The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-04-23
STILL TALKING ABOUT IT.

Notwithstanding the fact that
Roosevelt himself declared that the
Vatican incident is closed, his private
secretary, John Callan O'Laughlin, who
accompanies the African hunter in his
peregrinations, keeps still referring to
it in his letters to the Chicago Tribune.
Who is this O'Laughlin? The New
World of Chicago gives the answer as
follows: r
HE was formerly an assistant Sec
rotary of state and still pines for the
flesh pots Of Egypt. At present he
seems to be engaged as Mr.. Roose-
velt's press agent and with his servile,
highly colored and disgustingly laud-
atory articles, he expects probably to
gain another secretaryship."
We must say that OI-aughlin makes
US tired" to use an expressive vulgar
ism. He is the emissary who called
on CARDINAL Merry Del Val in behalf
of Roosevelt and said his master was
just the kind of man who would call
on the Methodists whether the Pope
liked it or not, though Roosevelt at
ing telegram which O'Laughlin, as his
private secretary, was careful not to
give for publication:
His Holiness will be much pleased
to grant an audience to Mr.. Roosevelt,
for whom he entertains great esteem,
both personal and as ex-president Of
the United States. His Holiness quite
recognizes Mr. Roosevelt's entire right
to freedom of conduct. On the other
hand, in view of circumstances for
which neither his Holiness nor Mr..
Roosevelt is responsible, the audience
could not take place except on the
understanding expressed in the for
mer message.
No answer was ever received to that
telegram by Cardinal Merry del Val,
and yet O'Laughlin thought because
he was Catholic he could obtain per-
mission for Roosevelt to trample on
the etiquette of the papal court. OF
course, he suppressed the quoted words
in his dispatch to the Chicago Tri-
bune.
When OLaughlin was asked by the
Cardinal, "Can you guarantee that Mr..
Roosevelt won't go to the Methodists
here?" he replied. II cannot. Indeed,
believe Mr.. Roosevelt is just the man
to go there. He will do as he pleases."
Cardinal del Val then said to O'Laugh-
lin: 1T is indefensible for any per-
son to ask to be received by a great
parsonage whose feelings he is I'M
willing to respect" and he added that
Mr.. Roosevelt himself, when Presi-
dent declined to receive people uncon-
ditionally at the White House.
Though the dispatches that passed
between Roosevelt and the Vatican
were confidential and therefore UNI
known to the public, Mr.. Roosevelt,
through O'Laughlin. gave the whole
thing to the world after carefully ex-
punging the very essential and i'm
portant words that appear in quota
ton marks. We find them given in
Reuters telegram to the London Daily
Mail. No comment is necessary at
this time on such proceeding. Facts
speak for themselves.
That O'Laughlin is solicitous for the
future political welfare of his master
is evident from the fact that he omit
ted to mention what Roosevelt said
after Triple had issued his insulting
proclamation against the Catholic
Church. The special Roman CORE
spondent of the New York Sun reports
that at Ambassador Leishman's recep-
ton. Mr.. Roosevelt gave vent to his