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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19

this chivalric champion of Christian
principles. which include the home, So
ciety and the stability of government,
points out the necessity of unity of
action to attain lasting and beneficial
results. The address displays no carp
ing disposition. but is a fearless def
erence of the rights of Catholics 1t
also reveals the broad and charitable
views of Mr.. Mennahau. who COM
mends other Christian societies for
uniting their forces against the enc
mics of Christianity. friend of the
learned lawyer assures us that he is
one of the foremost men in the state
of Ohio, a true champion of liberty and
a foe to religious bigotry. The lee
ture, which is given only in part in
this number of the Intermountain
Catholic, will be continued in our next
issues. Its effect on all Catholic socie-
ties cannot fail to be beneficial.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19
!, CATHOLIC OPINION


Commenting the energetic work of the
International Catholic Truth society, the
Sacred Heart Review directs special at
tentlon to one feature of it, that is the
among those who are not likely otherwise
10 feel the influence of such literature
In this connection our esteemed eontem-
porary mentions the practice that pre-
VallS In many families who take that pa
per, of sending it to Protestant friends
When the families themselves have read
IL Some of our readers also subscribe
regularly for copies of the Review and
Protestants whom they know. we com
mend this practice most earnestly to our
readers generally. If you do not pre-
serve the Review for reference. do not all
low 1t to lie around idly. When you have
Teaq It yourself send it to someone
Catholic or PFotestant-who YOU believe
would find it helpful. Do the same with
every CATHOLIC paper, book or pamphlet
Tor stamp and a few minutes of your
time, but one copy of a Catholic paper
may result in the salvation of a soul. 1t
may strengthen the faith of a wavering
CatnoIe or awaken some Protestant to
the light of the true faith The Interna-
tional Catholic Truth society shows ms
an excellent example Each and every
one OF US can be sort of individual
iter,
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1t appears that the latest Canadian GEN.
sus has disclosed conditions not particl-
larly agreeable to members of the An
gllcan body. There has been what Bishop
Ceurtenay of Nova Scotia calls s'de-
Dplorahle leakage" Among the more or
result from the lack of definite church
less adequate explanations proffered for
II by the bishop is this one: "a similar
teaching-namely, the loss of individuals
10 the church-is reached by the so-calied
mixed marriages. which are all the time
Delng contracted; whereas a rightly in
structed churchman would make 1t a sine
qua non or marriage that the other party
should come into the communion of the
church Thus the mixed marriage cues
tion has come to be recognized as an evil
even when the mixture is between
Protestant and Protestant, For an in
comparably stronger reason the CON
nubial union of Protestant and Catholic
Is to be deplored. After all, the vario,,s
Protestant sects differ merely In degrees
OF negaticn; they protest against . few
more or a few less Catholic Doctrines.
but each of them is separated From, .ts
true Church by difference of kind
There is no such thing as being mora ar
less Catholie-one is Catholic ar he Il
not. Morally, of course, one NAV he q
more or less devout and practical Cath
olio, doctrinally, one accepts the whole
deposit of Catholic truth or one 4;
Protestant. Bishop Courtenavss 80
nouncement quoted above is only anofbsr
instance of Anglicans ADOPTING GathoIie
views on variety of observation-disclosures
religious teaching in schools, ana others
Its lesson to CATHOLIC parents is to dis
courage as strongly as possible in their
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19
Irish Sympathy.

