Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-10
CATHOLICS IN POLITICS.

Tho Victory Of the American pr.lcc.
two association, the anti Catholic
society Of the country, "a tho election
at Butte, Montana, is an indication u'
its growing power in the politics Of tho
nation aud oi the tcnumrn. Of reIig.
ious persecution which eau be- nf1usui
among men who nave the elective
franchise. When political contests
are carried along the lines OF member.
chip IN a roll .i0us body, no matter
what particular denomination Is o..
saulioi, tho proceeding is direct
menace to the welfare Of tho Republic,
whose government Is UadgJ GA tine ox.
precision Of the popular Will with lines
Of religious differences obll,ora,cl; AMI |
tue sOcieiy, be- Il religious OF nom
fellgiOuf, Catholic. Protestant og iu-
fiol, which institute, political warfare
on the basis Of church membership, Is
iisolf unpairio,ic ana un.Amonoan 10
~ methods.
Az was 70 I've expected, tho ac,l1a Of
tho Anu-Calhollc Organization IL
bringing iu,o full play an opposition
Of similar character 10 itsslG that 10,
ono thst proceeds la politics upon lines
Of membership Ia a boIy Of religion,
isI-. This later movement evidently
has tue iull backing OF powerful
church 0rsauizauoni Tor " would not
be reasonable 10 presume that there |
would be unanimity Of action am1ug /
tue Catholic societies on such un Ina. |
poriant subject n the proceeding Jil |
not have NJ least the tAclt approval Of |
the church whose mcmucrs are taking |
part From The length TO which mat
tora have been allowed 10 40 already,
there IL good reason % believe tua. a
political llis-and' death struggle Ia on in
earnest between aut..CaihJllcs anu
Catholic, and that tue contest will DO |
wAged more iercely than ever from
this time forward. IL IL not confined |
to tho municipality Of Butte, OF to |
Montana, or even 10 the West, but /
reaches to every part Of tho uuion,
and with the campaign as Il Il 10 be- |
Instituted this summer II probably Will |
not be losg before there Ia no candidate |
for otiice, from President Of the United |
States down, who h a Catholic OF an |
A. z. A., or who 10 believed 10 have "a |
feeling Of federation for one or the |
other, who will no, have to meet the
solid political autlgoniam Of the side |
which he Is lookoi upon as being un.
favorable TO-.
The A. T.. A. part Of the program b.
pretty we'll understood from recon, III.
cushions. The Catholic division, which
has been In cmbryotlc operation three
or four years, Il about to bg opsnOd DO.
fore tho country, though, like the
power II anlngonizes, the workings
viii be principally In secret. The
launching Of the scheme 10 to take |
place at the convention OF the Catholic |
union, which orens In Cleveland
on June 20, The four c0nycn.
lions previously held have had |
membership In ohio oaly, taking |
In thu III Catholic societies Of tina, |
state. Since the meeting last year,
however, owing to the action 81 the |
A. +. A, tie Catholic uulon hs, boon
made a national aiair aud ia this |
respect has assumed broad proportions.
In the call OF tho union, issuei 90 the |
Catholic clergy aud societies, /. 10 cot |
forth that "Ihe object of the arsauIzl.
ton Is 10 unite In la'oruM union iJT |
the promotion anu protection ui Cath. |
ole Interests, auI l.r the mutual wei. |
fare Of its members, all Cath heap Tue |
urgent need Of such uui0n ls pointed |
out Ia the existence Aud workings OF |
the A. T.. A., from tho references t. |
which the following excerpt ID made:
By widespread organization, which fl. |
hguatug boz tuo dark, thO Catholic church |
Hud h0r rhlidruu arc mnIguul au4 non. |
r'oulrl ln mo ylIest manner. and 40. |
lompts arc maIo Cor thor dIatfnuuuI.U. |
meat aud oppression 100 pplluu and |
social respects, US influence D., tuIt iu |
.uclb.N 49, We'll as lu thu lrEIs,A Two halls. !
hN inc uunctmgut OF partisan laws ono !
man UlNNru OF ulTDuulu schools I |
rendered moro AMI Wur0 difficult p |
'NH"ll.7l AS Tor instance by luu uutnt- |
men' OF lue froo school book uil Every
now aud Rem nov muAruTus ARC UFuHrH, /
FORTH which arc uNuula oi 20 cur.aI tHr |
rights Of Catholics Aud whore will |
lhoY stop 10 not checked by tho uuItpI /
hruuu aud uuuTguUg ouduayOrs uf Jafua. |
,l'' 20 N'''fl lAu rights guaranteed Iuum