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The Irish standard., 1910-06-11

solved at will? The wedding cere-
mony and the divorce court proceed
ings are routine functions in many
families.
Pope Leo XIII speaking on this
question said: "If age hath any hon
or. or there is authority in our apos-
tolic words, or fatherly solicitude for
common country availeth aught, we
not only warn but even conjure by
everything that is sacred and dear to
those whose elaboration the divorce
law has been submitted that they cease
all further deliberation of it. Let them
remember and seriously consider that
the marriage bond of Christians is
holy, indivisible and perpetual by di-
vine law; nor can that law be abro-
gated by any law of man in any age
whatsoever"
Archbishop Farley speaking on the
same subject says: 1.-THE fate of the
nations that disregard the sanctity of
married life ought to be. warning
for the future. The traveller in Rome
who beholds the ruins of her ancient
civilization is forced to ask how it
came about that so much that was
lofty and beautiful, brave and noble
learned and cultured, marvellous and
stupendous could crumble away into
irreparable disaster. And the student
of history will answer that the canker-
worm of lust had burrowed into the
very vitals of the state; emperors and
senators gloried in unspeakable rites;
the homes of Rome We're desecrated
by the loose morals of her matrons
who cared naught for the honorable
and holy dignity of wifehood and
motherhood"
When will our legislators take a les
son from the teachings of the Cath
Ollie Church? When will the method
which has been successfully applied to
this evil for two thousand years be
recognized on our statute books? The
welfare of the nation depends upon
the sacredness of the home and no
home is secure where husband and
wife do not recognize the indssolu-
bility of the marriage union which
pure and holy love has inspired them
to enter.
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11
EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION,

Very Rev. D. NJ. German of st. Jo-
seph's college,, Dubuque, Iowa, secre-
tary of the College Department of the
Catholic Educational Association, an
nounces the annual meeting of that
organization at Detroit on July 5, 6, Z.
The three principal subjects to be dis
cussed are THE Program of Religious
Instruction for High Schools" "The
Number Of Units Required and Elec-
tive for College Entrance" and THE
Need of Local Organization to Co.
operate with the College Department
of the Associations" A number of pa
pers are to be read by distinguished
educators from some of the principal
colleges of the Northwest. All who
attend the convention will have an
opportunity to discuss these papers and
action will be taken by the convention
to determine the most advisable meth
cd to pursue. The convention will de-
vote one day to addresses and discus
SlOItS ny SdLNOllC ldNlHeI.
The work of this organization de-
serves the consideration and support
of our Catholic educators. All Catholic
schools must. deal more or less with
the same problems. They naturally
enough evolve widely different meth
DDS for the solution of these problems
and the discussions arising from the
presentation of the different methods
and views of these educators must re-
suit in the mutual benefit of the col
leges concerned. This is an age when
the tendency is to consolidate, to unite
forces. to act In unity. If desirable
results can be obtained in other lines
by this plan of action, Catholic edu-
pertinent.
In the past, graduates of Catholic
high schools have often found it diff
cult to enter our state universities
The authorities in these institutions
are inclined to live up to the letter of
the entrance requirements and compel
the graduates OF Catholic schools to
submit to examinations in all the sub
jects required for entrance. The ex-
aminations themselves may be reason
able but when the person who must
take them has pEan out of. school for
three months the matter assumes a
different aspect Catholic educators
should endeavori to remedy this diff
| Guilty.
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11
Scene Of Emmet's Execution.

