The Irish standard., 1909-11-06

in PASSING


Inc OH4teo Cand0a OF Ottawa, Ont,
of which Hon. John d. Grace is pro-
prietor, has come to hand and is placed
on the exchange list. We accord it =
hearty welcome after a long absence
from, our desk and hope it will arrive
regularly in future. 1t is in its twenty
first year and is therefore in it's ma
independent weekly journal, and an
able advocate of Irish nationality. We
congratulate it on it's fine appearance.
Judge Grosscup Of Chicago is not
only opposed to female suffrage but he
is in favor of imparting religious in
struction in the public schools. 1.-The
need for spiritual education" says the
Judge, "is a vital need for the future
of the nation. Jesus Christ should not
be barred from the schools" AS the
| public schools are now conducted, re-
| ligious instruction is eliminated. The
mental and physical powers of the
child are developed while the moral
faculties are neglected. Such educa-
ton 10 not conducive to good citizen
ship.
| Matthew Cummings and his ofhciN
confreres Of the A. o. H. have recently
suspended from the Hibernian order
Mr.. James T. Carroll, editor of the
Catholic Columbian, who acted for two
terms as national secretary of that pa
triotic organization. Mr.. Carroll was
guilty Of criticising adversely the atti-
tude of President Cummings on the
Irish question and upholding the cause
of Home Rule in his influential paper.
The president of the United States
does not escape criticism, and surely
it is not to be presumed that the presi-
dent of the A. o. H. must be endorsed
in everything he says and does.
II an interview. T. P. 0'connor says:
| II have never written a line that will
live after me-" Newspaper writing is
ephemeral and lives but a day. IF
haG started and continued" he says,
Eat the writing of novels or of plays,
l might have achieved something moro
enduring than the leading article :'r
the sketch in the newspaper that is
bought at Mansion house station and
left in cabs at Charing Cross" T. P.
O'Connor has written hundreds Of
miles of copy for newspaper readers
but nothing for posterity. Therefore
he will soon be forgotten after his
death.
The Chicago Tribune, referring to
President Taft's voice giving out on
the Mississippi river trip, says that
VIM. ]. Bryan's voice would have held
out had he been in Tatt's place. OF
course it would. Bryan's voice is of
remarkable power. He has spoken
more in public than any living Ameri-
can, and his vocal organs have never
gone back on him. Perhaps if he had
talked less during the last campaign
he would now be occupying Taft's po-
sition. His great speech on the Gross
of Gold" will be remembered when
Taft is forgotten, after KS brief term
of Office. The resonant, mellifuous
voice of Bryan has charmed millions
and yet he is only a private citizen.
7. B. Fitzpatrick, one of the most
successful business men Of Boston, and
treasurer of the United Irish League
Of America, contributed $1,000 to Erins
cause at the T. P. O'Connor meeting
in that city. His wife, MaSy G. Fitz-
patrick, his daughter, Bessie S. Fitz-
patrick, and his four sons, Francis NJ,
Paul E., Thomas M. and William =.
Fitzpatrick, subscribed 500 each. Il
WISH" said M. J. Ryan, president OF
way from Philadelphia to preside at
the meeting, that my friend, F1tzpat-
rick, had more children" T. P. O'Con-
ror says of Fitzpatrick: "He Is
strange combination. of Ireland and ct
Massachusetts,. He has an Irishmans
geniality, he has the New Englanders
Puritanisn: it is Calvinism blended
with Catholicism" May the tribe of
Fitzpatrick increase and multiply, and
may his example be followed - many
other wealthy Irish-Americans in the
United States.
| During the undertaking campaign
just closed in New York, Archbishop
Farley found it necessary to vindicate
his pensioners from the vile charges
contained in McClure's Magazine. At
the laying of the corner stone of st.