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The Irish standard., 1909-12-04

nounced their allegiance to the King
of England and constituted a govern
ment of their own in May, 1775. There
is no mention in history of any Scotch
man being among them.
AS for Mr.. Forgan's claim that "mcn
from Scotland were most instrumental
| in framing the constitution of the
United States" it is on a par with his
other statement. The committee ap-
pointed to draft that instrument,
which is described as being "the masss
wonderful work ever struck off at a
given time by the brain and purpose
of man." consisted of John Adams,
Thomas Jefferson, Edward Rutledge,
James Wilson and Robert R. Living
ston, and the only native of Scotland
among them was Wilson. He is the
| same man who vehemently opposed
the Declaration of independence twelve
years before, and he was the only for
eigner on the committee. OF the %
members who signed the Constitution
on Sept II, 1887, there is but one
Scotchman, judging from their names,
and he is the same James Wilson Ut
Pennsylvania, who afterwards was
made judge. The fact of the matter
is that the Overwhelming majority Of
the Scotchmen of that period both ut
home and in America, were royalists
and loyalists, and but few of them
ever drew the sword in behalf of lip-
erty and independence. They cut no
figure as patriots in the War of the
Revolution, and we challenge Mr.. Fo:-
gan and other boasting Scots to show
the contrary in our columns, which
are placed at their disposal
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04

William r. Hearst, publisher of yell
low journals unfit to enter decent
homes, and the defeated candidate for
Mayor of New York, recently wrote
an article under his own signature foe
his San Francisco paper in which he
refers to the so-called dark ages" as
period when privilege and violence
ruled the world and manacIed all in-
dependent thought" Webster defines
the dark ages" as "a period of stag
nation and obscurity in literature and
art, lasting, according to Hallam, Cor
nearly 1000 years." Nothing said
about manacling independent thought.
That is the cry of Protestant bigots,
and Hearst has imbibed his ideas re-
garding the dark ages" from their
productions. If he reads Henry Hal
lam's Middle Ages or Ralph Waldo
Emerson's address before Harvard
University, he will learn that the
dark ages" were ages of. light rather
than darkness and that the term is i
misnomer and now obsolete except il
the writings of sectarian bigots who
are not recognized by authorities on
the subject.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
THE FOLLY OF THE LORDS.

Despite the eloquent warnings If
Lords Roseberry and Morley, the Ea,1
OF Lyton, the Archbishop Of canter-
oury and York, and other sensible
members of the upper chamber of nav
lament. the British lords on last
Wednesday night rejected Lloyd
Georges budget by a vote of $50 to
Is, thus forcing a general election to
fight the Commons for control of the
government. That is exactly what the
Irish Nationalist anticipated and they
feel very happy, because so long IS
the Lords could muNlate and reject
Irish bills and retain their power TO
do so with impunity, the outlook for
Home Rule was gloomy indeed The
electorate of the British islands, the
democracy Of the United Kingdom,
have 1t in their power to rebuke the
lords at the ballot box, and there is no
doubt but they will bring the hered-
itary legislators to their knees and
compel them to pay legitimate taxes
for the support of the government.
From the vast estates, which came into
their possession by conascation and
other questionable methods at the Nor
man conquest and during the Wars of
the. Roses. they are we'll able to pay
their taxes. The day Is forever gone
when privileged and titled class can
escape taxation and compel the COM
mon people to carry the burdens ut
the empire while they live in idlene,s
and luxury on the fat of the land.
Before the contest is ended betwee,.
the Lords and the Commons. the proud
aristocracy of Great Britain and Irs-
land may be despoiled of their ILL
gotten possessions and the tillers &C
the soil may own them instead. \
revolution has been started by the
lords which may terminate in their
doom. 1t will not resemble the French
revolution. we hope. but it will be of
such a character that it may event.
ually get rid of them as a legislative
body which stands in the path e
progress and reform. The 500 boobies,
more or less, now in the house IT
peers may be hurled from their seats
by an exasperated. liberty loving peo-
pie. and be asked to. stand for cleo
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04

The North Pole controversy Is end
ed. Walter Wellman, the political
correspondent Of the Chicago Record
Herald, has rendered his decision and
declares that DR.. Cook did not reach
the pole and is an impostor Of the
first water. Mr.. Wellman tried twice
to go in balloon to the pole from
some point in Norway but, believing
he returned home and is now sending
news from Washington to the, Windy
City paper. Wellman Is neither a
scientist nor an explorer and his opin-
ion is not worth continental on the
North Pole question or anything else.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
A BOASTFUL SCOT.

