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The Irish standard., 1903-06-27
GERMAN ELECTIONS

The recent elections in Germany for
members of the Reichstag have dis
closed at least two facts. first the in
crease of the number of Social Dem
ocratic members. second the Centre or
catholic party is the only one of the
other parties to hold it's own. The
first balloting last week resulted in
the election of 2OI members out of {;
total of 397 in the Chamber, leaving
1872 seats to be filled at the second bal
loting. In Germany plurality does
not elect, so that where there are more
than two candidates and no one re-
ccves majority of all the votes cast,
Il second election is held ut which only
the two candidates receiving the two
highest numbers of votes Mt the first
election are voted for. OF the 2O5 men,
bers already elected the Centre party
which is the Catholic party of tic
German Empire. has elected 81 MEM
bcrs. This is Il much larger number
than any one of the other parties has
elected. They have the right also to
contest 3G of the remaining seats. That
is to say there We're 3i constituencies
in which no election took place where
the candidate of the Centre party was
one of the two candidates receiving the
highest number of votes at the first
balloting. Should the Centre party
succeed in clccting all 3G members it
would have Il total of 123 in the now
Rcicllstag: should it succeed in half of
the contests ii would have 100 mem
hcrS. exactly the same number as it
had in the last RcichstaY. That it
will have at least that number seems
probable
The Socialists have elected II mem
bcrs of the 2O1 already elected and
will ballot again for 122 more; should
they succeed in elccting half that num-
ber they would have more members in
the Reichstag that any other one party.
but it is unlikely that they will sue
cccd in doing that. for Ill other parties
will unite against them on the Soc
ond ballots. The Socialists are sure
to make large gains over their repre-
sentation in the last Rcichstag, when
their total membership was ffty-cight
They have already elected tifty-four,
and should they succeed in one-third
Of the second contests they would have
95 members or more than any other
party is likely to have, except the Cen
trists. The Radicals have failed to
elect a single member. 1t is evident
that they have been largely absorbed
by the Socialists. There were 81
Richter Radicals. II Barth Radicals
and seven South German Radicals in
last Reichstag. The first ballot has
failed to return single Radical and
all the Radical parties together will
| only contest 43 seats OH second ballot,
| SO that the Radicals are certain to be
fewer in the new Reichstag than in the
| old.
The Liberals, Bismarck's old party.
succeeded in electing only five men,
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27

new prelate, is 40 years old. He cele-
brated the twenty-fifth anniversary of
his ordination to the priesthood sew
eral months ago. He is man of great
force of character, tenacity of purpose
and decidedly democratic OF the four
appointments made, New York has re-
ceived two, DR.. 1. z. Rocker and Fa-
ther Thomas Hendrick. Mgr. Rocker
has been consecrated Bishop of Neuva
Caceres. He was ordained in 1888
and began educational work immedi-
ately as vice rector of the American
College at Rome. He remained there
until 1895, when he went to Wash
ington as secretary to the Apostolic
delegation. Nueva Caceres is one of
the most desirable sees in the islands.
1t has 1O7 parishes, II parish missions,
124 parish priests, or missionaries, and
us native priests. Father Hendrick
was ordained in the Ogdensburg do
cese about thirty years ago. He is
one of the most democratic priests in
the country and is known by rich and
poor as "Father Tom" The other
American Bishop Of the Philippines is
Right Rev. DR.. Denis j. Dougherty,
formerly of Philadelphia. DR.. Dough-
erty was born in 1865. He finished
his studies at the American College at
Rome and was ordained there in 1890.
He goes to the see of Nueva Segovia.
New York Sun.
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27

