The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-10-21
AN ANGRY BIGOT ANSWERED.

Rev. Nathan Bailey of Peabody Mass, the only
minister at the Baptist conference in Boston to
raise his voice and hotly oppose the passage of
resolution naming Patrick Collins as citizen who
added honor TO the old Bay State and profering
coincidence to the family, is not satisfied to let the
matter rest. He resents the comment which his
conduct invited, especially the caustic reflection
appearing in this paper. Hence the following
Editor of Intermountain and Colorado Catholic:
Dear SRA copy of your paper of Oct T. containing
an editorial reference to because had the
dacit in this land of free speech to oppose certain
resolutions the late Mayor P. A. Collins OF Boston
Your editorial is doubtless based on the misleading
report of the Associated Press which taken from
the Boston Herald.
Your editorial states that the resolutions were Of
coincidence" AS matter of fact. they were euo-
CYSTIC of the character of the late Mayor Collins My
objection to the resolutions was not based on the
ground Of his being Catholic but to the propriey of
the conference taking such action, because the late
Mayor Collins failed up to what is generally
conceded outside OF the Romsh faith be the
ure of Christian-at least that standard which we
put before young men, When the pastor of a Bos-
ton church placed construction my remarks that
was utterly foreign TO anything that had said or
even had in mind and referred to what Mayor Collins
had done in certain directions, replied: 81 recognize
the fact that General Collins has made good mayor,
but he is not the that should hold to young
men as model in all things l also stated that
Mayor Collins not total abstainer My
reference the late Mayor Collins being Catholic
incidental to the discussion.
I fairly familiar with the press Of the Roman
Catholic church in the United States but do not recall
that any body of Roman Catholic priests have taken
action in passing resolutions eulogistc of this stall
son of the church. When 1 raised the question
OF the propriey of the conference of ministers (of
which 1 have been a member for seventeen
years. taking action contemplated in the resolu
tions, it was because the conference being semi
eccesiast organized for any such purpose
the resolutions implied.
AS a matter of fact the resolutions received but a
small vote several being cast against. The larger
part of the present had neither voice in
matter not being members of the conference, but
adjournment there was general expression of in
dignation the action taken. The Boston Herald
did get this for the simple reason that it would
not serve the purpose of the Herald.
should like to put two three questions to you,
Mr.. Editor trusting that you will give answer.
1. Did Mayor Collins ever subscribe. a single penny
toward Protestant cause? If So will you the
object and the amount of money given.
.. Would you hold up model for young mon
a man whom you knew OF your personal knowledge to
be addicted to the use OF intoxicating liquors?
In conclusion let me say, that UP TO last July no
one held General Collins in higher esteem than did
the writer. This, however, was rudely shattered by
afternoon in search of certain information. More than
once had spoken with unstinted praise of General
Collins and rejoced with thousands of others in his
election mayor of our chief city.
"The Protestant clergy of Boston," Mr. Editor may