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The Irish standard., 1908-05-23
THE SITUATION TO DATE.

The supporters Of Governor John
sou t'r the presidential nomination
SAID e few days ago that they would
knew where they were at before the pri-
Alabama primaries. Everyone else
knew here !hey were at before the nri-
marles, Alabama has voted in favor
OF the Bryan delegates at the direct
primary held throughout the state bv
vote of : to 1, yet the anti-Bryan
people profess to see in this result an
overwhelming sentiment against Rry-
an This announcement leads us to
oe'evc that these people will never
really kno" where they are at. There
is no. a particle Of doubt that at least
as large percentage as rs per cent
or the Democrats of this country be-
lieve absolutely in Mr. Bryan and the
principles which he advocates. These
voters represent that portion of the
Democratic party which cannot be de-
celVed by misrepresentation nor inf,u-
enced by interests tha. are not Demo-
cratic. The proportion in Alabama is
very much the same as the proportion
throughout the Union. OF all the
Southern states Alabama, with its
mining ana manufacturing interests,
owned and controlled principally by
the steel trust would be the state
where we most would expect a strong
opposition to Mr. Bryan. 1t is partic-
ularly fortunate that at least one
Southern -tate held d direct primary
where the people could express their
sentiment
pennsylvania, tho home of the trusts.
IN April held a direct primary and at
those primaries So out of Ga district
delegates to Denver We're elected on
the Bryan ticket. vet OH last wednes-
day the state convention at Harris
burg refused to instruct the four DEL
egates at iarge from Pennsylvania for
Mr.. Bryan. The contest in the state
convention developed into a question
OF whether or not Guffey. the present
national committeeman and the Dem
ocratic boss of Pennsylvania, should
remain In control and the boss proved
too streng because of the personal hold
that he had upon the convention. That
illustrates the difference between the
direct Urinary and the convention. The
delegates which the people of Pennsyl
vania elected are for Bryan. The dele
gates which the state convention sends
to Denver are uninstructed.
Michigan. which has been placed in
the anti-Rryan column. on Wednesday
The Irish standard., 1908-05-23
MIRACLES AT LoURDES,
Recent Cures Which Have Been Can
onicaIly Established.

His Eninence Cardinal Andriere,
Bishop of Marseilles, has published a.
decree establishing as miraculous, after
all the due canonical fornalitics had
been complied with, the cure of Sister
Macmillan of an enormous cystia
tumor of the liver. complicated by a
grave and painful phlebitis of the left
leg. Her state was SO dangerous that
the doctors declined to attempt an
operation. Brought to Lourdes, sho
was suddenly cured on May 20, 1901.
and since that date has suffered no
recurrence of either of the maladies
with which she had been afflicted.
His Eninence Cardinal Lucons,
Archbishop of Rheims. has just given
canonical judgments affirming the
miraculous character of the cure of
Marie Therese Noblot, afflicted with
Potts disease. She arrived in Lourdes
in most alarming state, and suffered
most atrocious pain. On August 30,
1907. she was suddenly cured at the
entrance of the Hospice of Our Lady of
the Seven Dolours. His Eminence at
tests that this cure was accompanic /,
by all the circumstances required by
Pope Benedict XIV. for pronouncing it
miraculous.
The Irish standard., 1908-05-23

