The Irish standard., 1914-02-14

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Cardinal Gibbons on BenevoIence.
The vigorous advertising campaign
In many of the cities for "Goto-church
Sunday" resulted in a greatly in
creased attendance at all the principal
churches recently.
At the Cathedral in Baltimore Car
dinal Gibbons preached on THE Law
of Practical Benevolence." He said
in part:
eve are all mutually and reciprocal
ly dependent on one another, just as
the organs of our body are sustained
by one another. AS an injury to one
organ involves shock to the entire
human system, so should the commu.
nifty at large feel practical sympathy
for their fellow beings in any griev.
ance by which they may be oppressed
Society is like the planetary sys.
TEN, which is composed of greater and
lesser bodies held together by recipro.
cal forces. The moon is the smallest
body in our system, and yet what con.
troll she sways in the flow and ebb OF
the ocean tides. She generously
shares with us the effulgence she Dor.
rows from the great orb of day.
"And so, no matter how insignificant
you may be, you can exert some bene-
ficial power over the tide and flow OF
human passions, and diffuse a calm
and blessed light on those that fall
within your environment"
Promotion for Honorable Dominic I.
Murphy.
President Wilson has sent to the
senate, the nomination of Honorable
Dominic l. Murphy, of the District of
Columbia, to be Consul at Amsterdam,
Netherlands.
This is transfer and promotion,
for he was Consul at St. Gall, Switzer-
land. The new place pays an annual
salary of $4,000.
Mr.. Murphy has had a long and sue.
cessful career in the government SER
vice. He was born in Philadelphia,
on May 81, 1S47, and was educated in
the private and public schools of that
city. He became a journalist and a
lawyer, and on March %, 1871, he was
appointed a clerk in the Pension Or
fee, and afterwards became Chief
Clerk of that Bureau; then Deputy
Commissioner, and finally Commits
sioner of Pensions during President
Cleveland's second administration.
On April IA; 1904, he was appointed
Secretary of the Isthmian Canal Com
mission, and on May %, 1905, he en-
tered the Diplomatic service, when
President Roosevelt appointed him
Consul at Bordeaux, and in 1907, he
was Honorary Commissioner to the
International Maritime Exposition at
Bordeaux.
On February 18, 1909, President
Roosevelt appointed him Consul at St.
Gall, Switzerland, which place he has
filled continuously until this recent
appointment to Amsterdam.
Mr.. Murphy is brother of the late
Denis Murphy, who was one of the
first writer's of stenography, and an.
other brother, Edward ", is at pres
ent an official reporter of debates in
the United States Senate.
When residing in Washington, Mr..
Murphy was most active in Catholic
affairs, especially in connection with
the Carroll Institute and the St. Vim
cent de Paul Society.
Ballot Plea Fails.
President Wilson gave no encour-
agement to delegation of 300 work
ing women, from all parts of the
United States, who marched on the
White House last week, with a brass
band and flying colors, to ask his sup
port for a constitutional amendment
enfranchising women.
Twenty-Five of the women were re-
ceived by the president, and five, in
short speeches.. presented their argu-
ment. The president reiterated that
as leader of the Democratic party,
he was limited only to recommending
those things ON which the party had
made up its mind.
Forced to take definite action on the
question of woman's suffrage, the
Democratic caucus of the house last
week adopted the Hefin resolution
to the effect that suffrage is a state
and not federal question. The vote
was 124 to 55.
Representative Raker of California
offered resolution to appoint a com
mittee on woman's suffrage, and Rep
resentative Heflin offered his resolu
tion as q substitute.
U. 8. Consultation May Ban Divorce
Prohibitions of absolute divorce
with the privilege of remarriage, il
provided in a resolution proposing 6
constitutional amendment, offered II
the senate last week by our Catholic
senator from Louisiana
Joseph E. Ransdell.
Legal separation, without permits