For the Scotch as a.people we en-
terrain the highest respect They have
furnished the world with men of gen
ius and of greatness. They have eS
htbited their bravery on many a hard =.
fought field. and they are today the
friends of the Irish people, whom they
support in the British parliament and
outside of 1t In their demand for ma
tional autonomy. We have the most
amicable feelings for the natives cf
old Scotland-the countrymen of Wal
lace and Bruce. of Scott and Burns
1t Is but natural that Scotchmen in
America should feel proud of their race
and indulge in the glorification of it's
achievements; but there is such thing
as going too far in their boasts. We are
led to these remarks by reading the
speech of David r. Forgan, Chicago
drew's Society in that city the other
evening. Among other statements
made by him in praise of the Scotch
was this:
"This nation cannot soon forget that
in support of American independence
We're Scotchmen who lived in North
Carolina. Neither can they forget that
the men who were most instrumental
in framing the constitution of the
United States were men from Scot.
land"
Historically speaking, Mr.. Forgan
has but a slim foundation for his
boastful utterance. The Scotchmen in
North Carolina who declared their in
dependence of Great Britain at Meek
lenburg were Irishmen from Ulster and
not Scotchmen. Bancroft says that
the region in North Carolina inhabited
by these patriots was "peopled by
Presbyterians of Scotch Irish descent"
They never used the word Scotch" at
all when speaking Of themselves. They
were proud of being Irish and had .lert
the Green Isle because of odious laws
that destroyed their manufactures and
made them pay tithes to the clergy Of
the Established Church. They had
sprung from the brave Covenanters
and had fighting blood in their veins.
When these men of North Carolina
heard of the shedding Of innocent
blood at Lexington, they appointed
Thomas Polk and Joseph Kennedy to
p' purchase f1ints,, !, lead and powder. re-
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04

AS usual, men of Celtic blood pre-
dominate when the names of football
stars are given for the season of 1909,
just closed. Notre DANES eleven, the
team that won the western champion
ship, contains the fine old Irish names
of Matthews, Edwards, Lynch, Dola1,
Collins, Dwyer and Vaughan. From
Minnesota and it's university the fame
of Capt. Johnny McGovern has been
heard Of throughout the length AMI
breadth of the nation, while in las,
Sundays papers -half-tone portrait,
and sketch of Edwin Mccarthy, of the
West Side High school eleven, w:.e
given, acknowledging him to be the
premier center among all high school
football teams of the city.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04

5a If certain cheap little infidels were
h to insult Joan of Arc in Ireland they
would speedily acquire eggs and shil-
lelaghs enough to last them a life.
time, says the New World. Which
Joan Of Arc does our esteemed con-
temporary mean-Maud Come or the
Maid of Orleans? Presumably the lat
ter, though our e. c. knows that the
CORNER was yclept "the Irish Joan OF
Arc" when shrieking for freedom be-
Tore her divorce from Major Mcbride
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04

The special gas committee OF the
Minneapolis city council has selected
Judge Frank c. Brooks to draft an
ordinance under which the Gas Light
company will be permitted to continue
its business for the next twenty years
No better choice could have been made
than Judge Brooks, and it is to be
hoped he will do the work assigned
him by the committee.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
VIEWS OF OTHERS.
shakespeare a Colt.

Editor OF Inc irish Stanodiu.
In your leader in the issue OF Nov
81, most interesting and valuable
article, you credit Shakespeare to the
English or Saxon. I prefer the truth
contained in Carlyle's boast: 1.-THE
noblest thing we Britons have pro-
duced is this man Shakespeare" The
Saxons can no more claim the bard
of Avon than they can Burke. Shakes
peare was born on what was then the
Celtic fringe" the river Avon. OF
father whose immediate ancestors
came from "the north and west" his
mother was an Arden of old War
wickshire stock. His physical traits
were those shown by the commingled
blood of Celt and Teuton, viz, auburn
hair and hazel eyes.
You know the Celtic is a potent
strain; that the races mingling with
it are merged. For you truly say in
your grand article: "She Qreland)
has been capable of blending anti
podal races into her own stock and of
making them more Irish than the
Irish.' This absorption is shown in
Shakespeare's intellectual traits. I'm
agination. the almost divine trait, Is
predominant in him. This is a Celtic
trait and far from being Teuton
characteristic. This Imagination or
fancy is the grand faculty. the pos
session of which by Shakespeare
stamps him as Celtic in nature and
proves him to be the creator of the
plays, and not Bacon, who was great
philosopher and Teuton. Let the
Celts claim with Carlyle "the man
Shakespeare" while surrendering Ba-
con with his brides to the rest of the
world.
North and vest of Warwickshire
is the abode of the Celts-strath Clyde
and the land of saints and scholars.
Every man born in England is not 81
Saxon. There are Celts of English
names there today and they show it's
genius by their product.
w. E. HEWITT.
So little is known of Shakespeare
ancestry that, like his religion, his
racial origin is open to controversy
He is the chief literary glory of Eng
land, and being born in that country,
he is undoubtedly an Englishman
English" and Saxon" are not syn
onymous terms. When Carlyle says
I'VE Britons" he means the English
and Scotch, for they go under that ap-
pellation since England and Scotland
were legislatively Joined together
OF course, the dyspeptic' Scotchman
does not refer to the ancient Britons,
and has no right to claim the bard OF
Avon as a Scotchman. The Irish and
Welsh do not claim him, though they
are more Celtic than the Scotch, leav-
ing out the aighlanders. Therefore,
Shakespeare is an Englishnnan, but
evidently of mixed race. with the
Celtic element predominating.
EDITOR 1. S.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04

