The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-17
TAKES HIM TO TASK.
A Topeka Catholic Replies to the
Ministers.
THE ESPECIAL PATRON OF EDUCATION
rhe Catholic Church sEais,ea1ns Hun
dreds or the Best Institutions o.

The Catholic Church Maintains Hum
dreds or the Best Institutions OF
Learning
To the Editor of tire State Journal
DEAR sIR.-Wil you please allow me
space to challenge a personal alfrOut
which was made at the meeting Of the
+ Topeka Ministerial union On Monday
i do not propose to enter into theOlo-
gicai discussion. first, because the church
f existed over eighteen hundred years be-
+ fore / was born, and needs no defense
which / can offer, and second, because
newspaper theological discussions are
ALWAYS unsatisfactory.
But I desire to defend myself against
a calumny which,whiIe ostensibly hurled
at the teachings of the church, incident
ally and inevitably Gas was obviously in-
tended) traduces the mem bership De that
church
One Of the most admirable character
! istics Of the American citizen is that Of
being a gentleman, and a gentleman is
distinguishable by his manners, display
ing his good breeding IN words as well
as actions. No gentleman stoops to the
use Of billingsgate in public at all
events
In your issue of Monday was printed
the report of the proceedings of q con-
clstve Of nOn-CathOlIc clergyman and 1t
appears that one of them introduced
paper on "Romanism and the Public
Schools" In which the words Roman
ISM andsCathOlic" seem to be used as con
vertible terms ia the language Of decen-
cy This reverend person should remem-
Der that sROmanisun7 was and IS the word
used by the lowest classes and thugs 0f
the London slums by which to designate
s4Cath0licity."
The same person is reported as saying
that s'it IS the interest of the Catholic
church to keep their people uniformed
because their strength lies In
keeping their workers in as uneducated
state as possible"
] challenge this persons assertions on
the grounds of personal insult. Ia as much
as be, being educated knew that his
statement was false and it demands
proof or retraction.
L am a Catholic and would and do
consider it an insult publicly uttered to
be considered as uneducated, as the per-
son who formulated the quotations
above.
Aside from the institutions Of higher
education at St. Marys, ST. Joseph. Atch-
ison and many points near us, there are
briefly the famous n otre Dame Iustltu-
tiOn- where manv IOpekans have been
educated, the Washington university the
colleges of the arch diocese az Baltimore,
Boston. Chicago, Cincinnati, New York,
and at numerous large cities, q total of
2S4 colleges, semInarIes and academies. +
exclusive Of monastic institutions, and
parochiaI attendance of more than 1lJ,-
700 children.
JOSEPH MARSHAL
Attention EzlalnbatzzsIas and Democrats f
You are invi tea to attend the installation
Of officers at the Flambeau club hall
Thursday night. January Is, at 21O KAN
sas avenue. All Democrats invited JAS +
Hanly, secrelarys J. f. Schmidt president /
Unity Concert
Don't fail to attend the concert at Unity /
church Friday evening, and hear Mrs.
Charles Gleed, Miss HOLSTER, Mrs. Eos
ter Mr.. Moore and Mr.. Shirer. The pro
graInme is one of unusual merit and you
should not miss hearing it Admission
25 cents
We understand that the Independent /
Society Of Spiritualists are 50 give a free
at Lincoln post hall Thurs /
day evening, the 18th inst. commencing /
promptly at 8 o'clock. There VIII be rec
itationss music, dancing and refresh +
ments.
The international Association Of Ma /
viii give their fourth annual ball I
at Metropolitan hall, Friday. January 49, /