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Show I fiSi li EXPIRING I IN A GLORIOUS SUNSET f matter of Days, Perhaps Only Hours, When 1 1( Death Will Close the Earthly Career of , j Senator George frisbie Hoar, i . i(Tho Republic, Boston.) T;i. i:ting- of I'd hod States Senator George r i. i I . u r will cause profound grief throughout nmonwoalth. Few men in public life on-' ( ,yAr- ' hem solves more to the people of the state , did lie. Massachusetts has given to ihe nation , 'in n who soared high above partisanship and lame. Sueh men were John Adams,' John y Adams, Hancock, other statesmen of Revo-';; Revo-';; ii.n.i!y days, and Webster ami Sumner of a later i.-ir generation. Sueli a man also, was George, I nb'u- Jloor of Worcester. It might be said with- !,,;! reservation, ihe people of the state loved him. ., their love was shared throughout the country. v y.'jirs ago. when ho opposed his party on the , J "li'iii'i'i!!.' question, tin altitude was siilKcient to j -.jv.' 1 he retirement of the ordinary statesman. J ;;;i; it -i ivngt hcnod Hoar. The people loved him :ir more because he ros- above arl isanship and : I .,,,. f.r the love of lmmaiiity and fairness a ; I in his. character that ever predominated over I ..rv r thoughts, acts and considerations. Eulo-, Eulo-, L'i '- ' "nniemorating his name and fame will be ut- T'-r.-d Mid written, at length, by newspapers, states- I jrji ;oid representatives of all classes of the peo- . The Republic has space, only, to speak briefly s I v n:n' side f his life the side that appeals to the I '.it holies of Massachusetts and the country, j T" ))' latter the death of Senator Hoar comes as-( as-( ,i hth'ii;!1 loss, similar to lhat which would bo ex-; ex-; j y rit lirod were a noted Irish patriot or au eloquent a;i.l influential member of the Catholic church to 1 f:. wa suddenly. Senator Hoar was a Uni-: Uni-: j tarijin. yet be was a stout defender of the Irish I I 1 ';;ilioiie. 'and his voice, when it gave utterance to j 1 -M.'h defense, or attacked those who slandered tho j ; i' ipe of Irish blood or members of the lioman : 1 ( -jliolie church, went forth with a volume that ; i -La'tercd the arguments of critics or the political , : J -"j'-nires erected by bigots, 10 restrain Irish- ' v yi. li'di.' liberty of thought, word and deed. It w.t3 .-;;iTor Hoar who dealt the death blow to "A. P. .V-kii.' That yet is remembered by all. When in i (..-jv manhood young Hoar, a witness to the bigotry ! "Know-Xothingism' fostered and encouraged, i ': fii.-ed the isue even more resolutely than he did i ' ' - f..rees of the "A. 1'. A."' The year 1S54 gave to Li ' 1 "J'lKov-iXoThiiig'' party tin; complete control of : ; ?';:. It elected in that year its candidates fur - vi riior. lieutenant governor, for all Mate offices, I ''! ;.ii tlic peats in the legi.-lature but two, and f. '? -eat in congress from Massachusett.s. George ' f 1. Ib-ar was then at the age of i.'t Two years I . v ne w-s fighting the bigots with all the. skill of f ; "- 1 L-al brain and eloquent tongue, lie Mas uom-l uom-l I ". :. ! for the senate and was elected: Governor t :.-'!ner. the idol and leader of the "Know-j "Know-j N--'! uu-''' found in ihe young slate senator a foe I j ;.!:! 'n:i- who feared no one and no influence or n ';v:i'-- ) Iw.tv iacc of tlic Kepublie could be filled with . i.mi m s by the tate.-man, r-liowing how liberal I ' V' views and ilaiu-spoken when occasion de- -led. For the benefit of ihe Irish-Catholics of " 1 . 1 1 I . i u 1 the Kepublie. publishes a few extracts 1 m I;:- Mine-biography. Speaking of ihe "Knov.--.A"::i:ii' party and his overthrow, the eloquent sen-' sen-' ( liapter XI of Vol. 1, said: "There have " ;:. er .-iiicc the Trili inmiigratiou which begun -vliere about Jspj. down to today, a great many jr, ide who have beeen afraid of the pope j i 'ii- iiiflu'-nee of Catholicism in this country, i .. :v.' been exceedingly jealous of the iijllilucuce ! :' igners, especiallv of those of the Ionian 1 church. Self -forking oli ical adventurcix 1 ! uuigogues have not. been slow to take ad-3 ad-3 ' 1 ' '- of this feeling for their own purposes. 