The Irish standard., 1918-10-26
LET US CROWN OUR PATRIOTIC WORK By
ELECTING A LOYAL MAYOR

ELECTING A LOYAL MAYOR.
During the entire period of it's history extending we'll
over three decades the Irish Standard has the
compromising foe of Socialism Year in and
have endeavored guard against the spread of it's SIMS
ter propaganda in this Godgven refuge from the
anachronsms and yrannies continents of the
world This mighty Republic PROPOSE
tion that made the basis of Declaration of
pendenceA created equal" citizens are all
endowed with the inalienable rights-the right of
le liberty and the pursuit of happiness Upon the solid
rock of splendid Constitution bulded the struc-
ture of nation that ncomparaby surpasses others
known to history in it's provisions human welfare and
happiness.
We have deemed it duty of patriotism and of humanity,
therefore to defend and guard these hertages
handed down to by the Fathers Republic the
innovations and revolutionary designs of seeking
disturb them, and substituting for them the Utopian
dreams schemes of theorists either of this foreign
countries. We have preferred hold that which
we know to be good rather than to fritter away
stantial things have and enjoy in graspng the
shadows projected before vision by
and wouldbe philosophers of empiricsm.
America today is the hope of mankind It is to America
the old world is turning to learn the elements Of
democratic The American Declaration In
dependence and the American Constitution we'll the
writings of Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison and Paine are
now being studied before throughout the world
the textbooks of human liberty During past week
the representatives of 650000O the peoples
and central Europe met at the State House in Philadelphia
under the shadow Of Liberty Bell to formulate
tiers OF liberty for their several nations The CzechoSlo
vaks who have already achieved their natonhood have
derived inspiration for their principles
the immortal Gettysburg speech of Lincoln
And yet while the wsest and best thinkers of Europe
have become students of the American principles and
theories Of government, still have ragtag and bob
tailed element of population who profess
and a1liation with the Socalistic program
Germany and exemplifed by the Bosheviki in Russia
While the who have witnessed and experienced the
blight of the socalistic tenes in European
turning to America for light and guidance in the principles
of democracy so-caed adherents of Social de-
mocracy' still hold out for the MARKHAM dope.
So far has the MARKHAM narcotic affected the sys
tenn of the Socialist party that it has capable of
declaring platform of absolute disloyay
the nation in the most critical hour
worlds history Here is the thing
the party at the St. Louis convention 1917
United States had entered the war; and which
affirmed in Chicago in August of this year:
1--WE brand the declaration of by government
crime against the people the United against
the nations of the world
"In all modern history there has been
justifabe than the war in which about to
mo greater dishonor has been forced upon the
people than that which the capitalist class is forcing upon
this nation against its will.
1--WE pledge ourselves: To continuous active and public
opposition to the through demonstrations petit
lions and all other within to unyelding
opposition all proposed legislation for military indus
trial conscripon and to continuous efforts to repeal such
laws opposing with all strength any attempt to
raise money payment of by taxing the
of life issuing bonds which will put the
burden future generations"
these infamous declarations do not constitute treason
Of the most rank rabid type then definition
should be framed for the word Every guilty of
mitigating this and infamous insult to American
tellgence and patriotism well every who ad-
the party which proclaimed it, should be brought
to justice traitor for such person is
questonably giving aid and comfort to the enemy-and
that suo despicable enemy the German Kaiser
give either open tacit approval such
deserve and receive the stigma of dsloyalty
this Republic well to the universal Of democ
racy.