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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
Pope and Bible.

THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME brings
in his revenges. For 800 years the
Pope and the Bible were said to
! be at war. For Catholics the Scrip
lures were proclaimed to be a closed
/ book. The enlightenment hidden away
within the folds of that supreme vol
ume meant death 10 the Papacy. So
| said the sectaries who love us not and
Who elected themselves the sole stu
dents and the sole disciples of the
written word of God.
Now we are told that the much rep
rotated Pope has established a special
Pontifical commission to consider all
questions connected with Biblical
studies. Catholic scholars the world
over will be afforded an opportunity
to state their views and difficulties and
submit them to the direct notice of the
Holy See. Such step. says the Cath
Ole Transcript, is calculated TO stimu-
late Scriptural study and to enable
Catholic critics to discuss with con-
fidence and with the assured appro-
baton of the Holy See dcbatable
questions bearing on faith and morals
as well as upon Interpretation.
Catholics do not fear the advance of
so-called higher criticism They ac-
eept and will forever continue to ac-
cept the Bible as the inspired word of
God. When they are not prepared to
render this homage to the sacred books
there is no longer place for them in
the company of the faithful The
decree has gone forth, and it cannot
he revoked. The very man who has
been so long reviled as the enemy of
the Bible is now its foremost cham
pion. Protestants who pinned their
faith TO the very letter of the Scrip
lures behold the ground moving be-
Meath their feet. Irreverent critics
have cast doubt upon almost every
vita! passage and things are no longer
for them What they seem. They en-
Sconced themselves behind the citadel
Of written truth. and they are now
forced to give up, as the musings of
poets, what they once regarded as the
inspired word of God. Their position
is deplorable.
1t is not the Pope, then" says the
New York Sun, but the great churches
Of Professionalism which need to APP
point Il commission or commissions for
he consideration of questions con-
lected with Biblical studies. The time
S coming-if. indeed. il has not come
already. when these churches must
AXE their stand deftnitively and de-
'idedly on the question whether the
Bible is of God or only of man. AS it |
$ now, the Pope is the sole bold posi-
i've and uncompromising champion of |
he Bible as the word Of God"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
Banquet to Bishop Matz.

THE BANQUET at the Brown Pal
ace in Denver on Tuesday even
ing to Bishop Matz was an honor
that must have touched the heart of
the Colorado prelate. Few events in
the lifetime of Gods pastors are tinged
with enough of radiant coloring TO
make up for the rough perspective;
but prayer and patience are left to
harmonic the lines and make the pic
ture tranquil, even though it be SOM
bre.
There were artists at that banquet
and those clerical word painters
framed picture that stands for rev
erence and loyalty. In it rebellion
found no place; in it love was the
central figure. Around that figure
were the pastors of Denver, and be-
hind them the grand Catholic laity
of Colorado. 1t must have been the
gladdest moment in the life of the
young priest who became bishop of
Denver. if we except the time when
he knelt at the altar rail to receive
his First Holy Communion. No earth
ly gift or honor is half so rich as the
words Of kindness, of loyalty and ven
Grafton falling from the lips of those
consecrated to Gods service and re-
echoed in the hearts of those waiting
for Thy Kingdom Come.
The banquet to Bishop Matz by the
resident clergy of Denver is a fitting
crown to his achievements in the
Eternal City, from which he recently
came with the blessing of the Holy
Father. Aye, more; it puts at rest
the stories circulated about insubor-
dination, and disarms the irreligious
tattler. 1t is proof to the Catholic
world that Gods work in Colorado is
piously and cheerfully. 1t
is proof that Bishop Matz is the right
man in the right place.
The writer is in spirit at that ban
quet, and rises TO say: Here's to
Bishop Matz. Long life and happi-
ness"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18

