The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-16
banning Wilson by Faint and False

| TFalSS.
Woodrow Wilson II a good man
He Is not q Catholic: on the con
trary he was brought up in the mar
rowest school Of narrow Presbytcr-
I 1rism. Bat h, Is q good man As
writer Of books he has used some
words and phrases thpt SAVIOR strong
| ly and extensively Of his early train
ms. Bat he is a good man n9twith
standing. We do not think there is
4 particle Of arti-Catholie bigotry in
his soul In 4 late issue Of this
| paper we defended him from the
| charge Of anti-Catholic bias and
asked the Catholic press to dis
countenance tny attacks on the
| Democratic candidate on that score
We are glad u find that they have
without exception, followed our
counsel,
Our motive was. first. to do jus
tice, and secondly to keep the
church question out of the approach
ing presidential campaign Tie
American people love fair play; and
they think politics should rest on a.
distinetiyely secular hasis In cast
ing their votes Catholics should
favor Inc man who will best promote
the interests Of the people: not the
man who will most manfully stand
up for the rights Of religion,
But tnere are Catholics who would
pose rs friends of Mr. Wilson, who
seem determined TO inject the ielig
Ion OF the candidates into the cam
nain a circular has been printed
and distributed all oger the country
in which the services of Mr.. Wilson
to the Catholic church and indlyid-
ual Catholics are greatly extolled
and given a reason why Catholics
should vote for him
We cannot TOO strongly condemn
! this circular. 1t is highly objec
tionable for three reasons. The
orncinle is wrong. Mr.. Wilson does
not come before the American pen
Iple as friend Of Catholics, but as
"a good clean, intelligent, citizen
| Secondly, the seryices recited are
ridiculously insignificant. A dozen
| n two Catholics placed on charity
boards, school boards, reformatory
boards, do not count for much, even
when reinforced here and there by a |
| nrosecuting attorney or petty judge.
| Trenton and Newark dioceses con
| tain a Catholic population OF little
! ever 100000 1t would be very
strange II some Of them would not
pe appointed to public Office. Tho
number of Catholic appointment
sigen seems to us very out of pro
portion to the Catholic population.
But the third reason is the strong
ast. Mr.. Taft has a record for ser
vices to Catholics and the Catholic
church which no man who ever sat
n the presidential chair or NAV In
many years to come occupy it, can
duplicate. AS governor general of
the Philippines, purely Catholic
country, he LEFT name held to this
lay In benedietion by clergy and
atty As a member Of tie com
mission that bears the name, he won
| the heart of Leo X. and Of all his
court II be should be reelected all
papal Rome would rejoice. No; no;
unless you want to make all the
| Catholics of this country vote for
Mr, Taft, don't compare MIR. Wilson's
record with his
This ill-timeG and silly circular
mas been gotten up by few men
who are not representative Catho-
'cs, who have no right to speak for
the Catholic church. end whose mo-
r hFe is too apparent to need men
I tlon Mr.. Roosevelt appointed one
Catholic professor to Diplomatic
s mission, and all the chairs in our
universities are being twisted out
0 II their sockets.
: Good Catholics who are Demo-
e rats will vote for Mr. Wilson be-
8 cause he is good Democrat. That
t IS all they can require, and IL is
i enough If Mr. Wilson appointed
n Catholics to office in New Jersey If
II was not because they were Catholics
e \ that ives his motive no Catholic
i should vote for him. He appointed
v them because they were good ar.
II Gems and could fill the offices win
e adFantage TO the commonwealth
Y nc IS elected We only hope that he
l. WI follow in the footsteps of his
IS tllustrious' predecessor and In that
event the Catholics Of this country
VIII have no reason to complain q
II MS administration, and they viii
support him as royalty as they hay,
Mr. laft.R Rev. Fl. Phelan in Til,
+ Western Waterman.