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The Irish standard., 1907-07-06
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Morgan J. O'Brien, formerly one of
the Supreme Judges of the State of
New York in a recent interview ex-
pressed 1t as his opinion that the
Democrats Of the country should re-
turn to the tariff issue. Since his
retirement from the Supreme bench.
Mr.. O'Brien has been active in trying
to bring about a condition of affairs
able the different factions there to
unite. Since 1894 the Democrats of
the Empire State have been so torn
up that they have been unable to car
ry a single election, although prior
to that time New York was more
often Democratic than Republican. The
condition of the party in that state
has been such that no matter how
much factionalism there was in the
Republican party. nor how weak
candidate was nominated for Cover
nor. the Democrats could not sue
coed. Mr.. OBrien makes the very
apparent observation that the only
hope Of Democratic success lies in
uniting on some platform to which all
Democrats can subscribe.
The Democratic party as at present
constituted: is composed of a number
of factions who are as far apart as
can we'll be ina gined. 1t is question
able whether if Democrats should
unite at the present time and secure
office the party could accomplish any
thing creditable to itself or beneficial
to the country. The views of Demo-
Gratis are so diverse as to what the
country most needs that it would be
tial cabinet from the leading Demo-
Gratis of the country without having
warning factions in that cabinet. If
the Republican party should commit
some blunder so great that the people
could not return 1t to power. we doubt
whether Democrats could unite upon
al! pioSioH 1HS-S HdNS HUI even
been a strong opposition party for
the last fifteen years. Under such
conditions it is Impossible to suppose
that they would be able to initiate leg
islation. Under conditions as they
now exist Democrats who really have
the interests of the old party at heart
will be just as we'll pleased to wait
until such time as there is a re-
turn to Democratic principles and the
organization of fighting Democrat
ic party.
If the Democrats We're placed in
power in the nation today they would
be in much the same position as the
Liberals in England are. There would
be several factions, each with is own
hobby and one unable to subscribe to
the hobby Of the other. Conditions
which will make it desirable to have
change of parties in control of the
Federal government will undoubtedly
also produce the party able and wor-
thy to assume the responsibility.
When there is urgent need of a lead
er in the Democratic party upon whom
all calling themselves Democrats can
unite, that leader will doubtless be on
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06

Never was that significant phrase.
"The Irish are going with a VEN
geance," uttered by the London Times
years ago. so realistically and morally
as far as the Brosna, Castleisland and
other East Kerry districts are con-
cerned This year, fguratively speak
ing, the very main arteries of the ma
tons life blood have been severed in
those districts. and the exodus of emil
grants, even up to the present time.
has been steady and appalling
The proportion of the Irish section in
the population of the United States is
I of interest At the 1900 census, 1879
469 out of the 1o,46O,Os5 foreign born
population of the United States were
Irish. The largest section is the Ger
man, which numbered a million more
than the Irish, 2,669,164, to be exact
Only S43,491 were English and 234,se9
Scotch. Taking that section of the
population which is of foreign birth or
:parentage, a total of 26,1ss,93a Cone
third of the whole population), the
German element is again first with
a7,S32,6s1, and the Irish second with
s4,ss1,o47. Only 2,146,271 are of Eng
fish parentage. In 1906 there were
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06
WAS A HEROINE.
An Episode Of Irish History Which is
But Little Known.

But Little Known.
When Harry Monro. the brave and
gentle Lisburn man, too brave and
too honorable to be successful against
remorseless and interruptions foes, led
his little band Of Northern United
Irishmen to Windmill Hill, above the
village Of Ballinahinch. County Down.
he was Joined by many who had not
been members Of the organization, but
who had been driven to take the field
by the ruthless barbarism Of the
''wreckers" and the Yeos, says The
Irish Weekly Of Belfast. Ireland. But
the majority Of the doomed Irish army
had long been sworn into the ranks
Of the great organization. Most Of
them were rigid Presbyterians.
Among the young and ardent Prot
estants who rallied to Monro at the
outset were two young men who were
bound together by closest ties Of friend
ship. George Grey and William Boal
Grey was the son Of a wealthy Down
farmer, whose only other child was the
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06

which are forbidden to locomotives on
railroad tracks within corporate linn
its. The time has already come in
European countries Americans ac-
customed to run over people must pay
the penalty at the hands of an enraged
populace. Perhaps that will be the
solution here. Something can be done
and is being done by the sane por-
ton Of the automobile owners, but
there is room for improvement from
that source also.
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06

