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| John Ireland. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, July 23, 1902.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND
Discussed Negotiation with the Vatican.
FAIRNESS OF ADMINISTRATION.
Takes to Task Certain Catholics Who Are Disposed to Find Fault—No Attempt to Proselytize in the Philippine Schools—Praise of Governor Taft and Secretary Root.
St. Paul, Minn., July 23.—Archbishop John Ireland in an interview reviewed at some length the progress of the negotiations conducted between Judge Taft and the Vatican and took to task certain Catholic organizations that had assumed to question the fairness of the administration toward their co-religionists. The archbishop said:
"The news from Rome is quite satisfactory and I am sure quite correct. Private advices coming to me from the most reliable source confirm, in all respects, the dispatches given by the press. The sovereign pontiff and other Roman authorities are delighted with Governor Taft personally and with the negotiations in course of progress between him and the Vatican. Reports sent out by the correspondents of certain London papers to the effect that the pontiff was displeased with the manner of acting of the commission of cardinals appointed to treat with Governor Taft were absolutely unfounded.
"That negotiations have not yet reached final conclusions and are to be transferred from Rome to Manila is what might have been expected from the beginning. Governor Taft is in a hurry to return to the Philippines and could not prolong his stay in Rome and on the other hand the problems to be solved are so complicated, especially from the Vatican standpoint that time in the work is of prime necessity.
Skillful Touches of Diplomacy.
"The Vatican and Governor Taft came easily and quickly to a substantial agreement; the question for the Vatican is what practical methods are to be adopted to put the agreement into execution. With a little time certain matters now seeming to offer great difficulties, will be made by quiet, skillful touches of pontifical diplomacy, to work themselves out without friction or excitement; and so, when in Manila final conclusions are to be reached, things will have been ripe and will turn out all right. This is the Vatican method of proceedings; it is a wise and prudent method. There can be no doubt that the active co-operation of the Vatican is now secured to the American government in its task of pacification in the Philippines and that in the results to come the administration at Washington will have ample reason to felicitate itself for having sent Governor Taft to Rome.
"And now it is to be hoped there will be among certain classes of Catholics in America a cessation of movements and declarations such as we have had recent occasion to hear of regarding religious matters in the Philippines. The Pope teaches those Catholics to trust the American government as they seemingly have been heretofore unwilling to do. The direction of Catholic affairs is the Pope's business, not that of irresponsible societies or newspaper editors; and when he informs Catholics that any one matter is in his hands, they ought promptly to step aside and allow him to have charge of it.
"The agitation, such as it was, in certain Catholic quarters did no honor to those who participated in it. As it is now proven, they spoke and acted without due knowledge and certainly without proper regard for the government of their country, They should first have been absolutely certain that injustices had been done to their co-religionists; and next, if injustice had been done, they should have sought a remedy for them by appeal to the proper officials before raising in public irritating clamors.
Rankest Injustice and Rashness.
"It was rankest rashness and rankest injustice to intimate that the government intended to proselytize in the Philippines or to do aught to detach the inhabitants from the Catholic faith. To know in the slightest degree Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Root or Mr. Taft, is to be certain that nothing of the kind could have been thought of or could have been tolerated. Never did there reside in the White House a man more fair minded and impartial in religious matters, more resolute to give all classes of citizens the religious rights granted them by the constitution and to protect them in those rights, than Theodore Roosevelt.
"As to Mr. Taft, I quote from the letter which I received but yesterday from a Catholic priest living in the archiepiscopal palace in Manila, Rev. W. D. McKinnon:
"'I can assure you nothing could be more unjust than the criticisms of Governor Taft appearing in some Catholic papers. Governor Taft has not a particle of bigotry in his make up. In all his acts here I defy any one to say he has shown himself prejudiced in the least.'
"What stronger proof of fair-mindedness in the settlement of the religious questions of the Philippines could the administration have given than to respond graciously to the wishes of the Vatican that a messenger from the American government should go to Rome to discuss matters directly with the pope and his advisers? American Catholics should be forever most grateful to Mr. Roosevelt for his noble action in this regard. Other governments would have gone to work in their own way without a word being said to the head of the church or a counsel asked from him.
