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The Irish standard., 1901-09-14
DEVELOPMENT OF coNsc1EN1 F.

In recent address ut Detroit. Mich.
Archbishop Ireland uttered words of
solemn significance to the American
people when viewed in the light of
the awful tragedy enacted at Buffalo
last week. The great Catholic prelate
Of st. Paul. in the course Of his ad-
dress. made use Of language which
deserves to be widely disseminated and
to be thoughtfully pondercd by all
people. but especially by Catholics.
Having said that material prosperity.
If cultivated merely for personal ends,
produces rancor and discomfort in the
hearts of those who failed, the arch
bishop continued:
els not the country safe when there
is schoolhouse in every valley and
one browning every hilltop? For our
public schools. so far as they go. l
have nothing but good words. but the
greatest sophism is the belief that oul
land is safe so long as we teach our
children to read. write. and figure
What is needed to give stability to our
nation is development of conscience
Conscience creates good men. and good
men save the state. Religion is rap
idly losing ground. There are men,
especially. who never breathe Il prayer
to heaven. many Of them in public
places, where their influence and ex-
ample are bad. Day by day, science
and philosophy are taking the place OF
religion: papers and magazines reflect
those ideas, and it takes no close OBJ
server to see that unbelief is eating Mt
the core Of the nation. Today. moral
degeneration threatens our founda-
tions"
thoughtful men of every religious
belief have realized the necessity of
,cultivating the moral sense as we'll as
the intellectual faculties. In other
words, they believe in the development
of conscience. What is conscience?
Webster defines 1t as follows: "The fac
ulty. power or inward principle which
decides as to the character of ones
own actions, purposes. and affections.
warning against and condemning that
which is wrong, and approving and
prompting to that which is right" The
great men Of all nations. in ancient
and modern times, have laid stress on
the desirability of cultivating the fac
ulty of conscience and of conforming
to its dictates. Socrates, the pagan
philosopher. said: "a man cannot live
better than by seeking to become bet
ter. nor more agreeably than by having
n clear conscience" George Washing
ton, the Christian statesman, who was
said by his contemporaries to be first
in war. first in peace, and first in the
hearts Of his countrymen." said:
Labor to keep alive In your breast
that little spark of celestial fire called
conscience" Another eminent man
has declared that "a sound conscience
is 'brazen wall Of defence" while
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14
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The Irish standard., 1901-09-14
PRAYERS FOR THE PRESIDENT.

. The archbishop of st. Paul issued a
pastoral last Saturday to the priests
of his diocese, instructing them to Of
fer prayers to the Almighty at the
principal Mass on Sunday in their re-
spective churches for the recovery Of
President Mckinley. The clergy Of
Minneapolis and their f1oclls prayed
fervently for the chief magistrate of
the nation. and in their sermons the
pastors referred to the dastardly deed
of the would-be assassin.
AT ST. Lawrence church, Father Mi
chael of the Passionist Order, who is
conducting IL mission there, made the
attempted assassination the subject Of
dis opening discourse and denounced
anarchists and law-breakers in scath-
ing language. The congregation was
deeply touched.
Father Sylvester, of St Elizabeth
church, in impressive words, spoke
feelingly of President Mckinley, who
had no personal enemies. and Was
stricken down, because he was Il ruler,
by Il man who is opposed to I'LL forms
of government.
During divine service ut st. Charles
church, Father Cleary recited the pre-
scribed prayers in the archbishop's let
ter and then the following prayer for
civil authorities composed by Bishop
England at the beginning of the last
century:
eve pray Thee, O God Of might. wis,
dom and Justice, through whom au-
thOrity is administered, laws are en-
acted. and Judgment dccreed, assist
with Thy Holy Spirit of counsel and
fortitule. the president of these United
States, that his administration may be
conducted in righteousness, aud be emf
nently useful to Thy people, over whom
he presidcs. by encouraging due re-
spect for virtue and religion by faith.
full execution of the laws in justice and
mercy; and by restraining vice and
immortality. Let the light of Thy di-
vine wisdom direct the deliberations of
congress and shine forth in all the
proceedings and laws framed for our
rule and government, SO that they may
tend to the preservation Of peace, the
promotion of national happiness, the
increase of industry, sobriety and use
full knowledge, and may perpetuate to
us the blessings of equal liberty"
The pastors of the Protestant church
es also prayed for the presidents re-
.covery and spoke empllatically of the
awful crime perpetratel ut Buffalo.
The Hebrews of the city We're not
behind the Christians in praying for
the nations ruler They met in their
synagogues on their Sabbath day.
which is Saturday. and poured forth
their supplications to the great Jeho-
yah to bless and prolong the life of His
servant, the president of the United
States.
In every city, town and village
throughout the country, President Nc
Kinley was prayed for last Sunday,
and there is every Indication that the
prayers of millions of good people
have been heard in Heaven.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14
Despotism In the philippines

