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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-11

were of the best the nation could
gather. They were the genisis of
America, high bred, resolute and
Graded in Christian homes were their
boast. How many of these erect fig
ures standing there in reverence as
their leaders inspected them would
return after that terrible charge
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-11

crowded with persons anxious to greet
Mrs. Pickett Among these were old
veterans of both the blue and the
gray.
AS she came on the stage Mrs.
Pickett bowed gracefully to the ap-
plause and the chautauqua salute, ac-
corded a speaker for the first time
during the present assembly. DIR.
Claypool introduced her with the
statement that there is no greater
thing in United States history than the
battle of Gettysburg.
Mrs. Pickett referred to the fact
that her husband had received his ap-
pointment from the neighboring city
of Quincy.
Tribute to Lincoln.
She began her story by relating an
incident at the close of the Civil war
at her home in Richmond, as that city
was suffering from the storming OF
the Federals. She told of knock at
| her door and taking her baby in her
arms she answered it, meeting a tall
stranger who inquired in accents Of
| the north If that was George Pickett's
home. He said his name was Lincoln
Replying to her question he said, NO
/ not President Lincoln, Abraham Lin
| coin, George Pickett's friend. He ther
took the baby in his arms and SAID
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-01-20

nom possessors are - whatever you
cali Enthusiastically institutions of
slavery. -:'..
Compulsory labor has already been
suggested in modern England, and
widely has the suggestion been sup
ported. Every so-called Social Re-
former" is moving in that non Cath
Ollie industrial society, not towards
Collectivismi at ALL but towards the
servile State. The same is true Of
Protestant North Germany; and per-
haps men now alive will survive to
see division in Western civilization
between societies which, like the Irish,
have not lost the tradition of civiliza-
ton, and will, therefore, establish
well-divided property; and, side by
side with them, industrial societies
based upon the ancient institution of
slavery. IT. s=.4E + - -.s :.
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in the same sense.

Ill lU0 SdIAc SSASc
But perhaps the greatest benefit q
campaign of this character has on the
country is it's etlucative effect: The
whole people for time find it almost
necessary to give some thought to the
questions offered for their solution
Literature is spread broadcast so that
even those who do not read the pa
peEs cannot escape. The discussions
that ensue bring out the different
phases of the various questions which
in turn set people to thinking. The
result Is that a national campaign
gives people q grasp of national prob
lens which they would not get in any
other way And finally, it gives the
citizen to realize that he has voice
In the government of the nation, that
he Is being consulted about the policy
the nation should pursue. The con-
seriousness that he has voice in the
government of the country and the
consequent responsibility must in
some degree awaken in him q desire
to gain the knowledge which will give
him power to make his country what
he thinks it should be.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-01-20
Takes Charge Of Irish Church.

axes Cnar90 OF irish Church.
The Church of st. Agatha, which
belongs to the Irish College. in Rome,
is the titular church assigned to the
new Cardinal Bisleti, former Major
Domo to His Holiness; and when His
Eminence took formal possession of it
it was thronged with the notabilities
Of the Vatican, besides the members
of the Irish colony and many British
subjects. Cardinal Bisleti, accompan-
led by his suite, was received by the
rector Of the Irish College, Mgr: O'Rior-
dan, who delivered an address in
which he said that the Catholics of
Ireland would take it as special ia
vor that the Holy Father had assign
ed to one who had been officially by
his side and SO much in his confidence
as Cardinal Bisleti had been, the title
of the Church Of st. Agatha, which
was administered by the Irish College
in Rome. Replying, the Cardinal ex-
pressed his thanks, for the good will
of the rector towards him, attributing
his expressions to the well known
Irish loyalty to the Holy See, and call
ing himself proud Of having his posi-
ton as Cardinal associated with a
church and nation SO rich in Catholic
memories.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-01-20

Intention to publish a magazine for
boys, and since. early. last, fall he has
been at work on plans leading to. the
launching Of the publication. In, his
projected enterprise he has received
cordial encouragement from the Cath
Ollie institutions of this city and 9TH
er parts of the state as well as in
other states of the northwest, and
the first number Of the new monthly
will go to several thousand readers.
Many we'll known Catholic writer's
will be contributors. Mr. Mclaughlin
is satisfied that there is a large field
for such magazine as he contem-
plates and he carries with him into
his new venture the best wishes of a
large. circle. of friends with whom he
has been brought in frequent contact
in his daily newspaper work.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-01-20
NO SOCIALISM IN IRELAND.

