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The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

The Dublin convention was a re-
markable demonstration of the loyalty
of the Irish people to their leaders in
Parliament. Detailed reports of it
show that it was representative of the
whole nation and that there was not
present dissenting voice in the en-
tire gathering. That does not mean,
as some of the Unionist papers would
have their readers believe it means
that the meeting was dominated over
and dictated to by John Redmond and
his colleagues. 1t simply means that
the rank and file of the voters in Ire
land are willing to trust the National
list party to secure for Ireland the
very best Home Rule bill that can re
secured. They are not only convinced
of the honesty and sincerity of Mr..
Redmond and his colleagues, but they
are satisfied that the men who are at
the head Of the party represent the
best intellect Of the land. If conven-
ton of such magnitude as assembled
in Dublin a few weeks ago counts
among it's numbers no dissenters, we
are satisfied that the Home Rule bill
cannot contain any seriously harmful
provisions.
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11
Election Result. in St. Paul.

Mayor H. P. Keller, Republican,
was reelected last Tuesday, receiv-
ing 1929 votes to 1878 for Otto
Bremen, Democrat. plurality, 4o3.
s. A. Farnsworth. Republican, was
reelected city treasurer over Otto
Rohland. Democrat, and Major w. c.
Handy. Republican, is elected con-
troller over D. ]. Sullivan.
One branch of the city council, the
assembly, will be Republican and the
other, the board of aldermen, Demo-
cratic.
Elected to the assembly are T. R.
Kane, Frank Yoerg, Winn Powers and
Henry q. Haas. Democrats, and Os-
car Keller. r. L. Ware, D. H. Michaud
e. c. Mahle and Bruce Sanborn, Re.
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

The debate on the Home Rule bill
goes merrily on. AS the different fea-
lures of the bill are explained In
greater detail 1t is becoming more
and more evident that it Is the most
satisfactory Home Rule bill ever pro.
posed for Ireland. 1t is not perfect,
as those who drew it up admit, but
it has features which the Irish peo-
pie cannot afford to reject. 1t is, more
over, capable of amendment from time
to time. And on this point we will
venture to say that ten years hence it
will be easy to get concessions from
the British government which it would
be impossible to get now. If Ireland
prospers under Home Rule, and there
is every reason to believe that it will.
the English people will have no rea-
son for objecting to grant to the Irish
Parliament all the powers necessary
for full self-government.
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

puDl1canS.
Aldermen elected are: First ward.
G. A. Oberg rep.); second, William
Baumeister (rep); third, Henry Nc
Coll (dem.); fourth, E. j. Murnana
tdemo; fifth, Fred Murnane (dem.):
sixth, J. D. Hyland (dem.); seventh,
Leavitt Corning (rep.); eighth, ]. w.
Ryan (dem); ninth, w. J. Troy
(demo: tenth, c. P. Montgomery
trep); eleventh, D. E. Edwards.
(rep): twelfth, w. S. stieger (dem.).
Besides the commission plan char
ter, two charter amendments were
adopted, one providing for payment
OF local improvement assessments in
lnstalments and the other for public
work by day labor in case of excess
sive bids by contractors in collision,
st. Paul will go under new char.
ter, modified form of the commis-
sion plan, in June, 1914, as a result
of adopting blanket amendment to
| Its charter at Tuesdays election. It
varies item the commission plan, as
used1n Galveston and Des Moines, in
giving the mayor much more authors
ity, instead of his being merely one
member of the board The chief fea.
lures of the commission plan, how
ever, which are a small city council.
erected without any regard to ward
boundaries and composed Of the heads
OF administrative departments, and
nonpartfzan elections. are carried out,
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11
Belle PLANE Weddina

Belle Plaine, Minn.-One of Belle
Flames most popular young ladies'
became bride last week in the per.
son of Miss Barbara Walerius, daueh-
ter of Mrs. Lucy Walerius. She was
united in marriage to Mr.. John NJ.
Shaughnessy, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Shaughnessy of Minneapolis. at
st. Peter and Pauls church Tuesday
morning. April 30. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Father German
in the presence of many relatives and
friends. The brides sister, Miss Lena
Walerius. was maid of honor. and
Miss Ida LaBelle. of Minneapolis, was
bridesmaid. ]. A. Mohrbacher was
best man, and Jos. ShauEhnessv
brother of the groom, was grooms.
man.
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

The presidential primaries are prov
ing far from satisfactory. In Mary.
land Mr.. Roosevelt will control the
convention by q: bare majority Of one.
NOW there are charges and counter
charges of the illegal use of funds in
the campaign. At best. the primary
is not very effective because it is diff.
cult to get the people out to vote. A
few decide for the majority. The new
la# needs perfecting.
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11
svPERFLuous GRATITUDE.