1 for some reason, always preferred to I - -U(r poiiticyl movemeTil in secret societies. l'lie prospective and intolerant opposition ( .-. liob.-i-ni. especially against men of foroiii - ha shown its head occasionally. It . riv uuci.nigtnial 1o the spirit of true Ameri- - i. and will never have any considerable, pcr-"' pcr-"' i:i .-trenglh.' Tin -haptcr, as a. whole, is well .-ealiiig by all Irish Catholic?. Uut of groat-f groat-f 1 ie-t i-, the chapter on tlie "A. P. A."' move- j a'ii ihe stand taken by him against lhat body I , I - - It shows how warm his heart beat in j f I ' 'eusc of Irish Catholics in a time when I i J every ublic man (non-Catholic) ohrank 'I leaking any declaration of views regarding "j ioowing extracts are taken from Vol. II, ,1 ' ' r XXI: "One very unreasonable, yet very 1 ' seitement has stirred deeply the Amori- r i ' on several occasions in our history. It ii- by lawful inheritance from our English - ' i ;ii itaii anc(istors. That is the bitter and al-? al-? 7 " '.I'er.-titions: dread of the Catholics, which has t o more than once in riois and criyies, and '. 'an once in the attempt to exclude, them ! ,;" i 'lnieal power in the country. '"" " I s resisted it and denounced it to the ut-) ut-) nr.- power. J!y father svas a Unitarian. I I ' d in ihe most liberal of all liberal faiths. -''!' I ha-e believed that the way to encounter big-I big-I i hy liberality. If any man try to deprive you II'' ;i;r absolute rights, begin to defend yourself 'j- - -. ng liiin his own. Human nature, certainly '';i -ui human nature, will never, in my opinion. I, i "id out against lhat. method of dealing. ' Mir people forgot lhat the religious pei-oeu-'" ' " Iiieli they cherished the bitter memory, was ;" o Milt of the spirit of the age, and not of one a "''!,l of religious faith. They forgot that the laig-I laig-I ''r""' slants not only retaliated on ihe Catholics v. v jn(0 power, but that the bishops from J j!1'''' fury, as John ililton said, our own Pilgrim I -aili, ,., jif ij wcrc Protestant bishops and not C'ath- I , u'- I hey forgot the eight hundred years during . I Ireland liad been under the heel of England, , II y ''r' terrible history as well told by, that most ' ''isli of Englishmen, and Protestant b Tro- ' liinis. Lord ilacaulay." SENATOR GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR, ;j (Dying at Worcester, Mass.) ;j George Frisbie Hoar was born in Concord, Mass., Aug. 2ft, ;i and was graduated from Harvard university in 1STG and ;i Harvard Law School in 1849. He was elected to the lower branch ; of the legislature in 185:?, and to the senate in 1857. He was elected . i; in 1SGS to the forty-first congress, and re-elected three times. In Ib77 he was elected to the United States senate to succeed George S. Boutwell, and was re-elected in 1882, 1S8, 1894 and 1900. Early in the summer of 1S95, Senator Hoar delivered de-livered an address at the opening of the summer school of Clark university, Worcester, Mass. At that time the "A. P. A.-' movement flourished, and as Senator Hoar said in another portion of his autobiography: au-tobiography: "Xo Republican, in any part of the country, put himself publicly on record as attacking attack-ing this vicious brotherhood." During ihe address referred to, Senator Hoar declared: "I have no patience pa-tience or tolerance with the spirit that Avould excite ex-cite religious strife. It is so much out of place as the witchcraft delusion or the fires of Sniithtleld. This nation is composite. It is made up of many streams, of the twisting and winding of many bands. The quality, hope and destiny of our land is expressed ex-pressed in the phrase of our fathers, "E Pluribus L'num"' of many one, one of many states, one nation of many races, one people of many creeds, one faith of many bended knees, one familv of God." I This speech and another before the Massachusetts Massachu-setts club at Newport, excited the indignation of the leaders of ihe "A. P. A." and a man named Evans attacked Senator Hoar, in letter and through A. P. A. organs. Senator Hoar patiently bore those .attacks, wailing a fair opportunity to reply. It came when Evans wrote to him, demanding an explanation ex-planation of several statements credited 1o the statesman. Quickly Senator Hoar responded, in a public letter several thousand words in length. It flayed Evans and ihe association he championed so mercilessly and well that the lide of public feeling turned and A. P. A.