, 1922-09-07
HON. rATRIck SULLIVAN.

Fors some reason or other every
writer who a taken his pen in hand
Tor the past 25 years to chronicle tn
loings and sayings OF the hero pic
tured above. has made some ailrsion
to his Irish extraction. Why such
suspicion should be lodged in the
minds OF the writer's we do not know.
Surely, there is nothing in tho per-
sonal appearance. conversation or the
name OF Patrick Sullivan to indicate
IRISH parentage. In discussing with
him his boyhood life on the old farm
stead in Norway and his early expert
ences In boating upon the fjords OF
his native country, we assured him. II
occasion ever arose to deny in the pub
lie print the n impression as
to his nationality. we would most
certainly do #. We fully realize the
task before us. to correct an impress.
SIGN hat has been accepted for years.
In fact just as many years as Patrick
Sullivan and his ancestors have been
on earth. viz. that he Is Irish. But
with plenty of printers Ink and paper
at hand the job becomes one OF real
pleasure, aside from placing Patrick
Sullivan back among his WI home
people n enabling him t o influence
tho Scandinavian vote for his friend
Warren Harding in 1924.
Having denied that Patrick sulli-
van is an Irishmnn and affirmed that
he is a Norwegian sustaining proof
must be submitted or the contention
fails.
We call attention TO his great stat
IRE, breadth OF shoulder. the poise
Of his head the eagle beat nose. With
these evidences before you. complete
In YOU Imagination the pictures
crown upon his head. a scepter within
his hand, a royal purple mantle about
his shoulders, jack boo upon his feet
and place him upon the forward deck
Of a picturesque sailing ship and
you have a Viking. The original rul-
ers Of the sea. The intrepid voyagers
OF the deep. who raided the coasts of
Europe IN the eighth and tenth cen
! turtles and aroused an interest in navi-
sation and ship subsidy among all the
peoples with which they came in con-
tact.
1t vas because of the activity OF the
ancestors of Patrick Sullivan in the
Viking expeditions from the eighth
century onward in conquerinE and
colonixing the islands between the arc
tic circle and Ireland. and the fact that
these ancestors set up petty Kingdoms
In Ireland itself n organized the
chief ports in hat island. that the i'm
preston first got abroad that he was
OF Irish origin. Nothing Is farther
from the truth. The original family
name was -Sullivanson. but the last
syllable became worn and ragged from
constant use and was finally ampu.
tated.
Other proof of the Morse origin Of
the sullivans is TO be had in the voy-
age of discovery made by Norsemen
to the New England coast in the year
A. d. 1000. which would correspond
to the modern reckoning B. V. e1s.
and the re~cordsSleft by them there in
the building OF a tower. In the cen.
turtles which have past. the old tower
crumblcd. and explorers have dug up
the metal receptacle in the corner
stone and found documents and pic
lures Of the Sullivans who came with
the Norsemen establishing beyond
doubt he claims set forth here.
The family resemblance in the pic
ture herewith and the tenth century
tin types OF the ancestors is SO OBJ
vious as to remove the last lurking
doubt.
All the stories written about Patrick
Sullivan in the past, fixing his birth.
place In ireland and telling about his
attendance at Donnybrook fair and
cleaning IN scventeen constables by
way Of physical culture exercise. and
then fleeing 10 America 10 avoid tho