The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-11
CATHOLIC OPINION.

Theodore Roosevelt, when colonel in
! the army, endorsed General Miles protest
! against the administration of the war in
! Cuba. Then he was subordinate of
| General Miles and was not censured for
| his opinion. Today the subordinate is a
( superior, and brusquely censures Miles
! for manfully declaring that the conspir-
| acy against Schley is a disgrace to the
! American navy. The country agrees with
Miles and the senior admiral Dewey
| that Schley was the real victor at San
! tiago, and his countrymen believe that
| the president, whose exalted promotion
was the result of a tragic accident, will
yet live to regret his hasty condemnation
! of faithful, gallant and brave officer.
| The Nation.
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| We cannot but mire the. munificence
of the men who a. doing so much for the
! endowment of secular and sectarian in
situations of learning. 1t is to be regret
ted that our own splendid colleges and
| universities do not share some of it. If
| they were in less capable hands and con-
Quoted for more mercenary motives, we
could we'll fear for their standing in the
severe competition which money can pur-
| chase When parents want 20 find insti-
tutions of solid worth, keeping a salu-
tary watch over the conduct of their
| boys, they know that these are found in
every we'll equipped Catholic college.
However, we hope the day is not far dis
tant when the money makers among the
Catholic laity will regard it as a duty
and privilege to give generously of what
| God has given them for the betterment
of Catholic MISUNDERSTANDING Universe.
! Some time ago we published the state
ment that the Benedictines were inter
! ested to the extent of many millions
year in the manufacture of~the liquor
which bears their name. We publish
elsewhere a letter from one of the order
in which the origin of the Islander and
the explanation of the connection of the
orders name with the manufacture are
given in manner to leave no doubt as
to the absolute truth and accuracy of the
statement. We copied from a very re-
spectacle, if ill-informed. Catholic pub
lication in France.--Western Waterman.
number of thoughtful Catholics of
the city have been DESTROYS of seeing
few Catholic books placed in the public
library Nothing, however, has been
done, except to compile list for the
library commission to select from. Now,
the public library contains many books
that are decidedly antagonistic to the
Catholic faith, and some even purport to
be Catholic books of information and in.
Struction are written by non-Catholics;
as, for instance, certain history of the
Jesuit order, which is the only one in the
library, is written by a non-Catholic. We
Catholics pay taxes towards supporting
this institution, and what we should have
is representative ON the library commits
sion. Until this is accomplished we will
see the present condition exist This is
the right time to take this matter up, as
the spring elections will soon take place
and we should see to it tina, the next
change in the commission will see Cath
olic citizen installed in that position
Catholic Progress, Seattle
Discussing the peculiar circumstances
of Catholic nation like France indulg-
ing in what appears to be oppression of
the church and persecution against re-
ligion, Mr., Davitt assigns two causes for
this anomaly-"the dynastic yearning of
French Catholics and their failure to put
in practice thorough-going social pro
gramme."
Mr.. Davitt is past master in the art
of political agitation. He understands
the wellspring of popular movements. We
think he is not far from correct in init
mating that the French church is handi-
capped by its aristoeratic attributes and
does not have the right influence upon
the people. especially upon their social
and political being The French hier-
archy has been in the past too mum, zt1us-
ly recruited from the nebility.-CaIholic
Citizen.