The Catholic News of New York
notes an attempt to create a scare at
a meeting in that city The author of
the attempt was minister named
Johnson. who declared that he be-
lieved there was a movement on foot
to Romnize the navy. and that this
movement received much encourage
ment from Washington. Commenting
on this. the News says; Although
this mans assertions were printed
conspicuously in the papers last week.
We haven't heard that our Protestant
friends were stirred up to any notice
able extent by the Johnson discovery.
Perhaps they are aware that out of
twenty-four chaplains in the navy
not more than one-siXth are Cath
ollie priests, while the Catholics
in the service number at least one
half the men of the navy. 1t must be
difficult for sane man to see where
there is any danger of 'Romanizing'
the navy. Even if that were possible,
we do not believe sensible Protestant
Americans would be alarmed, for they
well know that in the late war with
Catholic Spain our Catholic soldiers
and sailors were among the bravest
and the best of the American fight
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
Beer Labor VS.. Beef Labor.

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY is
producing a crop of scientific ex =
perts whose reports on investiga-
tions are as contradictory and ,unre-
liable as mining news in daily newspa-
pers.
Emperor William of Germany takes
a hand in such matters, and his con-
illusions are as amusing as his poetic
efforts. He discovers in the great
consumption of beer by German work.
men one reason why they are inferior
to American mechanics, and he advises
drastic means to limit the indulgence.
Now comes Professor Parsons of
Boston. sent over to Europe to study
industrial conditions One of the
things in Berlin that astonished the
Boston expert was the massive health
and good spirits of the men who are
working sixteen and seventeen hours
daily for 60 and Ga cents per day, un-
der conditions which would' not be
tolerated in America" Professor Par
sons has gone extensively into the
question of workmen's food and his
general conclusion is that while Ger
mans. Austrians and Italians are un-
derfed Americans are overfed, almost
to gluttony.
The logica! sequence of any recon-
between the views of the royal
expert and those of the Boston man
points to this conclusion, that shorter
hours and good feeding, even to glut-
tony. produce better results in the pro-
duct of days labor than do longer
hours with plenty of beer. but less
beef. But We have not heard from the
Battle Creek .sanitarium.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
Conversions Causing Surprise.

Two recent conversions which are
said to have caused something of a
stir in the Eastern states were those
of Irving ]. Keyes of Milford. Conn.
prominent Protestant minister of
Brooklyn and Buffalo, and his little
daughter, Mary.
Two other conversions that arc
causing widespread comment are those
of the Rev. Alyan W. Doran who was
for some time an assistant in ST. Gle
ment's Protestant Episcopal church in
Philadelphia and James Hazen Hardy.
a student in the medical department
OF the University of Pennsylvania, who
was once an acolyte in the same
church. Both were confirmed a few
days ago by Archbishop Ryan of Phil
adelphia.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18

ed his studies. because, so far as we
! know. he has written nothing about
that most abnormal of human mon
strosities. the Irish policeman"
We are sorrowfully and shamefully
certain that in no other country in the
world could so many thousands of the
able-bodied men be found to take SER
vice with the enemies of their race
and faith for the especial purpose of
: crushing and conquering their own
kith and kin. The unfortunate Irish
man who, in frenzy of drink, becomes
Dublin Fusilier" or "Connocht
Ranger or Royal Irish Rifle" and
marches away to fight gallant freemen
ike the Beers. or to sIay naked saw
ages at England's bidding, disgraces
his country sadly; but he is a hero
when compared with the big strapping
farmers son who enlists in the Royal
Irish Constabulary, and takes the
money dragged from the Irish tax
payers i'll reward for such services
as those now demanded of the baton
men of Sligo and Mayo-at the same
time knowing that increased pay and
promotion can be most rapidly achieved
by resorting to the devices of Sheri
danism
North Roscommon, South Sligo and
the decaying little towns and villages
of desoated Mayo are now occupied
by hordes of armed men dressed in the
uniform OF the Royal Irish Constabu-
larry. These Irish born men are there
to play the parts of DULLES. spies and
pimps at the bidding of their superiors.
They are 10 break heads, to suppress
the right of free speech, to peep over
walls and around corners and into
doors and windows. to crawl within
earshot of any Nationalists who may
be speaking to one another-in fine, to
do everything that could be expected
of tyrants, traitors and towards. The
meanest uniformed creature out of an
English city Stun who is still parading
the streets of an Irish city because he
would be good for nothing in South
Africa, would feel demeaned were he
asked to undertake the duties of the
Royal Irish Constabulary. These are
a force unparalleled in the world. No
other country is shamed by such a body
of its sons. They are, as an English
paper recently boosted, England's real
garrison in Ireland. Yet SO accus
toned have the Irish people become to
political slavery and all that accom- |
panies it that they accept the Royal !
Irish COnstabulary as a natural insti- |
tuition, and do not pay too much at
tention to the workings of the evil sys-
tenn even when Sheridan is discov-
cred.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
EngIand's Irish Janissaries.

