand
why the machine organ demeans it.
self in this manner if it really be true
al the paper would like to have us
believe that the Kittredge machine is
the political guardian of the Scandi-
navians. To what end these Mysteries
when there is NO danger at hand, dear
colleague? Would it not be more cor
rect to explain to the readers that five
members Of the Kittredge machine
five lieutenant bosses, of which two
are railroad attorneys-these five men
had a meeting last fall in the Cataract
hotel and then and there discharged
our countryman, Mr.. o. s. Swenson
as warden OF the penitentiary, and at
the same time agreed upon the candi-
dates to be presented by the machine
before the next state convention. Pray,
dear colleague, do not talk out OF your
head ."-Syd Dakota Ekko, March 30,
1906.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-04-05

OF course this don't apply to Brook
lngs county: public Opinion in its
issue of March Ii remarked that some
supply houses are in the habit of offer
ing commissions to county purchasing
agents, when business cannot other
wise be secured. The item was general
in its application, having no reference
to any particular county, but it seems
to have created great excitement over
at the COdingtOn county court house.
People who are entirely innocent of
wrong-doing do not usually become
super-sensitive Ove either public or
private criticisms of business customs
that ought not to be tolerated for a
moment in any enlightened commun-
ity. Public Opinion has information
sustaining what it said in it's editorial
OF the 10Th, and it will add that if any
county has been paying high prices
for supplies the chances are that the
purchasing agent has been getting a
rake off" on the side. If this be
treason-well, let it stand Public
Opinion.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-04-05

resignation of Prof. Walters as CITY

resignation of Prof. Walters as city
superintendent would be forthcoming.
The proposition was accepted and the
board adjourned. This paper has
since been informed that steps have
been taken by those representing the
machine" in this city to carry this
question of difference up to the people
at the city election, with the evident
desire to be able to control the city
school board and make it a factional
political factor. This paper is not
disposed to avoid a contest where the
issues are based on any proper grounds,
but if this be true, it deplores the fact
that these people hold partisanship to
be above and superior to the welfare of
u city and its schools. Our educa-
tiOnal affairs should be entirely re-
moved from partisan politics-only
the best men available should be Sc
lected as members Of our school board
and this done regardless of their poll
teal affiliations. Our educational in
terests are too important to become
the spoils politicians or Of any click
or clan and this paper goes on record
as being opposed to any kind Of a
scheme Of politics that will involve
our public schools. Select only the
best men, men on whom you "a de-
pend to represent your interests and
don't let blind p]artisanship get the
better OF your judgment.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-04-05

This paper is in favor of having
a straight anti-pass law placed in force
in this state. Do thinking Republic
cans believe that machine politicians
would allow such an enactment to pass
when they know that it would deprive
them of one of their greatest assistants
to secure Legislation favorable to their
interests and the interests of the BAN
ded corporations? This paper is in
favor Of a primary election law. Does
the rank and file of the Republican
party believe that machine politicians
would favor such a measure knowing
that it would prevent them in apply
ing machine methods to every. enact
ment and would relegate machine tao
tics without the party? This paper
is in favor OF having members of the
Board of State Regents Of Education
elected by the people and havingevery
state educational institution in charge
OF a resident regent. Do you think the
machine would favor such a legislation
when it would deprive them OF n OF
their greatest leavers to further their
control OF the political machinery of
the state? This paper does not
believe the parctical politicians who
now control the Republican party of
South Dakoa are sincere in their Pied
ges to the people. These pledges are
half-hearted and we believe if these
men are continued in power the party
will certainly regret that they did not
heed the warnings given by many
loyal Republicans who have nothing
but the welfare OF the party in mind
and at heart.