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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

mutton or alteration" was explicitly
admitted by the commons. but as the
exercise Of this right involved the
withholding of supplies fer the crown
the lords were hesitant about using it.
And so. while the legal right Of the
lords to reject any bill, financial or
otherwise, remains, the law has been
superseded by convention and the priv
ilege of the lords narrowed by the
habitual acceptance of the limitation
enforced upon them in the commons.
commons have refused to acquiesce in
any amendment by the lords of mon
ey bill other than verbal alterations or
other small and unimportant changes
Where proposed amendment has
seemed desirable the amended bill has
been cast aside and new one en-
bodying the change has been sent up.
the principle being thus saved.
1t is this principle, worked out
through centuries of struggle over pre-
rogative and recognized in one form
or another by Plym, Hampden, Eliot,
Walpole, the two Pitts, Burke, Can
ming. wellington. Peel, Russell, Glaa-
stone, John Bright, and other great
leaders of English history, that Is now
at stake. In precipitating another
conflict about 1t the lords may be plac-
ing themselves in the position of those
in the old saying. Whom the gods
would destroy they first make mad"
To five-sixths Of the budget there is
no great objection. The attack is made
against the new duties on land and
liquor. The lords belong to the class
most interested in fighting a tax On
the unearned increment of land and
tax on building land that Is withheld
from the market. The brewers have
their strong objections to the budget.
The protective tariff advocates see in
the accepted budget the death of the
cause of tariff reform. In the coming
battle the Liberal party will have the
tremendous advantage Of fighting for
noble causes. The provisions of the
budget itself lend themselves readily
to sharp controversy. But. behind de-
tails Of the bill is the greater consI-
tutional contest. The lords must he
defeated in their scheme for practical
~ rejecting money bill or the liber-
ties of the people, won by hard fight
ing during long centuries since 1879,
Will have tremendous and revolt
tionary setback.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

The president of Nicaragua has Ia
be taught lesson by Uncle Sam in his
treatment of Americans. He has al
ready shot two citizens of the United
States and is throwing American COM
mercial travellers into prison. The day
has passed when American citizens
native or adopted, can be shot or i'm
prisoned with fmpunity in South
America or elsewhere Every Ameri.
can is entitled to fair trial at home
or abroad before he is ushered inso
eternity for participating in political
revolutions. 1t is to be hoped that the
Nicaraguan despot will pay dearly fol-
taking away the lives and liberty OF
American citizens.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27
A FAIR PROPOSITION.

The Minneapolis Gas Light Co..
whose charter expires next February,
mas made a final offer to furnish the
city with gas at IS cents and the
public at IS cents per thousand cubic
feet, provided individual consumers
pay their bills on or before the tenth
OF the month. This offer is made by
the company for renewal Of it's fran
chise for twenty years and in con-
slderation of the waving by the city
Of its right to purchase the company's
plant on the expiration of the pres
ent franchise. The matter is now be-
lore the special gas committee and
experts are being examined to obtain
correct ideas for the guidance of the
committee in the premises.
The chairman, Aid. Wendell Hertig
OF the Fifth Ward, is reported as con-
siderlng the proposition of the COM
pany fair and equitable, while Mayor
Haynes is strenously opposed to fur
ther extension Of the franchise on the
terms offered by the company and be-
heves the city should try its hand at
municipal ownership in gas as well
as IN water. He also THINKS that the
price should be IS or 20 cents to con-
sumers, though the: present price is
one dollar to the public and ninety
cents to the city.
The Irish Standard is in favor of &C.
cepting the terms offered by the COM
pany' as it deems them fair ands rea-
sonable when compared with prices IN
larger cities like New York, where the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

