The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-12-21
AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND.

'Ao 0'ieAii ue Tie Ambassador to
London to succeed Whitelaw Reid? is
question of great Importance To the
American people OF all classes and
conoltlons of life. 1t requires diplo.
mat of first class ability and of I'M
questioned Anericanism to represent
this great republic at the Court of ST.
James. BY Americanism we mean
attachment to the United States"
first Of all. No man who has an in
ordinate attachment to England or IN
BRUSH institutions should be appoint
ed to the office In other words, no
Anglomaniac should be accredited to
the post by a Democratic president of
the United States.
De. mortius nil nis bonum" - say
nothing but good of the dead-is a.
phrase sometimes more honored in its
breach than in it's, observance, but we
shall observe it strictly in the case of
| Whitelaw Reid for obvious reasons.
We have no fault with any American
for being proud of his English origin
any more than with German, an
lr1shman or a Scandinavian for
springing from a noble ancestry: but
in the twentieth century when men
are judged by their achievements and
not by their racial origin in this coun-
try. 1t is right and proper that an en-
thusiastic American, regardless Of des-
cent, who considers the United States
the greatest nation on earth should
German, French, Russian or any other
TO represent the democracy and not
the plutocracy of this republic.
The last item of news concerning
the doings of Whitelaw Reid prior to
his illness, that was flashed through
| the cable from London to America
was that he was entertaining the
British aristocracy at a shooting party
at Wrest Park. We never heard that
he entertained the British democracy
at any kind Of party: but a few
months ago he found time to cross the
English channel to speak to the Tory
Orangemen of Belfast and eulogize
them on being "Ulster Scots"-a mon
grel race disowned by the Irish and
the Scotch as well as by the English
of liberal tendencies.
Will his successor be the same kind
of ambassador as Reid and his prede-
cessors under Republican administra-
tions for half century? 1t looks like
it. Andrew Carnegie is said to have
! picked out the next ambassador in
+, the person of Thomas Nelson Page,
and that he has been promised by
President-elect Wilson to appoint him.
I; We thought Andy. was Republican
who contributed to the Taft campaign
fund and it is said that. Wilson will
not take a pension from him after re-
firing from office.
| Mr.. Page may, be eminently fitted
for the position for aught we know to
the contrary. The N. Y. Sun says he
is somewhat plutocratic," but so was
Reid. Both of them are classed as
literary diplomatists. Mr.. Reid edited
an edition Of the life Of Talleyrand,
but what Mr.. Page has done we know
not. Carnegie. who is an author him.
self on small scale, Knows him bet
ter than we do.
| Mr.. Reid was just setting about
writing his memoirs when death
snatched him, and no doubt he pos
sessed the ability to write Interestingly
of his personal experiences during an
eventful life. We trust that the Demo-
cratic president will use good judg-
+, ment in appointing his successor and
that he Will not be influenced by Car
negie. Had Taft been reelected he
lswouldi most probably appoint John