Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Our First American Pope.

SOUTH OMAHA, April SO the Editor
OF The Bee; The clouds obscuring the late
vatican controversy have passed away.
Mr.. Tipples finishing touches to the inci-
dent make any further explanation super
fluous. 1t was admissible TO teach dis
sension and anarchy to the Italian people.
but he prematurely over-reaohed himself
when he appealed to the American Catho-
Hes to seeede from affiliatlon with the
Roman See and found an American Catho-
lie church, and (take notice. II they failed
to do this, for the remainder Of American
citizenship to rise up and annihiste them!"
say, could Parsons. or Spies, or
Ferrer, so any farther
Probably MIR. Tipple-snd a few of our
Omaha clergymen-consider they have such
corner on patriotism that they stand a
chance Of landing the job Of First Ameri-
can Pope" Wen. l believe whenever our
Catholic brethren get ready. TO establish
an American Papacy they will not have to
invade the ranks OF the Tipples to elect a
pontiff They happen to have some corkng
good patriotic American papsl timber right
In their own ranks.
History shows us an heroic chaplain, John
ireland OF Minnesota regiment, under a
scathlnB fire Of shot and shell, carrying the
Kegs Of powder on his shoulders to the men
OF his regiment, unwilling that they should
take the rislt-and he happens to be on the
firing line yeti And on that terrible I'd Of
July at Gettysburg, when Hancock calls
Tor Caldwells division, including Meagher' $
irish brigade TO go forward on that terrific
charge through the wheat field"-high on
an eminence, his hands raised In final bene-
dictlon over the bowed heads Of Catholic
and non-Catholic alike, stands gentle, be-
loved Chaplain william Corby. All for
only too many Of his beloved boys their
uniforms that day were their shrouds. And
fiery, energetic Chaplain Peter paul Cooney
how you boys of the Army Of the Cumber-
land did love the strenuous chaplain of the
Thirty-fifth Indiana Volunteers. You were
all his boys"
Why, at South Bend, Ind, we have an
entire Grand Army post to select a pope
from, composed exclusively of priests who
are veterans of the civil war For shame
on those clergymen, who from the safety
OF their pulpits, dare to assail the patriot
ism of such men.
Coming from a Catholic family that for
three generations have shouldered arms in
the defense of American liberty, and five
OF whom gave up life or limb in its service
1t becomes positively nauseating to me to
editorial chair, who never smelled gun
powder, tell me that Catholicism and Amer
lean patriotism are inconsistent ana in
compatible, when mine has been written in
letters of blood Read up American his
tory, gentlemen, and find out. From the
days OF Washington, who paid high tribute
to his fellow soldiers Of Catholic faith 60
over the roster Of the American army and
navy down to the present day when YOU
entrust the defense of American liberty to
navy 20 per cent Catholic, and let the
scales of ignorance and bigotry fall from
your eyes.
Get lesson from your nelghbor, South
Omaha, where on last Tuesday l saw a
Presbyterian, a Roman Catholic, a member
Of the Dutch Reformed and an Episcopalian
riding together in carriage to the polls
to vote the same ticket. That's right: We
will live together in harmony a1d vote to-
gether. and IL need be. fight and die to-
gether. for this beloved country of ours.
Mr.. Tipple's anarchistic teachings will be of
no avail.
We regret that the real character and
doctrines of the man were not as we'll
known to our distinguished American
statesmen who recently visited Rome as
they were TO the papal secretary. II so,
the much-to-be-regretted occurrences Of
late would never have happened.
A. ID. BRENNAN