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Show iug Old-world influences among the people. America wants noue o( It. Heku Cahensley's plan for placiDg n large number of German Catholic bishops in this country will not meet with the approval of the American people. peo-ple. The argument put forward that foreign languages should be retained as far as possiblo among Catholic immigrants is repuUive to tho American Ameri-can idea. We have always had too much of that. It led to the recent contest in Wisconsin, and would be productive pro-ductive of endless contention if it should be persisted in. The Catholic church can find good material for bishops among its American members and any effort to place foreigners of any nationality in charge of its sffairs here will be resented. It is no objection to a candidate that l.e may bo of foreign birth but Cahensley's plan is ta send rueu from abroad to take the places, tnd for the express purpose of retain- |