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The Irish standard., 1907-06-15

was formed and they marched through
the principal streets. after which a
public meeting was held at the opera
house. where addresses were made by
P. H. Martin of Duluth, high chief
ranger: A. j. Eckstein of New Uln,
vice chief ranger; G. w. Stenger, state
secretary, of st. Paul. and Senator j.
A. Collier of Shakopee. high trustee.
Several business sessions were held
during the afternoon and evening An
exhibition run was made by the Fari-
bault fire department in the evening,
followed by a band concert in the
park. Thursday the entire day was
devoted to business sessions and the
convention closed in the evening.
Election of officers took place Thurs
day morning with the following re-
suits: P. H. Martin, high chief ranger;
Andrew ]. Ecksten, vice chief ranger:
Geo. w. Stenger. state secretary;
Henry Vondermeyer. state treasurer
Little Falls was chosen as the place Of
holding the convention in 1909.
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15

his eyes Men who pay to see a
baseball game are not supposed to love
the umpire any more than people who
try law suit are supposed to enter
tain the Judge at dinner or to send
valuable presents to his daughter.
We kind of like that part Of the
baseball game. If players never ques-
toner the umpire we would have a
sneaking suspicion that the whole
thing was fixed up. but when we see
enraged players escorted by two or
three policemen outside the grounds
We are convinced either that there was
no agreement about the game or that
somebody went back on his word. The
players are all right. but the fellows
who sit in the grand stand and throw
empty pop bottles are the ones to be
criticised. They are neither sports
men nor brave. They hide in a crowd
and escape the penalty which is in
f'icted upon the player for doing a
great deal less.
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15

ing, and after some preliminary BUSH
ness the delegates proceeded to the
Cathedral. where high mass was cele-
brated and Rev. j. H. Gaushan of Red
Wing preached the sermon. Requiem
mass was celebrated at the Cathedral!
at o'clock Friday morning. Sessions
were held morning and afternoon. Be-
sides the reports and business matters
the following papers We're read:
Thursday Afternoon - Presidents
! Address; The Temperance Movement
in Germany" A. Meyer, st. Paul semi
nary.
Friday Morning - prohibition in
North Dakota" Rev. j. B. Mcdonald,
Grafton, N. D.; The Medical Treat
ment of Inebriety," L. F. Ryan, St.
Paul seminary.
Friday Afternoon-"Juvenile Delin-
quency and Inebriety," A. L. Graves,
probation officer, ST. Paul.
The entertainment features included:
Recitation. Rose McMahon; song, ST.
Vincent pupils: song, Florence Dohl ::
recitation, Charles Ackerman: chorus,
temperance cadets; song, Miss Dolores
Haas; recitation, Alber. Westfall
recitation, Elizabeth Sullivan
Mccain and Dexter Hamilton.
The most interesting feature of the
presidents address at the Thursday
afternoon session of the Catholic
| Total Abstinence union of the arch
diocese of st. Paul. was the descrip-
ton of the organization of society
among the Sioux Indians near Devils
Lake last summer. Two delegates Of
the society. which numbers 46. We're in
attendance at the convention. They
represented the first Catholic Total
Abstinence society among the Indians
in America.
The convention closed with a public
meeting Friday evening. Rev. ]. NJ.
Reardon presided and an address was
delivered by Rev. NJ. j. Egan. The
program included a song by quartet
composed of Mrs. S. S. Hesselgrave.
Miss Florence Petch. Alfred Soucheray
and Frank l.. Hoffman; solos by Miss
Petch and Mr.. Hoffman: a violin solo
by Claude Madden and recitations by
Miss Mabel Smith, Miss Catherine
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15
SENATOR MORGAN.

