The Irish standard., 1908-12-26
a cEMeoRlous CRITICISM.


A cENeoRloLs CRITICISM.
Patrick E. Dowling, Of the EveletA
Star. deems it his duty to reprimand
the Irish Standard and its editor for
to any compact or treaty
into between Secretary Of STATE
Root. Of the first part. anil Kososo
Takahira, ambassador Of Japan, Of .he
second part. without submitting the
same for Endorsement or rejection to
the United States Senate. In his wis
dom Mr.. Dowlins makes the following
observations:
"The Irish Standard, cleverly edit
ed weekly Newspaper published at Min
neapolis. had an exceedingly painful
ccnvulsion last week, over what ie
seemed to call the Japanese-American
alliance. o'Brien. it's editor, did not
seem to be suffering nearly as much
pain because Of the alliance, as he did
from tho mental anguish, heat Of pas
sion, and exceedingly great displeasurc
caused by President Roosevelt and Sec
retary Elihu Root exchanging. diplo-
matte notes with Kosoro Takahirs,
a:nbassador Of Japan. The Irish Stan
dard. obscured by a discourasingly
thick wall Of political prejudice, tries
to convey to it's thousands of readers
that President Roosevelt, arbitrarily,
dictatorially and without former estab-
hshed precedent signed a treaty
through his secretary of state, Elihu
Root. with Japan. whereby each gov
eminent shall respect the others trade
rights and possessions and also guar
antee the integrity Of China. This
understanding. for it is nothing more
o.; less. between Japan and the United
States, ls what Mr.. o'Brien calls a
treaty. And 1t is for this that his bet
ter Judgment, dictated by blind par.
tisan prejudice, caused him to say"
thus and 80.
The sapient Dowling then proceeds
te expound the nature of the under
standing" to the obtuse editor of tho
Irish Standard and closes by saying
that "the distastefu phase o. the
whole situatiory is the fact that par
.isan organs are always looking for
loles in Roosevelt's armament" OF
course, that gentleman's paper is not
"a partisan organ" at all, and what
it says comes from the pure, patriotic
brain o. Republican statesman who
was rejected by his constituents in
favor OF Paddy Vail to represent them
in the State Senate.
Mr.. Dowling has right to differ
from the views. of the Irish Standard
on politics or anything else. He ought
to know that the Irish Standard is
Democratic on principle and not for
revenue in a Republican state liks
Minnesota. He ought to know that it
advocates its principles fearlessly and
honestly without offensive references
tt Republican organs like the Eveleth
Star. It does not claim to be infalli,,le
ir Its exposition Of national questions.
but 1t claims to have the right to give
expression to its views, whether they
coincide or not with the Views Of Re-
publican papers. If it disagrees with
its Republican contemporaries 1t does
not accuse the responxtbl.> editors
thereof Of "a blind partisan prejudice
and indulge in personalities. The 1r!s !
Standard may possibly err in it's views
OIL international compacts or treaties
but 1t is as truly American as our little
contemporary published In the neck
Of the woods of Northern Minnesota
In fact. 1t Is more so.
When the Irish Standard expresses
Its views on any question it has no
apology to make for its utterances. It
will not discuss International questions
with one who is not a foeman worthy
Of its steel 1t has better facilities f,r
information than has Mr.. Dowling; that
is evident. The Eveleth Star could
utter platitudes for century to come
before '.he Irish Standard would ac-
cuse 1t Of political partisanstip.
THE LIBERAL MINISTRY.