The Irish standard., 1908-02-22
M PASSING

more Cathedral and secretary to Car
dinal Gibbons. succeeds the late Rev.
D. J. Stafford, d. D., as rector of ST.
PatriclSs church, Washington. Father
Russell assumed charge Of st. Patrick's
church last week.
Joel p. Heatwole has been mcn-
toned, amongst others, as a possible
Republican candidate for Governor. OF
all those named thus far, we are in
clined to think Mr.. Heatwolc would
come the nearest to polling his full
party strength.
| Senator Asbury C. Latimer of South
| Carolina, colleague Of Senator Tillman,
died in Washington, Thursday. of per-
itonitis. He was 81 years of age and
was elected to the Senate in 1908. Pre-
| vious to that he had served five terms
in the House.
Capt. Edward O'Meaghcr Condor is y,
now resident of Springfield, Mass,
having been assigned to that city by
the United States government as
building inspector for the National
Treasury Department. There arc but
few inspectors of his rank in the coun.
try.
Following Easter Sunday Of the pres
.ent year the Catholic who attempts
to marry a on-Catholic by getting a
minister or justice of the peace to Of
ticiate will have gone beyond the pale
of recognition in this respect The
Church will not recognize their union
as a marriage.
| Nearly every first-class diocese in
the country is making history and pre-
serving it through photographs, let
ters, etc, for future church historians.
We think it is about time to do some-
thing "in that line" in Wichita. What
do our readers think of it? asks the
Catholic Advance of that city. And
the same question will apply right here '.
at home as we'll. What do Irish
Standard readers think of it?
John Mitchell, president of the Mine
Workers, is being talked Of as the
possible Democratic candidate for gov
ernor Of Illinois. Mr.. Mitchell does not
retire from his present position until
April LIST, and no declaration is ex-
pected from him until after that date.
Somewhat averse to politics he may
decline the use Of his name for the
honor He would certainly make an
ideal candidate.
/ Recently, in some outside paper. an
item appeared in which Rev. Father
Fairbanks of Milwaukee was credited
with having said that the majority Of
Catholic citizens were for Taft, in
forcible language Father Fairbanks de-
nies having said anything of the kind.
No doubt a play is being made for Mr..
Taft because of his work in the Phil
ippines, but Catholics will hardly be
deceived by this. They have not ask
ed for or received anything but what
they were justly entitled to.
Just to show that she has them,
England has recently sent twelve bat
tleships to the Pacific. 1t is assumed
by some that she intends to help Japan
in her war with this country, when it
comes, a matter left for conjecture by
those who have become somewhat
alarmed over the thought. The Irish- ~
man isn't enlisting in the army now
like in other days and England is thus
being weakened. She may bluff, Eng
land is an adept at that, but she won't
fight and Japan would make a serious
escape in admitting her as an ally.
DIR. c. M. Jordan has naturally be-
come alarmed over the proposed inva-
sion by Mormons Of the public schools
Of Minneapolis, where they expect to
distribute their literature for the edi-
fication of the young. Concerning this 4
proposed crusade, DR.. Jordan says:
mo Mormons can come into the Min
ncapolis public shoots to talk about
Mormonism while am superintendent.
They may send literature through the
mails or distribute it on the streets, but
they will distribute none in the public
schools" Even this would seem to be
something of concession
Rev. Father Andrew Salmon was in
stantly killed last Monday and Father
Murphy was perhaps fatally injured at
South Bend, Ind. when their cutter