The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-15
President of Catholic Fedora
tion Sounds Warning Against
Tendencies of the Age.
MOVING PICTURE THEATERS
SOURCES OF CORRUPTION
RiotOus Living and Skepticism
Similar TO Causes That
Ruined Rome.

NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 14.-Protests
against the proportionately small number
of Catholics holding federal and state OF
fees and the failure of the state 10 pay
for secular education In Catholic schools,
denunciation Of obscene plays and the
immoral and pernlcious pictuIe shows,
and an earnest entrcaty to Catholics 10
combat Socialism. featured the annual re.
port OF President I'D Feency OF
Brooklyn Mt .today's session of the nlnth
annual convention OF the American red
Grafton OF Catholic societies.
THE federation has no candidate Tor
public place" he said, 'but II seems That
in proportion TO the number of Catholics
under the flag here and In our insular
possessions, wc have by no means sufii-
cicnt representation In the public service
Further those selected by our govern
ment FOR responsible public positions
should he real and not nominal Catho-
lies"
Concerning tho thealers. he said;
IAN indignant Catholic protests that
dcvotces OF the so-caed advanced
school in the last few years have dclugcd
the United States with an obscene drama
which SCOTS n marriage. and. as result
this element OF social purity has become
the target for the shafts OF the Noluptu-
ary a fertile source of ribaId Jest TO the
vulgar humorlst. and n never-fallnE mine
OF indelicate innuendo to the dramatist.
Pernicious Moving Pictures.
"The obscene play has bocn supple
motion picture show which debauches
young children"
Mr Teeney urges the suppression by
the civil authorities OF obscene and OBJ
jectonable hlms displayed in picture
shows
''Extravagancs, ;" nc said. rules among
many OF our people, and, sad To relate
In proportion Us some of them prosper
their love OF God wcakens. The fight
FOR morality goes on today as II did loo
years ago.
I'VE pray that the riotous living and
irreiigiousncsa OF some of our people may
not endangcr thc life OF the republic
We believe that without religion the
most enlightened government oC today
would drift into the decay and chaos
that overwhelmed Greece and Rome"
He commended the efforts OF the indi
vi,luaI and of the social Justice league
to combat socialism. The leagues Dur-
pose lIa said, was To make clear the prin
Cipics al issue between American Thought
and life and the economic and political
revolution proposed by socialism; to up-
hold tho American ideal OF Rome. the
Integrity Of the family. tho love Of coun
try and 10 maintain the everlasting reality
of religion as the foundation OF our
civilization.
Scores Rome's Mayor.
The president paid his respects 10
Sfayor NaIhan Of Rome for his attacks
upon the pope aud the Catholic church
and urged the federation to add It's pro-
Htcsts against the insults heaped upon
the sovereign pontiff by iaclsals who lind
the lion Of the fold hcmmcd within the
walls Of the vatican.
He gave y parting shot Ia the "scur-
lilous'' newspaper writer and the muck
raicr of the magazines, and said in this
OF tho faith must be vieilant in contro-
vertiug the ,nisroprc sontation OF the Cath
ole religion ard the defamation Of its
members.