HIN Says the Chicago Citizen: During
1.-The thirty years we have known of
sgJohn Devoy's doings in America hi
has been a disturber, dissension
Ebpeeder, and a political Ishmaelite,
ESith his hand against every man AMI
livery mans hand against him. John
ls4.1lseayoy has been doing the work OF
Jreland's enemies; but he has not done
Tor English gold. His reward has
een the qualification Of his bitter VIM
H. tctiveness towards all who have re-
cted his insane pretensions to be the
ctator Of the Irish race.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04

The news comes from Manila, P. L.
OF the death of Thomas Meagher. sou
of the Irish patriot Thomas Franci:
Meagher, acting governor of Mon
tana, who was drowned in the Mis-
souri at Fort Benton in 1867. The de-
ceased was a graduate of West Point
and for several years had occupied
minor posts in the government serv-
Ice in the Philippines. He died OF
4 pneumonia.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04

Redmond for his abstention from vot-
ing on the budget at the last, but in a
Dublin speech he replied to them as
follows:
The scandal of men who are tech
nically members of the Irish National
Party and who are solemnly pledged
before their countrymen to support IL
Parliament and outside Parliament in
the country every decision come to by
majority of their colleagues-the
scandal OF such men flouting these de-
cisons and attacking these decisions
in Parliament and in the country is
one which must be ended
Here (says the report Of the meet
ing) there was wild outburst of
cheering. lasting for several seconds,
and it was renewed when Mr.. Red
mond finished the sentence by saying
by the constituencies or by the
Party. or by BOTH"
John E. Redmond ought to have the
undivided support of the Irish parlih-
mentary party until his successor is
appointed. He is certainly md'e ex-
rerienced and sagacious leader than
Tim Healy, whom no party would fol-
low. notwithstanding his brilliancy as
d debater. The Irish constituencies
and the Parliamentary party should
insist that the Nationalist members
should abide by the decision reached
by a majority of their colleagues or
resign their seats. Such dissentients
in the Irish party must be disciplined
tor the best interests of their country.
But what will Redmond do in the
coming campaign and what British
party will he support, if any? 1t mat
ters but little to Ireland which British
party rules the empire. The party
that pledges home rule to Ireland is
the party that Redmond should sup
port. If the Liberal party will gua:-
antee to pass home rule bill through
the Commons, and make an official
declaration to that effect, leaving it u
the voters of the United Kingdom to
decide, then the Irish leader, would be
justified in helping the Liberal party
in the approaching campaign. Under
Gladstone, home rule bill passed the
Commons but was rejected by the
Lords. Would the Lords dare to re-
ject home rule bill, if linked with
the budget, after being endorsed by
the voters of Great Britain and Ire
land? We think not
The last thing to be done by Red
mond would be to help the Tories and
the Lords, who rejected Gladstones
bill and recently emasculated the Irish
land bill so as to render it almost
worthless Whatever the Irish party
and it's intrepid and capable leader
may agree to do should be backed UP
by the constituencies. and censorious
critics should be silenced by relegat-
ting them to private life A united
people in favor of Irish autonomy
must stand back of Redmond while
he remains the leader of the party
and Is satisfactory to the majority OF
his colleagues. At this critical period
In British politics it would be folly
for Irishmen to be fighting one an
other. Those who promote 'disco:d
are the enemies of Irish nationality
whether they know it or not.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04

Another brilliant Anglican clerg,-
man is going to join the Catholic
Church. He is Rev. Henry Rufus Sa:-
gent. a Harvard graduate. who is now
in London as the guest of Rev. Basil
W. Martin, formerly an Episcopalian,
but now priest of the archdiocese of
Westminster. Let them come. The
Anglcans make good Catholics, espc-
cially the educated ones.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04

