The Irish standard., 1916-04-08

Representatives on lne lAnni5io
Pill. Mr.. John II. Stephens of Texas
asked leave to extend his remarks
fan old trick of the representative
from the 18th District) which means
that the speech will not be delivered
on the floor of the House, but printed
in the Congressional Record, in which
the following appeared on March 2oth'
viz:
"Mr. Speaker, the Bible tells us
that a man cannot serve two masters,
and human experience abundantly sus-
tains this doctrine; therefore there
can be no English, German, Irish, or
Catholic American, because man
cannot serve two masters; if they are
Americans they cannot be German
Britisher, or lrishman. l regret to
state that many men who have taken
the oath of allegiance to the United
States, thereby renouncing their ale
glance to any foreign prince, poten-
tate, or power, have, since the begin
ming Of the present great European
war, forgotten their oaths, and are
now boldly taking the side of their
relatives by blood, and have also bold
ly criticized Our Congress and our
president, thereby rocking our ship OF
state, making it much harder for our
good and great president to steer clear
of all foreign complications that might
lead our country into war, which God
forbid"
Honorable James A. Gallivan, who
represents the 18th District Of Mas
sachusetts, on Tuesday, March 2Sth,
addressed the House, as follows:
"Mr. Chairman, my attention has
just been called to speech on Immi-
grafton printed in the Record of
March 25th, by the Hon. John H.
Stephens, of Texas. No word of this
speech was delivered on the floor of
this House, but the gentleman, TAX
ing advantage Of the privilege grant
ed to him by the House to extend his
remarks, has seen fit to refer to my
activity in the last Congress against
the passage of this bill and in favor
Of sustaining the veto of President
Wilson when this House was called
upon to consider the presidents mes
sage. have always been proud of
the small part l played in helping to
sustain President Wilson's decision,
and l fervently hope that the oppor-
unity may conc for similar action
every man within the sound of my
voice knows am unalterably opposed
to the Burnett bill, and think l have
expressed that opposition in a decent,
honorable, manly way. without any
reflection upon or impeachment of the
motives of the honorable gentlemen
who support it. For this reason
cannot ignore Ole statement made by
the gentleman from Texas (Mr Ste
phens) in the extension of his re-
marks, which reads as follows:
"'Mr. Speaker. the Bible tells us
shat a man cannot serve two masters.
and human experience abundantly sus-
,ains this doctrine; therefore there
can be no English, German, Irish, or
Catholic American. because man
cannot serve two masters; II they are
Americans, they cannot be German.
Britisher, or Irishman. regret to
state that many men who have taken
the oath of allegiance to the United
States, thereby rcnOuncing their allie
Glance to any foreign prince, potentate,
or power, have, since the beginning OF
the present great European war. for
gotten their oaths and are now boldly
taking the side of their relatives by
blood, and have also boldly criticized
our Congress and our president, there
by rocking our ship of state, making
1t much harder for our good and great
president to steer clear of all foreign
complications that might lead our
country into war. which God forbid
This is a specific charge that an
Iinglishman cannot become loyal
American citizen. and last, but not
least, that an Irishman cannot be a
loyal American citizen There would
be glory enough for one speech if the
statement stopped with this compre-
hensive denunciation, but it did not
Aroused to the highest pitch of pa
triotism and probably with the inten-
ton to do a lasting service to hu.
n anity and to set forth the ideals Of
Texas in their true light, the orator
III writing his speech took pains to
say that there could be no Catholic
American.
This exalted and statesmanlike
strain comes from the representative
of the thirteenth district OF Texas,
which he would have us know is the
cradle of loyalty and the shrine of
patriotism. .....
No immigrant can be patriot, eh?
How marvellous are the miracles
wrought by time! Cooke County and
tho celebrated town of Gainesville, the
Seat Of Cooke County, are located in
that illimitable region of light called
Texas and in the bosom of the thir.
teenth district, whence comes these