The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-10

Archbishop John Ireland was the
leading speaker at the evening session
of the National Educational associa-
ton at Minneapolis, his remarks being
several times punctuated with vigor-
Gus applause, particularly his refer
ence to those yellow journals which
fail to tell all the truth or so tell it as
to deceive the public. The fervid ref
erence to religious quarrels was warm
ly received by his hearers.
There were fifteen department meet
ings held during the day, and all of
them were largely attended. The prin-
cipal topic of conversation was the
selection of a president for the asso-
citation. The name of DR.. Charles w.
Elliott, of Harvard university, seems
to meet with general approval, and it
is barely possible that ether names
that have been mentioned in connec-
ton with the position will be allowed
to wait.
Archbishop Ireland On Truth"
Archbishop Ireland took for his sub
ject Devotion to the Truth; the Chief
Virtue of the Teacher" He said:
Il am one of those who see in the
sequence of the late Spanish American
war the guiding hand of a Mighty
Providence, and the outburst of
forces long gathering in the bosom of
the nation, sure, at one moment or an
other, to break out in a restless self
assertion, Nevertheless, 1 shall never
deny that among the immediate caus-
eS or the war there are to be numbered
the exaggerated statements, the lies,
TOO, and the calumnieS, the ceaseleSS
appeals to wild and reckless passion
which disfgured and disgraced the
utterances of certain newspaper writ
ers and of certain other manipula-
tors of public opinion.
Il know for fact that the instruc-
tions going from the office of a news
paper TO its European correspondent
read this wise: Wire all that makes
for war, nothing that tends to prevent
or delay it. Grave, indeed were the
causes demanding from America a
solemn act; strong were the provoca-
uons given to ruffle the national tenn
per; yet we can never approve the
methods in which falsehood and pas
sion play large part; and we can
not but assert that it were immense
ly better for the country if results
attained through war could have been
attained without the carnage and havoc
of war.
Unguarded and Reckless.
How unguarded and reckless, and
how reprehensible are many state
mentS published at the present time as
from the Philippine islands, purporting
tc tell of dreadful deeds of cruelty
and injustice, for which on close ex-
animation no foundation in fact is
found. shall name in this connec-
tlon one instance, which / am particu-
larly pleased to censure A little
while ago certain Catholic newspapers
raised the cry that proselytism was
the order of the day in the schools of
Manila, the chief officials, it is said.
ana the teachers in the normal be-
ing regularly ordained ministers, who
divided their time between the multi
pllcation table and tract reading. The
matter was investigated, and it was
discovered that the chief officials and
teachers in the normal were not minis
ters and that their own good sense,
as we'll as the strict rules of the gov
ernment, confined them strictly to sec
uIar matters. The newspapers which
had admitted into their columns such
statements, have since, indeed repudi
ated them; but, meanwhile, much
needless excitement was raised and
much harm done
If | were to choose where outside
the class room of the general well
fare of humanity 1 should have devo-
tlon to truth prevail, l should name the
newspaper. The newspaper is today
pre-eminently the mentor of the peo-
pie; it is read by all; it is believed by
nearly all. It's influence is paramount;
It's responsibility is tremendous. It's
province is to narrate facts-to give
the truth, nothing but the truth. and
all the truth-to allow both parties to
frn n hn
palliate or distort; never to omit. when
that which is omitted may be of rele-
Vancy in the formation of public
opinion: never to publish the doubtful
as certain, the mere gossip as we'll
ascertained news; never, above all
else, to put before readers errors and
falsehood. Facts given, the editor is
at liberty to argue for them in favor
of his own tenetS; and even then LET
there be radiant through limpid lines
the fair love of truth, rather than the
wish to extol party or sex.
Dishonest Newspapers Roasted.
Journalism that is honest and hon
orable is one of the nations most pre-
cious inheritances; that which places
notoriety and pelf above truth and
virtue, and adopts as its tactics of
war the stunning sensation rather
than the calm statement of facts is
one or the nations dlreSt calamitieS.
Numerous in America is the journal
ism which is honest and honorable;
here and there is found that which
worships above all else notoriety and
pelf. There is here a duty of con-
science and of patriotism for Amer
leans; may they ever be mindful of
that duty.
=" Religion should be but another name
Tor peace-the peace sung of at the
birth Of Christ in Bethlehem. And