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Show GOVERNORS WITH IRISH NAMES There are a good many men with pronounced Irish names coming into possession of governorships in the fnited States of America. There are two Murphys now on the muster roll of governors. One of these has for some time been territorial governor of Arizona, the other has recently been elected to take charge of the destinies of the state formerly known as "Cajn-oVn "Cajn-oVn and Amboy," but now New Jersey. The historv of these big political potatoes pota-toes I am" not acquainted , with, but ; can tell you something about John G. Bradv. the governor of Alaska. A good manv years ago he was a parent-, parent-, less -waif in the city of New York There was a society there devoted to picking up waifs of Tiis kind and shipping ship-ping them west. There were re- ligious people always ready to adopt them, especially if they had no children chil-dren of their own. and Catholic children chil-dren of this kind were especially i prized because they could make good Protestants of them. Little Brady I was gathered up and packed off west I to Indians, where lived in a small tow n a lawyer named John Green. Green adopted little waif Brady, educated him, finally assisting him to a course through Yale college. After his graduation grad-uation he went to Sitka. Alaska, as a Methodist missionary, and where he worked several years as preacher and teacher. Later he became a trader with the Indians and gained groat influence in-fluence with them. He married a government gov-ernment school teacher and finally was appointed governor of the territory by President M-Kinley. Hundreds, nay, thousands, of Irish Catholic children were picked up in this way in New-York New-York and other large American cities, adopted by zealous Protestants, educated edu-cated and made ministers of, because : they were bright, quick, and ready to 1 learn. In no other way is the large j i number of persons with Irish Catholic j nams to be accounted for in the Pro- t testant ministry. I do not believe this system is much in vogue now, because i the Catholics have the means of taking ! care of their own waifs. James R. Randall in Catholic Columbian. |