yIrHILE all England was aglow in
wv anticipation Of the coronation of
its Chief Executive and the ma
tional glory and festivity that sur
rounds such an epoch: while royal COM
mittees were planning to make the
present a record breaker of all past
like events; while the streets and
buildings of the modern Babylon
We're being decked and dressed up in
| trappings and in all the artistic inven-
! tions of modern decorative genius,
| Ireland, across the channel. was pre-
| pairing for a day of gloom, of sorrow
and of expiation-of gloom, because all
| this ceremonial and glory, which was
to perfect the accession of her king to
the throne, gave no hope or promise
of her freedom, but. if anything. only
thwarted it; of sorrow. because her
faith and religion, which she holds
| dearer to her heart than aught else.
was to be once more branded as "su-
perstitious and idolatrous;" and of ex-
piation, TO propitiate the Lord for the
blasphemy and offense thus offered
Him. Her representatives in the Brit
ish parliament were holding meetings
and drawing up resolutions, setting
forth their determination to abstain
from all participation, official or pri-
vate, in the celebrations which were to
mark the occasion as the greatest and
grandest display of pageantry in the
worlds history, and this, in protest
against the continued wrongs heaped
upon her age after age by her inhu-
name government which, within the
last fifty years, had been afforded many
unique opportunities of conceding her
even the most elementary element of
justice and fair play, but as often let
slip by unheeded.
While all these preparations were in
progression joy and jubilation on the
one hand and for gloom and protest
on the other-the iron hand of destiny
was doing its stealthy work. Like
thunder bolt from the clouds, flashed
the news across the wires that Eng
lands king, upon whom the worlds
eyes were focused. lay PROSTATE in the
throes of a serious illness, which might
bring the beads of death-sweat rather
than a crown upon his royal brow.
Never had there occurred a better veri-
fication of the old adage: Man pro-
poses, but God disposes." Faces that
were lighted up with pleasure now were
masked in gloom, hearts that throbbed
with delight now slowly beat in sad
ness, sorrow filled the post of joy and
mourning that of rejoicing. Was not
this the time for Ireland to rejoice
Was not her faith spared the brand of
superstition" and 'idolatry?" Was
not the hand of fate upon her oppres-
sors? Why not rejoice? We, who
read and heard so much of
her "disloyalty and protest" now
craned our necks and strained our
ears to catch the sound of joy-bells
ringing out upon the waves; but we
We're doomed to disappointment. We
do not understand the heart and nature
of 1reland's sons and daughters. and
hence we too often perhaps measure
her humanity with the yard stick of
our own. Even in Ireland come adj
vices from her shore, ''the all oo-gen-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19
SATURDAY July 10, 1903
OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT.

Editor Intermountain Catholic:
My Dear Sir:-Replying to your faYor
asking my approval of The Intermountain
Catholic since it's establishment in TINS
diocese, ] will state that Z consider the
founding of a Catholic paper in Salt Lake
not the least of the many blessings be-
slowed by Providence on the Church mere
during the past two years. Its birth oc-
CURED al an opportune time. Its zeal, IN
propagating Catholic truth. has had,
Since its inception, my hearty. though
silent approval / believe with Our Holy
Father that "a good Catholic journal is
perpetual mission in a PARISH and tnat
IL VIII serve as a question box, at az
times. for anxious inquirers. In my visit
tations 1 shall hope TO find The Inter
mountain Catholic in the homes of every
Catholic family. It's mission is to es-
pouse truth, justice and morality, and al
devoted priests will find n it an able CO.
operator in their missionary work. II ls
my wish that all my priests and the lalty
entrusted to my charge should encourage
your noble effort and that of the gen
erOus founder of The Intermountain
Catholic. Yours sincerely
L. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake
Salt Lake CITY Oct 2 1900
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19
Denver's Welcome to A. 0. H.

THE DAYS of this past week have
opened the eyes of the people of
Denver. Denver is essentially a
convention city. Everybody in Denver
is proud of the city, and Denver is
lavish in its hospitality to strangers.
But never before did Denver have an
opportunity to observe and entertain a
representative gathering of the Irish
people-genuine Irishmen, and men and
women of Irish parentage, joined to-
gether in the bonds of friendship
unity and Christian charity 1t was
a revelation to Denver, which ex-
pected to find Puck's Irishman in the
delegate from Massachusetts, and a.
stage Paddy Miles Boy in the corps
from Illinois. Denver was amazed.
Denver was delighted. Denver gave a
genuine "Caed Mile Failthe" to the
A. o. H. and those who accompanied
them across the continent to hold their
biennial convention in the Colorado
capital
At this writing the national delegates
are in session at the Coliseum, and of
course, what is transpiring is known
only TO the members. On Tuesday,
however, the session was formally
opened and the public was admitted,
as Colorado and Denver We're DESTROYS
of expressing the pride the state and
city felt over the presence of the ma
tons representative Irishmen. Gov
ernor and mayor and State President
Mcclure of Leadville did themselves
proud in their addresses of welcome.
In like manner did the president and
vice president of the A. o. H. wax
eloquent in their responses to the state
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19

