The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
NOTED AMERICAN PRtLATE
CELEBRATES 18TH BIRTHDAY
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month after his ordination he went 90
the front AZ chaplain Of Minnesota
regiment When The war ceased De
returned to ST PAU and was assigned
To the rectorship of the cathedral. Ills
clerical duties did not interfere with
his interest in all movements lOOkin"
TO the public welfare. lie aided in the
development of the northwest by es-
tablishng large colonies OF desirable
| immierants whom ne brought over
| from Europe. He was active i'm the
! temperance cause and was elected
| president of the Total Abstinence TN
| ION of America He was president Of
/ the ST paul Law and order league,
and was said To nave been AN mtlu-
encc In inspiring the famous cncycli-
cal of Pope Leo Kill ON capital ana
labor He was prominent in 1888 la
AN effort To settle the differences be-
tween the United states and Spain
without war ana later he rendered
great service in the cause Of bringing
about reconciliation between the
French republic and the Catholic
church.
Founded Educational Projects.
Will, he has seldom mixed in pol
tiles in the SENSE Of delivering add
dresses and making pleas for one
party of the other, Archbishop ireland
is a man of pronounced opinions on
IAN state and national topics. and eX-
ercses his influence in his own way
but the occasions have been few un
which M felt il his duty to break h.
rule of noninterference one Of these
occasions came in the fan of 1886. IN,
campaign between Mckinley and
Bryan had only about three weeks to
run, and twenty of the leading BUSH
ness men of 81. PAU sent him "a let
ter asking that he give To the public
IL his own way his views regarding
the great question then before tho
, citizcns of the republic. On Ort T.
/ Of that year hc sent To- the country
/ what was then REGARDED as one of th,
great addresses Of the contest, which
/ later ended So overwhelmingly fpl
Mckinley.
Archbishop rcland's identification
with education in the northwest ant
his record as a constructor covers q
wide field In 1885 he established -
Thomas seminary. St. Thomas mill.
tary college also owes it's origin {,
him. while he has aided i'm the es
! Establishment of numerous academic
for boys and girls throughout thi'
! section What he has himself de-
l. Clared TO be the greatest work of hi'
e life is now nearing completion anD
will perpetuate his memory This ia
the building of the two great cath
( edrals in St. Paul and Minneapolis.
a Leads the Simple Life.
r. Plainness appears To bc the grcn
T. prelate's watchWord-m the furnish
1 ings of his home, IN his dress, i'm hi
speech, i'm his acts. The archbisho,
never varies is dress. His suit is o
. plain black. the coat being a Ions
5 Prince Albert. He wears no jeWelr
r whatever and the plainest of linen. Ill
+ sticks to the fashioned boots
9 never having worn pair of shoe
e since his early boyhood days.
At seventy five the archbishop ap
pears to be i'm the prime Of life, bot
j mentally and physically His dali
y life is as simple and transformations a
= II is possible 10 make it. He arise
l. regularly every morning at . o'cluc
. ana rptires not far from 10 o'cloe
: each night. His capacity for Wor
II is wonderful, considering his ycar
il and his enthusiasm as untlagging "a
m the DAYS of his youth.