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Show CHICAGO LETTER. World's Fair Sallem Kunnlng jtAoolhly. .MTrela-T HUtae's ItecIpmdlT Sehfmr. De Yoaog ot a t'aodidte. CUh in the Satlenal Fair CommlIoa. rat-rick rat-rick ir.oa Mormon DNrracchlf m'nl. An Asinine Ioel-deal Ioel-deal Iriiu Senaf and Irlih Nobilily. A Hit or Iri-h History With a Parallel. sfectU rotrttfaviaif lit Ux tfcsctcT Ml Onceinore matters In connection with the World's Fair are moving smoothly. Tho question of site seems to be satisfactorily seUIed. Tlie mass ot tlic people are heartily in favor ot voting t Xovcmber for the five millions to be roitd by taxation. Unless some hitch comes on from an unexpected source, all will be smooth sailing. The irec trade japers jc making much clamor about the Mclvinlcy bill and the JIt It will have ia deter-itog deter-itog European msnuracturers and artists from bringing over exhibits. This MIL iio tver, Is the expresslou of the will of tho m Jority of the American people, and as we are still clvllixd enough to lie ruled by majorities, the bill will become law. ir the bill Is for the best Interests or our country, we need uot lose much sleep over vhat Europe thinks or us. Auyhow, this rtcpub-lic rtcpub-lic was not established to evoke encomiums en-comiums rrom the monarchies or Europe or the satraps or Asia. But In disregarding foreign opinion we should be careful not to disregard thu safety auJ stabillly or our own political tradlt'ons. On the Other hand, if this, bill is tha basis for the establishment of an orMocracy of wealth lojllng to Euripofor iwiltl-cal iwiltl-cal and tsJOtal Ideals, then iu-ilecJ iu-ilecJ it might bo raid lo be a menace to our country. Perhaio Mr. Jliaine, after all that has been said, reiTeenls the liest political phll"i.5iy or the United States. His rclprocJiy scheme Is certainly one that no well bsUii-ed miiidcanclijecl to. And Ills propo-sitiori propo-sitiori lo tvslil first on this continent Is lwrn i.f lofty nnd jatriotic mo-Uves. mo-Uves. AH the governments of this continent, except British America, are now more or less reublican in form, and by intercourse and interchange inter-change uiowstsSJiltJ and more intelligence in-telligence could unsecured lo all. It is tru-, the Ij'.I:i-Anu-tlcani are a volmulc race, but there is iu them the germ for grander dcvilopmtnts. During the last week the mem bers of the World' Fair Natioual Commissbn have I-eeii enjoying Uie beauty and grandeur of Chicago. Tmij vt-re relleveil from tirl-jus work tiy the cljru of the sessiou. Tlier have fornlsheil much matter for " the ucw;aper Interviewir. Opinions Stave been obtained frdm mo-tlr the A'holo ol thetll. Each one speaks on thu topic which most engrosses attention In htj own State. Iu this Way the Chicago public has bruught before it the princlil themea or interct throughout the nation, and that loo from mouths which ouht to bequalifiedtospt-sk. Evealieretlierelsa vast diversity of ojilnloiu For Inlancc,M. H. Da Young, of the San Francisco Cttrotitde, says tliat he Is not a candidaua for t& United States ?;aate from California. Cali-fornia. He nys it would take S-U.- to buy the plare, while the salary of a senator is only sufficient to par a private secretary.aud that it would costSSIjiW-Jayear to live In Washington. Wash-ington. Or Senstor Stanford, who is a man or ability, Mr. Ds Young spi-aks contemptuously. From California comes another well known personage, ex-Senator Mark L. McDonald, who U qdil Indignant In-dignant that 8cnalorStaufora siioul J lw characterised as an Incapable. Mr. MrDonald holds that Senator im.uicui i.jui-'zn.irguliisdutlesa senator. This is the opinion of a democrat, while Dc Young ii a republican re-publican and of tbc same political faith as Stanford. In reply to a question as to Senator Stanford's ehinces.for reflection, Mr. Mc-DonildsaVf: Mc-DonildsaVf: "I dll think he would ba elected until I sanr that Huutmstun had concluded con-cluded to withdnir his opposition to him. Had Huntington -continual to , oppoa him enough democrats would have gone to tho senator's asdtanee tonlectfalm. As it Is I think tho democrats have a good chtnro ot defeating de-feating him. As to the rwt ef the uckiit, His democnu will streen the Maty wit! I:, of tint you neI have no uoubt." Tliere Is an Interview from an-othersxHirce an-othersxHirce which coucerns Utah closely. It It speak for itself. Here