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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28

Yale University has been made
the recipient Of a gift Of one hun
dred thousand dollars for the en-
dowment of a chair of missions.
This is but one of several large
donations made for the support of
Protestant missionary endeavor
during the past few years. Has
any one heard of any large dona-
atoms made to Catholic mission
airy work during the past year ?
Our Catholic missions and mission
aries are in great need Of funds to
enable them to propagate the true
faith. What a glorious oppor-
tunity for some of our well-to-do
Catholics to show their generosity
and at the same time assist the all
important work Of preaching the
Gospel ''to every creature. -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28
INDUSTRIAL DEMAGOGUES.

On the occasion of his recent
visit to Utica, N. Y, His Eminence
Cardinal Gibbons, referring to the
labor troubles which have agitated
that part of the country as a re-
suit of the activity of the Indus
trial Workers Of the World, said 4:
IT know of the Industrial Work
ers of the World. They are dema-
gogues, the leaders Of the organi-
zation you refer to; demagogues
unstable and dangerous, who are
leading the poor workingman into
labyrinths Of strife from which he
will find it hard to extricate him
self. I have given this matter
much thought and study. Upon
labor and capital depends the
prosperity of our country. To-
gether they must solve the prob
lens which come up from year to
year. They must work out their
destinies together. IL they do this
amicably, prosperity and healthy
growth will be the portion Of our
nation.
IT deeply deplore these great
labor struggles. They bring no
good results. AS a general thing
they bring only loss of time, loss
of wages and Of the peace of the
community, and sometimes, I re-
greet to say, loss Of life. Let the
laboring man beware the dema-
gogues represented by the Indus
trial Workers of the World. Z"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28
NOT LEGITIMATE BUSINESS.

Fundamentally, the sale of intoxi-
eating liquor is not legitimate and
honest business, and no man can be
honest who engages in it, says Judge
A. G.. Dayton, in federal court at
Wheeling, w. Va. 1t isn't honest to
destroy man. It isn't honest to
take away the bread and butter of
helpless women and children. Gentle
men, it isn't honest for any man to
come into your household and take
the bright, strong, vigorous son and
lead him on and on until he becomes
a disgrace to you, an annoyance to
his fellowmen and finally lands in
drunkard's grave. And yet there isn't
single saloonkeeper's saloon in this
country that does not send every year
its man to drunkard's grave, and
more than that
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28
MOTHERS PENSIONS.

There is a movement on foot
in many states advocating the pas
sage Of a law providing for the
granting Of a monthly pension to
deserted mothers and widows to
enable them to support the fami-
lies depending upon them. Such
law is already on the statute
books Of Illinois and has proved a
great success. As noted in last
weeks issue of The Catholic Bull
letin the movement has spread to
Minnesota, and a bill is being pre-
pared for introduction at the COM
ing session of the Legislature pro-
viding state aid for mothers who
would otherwise be obliged to
labor for the support of their chill
dren and who, on account OF this,
would not be able to give them
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28
CATHOLIC REQUESTS.

During the past year the Cath
Ollie press has been called upon
frequently to give publicity to
requests of varying amounts made
to the Church to enable her to
carry on her benefcent activities.
In many cases these gifts came
from non-Catholic sources-from
men and women outside the fold
who, in this way, paid tribute to
the value Of the educational and
philanthropic works carried on
under Catholic auspices. This is
substantial recognition of the
fact that the Catholic Church
knows how to employ her re-
sources ir such a way as to pro-
duce the most lasting results for
the welfare of her children and
of the public at large.
In many cases the requests made
by non Catholics surpassed in
their generous proportions those
made by Catholics enjoying a
similar competence. Large dona-
lions made by wealthy Catholics
are the exception rather than the
rule. It must be confessed, how
ever, that during recent years
well-to-do Catholics have shown a
disposition to be more generous in
their contributions for the pur-
poses Of religion
We hope that the number of be-
quests made for the purpose OF
fostering the manifold activities
Of the Catholic Church may in
crease from year to year and thus
evidence the growth of a more
generous spirit on the part OF
those who possess more than the
ordinary share of this world :
goods. Donations made for reli.
gious purposes bespeak a healthy
condition, and may be taken as an
indication that the silent appeal
Of the Church, through her myriad
works, touches responsive cord
in the Christian heart.
The chronicling Of these be
quests should serve to stimulate
wealthy Catholics, whose gener.
osity towards religion is an IN
known quantity, to set aside a por.
ton Of their worldly riches fol
| similar purposes. In this connec-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28
Plus X AND THE CATECHISM

The letter from the Holy Father
to the Vicar General Of Rome, His
Eminence Cardinal Respighi,
which is published in the current
issue of the "Acta Apostolicae
Sedis,'' will give a fresh impetus
to catechists, not only Of the do
cese and province Of Rome, for
whom it is primarily intended, but
also to those Of every country who
are engaged in religious instruc-
ton.
From the very beginning Of
Our pontifcate,'' writes Plus the
Tenth, eve gave the greatest at
tention to the religious instruc-
ton of Christian people, and in
particular to that Of children,
fully persuaded that a great part
Of the evils that afflict the Church
come from ignorance Of her teach
ings and her laws
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28
GRAND JURY REPORTS.