With the death of Senator Morgan
Of Alabama. the South. if not the en-
tire country, has lost it's most intel
lectual representative in Congress. He
was from most points of view the
greatest man that has been in Con-
gress in the last generation. That he
knew more about public affairs than
any other United States senator
would. we think, be readily granted
by any member of that body. He had
at his fingers ends everything con-
nected with the legislative branch of
our government. He was a strong man
when he entered the Senate and MS
thirty years experience connected with
his studious nature made him a verit-
able encyclopedia. In recent years
his strength would not allow him to
engage in a lengthy debate, but his
opinion and his knowledge was con-
stantly sought by the Senate and by
Presidents even of the opposite party
school. He never undertook anything
in legislative way without first
thinking of it in the light of the Con-
sttution. Back to the Constitution
was his constant cry. He will be best
remembered for his work on inter-
oceanic canals. He knew everything
that there was to know on that quee-
ton. He made long and brave fight
for the Nicaragua canal but Congress
decided for Panama. Whether Sem
ator Morgan was right or wrong the
future will have to decide.
Senator Morgan in recent years was
often found voting on the Republican
side, as his Republican colea que Hoar
of Massachusetts was often found on
the Democratic side Morgan was a
staunch Democrat and Hoar was A
staunch Republican, but both men
We're statesmen before they were poll
ticians. Morgan has at times been ac-
cused of being untrue to the Demo-
cratic party. Hnar before his death
was similarly accused by the Repuh-
Leans. No truer Democrat ever lived
than John T. Morgan of Alabama. Few
men have ever occupied a seat in the
United States Senate possessed of so
much varied information. Since the
close of the war he has done all that
a man could do to heal over the
wounds of that struggle Alabama will
have hard task to find man to fill
his place.
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15
BE FAIR TO THE PLAYERS,

An injustice is done to professional
baseball players. II one Of them ques-
lions the decisions of an umpire and
argues his point he is called rowdy
by the crowd if he belongs to the
visiting team. Baseball is a strenuous
American game. The fact that men
playing year after year for salaries are
so deadly in earnest as to take a
chance Of being thrown out Of the
grounds by the hostile crowd or lose
800 in fines off their salary. shows
how deadly in earnest the game is 1t
is an evidence of the honesty of Ameri-
can baseball. Do you suppose that
the fellows who sit in the front rows
in the grandstand could play the game
without ever questioning the decision
of an umpire? The umpire's position
is not an agreeable one. but he is paid
for doing that work and is it any won-
der that players occasionally whisper
to him that there is "a tin roof over
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15
Met at Prescott, Wis.

Prescott. Wis June 14.-The FOUR
teenth annual reunion of the st. croix
Valley Veterans association was held
in this city Wednesday and Thursday.
The campfire Wednesday night con.
sisted of a musical and literary enter.
tainn1ent by splendid home talent and
an address by ex-Gov. S. R. Van SAINT
of Minnesota. In the early part Of
the exercises Mayor Harris, in we'll
chosen words, extended greeting and
the freedom of the city to the vet,
Grams. Among those from the outside
who delivered addresses at the opera
house on the second day were Mayor
Hawkins of New Richmond, and Rev.
Father O'Toole of Ellsworth William
o'Brien Of Minneapolis also contrib
uted to the pleasures of the occasion.
The fourteenth reunion was a success
from every point of view.
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15

If the papers do not look out they
will make a grand hero out of that
wholesale murderer. liar, thief and all
around scoundrel, Harry Orchard. A
sure indication of his utter Qepravity
is his protested religion at the pres
ent time. Anyone who has ever had
experience with thorough criminals
knows that that is one of the first
things they do when they get behind
the bars.
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15

Dowie's religion and business at Zion
City, near Chicago, are to be sold at
auction, says the Wichita Kan. Catho-
lie Advance. The highest bidder gets
the prize. The people who followed
Dowie are not to be sold. They We're
sold when Dowie got hold of them and
he bought them cheap and made money
on them. The near-s sighted public who
have no religion need not be lonesome
as Dowies religion making business
will be taken up by other designers
and flnishers. The Holy Rollers and
the Holy Jumpers are still claiming
patients and infesting small towns but
the Holy Kickers whom Dowie left
will not follow his successor. What
fools we mortals bel" 1t is an axiom
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15
CATHOLIC ORDER FoREsTERs.
Eighth Biennial State Convention Held
in FaribauIt.

