The Irish standard., 1905-08-05
BY Conspiracy Of Silence q Remarkable
and Deliberate Insult Was Flung at
Catholic Body.
The Press, With Religion Banished From its
Columns is Becoming Menance to
Law and Decency.

The following we'll merited rebuke
was recently administered by the
editor of the New York Daily News
to the public press of New York
city. The cause of the rebuke was the
apparently deliberate attempt to min
imize the influence of the Catholic
church in its campaign for the re-
ligious education of the youth of the
country. The recent meeting Of the
Catholic educators of the country was
"a most important one on account
both of the number in attendance and
the subjects discussed, and yet it re-
ceived bare mention from some of
the papers and from others no men,
ton at all. The following are the
views of the editor of the New York
Daily News:
Are the decent people of New York
aware of the danger which menaces
home and church and family in the
attitude of the daily press of this city
toward religious affairs? Do they un
derstand what it means-this silence,
this ignoring of facts of the greatest
interest to the community, while col
umns which ought to be occupied with
inspiring events, as part of the news
of the day to which the public is en-.
titled, are filled with stories and pic.
~ i,o1
morally as contagious in their influ,
ence on the minds of youth as the
smallpox and diphtheria and yellow
fever, which we Danish to North
Brother and Hoffman Islands? These
are questions which appeal to all
home-loving citizens, regardless of de.
nomination in religious belief. In.
stead of an aid and benefit, the press
of New York, with religion and re,
ligious affairs virtually banished from
it's columns, is becoming grave men,
ace to law and decency and order. Is
the proof asked for? Here it is:
The most remarkable and deliberate
body in this city was delivered by
practically the entire press of New
York to our Catholic citizens on last
Friday. The facts in the case are
worth the reading.
The Catholic population of Greater
New York is at least one-third of the
x,,bo1o. u, Mopho+top r. ic nooro than
one-half. On last Thursday night the
Catholic body held representative
meeting in Carnegie hall. 1t was one
of the most remarkable gatherings
this city has ever seen. Six thousand
people sat for hours in the auditorium
and the lobbies, two thousand were
turned away, although the summer
heat was at it's worst.
The meeting was the last of series
held by the most prominent Catholic
educators of the country during the
previous three days. The rector of the
Catholic University at Washington,
the heads of all the other Catholic
universities and colleges, the most
distinguished prelates of the country,
the teachers of the colleges and
schools, attended the convention.
They discussed the advance of that
great question of our time-the relig-
ious education of the young; the prin-
ciple of religion in the training of the
child; the best methods for develop
ing the conscience of the young under
the beneficial influence of the Chris
tian religion.
In order to insure faithful and COM
petent reports of the last meeting for
the readers of the New York dailies,
the press committee got advance
sheets of the speeches, or prepared
them as they were delivered, and sent
to every journal in the city, between
the hours of 10 and IL Thursday night,
a complete report of the great meet
ing, which 5000 Catholics had at
tended.
Mark the result. The next morning
there was not in the New York Her
aid" one line about the meeting. Not
one word was printed. True to its
insulting policy toward everything