The San Francisco Call, Repub,
lican paper, gives the following accu-
rate account of American despotism
in the Philippines:
'The five American members of the
commission, with three natives, con,
stitute the legislative department of the
government. They are all appointed
from Washington. That is neither
sef-government nor a step in that d.
rection. But the Philippine legislature
is not elected by the people, nor are
the people consulted in its appointment,
nor are natives given a majority in dts
membership, nor can the people dis,
place 1t and elect others. The plan is
just as far away from self-govern-
ment as was the Spanish rule. 1t is in
form, exactly the same despotism.
'The financial report from the
islands show that we have taken on,
of them the same taxes as Spain did.
$1O,OO0,O0O a year. So, III denial Of
government and burden of taxa
ton they are just where they were
when Mr.. Rizal and Aguinaldo made
their first stand for freedom in. 1896
They cannot effectively reach the
source of the laws that govern them
any more than they could when Wey.
Ter was the captain general.
ut is necessary to say these things
in order that our own people may not
deceive themselves as to the problem
in the lands. 1t is not solved by the
present scheme of government, nor by
the cessation of armed resistance i'm
many Of the provinces. Let the truth
be told and appreciated. Our govern.
ment in the Philippines is purely auto
cratic, with no popular feature in H.
A similar community of Americans
would destroy it in an hour rather than
submit to it minute"
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

Apropos of Lord Kitchener's Danish
ment proclamation, says the Duluth
Herald, it is recalled that twenty -one
years ago Mr.. Chamberlain signed a
protest against Lord Roberts resort to
certain Irregular practices in the AZ
CHAN war and that in the protest was
this declaration: "a national resist
ance to invasion cannot with justice
be converted into mutiny and insur-
rection by proclamation Of the in
vaders; much more so when the in
vaders have themselves destroyed such
government and organization as pre-
viously existed in the country" The
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14
Terence Y. powderly, commissions

Terence Y. Powderly, commissioner
general of immigration, says that i'm
migration laws can and should be so
amended as to prevent the landing in
this republic Of all persons known to
be anarchists. 1T is all very WE'LL"
he says, " to talk of the United States
as the asylum of the oppressed Of
all nations. That did very well years
ago, but that was before the immigra-
ton began to flow so rapidly to our
shores. The need Of an asylum is
not SO great now as 1t once was, and
the danger Of making this country q
prison and an asylum for vagabonds
rs increasing every year"
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14


