The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-02

; for the work there. Volunteers were
! called for in the Montreal Convent
i and every one Of the fifteen nurses
| eligible on account Of age and train
ing responded. The mother superior
took the matter under advisement
and selected the three to go.
The Mckinley post card is doomed
to disappear. The features of the
late president are to be removed to
give way to those of Thomas Jeffer.
son. Postmaster General Burleson
has written to Senator Burton of Ohio
that his decision in this regard is ir-
revocable. The senator had protested
personally against the change and had
forwarded to Mr.. Burleson a protest
from the Mckinley club of Canton,
Ohio
The Postmaster General replied that
the peoples Endorsement of the author
OF the Declaration Of Independence in
the last election justified the change
and this paper is of the opinion that
it does.
The Ladies' Catholic Benevolent AS
| ISOLATION ended its triennial conven-
ton in Atlantic City, N. j., July %,
! after a brisk fight for control of the
| important Offices Mrs. Elizabeth Nc
,, Grath was reelected supreme aud
itor. Mrs. Eliza O'Grady of Chicago
| was elected supreme marshal; Mrs.
Catherine Gillen of Youngstown, O.,
right marshal, and Mrs. Ellen Sinnott,
Newark, left marshal. The new SUI
! preme medical examiner will be Sc
lected by the board of supreme trus-
: tees.
/ Representative Walsh of New Jer-
sey appeared before the rules COM,
mittee of the House of Representatives
the other day and explained an cleo
trical device for tallying votes In the
house. Mr.. Walsh is an expert elec-
trician and has design for a large
bulletin board to be erected in the
House chamber.
The board would carry the names
of all the House members, opposite
which would be an electric bulb. The
bulbs would be connected with the
desks of members by wires. At the
call Of names each member as he was
reached, would vote aye or no
by pressing a red light button or a
blue light button. It would be oper-
ated similar to the baseball boards in
front Of newspaper offices when "the
team" is on the road. M
Rumor has 1t that the government
Of Great Britain has made, or con-
templated making an offer of CO.
operation with the United States in
the constitutional rehabilitation of
Mexico, Great Britain has vast in
terests in Mexico to guard and be-
sides, it has one Of it's valuable coll
onies directly abutting upon Mexico,
but 1t seems the settlement of purely
American affairs is work for Amer
lean and not for European powers. If
the Monroe Doctrine liz to be upheld,
Cardinal Gibbons interrupted his
unique method of celebrating his sew
enty-ninth birthday, pitching quoits
with friends at Union Mills, Nd, long
enough to talk interestedly on the
Mexican crisis now confronting the
United States. Radiant from reading
a message of love and good wishes
from our Holy Father, he. greeted a
visitor and entered into an Interesting
discussion on current topics. He said
he thought he sympathized with the
course followed by President Wilson
in refusing to recognize the wobbly
and uncertain Huerta administration
which the prelate believed was liable
to be ended at any moment.
While European nations are clam
oring for our country to intervene and
protect their interests" he said, they
do not realize the serious consequence
T., es which would follow such an ac-
ton. President Wilson is right. The
uncertainty is such that the Huerta
movement cannot be recognized as q
sound de facto power, to say nothing
Of its de .jure authority"
Referring to the uncomfortable ex-
pertences Of Americans on the border.
the Cardinal limited with smile that
the border might be pushed further
south for their relief with no objec-
lions from the dissatisfied Mexicans
in the state Of Sonora.
| THE great mistake of the Mexican
people," he declared emphaticaliy.
was in their reputation sof Diax. He
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