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Show Mr. Andrew Carnegie, after having donated approximately ap-proximately one hundred millions of dollars to the aid of libraries, has now concluded to pay attention, particularly, to assisting the weaker colleges of the country. As Mr. Carnegie has never been accused of acquiring his vast fortune illegitimately, and has himself acknowledged the injustice of the system sys-tem under which it was amassed there should be no hesitancy in co-operating with him in effecting its distribution for the benefit of society at large. r , The reports that the efforts of the Dr. McGlynn Monument association are meeting with a gratifying gratify-ing maesure of success will be received with a uncommon degree of satisfaction everywhere. Dr. McGlynn was passionately devoted to the well-being well-being of the great army of toiling producers, and, devoted his life to the advocacy of measures designed de-signed to secure for them a more just and equitable share of the fruits of their toil. In his ardently loving and tenderly sympathetic heart he felt that there was a woful maladjustment of our industrial system, resulting in grave injustice and intolerable hardships to those who wrought 'early and late in creating that wealth that alone makes it possible for .anyone to enjoy the material pleasures of life. With a devotion -akin to that, of a mother's tender i affections for her suffering offspring, he spent his days in brooding over the wrong's and hardships that were meted out to his brother-men, and wrought year in and year out to afford them some amelioration; up to the very last moment was this the burden of his work and his prayers. If any American citizen who has died in recent years, is entitled to a monument as a token of esteem and gratitude on the part of an appreciative populace, that man is, assuredly, Dr. McGlynn. : , . Notre Dame made a notable exception this year in chosing a man from the commercial ranks upon whom to bestow the Laetare medal. It is in the following language that the distinguished distin-guished recipient is eulogized in the Notre Damo Scholastic: ''Among hundreds of notable Catholics Catho-lics engaged in business in these United States, Notre Dame takes especial pleasure in signalizing one whose name is synonymous with spotless integrity, in-tegrity, unblemished honor, and the highest sense of religious duty; a Catholic whose influence is uniformly exerted for the uplifting of younger neighbors and the betterment of his fellow-citizens generally; a benefactor whose hidden charities are largely in excess of what is creditedto his public generosity; a faithfully consistent son of the Church and a zealous promote of every religious work; an illustrious representative, in short of all that is worthiest in the ideal Catholic business man Thomas B. Fitzpatrick of Boston." What a pity that this exalted type of American citizen is not a much more common one! ' In the death of Mr. William Seton, which occurred oc-curred in New York City on March 15th, the country coun-try sustained the loss of an illustrious and exemplary exem-plary Catholic citizen. May his soul rest in peace ! i That the tide has turned in favor of the people peo-ple and threatens to completely engulf the votories of corporate greed, was made evident by the action of the grand jury in Chicago the other day, when it indicted one Connors, an officer of one of the concerns that forms the beef trust, for medling with the witnesses in the prosecution of that predatory pre-datory octopus. He was charged with extending unusual courtesies to these witnesses, with a vietf of influencing their testimony acts upon the part of those industrial mag-nates, it is safe to say, that would have been ignored in the not remote past. The indignation of the accused is described as having been of the picturesque order, bjit he w-as not permitted, although an earnest plea on his behalf was made by the trust's attorney, to leave tho precincts of the jury on his own recognizance; he was required to give bail, like any other vulgar prisoner. "The wheels of the gods grind slowly, but !" ' : A. Why proclaim yourself a moral leper, unless you are willing to be subjected to social ostracism? Why sail under the pirate's pennant, if you desire to be ranked with the crew of a reputable craft? Fellow citizens you who style yourself "Socialists" why protest, when you are classed, together with the founders of your cult, as enemies ; of religion and society? Is the public not justified in conferring confer-ring upon you the character assumed by your acknowledged ac-knowledged leaders ? -y livery benefactor to humanity should receive his meed of praise. A seedless apple is the latest production, and as the experiment has succeeded in our neighboring state, Colorado through the patience of John F. Spencer of Grand Junction, we see no reason why Utah h&rticulturalists should not try the experiment. The advantages of the coreless apple are worthy of trial. First, every part is edible, edi-ble, and, secondly, it is wormless. Worms, which arc the bane of the home product, derive their subsistence sub-sistence from the seed of the apple, and not from the meat. Without the seed they perish. The tree itself is Without blossom, hence the moth, which is sheltered by the blossom, cannot deposit its eggs in the embryo of theapple. Nor is the apple in its germ affected by cold snaps, which not unf requently destroy whole orchards, because the blossomless tree and its fruit are impervious to the changes of tho weather. With these advantages, especially as this tree is not affected by climate, some of our fruit growers should try the experiment. No doubt it would pay, for it will give to the coreless apple a share in the fame of the seedless orange. Standard Oil" is in sore straits. The drastic denunciations of its nefarious methods, in connection connec-tion with the discussion of the propriety of a Chris tian organization accepting a donation from cue of its officers, has resulted in an attempted vindication vindi-cation in the form of a public statement on the part of its vice president. This defense is a confession con-fession of guilt. The plea that railroad rebales were not a violation of any formal et actment of the land prior to the passage of the interstate commerce act, may ,be valid, to a certain extent, as a defense against criminal punishment; it will hardly be accepted as a valid reason for refusing restitution, to an outraged public, of tho millions out of which it has been so ruthlessly robbed. ; The 'common people" sounded a clarion note in Chicago on last Tuesday. The election of Judge Edward E. Dunne, Democratic candidate for mayor, by a plurality of nearly 25,000, in the face of a large normal Republican majority, was a triumphant victory for municipal-ownership in that city. And this victory does not tell the whole stoiy. Judge Dunne's opponent, John Maynard Harlan, the Republican candidate, had also declared de-clared in favor of munipical ownership, but only at the expiration of a period of ten years. How many thousands of his supporters would have voted for Judge Dunne, had the former opposed municipal-ownership in the abstract, it is impossible to .estimate. By thus pronouncedly declaring for the immediate municipal-ownership of public utilities, the people have signified thei" ability to ultimately ulti-mately accomplish their emancipation from corporate cor-porate .control without resorting to the drastic extremes proposed by the Godless socialistic agitators. agi-tators. The genius of the American people maybe relied upon to save the country without plunging into dangerous, vicious and immoral expedients. Christian principles must and will be maintained in -this great American republic. ' |