It is a strange coincidence, to
say the least, that there should be
such a similarity between the re-
port Of the December Grand Jury
of Ramsey County and that pre-
scented by the Grand Jury last
June.
The June report charged that
the laws regulating the sale of
liquor, especially to minors and
intoxicated persons, as we'll as
the presence Of wanton women in
saloons, were constantly violated.
1t recommend that the Board of
Police Commissioners exercise a
more rigorous supervision over the
saloons and that the proper Of
fcials be instructed to revoke
the license of those who did not
obey the law.
The December Grand Jury sums
up the situation thus:
eve believe that. many saloons
are open Sundays and after hours
so-called blind pigs are running,
and especially in the Midway dis,
trict; that liquor is being sold in
rooming houses without license
that gambling houses are con-
Quoted in the city; that games of
chance and ether gambling devices
are in operation at many cigar and
drug stores etc.
From this it would seem that
during the six months intervening
between these two reports prac.
tically nothing was done to carry
out the recommendation made In
the former one.
The December Grand Jury has
been severely criticised in many
quarters for the content of its
report. Why, it is asked, did the
Grand Jury not return indict.
ments IL it had the evidence to
Justify the charges made in its
report? It requires no very great
knowledge of legal procedure te
know that the grand jurors may
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28
lNTEMPERANCE DISAPPEARING
IN IRELAND.

In an address to the annual meeting
OF the Irish Association for the Pre-
vention of Intemperance, held recently,
the O'Connor Don presiding, Father
A1oysius, o. $. r. c., pointed out as
one Of the indications OF the advance
OF the temperance cause that during
the past five years the members of the
Order, to which he belonged, the Or
der which claimed Father Mathew as
one OF it's members, had administered
the pledge to well over half million
adults. Then again the children in the
various parishes I'm which missions had
been preached had also been or
ganfsed Father Cullen's great work
was making rapid strides, and several
admirable organizations here and
there were very active.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28
CATHOLIC PAPERS
CONDEMNED.

The five Catholic newspapers Of
Italy condemned recently by the
Holy See have given qualified
submission which, however, is far
from satisfactory to the Roman
authorities. These papers are the
"Corriere d Italia" the "Corriere
di Sicilia,' the ''Momento," the
"Italia" and the "Avenire.' The
reason for the condemnation was
the Indifference Of these journals
towards the temporal power of the
Pope as shown by their refusal
up to the present time to advocate
vigorously the cause Of the indie
pendence of the Holy Father and
to carry out his instructions in
regard to the public action Of
Italian Catholics. The publishers
of these papers have issued state
ment expressing unlimited respect
for, and unconditional obedience
to ecclesiastical authority, but not
explicitly promising a formal &C
ceptance Of the papal policy.
"All these papers," says the
London Tablet, care under one
and the same direction both adj
ministrative and editorial; they
print the same special correspond
ence and kilograms; they follow
the same policy, political and eccle-
siastical; they aim at monopoliz-
ing the Catholic. reading public of
Italy. The difficulty arises, at
least in great measure, from the
use Of the word Catholic All
these papers profess and claim the
title Of Catholic-but, on the other
hand, they reserve to themselves
the right of freedom from ecclesi-
astical control, and they do not
give all that attention to the Off
cial Catholic movement in Italy
and that enthusiastic adhesion to
the directions mot merely reli-
gious directions) of the Holy See,
which the Holy See expects from
thoroughly Catholic newspapers
Thus the Holy Father himself has
declared that such lukewarm pa
pers are in reality worse than the
more or less Anticlerical organs,
because against these the Catholic
reader knows that he must be on
his guard, while he is disposed to
accept confdingly what he finds
in the columns of the ostensibly
Catholic press.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28

For example, poor persons do not
have to travel long distances; they
can have their cases heard in their
own county. The equality of the
sexes is recognized in divorces
over here. Although I am not a
Catholic, I think the Catholic
Church s position on this question
is right I am an Episcopalian.
| am not in favor of letting down
the bars. Divorce makes life
harder for the children. You see
it every day in court. Domestic
difficulties usually can be patched
up"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28
SOULS THE ISSUE.

