The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-02-20
JUDGE DUMMIES HISTORY.

JUDGE DUMMIES HISTORY.
It is vain to hope for absolute harmony
even in matters of lesser moment, when
various elements differing in nationality,
ability, instincts and views are combin-
ing for one result. Someone must be
disappointed. and if that someone IS un-
wise he will be apt to ventilate his ruff
fed feelings to the amusemenut OF an
unfeeling public. Such is precisely the
case Of Judge Dunno, erstwhile Catho-
lie of prominence and usefulness, but
now a mere sorehead. For years he has
been harping on the school question, and
with lack Montgomery, author Of "Poi-
son Drops" has been to degree sue
cesstul in shaping that rueful policy OF
bitter hostility to the national system of
education, which has made Catholics SO
unwelcome to America. We have no in
tention of ignoring or guaranteeing our
rights, but the Dunno policy of vlliica-
tion of the public schools is very poor
defense Of them. Through an oversight
he managed to have assigned to him the
discussion Of the school question at Bal
timore in the first Catholic congress, but
later on this paper was withdrawn from
him and assigned to Judge Kelly, Of st.
Panl. Undaupted, he came to the front
a. the Congress, and by the usual demi-
gogic trick of appealing to the multitude,
he had five minute speech prolonged to
one of an hours duration. With the
eyes of all America riveted on the Con
gross he had the audacity to rake up the
bitterest things that could be said
against the public school. We're it not
for Judge Kelly's noble bearing on that
paper on education, the congress would
have been the worst instead of the best
move yet made by Catholics. Baked
thus at the first congress in his endeavor
to poison the American mind against the
church, Judge Dunno did not subside,
but since TIE very beginning Of the prep
arations for the Columbian congress he
has been diligently at work to bring him
self and his educational id.,as to the
front. His letter to Condo Pallen, the
youthful editor of Church Progress, is 9
onfession Of his futile andeavor to mould
the congress to the narrowness of his
ideas. He WAS SIMPLY overnatched and
out-ge11eraled by the Archbishop Of ST
Paul, and is SO chagrined at his defeat
that h7 has written spiteful letter for
the public. but OF course not t y publica-
ton. The Church Progress, for years the
avowed enemy of any progressive policy,
was very proper guardian of letter
that seemed to reflect on the most pro-
gressive prelate on this continent. MIR.
Pallen showed bis guardianship by hav-
ing the letter printed and with com
mentary forwarded to every ecclesiastic
in Rome. He then calmly awaited the
return cable and then justified his pub
LEGATION Of the lettes by the statement
that he wished to correct the cable report.
Such procedure is too gauzy to cloak
to any perceptible degree the avarices OF
Mr.. Dunno or Mr.. Pallen. OF course,
good can be derived from almost any
thing, and the good from this incident
will be the dropping of these two men
from the councils Of the Church in
America. No one who has the animus
to rule or ruin should be taken to the
bosom of any party, lay or ecclesiastical,
political or religious. Social questions
are the questions of the day and as Arch
bishop Ireland is abreast. Of and in touch
with his age the Columbian congress, by
his direction will discuss social problems
No good could come Of discussion OF
some foreign topics, and Archbishop Ire
land is not the man to waste the time
of the Columbian congress in useless
disputation. But mischief could be done
at Rome, where the Roman question is
the crucial test of Simon pure allegiance
to the interests of the Holy See, by rep
resenting that the archbishop of St. Paul
with his colleagues was Indifferent to
that issue. The Roman press catching
at every straw could make great capital
out of this indifference, were such the
case, and thus continue with another ar
gument their relentless war against the
vatican. That Dunno and Pallen have
furnished the infidel press of Rome this
argument by their Misrepresentation is
enough TO show how sincere (?l they are
in their advocacy of the temporal power
aud how truly they have unfurled the
banner, ':Rule or Ruin"
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would be we'll.
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