Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-08-08
PRESBYTERIAN
Comes to the Defense of Catho-
lies Against Vile Mud
SINGERS.
They Are Ready to Die at the
Command of Presbyterian
President.
Quotes Rev. Washington Glad
den to Show Way of Com
batting Movement.
RAPS The WAVE OF BIGOTRY

The Cheyenne Daily Leader, one
of Wyoming's largest papers, last
week contained an excellent editorial
attacking anti-Catholic bigotry. The
editor of the paper is Alex HASTE, a
Scotchman and a staunch Presby-
terrain. He said:
Some time ago the Leader took
occasion to condemn the seditious
utterances of a paper called the
Menace. 1t is a sensational anti
Catholic publication bearing the red
flag Of religious fanaticism. 1t seeks
to set neighbor against neighbor,
brother against brother, and citizen
against citizen by fabricated revela-
tons of reasonable designs of Cath
olicism. We use the word fabricated
deliberately because nine-tenths of
the sensational suspicious and
charges it publishes against the
Catholics are absolute falsehoods
without even foundation in fact.
The editor of the Leader is not
Catholic, but he has associated with
Catholics nearly all his life, and
some of the truest friends he ever
had we're Catholics and members of
the order of Knights of Columbus.
These friends were knights in
deed in the noblest sense of that
word. These men have told the
writer on their honor as friends
that these charges and pretended
revelations are absolutely false, and
the writer believes their statements
as against the frenzied fabrications
of this well named Menace and
other anti-Catholic agitators.
There are nearly 100, 1000, 900
people in this country, of whom less
than 100000 can be classed as
Catholics. Yet we are asked to be-
lieve that this comparative handful
of people are conspiring to overthrow
this great Government and to
butcher all who refuse to believe as
they do.
Catholics in this country have
voted both the Democratic and Re-
publican tickets, Just like other
sects. Catholics have fought, bled
and died for Old Glory in the war of
the rebellion, in the Spanish-Ameri-
can war, and Catholics are even
today marshaled in the United States
army at the gates of old Mexico,
ready to die in defense of this Gov
eminent at the command of our
Presbyterian President.
"The Leader appeals to all level
headed, sensible citizens not to allow
themselves to be carried away by
this foolish and wicked anti-Catholic
propaganda.
"A few sentences from that great
lecturer and leader among men, Rev.
Washington GLADDEN., on this subject
are well worth needing;
The fact is that we have got to
learn to live together in this coun-
try-Protestants and Catholics. The
only question is whether we shall
live together in peace or enmity. If
we are to have peace, we must study
the things that make for peace; each
party must be ready to see the good
side Of the other; must learn to put
the best and not the worst construc-
ton on the words and deeds Of the
other; must avoid all bitter and
uncharitable judgments; must put
away all thoughts of domination.
There is no worse enemy of Christ
and his country than the man who
seeks to inflame and poison the
minds of either Protestants or Cath
olics with suspicion and fears and
resentments and enmities toward the
other"