The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-04-09


Wickersham about the Sugar Trust
transaction in the land of the brown
man. He ought to know something
about it.
RoOSEVELT-vATIcAN INCIDENT.
1t is to be regretted that any un-
pleasantness could have occurred in
Rome to prevent .eXPresident Roose-
welt from having an audience with the
Pope. Were there no Methodist mis-
sion in the Eternal City to proselyte
Italian children and assail 'the head
of the Catholic Church, all friction
would have been avoided. Unlike the
other Protestant. denominations in
Rome, the Methodists resort to very
despicable methods in carrying on
their "evangelization.' They have rem
dered themselves so obnoxious to the
papal authorities that any American
travellers who desire an audience with
the Pope must keep away from the
where else.
The communication issued to the
press by DR.. Triple shows what man
ner of man is at the head of the in
stitution. After calling on Mr.. Roose-
welt, DR.. Triple issued statement
couched in offensive language to the
Vof ~, rxr1,i ~
bitter dose for patriotic Catholics in
America to swallow. wonder how
many doses Of this sort they will take
before they revolt? Is Catholicism in
America to be American or Romish?
If Romish, then every! patriotic Ameri-
can should rise to crush it, for Roman
Catholicism is the uncompromising foe
of freedom"
To the credit Of American Catholics
declining to attend the reception in
tended to be given by the American
ambassador on the following day, and
Mr.. Roosevelt himself issued state
ment declaring that no reception should
be held in consequence of Triples at
tack, which he characterized as IAN
uncalled for attempt to launch a sec
tartan controversy" And so the
Americans in Rome, both Catholic and
Protestant, were deprived of the pleas
ure of paying their respects to their
distinguished countryman because of
the bigotry displayed by a Methodist
parson at war with the papacy.
What are the methods adopted by
Dr. Triple and his confederates to
Methodize the young Italians? We
shall let the Rev. Everett S. Stackpole,
a we'll known and highly respected
Methodist minister of New England,
answer the question. In his book en-
titled "Four' and One-Half Years in
the Italy Missions" he says:
ITO attract the children prize was
offered every Sunday - it might
be a pair Of shoes or stockings. a cap,
a handkerchief, some fruit or confec-
tionery. AS a prize for every scholar.
would be rather too expensive, a spe-
cies OF lottery was instituted and the
fortunate, or unfortunate, one got the
prize. A year later the practice was
discontinued and Immediately the
children began'to inquire, Are we not
to have our prizes?' Perhaps at
Christmas time, but not every Sunday
was the reply Then we won't come
to Sunday school, they said, and the
following Sunday not one of the forty
children appeared"
Suppose the Methodist parsons of
Minneapolis tried to make converts
among Protestant sects in the manner
practiced by DR.. Triple in Rome, what
would be the result? The Baptist.
Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Congre-
gationalist. Lutheran, Unitarian and
Universalist ministers would be up in
arms and denounce such sectarian kid
naping, and the parents would guard
their innocent offspring from falling
into the clutches Of the followers of
Wesley.
The Catholic authorities in Rome
would he derelict in their duty If they
permitted the Methodists to carry on
such a crusade without an emphatic