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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26
Bogus Catholic History.

TT IS HARDLY just to charge any
portion of the Catholic press with
intentional design to deceive their
readers with inaccurate history in Or
der to illuminate the deeds of Catho-
lies in the colonial struggle for indie
pendence in America Truthful his
! tory is ample in its demonstration of
the Catholics love of country, his 10y
atty to the republican form of govern
ment and his unceasing efforts for re-
! ligious tolerance in the Puritan states
even after the adoption of the federal
constitution.
OF late. however, scarcely a week
goes by without bringing in some fairy
tale of what some priest or bishop or
lay patriot Catholic, of course) did
in the war of the Revolution or the
war of 1912 that eXerted a marvellous
influence upon the spirit of the times
One of these fairy stories goes so far
as to represent Benjamin Franklin in
a kneeling position before the Papal
nuncio at the court of Louis XIV, be-
cause that posture could alone express
the gratitude of the American ambas-
sador to the nuncio for rersuhding the
French king to come to the support of
Washington. There is no mention of
this incident in history. Neither is
there anything to establish as fact
the statement that the Papal nuncio
was alone responsible for the success
full mission of Franklin at the French
court, nor had anything to do in the
negotiations.
Nevertheless this story had its run
in the Catholic press and doubtless
was accepted as fact by large major
ity of readers, until it was ounctured
by that vigilant and tireless old book
worm of Philadelphia. Martin /. J.
Griffin, editor of American Catholic
Historical Researches. An article in
this issue of the Intermountain Cath
Ole points out other inaccuracies of
history which Mr.. Griffin has run
down and disposed of in his usual
drastic style.
1t is worse than silly for Catholics
to parade these stories as examples of
exalted patriotism, because along with
inviting denial and criticism the
thought is born that Catholics must
go outside of fact to establish their
part in the history of the country.
There is no need of doing this; the
facts stand for themselves, and need
no romantic elaboration. Religion cuts
no figure in personal courage or in
lofty craftsmanship, in loyalty or dis.
loyalty Louis XIV. helped the Amer
lean cause not because he was a Cath
oiic' but because he was an enemy of
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26
SAN MARINo's REPUBLIC.
Sixteenth Hundredth Anniversary Of
the Little Commonwealth

Rome, Sept. 13.-The republic of San
Marine has just celebrated the six
teenth century of it's establishment on
the precipitous heights of. Monte I'll
tano, above Rimini and Urbino. The
republic has a right to be proud of its
founder and of it's history. This poht-
ical Mt. Tabor has preserved its privi-
leges and it's independence through the
fusion of patriotism with the church
Even Carducci, the poet of Satan, has
sung il. "On the Monte Titano relig-
ious feeling is Joined to love of liberty,
the worship of holiness is one with
the worship of the Creator and founder
of the republic. The fusion of Chris
tianity and politics brings about the
unity of religion and country; religion
becomes the lever of the state, just
as the state is the product of religion"
~ 8 0
Marine, the Romulus of this micro
scopic Rome, was, according to the
industrious mechanic Driven from
the island of Arba on the Dalmatian
coast at the time of Diocletian's perse-
cution, he landed at Rimini to work
in the harbor works. He climbed the
Titana peak from Rimini in search of
building stone. There he undertook to
convert the wild men of the mountain.
He preached the gospel advised the
division of property and the love of
the poor. He Joined to ardent faith
the gift of healing. Felicissima, rich
matron of Rimini was cured by the
workingman and gave him the noun
tain Titanus, which was her property.
At the top of the peak he set up an
immense cross, the symbol of peace,
love and justice; at the foot he built a
chapel in the name of st. Peter.
Around these monuments a people of
shepherds and free peasants gathered,
eager to throw off the yoke of the pub
licans" of Rome. Having become a
deacon and priest, Marine built the
fortress. To the new republic he gave
constitution at once very Christian
and very democratic, based on liberal
fty and equality. He was present at
the Council of Rimini and died in the
year 800. The people turned Marine
into saint. San Marine became soon
the palladium of the republic, the
eponymous hero of its independence.
His tomb was transformed into a
sanctuary. The church of San Marine
came to mean the same thing as the
political government. San Marine,
trusting to a charter of its founder.
'Relinquo vos liberos alb utrouue no
mine" II leave you free from every
man." has managed to maintain its in
dependence and it's prosperity against
all conquerors and all envious neigh
bors. San Marine is a living example.
Its existence demonstrates against all
the dogmatists of the "Risorgimento''
the possibility of the co-existence of a
republic with the national unity.
INNOMINATO.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26
BRIEF. BUT TO THE POINT