and city executives; and because an
Irishman has always leave to speak
twice, boquets of eloauenee were
thrown back and forth by the celts
of Colorado and the Irishmen from
the other side of the Spanish peaks
1000 miles away AS a mark of re-
spect to the late Archbishop Feehan
/ the convention adjourned.
But before all this took place, ponti-
fical high mass was celebrated in the
church of the Sacred Heart, and Gods
blessings invoked upon the delegates
and upon the good work they intended
to promote.
There appear to be two questions
which will arouse animated discussion,
but which we hope will be discussed
solely on their merits and in the spirit
OF the motto of the order-friendship,
unity and Christian charity. The chief
contention will be an attempt to secure
an endorsement of the aims and work
of the United Irish Land League. 1t
is said that nearly all of the officers
and directors of the order are firm be-
levers in the plan of physical force as
best for the liberation of Ireland. We
sincerely trust that the logic of the
other side in debate will change this
opinion and a vote of confidence in the
Land League be recorded. But which
ever way the decision is given, indica-
tiens now are that the victory viii be
on, h.
The other question which promises
heated debate is the proposition to re-
instate DIR. Henebry in the chair of
Gaelic literature in the Catholic uni
versity at Washington. 1t was the A.
Q. H. that endowed this chair with a
donation of $4,000, and certainly the
voice of the order should be respected
by the university directors. Father
Peter Yorke is on hand to champion
the cause of the deposed professor.
Father Yorke will be much in evidence
during the entire convention and will
also lead in debate for the Land
League.
. The question of uniting with the Fed
Grafton of Catholic Societies will also
be entertained and doubtless carry IN
favor of the proposition If so, the
A. o. H. will be the most important
factor of this great Catholic League.
Every state except North Dakota is
represented in the convention. Who
will be the next president? The know
ing ones say it will be either John A.
Ryan of Boston or Patrick O'Neill of
Philadelphia, one of the present ma
tional directors. Either man will re-
fleet honor upon the great order.
The Intermountain Catholic bids the
grand order welcome to these noun
tains. We are certain that they have
enjoyed themselves. And we are GER
tain of another thing. When they are
a few hours ride from Denver on their
return journey, and looking east see
nothing ahead but a level plain, they
will turn their heads again to the west
and sigh as they catch last look at
the Spanish peaks. The memories of
their visit to Colorado and the sight of
its majestic mountains viii inger for
ever with the delegates of this biennial
convention of the A. o. H.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19
Creased Pig Land Policy.

| III ITHOUT any data ready at hand
| " we vii ltake chances in fixing
the origin of the sooner" about
the time the first Indian reservation
was declared by law open for settle
! ment to first come first served. and the
race was for the swift and the battle
for the strong. In no other way can
we imagine why the word sooner
should be enumerated among the COM
mon nouns, gender and case of our
western grammar. Defined, a sumner"
IS a person who is there sooner than
he should be there.
Whoever suggested and had ineer-
porated into the public lands laws the
present methods obtaining upon the
opening of reservations. certainly had
those grotesque ideas of fair play that
swell the head of crossroads states
man. He may have been a secretary
of the interior for all we know, but
he got his idea of public life from the
country fair. AT the country fair. the
creased pig is placed out towards the
center of the ring and such as covet
the swine stand on the edge prepared
to run for him at zone, two. three
go!''
This creased pig theory of equity.
perfectly proper at the country fair,
is carried into the practice of the in
terror department and is seriously con-
sidered the best means of rendering
the greatest number! A certain hour
of a certain day is announced as the
time set for the opening of an Indian
reservation. Along come a lot of men,
determined and desperate. who camp
on the edge of the reservation so as to
be ready for the rush when the signal
is given. Every maa is a Mazeppa on
horseback and sure shot with a pis-
tol. The man who really needs the
land, and whose patient toll would
earn a home, is the timid man. He
stands no show in such a crowd. A
day or two before the opening day the
sooner" suddenly disappears, as if the
ground had swallowed him.
The latest example of this farce of
interior department justice is award
ing lands as prizes to the swift and
daring is given in the story of the re-
cent opening of the Fort Hall reser-
walton in Idaho. There it was con-
test between steam and horse flesh.
The particulars are exciting and thrill
ing and could easily discount the i'm
probabilities of a yeliow-coyer novel.
The Mazeppas with swift relays of
horses, actually beat the raiders who
chartered a special train of the Ore
gon Short Line from Poeatello or Nc
Cannon to Blackfoot and were first
in line to present their filings for Fort
Hall lands at the United States land
office! Where was the timId man who
really needed a home? Not there.
Where was the deserving woman who
might scratch out living until her
children could help her cultivate the
farm she was as much entitled to as
the speculative desperado? Not there.
oh, what farce is this United States
Interior department!
Among those who took chances by
taking the Short Line special was a
Myers Cohen. Alas, poor Cohenl Just
as he got ready to jump the moment the
train reached the platform, somebody
behind tripped him and he fell against
the edge of the platform with terrible
force. The mishap cost Cohen a quar-
ter section of land on Marsh creek on
which he ''squattedp in 1874, When he
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19

At Allentown, Pa, recently, a cor
oner's jury decided that a railroad con-
tractor came to his death by a dose
Of quinine supplemented by an excess
sive quantity of drinking water. An ac-
cident like that would never happen in
Indiana, where quinine is used for
every malady of human flesh, includ-
ing corns and bunions, but it is never
taken with water. Instead. quinine is
taken as a sandwich-aIittle whisky
before the dose and little more whs-
ky after the dose.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19
TIE PoPF,s ApMoN1TIoN.