Thos. w. Lawson offered $1,000 some
time ago to the person who would dis
as outlined by him in Friday, the
Thirteenth" Now some poor guleless
Quaker in Philadelphia has gone bank
rupt through following the methods of
the famous frenzied t1nancier. Will
he get the $4,000? asks the San Fran
cisco Monitor.
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06
The South has found a new way

The South has found a new way of
settling matters Of honor between gen.
temen. Heretofore the pistol. backed
up by good old Southern beverage has
been the arbiter. Now the Southern
gentlemen are taking to religion in
stead of whiskey. Governor Vardaman
of Mississippi was taken with a sud-
den attack while listening to the ex-
hortations of Evangelist j. o. Case
Soon after the Governors seeing of
the light another prominent politician
a manufacturer of Jackson. Miss.
went to the front and told the exhort-
er that he wanted to make friends
with former Mayor Hemingway.
whose political enemy he had been
for years. Hemingway was sent for
There We're 5000 people present when
the ex-Mayor appeared. He marched
straight to the pulpit and there the
two men grasped hands and knelt
while the people Numbered applause
This is a spectacular way Of settling
little matters of honor and less dan
gerous than the old way. 1t is a little
hard on religion, but 1t is good for the
participants.
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06
THE POPE SAYS MASS.
A Pen Picture Of the Holy Father at
the Altar.

"A Fen Picture OF the Holy Father at
the Altar.
"A slight storm and a lot Of rain
had cooled, not to say chilled, the
weather, and whitsunday broke clear
and fresh, says the New World.
From an early hour there might
have been seen on the deserted Bridge
of the Angels or in the empty Borgo
small groups of two or three hurry
ing in the direction of st. Peters,
their dress and the earliness of the
hour denoting that they were going to
hear His Holiness Mass. Those who
enjoyed that privilege for the first
time will not easily forget Whitsunday.
1907. Yet the calm-faced Swiss in
their picturesque costumes, within the
time-honored great bronze doors. to
whom such things were matters of
daily occurrence, seemed quite heed
less Of the excited expectancy of most
Of the black-robed figures that passed,
and motioned them upstairs with the
same everyday air Of imperturability.
Across the cortile of S. Damaso. where
the great clock points to 10 past 6. up
the magnificent Scala Regia. where the
two Princes Of the Apostles smile be-
nignly down from their radiant STAIN
ed-glass window, then through into the
Loggia. where group of red-clad at
tendants receive us, and we are ush-
cred into the great room. prepared as
a chapel. The prevailing hue of every
thing seems red, the color of the Feast;
the walls are covered with red dan1ask.
over which are hung magnificent ia
pestries; the benches and seats are
red, quickly filling with black-robed
throng. The altar stands high between
the two great windows. yelled With
soft red silk curtains. through which
the morning light falls softly. A couple
of purple-clad figures move about the
altar. completing the preparations for
the great Sacrifice.
"a few moments more and then
slight movement at the door tells us
the Holy Father has come. Attended
by Mons. Bressan, Monsgr. Santo-
paolo and two other monsignori, he
passed silently and quickly up the mar
row passage between the benches, the
dominant white note in this harmony
of red and black and purple. He
held himself erect. and something in
his bearing made one realize the hid
den force, gentle, too, but strong, of
his great personality. In the front
bench knelt his sisters, quiet, simple
women, to whom the great dignity to
which their brother had been raised
has meant a great sacrifice, for was
he not their 'Beppo,' and now the
world had taken him and claimed him
for universal Father, and they may
come only once a week to hear his
Mass and receive communion from his
hand as they were wont to do every
day in the old times in dear beautiful
Venice.
with no mere ceremony than the
Low Mass of any Bishop Cor scarcely
as much), the Holy Father vested.
and in a magnificent red chasuble.
glittering with Jewels and gold en-
broidery. HIS Holiness commenced the
Great Sacrifice. His voice, though
n a " u
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06

