The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-18
CATHOLIC OPINION

Captain Dreyfus has apparently shrunk
to insignificance in the popular French
mind, to judge from the utter lack of in
terest excited by his presence in the
lola funeral cortege. 1t is but just to
add that he was never of the Importance
with which the sensa tional journalism in
vested him, outside of France.-MonttOr.
The United States is stubbornly sup
porting the contention of Archbishop Ri
ordan before The Hague tribunal. a
Protestant paper remarks:
Now the matter is before arbitrators
again, with the United States backing its
Roman Catholic citizens, and before a
tribunal gathered in the land of William
of Orange. A man with an historical i'm
agination can Illuminate for some time
over the dramatic aspects of the affair.
Western Waterman
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A Protestant minister, in one of the
Sectdrian magazines, boldly defends SEN
sationalism in the pulpit. He asserts it
is the most effeetuaI if indeed not the
only way to attract the crowd which
otherwise would not enter the doors of
church. If the highest function of the
religious ministry were to draw crowd,
the reverend gentlemans position would
be less pregnable. Unfortunately for
him, however, such is not the case. Sen
Sational1Sm in the press and on the stage
draws infinitely larger audiences than
even the most bizarre of pulpit announce
ments and performances, yet nobody pre-
tends to believe its Influence to be in any
sense wholesome and beneficial. From
purely professional standpoint pulpit
freakishness may be open to Defense but
from no other point of view, and above
all from the religious and spiritual one,
can 1t be considered aught but meretri-
cious and demoralizing.-Mo
o
Mrs. Addie NJ. Johnson, the woman
suffrage leader of Missouri, recently COM
mitted suicide with chIoroform. and the
Clothe club of ST. Louis, composed of
women, has attempted to justify her
crime. 1t has resolved that I'VE, as
CLUB. do not advocate self-destrUCtion,
but knowing the circumstances and her
convictions. we stand as one, if need be-
against the world to vindicate Mrs. john
son in her last act. She was not insane
at that time or any other time. She was
heroic and Self-Sacrificing in her deed"
These women are moral perverts, I'm spite
of their education" their money, their
fine clothes, and their place in society"
They need instruction concerning the
commandment-"Thou shalt not kill
Columbian.
Congressman Mccall of Massachusetts,
is Republican, but not in good Odor
with his party because he is independent
1T would be as preposterous to tax a
shipload of food coming to q starving
people as to impose a tax on the fuel
necessary during the winter for the com
fort and health of the American fire
sides" 1t will be a bad day for the party
that keeps prohibitive tariff on a neces-
sary of life in order to protect the in
FAINT industry of the coal barons.-Pilot
In other phases of life we notice the
prevailing better feeling. When Father
Scully died. down near Boston a few
weeks ago. Protestant pastors eulogized
him from their pulpits. When Rev Mr.
Berle OF Boston delivered his farewell
sermon to his church few Sundays ago
he begged his congregation to remember
him by giving their love, honor and en-
enlargement to the Catholic priest whose
church was nearest his. Over in Mary
land the other day a Methodist E2isco-
pal pastor prayed in his pulpit for the
recovery from Illness of the neighbOring
Catholic priest. These manifestations
are all pleasant because they show that
our fellow Christians are beginning to
know and understand US better.-Michi-
gan Catholic.
The alleged letter of rebuke addressed
by Madame Loubet to her son is still
making the rounds of the press. The
document bears internal evidences of
forgery and should have been altogether
still-born. If Madame Loubet were a
Monica. a Helena or a Christian Volum-
MIA. she could not have written such an
epistle. 1t is too crushing, too eloquent
teo vindictive and too pat. to come from
a mother shamed and distracted by the
apostacy of her son. Nothing is gained
by exploiting apocryphra of this kind
Catholic Transcript
In order to prevent distress among the
Docr and sick of New York City it is said
the shipping trust will import thousands
of tons of coal from Wales for free dis
tribution. Wonderful charity. If il ever
occurs we may next expect to hear that
satan has actually walked up to a holy
water font and blessed hinself.-Church
Progress.
The Outlook. high-class Presbyterian
journal published in New York, is trying
20 convince its soul that the miners have
no real grievance and are very much to
blame in the present strike. 1t is I'M
fortunately true that trust magnates own
several OF those high-class religious
Journals. AS result. a number of work
.ngmen are induced to believe Christi
antty the enemy of Justice and human
tty.-Union and Times
o
President Baer and his brother coal
barons are good national educators
Fremans Journal
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The people are now beginning to do
some thinking as to what made the coal
and for whom it was made.-Freman's
Journal.