1t is not surprising, but it is never
theless gratifying, to know that So
cialism is practically an unknown
quantity in Ireland. The doctrine Of
common ownership Of public utilities
does not appeal to the Irish people.
The thought of being a ward of the
state has no charm for them. And
yet one would think that Ireland
would be just the place where such a
doctrine would thrive. The people on
the average are poor. Until recently
the landlords reaped the rewards OF
the labor of their tenants. 1t was
next to impossible for the peasant to
become land owner. The tenant was
deprived of the necessaries of life that
the landlord might live in luxury.
With conditions so adverse and with
Socialistic day dreamers preaching the
doctrine that the laborer Is entitled to
all he produces, that under Socialism
there will be no poor men and no rich
lllelA, llldl dll llAe iUuSeS VI 6OSSl IL
ment will cease-with such promises
being made by the preachers of our
modern superficial doctrine why did
not Ireland turn to it for relief? The
answer seems to lie in the fact that
the leaders in Ireland looked deeper,
and looking deeper, thought less Of
the Socialistic method of reform.
The result has been that the Irish
people did not take to it. They pre-
ferred no reform to specious kind
of reform. They were content to suf-
fer the abuses of an abusive system
of government rather than chance a
system which rates Drawn but not
brain. And thus, while Socialism is
making gains in Germany and Eng
land and the other countries of Eu-
rope it is not making start in Ire
land. There the people are not salts.
fled with the form of government I'M
der which they are living but they
are wise enough not to wish to change
it for form that is worse. The Irish
in America who are subjected to the
Socialistic contagion can well take a
lesson from their fellow countrymen
at homo. ..."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-01-20
Centennial Of Historic Event.

December 18th was the hundredth
anniversary of most remarkable
meeting in Dublin which acted as a
powerful factor in the cause of Cath
Ollie emancipation. On that date in
1911, banquet was given by the
Catholics of Ireland to "the. friends
of civil and religious. liberty" in the
Round Room, Rotunda, Dublin, when
upwards of 800 persons sat down to
dinner. The company included Lords
Meath, Dunsany, Downshire, Granard,
Rossmore, Cloncurry and others, in
Guiding the veteran, Henry Grattan.
Lord Cloncurry's speech was memoir
able, and he insisted that the, Cath.
Ole cause was "the cause OF the EN-.
pre-" and that the Infamous Act of
Union" should be repealed. He con-
c1uded by saying: Never will /, In
any peril, or under any circumstances
desert the cause of my Catholic coun-
trymen. 1t is gratifying to record
that Lord Cloncurry lived to see the
triumph of Catholic Emancipation.
Although Grattan died in 1920, Lord
Cloncurry lived till October, 1863.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-01-20

In the death of Thomas Fl. Shevlln
this week Minneapolis has lost one of
her prominent and wealthy citizens.
Mr.. Shevlin was for many years a
force in Minneapolis politics, though
he never became sufficiently interest
ed to hold or to seek public office.
He gave his time and talents to his
business as lumberman. He is said
to have treated his employees with
generous consideration. Through his
donations to public institutions he
gained the name of philanthropist.
Mr.. Shevlin was a man Of energy and
ability who was quick to grasp the
opportunities that fell in his way. His
success in business was due largely
to his energy and insight into the
conditions in which he labored.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-01-20
THE EFFECTS OF A CAMPAIGN.

