The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-21
~WHY NOT A CATHOLIC PRESIDENT


 One of the best magazine articles that has come under observation in many moons $ froin the pen of Dr. Lynn Harold IIough, eminent Methodist Episcopal clergyman, author, educator. lecturer and essa yis. written under the head ns which appears hs article, in wh.eA he answers his question anrmatlvely. Dr. Hnuga is now pastor of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church of Detroit. of the largest churehes and congregations in the world. Although still in the prime of life, being just fifty years of age he has held high executive places in his church. has been President of the great Northwestera University and written two dozen books. hes dos making many lectures and writing much for the magazines He holds nine college degrees. four of them earned and five honorary He is re- garded as of the foremost and most prafouna theologans in the country, we'll as being profound student of economies, history, science and literature in the country.
 The editor of Plain Talk, magazine for forward thinking people, George Daniel Eaton- educator, pubcist and fnancer, himself, like Dr Hough q Methodist, Mason and Republican, says of Dr. Hough:
 Dr. Hough is pastor of one of the
 biggest temples of worship in Detroit
 The Central NJ. E. Church--and he him.
 self is acknowledgedly of the great
 est leaders in his faith and in liberal
 thought; his utterances are watched on
 three continents and, not by Methodsts
 alone Here he answers-a frmatvely firmly vigorously-for political safety
 under Catholic President There is not line of trucking evasion in his
 article Have the Catholics certain
 bigotres to live downs he asks. Then,
 he says have the Protestants! If
 this article does not excite your admirar
 ton, write us for the return of your
 thirty-fve cents You Twill get it-by
 air mail
 Dr. Hough thinks that not only is there mol reason for Protestants fear a Catholic Presi- dent, but all things being equal. he believes| that it would be well for the country for us to have one and he thinks, the time is ripe for it. Space forbds the reprooucton of all of Dr. Houghs we'll considered and timely article, but we commend to Empire readers the paragraphs here presented
 When Protestant refuses to vote
 for a Catholic whose character and abili-
 ties he admits and with whose policies
 he agrees and makes that refusal sim
 ply because the candidate is Catholic
 that Protestant is not worthy of the
 name or of the privilege of American
 citizenship. Men of goodwill in the
 Protestant group ought to be eager that
 Catholics should have share in public
 office in proportion to their percentage
 of the population, and should be watch
 ing for Catholic candidates whom they
 can conscentiously support. And 1t is not too much to say that in the presence
 of the great body of earnest and loyal
 and capable citizens of the Roman Cath ollie communion to be found in the
 United States confront situation
 which makes moral demands upon all of
 us We should not rest quite contented
 until the time has come when we can
 place high minded Catholic, man of
 unquestoned character and ability in
 the chair of the Presidency of the United
 States There will always be plenty of
 Protestant Presidents. There ought to
 be an occasional Catholic President
 There those who have
 hesitations regarding Roman Catholic
 leadership because they fear the attitude
 produced by the teaching of that com
 munion regarding such matters as birth control and fear that the occupation
 by members of that church of powerful
 politica positions may tend to result s8 in legislation which is of reactionary
 character in respect of many matters
 which have no direct connection with
 ecclesiastical affairs, but do connect
 themselves very definitely with certain s teachings of the Roman Catholic Church It must of course, be made clear
 to every religious group that posi-
 tions which held as corollaries or
 inc religious principles of group must
 not be forced upon unwilling majorities
 in the Republic.
 Tn an entirely different relation one
 sees the danger of this sort of attempt
 on the part of the reactonary minorities when one takes account of the attempt S of certain Protestant fundamentaists to .s nass laws against the teaching of the s nosftions and theories connected with z@ evolutionary hypothesis. Person- 's# z ally am not inclined to feel that there
 fs any very great danger from the Catholic Church at this point. Certain 4 .ly. Protestantisul has made HIS own uh- zN A6appy contribution to the forces Of re- t~.~A ~tlaor oua