The Irish standard., 1908-11-07
IN PASSING

.AIIcT du cACltlHS campaign IN Cdn-
ada, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his party
were retained in power. Congratula-
lions are in order. for the Liberal
party In the Dominion corresponds to
the Democratic party in the United
States.
The New World is indignant over
the charge that the hierarchy sold
the Catholic vote to W. H. Taft. It's
genial editor has no cause to get
mentally disturbed over such fool
ssh matter. 1t is as true to say thai
the laity sold the vote of the hierarchy
to VIM. j. Bryan.
1t has cropped out in the Egmont
papers in England that John Milton
was papist some years before he
died and that he died so.'' The great
poet was the son of an apostate from
Catholicity, and for many years was
the leading champion of Puritanism.
lie may have returned to his fathers
early faith, but If so. he made NJ
open profession of it.
A magazine called Tomorrow" is
kissing its hatred against, Catholics
ON the false charge that "they demand
snd get political recognition" from
both great parties on account Of their
church afEliation. 1t is safe to pre-.
dict that the career Of Tomorrow"
will be brief and inglorious. Such I:
publication cannot live in land of
religious freedom any more than
serpents can live in the Emerald Isle.
Rev Dennis Hayes, Of st. Rose of
Lima parish, Chicago, requires all tho
boys and girls of his parish to be of
the streets before o'clock at night.
After ringing the church bell nine
strokes. he sallies out with black
thorn stick in his hand, and on his
approach every boy Of the parish van
ishes like streak of lightning. OF
course, the girls are all home by that
hour. Other priests should follow the
example of Father Hayes, not only in
Chicago but everywhere. a..
The Buffalo Union and Times does
not agree with Archbishop Ireland chat
the American voters would not dis
criminate against a Catholic for the
presidency. He evidently has not for.
gotten the opposition to Blaine, Sher-
man and Bland, who were all staunch
Protestants; but the two latter had
Catholic wives. while the former had 4
Catholic mother. The, Union ana
Times is of the opinion that it would
rot be the best thing for the Church
tc have Catholic President, for he
would be SO "cribbed, cozen'd and con.
fined" that he dare not show her con-
sideration and besides she wants only
fair play and an open field.
The members of one religious sect
in the United States failed to vote
last Tuesday. 1t is the Reformed
Presbyterians," or Convenanters, as
they are often called. They decline
to vote because the name Of God does
not appear in. the Constitution. They
want 1t so amended that the trss
words shall be: 1--WE, the people Of
the United States in humble recog-
milton Of His divine authority and
recognizing the Bible as the founda-
tion of all law" AS the Covenanters
are numerically small, their abstention
from voting did not affect the result
very much.
1t is a pity to see poor Prof. Cold
win Smith in his old age come out in
the New York Sun and declare over
his signature that Il am in doubt that
there is any God and any Immortality
for man. would be glad to know the
truth on this matter, and If anybody
can help me to find that truth / shall
b. greatly Obliged Why does not
some learned Catholic divine in New
York or elsewhere help him? We are
afraid Prof. Smith is a victim of intel.
lectual pride. With all his learning he
has to hecome humble to oht a Il, ~.
grace of God in his deplorable state OF
mind.
The Standard and Times, Of Phila-
delphia. is more optimistic, and says
when the Catholic vote is sufficiently
strong, the conditions az to nomina-
tions for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency will render it impossible
for any proper candidate to be flung
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