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The Irish standard., 1913-03-01
If EMMET LIVED TO-DAY.

II Robert Emmett lived today he
would find conditions in Ireland vast
~ changed from what they We're in
the days when She fought, and died
for his country. ;p1Hc would behold Il
transformation siM''th campaign for
the freedom ofstfs native land which,
might stagger his Imagination. From
an appeal to aff1ls' he would find his
countrymen almost unanimously
agreed on an appeal to the force Of
parliamentary wisdom and strategy.
Would Emmett approve of the pres
cnt methods of whining Irish liberty il
he We're alive tod2y?sa Would he still
appeal to force to fight Il losing bat
tle or would he join with the Irish
party and throw the power OF his in
tellect and eloquence into the Darlia-
mentary struggle. These are ques-
tons that cannot be fully answered
because they involve many uncertain
!, tics and many conditions that will
never be known. And yet there is
good reason to believe that il. the
youthful patriot whose impetuosity
and daring cost him his life We're alive
today he would fall in line with the
present program.
Emmet's ideal was. to free Ireland
completely from Eng gland. He wanted
to establish u free and Independent
Irish nation. For the carrying out of
that ideal he gave up his young life.
While he must be given every credit
for his courage to fight and die for
the realization OF his ambition, it can
hardly be said that conditions were
sufficiently favorable to warrant his
hope Of Il successful rebellion. Though
he might have gathered abt ut him an
army of strong and courageous men,
lie did not have the time, the equip
ment or the funds at his disposal to
/ develop an army that could overcon.
the heavy odds.
III the hundred years since Emlnet's
time there has been little opportunity
for the successful carrying out of such
a plan. Why, then, wait? Is it not
better to get the best measures possi'-
BILE at once rather than wait Indefinite
ly for the full realization of I1nmc IS
ideal? In the meantime there is 10
sacrifice of principle. II Emmett lived
today would he not fail in line with
such u policy?
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

1t is easy to form bad habits, but
hard to overcome them. A man uses
profane language to give force to his
words. After he has done this re-
peatedly for a time he finds himself
doing it unconsciously. He feels that
his words have, no weight unless he
usesSan oath to send them home. He
forgets that the habitua: oath be-
comes as commonplace as the ordinary
ter +: OF refined speech and that it
means nothing to those who are ac-
Gust to hearing him talk. On
The Apther hand. good habits may be
forraed with a little effort and when
once: formed they are as hard to ov-
come as habits Of the opposite char
asctsE They become barriers against
seyiEsjpst as bad habits become bar
rierE against virtue.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01
Beautiful Irish Names.

A rather captious critic, in review
ing recent novel of Irish life, OBJ
jected to the author calling his hero
inc Movana. In his criticism he stat
ed that Irish Catholic girls are al
ways named after some saint. Who
ever heard Of Saint Movanao" Well
there happens to have been a st. Mo-
Nana, and it may surprise many read.
ers to learn that there are many other
beautiful names Of Irish saints that
are seldom heard, says the Catholic
Press of Sydney, Australia. Among
them may be mentioned
For women: Adine, Avine, Eileen,
Naala, Oria, Reinalt, Saiv, Una, 1ta,
Colnla, Ethne, Faela, Aglen, Macha,
Mella, Brona, Lassair, Laurenn, Eina,
Richelle, Aniltine, Feidela.
For men: Algenan, Alvan, Catllal,
Cahal Cahir, Finn, Bran, Colman, CO.
nell, Conor, Dermot, Donal, Flann,
Nal, Rury, Art, Frill, Fridolin, Conan,
ultar, Angus, kiran, Mel, Shiei Kew
in, Fintan, Oran, Slevin, Gilchrist, Gill
mary, Gilbrde, Senan, Fairy, Cuth-
bert, Caerlin, Fergus, Oisin, Ere, Brcn-
dan. Bron, Columbkille, Carroll, Lon,
Rumould. Melmary, Kcvil, Kilian,
Blan, Owen, Cormac, Felimy, Loarn,
Rial Donough, Fergal, German, Lo-
nan, Lurcan, siris, Ollan, Aleran.
These are beautiful Celtic names,
and the pity is that most of them are
entirely unknown to our people.
We respectfully suggest to the s,-
periors of religious communities that
in this list they will find. names for
their young postulants and novices in
stead of twisting and comforting the
ordinary saints names out of recogni !.
ton.
by introducing the names into re-
lls1ous communities they will pave the
way to famliarizing our people with
them, and thus introduce them into
our families.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01
RACE, RELIGION AND POLITICS.