The Catholic Universe quotes the fol-
lowing brief speech made at a recent
meeting of the Knights of Father
Mathew by a German brother. It is so
good there was no need of it's being
longer. The argument in favor of tenn
perance is so happily put that 1t will
appeal to the dullest drunkard; and
who that knows will say encourage
ment to "sthay nit de temperance is
not needed by many besides those who
have pledged themselves to the cause g?
Il shall tell you how it vas. L put
my hand on my head; there vas Won
big pain. Then I put my hand on nv
pody, and there vas anodder big pain.
There vas very much pains in all my
pody Then | put my hand in nv
booklet. and there vas holdings Now
there is no more pain in my head. The
pains in my pody are gone away al
ready. put mine hands in my booklet
and there ish twenty tollarsI So I
SHAY init de temperance"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26

Last week P. H. Lannan disposed of
all his interest in the Salt Lake Tri-
bune, the purchaser named being
Perry S. Heath, secretary of the Re-
publican national committee. This
piece of news would pass along with
others incident to affairs of the day,
did not the change of ownership also
announce the withdrawal of Judge
Goodwin from the paper as its chief
editor. 1t seems like losing an old
friend. one who had talked to you
every day for the past twenty four
years, and whose life shone out in the
fourth page of the paper he made great
in this intermountain basin. No ex-
penditure of money for news by the
new management of the Tribune is
stand off for Goodwin's editorial page.
None there are to take his place, for
there is but one Goodwin as there was
but one Horace Greeley
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26
can neither be bullied by threats mol
cajoled by Establishments"


The Salt Lake Herald points out the
reorganization of the first presidency
of the Mormon church as another ex-
ample of history repeating itself" In
1874 Joseph Smith was president of the
church and Brigham Young president
of the twelve apostles. The same
names lead the church in these offices
today, wisely remarks the Herald. The
similarity of names and positions in
office is no evidence of history re-
peating ITSELF The event is a mere
coincidence, as much so as the fact
that one William Mckinley, hundred
years ago, was executed in Ireland by
a Captain Hanna. A century there
after another Mckinley of the same
stock became a bosom friend of an
other Hanna This is not history re-
peating ITSELF
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26
Thoughts on CzoIgosz's Fate.

! C0ME DAY next week. (most likely
Monday the assassin of President
Mckinley will be taken from his
cell in Auburn prison and conducted to
the chamber of death. Placed in the
| electric chair. The details of execution
will take up not more than five minutes
ar eternity to the criminal fearing
death. When the preparations are COM
pleted, a handle on switch is pulled
down. In a fiftieth of a second all is
over. The condemned is dead as GER
tainly as though a guillotine had
descended upon his neck. The penalty
demanded by the law has been paid.
Until the execution is over readers of
the daily press will be INDUCED to their
hearts content with pen pictures of
Czolgosz in his cell, tremblingly await
ing his fate. Already they see him,
paralyzed with fear, approaching the APP
paratus prepared for his death-the
srissly chair, the headpiece and the
straps They reason out his cowardice
from the incident at Auburn where a
mob of 300 Threatened him, and falling
down on the floor of his cell. Czolgosz
begged the officers not to give him UP
to the mob. That sort of reasoning is
clearly illogical. If the terror of the
prisoner was analysed it might be
found that not death by lawful means,
but rather death by mob violence para
lyzed him. He probably read of the
recent lynchings, where negroes were
burned at the stake, and expected that
kind of punishment at the hands of the
Auburn mob
Certainly Czolgosz expected death as
penalty for shooting the president.
The deed was premeditated; that
showed he had a clear purpose in view.
The shooting was not the prompting
of personal malice; that showed the act
to be one where the power of will was
not controlled by passion, although I'M
dcubtedly influenced by stronger and
more depraved minds than his own. If
CZelgosz had the fear of death in his
heart on that fatal day at Buffalo.
William Mckinley would be president
of the United States, instead of sleep
ing in Canton cemetery.
Thy will be done" These were the
last words escaping the lips of the
dying president. Would that large
part of our separated brethren could
comprehend the Lords prayer as did
this Christian head of the republic;
then there would be pity for this
wretched assassin even as there was
forgiveness for the dying thief on the
cross. That pity need not assume
maudlin sentimentality. gifts of flow
ers and fruits and the other attentions
bestowed on noted criminals bv sillv
women. 1t should be pity for one led
astray by incendiary literature. an
archist speeches, rattle Drained COM
panions. Pity and prayer for one en-
dowed with an immortal soul for
whose salvation God became man. and
for whose crime and the sins of man
kind He died upon the cross at CAL
vary
Up to the time Czolgosz went to Buff
falo to accomplish his fanatical mis-
sion, nobody appeared to know much
about him: Nothing in his appearance
indicated cruelty. Had he ever before
been in police custody for crime of anv
description, the record would have
been hunted up and published after his
Take away from his
life the awful tragedy which has
shocked the world. and Czolgosz stands |
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26
THE PoPF,s ApMoN1T1oN.