Mount Drummond Avenue, Harold's
Cross, through which the torchlight
procession to the open-air meetings
in support of Alderman Cottons can
didature for South Dublin passed re-
Gently, was one of the principal scenes
in the tragic history Of Robert Emmett.
1t was in the immediate vicinity of a
large ivy-clad house. on the left as
one enters the avenue from the south
ern side of Clanbrassil Bridge across
the Canal, that Robert Emmett, who
had emerged from his concealment
in the Wicklow Mountains to obtain
a last interview with Sarah Curran
before escaping to France, was arrest
ed by Major SIR on August 16, 1903.
He was in concealment in the house,
and his whereabouts were betrayed to
the authorities by Leonard MacNally,
who was actually his counsel while in
the pay Of the Crown to secure his
conviction when on trial for his life.
Before and after the conviction and
death of Emmett the initials IL. NJ"
Leonard MacNally) peep from the
Secret Service Money Book" On
the very day Emmett was arrested we
read: MIR. Pollock for L. M. 100
pounds Pollock was the man through
| whom the brides for MacNally were
usually paid. The 100 pounds was not
given for the actual capture of En-
met, for in November, 1903, a bulk
sum was paid for thatsservice. 1t was
given for useful information. On
Sept. IA. 1903, four days before EN-
NETS trial, another sum Of 100 pounds
! is set down to L. NJ. in the Secret
Service Money Book. Emmett on his
arrest attempted to escape. He sue
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11
VACATION TIME.

These are the days when city folk
are turning their thoughts to seques-
tered woodland cottages or lake shore
homes where they are to depart from
the smoke and dust of the city to live
for while the simple life. Perhaps
they have in mind stately summer
dwelling or maybe it is only a camp
of hewn logs, plain and rustic, hidden
away under hemlock boughs, overlook
ing a tiny lake. where inviting boats
lay anchored awaiting the evening row.
There where the air is laden with
halsam fragrance and teeming with
germs of health they will spend the
hot days of summer, care-free and
quietly, while the evenings will be de-
voted to mirth and song. 1t would be
we'll if everyone might dream such
dream into a reality, but. of course.
this cannot be, for the inert wheels of
industry require a constant motive
force and, therefore. some of us must
lend a deaf ear to the call of the wild.
There is more good derived from
genuine relaxation, if only for few
days, than can be summed up math-
matically. To get out of the rut of
daily routine and quit mechanical pro-
cesses for while, to commune with
nature, and incidentally be natural
has the effect of busting off this old
orb of earth and giving it a more
wholesome aspect than it ever pre-
scented to our vision before. There is
danger of living too much in ones
self, of forgetting that the world is a
panorama Of beautiful things to the
eye that is properly trained to see.
A little rest is wonderful aid to the
vision in perceiving the pleasant
things about US.
themselves of an opportunity to take
vacation and others whose devotion
to duty or bank account will not per-
NIT them. Those who cannot get away
from their daily business duties may
often spend their free time in a varie-
ty of ways that will offer relief from
the old routine. A drive into the coun-
try or a fishing trip, even if the fish
don't happen to be in biting humor,
will often afford wanted relief from
the burdens of the week. Then there
| is the song of the bird, the noise of
! the brook and the hum of the bee to
| delight the ear and stretches of wood
lands. ferns and flowers to please the
eye which together displace from the
| mind the ballast of depressing thought
and allow it to soar in the pure at
mosphere of heavenly communion.
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J Irish Catholics heap Goals of kindness
on their enemies.

We have all heard good deal about
the illiteracy of the Irish but there
are many who do not realize the differ
ence in the manner in which the Eng
fish census department and our own
classify illiterates. In Ireland every
person five years old and upward who
cannot read or write is placed in the
class of illiterates and yet the English
school laws don't require children to
attend school until they are six years
of age. In the United States the rule
is to class all those who are ten years
of age and over and cannot read or
write as lliteratcs. Is it strange that
the percentage of Irish illiterates
should be SO large compared with that
of other nations? The English must
have a high opinion of the precocity
of the Irish youth when they expect
the babes to read and write at an age
when the average child is just begin
ming to talk intelligently.
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11