Is presidential campaign a benefit
to the country Judging 1t purely from
the effect which the canvas for votes
has on the people? Undoubtedly
there is good deal to be said on both
sides of the question. The demoraliz-
ing effects Of illegal vote-getting and
the mud singing that sometimes takes
place between candidates might be
urged on one side. On the other the
educative effect which campaigning
has on the masses Of the people and
the sense of national unity which Is
impressed on the whole people by the
consideration Of the same problems
and participation in the same event
might be put forward to show that on
the whole the effect of national CAM
paign is good. .5t "a .,a.
Aside from the effects which the
months of speech making may have
in bringing about an unsettled condi-
ton Of trade prior to the election,
there can be little doubt that the
break in the monotony of events and
the accompanying excitement is looked
forward to with sense Of pleasure by
the majority of the people of the coun.
try. A pending uncertainty even
when it has no great consequences IS
always interesting. The same psy-
Geological principle that is evidenced
when twenty thousand people in a
grand stand jump. to their feet stimuli
itaneously or burst into one volumin-
GUS shout OF Joy is involved in the UNI
'certainties Of a presidential campaign.
If the excitement Of the football game
is benefit to the spectators, a ma
tional campaign. ought to be beneficial
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-01-20
MODERN soPHIsrRY.

Before the advent of Socrates in
Greek Philosophy sophistry was at it's
height. After his advent its popular
ity began to decline. The change in
the attitude of the people toward it
was brought about by critical anal
ysis of the doctrines which the Soph-
lists offered. u,-,
The Sophists have been described by
Aristotle as spectators in sham wis
dom. They delighted to appear wise
for the sake of the prestige which the
appearance of wisdom gave to them.
Their real purpose in life was not the
investigation of truth, but to secure
power and wealth and honor. They
sought to master the articles that
would make them popular. Their
teachings may be best characterized by
the one word superflciality.
In our own day there is a growing
tendency to get away from principles
ment are popular. There is altogether
too much Sophistry in our modern
politics. Too many of our so-called
statemen are looking for doctrines that
are popular rather than doctrines that
are right. The question they ask
themselves in drafting their platform
is, "Will this or that doctrine appeal
to the people. Will it harvest the
votes?" They are blind to any good
advocated by an opponent. They see
nothing but his faults and his mis-
takes.
There is need of reversion to first
principles. More logic and less opin-
ion is needed. Our leaders should be
imbued with the desire to be right
rather than popular. The fight should
not be waged by Republicans against
Democrats or Democrats against Re.
publicans but by all combined against
error.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-01-20
The cooIun.

Oh, had you seen the Coolun et~
Walking down by the cuckoo's
street,
With the dew of the meadow shining
On her milk white twinkling feet.
Oh, my love she is and my colleen og,
And she dwells in Balnagar;
And she bears the balm Of beauty
bright
From the fairest that In Erin are.
~ ,s.t.,-e'.4 IT. III;
In Balnagar is the Coolun.
Like the berry on the bough her
check;
Bright beauty dwells for ever
On her fair neck and ringlets meek.
Oh, sweeter is her mouths soft. music
Than, the lark or thrush at dawn,
Or the blackbird in the greenwood
singing
Farewell to the setting sun.
Rise up. my boy. make ready, -
To horse. for I.forth would ride
To follow the modest damsel 4
Where she walks on the green hill
side.
For ever since our youth were we
plighted
In faith, truth, and wedlock true.
Oh, sweeter her voice is nine times
over
Than organ or cuckoo.
And ever since my childhood
I've loved the fair and darling child;
But our people came between us
And with lucre our pure love de-
filed,
Oh, my woe it is and my bitter pain,
And weep it night and day,
That the colleen bawn of my early
love
Is torn from my heart away.
Translated by Sir Samuel Ferguson
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JUSTIN MCCARTHY
Say. ireland !. Scene of the Most
~ Thrilling Interest Today. -.