-ism found its backbone broken and ignominy staring it in the face. This letter will, by historian and future generations, be treasured treas-ured as a document setting forth opinions that met with the approval and support of the vast majority major-ity of the non-Catholics of Massachusetts. The following fol-lowing brief extracts are taken from it: "I want to state and advocate my opinions in the face of day; and you may be sure I will do this without flinching flinch-ing before anybody's threat's, or anybody's displeasure displeas-ure or indignation. You on the other hand, I understand, un-derstand, want to go into a cellar to declare your principles. ::' You think the way to make good citizens and good men of them (the Irish Catholics) and to attract them to Protestantism, is to exclude them, their sons and daughters;, , from all public employment, and to go yourself into a dark cellar and eure at them through the gratings of the windows. The American spirit, Ihe spirit of the age. the spirit of liberty, the spirit of equality, especially what Kogcr Wiliiams called '.soul liberty,' is able to maintain herself in a fair field and in a free contest against all comers. Do j not compel her to fight in a cellar. Do not compel her to breathe the damp malarial atmosphere of dark places. Especially let no member of the Ro- . publican party, the last child of freedom, lend lm aid to such an effort. The atmosphere of the Republic Re-public is tho air of the mountain top and the sunlight sun-light and the open field. Her emblem is the eagle and not the bat."' Senator Hoar took advantage of many other opportunities to speak his mind freely. He had ever a good word to say for the cause of Ireland. He sympathized with Ireland in her fight for home rule. He had no sympathy with England. lie was a true American. The spirit of American liberty that guided the fathers of the country -in fighting against English oppression was a part of the spirit that influenced his every thought and utterance. It i . I j ! M.wwimiiw"iiu! 'mwniu'i, wra; -. :;t . .--".-"?- t ' i' - - y P$y ' -nX ' i I f v; fJ I P ;- ys ,y - f v i I .. JOHN E. REDMOND. . ' ' (Leader of the Irish Party.) The second national convention of the United Trish League of ' America convened Tuesday in Xew York, the national president, ( Colonel John F. Finerfy of Chicago, presiding. More than IKK) dele- aies were present from all parts of the United States; also John !; J - .edmoiid, the leader of the; Irish party in the house of .commons; i; Captain Donnellan.of East Cork, Patrick O'Brien of Kilkenny City j; J and Conor O'Kelly of Xorth Mayo. Letters of regret were read from President Roosevelt, Judge ;! J Parker. Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Ryan. I The report of Treasurer T. Fitzpatriek showed that the money collected since October, 1902, amounted to (Jl.tlO.. ;! prompted him to tight against "luiow-Xothingisni": it stirred his blood when "A. P. A.-ism' flourished; and it made him stand against his' party when that party decreed that the liberty and independence, of the people of the Philippine islands should" be' fnken from them. Tlic country will miss George Frisbie Hoar; Massachusetts will mourn him: the people of every race and creed will count his. death a great lo&s, and in the hearts and memories of the Irish Catholics of Massachusetts and the country will throb and live the name of him who when others shrank and hesitated came forward and gave his innermost thoughts and beliefs to the world, caring not what consequence might be visited upon him. personally, for boldly championing the cause of those suffering by misrepresentation and religious reli-gious and racial prejudice'. . : 4 - |