The Irish standard., 1914-04-18

ace 10 the state T:
pie Of our land would become aware of
the fact that there can be but one
flag in this country. Nor does it re-
quire a prophet to foresee the time ap.
preaching when the various parties Of
our fair land will have to lay aside
their party differences and combine
forces for the sake of God and coun.
try. The question for US to decide will
be, whether we desire to have the
Stars and Stripes floating over our
heads, as pledge of stability and
welfare, or whether we shall permit
the red flag Of Socialism to end our
liberty.
Reality, how can a Socialist aspire
to political Office. to which, II he is
elected, he must come with perjury
and treason in his heart! Before en-
tering upon an Office the aspirant must
swear to uphold the Constitution. The
Socialist knows, and the people at
large should know, that he has no
more idea of UNFOLDING the lawfully
constituted authority Of this land than
he has of supporting the English or
German crown. He has no more idea
of working for the stability and vel
fare of this land than he has of main
tanning the authority Of the Sultan OF
Turkey. His one aim is to undermine
all lawfully constituted authority, and
thus to bring it's downfall so much
nearer. Indeed, such is the strength
of this international organization that
members elected to political Office are
only the puppets in the hands OF those
higher up in the organization. The
organization demands a written res
ignation of its members accepting
public Office, to take immediate eject
the moment they show that they
would rather obey their conscience
than their Socialistic bosses.
If American Socialists were SIN
cere in their plea to be political
party, they should by all means re-
sign from this international union,
of which now they are part and par
eel. and make good their assertion
of being only a party like the Others
having as their end and aim the sta
bility and the welfare of this partic-
ular country.
Once in a while there is howl
going up when a Catholic dares to
aspire to office, if even only OF con-
stable. If Catholic is elected to
such an Office. how long will it take
I'LL the Pope will come to America
and then disaster! But Socialist
can aspire to the highest Office OF the
and. and no fear whatsoever is felt
'or the stability Of the country!
Socialism, a political party for the
betterment of the working people!
What has it ever done for the work.
Ingman. Has it ever done anything
10 gain the confidence of the people!
Germany, at the present time, has
probably the best laws meeting the
needs of labor. No one fought
against these enactments so bitterly
as the Socialists, who prate so much
about lettering the conditions OF Ia
Dor. Is there wealthy Socialist
who is absolutely fair and honest
with the workers he employs? Ac'
,ording to the papers a certain mil
ionaire Socialist has such wretched
conditions in his factory that his
workers went on strike. While this
same man went around procla1ming
now Socialism was to help the work
ng man in his struggles for living
wage, his own workers received star
vation wages. And there are other
cases just like this one.
Whenever Socialists tried to or
ganize colonies, to show the working
plan of their scheme, they soon had
10 declare them utter failures. And
such efforts have not been wanting,
both here, in South America, and in
Europe, to show the world a beauti-
Jul model of the future state. Not
4 single one of these colonies sue
,eeded. And these are the men who
claim to know how to benefit the
working man!
1t behooves you, the Catholic man
rood of our time, to open your eyes
% the true situation. And not only
hat; you must try to open the eyes
If those who, for some reason or
,ther, are unconscious Of the drift
II the times.
AS matter Of fact, the Socialist
party stands for nothing but treason
against the country and revolt
against God. Look to st. Joseph,
the model of working men OF his
line, and ask yourselves whether he
would remain Indifferent in the face
If the blasphemy and treason signi-