The Irish standard., 1910-01-15
IN PASSING

In a letter from Liverpool to the
Chicago Tribune, T. P. o'Connor says:
The general opinion is that Healy is
beaten. VIM. O'Brien may win Cork
city and two other county seats, but
if Healy is beaten O'Brien will be in
nocuous and probably will make an
other and final retirement six months
after the election.
In the vote on the appointment of a
jury in the Pinchot-Ballinger trial by
Speaker Cannon, we fail to find the
name of Nye among the insurgents
from Minnesota. The time has come
when Congressman will be held respon-
sible by the people who send them to
Washington. 1t will not d ofor them to
be insurgents" at home and "regu-
lars" at the nations capital. Those
who follow Tawney and Joe Cannon
had better be laid on the shelf after
the expiration of their terms.
According to the higher criticism
'the forbidden fruit that brought
death into the world and all our woe"
was not an apple but q banana. 1t is
said that the Garden of Eden was To-
Gated too far south and east to raise
an apple flair to the eye" and that a
tropical fruit tempted Eve. The mat
ter ought to he referred to the Uni
versity Of Copenhagen or to Rookie.
feller's institution in the Windy City
on Lake Michigan.
Two years ago Boston elected Hib-
bard as reform mayor by $500
plurality over Fitzgerald. On Tuesday
Hubbard received but 1888 votes out
Of a total of 95,125, and Fitzgerald
polled 46.96S votes against 4S,157 for his
three opponents combined. He is now
stigmatized by Republican organs as
machine politician" despite the fact
that politics was entirely ignored in
the campaign. We hope Fitzgerald will
give Boston as good an administration
as his predecessors, Mcguire and Col
Inns. The Irish will govern the Hub
for the next three years. Shades OF
Winthrop, Harvard and Cotton Mather!.
The Celts are now ruling the Puritans
of New England. What mighty
change!
Writs for the general election in
England were issued last Monday,
Voting begins today, Saturday, Jan. Is,
and closes on Friday; Jan. %. Not un-
til then will the results Of the great
electoral contest in Great Britain and
Ireland become known. Several Ma
tionalist seats in ireland are being
contested by factionists. Richard
Hazleton, M. p, lis nominated fon.
North Louth, instead Of Tim Healy,
and William O'Brien is a. candidate
for Cork City. Maurice Healy will
have to fight hard for his seat in Cork
County, as he is not willing to sit, act
and vote in parliament with Redmond
and his followers.
In reply to correspondent who
asks if Irish soldiers ever wore kits
like those worn by Highlanders in the
British army, we beg to say that we
find no mention Of it in any Irish his
tory in our possession. Thomas
Moore, in his History of ireland,
quotes Camden, an Englishman. who
describes the dress of the gallow-
glasses or heavy-armed foot soldiers
who served as the bodyguard of Shane
O'Neill, the Earl of Tyrone, when he
visited the Court Of Queen Elizabeth.
"Their heads" says Camden, "wsre al
ways uncovered, while the long loose
hair was let to fall in large curls.
They had their shirts dyed Of saffron
| color, with the sleeves exceedingly
large, While their tunics, or vests,
were very short and their cloaks
A0ooAA VI SudSSys NOLQlnS IN their
costume to correspond with the kilt,
which Is defined by Webster as "a
kind of short petticoat reaching FROM
the waist to the knees. worn in the
Highlands Of Scotland by men, and
In the Lowlands by young boys"
The Buffalo Union and Times has
not yet lost faith in DR.. Cook. The
Copenhagen experts have only said
that he furnished no proofs Of reach
ing the North Pole. but Peary and his
friends have not proved that he did
not get there. Our Eastern contem-
porary quotes Prof. Torp, rector of the
University of Copenhagen, who says:
AS there were certain questions Of
special astronomical nature witt