One fault which Cathoncs in this
county seem to have is that of being
over-grateful, not for favors received
at the hands Of our public men, but
for receiving simple justice. We en-
phasize unduly the satisfactory solu-
ton through the instrumentality Of
Mr.. Taft Of the difficulties that arose
between the Church and the govern.
ment in the Philippines over the sale
Of the Friar lands While we must
concede that Mr.. Taft dealt fairly
with the Church when handling the
intricate problems that arose there, It
must nevertheless be admitted that
the Church received no more than
simple justice. For more, of course,
1t could not ask. While we cannot re-
frain from feeling grateful for receiv.
ing our dues, there is danger in over.
emphasizing our gratitude. 1t causes
those who are prone to view the
Church with an evil eye to think that
we are receiving favors from the gov
eminent; that, in word, we are dan
gerously near debating it's policy.
The bigots who compose the
Guardians of Liberty" illustrate this.
They look with suspicion on the ap.
pointment Of Justice White as Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court No
fair-minded person will think that his
promotion came on account of his re.
ligion, and yet the fact that he is a
Catholic has probably been made too
much of. Why should not Catholic
be made Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States, or Presi.
dent, for the matter of that? Re.
ligion Is not qualification for Office
in this country and if Catholic does
attain high position we may be sure
that it Is not because he is a Cath
olic. We seem to be unduly surprised
and elated at our own success.
1t might be we'll to put less empha.
sis on the Catholicity Of men in high
positions. Their lives and works
should be the best proof Of their worth
as public officials.
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

the Savior! To honor her is to honor
Him. To ask for her intercession is
to engage a powerful advocate in our
cause. We should remember her al
ways and especially during this month
when all nature thrills with life
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11
BY Canon Sheehan

My garden looks well just now, al
though the cold fingers, and now and
again shower Of hail, flung from
some refrigerator high UP in the
heavens. threatens to break the fragile
stems of my tulips, and to scatter the
white, milky blossoms of my apple
trees. The crocuses. frail, little things,
although too delicate for winter that
Fingers even in the lap Of May" have
long since disappeared, leaving only
the long green leaves from which the
yellow and purple blossoms have van
ished. The beautiful hyacinths, too,
with their waxlike bells, in white and
purple crimson. have fallen to earth
and languish there. Their superb
blossoms, full of that subtle perfume
that haunts us from our childhood,
were too proud for the long, smooth
stalks that bore them; and, under the
heavy April showers that filled their
sweet bells, they were borne down.
ward to earth; and. like so many 9TH
er fallen things, are unable to rise
again. But the hardy daffodils and
narcissi spread their broad disc of
their saffron trumpets to the sun: and,
despising the legendary origin of their
name, the latter refuse to droop or
languish over lake or grass or brown
bed; but f1aunt their chaste splendors
to sun or breeze, and look down upon
the more highly decorated denizens
beneath them, as pure soul might
leok upon the meretricious splendors
of fashion and rest happy in it's own
simplicity.
But the tulips, transplanted from
their marshy beds in Holland, appear
to have absorbed all the coloring from
earth and sky and transmitted it into
their own emphatic and pronounced
splendors. They are extremely beau
tiful. I can imagine a st. Francis or
some minor poet saying:
who made you, little ones; and who
Made you, you so lovely and SO frail?"
Was it on the broad disc of the
Respondent sun, whence light, with
its component tints, forever issues that
the Artist spread His colors and was
i. with it's soft, lambert pencils he
drew on those glistening and curled
leaves such flames of beauty and har-
mony? Did he watch the gentle dawn
to catch the pink blush that He has
limned just here, and the reluctant
evening for the red flush of impa-
thence, or the saffron of sorrow, that
He has wrought into your soft and
| shining depths? And was it from the
corona and photosphere of His mighty
palette that He drew these red and
| yellow Hres along the surface of your
bells; and shaded them deep down
into your mysterious breasts whence
the curved and curled corolla springs
shaded, like violet in valley of
moses. or a primrose beneath the
shadow Of an oak? And what was
the archetype from which drew such
lines of beauty and such blendings and
harmonies of color? Where did the
model exist? In what garden of Eden,
did He behold your prototypes? Or,
was it from the secret of His own
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11
ON CHOOSING LITERATURE.