reading and often worse than useless, I
stated in my address, but this is not the
fault of Mr.. Carnegie. Again, that
industrial and technical schools would
do more general good than libraries
is matter for thought which 1 ad-
vanced in my address.
"As to systems Of education. these
are also matters of controversy, but
my statements on these questions are
certainly outside any attacks on so
good and so great man as Mr.. Carn-
egie."
The Duluth News Tribune comment
ing upon the matter says:
"Few men are more careful of phras-
ing public utterances than is Bishop
McGolrick, of Duluth. Few men are
more earnest or potent in efforts to
promote the cause of general education.
But he was grievously misquoted from
an address, delivered recently in St..
Paul before the graduating class of
st. Joseph's Academy. Several news
papers, in different sections of the
country, contained garbled accounts of
his speech and made out of his reported
utterances an attack on Andrew Carn-
egie and his philantrophies, and con-
strued some of his sentences into an
attack on education. The News Trib-
une sought to interview Bishop McGol-
rick on the matter, but he was out of
town until last evening. He, promptly,
as would be expected by every citizen
OF Duluth, disavowed any intention to
attack Andrew Carnegie and his good
deeds. He spoke in warmest terms of
the generosity of the iron master and
stated that he was grievously mis-
quoted. Bishop McGolrick has pro-
ably paid the penalty of prominence,
many times before this, but the error
on the part Of the reporter who sent
out the misleading article, seems to
nave been a particularly aggravating
one. The Bishop of Duluth has an in
ternational reputation as hard work.
er III the cause of schools and schol-
ars."
All who know the Bishop will most
heartily endorse all that is said above
Inc mistake or neglect of the news
satherer, who caused the false report
to be circulated, has worked an in
justice to the Bishop in so far as it
may have misled those inacuuainted
with him and his work.
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27

Household goods should be entirely ex-
empt from taxation, or if at the present
time this is impossible, different
method of levying the tax should be
adopted. Instead of entering a house
to find out the value of its contents
take the rental value of ones dwelling
as basis for taxation. Every dwell
ling has an annual rental value which
is easily assessed. Double this annual
rental value and we have fair sub
stitutc for the value of the contents of
the house. 1t would make no differ
cnce whether a person owned the
house in which he lived or not. 1t
would have rental value in either
case. This would be a much fairer
and more uniform tax than our present
tax on household goods. 1t would be
less ininquisitorial and more easily
collected.
Households which contain works Of
art of great value might not be taxed
to their full value by this method, but
works Of art should not be taxed. They
produce nothing and are an elevating
and educating factor in the commun-
ity. The rental value of Mr.. Il. B.
Walkers home would not be anywhere
near a fair valuation of the contents
of his home. But Mr.. Walker should
not be taxed because he has made him
self a public benefactor by collecting
works Of art.
1t must be patent to any one who
has given the matter any thought that
our present system af taxing personal
ty is farce. Only the conscientious
and unfortunate pay the tax. The
wary and wealthy escape. Take an
instance. A man dies leaving money
on deposit or mortgage securities all of
which were carefully covered up DUR
ing his life time, so that the assessor
did not reach them. After his death
the records of the probate court dis
closes the property and the assessor
enters it upon the tax list at it's full
value according to law. The widow
and heirs pay the tax While others do
not. The conscientious person who
makes a fair return of his property
pays taxes out of all proportion be-
cause his neighbors do not make a
fair return. 1t is the practice of many
to create an Indebtedness to bridge
over the 1st Of May so as to escape
taxes on personally that cannot be hid
den, such as stock of goods. Only
the conscientious, the helpless, the I'M
wary pay a personal property tax.
Women, heirs, executors, guardians of
minors and insane persons pay taxes
out of all proportion. The man who
makes an honest return must pay for
being honest. 1t would not be so bad
il the honest man by making an honest
return met only his just obligations to
the state, but by doing so he is OBJ
liSed to pay the taxes of his many dis
honest neighbors who do not make a
fair return. II our methods of assess
ing personally were reformed and
placed upon some true and consistent
theory it would be found that the as
scssment of the personally would near
~ equal the assessment of the realty
and the unjust burdens now placed
upon real estate would be lightcned.
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27
Irishmen in Other Lands.