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
liberalty TO guard and protect the
Catholic press, and let every one in pro-
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 OF
uncertain and miserable ones.
POPE LEO Kill
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19

When we think of the great Curran
In the last Irish parliament. and then
again think of the lovable "soggarth
aroon" who bears that name in Salt
Lake, how homogeneous the name ap-
pears alongside that Of the headed
obstinate President Curran of the Chi
cago transfers union or freight han
dlers union, we don't know which, nor
does it matter to which this irrecon-
ciliable agitator belongs.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19
BShOp OF SAT- Luke
SAT- Lake City, Oct. 2. 1890.
CARD FROM BIsHoP sCANLAN.

1 feel it 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 permis-
sion in writing bearing my seal and
signature. Should any one be found en-
gagged in doing this unlawful work of
collecting without such document, he
or she, as the case may be. should be re-
garded by all as a, fraud and an imposter.
L. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
Nov % 1870
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19
Federation of Catholic Societies.

THE ADDRESS of Hon. Thomas b.
b. Mennahan, president of the
American Federation OF Catholic
societies, published on our first page, is
an eloquent and logical appeal of one
Of the most learned and distinguished
jurists in the. state of Ohio. 1t is Sec
tartan only in the sense that it is di-
rected against the irreligious spirit of
the age. To stem the tide of infidelity.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19

In communication to the Rocky
Mountain News, Father Yorke flagel-
lates the Denver Post for its clownish
exhibition of pretended wit at the ex-
pense of the Irish. The editor puts
words in the mouths of the Irish char
acters conjured up no more resembling
"hrogue" than Chinese fiddle does
piano. Father Yorke has had the fun
ny man of the San Francisco Call
across his knee and spanked him well
with his literary slipper. He does the
same to the Post fool, although it is
with another mans type and press.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19


The Freeman's Journal takes excep-
ton to the Western Watchman's atti-
tude on the Philippine question. AS
both editors rank high in their profess
sion, the lesser lights among the craft
win be divided in their opinions on that
all-important question.
The dispatches tell that the ultima
tum, which means the last proposal in
diplomatic relations, will soon be sent
10 Rome from Washington. This ulti-
matum being the first received in
Rome, will add one more new incident
10 her long history.
o
VIII the ultimatum mean that the
friars must leave the islands? Then
the president and his secretary of state
are greater than the constitution.
which protects all treaties made by our
government with foreign countries IF
the ultimatum means the expulsion of
the friars because they are Spanish
subjects, then the Paris treaty is vio-
lated.
Is it because they are not loyal to the
government? Herr Most is not and
never has been loyal to the home gov
eminent, yet Germany has received no
ultimatum, because our treaty with
Germany must not be broken. Indivi-
duals may be swayed by religious pre-
JUDGES, but a government that repre-
sents all the people without allegiance
TO any creed, win not dishonor its name
by yielding to vulgar prejudices and
violate it's own solemn contract
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19

Philadelphia Record: Good wine
needs no bush, quoted the teacher
Now. can anyone tell what that means
'I guess" replied the saloonkeeper's
son. cit means you can make it with
alcohol and logwood good enough to fool
most people"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19

London Globe: This conversation was
overheard in the park not long ago: How
did you like Faust'?a
'tOh! we enjoyed it immensely; you
know, Jack is so fond of shakespeare
pIavs'' IL reminds one of the old story
of the would-be literary young lady VINO
was asked which of Scott's novels she
liked best, Scott's '1vanhoe, Scott
'"Talisman,' or Scott's Emulsion" ana
instantly decided in favor of the last.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19

Kansas City Star: Next to knowing
what you're talking about says the Al
falfa Sage, ''it is the most essential to
know whom you are talking to-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19

philadelphia Press: Ma-Willie, what's
your little brother crying foF2
Willie-AwSs just because he don't want
to learn anything. I just took his candy
and showed him how to eat it.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19

New York Journal: The Elephant-Do
YOU suppose that naturalist really learned
to understand your language?
The monkey hope not. You arter
heard some of the things we called MIN
while he was studying us.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19

Boston Post: Why do you spit on your
bait?" asked the city angler saFcastically
of the boy with the bent pole and knotted
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19

Chicago Tribune: Cholly-Tm going to
spend my vacation on the broad plains
of the west | want to give my mind
chance to exDand.
Birdie-Going to have something done
to YOUR head?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19

Chicago Daily News: She had Just
handed him the icy mitt. You are a
heartless woman" he Kissed in a tone
seventeen degrees more bitter than quiz
nine. but, thank heaven, 1 have at last
found you out.
BE it So rejoined the human refriger-
ator. "and. what is more. you will con-
tinue to find me out hereafter should you
call"