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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18
THE CONcoRDAT.

In France on last Wednesday committee of the
Chamber of Deputies brought in a report in which
it denounces the concordat between Church and
State, and in strong terms demands its abrogation
This action will, it is to be expected, be accepted
at the Vatican with more than mere passive acoui-
escense. Provided the French government is at all
fair and just in the arrangement it has to pro-
pose, there need to be regrets on behalf of the
Church. The absolute independence of the Church
must everywhere prevail if she is to be permitted
to exercise her benign influence in elevating man
kind, <unrestrained and unhampered To be COM
PEELED to brook the interference of the type of poll
tlcians with which poor France is at the present
day, infested, is simply intolerabIe 1t may be pre-
sumed that the Holy Father is facilitating himself
that he has been relieved of the necessity of assu
ing the initiative in the abrogaton of the obnoxious
concordat; for that it had become obnoxious to him
under the modern regime he has more than once
manifested by his words-at least inferentially
1t now remains to be seen whether the govern
ment shall be animated by spirit of justice and
equity and thus render it possible for the Church to
accept its terms unprotestingly. If however the
dominant party should because of the virulence of
the antl-clerical rabies which afficts many of its
members, attempt to infict unjust, unfair and
onerous conditions upon the Church. it is to be
jority of whom devoted Catholics will not SUI
pinely submit to the preparation of the outrage
upon their sacred rights and liberties
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

of the heart and mind devastating commentaries,
of our age unless a speedy check Is put upon IT,,
logical tendencies The gross and vulgar II,
diligence of the Roman pagans was not one viii.
more subversive of all spiritual ideals than IS nm.
present day money worship Men of Beck, TX
maintain that the pursuit of money Is the law of
progress. They would brand retrogrcssioui-t, All
those who dare deprecate the love of gain and irs
inordinate pursuit as an evil and menace to s,.
ciety. 1t is thus they vauntingly publish the..
fatuous blindness-thcir egregious folIy-waj~b f.
the distinguishing characteristic of all who ar,
hopelessy sunk in the reeking miro Of devastating
materialism and gross sensuality.
Did not the Romans, who recognized Nero. tha
tyrant and debauchec, as their master and worthy
exempIar, denounce prosecute and put to death
as enemies of the state and the foes of progress
the Christians who presumed to point out to- them
their foies and iniquites and taught and preached
higher ideas-spirituaI doctrines!
1t is, of a verify hard to combat the foIic- and
impurities which receive the sanction and applause
of the dominant classes in society. But, unless the
benign influence of Christianity prove itself eff.
eaciously potent in checking the disgustiucIy MAJ
teralistic tendencies of the daT. manifested by
the above quoted most repreheusible sentiments our
society is inevitably doomed to a degradation wor-.
than even that in which pagan Rome WA,
plunged. Nor viii the course pursued differ widely
from that so heedessIy and fatuousy travarscd bv
that, once the greatest and proudest nation upon
Garth The 'fesh-pots" are ever irrcsist5bIy aUar-
ing to the successful worshippers Of the golden
calf, ad that the 1lutocrats of dag are no tx
ception to the rule is aboundantly evidenced biz
their abominable and disgusting excuses which are
occasionally exposed to the light of day.
Could the baneful consequences Of the dep.or-
able folly of such money-worshippers as .hi~ man
Beck be confined to their own devoted heads We
might TRANQUILITY permit events to take -hcr cours.
end sing glad requiem when the harvest mad been
reaped. But as there is manifest danger hat their
abominably low ideals may disastrously infect So
ciety in the aggregate. it might be well to muzzIe
or to confine the noiSome brood in the moral pest
house, so that they could neither contaminatc nor
harrass an over-indulgent public.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18
GL0RIES IN HIS SHAME.