It is not chiefly that the saloon is
political evil, not chiefly that drunken
ness is abhorrent, not chiefly that ii
interferes with work and business, not
altogether that 1t makes so much
misery for SO many, but that at last
we are seeing that the saloon and in
temperance are the enemies of souls
that have infinite worth and the
destroyers of bodies that have cost
such care, says The Congregational
and Christian World. We are at last
seeing how utterly illogical, even i'm
beetle, 1t is to spend thousands OF dol
lars on schools and churches to pro-
duce fine souls and thousands of dol
lars on sanitary cities and streets and
houses and safeguards to grow q
healthy young man, and even to spend
thousands more to restore criminals to
manhood, and then to allow on any
corner an institution which destroys
both body and soul.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28
THE PART THAT WHISKEY PLAYS.

At the last election West Virginia
voted for a constitutional amendment,
to take effect July /, 1914, prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of liquors in
that state. The amendment, saws Col
lier's, was adopted by a majority of
$1,000 votes. Only three counties out
OF t1fty-tive gave a majority against
the amendment. The vote was a sur
prise. The large vote in favor of the
amendment was no doubt due to a
protest against certain corrupt condi-
lions connected with the liquor traffic
in some counties of the state. Saloon
licenses were farmed out through the
county court, or board of commissions
ers, by certain firms who sought a
monopoly of the traffic. No one not
agreeable to these firms could secure
license from the county court. The
licensees were compelled to buy their
supplies from these local firms at
arbitrary prices. The saloon men
themselves made little money. These
local liquor rings controlled the pol
itics of their counties, and it was the
county court was an open sesame to
sudden wealth. In some cases the
members of the court were charged
with receiving large salaries from
these liquor firms, in addition to the
salary paid by the state The county
courts and the local liquor monopolists
were also accused of political alliances
with coal mine operators, who sought
control of the courts, the prosecuting
attorneys Office, and other local
offices. In many of the counties in
the state the liquor interests did more
to corrupt local politics and politicians
than all other causes combined. It is
safe to say that the liquor people them
selves furnished stronger arguments
for the amendment than all the
preachments. of reformers and evan
gelists.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
a GERMAN ARMY TOTAL ARsTiN-
ENcE SOCIETY.

A Total Abstinence Society has re-
Gently been organized in the German
army with full and free cooperation Of
army officers high and low. The idea
started among the younger officers OF
the garrison at Mulhausen. These
officers and soldiers of the post be-
came converted to total abstinence
through the anti-alcohol society of the
place and soon felt desire to found
a purely military abstinence society
similar to the one already existing i'm
the German navy.
A number of circumstances, but
particularly the Kaiser's speech to the
naval cadets at Murwick, lent encour-
agement to their wish The higher
officers were quite ready to give as
sistance, and naval officer helped
draft the constitution which was
promptly approved by the proper au-
thority. On the day of organization
parade notice was posted informing
officers and privates of the new Or
ganlzation, which was called "The
Army Abstinence Society of Mulhau-
SEN"
Thus the German army and navy
are giving official encouragement to a
movement similar to that which is
credited with having revolutionized
the morals of the British army and
navy. twenty-five per cent. of the
soldiers in the British army are alb
stainers and it is conservatively es-
timated that there are $4,000 abstain
ers in the navy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28

According to the correspondent
Of the Catholic Press Association
the Sacred Consistorial Congrega-
ton has published a letter specify
ing the errors in the writings of
Father Lagrange, O. P, the ia
nous Biblical scholar, which
caused the issuance of the recent
decree barring his works from the
seminaries. The Congregation
condemns the tendency of the
noted Dominican to over-praise the
views of heterodox Biblicists and
to unduly diminish the historical
truth of the Scriptures, especially
of the Four Gospels. 1t is worthy
of remark that the letter con-
dennis La Revue Biblique, the
official organ of the Pontifcal Bib
lical Commission. Father La
grange, who has definitely retired
from his Biblical work, is now en-
gagged in missionary activities in
France.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28