On Thanksgiving Day. President
Taft, Vice-President. Sherman. the
cabinet, members Of the diplomatic
corps. members Of the supreme court,
senators and representatives in con-
Eress of every denominationEEpttend
solemn high mass at Sta Particks
church in Washington. The members
of the Panama congress also attend
ed the Pan-American Thanksgiving
celebration. Among the Catholic
dignitaries present were Mgr. Falconio
and Cardinal Gibbons. What will the
sectarian preachers think Of Taft now
for honoring the Catholic Church OH
the national holiday originated by the
Pilgrims?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

At the annual meeting of the state
fair management, to be held in Janu-
airy, there are likely to be some
changes. B. F. Nelson, the president
of the association, desires to retire, so
it is stated at least, and John J. Fur
long of Austin is talked of as his
successor. Mr.. Nelson has filled this
Office in most worthy maner and it
is possible he may be induced to con-
tinue. However, should he decline the
honor further. we know of no nan
whom we would be better pleased 70
see succeed him than Mr.. Furlong. He
certainly has all the qualifications nee
essary for this very important posi-
ton.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

On Nov. 10 in New York, Augustine
e. Costello, one of the Americans who
landed from the "Erin's Hope" in Ire
land in 1867 to assist the Fenians in
their uprising against the British gov
eminent, passed away at the age CT
penal servitude with Gen. Halpin and
Col. Warren after delivering an elo-
squent and able address before the Lord
Chief Justice who frequently inter-
arupted him while criticising the gov
Sernment and its minions in Ireland.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27
A MoMENToUs CONFLICT.

The great conflict between the
Lords and the Commoners of Greit
Britain has now begun on the rejer-
ton OF Lloyd Georges budget by the
aristocracy of the dis United King
dom. The reports from London un-
til going to press have been so mea-
gre that our readers must depend OF,
the daily papers for the row between
the hereditary and the elected MEM
bers of the British parliament over tnc
taxation schedules in the financial ~
which passed the House of Commons
by an overwhelming majority. The
House OF Lords has determined not tn
pass the bill until it is submitted to
the voters for their endorsement or
rejection. The decision given in Jam
uary at the polls will be the beginning
OF the ending or mending of the proud
lords whose lands have been taxed
for the support of the government.
Lord Rosebery has said that tho
'>NNoSS A'iSoho q ICNoIuSIOII, anu he Is
right but the custom that has hither-
to prevailed is that 1.-The crown de-
mands money, the commons grants IL.
and the lords assent to the grant"
The lords refuse to assent in the
taxation of their lands, which were
taken from the Saxons by the ma
rauding Normans who came with
William and have passed to their de-
scendants who raise revenue by rent
ing holdings to tenants who cultivate
the soil. The lords have recently 50
mutilated the Irish land bill as to rem
der it unacceptable to the Liberal and
Irish parties. Some years ago they
rejected Gladstene's Home Rule bill
for Ireland, and now they reject Lloyd
Georges budget. Will the lords be
permitted to remain as stumbling
blocks in the path Of reform or will
the people demand they descend from
their high pedestal and let the repre-
sentatives duly elected rule the king
dom and provide the money for so do
inS' as the custom has been for CEN
turtles? The Chicago Tribune gives
the following information on the cues
ton:
The power of the purse has been the
greatest lever With which the popular
chamber has worked for over 5oo
years. AS early as 1879 the right OF
the commons to investigate accounts
and appropriate the supplies was clear
~ established. 1t fell into disuse after
Henry ", but was revived in 1924 and
again in 1641. and then firmly dete--
mined as an undisputed principle un-
der Charles II in 1866.
In connection with quarrel in 1907
it was agreed that all money bills
should originate in the commons. In
1898, under Elizabeth, the principle
was again asserted, the court party
failing to secure conference with the
lords by the decisive vote of 217 to 1913,
When in 1910, Charles I tried to &c,
around the obstruction the principle
was reiterated with indignant objec-
ton against the breach Of the privi-
lege of the commons. In 1871 and
again in 1859 the right of the lords
to pass all or reject all without dim
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

