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To any other part of the world the postage most added to the subscription price.All subscriptions are payable in advance and may be sent b7 draft, express, postal order, iegistered letter, at our risk.The date printed on the wrapper of each paper denotes the time when the subscriptionWhere a subscriber desires to discontinue, the office should be informed by letter of suc^i tact Any arrearages due must accompany theCopies of The Ieisr Standard will be sale at the principal news-stands In this city.When writing matter for publication in The Ixish Standard be sure and sign your proper name, not necessarily for publication, bnt hi guarantee of good faith.In changing your place of residence, notify Immediately of the fact and forward yonr fnll name, giving number and name of street ,tc which you have removed, also your former ad-Mutter of an official nature, such as calls for regular or special meetings of societies, memorial resolutions, etc., will be charged for by theAll letters addressed to Manager Irish Standa kd, 312 Hennepin Avenue will receive immediate attention.-ATURI'AY, NOVEMBER 4, 1893.OUR NEW QUARTERS.The Irish Standard issues the first n tuber of its ninth volume today from its new quarters in “newspaper row,1 50 Fourth street south, where all communications and correspondence will be received in future. Iu entering on the ninth year of the publication of The Irish Standard the publishers ore happy to inform their p itroDB and subscribers that sicce their debut on the stag- of journalism they have not been in a better position, all things con aider- d, than they are today. The circulation of The Irish Standard being constantly increased throughout the vast territory extending from Lake Sup*-! ior to the Pacific Ocean, and nothing bnt words of cheer, encouragement and approbation greet our agents where-ever they go, on the policy pursued by this paper in the discussion of public questions. Many warm words of com-mendation reach our office, but our modesty forbids us to publish them. In the future as in the past The Irish Stasoabd will perform its duty fearle e-ly in defending and advocating the in terests of the faith and nationality of which it is the exponent, and the publishers entertain the hope that its services in the cause of God and country will merit the approval and support of all true Americana.REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS.At the last meeting of the Minneapolis city couucil a motion was moved by one of the aldermen asking that $1,000 be set apart for the Catholic orphan asylum. The matter was referred to a committees, who will probably report at the next meeting. The Rev. David Tice, a Methodist minister, very properly objects to any appropriation for sectarian institutions, and asks the Evening Journai for information in regard to the appropriation made to Bethany Home. The Journal cites section 35 of chapter 6 of the city charter authorizing the appropriation, aud e that “Bethany Home is non-sectarian in the strictest sense of that teim, and while it is in the hands of Protestant women, no ques-i ons bearing upon religious matters are asked those who desire to go there for sheltlt; r in the hour of trouble. TheCatb-olic is received as freely as the Protest ’Ont.”We reoognize the neceeeity for snch an institution and have no desire to see the annual appropriation withdrawn from its support, but at the same time we believe that the House of the Good Shepherd, which is engaged in Bimiliar work, viz, the reformation of young women, is as deserving of an appropriation as Bethany Home. It is under the charge of Catholic women, as Bethany Home is under the control of Protestant women, but why one institution Bhould get an appropriation of $1,700 a year and the other nothing is more than we oan comprehend. Half the inmates of the Good Shepherd house are Protestants, and they have been sent there at the request of their parents by the judges of the municipal court. The House of the Good Shepherd is preferable to the workhouse, at all events. The girls sent to the workhouse are supported by the city during their detention; why should not those sent to the House of the Good Shepherd be supported in like manner? The parents and guardians of the girls sent to the Sisters’ house have free access to all parte of the building, and they can see for themselves that there is no interference whatever of a sectarian nature with uoa Catholio inmates, the only requirement being a compliance with the roles of the institution. The girls are taught needle work, laundry work and housework and receive secular and moral instruotiop every day, and the result is that they leaTe the institution with a determination to enter on a new osreer. There are 45 girls jpaw jn the houae who* average ageis 16 years. They are oarefully guarded night and day by one the Sisters, and after they remain under the benign influence of these good women for the space of six mouths there in such a moral r* formation effected that they rarely, if ever, relapse into evil habits after leaving