People

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 14, 3 April 1902, Page 10

People

The 'N. Y. World Almanac ' for 10012 gives the list of the 3546 millionaiies in the United States. Of this number nearly 150 are Catholics. Another Spanish Irishman (says ' Church Progross ')has set foot in the New Woild Senor Ignacio Yiioro O'Ponnell took charge of the Spanish consulate at New Orleans', .La The new consul is a Catholic. Mr. T. P. O'Connor will publish shortly a new penny weekly under the title of ' T. P \s Weekly.' Unlike 'MAP,' which is chiefly concerned with social news, the new journal will be a literary miscellany on. popular lines. The critical article, entitled 'A book of the week,' which Mr. O Connor contributed for many ve.irs to another journal, and which had a large circle of readers, will form a prominent feature of the new weekly. Tho "(\itholic Citizen ' printed a list leccntly of more than 100 millionanes ol Irish blood in America, and commented thereon as follows : 'Wo print this list merely as evidence of tho sociological fact that tho Irish-American element in the United States is coming up in the financial woikl — that it is not to be thought ot exclusively as a factor m the domain of labor, but it is also a factor in the domain of capital. Wo may further observe — not with any ostentation, however (for wo think our wealthy Irish-Americans ,ue not abo\o the average in public spit ill, — th.it this list may lie submitted in tho British House of Commons as .in exhibit illustrating that under proper industrial conditions, equal laws, and good government, tho Iri^h lace would hojd its own, with tiny oilier element, m ability to pot on in tin 1 world The above-li'-U'd 111 1 ish-/\ merica n millionaires could immlv buy up all the arable land in 111 1 eland at c\ en twice its pi I'H'iiL \ alue ' i\fr ('lenient Scott, tiio celebrated Catholic di.unatic critic, edits a newspaper called the ' l-'iee Lance It has recently boon added to the list of publications prohibited for sale in South Afi km by order of the inilitaiy authorities Clement Scott sei\ed 20 \eais m the War OHice. Hi 1 - oldest son, Captain Philip Scott, was tluough the siet;e of Lad,\sinilh, t ind his \oungost son, Xi ie Scott, was for two .\ ears m tho Impet lal Yeomanry. Mr. Scott communicated his grievances to the War Ofhco, and icecived a reply that 'the matter has been referred to Lord Kitchenet ' Mr Scott protests that ho is a ' lo\al subject ' ; but it is probable that tho title of the publication had more to do with its censorship than a perusal of its contents, as Lord Roberts, has expressed his lnteicst m a poem in tho ' Free Latino ' written by tho veteran join nalist himself. [lon ('has. Fitzpatrick, Minister of .Justice for the Dominion of Canada, was born m Uuebec on. the l*.)th December, 18."3."> lie wan educated at Si Ann's College, and graduated as H A and 15 C.L at La\el University, whore ho carried oft' tho Governor-General's modal in 187(5. Durum the same jc.ir ho was admitted to the Bar of the province. 11 is career as an advocate has been brilliant in aIL the courts, civil and criminal In IMS 7he was president of the (iuobec branch of the Irish National League From 1800 to itf'.HJ ho represented the County of Quebec in the local Legislature, when he resigned and was returned to the House of Commons for the same constituency Ho was appointed So-licitor-General in tho Government of Sir Wilfrid Launor nt its formation, and has ever since been an active and prominent member of

tho administration. Mrs. FitzpatricK is a daughter of the late Hon. 11. E. Caron, a distinguished judge, who also filled the office, of .Lieu tenant-Governor of the province. The new Minister of Justice ia a man of eminent ability. He is of lino presence and courteous manners. That ho will reflect credit on his race and creed and discharge the important duties of his high office with ability goes without saying, (says tho Montreal ' True Witness ')• It is particularly gratifying to see that Mr. Fitzpatrick has, at length, succeeded in wiping out the policy of ostracism against Irish Catholics in the province of Quebec that has been followed since 1867, the date of Canadian Confederation. At that timo Hon. Thomas D'Arcy McGee, tho most eloquent man in Canada, was crowded out. From that day till the present accession of Mr. Fitzpatrick, tho Irish Catholics of this province, who had sent such men as Bernard Devlin, the present Mr Justice Curran, Mr. M. J. F. Quuin, and others to the Dominion Parliament, have never been able to secure a position in the Federal Cabinet. To-day the barrier has been removed. We heartily congratulate the new Minister of Justice, and feel grateful to Sir Wilfrid Laurier for having had courage to put the right man in the right place.