In recent number of the Windsor
Magazine is included an article hav-
ing special interest for Irish readers,
entitled "Britons in the Service of
Foreign Governments 1t consists
of number of brief notices of Irish
men and Scotchmen, who have at
tanned high positions in the civil and
military services of foreign states,
and it is illustrated with portraits of
some of these authorities. There are
in fact the likenesses of five Irish
men, three Scotchmen, and one Fran
co-Englishman. The Irish portraits
are those of Marshal MacNIahon, of
France; Field Marshal Count Nu-
gent, of the Austrian Army; Charles
O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan, EXPIRE
mier of Spain: the late Count Taaffe,
Prime Minister of Austria, and Cen
eral O'Brutscheff, Chief of the Cen
eral Staff of the Russian Army.
Many other men of our race distin-
guished i'll foreign lands get brief but
honorable mention from the writer,
Mr.. X. De Burgh, and their nation
ality i'll each case is explicitly set
forth; but. even though that is so,
Irishmen will object to having the
name "Briton" applied to their coun-
trymen. They are not Britons, they
never We're and never will be Britons,
they do not want or wish to be Brit
ons, and they would most decidedly
object to be turned into Britons, if
such change were possible. Except
ing as regards that point, Mr.. De
Burgh's article makes very enter
tanning paper.
Amongst the names of the officers
of high rank in the military and civil
service were patronymics that are fa-
miiar in this country. There were
Baron O'Byrne. Baron Brady, Baron
Mcsherry. Colonel Tim O'Mahoney,
Daniel O'Connell, James O'Hanlon
MacDonnell. Joseph Hickey, Antony
Mulholland, Carl Won Donegan. and
a whole crowd of others. In France
the illustlious name of N[acNIahon
heads the list. and then-to mention
but few of the others-there were
the Niscount O'Neill de Tyrone. the
Marshal Count Reilly. the Admiral
Count Casey. the Marquis de Lally
Tollendall (O'Mullally of Tullagh IA
Daly). the Counts Mccarthy Rca~h
Dalton Shce. Lynch. Bourke. O'AIa-
hony. etc. In the Belgian list there is
a pretty strong array of O'Sullivans
We read: Ambassador to Austria
lie Comte O'Sulivan de Grasse: Sec
retary of the Legation-Le Comte
OSullivan; Denis Comte O'Sullivan
de Grasse de Seovaud; and A. M.
OSullivan. Sieur de Terdeck." The
Spanish list gives us crowd of
Irish Dons and Condos; there are Don
Jose OLawlor. Don Demetrio O'Daly.
Don Miguel Herreracy O'Farrell, Don
Mariana O'Carroll. and so on, aft
good men and true. giving splended
service in every department. of the
state and on every field of action to
their adopted lands.
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27
LESSONS FROM CATHOLICS.
A Protestant Minister'S Notable Utter
ance In Boston.

Lessons from Our Neighbors. the
Roman Catholics" was the title of a
sermon preached in Union Church,
Boston, on June by Rev. Samuel
Lane Loomis.
"Roman Catholics" he said, "are
sometimes Judged very harshly by
Protestants The majority of them
are immigrants or children of immi-
grants, and it is not to the discredit,
but to the glory of the Catholic Church
that she has ordained so powerful
hold on these humble followers Of
Christ. Again, we must not judge any
faith by it's poorest, but rather by it's
bes members. 81 Can there be
any question to-day among thinking
people as to the existence among
Catholics of lovely fruits of Christian
character? Consider the parish priest
who gives himself night and day to
the welfare of his people; consider the
tender and beautiful administrations
of the Sisters Of Charity. Among our
servants of this faith are there not
evidences of real devoutness and gem
uinc piety. as we'll as of integrity,
faithfulness and loving kindness, such
as can come only from a real faith in
a loving God?
"One great virtue in our Roman
Catholic neighbors is that of revcr.
ence They are a reverent people.
There is nothing we Americans need
more than reverence Nothing seems
sacred to us. We laugh. Jest and Joke
at the most serious matters of life,
and we shall do we'll to initiate orr
Roman Catholic friends.
Another thing they have is an i'm,
mense sense of the worth of religion.
They are willing to make great sacri-
fees for it. and often While we are
asleep their great churches are crowd
cd to the DOORS They believe in their
religion 1 used to wonder at the
hold this church took on the common
pcol'le' anu CAME 10 the conclusion
that it offers them something substan-
tial. They feel that the church that
can remit their sins is worth coming
to. People say that they compound
for their sins, but that is not the case
and is not what is meant by an in
dulsence. The lowliest and humh1ast
even may rise until he sits in tho
seat OF st. Peter. Side by side in tbis
church the wealthiest and the 1ow1;os+
Nheel Ill prayer before the altar
INSTEAD. therefore, of rerrottin,, +,o
presence of that church in orr con,
inuhltH we ought to rejoice. If is +.
conservative influence in this citv and
throughout the country, and one +
rejoice in. If the Protestant chnro,,
With its splendid start and advont.aos
cannot hold it's own, it ought not ~
IL with all their disadvantages +,,o.
homan Catholics can get ahead of nc
and win America, they ought 10 have
it," " nave
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27
DON'T MENTION 1T.