the institution. During their stay they spend the time in work and recreation. They enjoy vocal and instrumental musio and derive pleasure and profit from reading the good books in the library. S enamoured do the young women become with the House .of the Good Shepherd that they frequently return of their own volition when they feel strongly tempted to latse into vicious way*, in order that they may acquire more strength to i bat the temptations to which they are subjected. The institution is well calculated to prevent the fall of young women from grace and keep them from entering Bethany Home. In view of that fact we contend that it is entitled to every encouragement from citizens of all religious persuasions, and that the city council would Dot exceed its province by including it with Bethany Home under the provision of the charter which empowers it to give an appropriation “for the use and support of any institution established for the care aud reformation of fallen women.’’We have do desire of anticipating the action of the c ranoil in the matter of the Catholic orphan asylum. There is no provision in the charter for any propriaiion to sectarian institutions and if the council sees fit to give money to the asylum it must come from the contingent fund, by a vote of three fourths of the members of the council and the approval of Mayor Eustis.THE A. P. A. IN CONGRESS.The odious character of the politics-religious organiza'ion known as the A. P. A., which has its ramfications in several of the western states, and is gradually extending them eastward to the seaboard, has at last been brought to the attention of congress by Representative Weadocki of Michigsn. In a petition to congress from Mr. Yomnans, a member of the last House from the Eighth Michigan d'i trict, praying for the unseatingof William S. Linton, who defeated Youmsns in the last congressional election, grave charges are brought against the A. P. A., which is characterized as “a secret acti-Catbo-lic organization, similar to the old know-nothing party, which directed its energies against all foreigners, particularly Catholics.” Mr. Weadock in a speech when presenting the petition stigmatized the organization as “traitorous and American,” and introduced a resolution calling for an investigation into theight of Mr. Linton to occupy his seat, claiming that his election by this organization was illegal and invalid. While Mr. Weadock was denouncing the A. P, A. he was interrupted by two R»publi-ie from Maine and the other from Illinois, bnt speaker Grisp declared that the Michigander was in order to ask an inquiry into the right of any gentleman to a seat in the House. Mr. Weadock thereupon applied the lseh vigorously to the obnoxious organization, but owing to opposition encountered from the two Republicans mentioned, he withheld the resolution until Linton himself was present to speak in bis own behalf and defend the A. P. A. Last Monday he pre sen led the memorial from Mr. Youmans and renewed the attack. Mr. Youmans, who is a Democrat, eat forth that Linton aDd his supporters represented to the •oters that be.was a Roman Catholic, and that the Pope would control his vote in congress if lie was elected. The oaths taken by members of the A P. A. accompanied the memorial as well as exhibits of letters and circulars sent out by its officers during the campaign. These documents were full of hostility to Roman Catholics and called upon ‘‘all true and loyal Protestante” to vote for Linton aud against Youmans. The oaths taken by the members of the A. P. A. were appended to the memorial and are extremely un-American in their character. There appears to be good reason why Linton should be deprived of the seat which he obtained by tbe aid of these rabid conspirators. Mr Y ou-uians was defeated by misrepresentation and on unconstitutional grounds. We do not know whether he is a Catholic or not, but that makes no difference. No American citizen ehoald be deprived of his rights under the constitution because of his religious belief. The mau who belongs to no religious organization and the mac who does, stand on an eqaality under the laws of the land. From the foundation of the republic the Democratic party founded by Thomas Jefferson has frowned on bigotry, and now that the same party is in the majority in congress it would be a feather in its cap to thoroughly investigate this election con • test in Michigan and put the stamp of its disapproval on the A P. A. and kindred organizations by firing Linton from the House and putting Youmans in hiB seat.The Republican party is doomed to speedy destruction it it encourages such an odious cut-throat organization as the A. P. A. .That party has undoubtedly been controlled in its conventions by these bigots. They dictate the candidates and oppose men who are cot imbned with their principles. In this city at the last Republican county convention they defeated men for nomination who were Buppoeed to be Catholics or devoid of religious prejudice. They issued circulars during the election giving the names
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