It is: "I. II. lannan, bosinen manaxcr of the Silt lake Tntmif,vm, at th AndU?rlUni HetelyeslenUy and raid: ttwmnti ilygamyl are bftaring fruit, and if we are allowed lo remain in a Territorial condition w will soon pin supremacy over tho Mormon hosU. Tho most effective way to sup-prais sup-prais polypamy is to deprive polyg-am polyg-am ts of tne elective fi.nehul. arid lulltical poer, and maks; it odmus in the eyes of llnlw. Tho Terrltortil oouned or legisUluro is coinsovJ of thirty-six nieniben, of which pine arenemile or antl-.Mormon-. When IbelUmundi I III ruuw-J 12 !Jie wvro able to ebsel only one member to the council, ani the Mormon Saints counted nimont. Itl.a great ,n Ukeou tbepartofUi9notrs(uiereaud CVmin-ssmen t- advoca-e Siav-hoo I f-ir L'tau or iu anneaiinn to Xevada. Ij i lis remain in a TerrUorial con Ji-Uon." Ji-Uon." This Is taken from Ihe Chicago TrAiinc I kuow Patrick is In town, or was a few days ago. I saw um at one or the sessions or the N.-.!ln-.l Commis-iou. In his Seat at Uie north end or the Council Chamber he presintej a very picturesque aiw pearance. I occupinl a seat on the front tier or benches In tho gallery. I had agol view of the scene below. Patrick was sucking Ihe end of a morilund cigar. The flesh of his face fell in fo! Is oer Msshirt collar. -N either suul nor Intellect shoue out ot lll eyes. It would Uevcr be s-jr-mied Itlat he "srai n rfimn.i.l..i ..r the lato timn Ilouclcault, that Is from the intellectual jniut cr view. jVs he mpcuJe-J to his name when palh-d rroai Utah, I could not help InJulglug in serious contemplation. LVxr on when he marcIiiU up tt the tr-iiit to deposit his tallol for Director General, I heard n lady who sat near me say that Patrick had a rearTu.ly polygamous "face. Her Idea or a jiolygimist was a bloated race ana stupid, sullen as-pecL as-pecL She was the wife ora commissioner com-missioner from Wiscon-in. I tolj her she tras in error, aster as Mor mon polygamy was concerned; tint If Sir. Ij in nan rcpreseutedauytiiln in tin: lit.- It as CHrlstlaii polyg my, iuastu'jch as he was the head and front of anti-Mormonim in Utah. Mr. Lannau did not make a speecb.but his colleague, Mr. Ferry did He raid lhat n-siIenco in Chicago ought not to de-American, ire a man, and that George It. Davis should not I disqualified liccausc ptbaingaChicagoan. Mr. Ferry's lung iwwer wouls! not rival tliat of a burrc. The Chalrmau had to call on him tosjieak louder. It was not -.... juiuiuKauu.ew jicxico. The most brainy men in th Commission Com-mission were from these provinces. Ilut to come back to Mr. Lannau's interview. Really I don't know how to handle It. At flr.t'It sug-gests sug-gests a ludicrous side. One can't help smiling at a man named Patrick Pat-rick clamoring for political disfranchisement disfran-chisement for American born cili-xens cili-xens because of a certain line or belief. And then again tho idea'of a Patrick crying with the ascend-ancy ascend-ancy party suggest sadnesa and recalls a chapter or history the saddest sad-dest In tho world's annals. You can raney the dignity and Importance Import-ance assumed while this opinion was being delivered, as it were ex-cathedra. ex-cathedra. It reminds me of the nigger nailers iierrduringthe strike or re.-tauratit bauds. At that time a striking colored waiter assumed all the graadeur or a pnpcU minister to Dahomey. K thing poetical for a nigger to rise to the dignity or a striker, and to .parade .pa-rade in public with wh e rtjilf"; So Patrick must have relt as big as a minister to Chill when "'"J the roll or a statesman and formulated formu-lated a penal code for Utah. Read the following Item rrom an Irish paper. Here It its At Castletownroche, before OoL Longbourne, R. M.. nf2wul WiUum Kogarty was charged wltn bring drunk ana disorderly, llow was he dirderlyT asked tho msgls-Uate. msgls-Uate. -Why. sir." aald the eonsuble, who preferred tho cbaree. "h i was Jrivioc a donkey eart aud abuslni iSaufrjaal by cilUoB hlmBalfoar.-A hlmBalfoar.