The Irish standard., 1910-02-19
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Miss Mary Hayden of Dublin, recent
ly appointed professor OF history in the
Dublin College Of the new Catholic
University Of Ireland, IL one Of the
leaders In the Gaelic revival. Her ap-
pointment was obtained by compet-
tive examination. The CathoH1 Uni
versity Of ireland is to be co--educa-
tional in all Its branches, and among
Miss Hayden's pupils will be men in
holy orders. ss. al
Rt. Rev. Mgr. T. J. Capel of Arno,
Cal, recently. lectured on Scriptural
topics, before the Jews of the Pacific
coast and received the heartiest ap-
plause of his Hebrew fellow-citizens.
Mgr. Capel is a scholarly and polished
ecclesiastic and an Englishman by
birth, He figures AZ one Of the lead
ing characters in 'Lothair," one Of the
latest novels Of Disraeli, or Lord Bea-
consfield, the greatest political antag.
onist Of Gladstone in his day. Mgr.
Capel lectured in Minneapolis some
twenty years ago and was listened to
by large audience. He is an able I,
controversialist and q writer Of rec
ognized ability. t,,ss@ ~
Says the Western watchman o. st.
Louis: Archbishop Ireland expects to
add several brilliants to his. metrtpo-
Titan. crown; and he has begun with
two perfect gems: Fathers O'Reilly
and Lawler. Father o'Reilly is one of
the most thorough ecclesiastics In he
country and his work has been of the
most painstaking kind. Father Law
Ter has been a very active and emerge
tic pastor for many years and has
managed the affairs Of the Cathe lral
parish in a way to commend him to
the respect and confidence Of priests
and people. He is a ripe scholar and
a thorough business man, and is the
man for the place to which he has
been assigned.
Arthur j. Balfour, the Unionist Lead
er, says his party will help the .Liber-
ais to pass the budget, hut says moth
ing of the veto of the lords in future
legislation. The Nationalist party led
by Redmond wants to force the issue
| Of the lords veto before the budget and
get that disposed OF before proceeding
| with the budget in parliament. If AS
quith does not give definite guaran-
tee that the lords veto is knocked on
the head before the budget Ii taken up,
the Nationalists lare in a position to
fire him out. The new parliament
opened on Tuesday and IN few days
-Asquith will be compelled to. show his
Inland. psThefopinion PREVAILS among
the Irish everywhere that, he il an art
full dodger.
Speaker Cannon delivered an address
on Abraham Lincoln at Pittsburg, Pa,
on Feb. 10. In the course of his re-
marks he declared that the young men
who read the Republican platform Of
1908 will find in it the platform of
Lincoln in 1860. Granting that the
two platforms are alike (and they are
not) why did not Joe as Speaker of tho
House Of Representatives help to car
ry out the promise "unequivocably"
made Of revising 1.-THE tariff in the in
terest of the people at large? jos did
not refer to the words Of Lincoln in
his Gettysburg speech about this be-
ing "a government Of the people. by
the people, and for the people" Pitts
burg is the proper place for such a
statesman as Cannon to talk on the
Republican party Of today. which has
abandoned the principles Of Lincoln.
Four comets will visit the neighbor-
hood Of the earth this year, in addi-
tion to the new comet which unexpect-
edly paid us q flying visit In January.
The HALEY comet comes in May. Tenn
pei II reaches its nearest point to the
sun next month on Its periodic rounds
and has already been sighted. An-
other comet discovered by Arrest So
years ago and named after him, with
period of 61k years, will reach peri
helion in September. Lastly, Tempel 7,
discovered by Tempel in 1857, will be
seen in November. The new comet Of
last month. which was seen near the
horizon, is a puzzle to the astronomers.
Its spectrum presents new radiations
which they are trying to interpret. A
photograph Of it has been taken in
Paris and the presence Of sodium .is
indicated. Very few persons ever see
Halley's comet twice. az It comes
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