The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-11-19

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The torty-third anniversary of the
death of Allen Larkin and OBrien,
the Manchester martyrs, will occur
next Wednesday.
.. II candidates were as anxious to
make good their promises after cleo
ton as they are to make them known
before, our government would ap-
proach much nearer to the ideal.
The question of universal suffrage
was carried In the state of Washing.
ton by vote of two to one. The
successful politicians of that state will
all be perfectly lovely" men here.
after.
A local debutante collapsed under
the social strain and to add to her
misery her sympathetic friends fair
ly buried her with debutante baskets
and bouquets sent to her bedside.
Even debutanting has its drawbacks.
1t has been reported that a man.
ager of number of vaudeville thea
tiers throughout the middle west Of
fered Theodore Roosevelt $4,000 a
week to give a twenty-minute speech
at one of his theaters each day. Ted
dy is still recognized al = circus of
| the first magnitude.
Work is at present actively under
way for the taking of religious cen
sus in Minneapolis. All denomina-
tions are to be represented. Those
In charge propose to divide the ter
ritory among three or. four thousand
canvassers and complete the task of
enumerating in one day. 1t is the
hope of some of the promoters that
the result will be general religious
awakening throughout the city.
The Democrats did exceedingly well
in North Dakota at the recent cleo
ton. In Stark county, usually strong
~ Republican, the, honors we're about
equally divided on county officers. w.
u. Ray, Democrat, was elected to
the legislature, and T. E. Murtha, of
the same party, was chosen states at
torney. Both gentlemen have many
friends in Minnesota, where they for
merly lived.
Harry K. Thaw succeeded again this
week in getting himself before the
public after months of obscurity due,
no doubt, through monopoly of noise
held by one Theodore Roosevelt who
; was both "frazzled" and silenced on
November Sth. Mr.. Thaw now finds
fault with Matteawan and asks for
transfer to some other asylum where
the surroundings will be more con-
genial.
It is said Joe Cannon now favors
the methods Of the insurgents for re.
forming the rules of the house. It
will be remembered that Joe once
thought those who advocated such
measures ought to be hanged, not
merely shot. Is it possible that the
car Of the house has revised his esti-
mate of himself downward? At least
the dethroned monarch seems to be
hopeless of ever regaining his lost
prestige.
Just how to account for the sudden
drop In prices of food is now receiving
attention. According to Senator Owen
of Oklahoma the Democratic landslide
did it, which certainly seems to be
better reason than any other yet as
signed. Senator Owen, speaking of
the matter said:
Failing prices are due to the pow
erful opinion of the American people,
expressed at the last election. One
of the chief factors leading to the Re-
OVclIuIOW WIS LuC A16A Prize
fixed by monopoly, and unless those
prices were reduced those responsible
for them would naturally anticipate
the application of drastic remedies"
The Minister of Education of Eng
land Mr.. Runciman, who is himself
Protestant, paid glowing tribute
to the Catholic Church in a recent
address. Speaking of the leveling in
fluence of education he said: 1T was
SO in the Church of pre- Reformation
days (the Catholic church, when the
poorest boy, as long as he was able
to show that he had good brains and
took advantage of the tuition at his
| disposal, might rise to the highest
ranks in life. There was no more
| democratic institution in the world