Recently James NJ Beck, at one time assistant
attorney general of the United States gave public
utterance to the following sentiment:
"To me the most impressive place in the world
is Wall street. The man who excoriates Wall street
is as rational as the man who has no use for his
pulse Talk about the Grand Canyon of the Colo
RADIO! For my part, l feel greater sense of re-
spect and for that great storage battery
of human energy than for the great wonders of
nature.
"Call it avarice, if you will but say to you, the
one JOY of man in this day and age is to toll for
money. Let them sheer at accumulated wealth; but
say the only evil million is the idle million So
far as Mr. Lawson is concerned, can say nothing
but that never will [ be so complimented as when
he is abusing me-"
1t is difficult to conceive of more debasing doe
trine. Money is. undeniaby, the idol of many in
this age of soul-blighting commercialism. 1t is
rare, however most fortunately so-that a man
who makes any claims upon the respect of his fell
lows will make public avowal of his acquiescense
in this degrading idolatry.
To .toil for money" is necessity of our civil
cation To designate this necessary pursuit as 'thc
one Joy OF man is Just about as rational and ele
waiting it would be to proclaim that mans one
comprehensive ideal is to spend his days in gorg
ing his stomach with the food that is necessary to
sustain life. The pagans of Rome in the days of
Nero, did, indeed, write odes and sing peans in
praise of their baser passions and abominable in
dulgences. But, having sunk thus low in the scale
of humanity. their utter undoing and degradation
mist and did soon follow
And such must, inevitab3y, be the consequences
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

spell he succeeded. How he is feeling Just now VIC
know not but we can venture shrewd guess
Mr. Bard started in with an attack ON President
Roosevelt and the Indian Bureau, in connection
with the use of certain Indian funds for educational
purposes. He was extinguished IN record time III
a last effort. he endeavored to have reduced from
1890 acres to $50 the size of land grant to the
Fathers and Sisters who for than sixty years.
have been conducting mission among the Fiat
Head Indians in Montana. This move called from
the Hon. W. A. Clark United States Senator from
that State. an eloquent and forceful, though gen
tlemanly and temperate, reply. lie told OF the Ia
bors of the Fathers and of the Sisters among the
Indians and of their success in educating them and
teaching them the arts of peace He succeeded III
having the original amendment Incorporated IN the
bill as passed.
These were his closing sentences: Mr. Presl-
dent mention these incidents simply to show that
this tribe of Indians, we'll their teachers, who
have civilized and Christanized them, are entitled
to fair and, l may justly contend, generous treat
ment on the part of those who control the affairs OF
this government. The question of sect or creed
should not enter into this discussion. In the right
eous work of charity, philanthropy and benevoence
exercised on behalf of poor, weak and helpless hui
mainly by any society or organization, l care not
what emblem or symbol of faith mag be inscribed
upon their banners. 1t is enough to know that their
acts are prompted by the purest and warmest in
stncts of the human heart BY their works shall
we know them' and in this case these people, bear
ing the banner of the cross leading lives of self-ab-
negation, and working with zeal and devotion
worthy of all praise are endeavorng to fulfill the
divine injunction Go ye out into all the world and
preach the gospel to every creature And now, III
all sincerity and earnestness ask that this amend
ment may prevail"
All honor to Senator Clark and the brave men of
his stamp who, by word and deed, contribute
much to crush that vicious, un-American marplot-
RiUotr,yi
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18
IRELAND's VICTORY.