If Governor Hughes Of New York
to shut him out of the running at the
next Republican convention. Without
being an extremist without any play
working out and solving the problems
that come before him. His work as
governor Of New York bears striking
land went about the job.
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06

President Roosevelts choice Of Mr..
Michael E. Bannin, the Well-known
Irish American merchant of this city,
for member of the Indian commission
is one that will specially please a Very
large number irrespective Of party, and
give to the guardianship of the rights
of the Indian a man of ripe business
experience and true philanthropic zeal
for their betterment in every way. says
the New York Irish American.
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06

4s.4s1 immigrants from England, and
34,995 from Ireland, as against 273,120
from Italy 2s5,13s from Austria Hun
gary, 2l5.665 from Russia and 1854
from Germany.
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06

Visitor (to artists young wife,
Whatever were you two laughing over
just now?
Wife-Oh, it was such fun! NV
husband painted and I cooked, and
then we both guessed what the things
were meant for:
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06

heroine whose name is RENE nbered
and whose story is told by the peas.
ants Of her native county today with
as much pride and reverence as the
French feel in the memory of their
own immortal heroine. No history Of
Ireland can be looked upon as complete
which does not include the tale OF
bravery and sacrifices, and sad fate Of
Betsy Grey.
The Down farmers daughter was IS
when the Rising" took place. All
the contemporary records agree with
the traditions of the peasantry in de-
scrihing her as beautiful. accomplished.
warm hearted and charitable. That she
was brave as ever woman was, and
true as tempered steel. the terrible
events Of her last days proved full
we'll. Long before the call to arms
her sympathy with the popular cause
had endeared her to the tortured and
prosecuted peasants of the country
side. Her brave young brother was.
as have said, an active leading menu
Der of the local United Irishmen, and
she was the betrothed bride Of his
bosom friend and fellow patriot, Will
liam Boal.
One evening the word came to the
quiet homestead at Granshaw that
the day" had arrived at last. Grey
and Boal at once set out for Saint.
field.
The heroine pleaded for permission
to accompany them. but her brother
sternly forbade her. However, she was
not to be coerced into inaction, and
when the peasant soldiers fought and
struggled against invincible odds at
Ballinahinch. foremost in the charge
was Betsy Grey, mounted on a gal
liant steed, and welding in that deadly
strife with the skill and resolution of
a veteran soldier the steel blade that
had been forged for different work by
Saxon artiicers.
The rebels were beaten; their defeat
became rout; and Betsy Grey, her
lover and her brother were forced to
fly. On the road from the battlefield
to Hillsborough the girl thrust her
sword into the matched roof Of a way
side cabin. A little further on the
fugitives were overtaken by a small
troop Of cavalry. The brutes killed the
two young men, and then turned on
the defenseless girl. One demon cut
off her hand with a single blow Of his
sword; another, more merciful, sent a
bullet into her brain.
This is an episode Of Irish history
which is little known outside Of the
district in which Betsy Grey lived and
fought and died. But in Down the
peasants will ever cherish the memory
of her valor and devotion.
The three graves wherein were
placed the. rnangled bodies Of the hero
inc. her lover and her brother lie in
a field off the public road near Hills
borough. whittier they were reverently
conveyed by some Of the survivors Of
the battle. A generous admirer Of the
patriots erected a modest monument
over the spot. A few years ago band
Of ruffians stole thither in the silence
Of the night and broke that humble
memorial to the three young martyrs
who died for Ireland
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06

Two Filipinos were among those who
took highest rank this year at Yale.
These are representatives of a race
unfit to govern themselves.
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06

Oklahoma persists in being Demo-
cratic 1t is so stubborn about this
matter that it is likely to get itself
disliked at Washington.
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06

There seems to be a greater move
ment of bosses than of dirt at Pan
ANA. But after the migration Of en-
gineers is over the dirt will begin to
fly. Yes it will!
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06

The point in the new hide and seek
Ter.
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06
Yours very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.