Will Fourth of July orators dig up
the Declaration of Independence this
year, or will they be obliged to talk
about inevitable destiny" and "never
haul down the flag and similar re-
cent rot. Certainly the Declaration of
Independence would be dangerous
subject for an American to dwell
upon i'll the Philippine Islands. The
Declaration of Independence had
something to say about the rights of
man. What place have the rights of
man in a hustling trust-breeding ma
tion like the United States? Let us
not talk about old, worn-out, exploded
doctrines such as the Equality of
man" or the consent of the govern
ed?' We are liable to get ourselves
disliked! The great newspapers of the
country may call us "aunties' and
other similar bad names. Then again
any reference to the Declaration of
independence might not be pleasing to
our cousins, the English, because Eng
land was somewhat to blame for that
senseless old thing ever having been
written. Our Fourth of July orators
should talk about Anglo-SaXon world
domination and imperial greatness.
Let it be remembered that the states
men and newspapers belonging to the
new order have assured us that there
has been 4 great deal of misunder-
standing and false teaching in refer
ence to the infant days of the republic.
The Declaration of Independence
might have been all right to play with
in those days. but it has nothing to do
with a full grown. powerful swagger-
ing nation such as we are today. In
their opinion it was Il piece of i'm
pertinence in the first place. 1t was
sort of name-calling contest which
the American colonists indulged in be-
cause of Il little tea party held in
Boston Harbor and q few other such
occurrences ut which wayward col
onists with foolish notions about inde
pendence. liberty self-government, and
the rights of man did naughty things.
We should put aside all recollection of
such frivolous little things and join
with our English cousins in boosting
for AnglO-SaXOn domination.
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27

ory" when some of his friends pro-
posed third term for him, but it is
probably true that the state of Jack
sons health and the aspirations of
Van Buren, We're the chief objections.
The anti-third-term tradition fig
ured conspicuously in the case Of
General Grant. The New York Com
mercial Advertiser cites as evidence
of the popular feeling on the subject
the following resolutions passed, un-
der suspension of the rules, by the
House of Representatives in Decem-
ber, 1875, the vote being 234 yeas to
1S nays, 81 members refraining from
going on record:
"Resolved, That, in the opinion of
this House, the precedent established
by Washington and other Presidents
of the United States in retiring from
the Presidential Office after their Sec
ond term has become, by universal
occurrence, part of our republican
system of government, and that any
departure from this time-honored Gus
tom would be unwise, unpatriotic and
fraught with peril to our free institu-
tions."
1t may be that the "anti-third- term
tradition" is destined to be abandon
ed some day, like other traditions to
which the American people once held
fast. This is an age of changes, and
the present generation of Americans
does not seem disposed to be bound
by the wisdom of the sentiments of
preceding generations. For more than
20 years the tradition that the Presi-
dent should not have a third term
was powerful factor in politics. 1t
is possible that it is no longer fac
tor, but it is safe to say that there
are thousands of Americans in both
political parties who now believe that
the precedent established by Jeffer-
son was wise and patriotic.
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27

Col. Burnside, who was superintend-
ent and disbursing officer Of the post
office department in 1854, when WAL
ter Q. Gresham was postmaster gen
eral, is now serving time in st. Eliz-
abeth's insane asylum as Il result of
defalcations in the post Office depart
ment. He was the custodian of all the
money received from the sale of worn
furniture, waste paper and other prop
erty of the Department and spent all
that he had taken in for several years
in high living in Washington. When
brought to trial his guilt and convic-
ton were so certain that acting on the
advice Of friends he made plea of
insanity which was known and openly
admitted to be subterfuge. He is as
sane as any person outside the asylum.
He is allowed to leave the asylum
and visit his friends about the city at
frequent intervals.
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27
BISHOP McGoLRlcK MIsQUoTED.