4s It begins to look as though the plan
Sto erect the new government building
ION Washington avenue would be con-
tested. If all sections of the city are
EtO. be equally considered and the ques-
sstion Of site is really to play a promi-
S5nent part-a matter of most vital i'm
portance to all our citizens-there can
s'be little or no doubt as to the ulti-
mate result. 1t is both fair and Just
M assume that fully four-f1fths of the
Iipeople of Minneapolis favor the Bridge
Square site. From every point of
slew it is the most convenient and
natural location proposed for the
EDsN post Office building.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27
THE MANCHESTER MARTYRS,

Lie loily-SeCOnd anniversary of the
death of the Manchester martyrs, AL
len, Larkin and O'Brien, was celebrat-
ed in this city last Sunday by the
Robert Emmett Literary Society, a
branch of revolutionary organiza-
ton, which advocates the freedom of
Ireland, not by tongue and pen bat
by the sword and rife. The society is
entitled to the gratitude of all friends
of Ireland for selecting Hon. Daniel
w. LAWYER, mayor of st. Paul, for
speaker on the patriotic occasion, for
Mayor Lawler is not only magnetic
orator of considerable ability, but is
also an ardent lover of the land of his
ancestors, who believes Ireland ought
to have the rights of nationality and
be governed by her own sons in a ma
tive parliament. OF course, Mayor
Lawler would prefer an Irish republic
to an Irish monarchy, though if Ire
land followed the example of Norway,
and by a plebiscite or popular vote
decided to have king instead of Il
president. he would evidently heed the
national voice of Ireland and recognize
the right of the people to choose their
own form of government and a ruler
to correspond
All true Americans would rather see
republics established in Europe than
Kingdoms, despite the fact that Nor
way and Belgium are we'll satisfied
with their rulers so long as they do
not claim. the divine right to govern
their subjects az they please. The
Americans of Irish descent desire self
government for Ireland of such q char
acter that it may be national, and not
provincial, and that the laws passe1
IN It's own capital for the general well
fare of the island shall not be inter-
Tered with or vetoed by the British,
imperial parliament at Westminster
The Home Rule now demanded BY the
irish leaders may be used as a stem
ping stone to national independence
at future day and should not be &C.
copied as finality, for no present dav
leaders have right to legislate for
posterity. The kind Of self-govern-
nent asked for ireland by its parlia-
mentary leaders In London NAV be
taken on the principle that half =
loaf is better than no bread" but If
would not satisfy the aspirations Of
the Irish race as full measure If
national independence.
Mayor Lawler briefly. and in p1ou-
ing words that ELECTED frequent an
plause, referred to the tragedy at Man
chester and declared that he consid-
cred 1t no more Of crime to engage
IN the liberation of two brave Ameri.
can soldiers who crossed the Atlantic
to aid the cause Of freedom than =,
was for Sam Adams and John Han
cock to join the party disguised an
Indians that threw the British tea into
Boston harbor to show their conten,nt
Tor the stamp act In each case tn.
patriots acted in defiance of British
law but the Manchester heroes suf-
fered death on the scaffold. while tho
Boston patriots escaped unframed
Had the latter been arrested and tried
before British tribunal composed of
a bisoted judge and jury and subornea
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

Says the Duluth News Tribune: Car
dinal Satolli is said to have recently
expressed the opinion that the middle
western portion of the United States
is entitled to cardinal. or course
Archbishop Ireland, who is eminently
qualified for promotion.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

