The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-27
SAYS CORRUPTION
s 4. Fixed EVIL
'Metrop0litanPr Press Great
Safeguard Of Country.
Cardinal Declares.
DIVORCE is MOST
SERIOUS PROBLEM
The Prelate Believes That Some
Money Is Tainted - Very
Difficult for a Rich Man to
Be Happy, He Thinks.
The Testimony Of
Carnegie.
Especial to The Times Dlspatch.)

5 NEW YORK, July 2s.--' Corporation
corruption Is fixed evil that we must
reckon with just as long as the present
condition Of society exists In this coun-
try said Cardinal James Gibbons yes
tcrday Whenever there is an ANAL
gamato ii great capital, or largh
collection Of n men Interested in one
money making concern there Is sure to-
be corruption. It is not a new story
1t is "a story as old as the worlds his
tory. The only reason that It comes
so much to the fore at present is that
the methods Of Its detection are daily
growing stronger
corruption has always existed. Cor
ruption, I am much afraid will always
exist as long as human nature yields to.
the attribu tes that lead to temptation.
Dread Of Exposure.
THE bright spot IN the whole swamp Of
present moral degra datlon is the fact!
that the degradation is made known.
Corruption cannot exist nowadays with
out being discovered after while. The
greater the evil the greater the posi-
bilty Of remedy. And that possibility
Of remedy has now become such an ass
sured fact that IT. counterbalances al
most. the evil which the present condi-
ton OF money madness creates
THE fear the dread of exposure Is
the counterbalancing element, and that
fear, that dread, that@horror Of having
name once respected dragged down Is
due toIthe efforts OF the metropolitan
press. s$
1T may not be good theology. It may
not be good ethics. but 1t Is ceretatnly
very good common sense, ,e. and a a lSs very
good moral element that the fear, the
dread OF exposure In. the Z public press
keeps many man sticking close to the
path OF rectitude WIS otlser rWise would
stray off into tthe a byways Of personal
3 graft @ +i85 s%
Cardinal Gibbons IS spending the SUM
irer away down at the further end OF
Long Island. 4 in the modest tie -rectory
OF Father O. 'Hara, who is the pa stor# OF
Oldest settled spots In America, where
even the road signs tell you tina this
particular one was opened in 1868 the
only wea rers Of the scarlet baretta In
America is lounglng away the brilliant
wind swept summer days Off to the
east the Atlantic Ocean pours in its flood
1 OF salt-laden ozone. The surf thunders
on the beach. From the other hand
come the winds OF New England, balsam
laden with sweetness. The sand dunes
rise and fall in seemingly unending
reach of barren pillows. Clear Skies:
wind swept dunes and the eternal roll.
OF the ocean are the playthings that His
Eminencc has chosen for his summer
recreation.
4 ss5 Alert and Informal.
It was In the rectory Sof the parish
church that Cardinal Gibbons explained
to a New York Herald and Times-Dis-
patch reporter what he fearsd morally
and financially from the present condi-
tion OF the country Cardinal Gibbons
talks absolutely to tho point. He does
not waste words on fancy expressions OF
sentiment He does not beat about the
bush with fine phrases. What he has to
sav he SAYS emphatlcally. briefly. He
does not look his sevcnty-one years. Al
though he is small In stature, he Is not
weazened. The vigor of youth Is still
his fortunate blessing, and although he has
for many years worn the scarlet baretta OF
n cardinal the material fact of wearing
IT lis still nuisance to him.. It slips
from his white haired head and he catches
1t with almost an impatient gesture.
a out there In Southampton Els Emlnence
does not stick closely to- the garb@ OF his
holy office. AS he sat IN the sunny, cool
parlor Of Father O'Hara's rectory, the
only marks Of his distinguished prefer
mont in tho church visible to the layman's
eyes was the bit of scarlet baretta, which
is only skull cap, and a trace OF scarlet
which showed around his neck. In other
respects he was dressed in the conyen-
tional, sombre garb Of a priost-it might
have been the clothes of any Church.
with the scarlet baretta covered he could
have walked down the street and easily
have been mistaken for an alert. amable
old gentleman who indulged IN none OF
tho frivolltes Of the tailor'snrt.
on his right finger, however, cleaned
the enormous ring Of his office. tho big
arnethyst stone set around with a small
row Of diamonds, iF
Reputation Highest.
."Thero Is nothing said he, (which n
man prizes more than his reputation, And
the only way to effcctually upset q mans
reputation is to expose him to the public
press The power of tho press Is meal.
c,,lable It's argus, almost aearchlight eye
is ever looking for the weak spot in hu-3
manIty to throw It IN into bold promi-S
nence, Sometimes II happens that the de-
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