The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06
CATHOLIC OPINION

There are no monopolies in this coun-
try, except such as are protected by pat
ents.' says Mark Hanna. Let us see.
When were patents issued on anthracite
coal FOR on petroleum? Or on beef,
sugar, railroads, or any of the other thou
sand products or industries so closely
monopolized by various trusts? Mt
Hanna is a humorist. and the joke of it Is
that he can well afford to be, for he has
reason to know the benefits of monopoly.
Pilot
We learn from reliable source that
the Rev. John ]. Wynn. S. j., editor
of the Messenger has been asked by the
Appletons to supervise the publication
OF new and revised edition OF their
CYclopedia. with special reference to
questions of Catholic teaching and his
tory treated therein. This is one of the
practically beneficial results of a proper
lie MISREPRESENTATION of Catholic truth.
Father Wynn in his unansWerable eX-
posture of the glaring defects OF the Cy-
clopedia ana the bias and scholarship OF
some of it's editors and contributors, was
heartily seconded by the Catholic press.
Monitor.
Bad books and trashy literature are
proving the downfall of the youth OF I,t inc
country. Legislatures and municipalities
have legislated against the sale of the
cigarette. but has left this deadlier poison
free circulation.-Church Progress.
Early in the summer Prophet Dowie
startled the Christian world by announ-
cling that he had landed a prize convert
"a Roman Catholic cardinal. The
son of one Rev" William Bluett, a bo-
gus ex-priest, who halls from Canada
Catholic Standard and Times.
If there is anything worse in this world
than a Protestant fabricator. it is a
Catholic fabricator. He lacks even the
poor excuse that he is defending a good
cause.-the Ave Maria.
The number of our voting cattle" is
not confined to our low laboring classes
or to our foreign population as the
Know-Nothing delights in asserting. On
the contrary, the laboring classes and
the men with rough hands and coarse
clothing are as intelligent and discrimf-
mating voters as we have. In hordes OF
well-dressed but Anticipated young men,
and in thousands of self-interested mid
dle-aged men. are the rank and file OF
those unthinking voters called cattle -
Catholic Citizen.
Twice during the presidents recent visit
to Connecticut were Catholic priests the
Spokesman of the workingmen prospect
i've of UNCONVENTIONAL lines. The Rev.
NJ. A. Sullivan and the Rev. f. De
Bruycker in Willimantic paid their trlo-
ute of respect to his excellency. Pres1-
dent Roosevelt. in behalf of the labortng
men of both cities. 1t is a happy omen
when, desDising the clamOr of the aSi-
tator and the SOD of sensationalism, la
Dor recognizes in the representatives of
the Church the truest friends that labor
has From the venerable Leo down 10
the latest ordained priest, the Catholic
church has the Masters gift of drawing
the peoples heart. She is the church of
the masses. Her Founder worked at the
humble trade of an artisan. and never
is the church so Christ-lfke as when
y, aiv- has int
ests. She rears no altar except for the
people. and the fairest ornaments she
LAYS before those affairs are the simple
hearts of the sons of toil.-Transcr1pt.