The writer of this letter is not a
very popular man now. History in
diets him for having failed in a very
important crisis in the nations life.
close to the letter of the Constitution
and not close enough to its spirit. We
have men of the same sort now; and
the future, if it remembers them at ALL
will probably rate them as low as we
rate Buchanan now.
Yet. despite all his faults. the last
of the ante-bellunl Presidents had too
much Of the spirit Of fine old Amer
lean honor to place himself under OBJ
legations to railroad company. With
all his other shortcomings he yet was
clear-sighted enough to see that pass
is a bride and that the official who ac-
cepts it compromises himself.
If the pass is given as a gratuity,
then it is special privilege, which is
repugnant to democratic ideals. If it
is intended to influence the recipient,
then he must either prove ungrateful
to the donor or untrue to the people.
But if there was reason why James
Buchanan should decline pass. there
is a thousand times the reason why a
President Of this day should decline
one. Fifty years ago. when Buchan-
an was in power. there was properly
speaking. no railroad question.
Now 1t is one Of the foremost issues
in our national life. Then free pass
es had not become matter of scan
dial. OF late their use has grown so
scandalous that it has been made I'M
lawful.
If Buchanan. who failed to live up
to a great opportunity. was yet enough
Of man to Withstand this temptation,
what shall we say of officials who, in
this crisis of our affairs, not only ac-
cept free transportation, but demand
it? If he. with all his weakness, could
still refuse this form Of petty corrup-
ton. what shall we say of officials
head over ears in railroad legislation
and yet who travel all over the country
in special train without payment for
the service?
What this country needs is a reviv-
al Of the Americanism of the fathers.
which was too honorable to accept a
bride even in the most indirect and in
sidious form and which was too DEM
ocratic to permit a privilege for one
that was not shared by ALL
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06
OLD FASHIONED.

There has just come to light a re-
markable letter-at least. it seems re-
markable in our day, says the Chica-
80 Examiner. 1t is note from Pres
ident James Buchanan refusing rail-
road pass. Because of the old-fash-
toned viewpoint it reveals. the let
ter is reproduced in full:
Washington. "a March. 1859.
Dear Sir: I return the free ticket
which Mr.. Cuttings has directed to
be forwarded to me for the Northern
Central Railroad. with as many thanks
for his kindness as though 1 had ac-
cepted it. 1t has been the practice
of my life not to travel free on any
Railroad. being opposed to the whole
system of granting such privileges to
individuals not connected with these
Roads.
The Irish standard., 1907-07-06

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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-01-05

Dr. Bailey is a South Carolinian
by birth, has degrees from a hall
dozen universities and came to Mis-
sissippi from the University Of Cali
fornia, having previously taught in
the University OF Chicago. He is
young man, with broad education
and culture, possessed of much hui
NOR and thoroughly devoted to the
cause of education. But SO wide has
been his studies, that he seems equal
ly at home in matters pertaining to
religion, politics, sociology or phil
osophy.
| selected him because I believed
he had message for the citizens of
Greenville and | know that you will
be entertained and inspired by what
he has TO say.
DIR. Bailey will address the High
School boys and their daddies on the
night of January nth to which invi-
tations will be issued On the fol-
lowing night, Jan. 18th, he will give
a popular lecture at Central School
Auditorium to which the public is
invited. Tickets at the door, soc.
| earnestly desire large audience
to what | believe will be rare intel
lectual treat.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-01-05
MYSTERIOUS
DEATHS
AT LEVEE CAMP OF SWEDE
JOHN LAST WEDNESDAY
Two Hale and Hearty Irish Work
men, Dan Donovan and Charles
Burns, Die From Poisoning-Four
Others Very Sick.

