The Irish standard., 1909-03-27
IN PASSING


In the Courier Journal of March II.
henri Waterson paid noble tribute
to the Irishman and wound up by say
ing that he is never a snob.
| Last Tuesday Ex- president Eoosc.
Welt sailed for Africa and will be gone
for fifteen months or more. He re-
celved quite an ovation from hi. al
n.irers before his departure. Every
one, regardless of politics, wishes him
a safe journey on sea and land.
| For the first time in the history Il
the United States nearly everybo'ls
has read the Presidents message. The
document was trief and to the po;nt
aud was not addressed to the galleries
FL esident Taft has won the esteem ci
his countrymen by the brevity CT hia
message. y"
Willie Whitla, the boy who was kid
narsd last week from a public school
at Sharon, Pa, was returned on Mon,
day to his father at Cleveland, O.,
after paying a ransom of $4,000. TllY
abductors are said to have been
p:ured, and they will be se.ar.y
rur 'shed, as they deserve. Pat CIowe \
is not suspected of having any ha Il in
| the matter.
Speaker Cannon, in Congress, on St
Patrlck's Day, wore a shamrock in the
lapel Of his coat, and Payne and Dali
zell wore bit of green. This was evil
IDENTIFY in recognition of the support
giveu by the Talnmany delegation, 4,
every member of which wore eithe:
green tie or shamrock. A member
from Georgia offered resolution Of
sympathy with the Irish people.
Richard c. Kerns, of st. Louis, IL
slated for ambassador to Austria, &C
cord'ng to dispatches from Washing
ton, D. G. He was born in Ireland in
1912. came to the United States in
infancy and served in the Union army
throughout the civil war. After the
war he lived in Arkansas and in 1876
removed to st. Louis. He has been
identified with the construction of a
large number of railroads. For many
years he represented Missouri as ma
tional Republican committeeman and
he was thrice the candidate of his party
for United States senator.
Ex-Governor Murphy, Of New Jersey.
recently said: II would like to see an
| import duty Of at least 800 on each
and every immigrant. would like to
see law passed that would prevent
the importation Of any immigrant wlo
could not speak and read the English
language. And I would allow no man
| 10 vote who was not born in this cour-
try and who could not read or write!'
Surprising that a man of the name Of
Murphy holds such views. He ough,
to spell his name Morphy or Murfee.
He Is an Irish A. P. A.
! President Eliot, Of Harvard, denies
any prejudice, either religious or racial
against "citizens sprung from Irish and \
ether foreign stocks" AS he is report
cd to have said that he has not drop
Of Anglo Saxon blood in his views, he
must have sprung from the Irish or.
ether foreign stocks" Now, of what
stock is he? If he goes to the Court of
st. James he may pass for a Normal;
though if the truth was Known, he is
more apt to be a Celt than anything
! else. But who cares what he Is, 50
long as he is good American oitt.cr?
The Sacred Heart Review says that
the following are the requisites which
Catholics stand in need Of: More books
and fewer banquets. More thinking
and less drinking. More work and less
talk. More Undergraduates and less
self-glorif1cation. More constructive
ress and less criticism. More real So
ciabiity and less whist. More simpl-
city and fewer "airs." More copying
of kindly and worthy deeds and less,
imitation of fads and follies and foibles.
EIore real recreation and less more dis
s1pation. More reality and less sha H.
More study clubs and fewer social |
clubs. More helpful, hopeful conversa-
ton and less gossip. More emphasis
On manners and morals and less on
money. More sincerity and less smart
Eess Larger outlooks and smaller
arudges. A greater desire for social
usefulness than social prestige.
The London Morning Leader in an
iror ical vein, writes as follows Of the
INto NIL.