There are two questions that should
not enter into politics. They are
questions OF race and religion. ..
No man should be excluded from
office on account Of his church afllia-
ton or his birth. For the last no man.
Is responsible and the first is q mat
ter sacred to man and his Maker. The
purpose of government is not to lee:-
islate in spiritual matters. It's func-
ton is to see that religious equality lis
sustained and that Justice is main
tanned between man and man.
In few days the cabinet OF Pres j.
dent-elect Wilson will be announced
That body will doubtless represent
nearly us many races and creeds. as
there are men in it's. Criticism will
spring up from many sides and on
many grounds. Mr.. Wilson will be, ac-
cused OF having used poor Judgment
and showing favoritism. But from ev-
cry means that may be had of :judg-
ing the next president it does not
seem that he will be Influenced lin the
choice he makes for the resp,N lsiblc
cabinet positions by questions nj race
or religion. 81
The common interests Of the people
can best be served by cliraillatine
these factors from politics. l5ick tn.
best men with 81 view to their cIlarac
ter and ability. Make laws that will
insure justice to all and rclisaun ana
race will take care OF themselves.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01
TOO MANY CHURCHES:

That there are too many churches,
SO many that they are in each others
way, is the opinion of DIR. M. -. Har-
din, pastor Of the Third PreslNt erian
church, Chicago. DR.. Hardin thinks
that for Christianity to have its eff
feet on the masses of the people the
different, denominations must IL hite on
a. common basis. Protestant .Alaurch-
es, he thinks, are dissipating their en-
ergies by needless competition among
themselves sd.
After twenty years of service lin the
ministry, this non Catholic PASTOR is
ready to admit that the multipl IL alton
OF churches does not mean the more
effective spread of the teaching OF the
Gospel. 1t should not have taken him
twenty years to arrive ut this cunclu-
sion. When Jesus Christ established
His Church Hc did not inten 4 that
there should be others. If He saw
that His teaching would have Il better
and a broader effec by having many
different denominations to preach it in
conflicting ways, He would have made
that provision; for He came, not to
save few. but all men. But i-nrtead
of that. He established one Church,
commissioned it to preach the Gospel
to oil nations and promised that the
gates Of hell should not prevail against
1t.
From this institution some fell away
and, feeling the need of some XII u,l of
an organization to express their rcllg-
ious feelings. they took that portine1 Of
the teachings of Christ which APP
pealed to them and rejected the rest.
BY the same process the devolu,tion
has gone on. The branches subdhvid-
ed into twigs and necessarily the t:wigs
became weak and subject to fuctuAtd ton
in every Whit of wind. 1t requires no
great religious disturbance to shake
them TO the ground
There are surely too many chur ches
teaching too many conflicting dec
trines for religion to be effective. II
one church says this is the word Of
God and another says that the opr,os-
lite liz His teaching, which is the ulrir,-
structed TO accept? BY, the multiprl-
cation of churches, religion has be-
come largely considered q matter of
personal opinion. With the removal OF
! defined and absolute dogma, confidence
in the necessity OF observing the woas1
of God has been lost to thousands.
| What the churches need is q revesA-
! sion to the first principles Of Christi.
anity. They must get back to dogma.
and nviolable laws. They must SO,
back Of the days Of the so-called Ref,
ormation to find tho principles On
| which they can agree.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01
Would FIog DrunI<ards.

