The Irish standard., 1908-04-25
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newspapers are making very poor
hi adw:ay in the nomination of a DEM
ccratic candidate for the presidency.
yhe Democrats of Illinois, in con-
vcntion at Springfield, Thursday,
pledged their support to Mr.. Bryan.
Delegates were chosen to go to the
Denver convention to vote as unit
in his behalf.
Only the Bryan men and "simon-
pure" Bryan men figured in the pro-
ceedings of the Illinois convention,
Thursday. No mention was made Of
Governor Johnson.
Why shouldn't Catholics have spe-
cial claims on the press? 1t was
Catholic who invented it, Catholics.
be it said, started the first daily paper
and Catholic city was the birthplace
of the art
King Edward Will make a visit to
Ireland during the coming summer.
He will be in Dublin for a few days
and will also visit Belfast, Derry.
Barnscourt near Strabane and will
finish at Curraghmore as the guest
of the Marquis of Waterford.
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been appointed by President Roose-
welt to the position Of United States
District Judge for Minnesota in place
of Judge William Lochren, resigned.
Thus Messrs. Nelson and Clapp have
been turned down in their efforts to
place Mr.. Hale.
A grateful public is filled with sor-
row at the passing from earth of gall
liant George Kehoe, district chief Of
the Minneapolis fire department, whose
death occurred Tuesday at ST. Marys
hospital and many a fervent prayer
for his eternal welfare will be offered
UT in silence by the scores of persons
whose lives were saved from burning
buildings during the twenty-five years
of service of the brave fireman.
1t is not generally known. says the
Dublin Freeman. that Daniel O'Con-
nell's piano is still in excellent preser-
vetion, and is actually in daily use for
teaching and practicing in the Presen-
tation Convent Cahrciveen. The in.
strument is a fine Broadwood square.
and was purchased by the Liberator in
1880. O'Connell as a boy played more
than passably on the violin, and he
had an intense love for music, especi-
ally for Irish bagpipes; in fact, he
kept a domestic piper in the Derry
name household, the famous Paddy
Joshua Osullivan, highly praised by
Lady Chatterton in 1888.
substantial monument to the
memory of Father Quick. confessor for
the Manchester martyrs. Allen Larkin
and OBrien. at their execution in
1867. will soon be erected at Flan-
dreau, S. D. Since leaving England the
gentle and beloved priest had many
pastorates, among them being that OF
F1andreau, where he passed to his
eternal reward. S. P. Hurley, an ac-
tive member Of the Monument Associa-
ton, writes of the splendid progress
the, movement is making and warmly
compliments Bishop O'Gorman and the
Hibernians for the interest manifest
ed by their national and state off,
GERS.
In his testimony concerning vari-
Gus contributions aggregating hun~
dreds of thousands of dollars. to po-
litical campaign committees, Thomas
F Ryan, the eminent financier and
philanthropist, said in Justice Dow
ling's court in New York a few days
ago: 1T may not have been for tho
election of 1900, but during the fall or
winter of 1899 there had been a pre-
lininary campaign going on. 1t was
thought perhaps Bryan could be de-
feated in Kansas City. but it was a
foregone conclusion that Mr. Mckinley
would be nominated and part Of the
laoney may have gone for that" Re-
plying to question by Mr.. Jerome re-
garding campaign contributions in
general, Mr.. Ryan replied. II have
always found political parties in re-
ceptfve mood. We were always in
formed when an election was coming
on
According to a Rome correspondent
Pope Plus X. broke all traditions" re-
Gently when th:, Cardinals assembled