The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-06-06

the most conspicuous of young Amer
leans of wealth, position and power.
Churchill is a first counsin of the Duke
Of Marlborough, who married Miss
Vanderbilt, and the two young men
are, in sense, both lin the family"
Churchill went to Dundee. where more
than half the population was hostile
to MIN. He was forced to fight for
every inch of his ground against Labor
and Tory candidates, and he fought.
The British electorate, after its wont,
hectored him and attacked him with
the utmost violence. The whole town
was in a constant uproar during the
entire canvass. and an extra force of
police was needed to prevent fighting
and riot Churchill was the target for
| unlimited abuse whenever he arose to
speak, whether in hall or on the top
Of coach, surrounded by a bowling
and, apparently, enraged mob, ready
and eager to drag him odwn and pun
! mel him. There was no respite or re-
/ lease for him. and not the least dis
concerning diversion with which he had
! to contend was from a beautiful and
persistent young Irish girl, represent
! ing the "suffragettes, who were ami
/ mated by the keenest resentment
| against Churchill because of the slight
encouragement they had received from
\
mier Of the Liberal party. Miss Ma
| lony carried huge dinner bell. which
she changed necessarily whenever
Churchill started TO speak. On one OC-
casiOn the stout young BritOn declared
frankly that he could not and would
not attempt to run contest with Miss
Malony's bell The tongue of a wo-
man, IN all conscience, was enough II
dismay the most courageous heart, but
al,
conjoined assault of a woman and bell.
Right you are, sonny" pipes up a
rough old Scottish stonecutter: you
must know my old woman, Alison"
The crowd cheers and Churchill wins d
point with an audience which always
demands some sort of fair play.
The incidents and sidelights of this
remarkable canvass are of value as an
indication of the rough and tumble
which the young Englishman entered
with that gaiety and courage which
have always marked the English race,
whatever be its shortcomings, and as
a pledge and promise that the quality
has not died out. Churchill boards lions
in their dens and makes a desperate
fight of it from beginning to end, ana
wins with honor. More strength to his
kind.
On the other side of the picture. re-
gard the American Vanderbilt tooling |
gilded coach to the wonder of the |
nursery maids and to the delight of |
the degenerate and silly rich of the !
smart set, who compliment the for |
tunate youth on his ability to drive |
four horses almost as well as hired |
coachman.
What is the matter with the Ameri- |
can, the Thaws and their kind? 1t is
serious question. Three families |
long before Rockefeller and Carnegie !
came into the white light of publicity. |
were known as the richest and most
conspicuous in the United States-the
Astors, the Goulds and the Wander
bits. The head of the Astor family.
William Waldorf Astor, made a short
and ingloriOus political career merely
by the force of his money. He was
without talents, courage or sense, but
his influence secured for him a post as
Italian minister When his term ex-
pired and when it appeared that no
great and striking honors were to be
handed TO him upon platter he
withdrew whining TO England. He ex-
patriated himself and began a long.
sneaking and wheedling campaign. lust
as rich lackey would have done, for
the purpose of gaining some sort of re-
cognition. for vanitys Sake in British
society. Despised in his old home and
regarded with supercilious disdain in
England, he attracted attention at last
by purchasing for an English museum
an American flag which was captured
by the British ship Shannon from the
Chesapeake. His act is so great a
breach Of good taste, if not an indi-
cation of the born poItroon that
Americans regard no nation in the
world with enmity deep enough to
wish that he might be one of their
adopted citizens
The Goulds-faugh-Jay Gould was
1t least a bold rObber and buccaneer: >
re fought and cheated hawk-like with
III energetic purpose in life: but there
s no fitting language in the dictionary
o express the disgust which honorable
Americans feel when the antics Of
Anna Gould and some of the other {
Toulds and their wives are passed in
evieW. The mere mention of their
names is an insult to an honorable =
md manly nation; and the most con-
picuous of the Vanderbilt family.
With wealth and health, with education !
md position. becomes a volunteer post
10Y while his domestic affairs ar,
)eing aired in the divorce courts !
The comparison of the English and
he American is not conducive to
,eace Of mind. Very many of our
ich appear to have no sense of re-
either to their country
II to themselves. They are without
inhibition or are ruled by low and
rifling ideals. They seem to have
dopted the idea of mere pleasure.
ike South Sea Islander suddenly
'ossessd of wealth; and the pleasure
which they aim at is of a low ana
oolish kind, divorced wholly from
he pursuits and aims that have al
-ays animated men and women of
Ugh birth and breeding in civilized
Public Ledger.
Merry Jester.
Mrs. Longworth was so overpow- Y