The Irish standard., 1914-10-31

'6Eh 81, 1914.
returned he guaranteed police pro-
lection to these defamers, of the
priests, nuns and sisters, whose an
tics were an offence against common
decency. So acute has the situation
become that the Chief of Police
threatened to resign his office be-
cause he believed he had done his
duty and that the Mayor should not
have allowed the lecturers to contin-
us. The Mayor knew that an anti
Catholic banner was being paraded
through the streets of Minneapolis,
that literature was being circulated
in favor of candidates endorsed by
the A. P. A. organization. The
Mayor is lodging the issue. 1t is a
moral issue and knowing that he
would be defeated on that issue Mr.,
Nye has appealed to the prejudices
of the anti-Catholic blasphemers and
their indecent mob to save him at the
polls next Tuesday. The editorial
printed last February in the Irish
Standard was given to our readers
without fear or favor. An indict-
ment is not to be made against a
whole population or against an entire
fraternal organization. We resented
the attempt in the interests of fair
ness and decency. We took the side
of Mayor Nye but since that time
Mayor Nye has not only permitted a
vile slanderer to impeach the morals
of the Catholic priests and women in
this City, but has guaranteed him po-
lice protection. It makes no differ
ence to us if there are a few mis-
guided Catholics who, because of
some thought of reward, are assisting
the Mayor in his campaign. Let
them take offense if they will, we
have the facts and we have some
knowledge of the motives guiding
the actions of those people who think
that their better interests are being
served by listening to vile SANDER
against their wives, their sisters and
their mothers, and yet they are afraid
to speak lest an expression of opinion
might classify them as for or against.
To such people the Australian ballot
is a God-send. because they can ex-
press their opinion in secret, and
when asked where they stand can
prove an alibi. AS for ourselves, we
have expressed our opinion in favor
of Mayor Nye when we thought con-
ditions warranted it. We ascertained
the facts as best we could and now
that Mr.. Nye has executed an "about
face" and sought protection and
strength among the disagreeable ele-
ments in City as large as Minneapo-
lis, where there are so many intelli-
gent voters to which an appeal may
be made. The situation can be an
alyzed in only one way, "birds of
feather will flock together" In the
largest City in the Northwest, in the
metropolis of the fair state of Min
nesota, we witness the spectacle of a
man seeking to represent popula-
ton of 100000 who finds it necessary
to align himself with an element
whose business it is to besmirch, be-
rate and SANDER the character of the
Catholic citizens of that City. We
can not apologize for our former sup
port of Mayor Nye, we did so in view
of the best light we possessed and we
took him at his word, when he ex-
pressed his friendship for the Catho-
lies. 1t becomes a duty now, when
actions speak louder than words, to
inform our readers in regard to the
actions of Mr.. Nye. The Irish Stand
ard is the official organ of the Hi
bernians and our people are not
dupes, nor are they to be lulled to
sleep and sweet forgetfulness by the
promises of political preference when
all that is near and dear to them is
being besmirched and the men who
are doing it are guaranteed police
protection by the Mayor of Minneapo-
lis.
17-STAONDAR
Judge John F. MCGEE, in a COM
munication to the Irish Standard, has
outlined the political situation in ref