Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17

pleased to decide that the death of the Duke
OF Clarence "overshadows" that of Cardinal
Manning, and their space has been sppor-
toned in accordance with this strange esti-
mate OF the relstive value of things. The
great Cardinal himself would not object to
the appraisement, for Queen victoria did
| not number among her subjects one
more loyal than he, but the working
men of this country resent it in q
fashion which has moved Tory newspapers
to denounce them as disloyalists. The
London Trades Council and other organized
bodies of workmen have set on formal
record their appreciation of Cardinal
Manning's service to the people, while re-
fuslng resolutions of sympathy with the
royal. mourDers, or ostentatiously ignoring
deaths presence at Sandringham.
This procedure may be lacking in refine
nent of feeling but none can deny this is
logical and natural There are 10000
humble dock laborers in London alone who
at this moment are earning better wages
and working fewer hours because of the in
tercession and labor ungrudgingly made
and given in the depth of winter three
years ago by an old man, who, although a
prince of the Church, has died poor.
A Philanthropist in Reality.
The amount of practical good done by
among the poor of London, and the value of
his direct services to the cause of labor and
social reform, cannot now be asSized, but
workingmen rerlize in measure the value
of the friend they have lost, and in their
impulsive, perhaps "disloyal" way, are en-
deavoring to emphasize the fact. A per-
sonal friend Of the late Cardinal writes:
1t is well known in what affection he was
regarded by the very poorest in his own
SOdT gnaTd Iad eeedp one OF Of
rough laboring men who had constituted
themselves his protectors after see
ing him on various occasians strug-
CLING through dense crowd on his
way to, his carriage after preaching.
Latterly these self-appointed guardians
OF his person always arrived of their own ac-
cord when he was fulfilling his public en-
gagements and having performed this labor
of love disappeared until the next time their
services were required.
Cardinal Manning often expressed won
der that he had lived so long, and for some
time past he had felt that his life's work
was nearly done. He continually expressed
his thankfulness that though his body was
SO weak his mind was still unclouded. He
replied quite recently to an inquirer:
''Thank>you, L am quietly slowing into the
station"
The Machine Comes TO q Stop.
"And so, p" writes his friend, the Bishop
of Stafford, "after a gentle and gradual
slackening of vital speed, the well-worn
machine ceased to work, and in perfect faith
and all contentment has passed away one of
the keenest intellects and brightest spirits
of our age"
The action of the knights of Labor in
cabling a long message of sympathy to
Cardinal Manping's Secretary has been
much appreciated by workingmen here.
The funeral will take place next Thurs
day, and the London Dockers' Union, the
London Trades Council and other organized
labor organizations will be represented.
The remains have been placed in Chapelle
Ardente, at the Archbishop's house, West
minister. They lie on purple cushions,
tringed with gold. The body is clothed in
full canonicals, the gloved hands are
Joined on the breast, and the thin,
ascetic face wears look of profound peace
and repose. But for the extreme pallor one
could hardly distinguish the expression of
the face from that of deep sleep. The head
is surmounted by white mitre, beneath
which the worn features look very small
The catafalque is roped in, and within
the enclosure six purple wax candles will
burn until the body is removed. The round
hat of the cardinalate, with its many pend
ants or tassels disposed around it, lies
near the feet. The official ring is on
the third finger CT the right hand outside
the purple glove. Behind the bier
large silver cross has been raised upon
background of black.