The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-14
CATHOLIC OPINION.


The Pail Mall Gazette says that Presl,
! dent Rosseyelts message will WIN tht
nraises of all except the Fenlan cIuoS
to which Mr.. Redmond is spouting Sc,
dition." The London tory paper is 9wnep
by Willie Waldorf Asf f tn9 ns tive conn,
try to become a British subject ana ne -.
, cape taxation of personal properly. ne
| son of the dealer in pelts may nor HS S
read that President Roosevelt entertalnSu
! Redmond McHugh and O'DOnnell at tne
White House and wished them success ~
7 their mission to America.-lrlsh otahCSii -
| When Catholics realize that every one
10 matter how humble his position 49,
las the opportunity and power 70 lhIlu-
nee some one else in the way OF truth
will not be difficult to predict the
peedy influx of non-Catholics into the
hurch. The first influence to move men
the truth is seldom abstract argument,
[ is eXample-personal contact with the
atty. 1t is safe to say that not one con-
version in thousand ever had its in
trinal discussion. The first influence
was personal contact with the laity--
some one who by word or example set in
motion a train Of thought and reflec-
ton that became irresistible. When non
Catholics are ready to come to the clergy
for instruction, they are already more
than half converted.-Catholic Universe.
II enlightened acton IN worldly mat
tiers be accepted as the criterion of true
superiority. the Anglo-SaXon has to give
way to what he calls the Latin race
BY curious process of argument this
term is made to include the Hispano-In-
dian of South America. Peru is one Of
the foremost nations of this offshoot, and
she has just taken an immense stride
ahead. Henceforth, by law just passed
in the legislature, the newspaper press
shall be carried free all over the country
by rail, road and river. No public bene-
fit like this was ever yet dreamed of in
the most advanced country of the i'm
perial race" In this country there are
constant grumblings over the deficit in
postal revenue caused by the carriage of
''second-class mail matter" at a cent d
pound. Yet the newspapers which grum-
BILE most are those which constantly. adj
vocate enormous subsidies for ocean lines.
to enrich corporations already grown fat
at the public expense. If little Peru can
make a sacrifice for the sake of the
spread of knowledge, surely the enorm-
Gus United States might be a little gen.
erous PRO bono publico. STANDARD and
Times.
A confessed brlber of juries made the
statement in Chicago last Friday that
his employer instructed him to try al
ways to bride an Irish Catholic whenever
r. could, by making him believe that the
client of his adversary was an A. P a.
and actively engaged in working against
Catholics and the Church. He doesn't
say he succeeded. but if he did. the Cath
Ole jurors in Chicago are bigger fools
than they ought to be. Of all fools. the
biggest is he who breaks the Command
ments, insults his Maker and risks his
salvation for the honor and glory of God!
That there are such tools we have no
doubt, and they represent the present
condition of American courts. 1t is only
a short time since eminent judge stat
ed that an experience of over thirty years
on the bench had convinced him that 70
per cent Of all testimony given in courts
of justice was perjured testimony. When
the whole atmosphere is charged with ir-
religion and immortality, it is not strange
that good-for-nothing Catholics can be
bought for a price. But they are not In
harmony with the teaching of the Church
which teaches Thou shalt not steal' and
Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor." If men do what
the Church forbids them to do. it is not
fair to charge the Church with their mis-
emeanors.-Catholic Universe.
10
Many false charges, says the Catholic
Times die hard. and evidently one of the
very toughest of them all is the accusa-
prevent the circulation of the Sacred
Writ. Imagine gentleman such as the
Protestant Bishop of Manchester, who
ought to be fairly we'll informed on the
ing of the British and Foreign Bible So
ciety that he found from this years
report that many of the Roman priests |
still oppose the circulation of the Scrip |
lures correspondent of the Manches- !
.er Guardian informs the bishop that the |
Gospels are published at a penny each |
oy the Catholic Truth society. and kept |
n bookcases of that society at the doors J
IF many churches in England, Ireland and /
Scotland.
But the. correspondent might have re- [
minded the lying bishop that only for |
Roman priests he and his Foreign |
Bible Society would have no Bible to !
irculate.-F'reeman's Journal.