The largest and most successful
of Foresters yet held in Minnesota as
sembled in Faribault on the 18th and
closed it's sessions on the 18th inst.
Armory hall had been engaged for the
occasion. Here the delegates from the
various socities formed in line at TO- As
a. m. Tuesday and marched to the
Church of the Immaculate Conception.
where Pontifcial high mass was cele-
brated at II o'clock. At 1925 80 o'clock
the delegates met in Armory hall ane
after brief session adjourned for din
ner. The second session began at 2
p. m. with an address of welcome by
Mayor George L. Smith Chief Ranger
Mcmahon followed in turn and other
addresses were delivered by Rev.
Fathers Slevin. Elshorst and Monge.
High Chief Ranger P. H. Martin re-
sponded. Thereafter the report of
committee on credentials was received
ana the convention organized Tor DuSl-
ness.
The committee on ARRANGEMENTS
comprised DR.. P. A. Smith, chairman
Albert Ochs. M. L. Payant. W. F.
Lynch. ]. P. O'Neil. Charles Caron and
Martin Better.
In the neighborhood of $50 courts
were represented. The total number
Of members May was 1913. Bal
anec on hand was s57,56232.
The second days session of the
Catholic Order of Foresters was most
ly devoted to hearing minor reports.
Wednesday morning the delegates in
body attended requiem high mass
at the French Catholic church, after
which they were given a ride about
the city. In the afternoon a parade
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15
ST. PAUL..

The twenty-second annual COM
mencement exercises of Saint Thomas
college were held Thursday, June 18th.
at $3.50 p. M. in the ST. Paul Seminary
hall.
The graduates We're: Joseph A.
Hannah. Leo ORourke. James Rogers,
Edward Lilly, Charles Haas. Lea Glea-
son, John Holland, Francis Pelant,
Francis Kelly and James Porought
Pupils of the violin and elocution de-
partments gave recital at st. Agatha's
conservatory Thursday evening of last
week. The recital hall was prettily
decorated with lilacs and palms. and
the program was perfect in every de-
tail. The soloists were c. Vuena. NJ
Seers and V. Thorne, all of whom
played with taste, splendid tone color
and technical facility. The dramatic
numbers We're given by A. Golden, c.
Knutzen and E. Headman. The others
who appeared were H. Sudor, S. Nov
otny, l. Zalk. T. Wagner, A. Rosen-
bloom, L. Wagner, P. Snyder, G.
O'Leary and E. Anfang. Glare Nc
Connolong was the accompanist.
The city hall has a baseball team
which will play it's first game satur-
day at Lexington park against the
Minneapolis city hall team. Stan Dom
nelly. Jr., stenographer in the county
attorneys office. has been selected to
captain the team. Arthur Bigue CT the
probate court will manage the nine
Three games are scheduled with Min
neapolis. but the first. next Saturday
afternoon. will be free of charge.
The marriage of Miss Alma Lauretta
Lowe, daughter of Mrs. John Lowe, to
D. w. Fitzpatrick. Missoula. Mont.
took place Tuesday morning at the
Cathedral. Rev. ]. j. Lawler read the
marriage service. Miss Sadie Lowe,
sister Of the bride. was maid of honor
j. P. Coleman, Minneapolis. attended
the groom. Miss Alice Butler and Miss
Sadie O'Connor were bridesmaids.
The ushers We're Robt. D. McNalley.
Chicago. and Jas. Murphy. A we'd
ding breakfast at the brides home.
Summit ave, followed the ceremony.
The Regain Clarke Clothing COM
pany's team has organized for the sea-
son and would like to hear from any
twelve or thirty-year- teams in
or out of the city. The lineup: Will
liam Regain. IF; P. Kenney. PISS: r.
Kennedy. c: H. Whitbore, ss-3b: E.
Niessen. If: NJ. Mattson, pet; j. Tier
ney. 1b: j. Scanlon. 3b. For games ad-
dress William Regain. manager, 24s
Louis street. Phone n. w. Dale 1886
J2.
John Gallagher, a pioneer of the city.
who recently moved to Seattle with
his family died there last week. His
remains were brought to this city Sun
day and the funeral took place from
the undertaking rooms of O'Halloran
& Murphy. The interment was at
Calvary cemetery. Mr.. Gallagher was
sixty nine years old.
| The class of 'o6. Cretin high school,
i entertained the class of OF at a ban
quet in the Commercial club rooms
Saturday evening. Covers We're set for
seventy Ave President of class of '06.
Roman Schumacher. welcomed the
class of OF. VIM. Burg. president Of
class Of 'o7. responded to the welcome.
| Bro. Ambrose then announced the
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15