Who hasn't heard of Mrs. O'Learys
COW? That famous quadruped is said
to have started the great fire in Chi
cago SO years ago, but now comes
James O'Leary, son of the old lady,
and denies that his mothers COW was
responsible for the conf1agration, tr
ever kicked over any lamp, as report
ed in the papers at that time. Both
my father and mother" he says, went
to their graves sad at heart over the
worldwide notoriety given them i'll
the printed accounts of the burning
Of Chicago" This denial Of James
OLeary was elected in reply to
statement made last Sunday by the
Rev. John D. Leek in a Sermon" at
an opera house, who gave Andrew
Bird, an old Methodist preacher, as
his authority. Rev. Bird is still liv-
ing at the age of 80, and says that he
got the story from two boys, Samuel
and Christopher O'Neill, who attended
his Sunday school class and were the
sons of an express driver for the
Methodist book concern.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04

The vote on the rejection of the
budget by the British peers was $50 to
IS, about forty of those voting in the
negative being Liberals. King Ed
ward may raise 500 to the peerage TO
reverse the action of the Tory auto
Gratis, and thus avoid the revolution
which is imminent in the United King
dom.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04

The late poet-priest of the South
Rev. John Banister Tab was con-
vert to Catholcity. He was a soldier
in the Confederate service during tn
self IAN unrecOnstructed rebel" He
became a Catholic priest in 1884. and
was almost blind during the last year
Of his life.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
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Congress convenes next Monday. BE
ready to read Taft's long message.

The New York papers are giving
considerable attention to the antics
of Eusapia Palladino, the Italian spir-
itist, in whom Lombroso was an emf
nent believer. Read in another COL
umn what Father Lambert has to say
of this medium and others of the past.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04

Little Alice. on the arrival of her
aunt. said: Now, Aunt Mary, do
make yourself at home while here"
Her aunt replied: What must d.,
to make myself at home?" Alice said
pitch in and help mamma work"
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Another of the "ex-priests" has
bobbed up in Iowa, and two South Da-
kota priests have given the antece-
dents of the impostor. He went by
the name of Rev. VIM. ]. Delaney and
says he studied fourteen years in
Rome for the priesthood and served
seven years as a Catholic priest after
his ordination, but saw the light" and
abandoned "Romanism" for the Prot
estant ministry, in which he served
three years. and then left it for the
lecture platform and finally for the
stage, being now with the Chic Per-
kins Theatrical company. Father
George E.. Kelly of Wagner, S. D., and
Father j. J. Burke of Platte, S. D.,
say that Delaney was never a priest
and never studied in Rome for the
priesthood. He entered Epiphany Col
lege, Baltimore, where he spent three
or four. years, but was expelled as an
unfit subject for the priesthood, and
subsequently took to the platform and
spoke against the Church of which he
priests attended college with him and
knew him personally when he was I'M
tremendously bounced from the insti-
tuition, And so that is the actor who
is being advertised as an "ex-priest.
by theatrical press agents.
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FISHING BOATS IN NORTHERN
WATERS PROTECTED
AGAINST CAPTURE.

(By United Press Leased Wire)
VANCOUVER, B. c., Feb. "a
Official recommendations have
been fordwarded to Ottawa asking
the Dominion government for bet
ter service for the protection of
the fisheries of Northern British
Columbian waters. 1t Is under
stood that the construction of at
least three vessels, capable of
steaming from eighteen to twenty
knots per hour and costing $780,
600 each, is recommended.
Small craft are favored In the
recommendations to the govern
ment because of their ability
to enter the small bays and har-
bors where, it is alleged, the
American vessels resort to clean
and put away their fish. The
steamers are specially designed,
according to plans, to be able to
successfully race against any craft
now sailing out of Puget Sound
for the halfbut banks.
On a recent trip north, officers
OF the government cruiser Kes-
trel discovered that the steamer
Chicago, whose home port Is Seat
tie, had installed wireless appara-
tus. Adoption of this device Is
ascribed to a desire to keep more
accurately informed respecting
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BOSTON, Feb. 24.-Bill McKin.
non, the Boston welterweight who
recently went to 12-round draw
With Jack Twin" Sullivan and
later bested Harry Lewis, is to
have another chance to climb. He
= matched with Jimmy Gardner
Tor March and is expected to
give the shifty veteran the time
Of his life.
McKinnon, I'm consequence of
the bout being made at catch
weights, will have a few pounds
on Gardner, and this and his rug
8edness are expected to more than
offset the older fighters craft.
McKinnon recently emerged
from the ranks of the prelim
fighters. His strength and will
1ngness have made him a notable
figure, and prophecies are made
that he will take the measure of
all claimants to the championship
In his class.
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