"If the American government sincerely believed that four landlord religious orders of the Philippines, those that have been for centuries intimately linked with the Spanish regime, its agents and representatives, were an obstacle to the pacification of the islands, why see in this an opposition to the whole church? As if those four orders were specifically the church and the native priests, Jesuits, Capuchins and Lazarists, whom the government does not disturb, did not also represent it, and as if others, as well as the government officials, were not of the opinion that the peace of the islands would be much enhanced by the absence of the landlord orders?
"And as to schools in the Philippines why not, when the presence of non-Catholic teachers is talked of, state that out of a total of 5,000 teachers, 3,500 are Filipino Catholics? Why not state that Father McKinnon is a member of the school board of Manila? And why, when mention is made of non-Catholic teachers, allow the false impression to go abroad that many of these were ministers and active proselytizers?
"And why not remember that, by the law of the islands, clergymen who are ministers in any place of organized congregations may three times a week teach religion in the schools of the place, the condition that they be ministers of organized congregations virtually confining the privilege to the Catholic priesthood.
"Perhaps, ideally, something more might be desired; but the conditions within which the government is confined must be considered, and at least, when disadvantages to religion are quoted, the advantages that are allowed should also be set forth.
"But, I repeat, the agitation I am
reproving only comes from the few American Catholics, [who] as a body trust the
government—and in the present issue trust the Holy See and hold their souls in
peace."
MURDERED BY LADRONES.
Bodies Recovered Which Give Sure Proof Concerning Missing Teachers.
Washington, July 23.—The war department has received the following cable from Acting Governor Wright in the Philippines: John E. Wells of Providence, R. I., his cousin Louis A. Thomas, same address; Ernest Heger, Cincinnati, O., Claude A. France, Berea, O., the school teachers who are missing in Cebu, [Philippines], were murdered by Ladrones, and their bodies have been recovered.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Cow to Man.
A leading question under discussion for some time past has been whether tuberculosis can be transmitted from cows to men through milk or by inoculation. Prominent physicians have arrayed themselves on both sides of the dispute, but there has been no way of reaching a positive conclusion.
A leader among those who have denied that bovine tuberculosis could in any way infect human beings has been Prof. Koch. One of his opponents was the French physician, Dr. Garnault. To test the matter beyond a peradventure Dr. Garnault early in June inoculated himself with tuberculosis virus from a cow infected with the disease. He carefully refrained from injecting any contaminated matter into his veins. On July 14 the doctor made a fresh intravenous inoculation in his left forearm such as kills guinea pigs in eight weeks. As a result of this inoculation the doctor has developed tubercular tumors.
This would seem to settle the question, but it will probably be investigated further. But the fact that the disease has been transmitted in this case and in this way would lead to the assumption that it can also be transmitted through milk, and it would indicate that the physical condition of all cows should be examined more carefully and that all cows in any way infected with the disease should be killed.
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| Railroad Street, Cortland, after snowstorm. |
SURFACE WATER
To be Carried off Through Culverts on Railroad-st., Cortland.
CITY OFFICIALS PUSH THINGS.
Mayor, City Attorney and Superintendent of Public Instruction go to Auburn and Confer With Superintendent Titus of the Lehigh Valley R. R. Whole Matter Arranged—Work to be Rushed Through.
As the result of an extremely lively hustle on the part of the city officials last night and this forenoon, the welcome assurance is given that something will be done without delay in the matter of carrying the surface water under the Lehigh Valley tracks on Railroad-st.
Mayor Brown, City Attorney Hatch and Superintendent of Public Works Becker went to Auburn last night and held a conference with Superintendent Titus of the Lehigh Valley railroad, secured permission from him to place a culvert under the tracks and were assured that the railroad would give substantial assistance in building the same. This morning the board of public works held a special meeting to act in the matter, and it was decided that steps should be taken at once to build cement culverts under the tracks on both sides of the street to carry off the water.
This matter has been under discussion for some time, and it was thought that the settlement was still a long way off, which would have been the case had it been left in the customary way of sending blue prints and waiting for official sanction of these. Especially is this true now, since the recent high water, as there are claims that have gone in from all sections, and the Railroad-st. matter would have had to await its turn with the rest.