Dir. Miller, lecturing before the Lon
don Medical Society, has advocated
togsing for drunkards. He declared
that the present system of treat ting
drunkenness judicially is all wronr
because it began at the wrong END.
When citizen is brought up for the
first time on q charge of drunkenness,
ne is admonished and allowed to go;
the second time he is fined, and the
third he is imprisoned. The first time
the man is clearly culpable, the second
time he is less accountable fo- his con-
dition. and the third time he is u
chronic drunkard.
The only thing such Il man remem-
bers. DIR. Miller said, is physical pain.
1t is the one logical deterrent for the
chronic alcoholic, and it is the one
not used. The reason for this is that
we are too scientific and too sentimen-
tai. We are too white livered to beat
man who beats his wife; therefore
in the name of humanity the wife has
to go on getting beaten. 1t would be
kind to fog the alcoholic early, where
as 1t is simply barbarous to imprison
him later
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01
Spelling THEIR OWN CHANCES.

While Y. =. OConnor is willing to
admit that some sort of suffrage bill
"ouia pass the House of Commons
three or four Years ago if it were not
Tor the militancy of the suffragettes
lie now thinks that such a bill is i'm
possible for Years tn come. Member
alter member he says, "wl,o had
pledged himself to female suffrage. has
publicly declared that he will no. long,
er%ote for it, or ut least not until this
mllltancy has come to an end"
The suffrage question has brought
about such Il state of fanaticism in
England that the leaders in the GOV
eminent arc in constant danger of Sc
flous harm or even, death. The Irish
parl1amentarian above quoted SAYS
that the life of Premier Asouith has
been attempted twice and he likens
inc present reign of terror to the con-
ditlons that surrounded Gladstone.
+. This is what happened to Glad :
stone, he writes, "whu even more
than Asquith, had nerves OF steel. and
never knew the meaning OF fear. In
the old days when things We're hot in
ireland, there was always the terror
that some luntaic might assassinatc
him and thereby destroy all chances
OF home rule for Il half century. The
detectives pursued him wherever he
Went, but the old man found the COM
partnership So calling that he used TO
resort to all kinds of lodges to escape
them. and often succeeded and threw,
them into poroxysns of terror
z The spectacle OF such an unreason-
able campaign for the ballot is dis
theartening. Reason and prudence arc
the two great. factors in all govern
ment. Without them proper govern
ment is impossible. IL the leaders of
this movement would set about to col
lect data showing the actual condition
OF the women of the country and pre-
sent it to show why the women should
nave the right to vote, they would adj
vance their cause far more rapidly.
not to say successfully, than they are
doing by their present tactics.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

While the British press Is WONDER
ing why the United States does not
intervene to end the Mexican rebel
lion,$it might be worth while asking
why England could not see things in
the same light when she was grinding
the Irish people under her yoke? And
by the same light of reason, why can
the English people not see that Ire
land ought now to have the right Of
self-government? In the last analy-
sis 1t will be found that England's
anxiety is aroused, not so much by
the lawlessness and the loss of life
In Mexico, as by the danger to her
financial interests there.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

the attitude of an increasing number
OF. daily papers to free their columns
of evil advertising matter.
Gloomy as the prospect may be-"
said D.; Alsberg, there is yet Il ray
OF hoIs,. 1t is the attitude of small
but pq werful portion of the press it
self, which has voluntarily secured it's
adrei1 Using columns till they contain
only clean and honest matter.
'Ev en- if we succeed in protecting the
peopnc from quack medicines, a great
task remains. This is to protect them
from habit-formins drugs. such as
opiurn and cocaine. We all are agreed
that something must be done to con-
trol their sale and distribution. The
only differences of opinion concern
tho best means of accomplishing this
emf"
us DIR. Alsberg has pointed out,
tfere is hope in the attitude of the
press toward the proper use OF adj
Vertlslng space. The paper that sees
~ it that it's advertising columns are
hot at the service of the fake adver-
user, or the advertiser who aims to
COIN wealth by iemoralizing the I'M
suspecting public, is certain of in
creased power in the community in
which it circulntes. The added pres
tisc will compensate in a large meas
ure for the inevitable financial loss
that will result. The aim of every ia
per should be to become IL dependa Bile
and authoritative source of informal
ton. No paper can consistently. claim
e 10 nave the interests of the commune
7 " at heart or pretend to work for the
hctterment Of the common welfare
winch Will allow it's columns To be
loaded down with fake and demoraliz
Ing advertising matter. -
The paper that fools it's readers i.
its advertising columns cannot cxpect
to please them in it's news and edi-
t"rial columns. To alter Lincolns
famous epigram. they may fool all the
people In some of their columns. and
some of the people in all Of their col
umns, but they cannot fool all the
people in all of their columns.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

