Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-15
ADVANCED" DRAMA
DENOUNCED BY
CATHOLIC
President Feeny Of Federated
Societies Scores Modern
Play; Want More Catholics IN
Office.


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New orleans. NOV. H. Protests
against tho proper tlonateiy small
number OF Catholics holding federal
and state offices and the failure Of
the state 20 nay for secular education
In catholic schools. denunciation OF
obscene plays and the immoral Nno
pernfcioas motion picture noNs,
and an earnest entreaty to Catholics
to combat socialism. featured the am
uual report Of President EDWARD
Feeny II Brooklyn at todays session
Of the ninth annual convention OF the
American Federation Of Catholic SO
cieties
The federation has no candidate
for public pence ne said. nut y
seems that in proportion 10 the mum
Der Of Catholics under the flag. here
and IN our inaiilar possessions, we
have hv no means q sufficient repre-
eentatIon In the public service. Fur
Their those selected by our govern
ment for responsible public positions
should be real and not nominal Cath
olicN
Turning to the lhcatcra he said
AN Indignant Catholic protests
that dcvolees ~ the ao-callcd "ad-
vanced school IN the last Few years
have delueed the United states with
an obscene drama. which SCOTS at
marriage. and. aa n result. this ele-
ment Of social purity has become the
target for the shafts Of the volup-
tuary. "a fertile source Of ribald Jest
to the vulgar huInorist. and a never
failing mine Of indicate l%nnuendo 10
the dramatist. The obscene play has
been supplemented by the immoral
and pcrnielous motion picture show
which %debauches young children
MFR. Feeney urses the suppression
by the civil authorities Of obscene ana
Objectionable films displayed IN pie
ture shows.
'tExtfavagance,' he says. rules
among many of our people and. sad
TO relate. IN proportion as some OF
them prosper their love Of God weak
ems. The fight for morality goes on
today as 1t ala one hundred years
ago.
we pray that the riotous living
and irreligiouH Of some Of our people
MAY not endanRer the life Of the re|
public. We believe that without re-
liRion the most enlightened govern
ment OF today would drift into the
decay and chaos that overwhelmed
Greece and Rome.
He commended the efforts Of the
individual and social justice league
TO cpfnDnf SNHiNlihf1t Inc lfhkNt .
purpose he said was to make clear
the principles a. Issue between Amer
lean thought ana lie and the econ
emio and political revolution pro-
posed by socialism. To uphold the
American ideal ct Rome, the integ
fity OF the family, the love OF coun-
try and to maintain the everlasting
reality of religion as the foundation
Of our civilization
The president paid his respects &C.
Mayor Nathan II Rome, for his att
lacks upon the pope and the Cath
ollie church and urged the federation
10 add 10 us protest against the in-
suits heaped upon the sovereign pon-
tiff by jackals who find the Hon Of
the lold hemmcd Within The wallis %
the Vatican"
He gave q parting shot to the
"scurrilous' newspaper writer %
the muck fakor Of the maguzintg,'
and seid IN this day 20 universal
reading the members Of the faith
must be vieiiant IN controverting The
Misrepresentation Of the Catholic re-
llgion and the defamation OF its
members.