Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-29

claimed. Is. 81 Catholic order which
exists for the purpo $50 of liking the
4 United States Catholic. And when
! Rome succeeds. the anti Cat hollcs
say. iii making this country Catholic
1 power; when the army and navy are ar
1 under church control and the entire
government machinery can DO de-
pended on. then the Pope backed i ',t.f,'
1 by the United States, world power e
| Will again be factor in world poll
tics.
This, we say, is the claim OF Of anu az III.
Catholics. In q recent issue OF ! ~ f7
peal 10 Reason we find u number r OF
luuntat tons iflisupport Of the contention ill1
lthat Catholics are in politics Inc III
forest OF the church. Here Is one
credited 10 Leo MI ,6. Il. ri
$40 the voters: Catholics must not
svotcff mon To ill Responsible post
|Etions except those who are true and
loyal Catholics. 1t is NOT possible ana
reasonable to expect thaU irreltgions
tnon-G atholic) men will put do r feN--..
listing evils"
The following is credited TO the
A,chbishop of Colon:
f-'rie voter VIII sin IL he does not.
fuiiIn his duty at election time. He
must choose Christian men who are
afaitiiful to the church and who fear
5t;od,sntGn who Mill not bring dtscredits
#upailait and not cause i to take u
Backward step Try worKlng agairlst
truth and righteousness. but VINO VIII "
rather advance the interests % the
government.
Tie following paragraphs are said
10 contain the instructions OF the
Archbishop OF Manila
Tho ones who have in keeping your
body and soul ask that you do not only
vote foi.Fipeii8Mllo are wise. but for men.
who are good Catholics. who vii pro s
mote the welfare of the people accord-
ing to$the3 commandment of God given
to Moses when lie said Choose you
from theinultitude men who fear SOD
and atc8intquity and make them rfl-8
els over YOU (Eixod 1S.) Al And be-
cause many OF you do not know Tor
whom you should vote, you must con-
fer with your Father Confessor, ana
other good mon of the holy churcii,
who have4cie ponseiences toward 600 GOO.
If yuu vote for man who VIII not \
advance the interests of the people
you vii commit II mortal sin. FIJI
Il Never vote for any other man than
d true Catholic. If you vote for
any other than Il true and loyal
Catholic You will be overwhelmed
by the many sins that will be thrust
upon you; besides you viii be respon-
sit,le for all he does.
Therefore we desire that you take
these Two words Of Instruction: First,
itiis the duty Of all Catholics to vote
when they geta chance: second, the
voter has Il binding and heavy duty
10 induce only Catholics to vote and to
vote only for Catholics.
We offer nocon,ment and express no
opinion, at this time on the charges
made. We merely state the fact that
the Latter-day Saints Church is not the
only one that Is being assailed on the
ground of&interference in politics. We
claim that neither churchism "A nor
anti-churchism Of any Kind should ex
list in American politics. True Amer
lean citizens of all crceds will sooner
or later have to combine and fight the
tendency Of putting up religious fences
on the political field. They Will have
to8do that, to save the Constitution and
the government. Better unite beforeit I
is too late.