-A tine of 3s and costs, or a week, s lmpTioacjeat.was tbo seatenco Imposed. Im-posed. ThU Item Illustrates tha political condition of the country Mr. lian-nan lian-nan comes from. He was born In Waterford, not a gun shot distance from the Kwne of Balfour' donkey. It is not quite clear whether Uie donkey or Balfour ought to feel most aggrieved. Xor Is It quite clear wnethcr tho magistrate ana constable were complimentary to Balfour. . , Hero Is another item from an jVmerlcan paper: His KmpIoyer-"Ptrlck-, I have employed you as a porter for a year. itaHng lhat Urns I havo found you to bo drsnonest. neglectful, stupid and cotrardlr; but I will not discharge youwfciioulonoebaoee." Th Porter -Fol'll I do, sorr Ills Kmployer "rveobulned a position po-sition for you on tho police force" People who live In glass houses should not throw (toots. The last item was first printed In fud-je, and copiej into Uie Chicago Tribune, the leipcr in which Mr. Lannan expressed Ills views. If Mr. Innuan liad auy manhood he would keep clearer that paper. But, perhaps, his own Tniune is Juit as bad. John Flnerty the ex-Co--gressman edits a paper here called tbeCSfcen. Hera is what he rays ot the Jatla pleasantry: "Now, Tkt Citizen undertakes to u thut Ilia foreeolna niallscant skunk juico was einUleil by nome Hula lax, booled blsot who would not daro to look any Irishman in tbo face for a second .some malodorous human varmint who, in dastardly form, seeks to degrade a people wbo would disdain to wipe their shoes on his stinking carcass. Kvervdailr paper of this city em-pliiys em-pliiys Iiishntan In Important capacities. capaci-ties. Tbo Tnbaae oilleo is blesvjd with a number of Irishmen or the sons of Irishmen. The editor in chief and the managing editor are both of direct Irish descent. Ona of the chief editorial st liters halls from Limerick. Mot nf tb brillfancy ,cf Ihi Tnt-mf entahstes from Irish genius, and yet the mean, coarae and disgusting llt-el on Irishmen already quoted Is allowed to appear in Us columns without ads eno comment! Ob, editorial scissors, scis-sors, what crimes are commitcd by tfcee! Mr. Finerly knows wliat lie talks ' abouL He was himself a writer oil 1 the Tribune. He says here that ; Irishmen degrad" and vlluTy their own couutrvmeu, then why I'Unie them for vlllllvlui! the Mormons. One of Ihe isriten lialli from Llmetlck, Mij-s ilr. 1'iiictty. It is true. But stop a moment. Remember Re-member tile tremendous Import or that word Limerick arlien mentioned men-tioned in connection with Utah. Let the Congress of the United States rctucmlier it, aud let tho editors edi-tors of American newspapers remember re-member IU In the word there is a fearful import. On the 3rd of October, 1S9, was signed the treaty of Limerick. By this William of Orange be.'ame king or Ireland, and the following of James wasforeverdestroyed. It is Jjila rjunJ two centuries since tliat fearful day. There was a Patrick concerned in that affair. Hu was Uiu gallant Sarsfickl. Macauby was not Very eompllmentary to ihe Iri'h adherents of the Stuarts, yet ho has a compliuient and A nnegyrlc for Patrick SarsIlelJ, Uie hero of Limerick. Ihe soul ft honor, the heart ot chivalry and the lwra of pattiotim. Oh, brave Sarsfield! What n heart aud soul were thine! By Uie provisions of Uils treaty frauce. And thecbu- relatln'g to the people read: "Th Roman i CaUiolira of this kingdom sliall i enjoy audi privlli-gealn thecxerclse ' or their religion as are csnsL-tent with Uie lairs of Ireland or as they I did enjoy in tho relgti or King i Charles the Second. Ami their majesties as soon as their' afftlrs will permit them to summon a parliament In this kingdom will i -ndeavour to procure tho -aid i Romau Catholics such further I securily iu that articular as may pret-rve them from any disturb-' ancu upon the account of their Said religion. Tli baUl lo be administered to sudi Roman Catholics Cath-olics as submit to their m-ijcsUes' i government shall be the oath abjvo menUoncd, lheuath or allegiance, and no oilier." Tlie-e were some or the provisions of thai much talked ol treaty. The I rial i lenders did not tiptliate for a great (.cUl, llittttev Iiope.l for much from William. Had Uiey hell out a litUelongerlhe history not alone of Ireland but or Europe might IvdlffereuL Twodays alter the signing or the treaty, IS ships of war, 0 fire ships, and 2J great hiR of burden, and brought on boanl S or I0.OW arms, aJ officers and .1,0'K) meu" arrived in Dingle bay from France. Decides, tlielrl-hcoull have held out much loneri Macaulay s-ays they could Iihvb held out ili-u wlnttr. and with help- from France could kindle anew the war in Ireland from Kerry to Donegal. Certainly, H Illiam had hl hauds full on the continent ot Europe. He had n proclamation ready, offering terms ' to the