From the present completely Of the
Mexican situation, it would appear
that Mr.. Wilson will have serious
national problem on his hands from
the beginning of his administration.
The rights of Americans in Mexico
and on the border must be protected,
but caution must be exercised in pro-
tecting them. The irrational deeds
Of few rebellious individuals should
not be permitted to precipitate a war
which would mean the destruction Of
many lives.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

upon bottle slipped over q little
green fellow that was still on the vine,.
and then I understood it all. The Gu
cumber had grown i'll the bottle. l
often see men with habits that 1 Won
der any strong, sensible man could
form, and then l think that likely they
grew into them when they were young
and cannot slip out Of them now. They
are the cucumber. Look out for the
bottle, my boys.'
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01
What Will Happen.

The Home Rule Bill will be passed q
second time by the House Of Commons
next session. 1t will be sent UP again
to the Lords, who can either reject it
or accept it. If they reject it, it will
then be passed for the third time by
the House of Commons next year, and
will become law, under the Parliament
Act, in the summer of 1914.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

in an inch OF it: others that they
could drive alongside of it. And one
enterprising gent said that he could
drive SO close that one half of the
rim of the outside wheel would be
hanging over it. But at length an
question was put to him, he replied:
"Begorra. sir, wouldn't go within a
mile of it," He got the job.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01
THE INCOME TAX AMENDMENT.

me official notification Of Secretary
of State Knox that the required num-
Der of states has ratified the income
TAX law and that the amendment
has become valid to all intents and
purposes as II part of the Constitution
of the United States" necessitates the
framing by Congress in the near flu
'ture of the provisions of the law. The
two features of the bill are that the
tax on incomes shall be graduated
and that incomes of $1,000 ana less
shall be exempt. The bill was pro-
posed during the special session OF
1909 by Senator Norris Brown of Ne
braska, whose term of office expires
March 4. The passage OF the bill
makes discussion of the income tax
law Of England opportune. -
Under the British law incomes are
taxed at the rate of nearly per cent.
But various exceptions and motiifica-
tons are made to relieve the burden
of taxation from people Of limited
means and large families. The tax
covers incomes of $500 and up. but
the exceptions cover incomes from
that amount up to $500. AS an H.
lustration. If a person has an income
of $4,000 he is taxed only on $1,000.
In the case of heads OF families
whose incomes do not exceed $4,000
an exemption of 500 is allowed for ev-
cry child under 16 years OF age.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

Statistics OF. automobile accidents
in the United States and Canada gath
eredsby Police Chief Dunn of Omaha
show that EOS persons We're killed and
1880 injured in 1875 automobile acct
dents in the five weeks between Dec
Is, 1912, and Jan. 3S. 1913. 1t is a
heavy life toll, due largely to the care
lessness Of pleasure seekers.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01
Tho Cucumber In the Rottis.

when was little boy" remarked
an old gentleman, somebody gave me
a cucumber in bottle. The neck Of
the bottle was small and the cucumber
80 large that it wasn't possible for it
to pass through, and 1 was greatly
puzzled to know how it got there.
But out in the garden one day came
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01
A Safe pi.tance,

A rich man once advertised for a
coachman. and to each applicant for
the position he put the following
test: How close can you drive to
that high embankment outside there,
without going overit?' Some of those
who came said they could drive with
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01
ExPuReATEp ADVERTISING.

The protection Of the public against
evil advertising is the recommends
ton that comes from the new chief
Of the bureau Of chemistry OF the de-
partment Of agriculture, DR.. Carl L..
Alsberg. In his first public utterance
since his appointment ais successor
to DR.. Harvey Wiley, he pointed out
the ray of hope that is to be seen In
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01
RENEWALS.