the lowest price, If fair profits were to
be realized by the gas companies..
AS for municipal. ownership, the
irish Standard thinks it unwise to try
the experiment, judging from the re-
suits achieved in other cities. In fact,
here at home, where the city fur
nishes water to the consumers, there
are many complaints heard Of the way
the department is run, and the tax
payers manifest no desire for NUM-
cipal ownership Of any further public
utilities.
If the question of municipal owner
ship of gas is made an issue in the
next campaign we venture the predic-
ton that the advocates of it will be-
beaten to a frazzle," to use the ele-
CANT expression of Theodore Roose-
welt. Therefore. the opposition on the
part of Mayor Haynes to renewal OF
the franchise to the gas company il
| mistake from political standpoint,
| whether he intends to be a candidate
for reelection or not. That the offer
of the company is eminently fair and
just is conceded by the Journal, which
says editorially:
1T means an immediate saving to
every consumer of Is cents a thousand,
or in the aggregate s225,ooo a year
1t means the same price for gas that
Chicago gets, with its huge population
and its cheap coal and OIL There arc
$4,000 gas meters in Chicago COM
pared with less than $4,000 in Mime
apolis. Crude oil is piped direct to
the plant, coal is laid down on the
| docks from the ship at lowest freight
rate. 1t costs more money in freight
charges to lay down the constituent
elements of gas in Minneapolis. New
York after long litigation secured 80
cent gas. That was held by the court,
to be a fair price. If eighty cents is
fair in New York, eighty-five is cheap
in Minneapolis, where the climatic con-
ditions still further increase the cost
of manufacture"
The same paper declares that the
Minneapolis Gas Light company pays
personal tax this year of nearly $42,-
900 and on real estate $4,000 more, and
that other items in it's tax account will
bring its total annual payments up to
100000. In ten years it would pay half
million dollars and in twenty over
one million. That would be lost to
the city if the corporation goes out of
business, and it is an. item worth con-
sfdering before rejecting it's offer AMI
adopting the scheme of municipal own
ership.
We hope the gas committee will
favor the adoption of the proposition of
the gas company after the city at
| torney has examined ii carefully TO
see that the city is amply protected in
its rights, and that the council will ap-
prove of their report and thus avoid
an endless and expensive litigation.
1t is far better, in our opinion, that
the matter be adjusted at once than to
drag it into politics and postpone it
indefinitely.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

The sugar trust will carry it's case
to the supreme court of the United
States, hoping that the nine judges on
the bench will disagree as usual-as
they did on the income tax bill and
other cases submitted to them. The
only way to dissolve the sugar trust
is to put enough hot water in it, and
the court of last resort does not keep
enough for dissolution.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

Prosperity is coming-meet her half
way, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
perity and ready to go further than
half way to meet the dame.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27
Rev. DR.. James Burrell, formerly

Rev. DR.. James Burrell, formerly OF
Minneapolis but now pastor Of the
Dutch Reformed Church of New York,
is said to be the highest salaried min
crusade is against the Sunday paper
on the ground that 1t violates the sane
itity of the Sabbath. He has nothing
to say Of the Sunday theatre.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

That Scottish laird, Andrew Carne-
gle, is very optimistic of the world
peace. 1t is only short time ago
that he feared tilt between Germany
and England, and invoked the SYM
pathy of America for the dear moth
er country which he loves so we'll.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

The rescue Of the miners at Cherry,
ILL.,, as written for the Sunday papers,
was pathetic in the extreme. Father
the entombed men from the bowels of
the earth. The victims of the catas-
trophe were mostly Poles and Italians.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

What will Mrs. Augusta E. Stetsor,
of New York, do now after her eX-
communication from the Christian
Science church by the disciples Of
Mrs. Eddy? She may find her way
into the Catholic church if she is
earnestly in search of religious truth.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27
VIM. NJ. Laffan, successor of Charlie

"A. Dana as publisher Of the New
York Sun, died last week afte: an
operation for appendicitis. He WAS :,
native Of Dublin, but evidently did not
inspire the editorials, as many Of them
in the Sun misrepresented the cause
of his native land and the character
OF his countrymen.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

The Minneapolis Tribune SAYS that
notwithstanding the fact that the an
nual output of gold has doubled since
1895, the prices of the necessities CT
life have risen 50 per cent during the
same period. Thereby hangs a tale
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

