St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-05
TOPICAL TALK.
When Archbishop But few ]

" MON 4sTcHUfShtN Dut lew men
have risen more
Ireland Wears rapidly, and none
more deServedly,
Red Hat. in the line of
ecclesiastical pro-
motion than Archbishop IRELAND. The
news that he is soon to wear red hat
is no surprise to the people of this sec
tlon. although it is very gratifying TO
them. The truth is. there is a current
belief in this community that some day
the modeSt-appearlng prelate who lives
III the understanding stone mansion
near the cathedral will be addressed as
His Holiness. And there is also a sort
OF undercurrent of feeling among our
people that when that time comes the
name by which he is best known and
most revered i'll this community will be
perpetuated in the apostolic SUCCESSOR
ship, and that the DEGREES from the
Vatican viii issue over the sigma
turc of Pope JOHN. The fact
that the church authorities abroad
set about the same estimate
on him that local favor bestows, it is
reasonable to suppose that the arch
bishop may yet attain the supremest dis
tinction in ecclesiastical orders. Those
who have had the best opportunitl es to
study Bishop lREI.AND's character are
the ones most impressed with the
superiority of the man. nave not had
the pleasure of an intimate personal ac-
Quaintance with him, nor do [ speak of
him with the pref udiceS of churchman
am Protestant, and comparative
stranger to him. And yet, in some re-
sDects, he has excited my admiration as
but few other men have. During my
i've years residence in St. Paul | have
heard him preach, perhaps, a dozen
sermons, have heard HIN deliver two or
thee temperance addresses, listened 10
as many banquet speeches, met him q
few times at social gatherings, and, in
my capacity as newspaper worker,
have studied his business methods
in connection with some public
improvements with which he has
been identified. This has been the
extent of my opportunities to know of
him and about him; and yet, as super
fetal as my knowledge of the man may
seem, 1t is enough to impress me with
the belief that he is the most remark
able man this Northwest has produced.
l do not refer so much TO his position in
the priesthood, for a criticism of that
would belong to more Sanctifed pen
than mine, as [ do TO his position in the
community as man of business, q
leader of thought, opinion and action,
and as scholar. When a schooiboy l
loved to pore over CICERO'S orations.
Such beauty of diction, snch ornate
sentences; and yet every word was 4
chunk of wisdom and every sentence a
complete Grafton in itself. I have been
similarly impressed with Bishop IRE
LANDS style of public speaking. Or
nate to the highest perfection. aud yet
not particle of surplus glitter. The
power of condensation is q rarer gift
than that of elaboration; and yet there
are but few who possess it who can also
preserve the fascinating beauty the
elaboration imparts to his style. No man
could express q nobler sentiment in
more charming language than DANIEL
WEBSTER Or EDMUND BURKE, yet both
required good deal of space in which
to give full flight TO their oratorical
genius. 1t was not SO with CICERO, nor
is it so with JOHN IRELAND. One clear
cut sentence does the work. and yet it is
Respondent with all the beauties of
finished orat0ry.