Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-12

copious extract viii give fair idea
of the speaker who was the soul Of
the convention. Here it is:
Il / believe that no single Catholic
i society, nor any assembly Of Catholics
+ who are here present should 90 away
=, without saying something about this
obnoxious Bennett Law. I speak to
: 10 you today because the assembly
. must take action upon thu subject
=. aud iE order 10 give you my ideas
u about this law. This law is the stsp
: by which the State has gone beyond
a it, limits. II is the step by which the
state has taken the first step 10 de-
{ prive lis citizens OF their rights and 70
c assume absolute powers, which ara 20
transcend and override the rights 81
! parents TO educate their children IN
! the teachings OF The church 70 which
. | thsy belong. This law 3 The step by
which the church l. impaded in is
work, and the very entrance by which
the anti-Chris- OF freemasonry will
, Try to break into our Catholic princi-
pies, our Catholic schools aud our
Catholic churches. I have said this
law i the s,aD by which the STATE
usurps To itself rights which no Site
Possesses, and In order TO Judge what
4
has we need not g. 10 Europe. I VIII
tel Yen what state i. i YOU viii
allow me TO do so, from . natural and
historical standpoint. Here and eve
rywhere else the individual i before
the state. First comes the individual,
then the family aud then the state.
God did not make a state iirst. He
made Adam first. and then after lie
had made Adam lie gave him Eve as
his wife. Then came The families, and
then, as tho families grew, OF course,
when called Of God, The state dsyel-
oped itself. More families came upon Z
the face Of the earth. and then differ ,
Ont ststes came. So YOU see, first came I
the individual, then the family. and 4
then tho stale: aud since God has PIT ,
the individual in the first place, lie .
I has given him freedom, given him (
( rights and liberties. and 20 these rights /
lie has added duties, asni these duties I
are first TO the individual and then 10 T
the family. As soon As tine family
I comes then the family has rights and /
] duties, and these rights and duties .
cannot enter into collision or in any /
I WAY Interfere with or become aniaEo- I
/ nisijc TO the rights OF the Individual"
| The convention unanimously ad- I
opted q series Of resolutions Affirm ]
ing parents as the natural and re- !
/ ligi0us guardians Of children, as also .
I the proper educational caterers for I
such children. But the negligent, /
/ the imugpyiIeut and IMPOVERISHED I
/ parent i, not forgotten, and FOR such /
compulsory education. puHlicschOols, .
and general tEatiOu are required, |
I tire unconditional repeal 81 tie .
! Bennett law j., demanded, and a
strict injunction given 90 voters to
vote only for candidates who pledge
themselves for its repeal.
In Wisconsin alone there are
sons ll5 German Catholic societies
or vureius. al in harmony and un-
der the guidance 81 the church. The
Catholic Usli..uu I'm that state is 10y
lar the prgdUmiEatiug one. There
are q good many French, and al
though they don't Ike the Germans,
yet in g religious issue they viii 1.
join. As 90 IIi-h Catholics why Of
course n long Us the Democratic
party cspUu-es freedom Of religion
the irish VIII 20 with the Dutch in
this. In fact all the decent, rcput-
able, industrious Irish Catholics al
ways voted tI. straight Democratic
ticket and nothing else. Lately the
Cian-nl-tstl ITishmen, the PrJ'es-
,i0nal patriots and Catholics voted
the Utner ticket because there was
money in It. or course the Bennett :
law viii 20 IN Wi.cousin. The ;
politicians are croWdiug each other q
% repeal ID. Even the Governor {
who sw0re at first 10 stand by il, has {
deserted his post, The Republican c
party, which intended 20 make Il q
an issue. has come in cut of the q
cold ana declares the law mus. 20. O.
NisuOu-iu 20 no distant day viii uC /
a province u the Rhine. and II His G
Holiness desires 10 leave Rome, he q
VIII find comfortable quarters, good /
cool beer. and stout bologna sausage !
in Milwaukee, and what is better,
m1Ie devoted, LoTs sturdy followers
than bis present D7go IdEereuts.
the German Lu'lcESus are even If
more vehement than tine Catholics !
in IcuouuCiuE the Bennett law Of a
and the nU-name law Il y,
Illinois They held n ruusing meet N
M in this city one night last week. ( n
lHi though TO advertisement was
made in the English lapers Of the
meeting, yet Central Music Hall
vas packed with disciples q tine I.
immortal Martin from cellar 10 gar -
e. The German lgtheIans are =.
cry strong I'm Illinois. They al =,
gays voted tac republican ticket, :.
AT lately tie leaders Of the TepUb- =.
lean party are showing 20 much Of "
ne old hi.!c-buuui l,noW-u0thiEE- n
sm Of H. early days that the r
GOD Lutherans took alarm ~
he compulsory education laws o. "a.
lther at certain clauses contained "
n them. The LutbeTaus are much -
he same IS R9mauists ia all doe -.
rinal matters. In fact, except not y
ucIgujZing the Pope, the Lutheran
3 virtually the flr smile 81 her
roman mother. The Lutheran
ciicves in tire zeal Hreseure. the
ctual body Of Christ in the Com GO
nuniOn. And rs the United States y
ourts see no distinction between X
ieiief aud practice, the pious Luth- II
ran j. appTyheuSive let some fine 81
ay an Illinois Judge Andersen az
nay disfTanchisc him for Csnuiial- ti'
.m. The speeches at this meeting ps
rent further than the Catholics. r.
hey ridiCulei the Puritaus Of New al
England, and cracked jokes over !o
he Cavaliers Of Virginia. They 10
ven held up Uncle sam a. = kind I'M
( cross between Yankee Doodle wi
nj Dan McGiuty. They went 50
II - 10 saw That members Of Con 70
russ and Of state legislatures could la
Ut write nor speak 9 dozen scnfcn- II
rs cUTsccutively Of correct Eng IN
sh. bu
4 few days a,,o the Democratic n
tate Convention OF Illinois was ~
ED at ; ringneli. The platform "a
! 'pted is such th1ticrmanL Luther III
n and Catholic alike cannot find
r1E0unJ g unequivucIl
! favor OF absolute religious free
jm. The Republicans are alarmed. IN
' it'll the Germans at the other 81 ie IN
lie grand old party would soon he Ia
ameu Dennis. a depulatiun Of 81
hicago citizens waited OnGiyveTn0r ms
ifer at Springfield urging him a. "f
III = special session OF the Legs 60
ture 10 al tie Illinois know II
thing law. in his reply 10 the ~
.put1son Governor Fifer actually ga
nj that he sigued tn Illinois law Ca
IthOut reading il, and took it for an
rdntel that IL was good. one be- Re
use Judge Prenc ergast and Wash Is
lgtOu Hessing were partly
; authors. These two latter
( politicians Of the INSCRIPTIONS :
pc. They form the end men Of the On,
Jpe's brass band in Chicago. One 10
b"lchhiih' one an lrlshmani tbs
'Ih art iloIhihaliS Gsh0s rats, oIt Tn
dying from the implicit faith an
acgd in them by Gov. Fifer, n re- M
lblican and a q. \. +. man, il Of
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