Our American secular editors are
casting about for some explanation of
the searens strike in France. says the
Providence. r. l., Visitor. For. after
all. the strike is really rebellion
against the government-in our own
country it would be regarded as a
mutiny in, the navy. Had our news
papers any source of information con-
corning the march of events in France
other than the Associated Press dis
patches they would know that the
Socialists in France are not at all
pleased at the ungracious treatment
they have received at the hands of the
Clemenceau cabinet. Who can blame
them? Have they not been the main
stay of the French ministry since the
war against the Catholic Church was
begun? Hence they may not be cast
aside with in1runity.
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15

The present city administration has
already gained the reputation for
quiet and effective work. 1t will soon
have an opportunity to add to that
reputation by doing quiet and effective
work on the Fourth of July. The chill
dren ought to have an opportunity to
enjoy themselves in the way that
their fathers and mothers did, but the
matchmaking, death dealing contriv-
ances Of modern years should he pro-
hibited. We hope the administration
will put the lid on.
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15

claring war The Progressive Party
in Japan is now doing just what the
administrations. We ought to under
stand the situation and pay no par
ticular attention to it. There is Moth
ing that compares with war scare
as political asset and the little Japs
appear to understand that proposition
thoroughly.
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15

Mrs. Charlotte Stevens. we'll and
favorably known in this community,
where she had lived for forty years,
died at the family residence. 2O6 w.
Lake ST., on the 9Th inst. She was
the respected wife Of our esteemed
townsman, Edward A. Stevens, at
torney, who in the early history OF
Minneapolis was actively engaged in
newspaper life. Thus bereaved. the
Irish Standard extends the hand of
sympathy and sincerely condoles with
Mr. Stevens in the loss he has sus-
tanned by the death of his beloved wife
and helpmate.
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15
James FIoody Passes Away.

James Floody, aged 10 years, died at
Trimbelle, Wis, on Tuesday last after
a long illness. Decea sed was bYn in
Ireland, coming to this country in
1S47. He had been resident Of Wis
consin since 1866. His wife, four sons
and two daughters survive him. The
funeral took place from st. Joseph's
church, Prescott, Thursday morning,
and his remains were laid away to
rest in the Catholic cemetery near
that place.
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15
JAPANESE LIMOGES.

1t appears that they have iingoes in
Japan as we'll as in this country. A
lot nf them over there are ENJOYING
themselves these days by urging the
government to mix ND with the Unit
ed States. 1t seems as though the
Jars have learned the political game.
The party out Of power is always try
ing to get in power by telling the par
ty in power how incompetent it is.
There is party in Japan urging
the Japanese government to bring the
United States to time for the assaults
alleged to have been committed recent
~ upon Japanese restaurant keepers In
the city of San Francisco. This talk
is meant for political effect. There
Is probably not one bit of danger of
war. Americans ought to understand
the trick for they have played it many
years themselves.
1t is not many years ago when the
Republican party and the Republican
press were GTOdnlnS over what thew
asserted to be the lamentable weakness
of Grover Cleveland in his course to-
ward Hawaii They We're utterine
then such stuff as this, ooh, for one
hour Of Republican President. What
would Blaine do if he were secretary
OF state. And a little later thew got
terribly excited over the mix-up be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States in the Venezuela affair 1t will
be remembered how the Republicans
urged Grover to twist the lions tall
and then in the last months of his
administration how they shed crocc-
ollie tears over poor suffering Cuba
and pictured for political effect the
terrible cruelties of the Spaniards,
They severely criticised Cleveland for
his so-called weak foreign policy. The
Republicans won the next election but
they waited for the Maine to be blown
up and even then hesitated before de-
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15

James Delaney, who is probably the
dean Of the letter carried service in
the United States. having been APP
pointed by Postmaster Fowler in 1851,
and is now SO years of age, thinks it
is time he took a long needed rest
says the New York Irish American.
He expects to resign on July 8. He
came here from Ireland in 1887. and
when he was appointed the letter
carriers We're not salaried but collect
ed on letters delivered. They wore no
uniforms. Some letter carriers made
as much as $4,000 year He took
letters to the district marked by Do
Yer, Oliver and Cherry streets and
made about $4,000 a year In 1852 the
letter carriers were made salaried
men at $1,000 year and put in uni
forms. He is stationed at Station F.,
at Twenty eighth street and Third
avenue. He lives at 217 East Twen-
ty-eighth street with his daughter He
will get no pension. but as he has
been Of saving disposition he will not
want in his old age
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15

