The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-03-05
in PASSING

one or the sessions OF the Conservation
( and Agricultural Development Con-
gress to be held in st. Paul, March
1eth to 18th.
| The receipts of the state treasury
last Tuesday were the heaviest in it's
| history amounting to over 1900, 900.
Heavy payment OF railroad taxes con-
tributed largely to this result.
/ No doubt the news waited to the
White House from Africa during the
week that Mr.. Roosevelt was enjoying
the best of health was received with
great rejoicing, though the extreme
silence manifested in that historic
structure would indicate that the Taft
smile had reached the grin-and- bear
| it stage.
| Some one has said that the stage
has been elevated. That reminds us
of "a, yesterday" when the names of
! Booth, Barrett, Forrest, Mccullough
| and Adams were so familiar. Today
we have such "tragedians" as Corbett,
Jeffries, Battling Nelson, Wolgast and
Jack johnson. A little study of the
elevated al right-with vengeance
!
Minority leader Champ Clark was
! recently asked to say something about
his presidential BOOM "My position
is something like that of former speak,
er Tom Reed" said Clark "Reed once
had a boonlet, and someone asked him
for an expression on the subject My
position said Reed, is that they might
go further ard fare worse, and I think
they WILL"
| The Minneapolis Star of February
| "a, in celebration of its third ami.
| versary, contained twenty EIGHT pages
of choice reading matter and advertise
ments. In a particular manner it's
columns were devoted to the people
Of the East Side, whose interests it
has so well upheld since it's establish
ment, and fror, a general. standpoint
the Star was most creditable num-
Der.
One of the best papers read before
the recent meeting of the Minnesota
Editorial Association held at the Hotel
A. Paradis. editor of the Midway
News. His subject, Fright of the Peo-
pie to Publicity" was handled in q
mastery manner and contained much
for earnest thought and consideration.
1t was an excellent production and bore
the stamp of more than ordinary prep
| aration.
The members Of the Irish Fellow.
| ship club Of Chicago are at logger
heads, it is alleged, over the absurd
proposition to import square yard of
sod from Ireland for President Taft TO
stand on when he delivers his address
at the st. Patrick's day banquet Of that
organization. It Is pretty safe to say
| that the opposition to such foolishness
comes from the real Irish and Irish
| Americans of that organization. The
| others are no doubt of the same breed
| of Hanicy, who ran for mayor Of the
Windy City at one time and whose
| real name was Hennessy. The Irish
Fellowship club should weed out these
professional once-a-year or st. Pat
| tricks day only patriots.
Plans are being arranged by Arch
| bishop Farley, New York, and the
clergy of st. Patrick's cathedral for a.
celebration of the hundredth anniver-
sary Of the birth of Cardinal McClos-
key. A solemn pontifical mass will be
offered in the cathedral Thursday
morning, March 10, the centenary of
his birth. The same evening meet
ing under the auspices of the laity will
be held in the Catholic club. 100 Cen
| trail Park eou+h. The entire diocese
will be invited to participate in the
cathedral service. Bishops and pro-
vincials Of the different orders will sit
in the sanctuary. Although Cardinal
McCloskey died a quarter of a GEN.
tury ago, his memory IL still green. He
was Americas first cardinal, New
York's only wearer Of the red hat, and
this country has had only one other
member Of the sacred college-Cardinal
Gibbons. It was Cardinal Gibbons,
then Archbishop, who preached Car
| dinal McCloskey's funeral sermon.
|
AS testified to in his own diary
George Washington, who never told
lie, was born on February II and
not on February p. This may seem