The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-31
IN PASSING

|: nv PASSING !,
Miss Helen Stokes, a student at
Mount st. Mary Seminary Scranton,
Pa, is announced as the winner in Il
arship founded at Trinity College,
Washington, D. c., by the Ladies' Aux
iliary to the A. O. H.
Pere Marquette, the heroic Jesuit
missionary and explorer, will have i
monument erected to his memory in
the region which he was the first white
man to travel It will be erected on
Mackinac Island at the head Of Lake
Michigan, and will be dedicated the
first week in August.
Mobile, Ala, has just purchased
large tract of land for public use, and
the aldermen of that city have voted
to name it Ryan park in honor of the
distinguished poet-priest, whose men,
Dry will be tenderly revered in the
South while time lasts. The long-de-
ferred monument to Father Ryan will
be erected in Ryan park.
The Dublin Independent does not in
dorse the mission of Lady Aberdeen
in America. It is opposed to begging
for Ireland, no matter how merito-
rious or urgent the cause, and says
Ireland Is the healthiest country in the
world. "The salary that the Lord
Lieutenant Of Ireland GETS" says the
Dublin paper, would take care of all
the consumptives in Ireland" What
Ireland wants is self government.
Why do not the orangemen of Can
ada bray vociferously against the mar
riage of King Edwards granddaughter
to the King Of Portugal who is an
orthodox Catholic? What is to become
Of the English royal family If its fe-
male members marry royal papists?
Edwards daughter became Catholic
to marry the king Of Spain and his
granddaughter will follow her example
when espousing the king Of Portugal.
Perhaps Edward himself is a Jesuit
in disguise
Commissioner Bingham, who was re-
Gently discharged by Mayor Mcclellan
of New York, will not be a candidate
for mayor against Tammany. It ap-
pears that Bingham is afflicted with
the "cacoethes scribendi,' and in g.
magazine article accused the Jews Of
being lawbreakers. As there are 70o,-
900 Hebrews in Gotham, the friends
Of Bingham will select another candi-
date. The chickens Matched through
the police commissioners bigotry are
coming home to roost. It is folly for
any New York politician to antagon-
ize the Irish and Jews.
many recently presented $500 to the
family of magistrate named James J.
Walsh, who died without leaving
cent. Instead of sending resolutions
of coincidence to the widow, Magistrate
Daniel Finn suggested that she be se1:t
money to provide for her children, as
the husband died penniless and had
no insurance on his life. Charles F.
Murphy, the Tammany boss, introduced
a resolution calling on each of the
IS district organizations in New York
county to raise 5000 for Mrs Walsh,
and then the committee Of Tammany
raised $500 among its own members.
No wonder Tamnany exercises the in
fluence it does on Manhattan Island.
1t is composed Of practical politicians.
On the 18th Of July the Union Jack
was flung to the breeze from the flag
STATS of the public schools in Toronto
Orangemen control the board Of edu-
cation in that city and displayed the
British emblem in honor of the day
they celebrated. They wanted the
whole community to do homage t.
their odious order Of sectarian intol-
erance. The present board Of educa-
ton in the Canadian hotbed Of Or
angeism will not employ any Catholic
teachers, and yet these bigots are con-
stantly talking about civil and relig-
tous liberty. They are away behind tho
age, though In their ignorance they
think they are in advance of their
neighbors on this side of the interna-
tional line.
Bishop James A. McFaul, Of Tren-
ton, N. j., says that the New York
press, with very few exceptions, gave