The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-12-18
II
IN PASSING


Clarence S. DarroM. the brilliant
Chicago attorney, who defended Hay
wood, Meyer and Pettibone in Idaho.
is not only a Socialist, but an adyo-
cate of the liquor interests. He re-
Gently spoke at Worcester, Mass and
said, among other things, that "thc
Irishman lived on whiskey and pota-
toes" John T. Shea, national secr.-
tary of the c. T. A. U. Of America, re-
piled to barrow the following day and
excoriated him in an eloquent philippe
for slandering the Irish race and for
attacking the Catholic Church because
of the execution of the Spanish anarch-s
list, 'Ferrer, of odious memory. Darrow,
with all his pretensions, is cheap
demagogue when acting as the hired
attorney Of the brewers and distillers.
Horace H. Lurton of Tennessee, for
merly Of Ohio, has been appointed by
President Taft as the successor of the
late Justice Peckham on the bench Of
the supreme court of the United states.
Lurton is nominal Democrat. Flo
has, the reputation Of being the foe of
labor and, the friend Of the corpora !.
tons. He has been on the: federal
bench of Tennessee, for 16 years and
is known as Special Car Lurton." be-
cause Of his travelling free over, the.
railroads in a special car Taft not
only selected corporation attorneys for
his cabinet, but he wants them on the
supreme bench. There is much op-
position against Lurton, and it is to
be hoped that his appointment will
not be confirmed. The court Of last
resort should be composed. Of Judges
who have the confidence OF all the
people for probity and tmpartiality.
IT is said that William o'Brien, for-
nier M: r, who is now rusticating In
ttaly, will contest the parliamentary
seat In Cork city. now occupied by
Augustus Roche, at the approaching
general election. Mr.. o'Brien is al
able man whose patriotism is unques-
tionable, but he is too emotional, too
sensitive and too refractory to act in
concert with the Irish party led by
John e. Redmond. He will be Of no
practical USE to Ireland at time when
the greatest constitutional battle for
upward of a century has commenced
in the United Kingdom. Mr.. o'Brien
Isl now. the owner Of Bear Forest, q
few miles from Mallow, whore he ana
another Of his patriotic countrymen,
Thomas Davis. were born. The de-
mesne attached to the residence is ex-
tensive and, stretches along the pie
turesque banks Of the Blackwater.
The paragrapher visited the. house
where VIM. O'Brien first saw the light
The gentle poet" Spencer, who had
the heart Of wolf, resided in the
Castle of Mallow in the reign Of Eliza
beth and had to fly for his life to Eng
land. whence he never returned.
A remarkable address was recently
delivered by Judge Charles Amidon i'll
the Congregational church at Fargo,
N. D. The humane Federal Judge ad-
Iva Soa fh4 Af a~sA
criminals on the ground OF economy,
saying it cost more public money to
keep naturally bad man in the pen
itentiary under lock and key than to
educate a well-behaved man In q uni
versity. ''The percentage Of profess
sional criminals who are reformed"
exclaimed the kind-hearted Judge, sis
50 small as not to be worth mention
ing He would put the hopelessly in
sane to death in = humane way. thus
relieving them Of their misery. Judge
Amidon, should spell his name soma,
daun." the. meaning Of which every
Irish speaking citizen knows. Does he
want Paganism to supplant Christian
ity? What does Taft think Of him?
What do the Congresationalists. the
children OF the Puritans lof New Eng 4
land, think of him? We think he Id a
disgrace to the bench in civilized
community, and that it is we'll he is
only dispensing the laws instead Of
making them. ~
The notorious "ex.priest" slattery is
heard Of again. Some days ago he was
in Fall River, Mass, where he, was
advertised to, lecture on ''why I Left