The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-12
The Irish Standard, Minneapolis.

QoaLn OF the late ArcnDlSnOp lreldnu.
The Irish Standard, Minneapolis.
AS a churchman, statesman and
orator, Archbishop Ireland was a
world figure. His culture and counsel
were potent in shaping public affairs
in Europe, as well as in America. He
was the uncompromising foe of the
Socialistic tenets which he regarded
as destructive to American institu-
tions.
Denver Catholic Register.
Archbishop Ireland's clear utterance
on Socialism did much to clarity, in
the American Catholic mind, the atti-
tude Of the Church on this propa-
ganda. He contributed largely to
great secular magazines a few years
ago-such as The North American
Review His Americanism was of the
most idealistic kind
The True Voice, Omaha.
It was Archbishop Ireland who
people when questions of national inn
port were to the front. And he could
always be depended upon to speak
accurately and well. In recent years
his statements on the so-called Sep
aration Law in France and on the
Roosevelt incident in Rome will be
remembered as those that were the
most widely read and did much to set
Americans right on these matters.
Whenever Archbishop Ireland spoke
his words were eagerly listened to by
all Americans.
Northwestern Chronicle.
Archbishop Ireland's influence
reached far beyond his diocese. For
thirty years his leadership was &C.
cepted in the ideals of the rising
American Catholic generation. He
stood for temperance, social better.
ment (colonizationl and patriotism
His Americanism, particularly his op-
position to Cahenslyism, probably cost
him seat in the College of Cardinals,
but not in the galaxy of American
immortals.
Catholic Messenger (Des Moines, Ia.)
From the pioneer days he had al
ways been a stanch advocate of total
abstinence, which he exemplified in
his daily life, and rejoiced to see in
his latter days American public
opinion swinging round to his ideas
on this national question.
San Francisco Monitor.
Archbishop Ireland was not only a
great ecclesiastic and orator, but he
was also a distinguished American
citizen who had often been chosen to
represent America abroad. His sound
patriotism had broken down much of
the prejudice that had existed against
the Catholic Church in this country,
since he had so clearly and ably in
terpreted Catholic teaching to the
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Catholic Telegraph, Cincinnati.
With all his great prominence, and
attention, Archbishop Ireland was
ever accessible to the poor. He was
never too busy to become interested
in their tales of woe, or to find means
of relieving their necessities. Arch
bishop ireland was one of the really
big men of the United States; and his
death inf1icts great loss upon the
entire country.
Brooklyn Tablet.
Archbishop ireland had long been
one of the foremost men of the coun-
try, looked up to on all occasions as
the spokesman of the Catholic Church;
but the event which brought him most
prominently before the American peo-
pie as the representative of the
American hierarchy was the vigorous
opposition which he steadfastly ex-
hibited to the scheme which aimed at
dividing the Catholic Church of this
country into factions by the appoint
ment of national bishops.
Morning Star, New Orleans.
Strong, eagle-hearted, with his eyes
ever turned towards eternal truth,
and meeting unflinchingly error and
wrong, and condemning them with all
the power of his lofty soul, Archbishop
Ireland stood for the Church at all
times and at all seasons; his brave,
fearless attitude was powerful factor
in winning for her, in this great Re-
public of America, the respect and
honor which are hers today.
Catholic Sun, Syracuse, N. Y.
Even beyond American borders his
constructive genius was felt. He rose
head and shoulders above the crowd
as an international figure. When the
people of the United States presented
the statue of Marquis de la Fayette
to the French nation, Archbishop Ire
land was selected by President McKin-
ley to bespeak the sentiments of the
American heart, and when the French
nation wanted stranger to be the
panegyrist of Joan of Arc, Archbishop
Ireland was chosen for the honor.
Western World, Davenport, la.
While he seldom mixed in political
life in the sense of delivering adj
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