VI From Ottawa comes the news that
the Grand Orange lodge of Ontario
East met at Brantford and passed res
olutions strongly objecting to any
change in the accession declaration of
the British sovereign. News from
Dublin, on the other hand, is to the
effect that solemn votive mass was
held in the pro- cathedral at which
distinguished mon from all parts of
ireland were present. The Mass was
offered, according to the laws of the
Church, as "a recognition of the uni
sxersal peace secured by the counsels
iof the late king, that God may direct
the new king in governing his subjects
and that He may grant comfort and
consolatfon to the queen mother and
her family.
a Such Is the manner in which the
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rule is not to be questioned. The &C.
complishment of that end would not bs
long deferred if unified action were
persistently followed.
The recent acclaim of popular SEN
timent in favor Of the course pursued
by the Irish party is a favorable omen.
The disruptionists seemingly have
spent their force and the hope for a
reunited party is again beginning to
shed it's rays over Ireland. The alb
sence of any very disorderly occur
rences at the Cork meeting is to the
credit of all that participated in that
gathering. 1t would be we'll if bitter
ness resulting from party differences
were always kept under proper control.
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11
THE DIVORCE EVIL.

Statistics for the present year show
that for every seven marriages in
Hennepin county there has been one
divorce. During the three terms of
court held in September, 1908, and
January and April, 1909, there were
223 divorce cases tried. During the
September, 1909. and the January and
April terms of this year the appalling
number of 1876 divorce cases have been
tried-an increase of 273 or 122 per
cent in single year. Assuming that
this state of affairs Is to continue
and in order that it may prominent
suffragist leaders of our own city have
lent the impetus of their approval to
the cause-what is going to be the
result?
Let us resort to a few mathemati-
cal deductions. We will take the num-
Der of marriage licenses (2,564) issued
since September 1909, the number of
divorces granted since then (38D and
the percentage of increase in divorce
cases, which we have found to be
about 1872 per cent, as a basis. From
this we see that Is per cent of the
total number of marriages Is failure
or, not to offend those who disagree
with us on what a failure in marriage
is. we will say are legally dissolved.
Assuming that the present rate of in
crease and the number of marriages
per year which we have taken as a
basis will remain constant. these fig
ures go to show that in less than
three years the total number of di-
vorces will equal the number of mar
riages. In this event we presume the
ingenious followers Of the divorce fad
will inaugurate some sort of rain
check idea to be run in connection
with the office of the clerk of the dis
trict court and abolish the Formally
of trial altogether.
This is an alarming divorce record
1t is disgrace to any country in the
civilized world: it is disgrace to the
lawmakers who have taken upon
themselves to pass legislation for dis
solving the hottest. the most sacred
union that God ever sanctioned on
earth. Unthinking people will assert
themselves in favor OF divorce, as was
recently shown in interviews in the
local papers. because in their opinion
1T offers means of escaping the
thralldom of an unhappy life. But
why not go back step further and
seek the cause for SO many unhappy
marriages? Is it not mainly due to
the fact that people have gotten to
look on marriage as a civil contract
which may be entered into or dis
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11
lNDlscRETIoN OF DAILY PAPERS

The manner in which the daily pa
pers of the Twin Cities opened their
columns to the details of an interview
with an insane murderer when the in
formation they were Offering aimed ia
malign the character of dead priest
who was one of the most beloved citi-
zens of South st. Paul, is another in
stance Of the indscretion shown by
daily papers In their eagerness to print
all the news. We use the word indis-
erection because we do not think the
papers in question felt that they were
doing anything more than fulfilling
their mission.
1t is the business of the daily papers
to get the news. Reporters are paid
for that purpose. 1t is their duty to
get a story wherever they can and
however they can and little attention
is paid to the contents of the story
other than to eliminate those things
that would be injurious to the papers
from business standpoint. We do
not question the daily papers on their
right to disseminate the news but we
do maintain that there are sources of
news which are to be avoided. If a
noted inebriate. double murderer
mentally depraved, If not mentally un-
balanced, is not such a source OF in
formation we question the daily papers
on their standard. II the information
thus obtained were not calumnious 1t
would be different matter. But to
print columns of defamatory rubbish
from the lips of a raving murderer
matter that contained the germ of sus-
picion as to the integrity of a man
whose character, in the words of those
who lived closest to him and knew him
best, was beyond reproach-certainly
does not reflect credit on our dailies.
This is not an exceptional case. The
same sort of thing goes on day after
? day. News is perishable commodity;
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11
GEORGE v.
And the Oath He Will Soon Have to
Take,