Emily Hickey, writing in the May
number of the Catholic World on
Catholic Principles and Literature"
takes view which will commend It,
self to all fair-minded students of lit
erature when she says: 1--WE do not.
however, in. any way aim at the re-
stricting Of our reading to the work
of authors belonging to the body of
the Church. Let us go out boldly and
bravely and gather in all that we can
Of the good gifts of Him who reveals
Himself in. many ways. Let US learn
from the mouths of all who have
spoken truth as it was given them to
know 1t. and shown US beauty az it
was given them to see it; poets of
the East and the West; writer's before
He. Who was the Light of the World.
had come to walk the little country of
Judea; writer's who felt after Him In
some way, and whose feeling after
Him throbs in their work; His chill
dren who did not know Him In His
fullness, but who loved what they
knew and indeed we're loved of Him.
Let us study these beautiful things
which our separated brethren of gen.
ius have given US, not in pride Of spir-
it, not in bitterness Of judgment, but
in gratitude to the Supreme Maker
Who made them makers Of fair things
to teach and to delight"
This Is the spirit that should guide
us in our reading. What Is good we
should be ready to admire and com.
mend, though found in our enemies;
what is evil we should combat with
equal vigor when found in friend as
when found in foe. Much of the worlds
best literature was written by men
and women OF genius who, while they
Ibid not conform their lives to the
tenets of any creed, felt the gentle
pressure Of an Omnipotent Hand and
heard the voice of Spirit Whose
Church they did not recognize. Hence
1t Is that often exalted continents
have fallen from lips that never knew
prayer and elevated poems have been
written by men who were moral out
casts.
In choosing what we are to read It
Is therefore necessary for US to exer.
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

The mont Of May is the month OF
Mary. TITS = time for special devo.
tio6 ITO the Blessed Mother OF God
6hx who is ruled out of recognition by
90 many creeds should truly be dear
to the Catholic heart. There is no
word that embodies quite so much love
and affection as mother. Every one
knows how identical are mothers
interests with the best interests OF
her children. =, The Blessed Virgin
Mary is the Mother Of, Jesus Christ
.Hoksyshe must love and be loved by
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

1t is reported that an admiring
friend OF Mr.. Roosevelt's introduced
him to a Maryland audience as "our
greatest living ex-President." That is
superlative which the Colonel's
worst enemies cannot deny him. He
is beyond all question the greatest ex'
Presiden: of the United States now
extant. Some would even say he is
the biggest fool in the United States
but of course that is another matter
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11
GOOD FOR lRELANpI

1t was with great pleasure we read
that portion of the report of Rev. j.
T. Wards Stafford, delegate from
Great Britain and Ireland to the Meth
odist conference, which dealt with
Methodism in Ireland. 1t was not a
report that was intended to send a
staid gathering of serious Methodist
divines into ecstacies of jubilation.
Rev. Mr.. Stafford said Gas his duty az
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

The disturbed ocean has grown
quiet over the hull Of the sunken TT.
tanic. The effects of the terrible
shock are wearing away. The catas-
trophe will probably leave with us
some such expressions as Titanic
courtesy" and Titanic heroism" and
will soon be lost sight Of except by
those by whom it will always be re,
membered as the cause of the passing
Of relative or friend.
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

