The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-01-15
THE MAYOR AND THE MINISTER'S

Now that the agonizing suspense over the out
come of the Pete Sullivan" BIRD Leg" Collins en-
counter is over, and that Mayor William Glasmann
is convalescent after the verbal pommeng he re-
ceived from the Rev. Noble Strong Elderkin may
we ask what was the object of the Ogden Minis
teral Association in petitioning his worship to veto
to fght2
To subject the Association to the humiliation
of "snub," the part of the mayor to i'm
pair the influence of the reverend members and
lower their status with the citizens of Ogden.
Would it not have been the policy of men of ordi-
nary discretion to have ascertained in advance the
mind of Mr.. Glasmann regarding the contest, and
what would be his official attitude in the event of
petition being served upon him to stop the
counter9 Ordinary horse sense ought to have sug-
gested to the reverend gentlemen what course they
should have pursued in the premises. Lacking the
prudence of men of the world who would have an
ticipated the issue of request these ministerial
gentlemen waited upon the mayor and insisted
upon him exercising his official privilege and call
off the fight. This his worship refused to do, and
refused in language which was not in any sense
fattering to their dignity or influence. From the
sports and fight fans of Ogden the ministers got
the 'ha-ha" and from the thoughtful and self-re-
specting citizens they received condemnation tenn
pered, however, with pity for their stupidity
Viewed from any point the refusal of the mayor
to entertain their petition was an open proclama-
ton of their waning influence public opinion,
and of the chief magistrates Indifference to their
opposition support
In the past twenty years the attitude of the pub
lie has changed very much-and for the worse
toward the preachers. The decay of ministerial in
fuence with the people is deplorabe, but the preach
ers themselves must shoulder much of the response
bility for their vanishing ascendency. What
we to think of the indulgence which will tolerate
Sunday after Sunday the preaching of men like the
Rev. John Hamilton Timbrill of Paterson, n. j.,
who few Sundays ago, addressed his congrega-
ton on Jim Jeffries and his wind" "He quoted
Jeries' trainer" writes Judge Goodwin in the Salt
Lake Telegram cas- saying that Jeffries can never
get back his lost form, and there is tone of re-
greet in the announcement which might have come
from the fact that Timbrill has already laid his
wager, and would like to hedge if any member of
his congregation has fixed opinions as to the out
come of the mill And that preacher breaches
Christ and Him Crucified'"
Or what must be the regret of thoughtful men
when they read this item telegraphed to our news
papers last Monday "The Rev. Master Oral
Thomas, years DID, is discoursing nightly to dele
gates and ministers attending the tenth annual con-
ference of the Union Mission association in ST.
Louis. Oral Thomas has been minister of the
gospel for three years. almost half his life. He has
license to preach from the Union Mission asso-
citation"
And what are we to think of pastor, who, in
direct opposition to the teaching of st. Paul. that
every woman when praying in church Should have
her head covered" asks the women IF his congrega