The day celebrate suggests many happy
thoughts. Around the green flag, which men
ace in its native SOIL has grown up sturdy race,
whose ancestors helped to lay deep and solid the
foundation of the Great Republic of the Western
Hemisphere Between the old and the new Ireland
arose community of sentiment which unites both
Ireland and the United States by the golden chain of
sympathy and gratitude in the battle for liberty,
equality and fraternity.
In the old home Americas glory holds foremost
sway in the peasants heart He is always interested
in her welfare, and has rejoiced in her trump
ant battles for freedom, from the War of indie
pendence down to the present; from the days of
Patrick Henry, Commodore Barry, to those of Phil
Sheridan, President Mckinley and the brave and
daring rough rider who now rules the nation. Here
the weapons used by England to extend her empire
have been used to reta@d her further progress and
influence on land and sea. The English language is
no longer confined to her subjects. Her merchants,
missionaries, soldiers, sailors and colonsts can no
longer claim monopoly of that language To every
port, which was almost exclusively hers for three
hundred years, another fleet other merchants, sail
and soldiers enter under different flag, and all
speaking the same language. That language too.
once used as powerful weapon to eradicate the old
faith, is today its greatest armor of defense The
visionary dreams of four hundred years ago, that
unity of language, wealth, power and commercial
supremacy would make the new creed universal and
supreme. died when the United States was born. The
great Goliah conquered by little pebble in the
sling of the new born Republic. Like the children
of Israel, the yanqushed at home carried the torch
of faith to the New World to which they we're des-
tined by Providence not only for the uplifting of
the flag, but for planting the mustard seed of
Christianity in the very language in which England
hoped to pervert the world France Italy, Austria
could not attain any such victory in the New World
Irish missionaries like the poor fishermen combat
ting the Caesars, were called and trained for the
work They succeeded
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18
WELL DONE. w. A. CLARK.

Though bigotry dies hard, still it does die, and it
IS always pleasure to chronicle its progress to that
most welcome end May we soon write its obituary!
The Indian appropriation bill usually affords the
bgot IN Congress great opportunity to vent his
hatred OF everything Catholic and his ignorance of
not to say mendacity coneerning-the history the
work and the elevating influence of the Church in
this country Some of the brightest pages in our ma
tional history those that record the heroic eff
forts of the Catholic missionary to spread the light
of the Gospel among the Indians and to teach them
the ways of civilization; record always incomplete
if it do not contain the historical fact that to Cath
Ole influence the incorporation of the poti-
cal dogma of Liberty of Worship into the Consttu-
ton of the United States
Mr.. Bard United States Senator from Califor-
mia, oneof the dying embers of fanaticisn tried to
fan himself into life and notoriety. For.a-brief
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

The Home Missionary Society of the Presbyte-
rian Church has appointed the Rev. Charlie Stelzle
as permanent mediator between the church and
the wage-earner. Mr.. Stezles peculiar fitness for
his novel mission Is founded on the fact that he
was, prior to his ministry, one among the toilers
His chief duty it would seem, is to reconcile labor
with his church; to point out to afflicted and dis
conented laborng men that surcease is to be found
in Christianity rather than in Socialism. This
movement is timely and praiseworthy, but'it seems
little singular that it should be deemed necessary
to create this special mission. When and why did
there ever occur breach between the Presbyterian
church and wage earners2
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

The notion is, perhaps, all too prevalent that
the modern Jew is so absorbed in money-getting
that he has no thought for higher things-for the
things of the soul. For loftiness of sentiment
superbly expressed the following paragraph, from
the American Hebrew, is seldom equalled by the
best to be found in the religious periodicals of our
time:
Zone asks What is the good of prayer1 Ask
it of the mourner, who seeks answer of the I'M
known for the taking away of one dear to him;
who seeks explanation of the pain he feels,
and finds that explanation in the sense of security
the feeling of consolation that comes with the sin
cere prayer! Ask it of the distressed, whose soul
is torn in twain, who gropes in darkness and fain
would be IN the light! You who ask for an ex-
PLANTATION, wait until your moment of doubt comes
and then you will not ask to know from. US what
is the power of prayer rist The 20
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

The man who is so bold as to assert that wealth
may be despsed with impunity is culpably rash and
reckless. This man has probably never been brought
face to face with the magical powers of transfer
nation of the dollar when sufficiently numerous
It's all but omnipotent attributes Have not mil
lions the potency, even, of creating statesmen of
the first magnitude! Are not all our United States
senator's for instance, men of such transcendant
cabre?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18
''DANGER OF MONEY WORSH ..c