And the Oath He Will Soon Have to
Take.
When King George v of England ap-
pears for the first time before his first
Parliament, says the New York Free
mans Journal, he will Gf he do not
disobey the law take an oath which
has been taken by all the sovereigns
of England for two hundred years
past at their accession to the throne.
That oath is in the following words:
IT, George. do solemnly and sim
cerely, and in the presence of~6od,
profess. testify, and declare that I do
believe that in the Sacrament of Our
Lords Supper there Is not any sub
sanitation of the elements of bread
and wine into the body and blood Of
Christ at or after the conservation
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11

The pastoral letters just issued by
the fathers of the First Plenary Coun-
ell of Quebec has this to say about the
curse of intcmperance: among the
social evils which have already
wrought untold harm in our country,
we wish especially to single out in
temperance. Few are the vices more
prolific in destructiveness than it is:
none there is that opens more surely
and more rapidly the way to every
abasement. physical, intellectual and
moral Alcohol is a poison whose aw-
full property 1t is to attack at the same
time both soul and body. of which it
paralyZes every energy and dries up
every life spring. The gross, Unsuitable
and abnormal appetite that it develops
i'm the sense is one of the most degrad-
ing and the most hopeless passions
known to men. Its victims are an OBJ
iect of scandal and horror to society,
until at last they go to swell the list
of those who fill up hospitals and in
sane asylun,s.
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1t grows stale quickly, therefore ii
must be handled hastily This haste
in handling too often takes precedence
over all other considerations and inno-
cent people must often suffer as a re-
suit of the thoughtessness Of others
Those who are responsible for the
news that goes before the public should
not in the rush of business overlook
their obligations to those whom the
sponsibility. The fires of suspicion
once kindled may, never be wholly
quenched and a ruined reputation will
ever retain it's tarnsh.
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11

Chancellor Day of Syracuse unver-
sity believes that automobiles are be-
coming a curse to the country. In adj
dressing the graduating class of the
university he said: Young mechanics
and clerks and business men who need
all their capital are mortgaging their
homes by the thousands and losing
their positions often by their infatua-
ton with this form of pleasure" Nor
would it be so bad If these infatuated
beings were content with running
themselves. The yearly fatalities due
to the lack of judgment of frenzied
drivers have reached an enormous fig
lure. The automobile properly used
fills purpose as we'll as the street car
or locomotive but placed in the hands
of irresponsible persons 1t is certainly
becoming q bane to the country.
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11
MR.. REDMoND's mNvAsloN."

The return of Mr. Redmond to Cork
last week was greeted by burst of
enthusiasm which the Irish dispatches
liken to that aroused by the return of
Parnell to the Southern Capital about
twenty-five years ago. Mr.. O'Bren
he designated Mr.. Redmond's visit,
saying that it should be a signal for
Il demonstration of popular disapproval
of the policy of the man who bids fair
to carry the cause of the Irish Party
to success Mr.. O'Brien, however
should have Seen dazzed into acuules-
cent silence by the demonstration
which resulted. for it not only was
not a demonstration of popular dis
approval. bat rather an outburst of
enthusia om which showed plainly that
the policies of Mr.. Redmond have the
hearty cooperation of the masses in
Ireland.
In order to countcract the effect
which Mr.. Redmonds visit might have
In Cork the opposing faction prepared
for counter demonstration for the
, same day. The attendance which
greeted the vituperous declaration of
the leaders OF the latter movement was
! travesty OH patriotism as compared
| with that which received with pro-
1onp-oI lojr 40
defense of the action of the Irish par
ty in Parliament by Messrs. Redmond
and his colleagues.
MIR. Redmond called attention to the
dishonesty of the criticism which has
been directed toward the leaders of the
party in their struggle with the House
of Lords: he showed that the course
which they had taken in their fight
for home rule was without alternative.
He went further and stated that the
course which the Irish party has pur-
sued cannot be abandoned in the pres
ent crisis in England. The quiet in
| the agitation for home rule can be only
momentary. AS leader of the Irish
party Mr. Redmond proposes to follow
bold. determined policy in forcing
the government to advance along the
lines of Mr.. Asquith's promise with
the result that the veto of the House
of Lords must inevitably be abolished
and home rule secured for Ireland.
The greatest bane to the cause of
Ireland in every movement that has
grown to promising proportions is the
disruption that has almost invariably
come when the time for its fruition
was at hand. With the Irish forces in
| Parliament properly united the failure
of the Irish cause would be Impossible.
Tho justice of Ireland's right to HON
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11

