Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-27

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THE ELK,S FAIR AT SIOUX CITY.
Strong condemnation of the Elk's fair
comes from both Catholic and Protest.
ant sources. The Journal says:
IF Sioux City Catholics attend the
Jabour show, the main attraction OF
the Elks' big fair this week. they will
do so in opposition to the wishes ana
advice of Ri. Rev. p. j. Garrigan, Dish
op of the diocese of Sioux City.
Bishop Garrigan surprised the four
congregations at the cathedral or the
Epiphany yesterday morning by
roundly condemning the Elks' fair as
immoral and dangerous. and he re-
quested with much earnestness that the
Catholics of the city withhold their pa
tronage and remain away from the en-
tertainment.
The bishop said he had heard some
thing Of the character of the Jabour
show, and he was satisfied 1t was not
fit for respectable people to attend.
.,rhe fact that the Elks at their ma
tional convention in Salt Lake City re-
Gently declared against street fairs was
submitted by the bishop as proof that
such entertainments are not Of a COM
mendable character.
Bishop Garrigan said he spoke from
a sense of duty, believing he would be
doing wrong if he should fail to warn
his parishoners against the dangers
attending upon such amusements and
festivities as it is proposed to carry out
in Sioux City during the present week.
"At the s O'clock mass, the child
rens mass, the bishop spoke with es-
pecial eamestness. calling upon his
young hearers tolgive the show grounds
a wide berth if they valued the welfare
of their immortal souls.
cat the o'clock mass Rev. ]. j.
Kerby, the new pastor of the cathedral,
made the announcement as to the
bishops wishes regarding the fair, and
called upon his hearers to comply will
5ingly with the bishops desire, assured
that 1t would be to their best inter-
ests.
cat the high mass at 10:30 O'clock
Bishop Garrigan again spoke in regard
to the matter.
The bishops solitude towards the
among the parishioners, the question
being discussed with much interest at
ter the various services.
when seen at the Episcopal resi-
dence, 1011 Douglas street, yesterday
afternoon Bishop Garrigan refused to
discuss the matter. He said it was not
= matter for newspaper publication. He
had felt 1t was his duty to warn his
people, and he had done So
In the course of his evening sermon
on investments in Sodon,' DIR. Day, OF
the Whitfield NJ. e. church. said:
We are just now invited to make an
investment in Sodom. Our patronage
is asked for an exhibition which is
half vice and half fraud. Its ADVERTISE
ments are so suggestive that decency
bushes II compelled to look at them.
I may speak adversely as one who
refused to be the ministerial Daniel in
the lions den. Without discussing it
from the angle of those who have seen
fit to enter wedlock there, may be
permitted to say that from Methodist
ministers point of view it would be inn
spoSSAOlc 70 ueleIiue Elue participating OF
a clergyman in such an exhibition. But
man seems to love being duped, and
business enterprise, so-caled, will well
come an invasion of visitors who will
include in their lists every specimen
Of fallen humanity, and the city gov
eminent will smile in complacent sat
isfaction over an event which necessi-
tates twenty-five extra police and
which piles up profits for the saloons
and sporting houses. whose interests
could not be better served If their man
ayers themselves held control.
Ten thousand Christian workers
would not require even discussion OF
Increasing the police force of the city,
and such a gathering as the interna-
tional Sunday school convention would
induce more legitimate trade than
Sioux City will secure in the next five
days for its legitimate business estab-
lishments. The appointment of twen-
ty-tiva extra police proclatms the adj
vent of a Bacchanalian host"