WILLIAM O'BRIEN'S Irish People
w pours words of bitter scorn on
the degraded mercenaries who
form the English garrison in Ireland.
the Royal ConstabuIary." 1t says:
If the history of the world was
searched-and we don't forget the
Queens OReillys" and Queens
o'Donnells" of our own tragic story
no more horrible or disgusting gang
of recreant reprobates could be point
ed to with the finger of scorn than
the 1000 able-bodie creatures in hu-
man shape and dark green uniforms
who are doing EngIand's hellish work
in this country for twenty-five shil-
lings a week per animated machine.
Lombroso is the great authority on
criminology. He has not yet complet-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
Braid Sadly in Need of Priests.

One of the singular facts with re-
gard to the expulsion of the religious
orders from France is that, curiously,
none of the thousands driven out ap-
pear to have thought of going to Brazil.
Brazil is called a Catholic country.
and it's people generally profess the
faith 1t is a fact, however, that com
paratively few of them know what the
Church teaches. There are thousands
that scarcely see a priest once a year;
many are baptized by a priest. mar
ried by priest, and. perhaps, anointed
by priest for death,
Why? Owing chiefly to the reason
that priests are remarkably scarce in
that country. There are dioceses con-
tanning hundreds of thousands with
only twenty-five or thirty priests. Many
Brazilian Catholics, it is asserted. are
members of Masonic lodges, Liberal
clubs and other Instruments of un-
faith. Except in the large cities there
is little vital Catholic life, and not
much Catholic thought worthy the
name. Several Latin-American coun-
tries need priests but nowhere is there
more need of them than exists in Bra
zil.-Catholic Transcript.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
Catholic Knights, Celebration

Arrangements are being made at New
York by the Catholic Knights of Am
erica to celebrate in April the TWENTY
fifth anniversary of the formation of
the order. The last New York state
council adopted a resolution providing
that the day should be observed un-
der the auspices of the state council
officers. In Difference to the resolution
the branches of the order in the Dor
oughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn
have just held a meeting. appointed
committees and planned preliminary
arrangements for the celebration.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18

Cleveland, Q. Some confusion in the
public mind has resulted because there.
existed an organization in Washington.
D. c., known as the Washington Arch
association. Its object was to build a
memorial bridge over the Potomac
river. The arch association has ceased
to solicit popular subscriptions, leaving
the field to the Mckinley National
Memorial association.
OF the Mckinley National Memorial
association, ex-Secretary of State
Judge William R. Day of Canton is
president; United States Senator Mar
Gus A. Hanna, vice president; Myron
T. Herrick, Cleveland, o., treasurer,
and Ryerson Richie, Cleveland, o.,
secretary. The governors of the states
and territories are honorary members
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18

A Catholic newspaper in z parish is
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
liberslity 10 guard and protect the
Catholic press. and let every one in pro-
portion TO his income support them with
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 o.
uncertain and miserable ones.
POPE LEO XIII
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
CATHOLIC OPINION.