Irish, when new of the in-' tended capltuL-ttlon of I.imerl-k reached him, so that tbere asl every reason why Uio treaty ori Limerick should liave Uin liel-l sacred byEildand. As ta Jnm the .Second, Uie itriti-h Islands, Inland In-land included, were fortunate in getting rid of him. But the baseness, brutality and cowardice of James does not JuUIfy the treacli-crr treacli-crr and uulatthrulness of WHIUal. Tho treaty was brok-eii brok-eii eeu beforo the Ink Wss dfy. The Irish folJlers and Uielr rami-' lies were to be trausporled to Fraurc in safety. Cork was tliopoInti.fi embarkation. The roads leading to It VSIH llimn(7Mil vellh u-nm.... .l children, even suclvling laVs, who tramped Uio weary Journey to leave their country and follow husbands nuJ fathers. When the rat multitude multi-tude arrived at tho sea siJcltwas found that transpjrtatlon for the while could not be had, and mot or Uiewotnenand children remalnel behind. Tills 1, -how Macaulay describes de-scribes the scene. "Afier tho tiuUHInad emUarked, room was found for the families ot many. Hat still there remained on Uie water side a great mnltitu Jo, clamoring clam-oring plteouslr la la takeu on buard. Vs the lau boat put off there was a rush into the surf. Some women causht hold of the ropes, were dragged drag-ged out of their .leptb. clung till tbetr fingers were cut ihroughnd perished In the wase. The snips begin to tnove. A will and terrihls wait rose frum the shore, and excited unaronted cnniiaasIon In hearts steeled by hatred of lLo Irish race and of the Romish falih. Bven the stern Croomoluao, now at length, after a desperate atrug-cle atrug-cle of thrco years. left Its uudunuted lord of the lilood-sta.neJ and davas-tated davas-tated island, could not bear unmoved that bluer cry. In which sras poured forth all the rage and all the sorrow of a connuersxl natlnn Even Cromwellian soldiers were moved. Just fancy cutting the fin-Kern fin-Kern off the women to detach them from Uie boats. Good Limerick editor, edi-tor, when you read Uils, remember that women and children were similarly sim-ilarly treated la the State ol Illinois joine fifty years ag j; lhat they perished per-ished of cold, hunger tnd fatigue on the weary jiiirney from Xauvoo In Council Bluff. renicnlcr Uils and govern your pen accordingly. And you. business manager front Water-ford, Water-ford, real tho treaty of Limerick and the penal code which followed Macaulay and others trf-J to prove Uial Sarsfield was rrsnoii.puc for Uie treatment or thu wcxit-n nnd infants at Uie Cove of Cork. Tuts cau be disproved by a glance ri. ( life of King William, by II ' by Curry's Review or th" Civil Wars. John Mitchell in n" uu-toiy uu-toiy or Ireland says: "'ow, by rerringbaektotmni-tary rerringbaektotmni-tary arlfelea of the treaty, ws f,ln Unas not Sar.field.tiut OlnkfU. on the mrt of King William, who was to furriUh .hlpploR f'tlJe1fmiSSot and their families: that J J " Sarsfl- Id but Olnkell that was to form an estimate- of ths amount of Ip Wj required; and that It was ;??"C.,ri buiniaVell sho cold alter Iho arrangements ar-rangements at the last moment. Of tDurse,Sir.fleldK"ra"tJJl0 hb people ample n?111?0, becausGeneral Ulnkcll on the part of the king so stipulated lri tho treaty. MacnuUy and oUier English historians endeavor totako. Uio o-lium of Uie business off their country, coun-try, so much are they ashamed or what was done. But to attemp. pUclng Uie Mama on Sarsfleld Is i, . ii. i - ir-tn- toblamo Briglom Young for the persons who perished on tire 1'Ialns whllejour-neylngtoUtah. whllejour-neylngtoUtah. And I remember readlug ouo book which attuaUy treaUd the matter in Uiat way. Tlie treaty was violated, and Uie temblo penalcode ol IreUnd which Dr. Johnson s.id was wore than Iho ton pagan iwrsecutlotis of Christians) Christ-ians) was enacted to prevent Ij manism in Ireland. Did Uiey do It? Think Uils matter over, Members or Congress), and perhaia Patrick Lan-uan Lan-uan was not an accident in connection connec-tion with Utah. At anoUier Umo we will glance at Uie penal odo Itself, It-self, and eo how the triusitUlan-tiatlon triusitUlan-tiatlon of Ireiaud'i wual cudecun.-pares cudecun.-pares witii tlie .ygauiy tf Utali. Tlie Irish cantbaggeniiiidel.ns laud believe that It Ua transulUi.-liallon transulUi.-liallon was cannlballsm-juita UUli carpetbaggers now exaggerate and nerJjreUiemeIvesatiout polygamy. 1 ' Ju.nics. |