The Irish standard., 1914-10-31


and supporters and a thorn in the sides
of his opponents when a candidate for
Office shows his courage in the face
of an evident attempt to discredit him
with his auditors. When the queries
from the foul mouths of biased big
OTIS from whom emanate stencil that
would make any self-respecting Vul.
ture or Carton revolt at association
with them, are answered by a candi-
date for Office in language, the sim
certify of which can not be doubted,
he must have gained the respect Of
even his greatest enemy If such enemy
is not enmeshed in the slime of fanat-
icism.
During a recent meeting held in one
of the Protestant churches, one of the
candidates was asked If he was a
Catholic, a knight of Columbus and
but he got no further for the simple
reason that his first two questions
were answered so thoroughly and so
completely that the decent element
present protested so loudly that the
beast who asked them was forced to
subside.
Voters of Minneapolis, doesn't this
sort of vile work on the part Of oppo-
sition scar you to the very center of
your honest hearts, to the very depths
of your souls and to the limit of your
patience and all you hold dear in the
way of fair play? If it doesn't, then
we are truly passing into the depths
from which years of unbiased teach
ings in our schools, our churches, our
colleges and above all social associa-
tions that is the birth-right of every
American citizen has endeavored to
raise us.
Catholics, are you going to stand
by and see the memory of the Sainted
mother who taught you the "Our
Father" the "Hail Mary" the Greed"
and the "Confetior," the sanctity of
your wives, your daughters and your
sisters assailed even by innuendo, are
you content to allow your personal
regard for candidate to stand be-
tween you and your own best interests
to elect to Office man who would
lend himself party to any such meth
cd to secure votes?
A man seeks Office, not as many of
them would have you believe through
patriotic motives and desire to raise
humanity from the depths of despair
and failure, but from selfish motive
to have himself elected to the Office, a
desire to advertise himself or his bust
ness, a desire for the money or honor
that goes with the office or as a step
ping stone to greater honors in the
future. Some men use their Office TO,
personal gain, they are called grafters
and on conviction are sent to peniten
tiaries; some men use their Office tt
take care of their constituency in the
way of political jobs" they are called
machine politicians" or professional
politicians" but language has failed tt
provide word to fittingly apply to thu
man who would use his Office for thu
purpose of airing his Unborn antipath,
for men of opposite beliefs either pc
litical or religious. Synonyms are al
that may or can be used to describe
such man. If you, Mr.. Voter, sui
fered from boil, carbuncle or al
abscess your first Thought would be t,
appeal to your physician to remove
the morbid matter from the tissues o
your body; If you didn't you would b.
called foolish, to put it mildly. Nov
then, the only name to be applied to {
man who holds office or aspires t
hold Office and prostitutes the priv
leges afforded him either as office
holder or candidate is veritable boil
carbuncle or abscess teeming with pu
or morbid matter and you are the ply
sician who is called upon to remov'
him from the body Of the universe AM
relegate him to the same place wher'
I'LL uldLt0T VI LudL hl1u 10 CdSC.
Whether the candidate described
herein be one for Governor, Mayor
Alderman or County Office, it is YOU
duty to vote him into complete ant
everlasting oblivion, to purge Mime
sofa and Minneapolis, the two creates
places in the world, of this type O
parasite whose dwarfed brain woult
be insufficient to keep life in the low
Hest of Gods living beings, and whose
egotism' in presuming to come before
the public, needs the stretching of the
lines of the broadcast of charity.
DISTRICT JUDGEsHiP RACE.
The race for the three judgeships
is an extremely interesting one. II
the field of six appears some of the
best legal talent of which Hennepir
County can boast. Judge Daniel FISH
made such a record as city attorney o
Minneapolis that his reelection to tn
bench to which he was appointed b!
the governor is almost an assured fact
while Judge Molyneaux through hi
campaign committee is making mos
thorough canvass which threatens t
reflect him on Tuesday next.
Charles G. Laybourn, Minneapoli
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