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Show GOOD FEELING BETWEEN MORMONS MOR-MONS AND CATHOLICS. The first number of The Intermountain Intermoun-tain Catholic, published in this city, in the interests of the Catholic Church, is at hand. As previously noted in the News, this publication is a continuation of the Colorado Catholic, which, after fifteen years of existence, comes to Salt Lake in new dress and considerably enlarged. Undoubtedly it will be generously supported sup-ported by the people whose interests and principles it advocates and interprets-. The front page is adorned with two illustrations. One is a portrait of. Bishop Sc-anlan, and the other is a view of St. Mary's Cathedral. The editorial page deals with the questions of the day in a conservative manner, and the rest of the paper is devoted to news and articles of general interest. Salt Lake City now has two great church publications. They advocate in many things' very different principles, but in so far as they both aim at being a power for good in the community, they stand on common ground. There is plenty of room for all the agencies that aim at the moral and intellectual improvement of the world. Deseret Evening News. The above is gratifying. It is unnecessary unnec-essary to . say tnat the Intermountain Catholic aims to be a moral and intellectual intel-lectual force in this intermountain country. The course of the Catholics in Utah has always been a conservative one, and this is appreciated by the people who are acquainted with Bishop Scanlan. Scan-lan. His prudent administration of his great diocese, with the attending re-1 re-1 sponsibilities, has won the regard of the people of the state. There has been no joining in a crusade against the Mormon people, and one of the reasons i9 that such a crusade would be of a political nature, brought about by politicians poli-ticians eager for power. It was outside out-side of the realm of the Church to interfere. in-terfere. The Catholics remember the hearty welcome they received when they first came to Utah; the donations of land and moneys made by Brigham Young, the President of the Mormon I cnurcn, ana at a time wnen tne catnolic catn-olic Church was struggling to gain a foothold. The Catholics have always adhered to a broad principle of religious liberty, and have ever been wiling to grant it to their neighbors. They have lived in peace in Utah because they have attended at-tended strictly to their own business and rcne on seeking the conversion of souls and keeping away from the pitfalls pit-falls of politics. The growth of the Church has been steady and vigorous under this policy. And it has had another result, and that Is, to bring about a good feeling between be-tween Mormons and Catholics. The Mormons first settled the State of Utah, ! and through their many trials made it habitable, and their rigTits have always j been respected by the people of the Catholic faith. It is not for the Catholics to join in neighborly quarrels, but to go on peacefully peace-fully and conserve the best interests of their Church. The Mormon people re spect ine c.atnoucs ior tne position they have taken, and there has been, and will continue to be, a kindly and generous feeling between them. Had the same good feelings existed among the good of all denominations in Utah, Salt Lake City would today be the greatest city between Chicago and San Francisco, and as a result of this united effort. The Catholics have taken no part in the bickerings and ill-feelings of the past. Let us hope that in the future our course will be as consistent, and that the neighborly regard will continue. While we are constant and unyielding in our faith, feeling and knowing that the Catholic religion is the best in all the world, we will not be coerced or Inveigled In-veigled into a fight which does not belong be-long to the province of a newspaper with our pretensions. |