president Roosevelt is apparently
mistaken in his wise resolve to resist
the flattery of third nomination"
says the Boston Pilot. 1T has beer.
often stated since his incoming that
on his retirement he would take the
presidency Of Harvard university.
Secretary Loeb. however. makes un-
qualified denial of the last phase Of
that statement. Those closest to the
President believe that after his prcs-
ent term has expired. and he has re-.
freshed himself from the cares Of of.
fee by protracted tour of Europe
after the manner Of ex- President
Grant, he will re-appear in public as
United States senator from New York
President Roosevelt will be only 81
in 1909; and there is much reason to
believe that his strenuous spirit will
be felt in American political life for
at least a quarter Of century longer.
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15
WAS COLOR LINE DRAWN
During the South Side High School
Graduating Exercises?

In an article referring to the grad
uating exercises of the South Side
high school, which appeared in the
Minneapolis morning Tribune Of June
6, the statement is made that Timothy
George Flynn absolutely refused to sit
beside Lima Korine Smith, a colored
girl and a member of the class The
following paragraph also appeared:
"Dr. c. M. Jordan, superintendent
of schools. was notified and he direct
ed that the boy sit in the designated
place or not appear upon the platform.
When this order was received by the
boys of the class, an entirely unex-
pected complexion was placed on the
affair, by their unanimous refusal to
appear on the platform without the
Flynn boy
The following letter bearing on the
matter has been forwarded the Irish
Standard for publication:
Minneapolis. Mimi. June 10, 1907.
Editor Irish Standard:
Dear Sir-Enclosed you will find an
item taken from the Minneapolis
morning Tribune of Thursday, June
9Th, 1907.
Now. Mr.. Editor, made it my
business to solve the truth of this color
line affair and here are the facts.
Timothy George Flynn is the young
man the Tribune says started the
trouble, because he would not sit mex,
to the colored lady referred to in the
South Side high school graduating ex-
ercises held at Swedish Tabernacle
Tuesday evening. June 4th 1907 Tim
othy George Flynn respected the col
ored lady and never questioned her
company.
His class mates entertained a great
deal of foolish talk by calling Mr..
Flynn's attention to the fact that his
seat was next to the colored lady re-
ferred to. This foolish and insulting
talk of course did not entertain Mr..
Flynn. Besides this foolish and insult
ing talk did not show respect for the
bright learned colored lady. Mr..
Flynn, after hearing so much joke talk
concerning himself, felt he could not
do justice to himself and entertain
the colored lady with his presence. he
declined the seat.
Now, the writer wants to inform the
Tribune that Timothy George Flynn
took no part to disgrace the gradual
ing exercises of the South Side school.
The disgraceful affair has been kept
very quiet on the South Side.
The writer of the above letter well
comes any person to question the truth
written above.
Yours truly,
FAIR PLAY.
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15

1.-THE time is ripe to make for Ireland
an asset which cannot be torn from
her; to cease to whine al the gates of
our tyrants; to quit begging as Lag
arus crumb from the table of our
political Dives: to stand up and give
in kind as we get: to refuse to buy
English made goods: to abstain from
using tax revenue producing commod-
tiles; to fail to furnish a single recruit
for English service, naval or military;
to decry to the limit of passive re-
sistance all obnoxious measures Of
English laws constituted without Irish
consent or authority; to settle dis
pl1es by friendly arbitration and to
furnish no opportunity to hostile
courts to adjudicate on matters Of do
lnestic concern. All these and more
are the weapons with which to carry
on the struggle for Irelands liberty"
says the Catholic Union and Times.
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15

as old as humanity that one values
most that which costs him the most,
which leads one to believe that those
who never pay for the support of their
church care very little for their church,
and experience justfes the contention.
The Irish standard., 1907-06-15
TOTAL ABSTAlNERs.
Gather in St. Paul in Large Numbers
Thursday and Friday.

The thirty-sixth annual convention
of the Catholic Total Abstinence I'm
ion of the Archdiocese of st. Paul
was held at the old state capitol and
was largely attended. Rev. ]. NJ. Rear
don. the president. called the meeting
to order at 10 o'clock Thursday morn.