unanimously instructed its IS dele
gates to vote for Mr. Bryan at Den
ver until he was nominated. California
on Wednesday instructed its 20 dele
gates for Bryan FIRST, last and all the
time Washington on the same day
instructed its 10 delegates for Bryan.
adding first, last. and all the time
Where. may We ask, is the anti
Bryan territory? Every state in the
middle West and North except Minne-
sofa has "lready instructed for Bry-
an. Every state in the West which has
held its convention has instructed for
Bryan. Every state in the South,
which has spoken. has instructed for
Bryan Every state in the East that
has instructed for anybody, has in
structed for Bryan. except Delaware
alone. If this overwhelming senti-
ment against Bryan exists in the DEM
ocratic party. why does it not express
itself in some place. The truth of the
matter is tf'at The people Of the coun-
try have been shamefully misled by
newspapers to which they pay SUBJ
scriptions for getting the news. In
view cf the fact that the daily news
papers refuse to give any accurate in
formation as to what the states have
already done, we give here list of the
states which have already held their
conventions and the action taken. The
following states with the following
delegates have instructed for Bryan:
Alabama. %; California. 20; Illinois,
"a; Indiana. 80; Iowa. 2e; Kansas, 20:
Massachusetts,. Sc; Michigan. 2s; Mis-
souri,. So: Nebraska, 16: Ohio. 46;
North Dakota, s, Oklahoma, IA: South
Carolina. 1s; South Dakota. 8: Wash
ington. 10; Wisconsin 26; Wyoming.
6; Alaska. c; Hawaii. 6-Total 432
The following states have sent un-
instructed delegates:
Connecticut, "A; New Jersey, "a;
New York. IS; Pennsylvania. dele
gates at large: Rhode Island, s-To-
tall 1928.
Delaware, With votes instructed
for Gray.
Minnesota. with % delegates, in
structed for johnson.
To the cbove total for Mr.. Bryan
should be added 50 of the district
delegates from Pennsylvania, who
were elected on Bryan tickets. This
gives him total up to date of 4S4
votes, With about twenty states yet
to hold their conventions. it is plain
to he seen that Mr.. Bryan will go into
the national convention at Denver
with ever 200 Of the 1902 votes in
structcl for him.
The Irish standard., 1908-05-23

has succeeded in doing, but also to
, encourage the study of it, In this he
was only following out what he said
! IN public address two years before:
We Americans take just pride in thu
development of our great universities.
ana more and more we are seeking to
provide for creative and original work
IN these universities. l hope that an
earnest effort will be made to endow
chairs in American universities for the
study of Celtic literature. 1t is only
in recent years that the extraordinary
wealth and beauties of the old Celtic
sagas have been appreciated, and we
of America. who have so large Gel
tic strain in our blood. can not afford
to be behindhand in the work of add
ing to modern scholarship by bringing
within its ken the great Celtic litera.
! ture of the past
Irish is still spoken by about ESQ.,
600 persons in Ireland, the Scottish
; Gaelic is spoken by more than 200, 700
persons. and the Welsh by nearly L.
100000 persons. The Breton of Brit
, tany is spoken by about 100000 per-
sons. besides 100000 who can speak
nothing else.
Besides the Catholic University,
whose course DR.. Dunn was instru-
mental in starting. Celtic forms a
study in the British Isles and Ireland,
at Berlin. Freiburg, Lepsic. Paris,
Rennes. Oxford and Edinburgh. In
the United States it is taught at Har-
ward and Columbia. The Catholic Uni
versity. through the munifcence of the
Society of Hibernians. is soon to be
endowed with scholarships for students
of Celtic. DR.. Dunn has practically
completed translation of what the
President has pronounced the most
famous romance Of ancient Ireland
and in his introduction he has ex-
pressed his high appreciation of the
Presidents assistance and the hone
that further contributions will come
from his pen."
The Irish standard., 1908-05-23
Chickens Of Leisure.

Mrs. Goldvein. of Cripple Creek
having unexpectedly come into a for
tune through a lucky strike, set up a
country home near Denver. where she
lived in style. One day. while she
was showing some of her old-time
friends about the place they came to
the poultry yard.
What beautiful chickens!" the vis-
itors exclaimed.
"Al prize fowls.'' haughtily ex-
planned the hostess.
DO they lay every day?'' was the
next question.
"Oh, they could. of course" was
the reply. but in our position it is
not necessary for them to do so."-
Lippincott's
The Irish standard., 1908-05-23
OF PRIESTS AND MIN.
lSTERS COMPARED,