To mediate on the mysteries OF the
rosary is more important than to say
the Our Fathers and the Hail MaryS.
But some persons act as If they USED the
beads right when they recited the pray:
ers without thinking at all of the Incl
dents in the life of Christ that they were
meant to recall.-Catholic Columbian.
%
"a damned incendiary document" is
what a United States military officer in
American Declaration of Independence.
which he prevented from being circulated
among the natives VIII the 'incendiary
document" be excluded from United
lean schools being established out there?
Does the administration at Washington
approve of the designation of the ''docu-
ment' as damned" and 'incendiary?"-
Freeman's Journal.
Brodrick, made the following remark or
suggestion in a recent speech on the
South African troubles:
IF industry could be re-established
over a large tract of the new colonies.
we could afford to allow the Beers some
portion of the country in which they
could not interfere with us
a British comment has been made on
this that IF the words mean anything
they are an offer of independence to the
Beers with the gold district cut off for
the use of the British" No doubt the
is right Auri sacra flames
thirst of gold-waS clearly the motive
of the war. But how much of it would
take to pay the cost? Perhaps honesty
might have been the best policy.-Free-
mans Journal.
King Edward will have to ask parlia-
ment for grant of money to complete
the Queen Victoria memorial, her late
subjects having failed to sup
ply 1t by popular subscriptions. Surely
the English people will not permit this
humiliation. so long as there is the Amer
lean nation to beg contributions FROM
Pilot.
a rabid Baptist paper declares that the
moment the Presbyterians strike from
their standards the assertion that the
Pope is Anti-Christ and the Man of Sin,
that moment they apostatize from
professionalism and from all the tradi-
tons of the reformation fathers. We be-
lieve that is true.-Western Watchman.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18

According. to a German statesman
there is close relationship between di-
vorces and suicide. IN Prussia. he
says. out of 100000 persons, S4S wo-
men committed suicide after being di-
vorced as compared with only sixty
one married women. while the men
were in the proportion of ten divorced
to one married suicide. The inference
is that divorce ~ evIuence of unhappi-
ness, which often leads to self-destruc-
ton. Many divorced persons. it is
further alleged. become insane. In
Wurtcmberg there are in the asylums
1924 divorced persons. against 2S3
married, 4l6 celibates and 676 widows
and widowers. Mental alteration, il
is argued, is likely to lead to a crazy
choice in marriage. a crazy choice To
a divorce and divorce to that inten-
sification Of craziness which is official
insanity
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18

Since the conference of capitalists
and labor leaders at New York the
leaven of arbitration is working
toward result. William H. Sayward
secretary of the National Association
Of Builders. makes the announcement
that having submitted his plan of ar
bitration Of building strikes to indi-
yidual members of the building trades
unions and employers organizations,
he has now arranged to submit it to
the organizations themselves. His
plan contemplates a court of arbitra-
ton with paid officers for the settle
ment of labor disputes.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
SATURDAY,
OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT.

Editor Intermouutain Catholic:
My Dear Sir:-Replyins to your iaNor
asking my approval OF The lntermountaln
Catholic since its establishment IN tGls
diocese, ] viii state that = CONSIDER tne
founding of a Catholic paper IN salt Lake
not the least OF the many blessings pc
slowed by Providence on the Church mere
during the past two years. It's Olrtn oc-
CURED at an opportune time. Its Zeal III
propagating Catholic truth. has ma !,
since its Inception, my hearty. though
silent approval ] believe with our Holy
Father that "a good CathcIic journal Is
perpetual mission in a parish, ana tnit
II Will serve as a question box, at az
times, for anxious inqui~ers. In my NlSl-
tations I shall hope to find The. Inter
mountain Catholic i'm the homes of every
Catholic family Its mission is to es--
pouse truth. justice and morality. @gd al
devoted priests will find N it IN able CO.
operator in heir missionary work. II IS
my wish that all my priests and the ANY
entrusted 10 my charge should encourage
your noble effort and that OF the gen
erous founder Of The lntermountan
Catholic Yours sincerely.
L. SCANLAN,
Bishop OF Salt Lake.
ga1t axe CFfH nrt- . 1Qln
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18

Pennsylvania. initiating the wisdom
of the Catholic Church, has passed a
law forbidding marriage between first
cousins in that state. The idea of the
act is based on the belief of physicians
that marriages between first cousins
children.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
BIshOp OF Salt Lake.
Salt Lake City. Oct. > 1899
CARD FROM BISHOP sCANLAN.