The recent action of the Minnesota
state council of the knights of Col
umbus in contributing the sum of $20,-
900 to the College of ST. Thomas is
another example of the commendable
work which that organization has
been doing ever since its establish
ment here. In helping the cause of
Catholic education the knights Of
Columbus are doing work which de-
serves the cooperation of all our peo-
pie. The institution to which they
have contributed is deserving of their
support. The College of st. Thomas
has tripled it's attendance within the
past nine or ten years. 1t now holds
high rank among the Catholic col
leges of the country. 1t Is doing a
great work in training the Catholic
boys of the Northwest and the aid
which the knights of Columbus are
giving it rebounds to the credit of that
society
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11

zone of the characteristics of the
Republican party said President
Taft recently, "is its ability to do
things" The president might have
improved his diction by substituting
"the people for things
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11
ANENT THE GovERNoRsHIP.


There have been no recent develop
ments in the political situation in
Minnesota so far as the governorship
is concerned. Governor Eberhart looms
from present indications there is ev
cry reason to believe that he will be
the unanimous choice Of the conven-
ton soon to assemble. Governor Eber-
hart, while not man whose person.
ality would mark him as force to be
reckoned with in the fall campaign,
nevertheless has elements of popular
ity, and with a united party behind
him, as now seems probable, he is 60
ing to prove strong candidate.
In the Democratic camp the situa-
ton is purely speculative. ExGov-
ernor Lind has been prominently
mentioned, but this talk has only re-
suited in bringing forth a statemen:
from that gentleman saying he does
not. want the nomination. II Mr.. Lind
We're disposed to accept it he not only
would be the choice of the party but
there is good reason to believe he
would be the choice of the people next
November. A man of signal ability
able and fearless. Minnesota never had
Lind and his return to the position
would be hailed with delight by the
citizens of this commonwealth regard
less of party Affiliations.
| AS an inducement for him to recon
slider his determination not to enter
the gubernatorial race it has been
pointed out to Mr.. Lind that his cleo
ton would mean his advancement
from the governorship to a seat in the
United States senate, where the brill
liant ex-governor would certainly
prove the peer of any man in that
great legislative body. However, Min
nesota has not been in the habit of
choosing Democratic legislatures and
it is pretty fair to believe that what
has happened heretofore along legis-
lativc lines will again be repeated in
this state next November. One of the
most important questions to come be-
| fore the voters in Minnesota in the
coming campaign will be that of coun-
| ty option, which the so-called leaders
eliminate from the canvass, but Whicr
will not down and should be met with
in an open and candid manner. Failure
to do so will simply mean a larger Re-
publican majority in the Legislature
than is usually given and it is never
very small in this state. AS we view ii
the inducement thrown out to Mr.. Line
is not only misleading, but strikingly
i insincere and dishonest. The governor.
ship can be reached by him, which he
does not want nor for which we dc
not believe he will become a candidate
but the United States senate, where
! all Mtllnesotans would be proud to sec
him, cannot be reached by him nor BY
any Democrat until Minnesota shat
choose to elect it's senator's by the
| popular vote. That at least is GU,
Judgment OF the situation.
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11

The Pope recently witnessed AZ
his life. The machine was invented
by priest of Spoleto who delighted
the Holy Father by soaring in j,
above the Vatican gardens. The Holy
Father congratulated the aviator
warmly on the success Of his demon-
stration.