The Irish standard., 1914-10-31

only Wa1t1nS q cnance 10 attack the
administration, to bring on a religi-
GUS disturbance or raise animosity
between themselves and the Masonic
fraternity in this city when there is
not single iota of evidence that the
fraternity in question, had any hand
in the matter. The presumption is
unwarranted. Sergeant Jones is alone
to blame. He came into the office
when Mayor Nye and Chief Marten-
sen promoted Captain Calvin to Sen
ior Captain. He has removed him
self more thoroughly from influence
than it would be possible for either
the mayor or the Catholics to remove
him. Justice has been done and a
charitable attitude of mind in this
unfortunate and awkward affair on
the part of the Catholics will save
his friends the necessity of exercising
charity towards him to save him
should religious and fraternal preju-
dice be aroused and our magnanimity
will prevent any sympathy from be-
ing extended to this laundering, BIZ
goted official by his co-religionists
and fellow members. We look upon
the incident as a fortunate one, as it
has removed from activity a person
whose thoughts and tendencies might
otherwise go unchallenged."
We are not ready to state that a
miracle has been wrought in order
to change the heart of Mayor Nye.
for we believe it was no miracle that
wrought the change. We misjudged
the individual and the mistake of our
judgment was one of mind and not of
heart, because we believed that
Mayor Nye was fair and open in his
dealings with the Catholic people of
Minneapolis, but miracle would
have to be wrought to change the
sentiment we now entertain in regard
to the fairness Of the present Mayor
of this City. All seemed fair enough
until the primary election, when the
present Mayor had an opponent in
the person of Mr.. Williams. Matters
seemed to be growing worse around
the office of the Mayor. The public
was protesting, the daily papers were
protesting against the manner in
which the police department was
handled and the lack of safety guar
anteed to the citizens of this City.
The Mayor seemed to realize that the
job was too big for him, that the
moral issue raised in connection with
this campaign would overwhelm him
at the election If the attention of the
City could not be diverted from the
moral issues involved in reference to
certain classes Of saloons, hotels,
houses Of i'll fame, clubs of various
sorts. and the general lack of police
protection. He aligned himself with
an anti-Catholic crowd and sought at
once to raise religious issue to be-
fog the voters at the election and
turn the attention Of the citizens
from the issues involved. He did this
after some of his most important
and influential Catholic friends had
pleaded with him to take another
course and save Minneapolis from the
Indecent bigoted campaign that is
now waged in his behalf by an timer
ant blasphemer by the name of Boles
and the crowd that follows him. The
Mayor was advised to call up the
office of the Attorney General and
satisfy himself that he was acting
completely within his rights IL he
stopped the anti-Catholic campaign
that was being waged. We have no
record that the Mayor attempted to
act within his rights in this matter
and in the interests of common de-
cency. in the absence of the Mayor,
the Chief Of Police refused police
protection to the obscene anti-Catho-
lie speakers and ordered them to
cease their efforts. When Mayor Nye