The Irish standard., 1918-06-15
L,NbREReH ON CATHOLICISM.

have been be hobeds of sedition against the
United States Government The foul and fetid menace
and Tom Watsons Georgia publication two conspicuous
instances in point and both have we'll deserved the full
force of the we'll placed kick administered to them by
Uncle Sans weighty and efficient foot And there are
several other lesser microbes equally deaecving of the
federal boot 1t is be hoped that each and all of them
will be brought to realizing sense OF their stupidity
Grass un-Americansm before many more weeks pass. All
federal and state officers in every part OF the country
should be the alert to note the close connection exist
ing between antiCatholcism and antiAmericanism
act accordingly The former in almost all instances
brought light has been shown to be lead the latter
both regards publications and individuals
Our state furnishes in the present campaign
striking instance of this coincidence Charles A.
Lindbergh the Townley candidate governor has
than occasion demonstrated his hostility
all things Catholic Now he is under Indictment for sedi
tion and his book stencil in the nostrils of patriotic
and On the first page of this issue print
resolution introduced by him in Congress in 1916 which
betrays his outandish bigotry and astounding unAmer
icansm On the representations of Free Press League
of Kansas he demands investigation of the papal ss
TEN in America. He would have the church policies
amined by Congressional committee in relation the
schools the free Speech freedom of religion and
the principle of separation of church and stae in all of
which he has prophetic vision of trouble America
We have information to what done with the
ismelling BILL but presume it chucked into the
est receptacle that at hand when it considered
i'll committee.
whom the Townleyites supporting for the Re-
publican nomination for of this great American
commonwealth. He supported the bill speech which
this reference is made to the Catholic church:
Claiming to hold in it's hands the of the kingdom
of heaven it is in all cmes and all lands the active
assistant of those who bring hell upon EARTH"
You will nd, he further says, "that in all lands
at all times the high dgntaries in the Church of
have been the ally of oppression whether that oppression
has been exercised under the exploited doctrine of the
Of or is tha
groveling greed of pluocracy Congressional Record
of August %, 1850 -'-a.-ay ...s4a y a4a.7; is
If Lndberghs "book" (Which Townley never read) had
not already consigned him to political perdition,
brilliant and mastery excerpts from his speech would
have finished the job The number votes registered at
the primaries for this nondescrpt batherse
1gnoramus will constitute of the strength of
Germanism in the North Star state excluding on
of ncurabe imbecty few of the Towney Bolshevikiss
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Mr.. GLEAsoNs EXCELLENT LEGISLATIVE RECORD
Leo j. Gleason before electorate of the
eighth Legislative district candidate reelection to
the seat in the state legislature he ably credtaby
filled at the last session. Mr. Gleason the younger
men in the lower house in the session of 1917
credited with great amount of ability which quickly
recognized by his fellow lawmakers He always will
ing and cheerfuly served by his feowmembers both in
the several which he brought himself and in
those of others which enlisted his advocacy The general
esteem in which he held in the legislative body
tested by the fact that he unanimously chosen to
side at the ST. Patrcks day session. which largely
devoted to the appropriate celebration of glores of
Ireland.
Mr.. Gleasons initial term legislator has been such
as to we'll deserve reelection for him. His service
been faithful clean efficient and loyal While fully re-
sponslve to the just demands of labor for remedial
uplifting legislation he has sympathy with those ex
tremists who would demarcae and divide American citizen
ship into hostile classes with the ostensibe purpose
achieving some vague and visionary readusment of
dstry and business He has confidence in the American
capacity and of justice deal fairly with
veXng problems of industry and business they may
for solution in the legislative halls every individual
shall enjoy his full and naenabe right to life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness under the national
will be little danger of in it's application any par
cuar aspect of legislation whether the interests
or capital involved Such has been the keynote of
Mr.. Geasons record and we have doubt that it will
appeal strongly to his constituency who may justly feel
proud OF their sterling representative.
IN THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
In certain degree the reputation for American loyalty
of this majestic city of the northwest is staked the
Congressional election in the Fifth district
of Minneapolis in the eyes of the nation has suffered
disgracefu smuge by of the Misrepresentation
this great commercial and industrial Washing
ton To shame it must be acknowledged that other
district in the whole country has been ptfully and
exasperatingly misrepresented in Congress with
possible exception of Socialist district in New York
The Kaiser himself could have wished upon any
thing crude cruel than the lesser mcrobe"
deen And the Kaiser would be delighted at his reeec
ton He would vote for him if he could the pr-
mares here Monday So will the sympathzers of the
Kaiser do, but no others.
The importance of downing Lundeen transcends almost
all other issues far Minneapolis is Immediately
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