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Show THE CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER CATHOLICS SHOULD GIVE IT SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT. Bishop Horstman of Cleveland, 0., Holds It Up as a Model Before Convention of Catholic Knights. At the convention of the Catholic ! Knights of Ohio, held at Coiumbus last week, Bishop Horstman delivered the j following notable address, which should be taken home bjO every Catho-1 Catho-1 lie in the land: 1 "I wish to address you. gentlemen, in ; the name of good, departed Eishop Watterson, who I feel, were he here, would give you a cordial welcome to j fVia. rlirwr-oso of Cnlumhus. T hone that I I your meeting here will be one of har-j har-j mony, benefit, peace and for the future j good of the organization. Whatever is done should be done very slowly and you should profit from the experience of other organizations and from your own; let candid consideration of all your actions precede the action that comes up before you. One great object ob-ject in your joining together is independent inde-pendent of your own self-interest. It is that Catholic men should become ac j quainted with each other and be united in Catholic interests. I look over the world and see that the Catholic men in ! Europe. England, Germany and Canada j are seeing the necessity of being united. There are the Catholics of England; see what they have done. Their Catholic Cath-olic Tract Society is enough for any society to be proud of. We little real- . ize what influence the press has but j those outside of the church do. They realize this fully. But what is the Catholic press of today? You can hard-lv, hard-lv, I was going to say, get a picayune circulation for the very best Catholic paper published. Is not that something for you to take up? I hate resolutions. Be practical. For instance, you should take this up and see that every mem-I mem-I ber of your order is a subscriber to a j Catholic newspaper: that would be flo-I flo-I ing something. At one time there were only eight Catholic papers in Germany; ) I today there are two hundred and eighty I ! with a subscription of thousands: and as a result of that is- the constant up- j holding of Catholic interests and unit- j ing the Catholics in general. Oh, w hat i . n nf ctnr- t h erf must he in heaven for that quartet in Germany Windthorst. Mallinkiodt, and the two Reichenspergers. Why those four men brought Bismarck -with all his blood and iron, down to their feet (applause). They stirred up all Germany; and you know today that King William has to hold out his hand to the Catholic Centrum Cen-trum or otherwise he cannot hold his power. They thought the last election would settle it, but the Catholics sent back not only their own power but increased in-creased it by ten. They have now a surplus of one hundred and thirteen and nothing can be done without their consent. That is what united Catholic Germany can do. It Catholics in France would drop their envy and all unite together . they would have full control of everything In spite of Masonry Ma-sonry and Liberalism. Here we are: simply because a man is a Catholic he j has no chance in public office. Now where is our union? ' "We think the Church ought to keep out of politics, and we do thank God that we are the only Church that has kept out of politics. We know that Masonry is politics, and what are the Methodists, Baptists and others doing? They are turning their pulpits into political po-litical platforms. I told President McKinley Mc-Kinley once that if a priest would preach politics he would be signing his own death warrant. He would be beheaded be-headed at once. But it is a fact that our people have very, very few men in public , office, and it is our own fault: we can only make it otherwise through the Catholic press and by being united Therefore, be united. United you can do anything. We have got to unite and hold up our heads. "They never had a Catholic congress in Germany, but some great good came from it. First it would be the Catholic ! press, then a horn? for the working-men working-men or some other worthy bject. Now, i I say I want you to dr something in this convention which wnr r'-- y . d-vn as. a grand convention. If you c only adopt two resolutions, for in- . stance, to resolve to subscribe for a . Catholic newspaper and t 1 establish a " labor bureau. That is what I would ! like to sef. I "Therefore, besiimr God's blo-slng on your deliberations, 1 hope your bu d- ness meeting will go on i:i harmony, f pleasure and peace. 1 have always f liked the C. K. of A., and at all your j conventions one or two of the bishops ? of the state have been present. You i" . are an earnest, well-meaning body of J men. and through your society you can , accomplish untold good throughout this state. With mtr-h per? inal int.ui- venienee I have come here to arsure ; you of my ep:'-copal interest, an 1 rnv , l. K gentlemen, with all my heart. I say ; 'God bles you." " j |