A recent issue of the Newark, N. j.,
Monitor contained the following refer.
cnce to salaries paid Catholic priests
and Protestant. ministers, drawing an
apt comparison:
We are surprised to read in the daily
press that the salary of the rector of
Trinity church. New York city, is
$4,000 year. 1t would be interest
list of this great religious corpora
ton. But a recent article in a promi-
nent magazine informs us that no re-
port of the finances Of Trinity Church
Corporation is ever made public and
that their entire management rests
with few officials who own responsi.
hility to no one
The salary of the rectors of the
Catholic churches in New York CITY
will not pass one thousand dollars.
Anropos of this comparison we quote
the following from the Extension Ma
gazine:
Hollis w. Field. a writer in the Chi
cago Tribune, recently gave some fig
uras illustrative of high salaries re-
ceived by Catholic priests and Pro-
testant ministers. and incidentally he
made the remarkable statement: "It
is recognized in the Roman Catholic
Church that the figure of an INDECENT
priest anywhere in the country is yir-
tually unkonwn This statement is on
a Iar with many other statements con-
corning things Catholic to be found in
the secular press. If Mr.. Field and his
Journalistic corferres would go to the
trouble of investigating conditions be-
tore writing about them. they would
not lay themselves open to the charge
of Grass ignorance. In his own city
(Chicago). for instance. Mr.. Field will
find that The Catholic Extension So
ciety' has applications from hundreds
of priests who, far from having
decent salary. are dependent upon
charity. for their subsistence. Onlv a
lew months ago. a priest from the
South came to Chicago and was re-
fused hospitality at the door of his
brother priests for no other reason
than that he had the appearance of a
tramp. and they concluded that he
was an impostor. This priest the fol-
lowing 111nrripr
of the Extension Society. and one of
the statements made by him was: IL
never saw cent of salary" Many
a tramp wears better clothes than did
this priest A new suit OF apparel was
the immediate result of his visit, and
he returned to his Southland and wrote
back words of gratitude he could not
utter.
There are many priests in this coun-
try situated as this one from the South
'hrH arc itinerant priests, laborng in
the neglected corners among the Door
SO miserably supported that they lust
~ deserve to be called mendicants
Therc are thousand priests in the
West and the South, the Northwest
and the Southwest. whose income is
hardly sufficient TO keep body and soul
together. They live in novels and sleep
ofttimes in the open. with the ground
for a pillow and the sky as cover. They
90 without food for days and are often
compelled to- cool. their own meals
when there is anything to cook.
The Irish standard., 1908-05-23

The selection of Senator .Ullius
Caesar Burrows OF Michigan as tenn
porary chairman of the Republican
national convention, instead of Senator
was said to be the Presidents choice,
has aroused considerable discussion,
More Importance is given to the mat
ter than it deserves. Perhaps vocal
considerations alone controlled. Botf,
these senator's are noted for their flow
CT language, but Beveridges is {,
screech whistle. while Burrows is a
fog horn.
The Irish standard., 1908-05-23
BRYAN AND THE NEWSPAPERS

The New York Sun must realize
what a great many other people have
known for some time. that the sup
port of the so-called great newspapers
Of the country is a detriment to a
political candidate. Next to Mr.. Bry-
ans great ability and the purity and
integrity OF his character, nothing has
helped SO much to endear him to the
hearts of his followers as the abuse
which has been heaped upon him by
papers like the New York Sun, and
now 1t appears that the publication
mentioned really realizes that it, to-
gcther with other papers of it's kind,
have been working for the last twelve
years to nalse Mr.. Bryan popular. We
quote:
"Curiously enough. we already know
that the Republican managers are
bending every effort to secure the nom-
ination of Bryan by the Democrats.
This is to smooth the path of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's present schemes AMI
make Taft's election sure. The money
spent in Minnesota to break John A..
Johnson's grip. other expenditures in
], Massachusetts, and elsewhere, to check
the anti-Br.an rlovement-these are
indications not to he mistaken. In the
South nothing has been said or done
by outside operators who trust to
mingled ignorance and hysteria. The
fact remains that the great corpora :
stions are giving up their money where
1T will be used for the cause. not to
elect Bryan but only to nominate him,
thus paving the way for Taft's cleo
.tion to make a White House holiday
Have the columns of editorial abuse
which jhave appeared in the New York
Sun, the New York World and every
sRepublican newspaper in the land
been paid for by the great corpora.
tions? Is that the means which the
corporations have taken to make Mr.
The Irish standard., 1908-05-23

A significant dispatch appeared in
the Minneapolis Journal from its
Washington correspondent. in which
it Is claimed that the reactionaries of
the Republican party have at last been
forced to admit that the President
will control the nomination at the Chi
cago convention. but that they expect
to write the platform. In answer to
that threat comes the reply from he
Roosevelt Republicans that if pro.
gressive platform is not written at
Chica 80 one will be written at Den
Yer. These are hard days for that
class of men in both parties who used
to control conventions and write plat
forms. The people have discharged
them and are doing that work them
selves.
The Irish standard., 1908-05-23
SOME CHURCHES OF ROME.
Impressions Of Prominent Protestant
Tourist.