A Catholic newspaper in a parish is a
perpetual mission. Let all who truly and
from their souls desire that Religion and
society defended by human intellect and
literature should flourish, strive by their
liberality to guard and protect the
Catholic press, and let every one in pro-
portion to his income support them with
his money and influence, for to those
who devote themselves to the Catholic
press we ought by all means to bring
helps of this kind, without which their
industry will either have no results OK
uncertain and miserable ones.
POPE LEO XIII.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26
CATHOLIC OPINION.

In Elizabethan days the Irish were
! forbidden to wear the coolin-tiowing
/ hair. There was treason in it. And
| now Kaiser William orders all physi-
! clans to shave their boards. There are
microbes in them.-Union and Times.
Our Catholic neighbor of Salt Lake
City pays cordial and courteous trib-
ute to the character of the late Lo-
renzo Snow, head of the Mormon
church in Utah. President Snow en-
joyed the esteem of all who knew him,
irrespective of difference of religious
| creed and all that sort of thing. He
was a good citizen and deeply and
practically religious man according to
his lights 1t would not be easy to pay
higher compliment to the memory of
any NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
A special commissioner of the New
York Tribune, after d careful study of
the Filipino character extending over
a period of several months, pronounces
it unfathomable. He has small hopes
of the ultimate Americanization of the
people, despite theroseate views of such
eminent authorities as the youthful Mr..
Wilkinson, who has been entrusted
with the business of educating the
population of the archipelago accord
ing to American ideas. He doesn' t
think the timber is suitable for the
purpose. Themore closely our Asiatic
acquisition is scrutinized the more
thoroughly convinced become refiec-
tive minds of the gold brick character
of the transaction which made the ISL
ands ours.-Monitor.
Herr Most has been ordered to Jail
for year to eXpiate some anarchist
sentiment found in the columns of his
newspaper. 1t is comparatively easy
matter to secure the conviction of at
least one class of anarchists in the
present state of the public temper, the
class that merely breathes and writes
destruction. A far more dangerous
class, the one that applies rope and
torch at its own sweet will, without re-
gard to law or justice or anything else,
pursues its CHASTITY way unmolested.-
Monitor.
Miss Marie Corelli is difficult to sup
press. Those novels of hers are fam
what an unrestrained imagination, a
highly -colored vocabulary, and Mag
aras of audacity can do when properly
managed. Nevertheless she is per-
petual delight. If she has not the in
spiration of the Sybil, she. at least,
has the contortions. She is now in
rather a difficult position. Unfeeling
persons charge that her biography
which has recently appeared-was
written by the prophecies herself! This
has, of course, caused her to writhe in
the limelight. She asserts in her apol-
ogia that nothing could be further
from the truth. On the contrary she
contends that she did everything in her
power to prevent the publication. 1t
disturbed her sense of privacy, as it
were. 1t broke in upon that sacred Sc
clusion in which the true artist should
always be enshrined. The letter is de-
lightful reading. 1t is full of sarcasm.
invective against the whole tribe of
bookmen and delicate egotism that
perfumes the pages as rose does a
Toom.-New Century
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26

