The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-17

1TOm SuOOClIlB
the party ele- J.w. FitEPatrick
plant outright to crossing that
animal with the Lenlke mountain
goat, the Townsend wild ass, and
the Liberty League lone wolf. The
result Of that union cannot any
more help being hybrid than q
revised" republican political phil
osophy can avoid being hodge,
podge. The writer has two sug-
gestions to offer Mr.. Hamilton.
One Is TO throw the designation
republican" to the bow-wows and
start all over with something
taintless. The other Ia to adopt
Captain Larry Kelley Of Yale as
candidate, platform, and CAM
paign manager for 1910. The only
objection to the second suggestion
Is that Capt. Kelley Is an expert
in catching forward passes while
the basic republican theory Is 10
pass backward.
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In Saturday nights DEMO-
Graf Drew Pearson and Robert
Allen devoted part Of their wash
ington comment to the reasons
back Of the appointment OF GER
tain members OF the American
delegation to the Pan-American
Peace Conference.
. About Michael Francis Doyle,
"prominent Irish . American
lawyer" the Merry-Go Round
ers announced that he was
picked primarily In an effort TO
please the Catholic church.
Whatever the motive, Doyle Is
q good man, also has q roman.
tic background. He defended
Sir Roger Easement In the IA
nous irish treason trial, also
canon de Valera, the LORD
Mayor OF Cork, and Mrs. Ter.
ence MacSwiney; also helped
write the constitution OF the
irish Free States.
But after his selection, hign
church officials made 1t known
to the State Department that
Doyle was persona non grata
to them. AS q representative
OF the church he did not please
them ut ell.
But II was too late for the
State Department TO withdraw
the invitation. 80 church ON.
Gals suggested an additional
delegate, Professor Charles q.
Fenwlck OF Bryn Mawr college.
The State Department appoint
ed him.
Under the Bed
II may be. as Messrs. Pearson
and Allen state, that there was
objection In certain ecclesiastical
quarters TO Mr.. Doyle's selection.
Personally I am always suspicious
of such phrases as "high church
officials" because they smack too
much OF the vocabulary OF those
who are always finding the pope
hiding under the United States OF
America bed. When run down TO
their real position high church
officials" frequently turn out to
be nothing more exalted than
gabby sections, garrulous altar
boys, or even more volublc lay
men who would not know O
church II II fell on them, but who
think they are on the inside. ]
don't like to see my favorite
washington correspondents go
papist-hunting although they
have already exhibited some
slight symptoms Of that disease.
In their very entertaining, in
formative, and amusing book
"The Nine Old Men" written
about the personnel OF the Su-
preme Court,--(a book by the way
which Is we'll worth reading) Mr..
Allen or Mr.. Pearson, or both pic
ture Mr.. Justice Pierce Butler as
the spokesman OF the viewpoint
Of the Catholic Church on the
court bench and repeat the char
acterization Of the Minnesota re.
dictionary given by the Senate
Press Gallery as "Papal Delegate
TO the Supreme Court" Such
ordinarily weil-informed news.
paper reporters ought TO know
that this sort OF stuff Is the sheer
est twaddle. Justice Butler rep
resents Justice Butler on the su-
preme Court and rs no more to DO
considered THE Catholic Church's
contact man with the highest
court In the land than ! am. In
fact his views a6 expressed IN
court decisions, especially, on so.
ciaI IeQisIation. are 20 far afield