That region Of Europe which has
the deepest and most thrilling inter-
est in the political fortunes of Europe
during the immediate coming period
is assuredly my own native country,
Ireland. Every reliable indication
makes it evident that Ireland has a
right to expect self government in the
political constitution of Great Britain
during the next few months. The
cause for which Lord Edward Fitz-
gerald and Wolfe Tone gave up their
lives, to which O'Connell devoted the
best services of his whole career, for
which Robert Emmett died, and Thorn
as Adds Emmett went into exile and
their example was followed by Smith
O'Brien and Thomas Francis Meagher
is now at last on the very verge of
triumph, and there Is every reason to
believe 1t will be crowned with COM
plete success before the coming sum-
mer brightens upon us. It seems to
me certain that the final settlement of
this Home Rule question, which now
looks as if it were so near and so sure,
will do as much or more for the bene-
fit of the POLITICAL constitution of
Great Britain consistently and per-
sistent1y adopted in her method Of rul-
ing the subjected island. Some of
Britain's own sons, some of her wis
est, her hravest, her most patriotic
sons, have been thoroughly devoted to
the cause Of Ireland's practical gov
eminent by Ireland herself. One of
the greatest of England's -philosoph-
ical teachers, John. Stuart Mill. made
cate of genuine Home Rule for Ire
land throughout the greater part of
his life and until its close. John
Bright and Richard Golden were advo-
Gates of Irelands cause in England's
Parliament. need hardly remind the
reader that Mr. Gladstone twice
brought in a measure of Home Rule
just at the close of his illustrious ca
reer, the first of which, was rejected
by the House of Commons. He
brought in another bill in 1898, which
passed through the House of Com
mons but was thrown out by the
House of Lords. -
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-01-20
The Girl Who Wins.

The quiet girl never wears high col
lars on the streets; you do not see her
Haunting in brilliant plaids, when they
happen to be the style; when high
hats are Gin" she does not pile hers
so high that 1t sweeps the cobwebs
from the sky; she does not wear an
exaggerated bang when the bang Is
in vogue, nor the biggest hustle in the
town, nor the longest train to her tea
gown, nor the greatest number of ban
giles when bangles reign. But because
she does not chatter and giggle and
make herself conspicuous in horse
cars or at matinees, does not an
nounce her convictions on all occa-
sions and all subjects, and profess her
admirations at every hands turn. it
must not be supposed that she has no
ideas or convictions or enthusiams;
that she moves along like star in
the heavens, which obeys the laws
of gravitation without selecting its
course, or objecting to It's orbit. She
is quiet because she has no power to
make herself heard, to change her
conditions, or because she is matur-
ing that power. In the meantime 1t
is the quiet girl who marries earliest,
who makes the best match, who fills
the inches which her more brilliant
sisters leave vacant, who manages the:
servants, runs the sewing machine.
remembers the birthdays, listens to
the "reminiscences of the old, and Oft
en- keeps the wolf from the door.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-01-20
Tho Results Of tho Reformation.

Every evil, if it is of a fundamental
and moral sort, may be observed
(when it has produced it's fruit) to at
tempt to remedy itself by yet another
evil, says Hillaire Belloc in Catholic
World. u.s.
So it lis with the Capitalist scheme
Of production which has its roots in
the Reformation. It takes its moral
vices for granted, thinks Of them as
normal to human nature and neces-
sary to. any condition Of society, and
then. proposes to remedy their intoler-
able effects by the. inhuman scheme
of Collectivism. .H.-
Well, in this matter, as in every i'm
portant social affair." the Catholic
Church is on one side and its enemies
upon the other. and the spirit Of the
Catholic Church where 1t prevails in
the future will not permit, industrial
ism as we now know it, and will GER
tainly have nothing to say to Collec-
tivism, but will restore the normal and
fundamental institution of property,
widely distributed among free men.
which distribution, with its accom-.
panying freedom. was purely of tenn
poral effects, the chief effect the Faith
had upon European civilization.
Now, where the Faith does not con-
quer in battle. what we shall have will
not be Collectivist State. That is
impossible; you might as well expect
men to walk on their hands. What
you will get in the loss of the Faith
will be the Servile State. that condi-
ton of society which the Catholic
Church discovered in Europe when
first she came. and into which EURO
peans will sink again wherever they
permanently abandon her
The absence of the Faith will pro-
duce society in which the mass shall
be guaranteed In sufficiency and Sc
curity but shall not be put into pos
session of the means of production,
while to minority who will still be
the :possessors Of the means of pro-
'duction there will be guaranteed Sc
lcurity in their privileged position.
Institutions which thus permanently
divide the state into possessors and
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-01-20