\ great injustice has been done RiSh
op McC;olrick of Duluth. by certain
newspapers in sending out galhled re-
ports of an address delivered by him
ut the commencement exercises of
st. .TOScph's Academy. st. Paul. Those
reports made il appear that the Bishop
scored the methods employed by An
drew Carnegie in the distribution of
fault with the educational system
which is employed in the schools. The
people of Minneapolis who know the
RiShop so we'll would not and could
not he mislrd Ivy such reports. They
know Bishop McGolrick to be a public
spirited man and an inccssant advocate
of higher and better education. 1t
is doubtful whether there is a single
other person in the state of Minnesota
who has done so much in the cause of
the better and wider education of the
common people. His own private lib
rary when he lived here. was one of
the largest and most valuable collcc-
tions of books in the city. 1t seems
strange that man whose well known
regard for general education and him
self a collector of books should be put
in the attitude of opposing the work
being done by Mr.. Carnegie. Con-
cerning the address which was the
foundation for the misleading reports.
Bishop McGolrck said:
''In an address before the graduating
pupils of the academy of the sisters of
st. Joseph ut st. Paul. am represent
cd by reports made to several news
papers as attacking Mr.. Carnegie and
his gifts
Il beg leave to state most emphat-
ically that 1 have the greatest adj
| miration for Mr.. Carnegie; he has set
| good example to every country in
the world and nothing could be further
from my mind than any opposition to
| his bcncticencc. That many of the peo-
pie favored by libraries make a poor
use of them. that many of the books
taken out of public libraries are useless
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27
TO OUR WESTERN PATRONS,

Edward O'Bricn, editor Of the Irish
Standard, and John L. pewters, gen
eral agent Of this paper, left this city
during the week over the Northern
Pacific Oh an extended business trip
and will visit all the leading cities and
towns between Minneapolis and Port
land. They will call Oh all our sub
scribers along the line in business
capacity, and it is hoped that all will
be prepared to meet their obligations
to this journal when called upon, and
that many hundreds Of new subscriD-
erS will he added to our list in the
states OF North Dakota, Montana, Ida
no, Washington and Oregon is the
earnest desire OF the publishers.
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27

United States Senator William A.
Clark of Montana intends to build the
finest house in Washington 10 make
sure that it will surpass all other man
sions and will possess all the best fea-
lures of others he will not break
ground on site Of the old Stewart
castle, facing Dupon circle, until the
Massachusetts avenue residence of
Thomas II. Walsh, a Colorado million
aire, is completed. Then if there are
any features Of Mr.. Walsh's house
that Senator Clark desires to incorpo-
rate in his own dwelling he can easily
alter his plans.
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27

Father J. j. Harty of st. Louis,
ArchbishOp-elect Of Manila. will come
to New York this week on his way to
Rome to be consecated. 1t is report
cd that Father Thomas Hendrick of
Rochester. n. v. will accompany
him, to be consecratcd Bishop of
Cebu. The selections announced from
the Vatican reveal in a marked man.
ner the policy of Rome in recognizing
the Church in the Philippines All of
them are thorough Americans and
priests who have shown pronounced
executive ability. Father Harty, the
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27

bers but will contest Go seats on second
ballots and may win in half. This
would give them 3S members as
against 81 in the last Keichstag. The
Conservatives have elected 81 men,
bers and will vote for SO more. They
had q in the last Reichstag. The Poles
have elected II members, just the nun.
ber which they had before The Alsa-
tians who had ten have elected six.
The Anti-Semites who had ten have
elected one.
The net result seems to be that the
Socialists have great gains, the Centre
party or Clericals have ut least held
their own, the Conservatives have been
weakened, the Liberals greatly weak
ened and the Radicals almost wiped
out. The Centre party will be as nec-
essary to the government in the new
Reichstag as it was in the last 1t
seems probable that the Catholic party
will now compel the Imperial Chancel-
lor to obtain the repeal of the law
which bars Jesuits out of Germany.
Out Of something less than 100000
votes cast, the Socialists secured over
2,5O0,000, which is a great gain over
what they cast five years ago. This
is due largely to the fact that they
have moderated their platform and to
their opposition to the commercial
treaties on the ground that the duties
on food staples are too high. No doubt
the Kaiser and his Chancellor will find
it necessary ere long to completely un-
do the work wrought by his grand
father and Prince Bismarck against
German Catholics. 1t is indeed strange
that the Catholic electors of France
will support a ministry like the
Combes' government at the very time
when the German voters are upholdinc
the hands Of the Catholic party in Ger
many.