Last Wednesday morning two
Irish laborers, working on the levee
four miles north of the city, died
very suddenly. Their names are Dan
Donovan and Charles Burns. One
was taken sick Immediately after
breakfast and died within a short
time after, and the other one was
sick little while before the noon
hour with the same fatal results be-
fore a physician could get to the
1evee camp. Four others are very
sick, and for the time are deranged.
Coroner Dunn investigated the
deaths and found that the men had
come to their death by drinking
whiskey mixed with bitters, and this
same cause is attributed to the sick
ness of the other four men,
A report was circulated that Don
ovan and Burns had purchased this
liquor from Isador Itzig's saloon, but
this Mr.. Itzig emphatically denies
and has a written statement from
the men at camp to that effect which
he showed our reporter.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-01-05
u. S. SNAG BOAT "HORATIO
WRIGHT"
Tied Up at the Wharf Last Sunday
and Was Visited by Large Num-
ber of Our Curious Citizens.

The United States snag boat
| "Horatio Wright" came down last
Saturday and remained here until
early Monday morning. Sunday was
a delightful balmy day and large
numbers of our people, who made
the levee the afternoon prominade
place, visited and inspected this pow
erful steamboat
The Government owns and oper-
ates two boats of this character, the
"Horatio Wright" and the John A.
Macomb," which boats operate on
the Mississippi river from the
mouth of the Ohio river at Cairo to
the Gulf Of these the Wright is the
largest and most powerful.
AS its name, ''snag- boat signifies,
it is employed to pull dangerous
snags from the river, which are a
dangerous menace to rivere naviga-
ton and these boats are in commits
sion all through the year, and espe-
cially are they active in high water
seasons.
In appearance the Wright is low
and "squatty'' and very wide. 1t has
two bows, and between these bows
the snags are pulled out of the river
by powerful hoists. The Wright is
equipped with the most powerful en-
gine made for this purpose. The
lower deck from bow to stern is
crowded with engines, boiler and
other mechanical lcontriVances, too
intricate for detailed description
Every machine is kept bright and
shining and the cleanliness of the
boat was marvel to the many Wis
itors.
The supper deck is used for the
main cabin, staterooms of the Off
GERS and crew, dning-room, offices,
laundry, kitchen, etc. Here, as be-
low, everything is kept scrupulous-
ly clean and tidy The Wright car
ries crew of from 40 to As men.
The boat plies up and down the
river keeping a sharp lookout for all
snags and obstacles in the river. A,
nightfaii ii tics ap whelsyer IL may
be and continues its search the fol-
lowing morning.
The boat is piloted by Capt. Tay-
lor, once of the oldest pilots on the
river, and who has been long in this
branch OF the Government service.
Thee officers and men took great
pleasure in exhibiting their boat am
in answering the thousand and one
questions put to them. They are as
clever a set of men as will be founo
on any river craft.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-01-05

The souvenir edition of the Green
vile. Miss, Times, is one of the finest
pieces of artistic printing received at
the Mercury office in years. Among
the sketches is one of Stone Bros
big livery and sales stables, which is
one OF the biggest distributing agents
for Missouri horses and mules in the
South. They are former Monroe
County boys, sons of SAINT Stone,
and friends at home are glad to learn
of their pros sperity-Paris (Moo
Mercury
The above will give The Times
readers an inkling of the extent of
advertising the Souvenir Edition pa
irons received in faraway cities, as
we'll as at home We were certain
that they would be noticed far and
wide and the above IS. one of the
many proofs Of this fact The adver-
tisers in that edition have reason to
congratulate themselves.