Great Britain; not because Of any love
for the struggling republic, but be-
cause of his hate of George III. Cath
olics should reflect upon these histori-
cal facts in the light of common sense.
The editor of American Catholic
Historical Researches is engaged in a
praiseworthy work. He should be en-
couraged. and fairy Catholic history
discouraged.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26
BishOp OF SAT- Lake.
Salt Lake City, Oct. 3, 1900.
CARD FROM BISHOP scANLAN.

l feel 1t my duty to protect Catholics
and the public generally from fraud and
imposition by notifying them from time
TO time that no person bearing the name
and garb OF a priest or sister or anyone
else Is authorized or permitted to solicit
or collect in this diocese for any purpose
whatever connected with the Catholic
Church without having from me permits
sion i'm writing bearing my seal and
signature. Should any one be found en-
gagged in doing this unlawful work of
collecting without such a document, he
or she, as the case may be. should he re-
garded by all as a fraud and an imposter
L. SCANLAN.
Bishop of Salt Lake.
Nov ~ 1900
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26

OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT.

Editor lntermountain Catholic;
My Dear Sir:-Replying to your favor
asking my approval of The Intermountain
Catholic since its establishment in this
diocese, / will state that l consider the
founding of a Catholic paper in Salt Lake
not the least Of the many blessings be
slowed by Providence on the Church nero
during the past two years Its birth oc-
CURED at an opportune time. Its zeal. III
propagating Catholic truth has had,
since its Inception, my hearty, though
silent approval. | believe with Our Holy
Father that "a good Catholic journal is a
perpetual mission in parish" and that
IT will serve as a question box, at az
times for anxious inqui-ers. In my visi-
tations ] shall hope to find The Inter-
mountain Catholic in the homes of every
Catholic family. Its mission is to es-
pouse truth, justice and morality, and all
devoted priests will find IN it an able CO.
operator in their missionary work. 1t is
my wish that all my priests and the laity
entrusted TO my charge should encourage
your noble effort and that of the gem
erous founder Of The Intermountain
Catholic. Yours sincerely,
l.. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
Salt Lake City. Oct 3, 1900
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26
SEIZED THE OPPORTUNITY.

ooh, MY" she exclaimed impatient
ly, well be sure to miss the first act
We've been waiting good many min
utes for that mother of mine
Hours. 1 should say" he replied,
rather tartly.
"Ours?" she cried, joyfully. "Oh,
George, this is so udden.'-Phiiadel-
phia Press
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26
CANDID AT ANY RATE

Conductor. inquired the timid old
lady, 'ain't you AFRAID of bein' killed
by the electricity in these trolley
cars?"
No, ma am" said he, as he pocketed
four fares and rang up two, I'm not
exactly a good conductor. "-Philadel-
mia Press
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26

The late Duke of Alba certainly made
name for himself. Only part Of it is
Carlos Maria-Isa bel Stuart Fitz-
James y Partoearrero Palafox. Then
he had titles enough TO cover a dozen
tOmhStones
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26
NO TIME FOR QUIET.

Bliffers-Can't you run that type
writing machine without making such
a terrible racket?
Winters (who has a desk in the
same office)-Not when I'm writing TO
man who called me a fOol.-New
York Weekly
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26

Mr.. Harvey, aged 20. and Mrs. Nc
Carthy, aged 81, were married at Hia-
watha, Kan, yesterday, and the story
relates that they were playmates when
children. When she was 10 and he
was 26?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26

So long as the preachers hold a club
over our municipal candidates. why
not insist on having the doxology in
serted in all contracts for grading
streets and digging sewers?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26

From the Memphis point of view the
principal dish at the dinner given by
President Roosevelt to Booker r.
Washington the other day was
cooked goose.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26

The Intermountain and Colorado
Catholic reaches the Catholic people of
Montana Colorado, Utah, Idaho. Neva-
da, Wyoming, New Mexica and Ari-
IONA Do you do business in any part
OF this large and vast country? If So.
don't you see what you want? Why,
OF course you do, So let's have it,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26
APPRECIATION.

