The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-04
CATHOLIC OPINION.


If the Filipinos are really as bad a
stock as some of our military men and
missionaries make them OUT 10 ~
Americans are obliged perfOrce GO take
off their hats to old Spain for the SUI
perior skill exhibited in one thing, at
least. During the past 800 years our
predecessors ruled the islands IN peace
with the support OF d mere handful OF
soldiers. The natives were raised from
the lowest condition of SayaSery to a
higher state of Christian civilization
than that attained by any other saw
age race, within a like period. of which
history furnishes any record. The
worse the character of the material
they had to deal with. the greater the
credit due TO the civili3ers for this re-
suit 1t may seem humiliating to some
minds. but there is no escape from the
fact that we have something TO learn
from Spain when it comes to uplifting
+ inferior savage races.-MonitOr.
Rev. c. H. Parkhurst says of John
E. Redmond that ne is entirely HARM
less, even at close range. Although an
Irishman. and fuilblooded one, and
a man who is q chronic perpleXity to
the British parliament. he nevertheless,
carries himself as a gentleman and d
Christian" This is real NICE and
reminds us of what the landlord of the
Green Lion tavern said of Artemus
Ward: This ere North American has
been in my 'oUse for several days and
hasn't once tried to scalp me or any
of my family. l consider i'm hentirely
'armless and propose is 'ealth.' Mr..
Parkhurst is unconsciously very funny.
Pilot.
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AS for the navy department "snub-
bling Dewey" this is like a mote col
liding with a planet His great fame
is as imperishable as the stars and his
statement that Schley was and is the
hero of Santiago will be accepted by
the American people and by history as
the utterance of the final authority in
the dispute, the navy's ranking adj
miral and Americas most illustrious
living ea-fighter.-Union and Times.
They consecrated a Protestant Epis-
copal bishop for the Philippines last
week. Poor man! He comes just 400
years too late. But he can claim that
he came as soon as he was sent The
trouble is, the church that commissions
him was trifle late in coming into the
world.-Western Waterman.
Things in contrast are sometimes
very severe censures. For instance:
Our admirals. generals and United
States senators are marrying into the
Catholic church and our Catholic
young men are marrying out of it.
And of the two we do not hesitate TO
say that the latter are getting much
the worse of the bargain.-Catholic
Progress.
Think of it! Cincinnati once the
mecca of A. P. As has a reform league
composed of Republicans. members of
the Baptist Young Peoples league,
Christian Endeavors and Epworth
who recently sent out $4,000
circulars in support of John Fanben-
bour, a Catholic, Democratic candidate |
for the egislature.-Catholic Light.
Verify Dooley spoke correctly when |
he described our enthusiasm as a peo- |
pie as a bonfire on ice. It burns bright
~ for a time, but the ice doesn't catch. |!
There was a great ado about raising /
the $4,000 ransom for Miss Stone, the |
who was captured by bri- /
gands in the backyard of Europe Miss !
Stone is now trying to convert her cap |
tors. This looks to be her only chance |
Or freedom.-Mirror.