states is good policy in the colonies. If
the Catholics Of the Philippines want
Catholic schools with catechism and re-
ligious symbols. they must do as Catho-
lies do in America-build and support
schools of their own.
We opposed the war against Spain
with might and main. We are sorry
the Philippines are now lost to Spain.
But that is split milk. We do not
ask the United States government to
be one whit more Catholic in the
Philippines than she is in Missouri
We don't want the Bible or the cate
chism in the schools here; and we
must be satisfied with their exclusion
there.
The United States government might
adopt the UNCONVENTIONAL system Of
education. such as prevails in England
and i'll Canada. That system permits
our Catholic plant to grow, provided
fifty Protestant weeds are permitted
to grow alongside of it, In this country
the proportion would be one to ten.
AS a measure of eNpediency we con-
denim it. AS matter of abstract
| principle we condemn it. AS a ,ques-
ton Of sound morals we condemn it..
No compromise I'M an affair involv-
ing the salvation of souls. If the
money that supported the schools be-
lOnged to the king, as the principle of
monarchy holds, then we could in all
conscience claim our share for the
education of our Catholic children,
leaving to the monarch the duty and
responsibility of employing the re-
mainder. But where the money is our
own and the support of schools is a
social compact, we cannot cooperate in
the sin of propagating heresy.
We hope the clergy of the Philippines
will find time and opportunity to in,
struct their children in their religion
outside the school. This government
is not opposed to religion and will not
place straw in the way of Christian
instruction of the Philippine children
She lis no dog in the religious manager.
If the clergy of the archipelago are as
wise as they are reputed they will find
ample means to teach the children the
catechiSm and even to use the schools
for that purpose. AS to religious EN-.
blems, they can be dispensed with. A
great deal has been written about the
religious atmosphere" of the school
There is such Il thing as having toe
much religious atmosphere. If the
children are to pursue their studies I'm.
der the awful sense of the presence of
God why not bring them into the
church and have recitations before the
blessed sacrament? The school. how
ever, is not a place of prayer. but o!
labor We like to soc the crucitiX and
piOus pictures on the walls of the
schools: and it matters not if the Door
est schools are generally richest in tho
emhlems Of religion. They are always
pleasant to look at and very consoline
to see again after years of absence
They have crucitiNes in the court rooms
of France and crosses on the highways
of Catholic Germany. We have then
not here; and until we shall have
Catholic government and Catholic
people capable of approaching them
we shall not want them
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14
During the parade at Baltimore IL

During the parade at Baltimore in
honor of Cardinal Gibbons on his ar
rival from Europe, one Geo. f. Fred
erick, member Of the A. P. A.,
climbed a lamppost and poured forth
n TRADE of abuse against the Catholic
religion. He was arrested and ar
aligned before police justice, who is a
Jew, and fined one dollar and costs.
II would like to make it $780," said
Justice Sauber. The charge was dis
orderly conduct, and the justice cen
sured the policeman for not making it
charge Of inciting to riot.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

Byron Brennan, British consul-gen,
eral at Shanghai, has just returned to
England. He says: "From the stand.
point of foreign interests, the position
in China is worse now than before the
international occupation of Pekin.
Formerly the Chinese believed foreign
interests were identical. They are now
better able to play off one power
against another, so clearly have their
interests been shown to diverge."
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

Patrick O'AIullin, {, bank president
of Halifax. n. S., recently died and
bequeatlled ill his will $4,000 to the
Paulist Order of New York, $4,000 to
the Dominican Order of the same city,
10000 to the archbishop of Halifax,
and S5OO.000 to the Society of Jesus in
Canada. He was never married, and
when dying he set a noble example for
other wealthy Catholic bachelors to
follow.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

The New World, of Chicago, has
followed the example Of The New
Century, Of Washington, in changing
Its form. While the latter is larger in
size and contains 20 pages, the former
contains 80 pages, or twice as many
as before. Both publications are not
newspapers in appearance, though they
contain as much news as ever. The
present form Of both is preferable to
the old form If subscribers will only
preserve the numbers and get them
bound at the end of each year.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

Rev. De Witt Talmage regrets that
be assassin of President Mckinley did
not dash out his brains. If they did,
his accomplices, if he had any, would
escape punishment. Czolgosz is said
to have made a confession duplicating
others in his crime.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14
Saws the philadelphia North Ameri

