The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-01-23
interest Of the public we hope it will
close its columns to their seductive
ads" in future.
RoosEvELT's TRIBUTE.

0O0S6VEeI'S ] Hu6O bEs
When Theodore Roosevelt on one
occasion was introduced to a Boston
audience as a noble specimen of the
Anslo-Saxon race, he announced 70
the meeting that he was half-1rish AMI
half-Dutch, and If that constituted an
Anglo-Saxon he was proud of being
one. He has always identified himself
with the Irish in this country and.
despite his politics, he has numerous
friends and admirers among the Irish
American citizens in all sections Of
the United States. When Governor of
New York he Joined the American
Irish Historical Society, of which no
ia a life member, instead of joining
the Scottish-Americau Society to
which President Mckinley belonged.
When he became President, his
friendship for the Irish cid not cool #
but frequently he has ccmplimeated
them on the patriotic record they have
made and expressed his pride on oe-
ing Irish in diluted form. Two years
ago, he contributed an article on the
folk lore of ancient Ireland to the
Century Magazine and declared that
Irish literature should receive rec
ognition in the universities Of the
United States. He has also received
the Irish ENJOYS at the White House
and wished them success in their eff
forts to acquire self government cor
the emerald gem Of the ocean. Not
long since the citizens Of Dublin ex-
tended to him an invitation to visit
Ireland on his way Jack from Africa.
1t can be safely asserted that while
the Irish in this country may be dis
pleased with Rooseveit's political tao
tics during and since the recent Ia
tional election, many of them enter
tain kindly feelings for the wieldsr
of the big stick. At the annual meet
ing Of the Americau-1rish Historical
Society. held in washington last Sat-
urday President Roos Nlt said in part:
Here on this continent we are
up a great new nation-a Ea-
ton akin to, but differing from, each
OF the old world nations of middle and
western Europe. To this country have
come men of many different origins,
and they are being fused together i'll
t., a new type, and It is greatly to be
desired that we should have historical
like this which shall de-
vote attention to the study Of each of
the different strains in the national
blood. 1t is a mistake to suppose, rs
Is often assumed, that at the time Of
the revolution our people were not Of
mixed blood. Many different strains
from the beginning have contributed
to make up what is now American
and from the beginning
the men who themselves or whose
came from Ireland played
a great and leading par. in the affairs
Of the nation"
On reading American histories COM
piled BY the offspring Of the Puritans,
one would never suppose that any
Irish of consequence figured in the
Revolutionary War. Not history
used in the schools has word about
Commodore Barry. Even Bancroft
does not mention his name. He refers
to Montgomery as "Scotch-1rish,"
though that term was never heard ny
the hero who fell at Quebec. having
come into use for the first time about
fifty years ago. Manv of the generals
under Washington, ana the men of the
rank and file, bore pure Irish names,
but that fact is never mentioned by
the Puritan historians Of the period,
with the exception # Losing and a
few others. But the names of The
soldiers are preserved il, the archives
and show that the aons Of Erin ware
well represented in tie eight years
struggle for freedom from British ty-
ranny. It is the object of the Ameri-
can Irish Historical Society to examine
the records and to publish to the world
what Irishmen accomplished in the
cause of American liberty. President
Roosevelt knows that the men who
came from Ireland played great and
leading part in the affairs of the ma
tion." His grandmother was Irish and
he is proud to proclaim it. His Sue
cessor, Mr.. Taft, is eligible to member
ship in this society to which Roose-
welt belongs, for his forefathers, too,
came from Ireland. and he is not
ashamed to acknowledge the fact.
Writing from Meas:na, CORE.
spondent Of the New York Sun SAYS: