The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-06
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On the expiration of his term, MAJ
OF Tom L. johnson of Cleveland VIII!
study law. 1t did not pay Mr.. John-
son to be reformer. He has left his
s25o,oo0 Euclid avenue mansion and is
now living in s1s5 flat.
Father Lambert, of the n. 7. Free
mans Journal, OH Feb. IL, celebrated
the golden jubilee Of his priesthood lii
q quiet way on account of the recenS
death of Bishop McQuaide. The Pope
sent cablegram conveying his fclici-
tations and blessing.
The Mauretania has scored another
record for the fastest voyage from
New York to Queenstown. She mace
the last trip in days and 20 hours,
the distance being 1894 miles, Fer
average speed for the run being 1888
nautical miles an hour.
The late Thomas Lowry, president
c1 the Twin City Rapid Transit Com.
pany, did not die millionaire. lar
from it. The Jews Of Wall Street l1av"
made more money out of the bonanza
than the lamented Lowry, whose
brains made it SO profitable to nom
resident stockholders.
Members of the Ananias Club, the
Predatory Rich, Malefactors of Great
Wealth, Undesirable Citizens, Short
and Uglies, Nature Takers. Muck
Rakers and others are delighted that
Theodore Roosevelt is q plain citizen
once more. Many of them would ret
shed a tear if they heard he was eaten
by a crocodile or llippopotamus i'll tue
African wilds.
President Obaldia, of Panama. has
TO high opinion of members of. til"
American congress. Among them
re says, ARE liars-indecent and i|
porant to a supcrlative degree" Thc.
kind of language from the president st
republic is not parliamentary. He
must have been reading some CT
Rooscvelt's messages to the House III
Representatives.
1t is not probable that tariff reform
will come during Taft's first term. Ec
favors a tariff commission to adjust
the schedules. 1t is safe tc assert that
the commission will take plenty %:
/ time before it reports to congress, ard
that legislative body will have an on
cuse to postpone action until after the
election of 1912. And there you are"
as Dooley says to Hcnnessy.
Prof. J. C. Monaghan, who has fig
ured prominently as a contributor 10
the Catholic press, has started pape.'
of his own in New York called the
Catholic Times. Prof. Monaghan dc.
serves success in his journalistic VEN
ture. New York alone is able to sup
port a dozen Catholic papers If tic
people have cultivated a taste for
Catholic newspaper reading.
DR.. j. Ryan Devereux, a nephew Of
Archbishop Ryan, with his wife, form
erly Miss Sinnott, and their seven
children, the eldest of whom is not
over ten years Of age, had an audience
recently with Pope Plus X. His Holi-
ness on perceiving the group Of young
sters, exclaimed, in the words Of His
Master: Suffer the little children to
come unto me, for Of such is the king
dom Of heaven"
National President Cummings Of the
A. o. H. is going to Ireland to
straighten out matters in the order
over there. He is apt to have quite Il
job on his hands, judging from re-
cent pastoral letter of Cardinal Logue,
WuO says. WIN IulcS lleesS
no concern, nor with their political
actions, provided they do not bring
themselves under the laws by which
the church condemns secret societies.
Republican weather prognosticators
who have recently been pointing out
the ill-luck that followed Clevela:::d
because Of the storm that took place
on the day Of his second inauguration,
not forgetting to name few others
along down the line who met with
the same fate and for the same reason,
| were evidently not counting on what
happened last Thursday in Washing
ton. In the way of a storm on an
inauguration day nothing has ever
eQualled that of March 4, 1909. TAX
ing it for granted that our Republi.
can friends are right, some terrible