Says the Philadelphia North Ameri
can: The death rate among the women
and children in the Concentration
camps" in South Africa Is $50 per
1000, and in one camp, according to
British official report, 25 per cent
Of the prisoners died in three months.
At that rate the Boer population will
be exterminated in year and England
will have an unobstructed field for her
missionary labors in extending the
blessings of civilization to South AZ
RIGA.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

Chairman Daugherty of the Democrat,
ic state committee of Ohio suggested
in letter to Chairman Dick of the Re
publican state committee that during
the illness of President Mckinley all
political meetings be declared off.
Dick replied: ct does not seem to us
appropriate to acQuiesce in your sug-
gestion. President Mckinley may not
survive, but the principles for which
he stood will live and triumph" No
comment is necessary.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

Julian Ralph, the American newspa.
per man, says in letter from London
to the Brooklyn Eagle that the Boer
cattle captured by the British in South
Africa always drift back into the
Beers hands, for the reason that the
English have no means of storing SO
much live stock. Kitchener's boast of
capturing thousands of cattle does not
amount to much, after all.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

The Boston Pilot remarks: The new
British recruits arriving in South Afri-
ca, according TO Lord Kitchener, 'can
neither ride nor shoot" The ancient
Persians taught their boys three arts,
ito ride, and to shoot, and to speak
the truth" The English cannot do the
second or third, but they ought to ride.
They will need it in their business
when the Beers are after them.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

The Irish Standard is exceedingly
sorry to announce that Mr.. VIM. j.
Murphy, general manager of the Min
neapolis Tribune, was seriously injured
in the right hand and arm at Cass
Lake on Friday of last week by the
premature discharge of a shotgun. He
is resting quietly at st. Mary's hospi-
tai, this city, where he is attended by
DR.. j. H. Dunn, and is gradually re-
covering. There has been no amputa-
ton.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

base character can possess a sane
mind. But there are others who enter
tain the same abominable opinions as
Czolgosz. What shall be done with
them?
The attack upon the president of
the United States is an outrage on CIV
ilization, and is directly due to the
foul influence of the atheistic and an
archistic teaching of the times in
which we live. The preachers of sedi-
ton and anarchy must be muzzled,
and they must realize that they cannot
find refuge under our free Institutions
They are enemies of law and order
and deserve to be driven from the So
ciety of free and law-abiding citizens.
This republic is. not despotism nor
is the president an autocrat. The op-
pressed of all nations find a home in
this happy land, and there is no dis
tinction made between them and the
natives of the country. When they
become naturalized citizens they can
vote for the president like a native
born. and run for any Office in the gift
Of the people except the presidency.
| The men who are not satisfied with
these privileges are not fit to live here
and should seek an abode elsewhere.
This is the first time that an anar-
chist has tried to kill the president of
| the United States. Booth was South
ern enthusiast who cried out, "Sic sem
per tyrannis''-the motto of Virginia
as he shot Lincoln in Ford's theater;
Guiteau was political crank who had
personal i'll feeling towards Garfield;
ing Mckinley unless he was inspired
by deviltry or fired by the anarehistic
mouthings of Emma Goldman. The
scoundrel who shot Mckinley did not
know him. He believed that every
form of government was wrong, and
he fired at the highest representative
of the best government in the world
In future, the president of the United
States must be guarded from crazy
individuals and bloodthfrsty hyenas OF
the human species. Indiscriminate
handshaking at public receptions must
be discontinued. The life of the presi
dent is too precious to be jeopardized
at open air meetings at which crimi
nails and cranks of all kinds are APT
to congregate.
1t is blessing to the country thai
William Mckinley will live. He is one
of the most popular men who ever oc
cupied THE office of chief magistrate OF
this nation. His personal character
istics have won him the respect ani
esteem Of his fellow countlymen. He
has no enemy among aw-abiding citi
zens. and the dastarily treason thai
dared to direct deadly weapon at his
breast must be eXtirpated. The sym
pathy of every good citizen goes on
to him and his gentle wife. and the
prayers of millions will he offered lll
for his speedy recovery all over this
land.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

