Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29
OTHER LANDS THAN ouRs.

! OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.
! In his comment on the course OF the
French government toward churches and
church property. Cardinal Gibbons quoted
/ from speech delivered by NJ. BRAND.
minister of worship at Amlens, to show
| that the present struggle was a war on
Christianity itself qualihod denial Of
/ the expressions imputed to NJ. BRAND was
/ issued in Paris. but the spirit OF the nd-
| dress was not denied. Clearer and un-
/ questioned are the uthcistic sentiments Of
NJ Vivani, the new minister Of labor, who
/ was Installed with unseemly haste In
1 Episcopal residence vacated by Cardinal
Richard in Paris In a speech In the French
chamber on November =, reproduced by tho
New York Times. NJ. Vivion said:
THE Third Republic has called about her
/ the children Of peasants and OF worlSmcn.
and in these obscure brains and cnshadowed
| consciences 1t has implanted little by
little the germ OF Evolutionary education.
/ That has not sufiiced. Through our fathers.
our ancestors, and even ourselves, we are
all identified with the past by work OF
anti-clericalIsm, work of irregion. We
have wrested creduity from human con-
| sciences. When poor wretch. wearied
with daily cares, has pleaded upon his
hnees, we have lifted him up we have said
| to him that behind the clouds there was
! nothing but chimeras Together and by one
! fell stroke we have extingulshed the lights
of heaven which we shall not relsn!te"
|
The universal suffrage bill, that has Just
! passed its second and third readings in the
Austrian chamber of deputies. sweeps away
the four curiae or categories of the present
| franchise-those Of the large landed pro-
prietors, the towns the rural communes,
and the chambers of commerce-and in
| cludes all present and future electors in
! the category of universal suffrage BY its
provisions every male above "a years Of age
and in possession of civil rights will be
entitled to registration as a voter. Voting
will be secret, without any form of
plurality. In order to avoid racial con-
! tcts separate constituencies will be
organized for electors of different races,
so that Czech voters on the Czech register
will vote only for Czech, and German voters
on a German register will only vote for
| German candidates seats in Parliament
4 being allotted to the various races accord
| ing to their number and tax-paying ca
pacity. Electoral struggles will thus be
confined to representatives of the same race.
Czech Radical candidates may. for instance,
be put up against Young Czechs but not a
| czech against n herman Wnetner tnlS
system will avail to prevent racial strife
in the new chamber remains to be seem
|
| A former tory member OF Parliament for
a north of Ireland division, and who is now
a judge OF the city of London county court
Judge Rentoul-is out in a strong TRADE
against his former associate orangemon in
Ireland, for whom be blames much of the
success of the home rule movement. He
| says the action of the Ulster worklngmen
in sending landlords to represent them in
Parliament is a plea against themselves.
| He roundly accuses the orange society of
being the cause of the continuance of the
home rule agitation, and asks that the
| orange lodges be disbanded, as they were
| In 1896, under William ". He says ii is
monstrous that the orangemen of Ireland
should be stu, after 200 years, insulting
their catholic fellow-countrymen by cele-
brating a victory gained by the foreign
William III, over the lawful King James,
merely because one was a catholic and the
other a protestant. He deplores the keep
ing up Of this dissension in a section of
Ireland by these orangemen in the interest
1 Of landlordism and against the peace and
prosperity of the country, which would
make the home rule question unnecessary.
The members of the French Chamber of
Deputies have finally voted in favor OF in
creasng their own salaries from 5000 francs
to 1900 francs (s1,sCo TO $4,000. When the
| question first came up, 1t was suggested
that there was something undignifed in the
idea of using public privilege for per-
sonal advantage, and the motion made
that the increase should be paid only TO
future deputies. This amendment, however,
was rejected, most of the members evil
IDENTIFY thinking that they owed as much
to themselves as to posterity, and the in
crease was voted. Then the matter came
up for review and there was hot debate.
Some deputies argued that 1t was ridiculous
to pass law one day and repeal 1t the
next. Some applauded the increase others
denounced 1t. Socialists and nationalists
were equally divided in opinion as to the
propriety or necessity for the measure. At
last a labor member, ". Poulain, in frank
speech, discussed the daily expenses of
deputies, and by going into domestic and
| other details, showed how 1t was practi-
cally impossible for men in his position,
with no private means, to sustain them
selves and their families and maintain a
! decent appearance on 5000 francs a year.
His speech proved the turning point In the
debate, and the increase was again passed
by vote of 290 to 21S.
The use Of money in English parliament
tary elections is supposed to be reduced to
a minimum of decency and civic virtue.
We are apt to hear considerable about
English purity. Since last winters cleo
lions, however, there have been trials for
corrupt practices which revealed the pur-
chase of votes and other shocking things
which in this country are associated with
Delaware and Rhode Island; and now the
officials returns of money legitimately spent
by the candidates indicate that something
is doing in good Old England at election
time. 1t cost the go members OF Parla
ment, according to their sworn statements,
S5,S34.2SO TO get elected. That was an
average of nearly 5000 a man. Not
dollar of this sum was illegally used, It is
claimed. but in England I'm America the
lavish use of money may easily stimulate
its diversion into the wrong channels
BOOSTING THE SQUARE DEAL.