ourlSt.
Old st. Peters looks around upon a
slsterhood of churches. many of them
centuries older than herself, and all of
them filled with rare frescoes and mo-
saics which it would take a lifetime to
study with care. a new church, like a
new book. for every day of the year!
Ruskin has written of the stones of
Venice. What an interesting volume
could be made about the stones of
Rome, Says w. B. Harlow in the
Christian Register,
Where did all these beautiful mar
bles that are so exquisitely set in the
walls OF all these old churches come
from? There are whole columns en-
crusted with green malachite from
Russia, formed into curious wayy nat
terms by delicately matched sections.
There are whole chapels paneled with
Slclllan jasper. with porphyry from
Sardinia verde antique lapis- lazuli,
and chalcedony from Asia Minor and
Greece. the yellow marble from Siena.
the pure white and the alabaster from
the vicinity of Pisa, where whole
mountains are cleaning in the sun
with their wealth of precious stone,
There are the rose-colored marbles
and the Lumachella; in fact. all the
colors of the rainbow are lighted by
the dim rays that shine through the
lofty windows of the old churches of
Rome.
One is inclined to think that the
spirit Of devotion and sacrifice that
built these old houses of worship may
have been a thing of the past But
no! st. Jerolomo, the newest church
in the city and only IA years old, COM
pares we'll with her more ancient sis
ters. Here every chapel is furnished
by different nation. The church
itself was erected with American
money, and the American chapel bears
the Stars and Stripes above it's beau
tiful altar. Then the old church of
andrea della Vale has been entirely
redecorated during the past year. 1t
stands upon the site of a part of Pom
pey's theater and of the curia where
the Roman senate held their meeting
at the time julius Caesar was assas-
sinated. The altar front is inlaid with
emerald and other prismatic stones.
One of the chapels. to the memory of
the famous Strozzi family, was de-
signed by Michel Angelo himself and
is rich in variegated marbles and
chaste sculptures.
The French Catholic Church. st.
Luigi del Francesi. built 319 years ago.
is ceiled with glowing frescos and be-
meath its pavement is buried Claude
Lorraine. the celebrated French paint-
or. whose remains. after resting 157
years in another Roman church. were
at fast placed here by his countrymen
in 1921
The Pantheon. the oldest church Of
Rome. with it's round eve looking
heavenward. was built by the Consul
Agrippa. 1885 years ago. for his tomb.
No one knows where his ashes now
are. but today here rests the spiritua,
Raphael. and also the painters Han
nibal Caracci and Peruzzi, one of the
builders of st. Peters. Here. too
are the tombs of Kings Victor E,n,n-
uel II. and Humhert. decked with fresh
honors.
Not so far away stands the on,v
Gothic Roman Catholic Church in tha
ciy-St. Mary. above Minerva, where
once stood "A temple of the beathen
goddess Here near the high altar is
Michael Angeles celebrated marble
The Irish standard., 1908-05-23
A CHANGE NEEDED.

Twenty-Five years ago IL was con-
sidered virtue in Congrcssmen TO
watch the public treasury and keen
the appropriations within bounds.
There are some people who still re-
member Representative Holman of In
diana. who was for many years at the
head of the Appropriations Commit
tee. and who gained national repu-
tation for his efforts in guarding the
public treasury. He was known
throughout the country as 1.-The watch
dog Of the treasury" A great change
mas come over the country. Public
officials who now demand economy in
governmental expenses are called
small Americans" There are those
nigh in public office. including the
President of the United States. who
speak Of those who oppose lavish ex-
penditures in belittlng terms. We are
told that this is a great and rich ma
ton and that it can afford to have any,
thing and everything.
If treasury figures are any jndica-
ton. it may not be many months before
this country will be confronted with
serious deficit. Chairman Tawney of
the House Appropriations Committee.
has at last issued a warning cry At
the end of April the treasury showed
deficit of $4,000, 900. as con,n,red
with a surplus OF over s55.Ooo Ooo +,
year ago, making difference of s1o5,-
The Irish standard., 1908-05-23
THE PRESIDENT AND IRISH LIT.
ERATURE.