Such was the theme of DIR. Arthur f. Hadlcy
president of Yale in an address delivered to large
audience in the Broadway tabernacle, New York
city Of the several cogent truths to which the Doe
tor gave utterance nome is more significant than the
following:
at is only within the last fifty years that have
really begun to feel the consequences of the appeal
to private judgment as a standard of right and OF
the liberation of individual liberty in thought as
well as in action"
Herein he places himself on record as another
conspicuous convert to the Catholic idea. 1t Is the
conviction implied that anmates intelligent Catho
lies to hold fast to their allegiance to dogmatic
and infallibe Church
If it be asked why Catholics are not therefore
entirely exempt from the evils against which the
worthy Doctor so earnestly inveighs, the answer
may, in part, be CLEANED from his further remarks
which follow:
Amid the daily contact of men, habits of
thoughts, standards of value. subtle influences in
the estimate of right and wrong pass from man to
quietly and unconsciousy. By this subtle con-
tact sort of public conscience is created. The diff
fculty of keeping our standards of business and Of
politics pure today is, 1 think, greater than it has
been in any previous generation. The task of CON
vincing people in democracy that liberty brings
duties well as rights is harder than the core
spending task under an aristocracy."
In the foregoing is at least suggested a rational
explanation for the dereliction of many Catholics in
the matter of the inordnate pursuit of wealth. It
is the insidious influence of example and of preva-
lent ideals that tends to so effectually sway we'll
meaning men and lead them, all but unconsciousIy
away from the exalted ideals which Holy Church
would nculcate with so much devoted solicitude.
And this leads to the conviction that We arc, Of
a verify, "our brothers keeper" Either must we in
spire those with whom we como in frequent contact
with our lofty ideals or without fairly realizing it
we will become vitality impregnated with their stand
ards of right and wrong. And this is true, not only
concerning the standards that shall prevail in
mercia pursuits but Of our social ideals in general
1t is therefore a cause for fecitation that a noble
class of women in the higher ranks of society have
hcroicaIy banded themselves together for the pur-
pose of exercising social ostracsm directed against
the alarming growth of the divorce evil. "The
Daughters of the Faith" may thus happily, prove
the leaven that shall save our American society
from utter disntegraton as a result of this banefuI
social evil.
Gladly shall be welcomed the influence of such
able and ustrious opponents of the higher life as
is DR.. Hady. By vital recognition of the pro-
found truth that dogmatism in religion is es-
sental to the prevalence of correct standards in our
social life such he shall have the efficacy OF
their benefcent influence strengthened thousand
fold.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

The Rev. Hugh T. Blunt having assailed the
loyalty, to church and country, of Thomas Moore
in an article in Donahoe's Magazine for March, the
Chicago Citizen valiantly essays the vindication
of the memory of the beloved Irish bard. 1t is
doubtless true, maintained by the reverend gen.
tleman, that the poet not as staunch in his al
legience as was the sturdy chancellor, Sir Thomas
More, with whom he is frequently COMPOUNDED, but
that he has rendered loving and valuable service to
both his church and his country the Citizen most
justly maintains.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

The memory of Irelands patron saint will
be honored this year in Americas great metropolis
it has never been. In order that Saint Patricks
day IN New York may not be marred by meatless
banquet, the Holy Father has, at the request of
Archbishop Farley, granted dispensation for this
special occasional distinction it must be adj.
mitted-and the occasion isto be graced by the pres
ence of President Roosevelt, signal honor, consd
ering the many demands on his precious moments
of leisure.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18
GARD FROM BISHOP scANLAN.

feel it my duty to protect Catholics and the pub
them from time to time that person bearing the
name and garb of priest sister or anyone else
is authorized permitted to solicit collect in this
diocese for any purpose whatever connected with the
Catholic Church without having from permission
in writing, bearing my seal and signature. Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work or collecting without such a document he or
she as the may be- should be regarded by all as
a fraud and an imposter. l.. SCANLAN.
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

