The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-05-18

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sioner whose term had expired.
That did not discourage the Re-
public.
The fight was continued, and at
least the certain remedies resulted to
the demand presented by this paper.
Does not the success of The Re-
public, in the case briefly outlined,
bespeak a power to cause other re-
forms?
Does not that victory show that a
newspaper, representing the Irish
Catholics of the state, is needed?
Would the Savings Bank Commits
sion be reorganized if The Republic
had remained silent? Would the daily
press have dug down to the root?
Would they have laid bare the hidden
fact?
Would they have dealt with the
race and religious features? The an
swers need not be spoken. bS The Re-
public. Hereafter the s1o0.00o,Ooo of
Celtic savings in the Boston banks
will be of some service to Celtic brains
and Celtic progress, and the same will
be true throughout the state.
The Irish Catholics of Boston are
the purchasers who support, and
make successful, the great department
retail stores of Boston. That this is
SO is easily proved. 1t is admitted by
the census officials, and published in
their reports. that the Celt is in the
majority. The majority figured by the
census officials is based on figuring
as Irish and of Irish descent those
born In Ireland and those born of
parents Cor of one parent) born in
Ireland. What, then, is the percentage
of population, taking into considera-
tion the grandchildren, born of par
ents who also were born in this coun-
try? Are not. these children to be
classified as of Irish descent? It would
seem so. Practically all the children
of Irish blood at present attending
the Boston schools are classified as of
native (so-called American) descent
And there are many thousands of
young men and women, and men and
women of middle age, whose parents
were born within the confines of the
United States.
These men and women, and children,
are as much Irish Catholics as the
men ad women and children who
emigrate from the shores of Ireland.
Take again another important point.
Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia
and Newfoundland are thickly popu-
lated by Irish Catholics.
The Irish and their descendants who
located in those provinces and in
Canada are staunch Catholics. Thou
sands have crossed the border and
settled in Boston and Massachusetts,.
Are they not as much Irish as the
children of parents who settled in the
United States after leaving Ireland?
They certainly are. No fair minded
person would argue the opposite. The
census office. however, classif1es all
who come from the provinces men,
toned as of English descent. How
ridiculous this is!
Think of classifying the Irish Catho-.
lie. coming from the Canadian prov
inces, as English. The Celtic heart
revolts at the thought. But officially,
the Irish Catholics who were born in
those provinces or who settled there
originally. are designated in the CEN
sus records as of English birth or par.
entage.
1t will be seen from the foregoing
that the census, though it sets forth
plainly that the Irish are in the ma
jority in Boston, and comprise 1877
per cent of the entire population of
the state, are Not given their full rec
ognition, and it is safe to maintain
that the Irish Catholics of Boston