The culverts will be made of cement and after the pattern of the big culvert under the Lackawanna tracks on the same street, except that they will be smaller. The Lehigh will furnish crushed stone for the job and iron rails to place over the top of the culverts. The company will also have inspectors upon the job and all the work will be done under their supervision, consequently the city will not assume any liability in the matter. The work will be started as soon as the materials arrive for the job and it will be rushed to completion at an early date.
Operation at Syracuse, N. Y.
Melvin Hopkins of 70 Maple ave., Cortland, went to Syracuse yesterday morning accompanied by his son E. J. Hopkins, and at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Homeopathic hospital was operated upon by Dr. Hartman assisted by Dr. Hoyt for the removal of a cancer from the lip and one from the neck. The patient stood the operation well and his son who returned last night received word this afternoon by telephone that his father was doing well and would be able to leave the hospital in a week or ten days.
W. B. BUCKLIN
Died at Ilion this Morning—Funeral on Friday.
Rev. U. S. Milburn, pastor of the Universalist church, [Cortland], this morning received a telegram from Mrs. W. B. Bucklin at Ilion announcing the death there this morning of her husband, who was formerly the superintendent of the Traction company in this city. No cause is stated, but Mr. Bucklin had for some years been a sufferer from heart trouble, and it is supposed that this produced death. He leaves a wife and two children, besides one son by a former wife. His brother has been the New York Central agent at Little Falls for a number of years. Mr. Milburn will go to Ilion on Friday morning to conduct the funeral services there that afternoon at 2 o'clock.
John Dwight Died.
Word has been received from Taylor that John Dwight of that town, who cut his throat last week Tuesday and who seemed at one time to be making a good fight for life, died last Saturday night.
Prohibition Day at the Park.
On July 30 the Prohibitionists and W. C. T. U. of Cortland county will hold a basket picnic at Cortland park. J. H. Hector known as "the black knight" and State Chairman Durkee will be the speakers of the afternoon. The exercises will commence at 3 p. m. All temperance people whether Prohibitionists or not are invited to participate in this rally.
TAX ON CATS
And the Cat Catcher's Job will Discount the Dog Catcher's.
The Cortland dog catcher is not supposed to have a particularly pleasant job, but out in Evanston, the classic suburb of Chicago, they have even a worse undertaking than this. That city proposes to put a tax on cats. The animals are very numerous there and particularly musical o' nights. One cat will be graciously allowed to each family, free of charge, but beyond that a tax of $2 for each tomcat and $1 for each tabby will be imposed, and a relentless war of extermination will be waged upon all the unlicensed members of that tribe. Some mirthful sights are in store for Evanston when, armed with plates of milk and a butterfly net, the cat catchers begin operations.
In the Public Schools.
Miss Mildred P. Gale of this city has been appointed by the Cortland school board to a position as teacher in the Owego-st. school, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. Ray W. Sherman, formerly Miss Hattie L. Kelley. Miss Gale was graduated from the Normal school in the class of 1900. Since her graduation she has been teaching at Passaic, N. J.
Raided the Italian Camp.
There was consternation in the Italian camp by the river near East Main-st., Cortland, yesterday. A couple of hobos broke in while all the occupants of the place were at work, and there was a lively hustle from the East Main-st. sewer job to the camp when the news of the disaster came to the colonists. The raiders departed without any plunder. All that could be seen about the place that would be liable to catch the eyes of the marauders was a partially filled whiskey bottle. This was not molested, and the excitement ceased.
BREVITIES.
— A regular meeting of the L. O. T. M. will be held tomorrow evening at 7:30.
—New display advertisements today are—Perkins & Quick, Insect killer, page 6.
—The Modern Woodmen will meet in their rooms Wednesday evening, July 23.
— Baggage Master Frederick Oaks of the Lehigh Valley station has added a fine typewriter to his office furniture.
—It has been reported in the city that Sig. Sautelle is expected here on Friday by appointment with the Forepaugh circus management to buy a couple of elephants from the latter for his circus.
—The regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the First Baptist church will be held at the home of Mrs. F. D. Reese Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. James S. Squires will give a Bible reading.
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