In the appointment of T. St. John Gaffney as
United States consul at Dresden, Germany, Presi-
dent Roosevelt has conferred well merited honor
upon an able, scolarly and eminenty worthy gentle
man. Mr.. Gafney is native of Limerick, Ireland
but has for many years been bright ornament to
American society, having been engaged in the prac
tice of law in New York city since 1889 He is a
Republican in politics. and for years has been
staunch supporter and an esteemed friend of the
President
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

The Utah Legislature last week passed a measure
providing for juvenile courts. 1t will be cause
for congratulaion if these courts are modelled on
the splendid institution ably and successfully
championed by that illustrious and universally
esteemed jurist Judge B. B. Lindsey of Denver
Colorado These Juvenile courts mark long for
ward stride on the road to higher civilization,
and their Inauguration should everywhere be en-
couraged
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

Archbishop Glennon of St. Louis recently adj
dressed legislative committee in Missouri's capitol
at Jefferson City, on the divorce evil, and capti-
waited his hearers with his eloquence and logic 1t is
reported that he made profound impression upon
the committee, and that the legislation upon this
grave question will doubtless bear the impress of
his influence.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

Kind words are the music of the worldi. They
have power which seems to be beyond natural
causes as ii they we're some angels song which had
lost its way and come on earth 1t seems az # they
could almost dc what in reality God alone can do
soften the hard and angry thoughts of men, No
one was ever corrected by sarcasm; crushed per-
haps if the sarcasm was clever enough, but drawn
nearer to God neyer.-Father Faber.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

One of our local ministers took for the theme
of his discourse on last Sunday. "a Shrewd
Business Man." very justly denouncing the dis
honest methods so commonly employed by the class
of men he was discussing. As long as society, in
general, sanctions the worship of mammon, just so
long will men sacrifice principle, honor and con
science in their pursuit of the dollar
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

With Mukden and Tie Pass in the possession of
theJapanese forces, Kuropatkin is in dire straits
with his army. Emperor Nicholas, however re-
mains mistaken in his resolution to prosecute the
to Russian victory, and so the end is not yet.
Meanwhile he is being harassed by internal strug-
giles in his empire, which seem to be growing
threatening day by day.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The Intermountain Catholic goes into nearly
every Catholic home in this diocese Its circulation
in Montana, Idaho Colorado Wyoming, Nevada and
many other states is very large Only reliable firms
and business men advertise in the paper. All sub
scribers will find it to their advantage when about to
invest purchase consult business matters, to
read over the list of advertisers. We not only
recommend but ask for them the patronage Of all
our readers.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

Milwaukee, with nine socialists in her city
council. is pronounced the American citadel of
cialism. 1t is cancerous growth, which it would
be well for her good people to speedily rid them
selves Of There is good reason why this Goddess
cult should secure or retain foothold in any
American community --eggen one made famous by
its brewers.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

The church's Martyrology is, in all probability,
soon to be enriched by large number of names
from the elsie of Saints" The process leading up
to the canonzation of the Irish Martyrs is making
gratifying progress the cause having already been
transferred from Dublin to Rome In one year
there has been prepared the evidence concerning one
hundred and sixty-fve cases.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

The annual concert for the benefit of Kearns
st. AIMS orphanage, to be given at the Salt Lake
theatre this Saturday evening merits the patron
age of every benevolently disposed citizen The
cause is most worthy one, and the entertainment
is that is designed please and delight, be the
audience never so fastidious.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

One of our leading metropolitan ioumals-is it
the New Yorw Sun ?-dubs STANDARD Oil" "the high
priest of Socialism" 1t seems long cry from
the sumptuous quarters of the arrogant autocrats
of industry commerce and finance to the back-alley
garrets of the revolutionary Socialists, but the
reverberating thunder-to tones are far-reaching and
penetrate the uttermost confines of the earth
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18

Ostentation on the part of the rich is the bane
Of society: for these to faunt their boosted SUI
periority in the faces of their less favored fellow
citizens is to arouse in the hearts of the latter
tumult of resentment and antagonism which is
liable at any moment, to issue in overt acts of re-
prisal and destruction.