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In the course of his jubilee ser
mon at Baltimore Cardinal Gibbons
delivered an address in the cathedral
denouncing the initiative and refer
endum, the recall and the election
of senators by the people. An As
sociated Press report of the address
follows:
Defining the duties of his brethren
of the laity he exhorted them to be
faithful in the practice of their re
ligions and urged them as citizens
of the United States to take a pa
triotic part in every measure that
contributes to the progress of the
commonwealth.
"No man should be a drone in the
social beehive said his eminence.
"No citizen should be an indifferent
spectator of the political, moral and
economic questions that are agitat
ing around him.
"At the present moment there are
three political problems which are
engaging the serious attention of
our public men.
"It is proposed that United States
senators should be elected. by popu
lar vote instead of being chosen by
the legislature, as is prescribed by
the constitution.
"It is proposed that the acts of
our legislature, before they have the
force of law, should be submitted to
the suffrage of the people who would
have the right to vote.
of progress. That instrument has
been framed by the anxious cares
and enlightened zeal of the fathers
of the republic. Its wisdom has been
tested and successfully proved after
a trial of a century and a quarter.
It has weathered the storms of the
century which is passed, and it
should be trusted for the centuries to
come- What has been good enough
for our fathers ought to bo good
enough for us. Every change, either
in the political or religious world, is
not a reformation.
" 'Better to bear the ills we know,
than fly to those we know not of.'
Do not disturb the political land
marks of the republic."
Maine's anti-prohibition majority
is now said to be 21.
Thirty thousand shopmen on the
Harriman railway lines went on a
strike for the purpose of enforcing
recognition of their federation.
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"It is proposed to recall or re
move an unpopular judge before the
expiration of his term of office.
"No one questions tho ability, the
sincerity and patriotism of the advo
cates of these changes in our organic
laws. But I hope I may not be pre
sumptuous in saying that in my
opinion, the wisdom of the proposed
amendments must be seriously ques
tioned. "The election of senators by the
votes of the people involves the de
struction of a strong bulwark against
dangerous popular encroachments.
The reason given for the contem
plated change is that many of our
Btato legislatures are charged with
being venal, and that it is easier to
corrupt the legislature than the
whole people. In reply I would say:
If you can not trust the members of
the legislature how can you trust
their constituents from whom they
spring? If you can not confide in
our legislatures you can-not confide
in human government, nor in human
nature itself. If a few of our legis
latures have been found guilty of
bribery, it is most unjust to involve
all the others in their condemnation.
I have sufficient confidence in the
moral integrity of our legislatures to
be convinced that the great majority
of them have never bent the knee to
Mammon.
"To give to the masses the right
of annulling tho acts of the legisla
ture, is to substitute mob law for
established law.
"To rqcall a judge because his
decisions do not meet with popular
approval, is an insult to the dignity,
tho independence, and the self-respect
of our judiciary. Far less
menacing to the commonwealth is an
occasional corrupt incompetent
judge, than one who would be the
habitual slave of a capricious multi
tude, who has always his ear to tho
ground trying to find out the verdict
of the people.
"Tho constitution of the United
States is the palladium of our liber
ties and our landmark in our march
Italy declared war on Turkey
Friday, September 29th. The cause
of the war is stated in a nut-shell
in the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald
in this way:
The trouble between Turkey and
Italy, which culminated this after
noon in a declaration of war at
Rome, dates back to 187.8, when
with the making of the treaty con
cluding the RUSHO-Turkish wnr. t.hfi
powers are understood to have
secure intervention by the powers
In the meantime Italy is actively nur'
suing hostilities. Italian battleships
are reported to have appeared off
Smyrna and Salonika.
An Italian cruiser landed troons
at Prevesa after destroying a Tur
kish torpedo boat destroyer and tho
Italian fleet has blockaded the whole
Tripolitan coast. There are uncon
firmed reports that Turkey intends
to send an ultimatum to Greece to
abandon her claims on Crete and is
massing troops on the Thessaliari
frontier.
The greatest activity ensued in all
the. European chancellories on re
ceipt of the announcement that war
had been declared and notification
of a blockade. It is expected the
vaTious governments will issue the
customary notices and will devoto
their diplomatic efforts as far as pos
sible to localizing hostilities to the
combatant powers and especially to
avoiding complications in the Bal
kans.
In great Britain more than in any
other European country, outside of
the combatants, the war between
agreed to permit Italy a "pacific
penetration of Tripoli."
Turkey claims that this right has
been respected ever since.
Italy has colonized Tripoli until
her interests in that Turkish African
province are very great. She has
asserted, however, that her subjects
have been mistreated by the Otto
man authorities and constantly dis
criminated, against. Italy at last
decided to establish a protectorate,
ana tnis Turkey opposed.
In a speech at Ottumwa, Iowa,
President Taft said he was in favor
of lower tariff on wool.
A London cablegram says: No
sooner had the time limit fixed in the
ultimatum expired than, ignoring
Turkey's conciliatory request for a
period or delay, Italy declared war.
The Turkish representatives in Italy
were handed their passports. The
Turkish commander at Tripoli was
asked to surrender the town, but de
clined,' and the Italian forces imme
diately occupied Tripoli and Benghazi.
Apparently the Turks offered no
resistance, but this is only an as
sumption, as immediately on land
ing the Italians evidently seized the
telegraph lines. From the honr of
their landing no message of any kind
has been received from Tripoli, and
dispatches sent to that place re
mained unanswered.
It should be noted, however, that
a Constantinople dispatch announc
ing Italian occupation of Tripoli,
makes no mention of resistance and
a mere protest by the governor
would be in line with Turkey's an
nounced policy.
The Turkish cabinet, which had
been for some time insecure, re
signed as soon as war was declared
and a new ministry was formed
under Said Pasha, but retaining the
former ahle war minister, Mahmoud
Shefket Pasha.
Turkey continues her efforts to
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