St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-28

cal Englisman and pronounced ariSto-
crat. l believe the Vaughans are of
Irish extraction, but they have been in
England for many generations and
have become more English than the
English themselves. The appoint
ment of Cardinal Vaughan means
complete reversal of the policy of Man
ming. Yet it is not easy to see how it
could be improved upon. He is the
most presentable man of the Roman
Catholic episcOpate in England, and as
far as scholarship is concerned the soli-
tary scholar of the hierarchy in England
is Cuthbert Hedley, bishop of Newport.
The old Catholic families, from the
Duke of Norfolk down, are pleased
beyond measure. but the old guard of
dock laborers, who swelled the follow
ing of Cardinal Manning, have diSap-
peared like the SHOWS of yeSteryear.
Social reforms will be carried on, but
they will be the reforms which follow
from feudalistic patronage rather than
from the inherent justice of the willing
poor to a decent livelihood. Cardinal
Vaughan writes booklets and pamphlets
of piety and theology, mostly. however.
of that kind which can be had by TAX
ing up text book and translating it
into passable English. Cardinal Man
ming would write an article for the
Nineteenth Century ing the forenoon.
would discuss philanthropics with Stead
in the early afternoon, would cooperate
in humanitarianisln with Gen. Booth
whilst others were assisting at o'clock
tea, and would meet Frederick Harri-
son and Herbert Spencer III philoSophIc
discussion after a dinner which he
never ate. Cardinal Vaughan would
nFnha hlW hp fascinating with
Booth or Stead. whilst it is equally
probable that Frederick Harrison and
Herbert Spencer would not lose. an
evening with Cardinal Vaughan. At
all events, the new order has changed,
and, nor the soul of the church, nor
human brotherhood. nor the betterment
of race, nor all combined, seem capa-
bic of furnishing platform broad
enough for modern London leaders to
stand upon.
Cardinal Vaughan is a Tory Of the
Tories. He is an extreme anti-home
ruler in his opinions, and these opinions
receive violent if not offensive express
sion through the columns of his own
newspaper. the Tablet. In some re-
SpectS this is the ableSt Catholic paper
in the English language. 1t is its eX-
IRENE ability and its generous discus
sion of most questions which enables it
to survive its fierce opposition to home
rule. Most of the English Catholics
are B0urbonic in dispositions: They
have not yet recovered from the effects
of pre-emancipatIon times: they think it
is the nore respectable to be anti-home
rulers. and they almost justify the re-
greet of O'CoHnell-tha he ever emanci-
pated them.
The National Liberal club is one of
the great centers where members of
parliament, editors, special correspond
ents, literary men, lawyers, doctors and
clergYmen love to cOngregate. 1t is the
freest and the easiest club in the world,
with the possible exception of the
Clover club, Of Philadelphia. where
practices to the uninitiated SAVIOR some
what of horse-play. Gladstone is the
great Idol of the club. There are evil
dences of him in every room from cellar
to garnet. Here English Liberals con-
sort with Irish Nationalsts. and in
frantic conversation plan there cam
paign against the common enemy. 1t
was this Intelligent and not unfriendly
discussion which gave an excuse to
some Irish parlidmentarians to say that
the National Liberal club was saDping
the patti otiSm of the Irish Nationalist
Here may be seen William Shave,
the predecessor of Parnell and the sue
ceSsor OF Isaac Butt aS,leader of the
Irish home rule party. He is now old
and feeble, with his song all sorrow
and his year all winter. Here, too.
may be seen the ugly yet intellectual
face of John O'Connor Power, he who
helped Parnell to establish his policy of
obstruction, and was once reputed to be
the most eloquent man in the house of
commons. Mgr. Nugent, of Liverpool,
the same who is so well known in the
United States, he of the philanthropic
life, loves to drop in of an evening to
talk with the press men and act as
kind of spiritual moderator. He is as
great favorite with them aS he is with
the extreme poor OF Liverpool and
with the extreme rich of England.
The most talked of parish priest in
the world, Rev. James MacFadden, of.
Gweedore, i'll Donegal, Ireland, occa-
SiOnally crosses over from his home in
the mountains to talk politics in this
famous club with the lawmakers of the
British empire. Father MacFadden,
tn ough he has a face like Attila, the
fierce king of the Huns, is one of the
gentleSt creatures OH earth, and bushes
to find himself the theme of so many
pens since Col. SaunderSon spoke of
him in the house of commons as "mur-
derous MacFadden." He claims spe-
cial kinship with the United States,
for his parish. extending as it does far
into the sea, is the nearest point to
American soil.
A Coming Man.
One of the lights of the club Is
Harold Frederic, the clever correspond
ent of the New York Times. Mr. Fred
eric is giant physically and intellect
ually, strong in friendships and fearless
in expression. When he went to Lon
don first he tried to make himself
Tory. but his intellectual honesty over
came him, and he ended by being a
pronounced Nationalist. His weekly
letter to this country is more than an
antidote to anything that William Henry
Hurlburt ever penned. He has made
his mark in the world of let
tiers, Gparticularly bv his book
''ln the Valley" Last year he took
holiday in the south of ireland with L.
Al. Healy,of the sharp tongue and bright
intellect. He betook himself to the
most remote corner he could find,
place which he himself describes as an
ancient, sterile and StOrm-beaten parish
thrust out in eXpiation of some forgot
ten SIN to exist beyond the pale of
human mpanionship. Graphically does
he describe that here the people are
slow in speech and low of tone; because.
i'll this remote region of Corta. the real
right to make a noise belongs to shrek
ing gullS and the wild west wind, and
the towering foam-fanged waves which
6och fhnIncaluac in tiraI.,cc rixro Irr-
the thunder against the cliffs. The re-
suit of bis vacation studies is a new