The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-22
BOISE, IDA.
lsnecial Corresnnndence \

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| Last Tuesday evening, Feb. H. was q
very pleasant occasion for the members
of Boise council S99. knights of Colum-
| bus and their friends. The knights OF
that evening suspended their regular or
| der of business and issued a general in
vitation to the Catholics of Boise to
meet with them and enjoy a literary
program. The exercises of the evening
were opened with lecture by Father
| Keyser, our esteemed parish priest The
| father took for his subject the Spanish
| 1nquiSition. He opened his discourse by
| showing the social and political condi-
tions in Spain. which called for severe
| repressive measures by the government,
that law and order might be maintained
and a diversion in favor of the Moors
prevented. For this purpose an extraor-
dinary court called the inquisition was
established. 1t can therefore be seen
that it was a political and not a reli-
giouS tribunal. To show conclusiVely
that it was not established nor even
encouraged by the church he called at
tention to the fact that three Popes con-
demned it for exercising too much Sc
verify. 1t clearly followed that the
church was not responsible for the acts
of this Spanish court. Yet it might be
said that anything done by the Inqui-
SiliOIl VI d character was d
reflection on the Catholic church be-
cause the Spaniards were Catholic. In
answer to this he said one must remem-
Der that it was an age in which the hui
man family was not as refined as it now
is, although when we take into account
the lynchingS of human beings in the
southern states, we have improved but
very little. 1t filled one with horrors TO
contemplate the cruelties practiced on
the Catholics in the British Isles A
common expression of the day was,
Drive the Irish to hell or Connaught."
A brutal cry that meant the extermina-
ton of race. In speaking of severe
repressive measures he referred to the
treatment of the witches in the United
States.
The lecturer gave his hearers clear
er conception of the Inquisition than
they ever had before.
After the lecture, Mr.. Luke Cosgrave
leading man of the Salt Lake dramatic
company now playing. an engagement
at the Turner theatre in this city, was
introduced and favored the audience
with several dramatic and comic recita-
tions which were highly appreciated, as
was evidenced by the frequent rounds
of applause His rendition of the Raven
was particularly appreciated.
Boise council is not without dramatic
ability of its own, and after Mr.. Cos
grave concluded. Brother Nicholas Vile
nan was introduced. He claimed the
sympathy of the audience from the
start as he narrated the tragic events
that led up to the death of his favor
ite dog KOsciuscO.
After the close of the regular exer-
cises the knights and their friends sat
down to a smoker which was enlivened
by the merry songs of those who were
inclined.
A luncheon was served to conclude the |
and all went home satis-
fled that they had spent pleasant and |
profitable evening.
Joe Plaisted sang at the regular
meeting of the Ada County Democratic |
club Monday evening. The addresses |
Of the evening were delivered by James |
H. Hawley, DR.. Maberly and N. E. |
Brasie
Friday being the feast of st. VaIen-
tine program was rendered by some |
Of the pupils, which was most appro-
pirate for the occasion. Cupid being the
factor. The program was as
iollows:
Valentine.
.-...... ............ .Marilla Hanigan
Oialogue-"Ike and Becky.
Vocal Solo-Selection from Cupid at
Vassar. so. ...... Margaret Hanlon
(Acc. Clara Ellis)
Poems by Katie Quirk and Elizabeth
David-Read by Mary McAtee
Vocal Solo-'I Like Your Way -.
....... ............ .Narcissa Gestal
valentine Verse Exercises by Jennie
Smith, Nellie German. Nellie Nc
Mahan-Read by Violet Quirk
Popular Ballad ....... .Rosalind Harley
et-"Serenade Oriental"
..%.... Nellie Teasdale, V. Thomas
Jerse Exercise by Mary Villeneuve.
Katie Foster, Mary Daly-Read by
Lzora Lansdon.
SELECTION from Cupid at Vassar'..
I....... ......:,.......P Petra Reader
'ocal Solo,. .---..Angela Curran
Tha Witch Ealaind Tia II