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changed. II at the end Of three weeks,
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The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

The return of ST. Patricks day be-
holds Home Rule shining brightly
above the horizon. If it continues in
it's onward course with its present
rate Of progresse not many st. Pat
rickss days will pass until it. may be
seen shining in the full glory OF its
noon- day splendor.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

The winds that make progress hard
for IL time often blow away the dark
clouds Of adversely. f4
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

lis,s Wilson has resigned the governor
gshipspf New Jersey to enjoy the free
DONOR being Q private citizen for the
few DAYS RENAL aing before his inau-.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

Nh adverse wind only serves to dc
vclop the skill of the true sailor.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

A little "thank you" now and ther
is relished by the best Of men.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

lt-is not as bad to misplace trust Il
to h,istrust.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01
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The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret
O'Toole. SO, GAS Central Park place,
who died suddenly Friday. following a
stroke of paralysis, were held ut the
Cathedral Monday morning, at 9
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

Mrs. ID. II. Hickey, with her son and
daughter, Richard O'Connell and Ma
RE O'Connell, Langford avenue, left
Feb. 95 for an extended trip to- Flori-
da, where they will stay until late in
the spring.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

Miss Agnes daughter OF the late Mr..
and Mrs. John Byrne, died Monday at
the family residence, 562 ST. Peter
street, after a long illness. The flu
dence Wednesday,. at $3.50 Il. IN. Ser
vices were held at the Cathedral at
0 O'Clock. Interlnent was at Byrnes-
vile Cemetery, Savage, MINI.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

Mr.. Alfred Mcdonald, 1928 Dayton
avenue, was very pleasantly surprised
on Sunday evening, February 16, by a
number Of his friends 1t was the &C.
casion Of MIR. McDonald's birthday an
remembered by all those present as
Il "much enjoyed evening.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

The ST. Paul Retail Grocery Clerks
Association met Monday night at it's
headquarters, SEQ Commerce building.
After brief business session the
members visited the plant of the
Haynes Bread Co., where lunch was
served
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

Mrs. Bridget Hctfernan, beloved wife
Of Thomas Heffernan, died Monday at
the family residence, 54S Aurora. The
funeral took place from the above res
idence Wednesday at $3.50 a. M Ser
vices were held at st. Joseph's church
at o'clock. Interment was in CAL
vary Cemetery.
Mrs. Anna, beloved wife of James
d. Kennedy, aged As years, died Mon.
day evening at her home, sos Park
avenue. after long illness. The fu-
neral took place from the above resi-
dence Thursday at $3.50 a. IN. Servic-
es were held at st. Patrick's church at
3 o'clock. Internent was in Calvary
Cemetery. Mrs. Kennedy is survived
by her husband and two sisters. Mrs.
Stephen Barnes of this city, and Mrs.
NJ. j. Walsh of Duluth, MINI. Mrs.
Kennedy was an active member of Di-
vision No. ., L. A. to A. o. H.
\ pleasing recital was given at st.
Agatha's Conservatory Saturday aft.
ernoon. The program was given en-
tirely by the boys and was enjoyed
by their parents and friends. The
numbers were principally for piano
and violin. The history classes at the
conservatory will give Mozart pro-
gram at the students hour next Fri
day afternoon.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

The First National Bank Of ST. Pau.
celebrated its~golden anniversary Mon
day. The institution started business
February "a, 1863. The bank has
grown from a modest financial house
to one of the strongest in the north
west, its capital and surplus now be-
ing $5,O00,OO0. Engraved anniversary
greetings are being sent out to the
patrons.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01
FROM THE CAPITAL

The Ramsey County Ancient Order
Of Hibernians are preparing for the
annual celebration Of the birth of Rob-
ert Emmett, to be held at Hibernian
hall, March 4. The tentative program
includes Irish songs and folk lore. An
Grafton on the life of the Irish patriot
and martyr will be presented. The
committee is not ready to announce
the principal speaker.
The Irish standard., 1913-03-01

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