Judge Gaynor, mayor elect of Great
er New York. went to Ohio a few days
ago and again the newspapers report
that he will be q presidential candl-
date in 1912.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

Governor Eberhart is in great de-
mand as a public speaker. The man
who talks much is apt to be closely
watched by his political rivals to see
whether when he opens his mouth h.
puts his foot in it.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-27

When T. P. O'Connor was N st.
Louis two weeks ago, he was given {,
dinner by the newspaper men of that
city. Among those moulders of pub
lie opinion present on the occasion
was Father Phelan, the Nestor OF
Catholic journalism in the United
States. In the Western Waterman h.
devotes an editorial to the event and
relates that "Tay Pay" bowed his head
at table, silently said grace befora
meat and blessed himself, thus maxi
ing a public profession of his faith.
What will John Dewey, of the Gaelic
American, think of T. P. O'Connor
now? We expect to find a three-col-
umn harangue from the New York
"invincible" on the hypocrisy of the
brainy member from Liverpool, who
has been already communicated
from the Church by the arch consplr-
ator of Gotham.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-07

+. +
saving life ess fewer q @ soy VIEW fewer deaths
% Il the preceding year" The United States commissioner
education il his report makes pa s., sIe
ike YOU will want to what this cost: TIE sot Ct IS 1 senos CO.
physician will be the objection raised against d y anger paces
~ where the physician required to make NOR .
less regular visits short intervals to be ABOUT sS ~
Of such an officer should considered from he stnapms
Of the saving he makes to the community It IS s c, and
Frone where medical supervision Of schools has been introduced
long enough the fact that The physical aaa a., ay
scknesses With is damages the body have been and
finally IVES saved By the n k p ,g e s. sfe
land Me- are Of value in dollars and cents On
than all the and real estate ate z. ~ ~
ens Of tomorrow exists without inventory OF them 50 iar g
their physical webeng concerned The nees: to! sven e
c have passed through an epidemic Of dipher There have
been round numbers twenty patients in about aoeen
did didn't es ali physician .d .iss:.
or who projected he remainder Of their families BY the use q anti
time ~ quarantine All this could been xered ha
g oversee ssse sa 81 b ie en- d
dren show signs Of Illness The primary r. &c chi
dseT pay; seoe as sGpe IL s.. sr
few prevenahle diseases ars asny & our pso
&c s; ass saa;ssy sd
congress Washington picture ult n these
ton and who dsregarded tie insioe 4.itng
he neither took Of the sp g hd ts ady,e Ct enoss
remained indoors and infected remnant g Is md ts
ghay picture hung the walls as ct H.e iui: Ct
living and presag On their minds Wien Il tae condin
what be done " living and
e ws and s. e aeoss :G b a j
living Look = the los Of hts from ON the great White
hundred and sixty thousand die annually
900 Of the dsase Look At the devastation
due contaminated # teach the youth tie value 81
living and preventing disease WIN s. tbe
s dsson ia destruction Il these valuable Ives man. Il whom
are sacrificed on e altar Of ignorance and
the pestience Cuba and Porto
you Il dollar. and md III 81 I've
Compute the contingent single
repeled and defeated through e eeny 81 those Who la
h.: s made sa ef 81 q e
oceans b joined made possible Of Dr
and conerce domestic and being projected VI
ant guard stationed At sitting
Francisco the triumphant against the bubonc plague has
added new laurels to our country On hand sanitary
other things that ought be done
diseases could be still further prevented the almost ncacuabe
country equivalent the enlisted Of both army and
What if these two Of service wiped exste
in single year BY foreign fo7 Would every resource
Be taxed to e the invasion destroy the decat
nions Of death? Or that Indianapolis ten
wouldn't people themselves Is avert such from
still other cities And yet the prevalence Of tpho fever i.
thousand people annually 81 typhoid
ism Of sixty days equivalent saying every man woman
child in Louisville was III two months
million SICK al infectious and prevenable ;.eae. III