SURPRISING beauty He devised your
| loneliness and made you another and
a meeker manifestation of that undy-
ing principle that underlies every OPP
GRAFTON of His handmade, Nature-the
principle. that all things round to
beauty, and that in the curse Of a
little leaf that shelters a tiny insect,
order and beauty and proportion and
| harmony subsist-a reflex of the Mind
OF the Eternal?
| What place has the unconscious
chemistry Of Nature here? What does
| blind Nature know of beauty, that she
could weave and paint, by instinct
| only, such unparalleled loneliness?
Here are types, here is method, here
| is plan: and here must be Mind.
Come and sit in this shaded gallery
carefully lighted, with but little sun:
yet there Is a cool shadow in the air
that tempers the superabundant light
outside into soft color as Of an au-
trmnal twilight. A sentinel stands at
the door-an Imperial hussar. Yes!i
there must be something royal and
priceless here. You enter. The place
Is still as church. It is a reverend
place. People speak in whispers.
Heads are bowed in an attitude of
prayer-the silent and eloquent pray-
er of imitation: and all eyes are di.
rected upward to the Holy Thing-the
Shrine. And what is it? Only a pic
ture! 1t occupies that entire wall.
The rest of the gallery is bare. No
acolyte pictures are CROPPED around.
1t would not be fair to them; although
no eye could be distracted from that
supreme beauty that seems not to be
limned, but to hover in front of and
above that picture on the wall Men.
hushed in wonder, say in their hearts:
1t Is not human! No earthly pencil
painted it! No human mind hath
dreamed it! Yet there is the SUBJ
soription: Pinxit Raffaelle sanzto.
Raffaelle could paint that Lily Of
Israel, that Rose of Sharon! but he
could not create this tiny flower in my
myers. Yet here, too, is type and
method, and plan and-mind. Who
can deny it? If Only mind could Gre
ate sistine Madonna, how could
chance create that which is greater.
lovlier? Chance could not draw line
of her garments, nor give a hue to-
her cheek. Chance could never put
that mothers look in the soft brown
eyes; nor that dreamy far sight into
the eyes of the Child. Gather all tho
azures, and ochres, and brown. and
scarlets that are scattered in plant
and mineral throughout creation. and
i cast them down on a palette. Heap
together pencils and brushes. Draw
the canvas tight, and call on chance
to paint cherubs fece or the trum-
pet of an archangel. You will wait
for eternity before chance can come
to your beck and call. And how, then.
mere fortuitous coincidence of atoms-
could unconscious chemistry - the
create this floral beauty that springs
from the dull, brown clods of nv gar
rehabilitation "Under the Cedara
and the Stars"
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.

THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.
1t is not the purpose or the function
of this paper to arouse religious ami
mosities or to voluntarily wage war
on the tenets of any of the establish.
ed creeds. We are thoroughly in har-
mony with the principle of the Con-
stitution of the United States, which
provides for freedom of worship. 1t
is to that principle, embodied in the
First Amendment. we attribute largely
the peace and progress of our nation
and the general good fellowship which
happily exists between Protestant and
Catholic. We are not so narrow as to
think that our Protestant brethren are
essentially bad. We know that as a
body they are sincere in their relig-
ious convictions and that they =. are
honestly striving to meet and solve
the problems of life as best they can.
While we must ever maintain that the
Catholic Church Is the true Church
founded by Jesus Christ and commits
stoned by Him to preach the Gospel
to all nations, as history proves con-
clusively, we do not feel that that
single point of difference should es.
TRANCE us from our Protestant breth-
rem In all other activities in life. Be-
cause we do not pray with them does
not mean that We should not work
with them and dine with them, any
more than voting the ticket of one
political party would estrange US from
those who voted an opposing ticket.
In word, we believe that good Prot
estants and good Catholics can find
ample common ground on which to be
good, honest friends.
When the Methodist Conference
opened in this city more than week
ago we had nothing to say. So far as
we are aware the opening of the con-
ference was not commented on in any
one of the many Catholic churches in
the Twin Cities. All Catholics recog-
nized the right of the Methodists to
convene here for the discussion of
their doctrines. With constructive
Methodism they have no quarrel. But
when Methodists take 1t upon them.
selves to denounce everything outside
of their own creed, then Catholics
have much to say.
On Friday of last week, according
to reports in the daily papers, Bishop
Burt made the following statements
In the conference:
Roman Catholicism is substantial
ly paganism in its conception, doc
trines. traditions, fears. hopes and
promises, most Of which have no coun
terpart in reality. Some of the Roman
Catholic festivals in certain parts Of
Europe still retain the characteristics
of Bacchanalian feasts. II the horrid
crimes once connected with those
feasts are not now openly committed
1t is simply because of the presence
Of the civil authorities. Nearly all the
educated people have turned ava,
from Rhamism with disgust. Admira
ton for this anacronism Of autocrac,
seems to have been transferred to thi,
, enlightened democratic republic If tn.
J daily press at all represents public
sentiment. Our mission to Italy is tt
show the people that Roman Catholi
cism against which they have rebellet
is not even Christianity"
: To such statement We have no re
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

else discretion. 1t does not follow
that because man is OF the Faith his
writings are always 10 be preferred to
the writings of those outside the fold.
We should aim to choose the best
whenever or by whomsoever written.
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11
WILSON OUT OF THE RUNNING.


