The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-19
WAS BRUTAL CRIME.
SAYS BISHOP BRoNDEL IN A LET
TER READ TODAY.
SERVICES At ST. PATRICK'S
In Commemoration of the Dead Presi-
dent-Prayer For the Church
and Civil Autllori-
ties.

Special services in cOmmemOra tion Of
the late President MCKINLEY were held
IN the Catholic churches of the cit, TO-
DAY. At st. Patrick's church the sery-
ice was mixture or patriotic express
sion and that usually held in memory of
the dead and was conducted by seven
priests. The edif1ce was crowded to its
utmost capacity. One Of the features of
/ the service was the singing OF Nearer.
MY God. to Thee" by the choir a by IN
SO dear the dead president during his
lifetime and another feature was the
| rendition of the Star Spangled Banner
by the school children There was no
regular address delivered. but Father
Stack read letter from Bishop John b.
Brondel of Helena and Father Ryan read
prayer for church ana authorities from
Bishop Carroll of New York. The letter
from Bishop Brondel was as follows:
Beloved Brethren:-The whole nation
is Mortified and in mourning by reason
Of the assassination of our beloved
President William Mckinley Great Is
the crime of infanticide, greater that of
parricide. but the greatest murder is
that of the chief Of our country.
Words cannot express the atrocity Of
the crime. The friendly act of shaking
hands was used like the kiss of Judas as
a means to send a death bullet through
the loving breast of ruler OF eighty
million American citizens. The widest
brute could not perform such a deed. 1t
requires human soul endowed with in
diligence but forsaklng it's highest gift to
be taken possession Of by the demons OF
savage hatred. AS the old pagan en-
peror of Rome wished that all men had
but one head that he might with one
blow destroy them all. SO would the an
archiSt with one vile act destroy all
authority.
LAS Catholic taught by the Christian
religion we are called upon to denOunce
in unmeasured terms the abcnainable
crime. to give honor to the one VINO ruled
this mighty ma ton with authority, which
through the votes of the pepOie. came
from God, and to do all that is in our
power in order to insure to all citizens,
especially to those in authority the EN-
joyment of life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness 1t is sad indeed to think
that our country could produce such
criminal. We are forced to track the
evil to it's source; lack of Christian edu-
ton. Instead of being taught righteous
ness. he sat down to listen to harangues
Of an anarchist woman and acted ac-
cording to her instructions. Here we see
the source of regicide. 1t is not to be
attributed to lack of instruction, but to
give their children Christian education
is apparent. The duty of teachers is to
make their pupils understand that lib
erty is not licenses. The d. y Of public
speakers is to tell the people that the lib
erty of speech and of the press does not
go beyond the privilege of all American
citizens to enjoy life. liberty and che pur-
suit of happiness. The duty Of governing
powers is to stablissh international law
so We'll framed and so stringent that an
archy and its associations shall be
stamped out by the political powers OF
the world This duty has not been OBJ
served by the rulers of nations For thtr-
ty years through anarchy fostered by
rulers. the chief spiritual head Of Chris
tianity sits imprisoned in the Vatican at
Rome and almost every year an emperor.
king or president has been assassinated.
May God have mercy on us and be
merciful to the departed president! May
the governing powers of the world foster
Christian education. May parents ex-
ercise their duty to raise their children
in the fear and love of God May the
people of the world love to fray in prl-
vate and in public that the King of Ages.
Jesus Christ, may rule the minds ana
hearts Of all and establish His sweet
rule for the pacification OF all.
THAT we may obtain these blessings
we hereby order in all the churches OF
our diocese on Thursday next at lo
o'clock a solemn votive mass: PRO qua
cumque necessitate' and we recommend
that the Catholic people join with the
non Catholic fellow citizens in giving
proof of their love for authority. law and
order. The prayer of Bishop Carroll for
those in authority shall be said at the
end of the service"