Suiting forms of worship to satisfy
the flesh generally insults them to
satisfy the spirit. Outside of the Cath
Ollie Church the attempt is made to
suit religion to the wants of the flesh
by not making attendance at church
on Sunday compulsory under pain of
riage and by dlsposing Of practically
everything In the way of articles OF
faith. The result has been unstable
ity, disintegration, decay. .....
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-01-20
CaRtn Uea at Retllp's

Oh did you know Donadea
people couldn't beat them round
thirty counties of Ielands blessed ground.
IT'S thinkin of Sundays after Mass
messy skirts pass
And, calling to inside Herself
And potato a Irish
bedad and plenty sight
And hot tasin here tonight
with butter runnin through
And, buttered
stomach's tired Of the food tits getn
With butterine milk tins that a
me II always take my tea
a that's Russian style, see."
I Frenchman Jew.
I'm Irish inch of and tastes are Irish, too
o cabbage beef pork
faith, hot potato from here to Cork
Bridget Reilly would make drink and eat
You'd while crumb plate
She pot grddle on her floor
the latch pin Of
I'm moneys
And health is fine, thank Cod twenty
Rellys that lived Donadea
hungry potato of Irish tea.
TERESA BRAYToN.
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entered into the comfy Of the great
Catholic powers and let us hope that
it is there to stay. @-'fF
IMPROVING THE RACE.

Mr.. Willet M Hays. Assistant Sec
rotary Of Agriculture, has devised a
plan by which he believes the human
race. can be made more efficient and
the number Of geniuses and leaders
can be increased. His idea is to
classify all the people of the world
and to number them in world mum.
Der series so that they may marry
scientifically. .s.t /
Based on such knowledge as this
census would give" says this author
ity on how to- perfect the human race,
"a racial religion would be devel-
oped, requiring the genetically eff.
cient to produce families larger than
the average and those less efficient
to produce families smaller" .5'i..'..i+ IF
Our modern methods, according TO
this authority, tand who can q,les-
ton Mr.. Hays,right to speakO are
all wrong. Modern science and char
ity work against the law of the sur
vival Of the flttest," he says, "by
keeping alive many persons who in
herit weaknesses, such as feeble
mindedness or insanity. BY paying at
tention to- genetic efficiency race
may make itself stronger for the eco
nomic contests among the races of
the world. IT, !.
"The proposed plan would some
what divide people into classes, but
the classification would be beneticent,
because. it would be based on racial
efficiency. The wholesome consider
alton of genetic facts will lead to less
of divorce, greater temperance and
better morals. Raising the average
efficiency Of the human race would
also increase the number of geniuses
and leaders,"
Here is a plan to put man on a
basis with the dumb animals. He is
to be considered entirely as crea-
ture Of heredity. His designing is a
matter for science to take care of. He
is no longer, a. creature with posi-
bilities and powers to develop them.
His destiny is determined by his pa
rentage. 'it'a H.
We wonder at the monstrous folly
of the builders Of the Tower of Babel,
but are not the day dreams of some
of our prominent men who speak in
the name of Science (alas, poor
Science! what is not done in thy
namely as outrageously and insanely
ridiculous as ever was the dream Of
a Babel builder.
Verify there is need for improve
ment on our; types of genius. Gee
netic efficiency"' seems to be deplor-
ably low-and the Agricultural De-
partment seems to be suffering from
our present leader and genius famine.