Iiesluelit ftOOSeNell Is popular WIN
people of Irish descent. because of his
personality. the eminent fairness Of
his character, and the interest which
he has shown in Irish affairs Dr.
Joseph Dunn. professor of the Gaelic
language at the Catholic University
of Washington, says that the Prcsi-
dent has been vital force in the re-
vival of the interest in the study Of
Gaelic. Professor Dunn says that the
Presidents article on the Irish sagas
published in the Century Magazine
some months ago acquainted thou.
sands Of readers for the first time that
there was such thing as an Irish
literature. The Professor is quoted
in the New York Tribune as saying:
1T was undoubtedly due to this ar
ticle that the edition of the magazine
was soon exhausted, leaving copies Of
1t at a premium. The President saw
clearly that the subject of Celtic study
is one that is. in some way bound up
with the history of the origin of a
large part of the population Of the
United States. and that it has for this
reason particular interest We have
inherited far more than we dream
from our ancestors, and he felt that a
study Of the past would put the de-
scendants in independent possession
of what they have inherited from their
forefathers. He intended that they
should have a richer and deeper un-
derstanding of themselves.
1T is we'll worth while to quote one
Of his opinions regarding ancient Irish
literature and the sagas. They de-
serve the President wrote. the re-
search which can be given only by the
lifelong effort Of trained scholars. They
should be studied for their poetry, as
countless scholars have studied those
early literatures' 1t clearly shows the
Presidents understanding of his sub
ject that he should have pointed out
the fact that these ancient Irish tales
date back to purely pagan Ireland.
FOR 1t is this more than anything else
which makes this literature valuable
from a historic point of view. In the
Welsh and Irish we have the oldest
vernacular poetry and the most ancient
native records of Western Europe. In
some respects the stage of culture
1nlrrored in this literature had its
roots much further back than those Of
the Homeric Greeks. Neither the Ger
mans nor the Slavs are able to produce
any such pictures of their wild. pre-
historic times as can the Irish In the
time of which President Roosevelt
writes, Ireland was. to quote his own
words. a world to herself and as a
historical monument of the past the
literature of the Celt offers undoubted-
" an interest of the first order.
The Presidents purpose in making
public his study of the ancient Irish
sasas was not only to make known to
the great reading public this great
body of tradition and beautiful lore.
which his article. more than any other,
The Irish standard., 1908-05-23

100000. Mr.. Tawney predicts that at
the end of the fiscal year in June the
deficit will reach $6O,Oo0,OOO or $685..
100000. as contrasted with surplus
of ss7,OOo.ooO a year, difference Of
$3.50, 100000.
This situation is due almost entire
ly to increased governmental expenses.
The expenses for April. 1908. were
nearly sl2.0OO.ooO in excess of the ex-
penses for the same month in 1907.
The Republican press is beginning to
realize that a deficit at the opening
of presidential campaign is an awk-
ward thing. The New York Globe says:
I'VE have set up the most extrava-
gant government the world has ever
known. and year by year we are max
ing 1t more eXtravagant 1t is un-
popular to talk economy. 1t is held
to indicate smallness of mind. Is not
this the richest country in the world ?
Can't we afford to have what we want.
when we want it? The older. genera
ton thought that one of the prime OBJ
jects of administration was to keep
expenditures down. Parties and pub
lie men boasted of what is now sneered
at as cheese pairing. Now the man
who opposes appropriations in order
to gain popular applause is likely to
find himself considered a narrow
minded old fogey. who is out of place
in Il generous age
The same paper calls the admins
tration of President Roosevelt the most
expensive the country has ever known
during time of peace. II calls at
tention to the fact that the President
mas written more messages than any
other President and vet he has never
issued warning against extravaganza
IN federal expenditure, but on the other
hand, has several times shown ex-
treme impatience when it was sug-
gested that. while, particular thing
might be good. perhaps the govern
iiletit COulQ not anOrd 1t,
With the people all over the country
demanding A revision of the tariff as a,
relief against high prices for the ne
cessities of life. and growing deficit
under the present tariff schedule, the
country is certainly in serious con-
dltion. and the next administration
may find itself embarrassed in the
same way that Cleveland's second adj
mlnlstratlon was. The whole thought
or those in charge of public expendi-
lures at the present time is how to
increase taxation and the revenue. No
thought. whatever. is given to economy
III expenditure. This is rich coun-
try, but 1T is easy to conceive how the
richest country in the world can be
so extravagant that it will be con-
tinually facing an empty treasury. AL
though the cost of living. due to in
creased taxation, is constantly grow
ing greater. Would not a Democratic
House of Representatives, which would
elect some good tariff reformer to Sue
ceed Cannon, and who would appoint
some watch dog of the treasury"
such as Holman Of Indiana in his day
was. to head the appropriations COM
mittee. be a good change to make at
this time?