The Irish standard., 1905-08-05


by Bennett, it added to this deliberate
insult a truly Bennett touch by print
ing an account of an obscure educa.
tional meeting in Maine, and giving
half column to the mouthings of Car
roll D. Wright, the statistic-maker for
the Republican party, and to a Vassar
professor, implicitly advocating race
suicide.
The Sun" in it's morning edition
had bare half column; in it's even.
ing edition not so much as a mention
of the meeting.
The Press" not line.
The Tribune" two inches.
The "World," two inches.
The Globe" not line.
The American" three inches.
The "Times," six inches.
What is the meaning of this concur
rent ignoring of most important and
sensational incident? What is the
press of New York for, if not to dis,
tribute all the news to it's readers?
Who gave it the right to judge what
shall and shall not be printed, as long
as the news is lawful and printable
Has it not been the boast of the press
that it's fidelity to it's Office of printing
all the news has been of the highest?
Is not the question of the religious
principle in education at least as i'm,
portant as the utterances of Carroll D.
Wright? Was not this particular oc-
casion of the deepest interest to the
Catholic body, and even to the rest of
the world interested in true educa,
ton?
What excuse can the journals have
for the insult they flung at their Cath.
olic readers? None. What explana.
tion can they offer? AS many as you
please, but the real explanation is
this: they have learned by experience
that they can thus insult the entire
Catholic body of New York, because
that body seems Indifferent to insult
from the press.
They are determined, these half-edu.
Gated in charge, that the splendid
| work of religion in education, the
million and half children in the re.
ligious schools of the country, shall
never be made known to the public
through their journals. They are will.
ing to betray their boasted Office OF
news-dispensers in this instance in
order to inflict injury on a noble en-.
terprise and to show their contempt
for it's self-sacrificing promoters.
Is it possible that the Catholics of
this city will sumbit in silence to the
most shocking, the most unprovoked
insult ever hurled at decency by the
ignorant and the unfit? Can they not
discover a way, will they not discover
a way to lash these incompetent and
faithless editors?
The way is through the advertising
columns of these journals. The "Her.
aid" got on its knees some years age
to the advertisers who threatened it
| with reprisal for it's vile conduct in
| the Madison Peters controversy with
| the Rev. Alfred Young. The Herald
was on it's knees along with the
World" and the american" and
others when the advertisers threat.
| ened them all not long ago in the ele.
waited strike.
1t is to the interest of the whole
community that the great and import
ant group of citizens, so meanly dealt
| with on this occasion, should assert
l themselves against so great a wrong
1.-The lesson administered should be ei
the character which the snobs of the
editorial rooms will never forget. To
lash them or insult them would be
/ useless.
] What they need is loss of income
Catholic parents-Protestant par
ents, too-who value the future OF
your children and the morality, the
security and the happiness of your
l yhomes-who know that religious and
moral teaching is the shield between
your loved ones and the road which