New Britain herald., 1916-07-11
WILSON AND THE oArfftsLL0s.
The Present Opposition to the Presl-
 dent-An Appeal for Sense As s Against Passion

Against Passion.
 | From the Guardian, 0nsisl organ tsof the diocese ,of$.Little aoek, Ark.
 pubhhshed by the1 Catholic Publiea- lStion society," EN
 t.s- Ihough we are slow to k9lyeye that
 mathema atics have. given the last word
 on the issue, 1t does seem rsasonabls
 to adlnlt that If the vote of our peoples
 were turned almost unarlinfous5kA'
 against the present administrations;
 shere would be little, chance of Prsass 1dent Wilson s Returning to povsrsa
 There is much Speculation about fh%7
 so-called Catholic vote, naturally. an38
 prophecies are not rare that the@
 whole ballot of our coreligfonists will
 be- used to punish the president for
 h1s .poHcysinvolving Catholic interestssS
 IHe WoTd Catholic and Irish are sone-
 times confused. particularly in thas east, and when, we read the bitten
 denuneaefion. of certain racial organs the conviction is strengthened.ct that.
 so far as 9wefare concerned, the Wa.sF-
 1ngton gentleman has not even a re-
 mote call on our favor.
 Then, if you pick up the publica-s htfons. which seek to form the pubIiol
 opinion of the Catholic body you are. struck with the sam meness. of the sen-i timent which everywhere holds Pres- ident Wilson up to scorn. Almost as
 one voice the Catholic papers de- nounce, him and all his works. It
 would be rather an awkward gadn1is- s1on of our weakness if we pretended that these papers counted for r1augIlt% Hundreds of readers must Iifiavotd- -s ably be bent by what is printed inS the Catholic presss As the e1ection
 may depend upon@ 5Ia6se very. Tun@ dreds, one can figure how the un-
 friendly attitndes Of the Catholic edi-Y tors is a menace
 During the sumrnee all the erest r Cathoiic organizatiofs aregto hold conventions, Federation in New s York during August; the Knights Of ! TColumb'ls in Davenport the same
 menth; the educational and press asH soelat1ons about the same time; the ,H1bern1ans following the Clan-Na-
 Gael in July,4 Each Of these societies
 will be drawn. into the political mael., strom, withort5 doubt; not oIla1flssl Y and with definite purpose, bit syss41s 5 A.s one will phrase resolutions tlfs0 sSsyQi "A N V as
 be construed according to viaw fBSa8S rule the, conventions. Each, fsss.asa sls sa3s. has threat for President 5yv4J ss x either because 'of Mexico orS bescaAs se
 of the European turmoil esfsYflStst
 not blink Possibilities; it looks as If the Catholics of the country have an F interesting session in the off1ngs. s%
 Without claiming title to any right
 to advise it strikes the writer that now, if ever, the catholics of the conn, try should beware of passion and should notslay too much store by req soning which may be selfish Caleula tion should caution one to weigh the I advantages E :of disad pantages that might come rhrou ugh change It is all very well tofshout abGsItsprinci butfe meanwhfle3 suppose Principle is, not protected and even material benefits disappear. It has ever been ytradi- tional with certain Catholics to re- gard problems, with the eve single. All that is observed is an A,aortunity to avenge one wrong, obi j of tho greateh wrongs that ma " on this natural inclination fSe Sefn{]ic- tive. "
 . We may throw oy-cf 5N ,xlsor,. and in the process sthI Sss hr,- son of the church whG, ek esk se.4fse O. place came through FsS ,x3f x3fY.a-- the party which the Nsce s4 sents. Defeating him. aea irSg 6 to hufi 5cfi,tE 5 ment, which lately g n re- igfousghabit and co4 what s gained remains a |IeXico will not be any bettes 1a1ho-i lie tauestions will not h with more considerations Fse will De made with truth mixed our faith with politic Eg iusti- ' 'yiffg every enslaugh 5igotry;g s thousands of our mel gill Jsa ,hrown out of office; ais thdEf some editors may ffaF LtisfacSs ion of sayingfwe are p sRoushs o overturn dynasties- Ses cur people sense,