feel it my duty to protect Catholics
md the public generally from fraud and
imposition by notifying them from ilme
20 time that no person bearing the name
and Earb of a priest or sister or anyone
else Is authorized or permitted to solicit
or collect in this diocese for any purpose
Church without having from me permits
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 fraud and en- imposter.
l.. SCANLAN,
Bishop OF Salt Lake.
No. m 1000
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18

Under the new marriage law in New
York any couple free to make such
covenant may draw up form of con-
tract. stipulating the conditions on
which they shall live together and
have the same recorded as other deeds
and legal instruments for use III case
of disputes arising in course of their
execution. Bad as this is, it is not as
bad as the old practice under which
the introduction of a woman by man
as his wife constituted a legal mar
rage
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
THAT REMINDS ME-.

The marriage of Senator Depew in Nice
has given occasion to the publication,
somewhat incorrectly. of a nonsense
verse which some years ago Mr.. Joseph
II. ChOate repeated at big dinner. But
it was not original with Mr.. Choate. but,
as we first heard it, was concOCted by
President. then Professor. Hadley a a
social party in Minnesota. if we remem-
Der Alright. when, in one of the games. he
was required to make rhyme for the
word st. Louis, and he gave it thus:
There was young man in st. Louis,
Who married a quick-witted Jewess;
So bright are her stories,
That in her he glories,
And calls her his Chauncey Depew-ess. .
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18

Next June, in Westminster Abbey
built centuries ago by Catholics, King
Edward VII viii be crowned and viii
take an oath declaring Catholics to be
idolators. Three days afterwarG Car
dinal Vaughan will open the new
Catholic cathedral of Westminster.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18

There is but one national movement
in the United States for a memorial
for William Mckinley, to be built by
popular subscription. That memorial
will be erected over the grave of the
late president at Canton. The work of
securing subscriptions is in the hands
of the Mckinley National Memorial
association, with headquarters in
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18

Utahs streams are full of trout and
there are a couple OF fish hatcheries
in the state also congressman who
has just asked congress 10 appropriate
So 900 for fish culture station. Noun
tain trout should be as cheap as but
termilk at the restaurants. and they
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
PROCEEDED TO GET orr

When we come to the big deepo." mar
rated Uncle Zeph. after his return home,
the conductor hollered Chicago! All
out" | dunno how it was with the Other.
passengers, but he was right as fur as
| was concerned. 1 was out $37. so for I'd
ben thar two hours
How'd that happen"
the tunnel
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
WHY NOTa

Mr.. Gaswell-How cheap can YOU build
a colonial mansion if 1 conclude 1 want
one?"
Architect-About $15 or less.
Mr.. Gaswell-I don't understand you,
sir.
Architect-When you spoke of cheap
ness l took it for granted you meant
Philippine colonial style.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
HE WAS HANDTCAppEr

He never amounted to much. did he?''
No; but then the poor fellow never had
half a chance"
How was that?''
He was considered a prodigy when
ne was young and was treated accord
ingly. '-Chicago Post
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18

Doesn't it make you the least bit en-
vious to see what elegant furniture Mrs.
Eyefly is putting into her house next
door,
Not bit. My husband says it win be
sold by the sheriff within six months
and I'll be there to buy
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
L1TrL.E TnMMY KNE15-

Minister-If anyone present can show
why this couple should not become Joined
together as man and wife, let him speak
or forever hold his piece.
Little TOMMY kin, mister He thinks
auntie's only p, and she's 40.-Tit- Bits.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
INHTGTIEE

Ethel. dear, how can You expect that
cold of yours to get better while you are
doing absolutely nothing for it?''
Doing nothing, mamma? Why, | am
taking absent treatments for it right
along, just as hard as CAM
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
PHIL. CoRCoRAN. Editor.

A remarkable fact brought to light
by the last report Of the registrar gen
eral for ireland is that nearly 20 per
cent of its people die of old age.