The Irish standard., 1898-10-01
husetts, the total religious population is

again The pale pink covers over two
thirds OF the surface of the disk
Even Connecticut peopleI as it origin
ally was, by men driven tor conscience
sake" from Massachusetts and Rhode
Island. with Il religious population Of 30
Sl5 Methodists. 22,S00 Rap!ists, 1864
Fresbyterans. 5.7G2 Luhcrans, 3337 Dis
ciples of Christ, 26,552 Episcopalians,
and 59.154 Congregationalis,s. Il total of
l411Si Protestants, has tn see he pale
pink cover over half the .:sk, to repre-
sent 152,94o Catholics in Connecticut.
Lock at the great empire state of New
York. The Catholics number 80 per
cent of the religious population. The
pale pink covers one-half of the disk. and
of its 81 representatives one is Il Cath
Ollie. Dennis NJ Hurley. of BROOKLYN. its
1.l5;.65D Catholic commandments mean
about 100000 Catholic votes polct' out of
400 900 cast in 1896.
One other point on his subject. The
figures uied are from The census II 1880.
In the miro years that have passed the
population has increased about 20 per
cent. and the number of Catholics i;as
increased &c per cent. rs shown hcrGaf
ter. so that today the Catllnl :, nj the
country nunbei over nine millions, and
the territory coming to us by war will
add three millions more.
Another Very widely 1.scren; belief,
as easily proven 10 be false rs tho charge
that the church is in politics. is the
statement that the Catholics are all or
nearly all Democrats
Let the last election show:
The states named in the first table.
where il majority Of the religious papua
ton is Catholic, has 1903 electoral votes.
Of which 81 were given to Mckinley by
overwhelming popular majoritcs.
The states in the second table where
the Catholic population is from 40 20 40
per cent of the whole, have So electoral
votes. all OF which were cast for Mclin-
10y by Overwhelming majOrities.
The other states named, having oven
30 per cent Catholics Of the en1ir" lelig-
ious population, have 7G electoral votes,
of which 60 We're given 20 Mckinley by
large maiOritics.
These states have 26i votes, and the
Republican candidate received 22C. lcav
ing 3S for the Democrats and the popu-
lar majority was about one million votes
in these states.
On the other hand the stntes Of Viz
,tn Al.
gia. Florida, Alabama, Missi ssippi, Ten
nessc". Arkansas and Texas With 1905
electoral votes. and Catholic communi
cants numbering only from to | per
cent of religious population not enough,
in fact to sec the Catholic pink Oh amy
of the disks. gave all their electoral
votes and over half !; million popular
majority for Bryan. Where tn" i'thu-
lies are strong the Democrats lose.
Where tn" Catholics are weak the Demo
Gratis win.
These. arc facts from the records ard
are moi only worthy of consideration hy
the Catholics. but by the administration.
Take a look at the appointments made
necessary by the war. Or over forty gen
erals appointed or promoted only one is
Il Catholic. and he was promoted. Or
several hundred minor military officers
appointed. not 5 per cent are Catholics.
And this is as true Of the civil MS of the
military offices filed hy the present adj
ministrnton.
Took, for instance, to the consuls and
postmastcrs appointed; how many Of
them are Catholics?
With onethirh Of the religious COM
municants protesting the Catholic faith.
ono of two conclusions must he drawn
from these appointments First, that
there are few if any Catholics competent
to fll either military or civil positions"
or. second there exists IA prejudice with
tho appointing power against Catholics"
Which of these will the Catholics Of
the country accept as the true reason for
tho evident discrimination made against
them"
The Catholic church is not in politics
The communicates Of the church who
have the privileges Of citizenship and ne
ballot. like all other citizens, exercise
their rights and privileges hut not under
the direction of the church.
And these Catholics claim they should
not be Disseminated against, as they
lave hrcn, both in the civil and military
appointments made by the adminisira-
ton.
There is one list of these appointments
to which | desire to call special attention.
The Catholic knows but one gateway to
heaven and that is through the minis
trations Of his church. Fifteen or 20
new regiments have been organized sy
the national government, containing
eighteen or twcnty-f0ur thousand mon.
It is no violent assumption to say that
from six to eight thousand Of these mon
are Catholics. What Catholic chaplain
will BIZ present to smooth the road for
any OF those Catholics across tho dark
way to the great hereafter?
Not one.
The Catholic soldier on his death he'd