Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-03-19
sh;t;ooists InSinuate That Catholic Prelate
Controlled by the Brewery interests
.s Attack Made On the Catholic Church by the Man.
of hp Associated Press-ArchbishOp Mesner Says the
,saon IS Too Contemplate and Ridiculous to Be Sc
sssy Considered

Prohibition party on the Baltimore
prelate as we'll as other clergymen
and priests who do not favor prohi-
bition, has caused big stir in Wis
consin church circles.
Several days ago Cardinal Glib
bons gave out an interview In New
orleans in which he favored low IL
censes for wine and beer and high
licenses for spurious liquors. He
also said he did not favor prohibi-
tion. Thereupon the Prohibition
party. through Or. ], B. Cranfill. stan
correspondent OF the Associated
Prohibition Press with headquarters
as Chicago. sent out statement to
practically every newspaper In the
country intimatlng that all priests
and ministers who arc not for pro-
hlbition are so as "the result OF
monetary consideration" In view
of the fact that the papal private
chamberlain. Mons. Franz Collier, has
announced that Pope Plus X. does
not favor prohibition, this attack has
caused a tremendous sensation among
Catholics.
Archbishop Makes Reply.
Archbishop S. G. Messmer in re-
plying TO the attack said;
1T Is too contemplate, too ridicu-
lous 10 notice. Cardinal Gibbons Is
too big a man to be injured By such
preposterous charges and the right
course to take is to dgnore them COM
pletely. II only dlgnihes those who
have given them utterance by giving
them attention which they do not de-
serve. II 10 the bigoted attack OF
fanatics and Is really no more than
was to be expected from those behind
this extreme movement. ! prophe-
sled when I heard that Cardinal Glib
bons had spoken against the prohF-
bitlon movement. that some such at
tack would be made on him. 1t was
all the more TO be expected because
he Is a man OF recognized authority
whose opinion on any subject carries
weight.
Example OF Fanatieism.
ANY one who knows the cardinal
will resent this abuse. He is the
most temperate OF men and so far
as there being any possibility Of hii
having been bought In any way, Il
I Is A thought not 10 be entertained foi
, moment. The evasion by this pro
. hibition fanatic that such a eharg'
| Is not made against Cardinal Glib
bons Is not In keeping with the infer
= enee given out by his other state
: mems. not only by the one regarding
/ the preachers have been seen but b.
: the later one In which he says tha
} In Cardinal Gibbons case II can no
/ be ignorance, though II may be ootl
: avariee and appetite. The eompari
son between a prelate OF the churel
: and the head OF brewery, with th'
J comforting OF the sacred title o
y cardinal on the brewer. Is also to b.
E resented as IN most disgusting tast'
a and as an example OF extreme fanati
: olsm.
so far as CardinalGibbons or an
5 OF the elergymen being bought
I concerned. the thought Is ridiculous
}. AS for the attitude which they haV
a taken on this prohibition mOvemen
e ana which has brought out this ti'
a ade. surely every man has a righ
y to his opinion and 10 perfect freedom
10 express il. have not read Card
h inal Gibbons interview but ! haF
e heard It discussed and ! imagine n
a views are much the same as mln'
n All my life I have protested again'
the aso OF the word Temperance q
\ rather the abuse OF y as meanin
q total abstinence.
r Meaning OF Temperance.
!: 4 object 10 the sentiment While
assumes that a man who drinks
II occasional glass OF wine or beer
y not a temperate man. Temperate
le does not mean total abstinence.
s. means the moderate man. ! pfote'
a also any movement 20 pas lav
Re which in any way interfere With a
Al personal liberty of the Individual u
= less such Interference Is neeessal
le for the good and the protection