Commandant Lotter, who made an
''unprintable reply" to Kitcllener's
proclamation, was captured the other
day after his commando had suffered
Il loss of over fifty per cent. 1t will
be interesting to learn how Kitchener
will treat the brave Boer for his dis
courteous answer.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

Gas the chief executive of Minneso-
ta," says the Minneapolis Times, "Lind
was to Van SAINT what a man is to a
manikin." And yet the Times sup
ported the manikln during the cam
paign with all it's might.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

The Chicago Inter Ocean is author
Hanna received the nomination for
president he could not carry a state in
the Union except Pennsylvania, and
that only by placAting Quay. The In.
ter Ocean is one of the most orthodox
Republican papers in the country.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

The Sohley inquiry opened at Wash
ington last Thursday. The proceedings
of the naval court will be watched
with interest the world over, but espe
cially in the United States.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

Senator Wellington, disgruntled
Republican politician of Maryland,
has been expelled from membership in
the Union League of that state for say
ing he was an enemy of President Nc
Kinley and would not condemn the
act of his wouldlbe assassin.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

When Herr Most, the arch-anarclist.
was told that Leon Czolgosz was a
Pole. he is reported to have said: ''If
he is an anarchist he could not have
come from Poland, for there are no an
archists there. All the people there
are Roman Catholics and go to
church,
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

81 am now beginning my ninety
ninth book" said Jules Verne in re-
cent interview. Il do not yet know
its title, as l only settle that when the
book is going to press"
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

Says VIM. J. Byan in his Commoner:
John Bull Is arming Kaffirs and send
ing them against the Beers. But this
is nothing new for John Bull. Indeed,
1t is favorite trick that he has been
turning ever since 1776 1t has not
been so long ago since he turned Te-
cumseh loose under the spur of British
gold. 20"
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

The Northwest Review, published at
Winnipeg, is multum In parvo.
Though small in size it contains much
matter for reflection and is one of our
most interesting exchanges. The edi
tor-in- chief is Rev. A. A. Cherrier.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

Mayor james d. Phelan, of San
francisco, has sent personal check
for EGO to Mayor Fitzgerald, of Cork,
as his contribution toward the interna
tional exhibition to be held next year
in the city on the Lee.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

Having carefully scanned all the
British returns since the outbreak Of
the South African war, says the Irish
People, we have come to the conclusion
that statisticians are the most deplor-
able disciples Of Ananias ever inflict-
ed on long suffering world. It is the
statisticians who are to blame. and not
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

The Danish ministry has agreed to
accept an offer of the United States Of
about S4,4SO,OOO for the Danish West
India Islands. The island group in
cludes st. Thomas, said to be the most
desirable site in the West Indies for
Il military and naval station.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

John +. Redmond sent the following
cablegram to Vice President Roosevelt
on the shooting at Buffalo: "In the
name of the Irish Nationalist party l
send an expression of deepest sympa-
thy. Ireland abhors the dastardly
crime"
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

An freshman at Port Stanley, Can,
is 1O5 years old. His name Is Daniel
German. He was born in county
Glare in 1896 and emgrated to Amer
lea in the prime Of life.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

Mrs Carrie Nations business man
ager says that sit does not pay" to
WELD the hatchet in the cause of re-
form.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

A cablegram informs the American
people that last Tuesday Andrew Car
negie received the freedom of the city
of Glasgow. Good for Andy!
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia,
and Bishop McGolrick, OF Duluth, have
recently become members of the Amer
ican-Irish Historical Society.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

Michael Dnvitt lis right in saying
that if there We're no gold mines in the
Transvaal there would be no war.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

During the horse show in Dublin
last month the city was overrun by
London pickpockets.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14
The United States has 10000 more
miles of railroad track than all the
European nations combined.

Shollgosch is the pronunciation of the
fellows name. 1t will soon be for
gotten by English-speaking people.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-14

The gross receipts of the Minnesota
state fair, which closed last week,
aggregated $125,O0O, or over $4,000 a
day