Here, poor man, is penny"
Thank you, mum; I'll always num-
Der you among my closest friends. -
indianapolis News.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26

Some 500 babies have been named
after Senator Hanna. The senator
himself kept tabs, and he ought to
know.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26

If Miss Stone ever gets to America
again nothing viii excite her patience
more than to talk in her presence
about the lovely scenery of the noun
tains.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26

Our municipal campaign appears to
be conducted on lines laid down by
the preachers and wheelmen, to which
the candidates have subscribed. The
people-weH, they are graciously al
lowed 10 do the voting.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26

out as the weak victim of stronger
minds and Infamous character. He IS
not so bad as Johann Most or Emma
Goldman. He is not so bad as those
whom the law cannot reach; nor was
his act so destructive of human happi-
ness as the acts of legalized plumber
ers. He killed the president but an
other Immediately became president.
The republic is safe. The world moves
on.
With the last words of the martyred
president still ringing in their ears,
the American people should reflect that
God sometimes permits evil out of
which good may come. Already it is
visible. The tragedy at Buffalo has
awakened new thought as to the cause
which lay behind it and to the correc-
ton of evils threatening the peace and
happiness of the people and the stabil-
ity of government The investigation
does not stop over the analyzation of
liberty and license. Neither should 1T
stop after passion has cooled and spec
tacular preachers have consigned Czol-
gesz to the bottomless pits of hell. 1t
should go on and on until the Sermon
on the Mount is written on the hearts
of all Americans and legislation recog-
nizes the golden rule of doing unto
others as We would wish they should do
unto YOU"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26
THAT REMINDS ME-

Hon. Champ Clark, witty Missouri
congressman, contributes to the Satur-
day Evening Post a long article on
THE Use of Wit, Humor and Anecdote
in Public Speech" in a late issue Of
that journal. He relates the following
passage at arms that took place IN the
American congress between two ans
tinguished Irish American members
that will interest all lovers of pdrl!a-
mentary repartee:
Governor Charles T. O'FerraU of
Virginia told one of the finest and most
effectual anecdotes ever heard III con-
gress. 1t was at the expense of Will
liam Bourke Cochran, whose fame as
an orator extends all over the Eng
disappearing world. Among his many
qualifications for public speaking Mr..
Cochran has a voice which would have
aroused the envy OF the Bull OF Ba-
shan. 1t 50 happened that OFerrail
and Cochran locked horns on cor
tested election case, and Cochran
voice was in prime condition. o Fer
rail-, though chairman of the Demo-
cratic committee on elections, advo-
Gated the seating of the Republican.
for which Cochran aSsailed him Dit
terly and bombarded him with his
heaviest artillery until everybody with
in half a mile was deaf from the noise.
= "O'Ferrall began his reply as fol-
lows: The remarks of the gentleman
from New York remind me of the story
of an old colored man down in Vir-
ginia who was riding mule and who
was caught in violent thunder storm
while passing through a dense forest.
Being unable to make any Roadway
except through the agency of the titfdl
flashes of lightning which occasionally
revealed his surroundings. and hecanl-
ing greatly alarmed at the loud and
terrible peals of thunder which shook
the earth and reverberated over his
head. he at last appealed to the Throne
of Grace in this fashion: 20 Law1, if
it's jest the same to you. I'd rather
hev a little less noise an little mo
light" Now concluded O'Ferrall, we
have had a hogshead of noise and
would be thankful for a thimbleful of
light on this important subject
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26

Our municipal campaign is conducted
in a good natured manner. Nothing
even in the cartoons to excite resent
ment
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26
MIGHT BE WORSE OFF.

1.-The imbecile is not so greatly to be
pitied," says The Manayunk Philoso-
pher. 1T is better to be half-cracked
than completely broke. "-Philadelphia
Record
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26

The picture of st. Patrick's church,
Denver, appearing in our last issue,
should have been credited to the Rocky
Mountain News.