0A4S G&@A V &@4A &uVShUA044 AA0OS6Ss14S
for their proper upbringing. One
of the good results that follows
from such a measure is that the
family is preserved intact and the
mother is enabled to look after
the welfare of her children at a
time when they need her care and
attention.
A similar bill has been prepared
for the State of California by
Judge Wilbur of the Supreme
Court of Los Angeles County. It
has received the official endorse
ment Of the County Federation of
Catholic Societies. 1t provides for
the payment, in the form of pen
sion to widowed mothers, Of state
funds which, under the present
law, are paid to institutions or in
dividuals for the care of destitute
children while the mother is
forced to part with her little ones
and 60 out to work for their sup
port.
The Los Angeles Tidings, com
menting Of this Mothers Pension
Bill, says: "Under this proposed
Mothers Pension law the family
will be kept together and the same
amount for each child now paid
to outsiders will be paid to the
mother for the care Of her own
children, which will enable desti-
tute mothers to raise their little
families under the home roof-tree
instead Of parceling them out to
strangers who, even at the best,
can never take the place Of a
mother in the life of a child.
elm this age of experimental
legislation which too frequently
results in freakish laws, this
Mothers Pension Bill looms large
as a step in the right direction,
and it seems strange that it has
been so long in coming into the
mind Of man to draft just such
a measure. Anything that tends
to keep intact the family circle,
and strengthen the good influence
of domestic life, which is reflected
in our national government, must
appeal strongly to every patriotic
citizen.
"The foundation Of our govern
ment rests upon the hearthstone Of
our homes, and a nation can never
be better or greater than the
homes in which it's citizens receive
their early training.
"Therefore it behooves all true
patriots to conserve the domestic
influences which tend to make
strong men stronger and pure
women purer. We hear much of
so-called progressive ideas in these
days of political fads, but any
thing that weakens the home ties
or disrupts the family circle is
progressing in a downward course.
and while it may be followed with
the very best of intentions, we all
know Of that place that's paved
with them! It is to be hoped that
Judge Wilbur's bill will become a
law, and he certainly deserves the
support of all right minded citi-
zens in his laudable effort to Sc
cure it's passage at the next meet
ing of the State Legislature
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28

ton, however, it is well for Cath
Ollie papers to remember that
nothing is to be gained by over
estimating the amount Of these
gifts or giving publicity to them
unless they are reasonably sure of
the truth Of the facts in the case.
We hope that the majority of
these announcements are more
worthy of credence than that Of
very large donation said to have
been made not long ago to the
St. Paul Seminary in this city.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28

Justice James Gerard, of the
Supreme Court of New York,
while not Catholic, upholds the
Church's teachings on the inviola-
bility Of marriage. Asked the
other day for an expression OF
opinion on the report OF the Eng
lish Royal Divorce Commission,
which added five additional
grounds for divorce to the laws
governing such action, the jus
tlce said: ssThese recommends
lions tend toward conditions al
ready prevailing in this country.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28

The best preparation for the
new year is to recognize the mis-
takes and sins Of the past and to
resolve to walk more circumspect-
ly in the future. Begin anew. Go
to confession and receive Holy
Communion often as the most
practical guarantee of a change of
heart.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28

Don't forget to give your sympathy
to the sick or suffering member; it
is only little thing to step into the
afflicted home and say, 'You have my
sympathy. Is there something can
do to help your" but it cheers nightly,
and often helps in the battle against
disease and pain.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28

At the Archdiocesan Synod Of
New York held during the month
under the presidency of Cardinal
Farley, the singing Of "Nearer My
God To Thee" and "Lead Kindly
Light" was forbidden in Catholic
churches.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28

The peace of God will find a
home in the hearts of all who rec
ognize the supreme spiritual sig
nifcance Of the birth of the
Saviour and make their souls His
tabernacle for the coming year.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28

If people kept one-half of the
good resolutions they make at this
season, it would soon be unneces-
sary to turn over a new leaf' at
the beginning Of each year.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28

Right Rev. Mgr. Phelan, Vicar
General Of the Archdiocese of
Melbourne, has been appointed to
the vacant See of Sale, Australia.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28

Rev. JAMES M. REARDoN, Editor.
B. P. KoLEsKY, Advertising MANAGER
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28

Entered as second-class matter, Jan
uary ~, 1911, at the post Office, st
Paul, Mimi, under Act of March 8, 1879
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28
SATURDAY, DECEMBER %, 1912.

A happy New Year to all our
readers!
The Dickinson press., 1912-11-30
BEACH ADVANCE Men
MAKE A Statement,

The Beach Advance Publishing Go.
has been Incorporated for SIS, 600 by
Attorney NJ. F. Jones. Senator elect Ed.
Hoverson and Foundryman A. E. Kas-
tien.
Of tho incorporators the Advance
says:
The following directors have been
selected to control the policy of the
newly incorporated Advance Publishing
Co.. A. E. HASTEN. Ed. Hoverson. F.
E. Heath. Mark F. Jones, S. r. Morris,
Hugh Egan and E. F. Noonan. These
directors have elected the following
officers, A. E. HASTEN, president; F.
E. Heath, vice president: E. F. Noon
an, secretary and Hugh Egan treasurer.
The aim and object of the directors is
to conduct a thoroughly progressive and
up.to-date newspaper. unbiased, non
partisan and free from personalitit s.
It will have for it's ultimate goal the
of Beach and the furtherance
the interests of the Golden Valley
and its people,"