The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-21
CATHOLIC OPINION.

The preachers are pursuing among the
Indians the policy that has made ths
friars so unpopular among the flApIhoS.
The gifts of the government are ma ls
dependent on the attendance of the Chli-
dren at a nOn-Sectarian school rms
means that Catholic Indians must suffer
tor their faith the loss OF lood ana clottl-
ing and every other relief that the predch-
ers can control. Why these preachers
! should be so interested in the success OF
| non-reIigious schools passes our unuer-
standing, if it is not that the devlI
| prompts them to oppose and Illustrate
everything Catholic.--We Waterman
| The latest comparative statement OF
| the commerce of the Philippines SHOWS
| that the trade of the islands with England
! and France has increased tremendously
I during the past fiscal year. Exports 10
| the United States have decreased over .
I per cent during the same period II we
omit the item of supplies for our own
military establishment over there i'm
ports from this country would cut a sorry
figure indeed. 1t is not surprising that
our European friends are urgent III
! their advice to US TO keep the Islands. We
monopoliZe the expense and responsible
tiles, they capture the trade and profit
Monitor.
The proposed Catholic labor union which
MIR. Thiele. chairman of one of the COM
mitteeS of the Federation or German
catholic societies in Illinois, has outlined
may be left to the mercies of free dis
cussion We doubt the utility of the prof.
ect, and we still more doubt whether it
will ever get on its feet.--CathoIic Citi
zen.
1t is now proposed in England to send
women colonists to South Africa These
will help, it is stated to keep British sol |
diers there and persuade them TO settle |
in the country. This may not be so de-
sirable in the end, as the soldier-settlers |
n N hoo lF0fl On FlFE n
England's sway as the Beers themselves, |
unless they become interested in the |
mines and stand on a par with the schem
ers who engineered the war and caused |
ITS outbreak for their own interests /
Baltimore Mirror.
No man from the days OF Jonathan
Phillips to the present time has received
so emphatic a mandate from the people
as that given to Patrick A. Collins. He
towers above factions and parties His |
fellow citizens have come to realize that !
reforms in the management of their at
have entrusted the work of reform to
him without qualification. relying I'M
plicitly upon his honor and his integrity
TO perform the task. We confidently pre-
the confidence reposed in him is not mis-
Republic.
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:, Says Says "Eglise' in Church Record" of
The usual ecclesiastical times of fast
ng before Christmas and Easter were
abolished in Germany a the time of the
The blessed "reformers" had little use
or fasting" or any other species of bod !
y modification. says the Union and !
Times. They laughed at St Paul when ,
he talked of notifying the flesh and its
'oncupiscence. Wine and women. mirth
md song, We're Luther's favorite quar-
cite as he quaffed his foaming tankards /
n the tavern of the Black Boar" He E
'racticed the philosophy of that other I
'agan sensualist-Horace: |
PUCK the roses while you may,
Old Time is ever flying;
The rose that blooms for thee today.
tomorrow may be dying" !
When Mr.. Burke Cochran was helping
he gold standard men by his speeches r
e was always referred to by them as =
Ne unrivaled orator. Now, when he raises =
is voice on behalf of the suffering Boer Il
on-combattants and asks the admins
'ation to say something to mitigate View n
'rlsn and its horrors in South Africa. u
is described as a blatherskite dema- -
oSue' whose oratory is all empty wind %
nd not worth a moments consideration u
Y responsible legislators or statesmen. D.
STANDARD and Times u