The recent success Of Champ Clark
in the Maryland primaries practically
eliminates Woodrow Wilson from the
presidential race. The scholar in poll.
tics has not made the showing that
was expected Of him. His sweeping
victory in New Jersey two years ago
and his aggressive administration fore.
Swallowed closer contest in the pres
ent national campaign. But Mr.. Will.
son seems, at present writing, to have
dropped so far astern in the presiden.
tial race that 1t Is quite probable he
will not be able to make anything like
an effective fight for the nomination
in the convention.
Champ Clark has gained rather than
lost in popularity since the opening OF
the primary campaign. While he has
not conducted an aggressive fight in
the states where the primaries were
held he has, nevertheless, received
support which testifies to his popular
ity. He is by far the most likely can
didate in the field for the honors OF
the Baltimore convention.
Owing, however. to the rule govern
ing the Democratic convention which
requires two-thirds majority fol
nominating, 1t is not probable that any
candidate will go into the convention
with the nomination cinched. 1t may
be that Wilson will command enough
strength in the convention to hold the
balance Of power. In that event a
stubborn resistance of the Wilson del
egates would precipitate trouble.
AS 1t is, the popular vote SO fal
cast is in favor of Clark. Unless fu
ture primaries change the results
which is highly improbable he will
have the best claim to the nomination
The purpose of the primaries Is tt
give the people an opportunity tt
voice their sentiments in the question
of candidates. If. therefore, the ma
jority of those who vote favor Clark,
candidacy 1t would be an injustice tt
him for candidate who could proven
his nomination under the two.thirdl
rule to exercise such power.
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

The Reply.
The red redeeming dawn,
Kindled in Easter skies,
Falls like Gods Judgment on
Lawyers and lords and lies.
What care these evil things,
Though menaced and perplext,
While Kipling's banjo strings
Blaspheme a sacred text?
Never did freemen stand,
Never were captains met,
From Dargai to the Rand.
From Parnell to De Wet,
Never on native sod
Weak justice Jared the worst,
But Kipling's Cockney "Gawd"
Most impotently cursed.
So now, when lenten years
Burgeon at last to bless
This land of faith and tears
With fruitful nobleness,
The poet for coin
Hands to the Cabling rout
A bucketful of Boyne
To put the sunrise out.
ULSTER is ours, not yours,
Is ours to have and hold.
Our hills and lakes and moors
Have shaped her in our mould.
Derry to Limerick walls
Fused US in battle flame,
Limerick to Derry calls
One strongest Irish name
We keep the elder faith,
Not slain by cromwell's sword;
Nor bribed to subtler death
By Williams broken word.
Free from those chains and free
From hate for hate endured,
We share the liberty
Our lavish blood assured.
One place. one dream. one doom,
One task and toll, assigned,
Union Of plough and loom
Have bound us and shall bind.
The wounds of labor healed,
Life rescued and made fair
There lies the battlefield
OF listers holy war.
PROF. T. M. KETTLE
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

Both sides claim Texas" says an
associated press dispatch in reference
to the result of the primaries in the
Lone Star state last Tuesday, which
was so holly contested between the
Taft and Roosevelt forces. Both
Sides will certainly get what's COM
ing to them in Texas next November
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

Perhaps Bishop Burt should not be
too severely chided for his abusive
language about the Catholic Church
in Italy. That is the only satisfaction
he gets out of preaching Methodism
there.
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

John Jacob Astor, it is stated, left
only 100000 to charity out of an es.
tate valued at from seventy-flve to one
hundred and fifty millions. A small
ratio truly, but no doubt it represents
the ratio of Astor's spiritual to his
worldly aspirations.
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

This week will determine which of
the Republican candidates will get
the Minnesota delegation. La Toilette
should make a strong bid for 1t.
The Irish standard., 1912-05-11

Governor Eberhart has designated
Sunday, May -. as Mothers Day."
The white carnation has been select
ed as Minnesota's emblematic flower.