The Irish standard., 1908-05-23
IN PASSING

John- -Son ana J2tGn-SOn-are llaDle 10
be pitted against each other in the
race for Governor this fall.
What the Governor of North Caro-
lima said to the Governor of South
Carolina. during recesses of the con-
ference at Washington, has not been
for the reason that everyone knows
what was said.
| Mr. John Callahan. ex-convict. Of
Minneapolis. who was converted to re-
lj,,ion at street meeting in this city
many years ago. is the hero of a story
in Munsey's Magazine for June. With
the record that lie has made is it pos
sib!e that Callahan is getting ready to
enter the political arena?
| Many years ago when William VIM
dom was candidate for President
| from this state. before a Republican
national convention, 10 votes were cast
for him. The state has grown. and
Governor Johnson, with % to his
credit, will get the largest vote ever
given to a candidate from Minnesota.
There will be some consolation in this.
| AT the Republican state convention
recently held in North Dakota, James
Kennedy of Fargo. pronounced "stal-
| wart," was elected to the position Of
national committeeman As the next
President will in all probability be a
Democrat, Mr.. Kennedy will not have
much to do; nevertheless, the Repub.
| licans of North Dakota could not have
selected better man for the place.
A two thirds vote on the Democratic
convention at Denver means 66S. Mr..
Bryan. before that convention is held.
will have over 700 delegates instruct
ed in his behalf. OF the uninstructed
it is safe to say that one-half of these
will vote for him OH the first and
cnly ballot Facts are stubborn things
and figures thus far point unerringly
to the statement here made.
The st. Louis Mirror says: 1T is
johnson used as he is being used by
people who care not for him at all.
but only want to use him as club
with which to beat another. A fine
President a man would make who
can't protect himself by natural gump-
ton and native dignity against such
USAGE
Many of the Democratic leaders,
both Bryan and Jorson men. were
turned down i'll the recent Hennepin
county primaries A notable exception
was Judge Corrigan. who not only
carried his precinct for Bryan but tho
! Fourth ward as well. AS result the
judge was one of the Bryan adherents
on the floor o. the convention and in
vigorous address ably cfampioned
the cause of the great Nebra skan,
whom the Democracy is certain to
name for the presidency at Denver.
We have organized new political
party in st. Louis; it might be called
the Anti-Panic party. 1t has plank
of five propositions. one providing that
wages may go up but never down; an
other that the dinner pail shall never
grow smaller or go empty; third,
that there shall always be plenty of
work for workingmen at union wages;
and lastly, that if ill comes to all, we
shall pull down the sky and give every
one an equal opportunity to catch
larks. says the st. Louis Western
Watchman.
| The determination to make the
I, Catholic cemetel les of both st. Paul
and Minneapolis conform to a general
plan of boautifiraticn has recently re-
suited in tn" removal of many of the
metal and wooden crosses now mark
ing the graves at ST Mary's cemetery,
this city, and At other cemeteries as
/ we'll. All manner Of cheap decoration
has also come under the ban. Some
distress will naturally be caused by
this action. but generally speaking it
is a movement In the right direction.
Home. Sweet Home" was penned
In garret in the Palais Royal, Paris,
when Payne was so utterly destitute
and friendless that he knew not where
his next days dinner was coming
from. 1t appeared originally in a di-
minutive opera called "Clari. the Maid
| OF Milan The opera is seldom seen
or heard of now. but the song grows
nearer and dearer to us as the years