The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-08
CATHOLIC OPINION

All honor to the patriotic Danes who de-
feated in their parliament the proposition
to sell the West Indies Islands to the
United States. Two old men, one of 81
and the other of 81 years, left what seem
to be their death beds and were carried
TO vote against the sale of the Danish
territory. But, what fools they must ap-
pear in the eyes of Mr.. John Hay, who
does not sell. but actually gives away,
a couple of thousand square miles of
America to please his British friends
Pilot.
Hereafter, according to a dis2atch of
the hour, knowledge of Greek will not be
necessary at Yale. By this decision it
will be possible for the graduate of 4
college to go to Yale and receive a de
to make UP his Greek. Should the pres
ent tendency continue, within few years
it will only be necessary for a young
man to exhibit proficiency in athletics In
Years hence-who knows?-if a youth
shall possess any education at all he
must acquire it at home.-New World.
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Professor jerks of Cornell. who was
sent on a special errand by the war de-
partment' to study the social, economic
and other needs of our Asiatic insular
possessions, recommends the admittance
of Chinese contract labor into the Philip
pines. Professor jerks has in mind, OF
course, only the commercial interests of
the employing class. He has not consld-
cred the effect of a Chinese. invasion on
the native laboring masses. Spain rigor-
ously protected the Filipinos against de-
structive coolie competition, and the ma
tive population of the islands increased
normally. The policy advocated by eX-
pert jerks is the sureSt and shortest cut
to Filipino rmination.-Monitor.
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Apropos of the divine right claimed by
President Baer of Wilkesbarre, to run his
mines as he pleases, Mr.. Hennessy asks
Mr.. Dooley: What dye think Nv tn
man down in Pennsylvania who says tn
Lord an him is partners in a coal miner
Has he divided the profits?" asked Mr..
Dooley. There is deep philosophy in this
as in many other of Mr.. Dooley's sage
sayings.-Catholic Citizen.
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Victor Herbert, the Puttsburg music
composer, has just been awarded $4,000
damages because a New York music
periodical called him a plagiarist. De-
spite his name, Mr.. Herbert is a Dublin
Irishman and a Catholic-Drecisely the
sort of individual the magazine referred
to usually has affected to dcsQise. No
doubt, hereafter it will advocate the de-
portation of Irish musicians to their ma
tive shore.-New World.
The Protestant church record as given
by President Harper of Chicago uniyeT-
sity. is that it has alienated the labor
ing classes, large part of the wealthy
class, and to some extent, it is alien
ating the intellectual class. BY their
fruits you shall know them.-Freeman'
Journal
Cubans will yet rue the day the Span
ish flag. was lowered on Moro castle;
will have to submit to inevitable destiny.
There is no use in their arguing with
this country. The worm is always wrong
when It disputes with the hen.-Western
Waterman.
Because the catechism cannot be taught
in the public schools Catholics have
schools of their own. If the Protestants
want their catechism, the Bible taught
in school they must do likewise.-Western
Waterman
King Oscar of Sweden, the arbitrator
chosen by the United States, Great Brit
ain and Germany to decide the Samoan
controversy, has decided in favor of Ger
many. This decision sets the seal of con-
demnation on the rascality of ex-Chief
Justice w. l.. Chambers now on the
Spanish claims commission); il Is a re-
pudiation of the murderous work of bonn
bardment and destruction done by Ad-
miral Kautz and Captain Sturdy; and it
is a ratification of the election of the
Catholic chief Observation-Disclosures
D.
BY accident Mr. Carnegie found him
self travelling on a third class ticket the
other day in Scotland. The newspapers
find it such an important item that it
gets half column notice. AS a matter
of fact, that used to be the only way Mr..
Carnegie was able to travel at all some
years ago.-Church Progress.
In Buffalo an attempt recently was
made to establish an anti-treating soci-
ety. with what success we are not in
formed. However, every man and wo-
man who has one spark of the celestial
fire of love of country no doubt yearns
to see a sober nation, and one good way
to bring about this result is by forming
anti-treating societies.-Union and Times.