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Show IS STILL A CATHOLIC. nial of the Story That Mrs. Dewey Has Left the Church. The following communication, which bear the signature of a. Catholic journalist, jour-nalist, well known in Washington cir, cles, id self-explanatory: Editor Catholic Standard and Times: One naturally baa a right to expect that American manhood will ever respect re-spect woman, and that even in the height cf a hotly contested political campaign the privacy of the firesides cf candidates will be sacred from th pollution of the battle. And yet, when wo glance at the history of political campaigns in this country we find that nothing is too sacred for the scandal mongers cf the press. What, the voter should wish to know are the principles of the candidates, their fitness, for ther office to which they aspire, and their moral worth. The home circle should most assuredly be spared, for as, according to the old law, "a man's house is hi9 castle, tho I threshold of which the king with his I army cannot cross except In accordance accord-ance with law," so it should be shielded from the asf-taults of the politicians who are ever ready to strike through a woman's heart to reach a. political enemy. We have recently had an exhibitfon of this common practice) in the reports 1 sent out from Washington relative to Mrs. Admiral Dewey's alleged apostasy from the Catholic Church. The facts, as I obtained them from one competent to speak on the subject are that Mr. Dewey has not left John's Eplacopal. Church: nor has sb given up her pw at St. Paul's Catholic Church. Whether tho correction will b? so widely published aa was the false) statement is doubtful, if we may Judge from experience. The authors of this falsehood knew they were forging a double-edged sword which, would cut whether the story were believed or not; I they expected the repwt tm be deniwl and the fact thus established that Mrs Dewey is a Catholic, trusting; to the biotry of tha people to refuse to elect, a man with a Catholic wife. If the Presidential campaign fsi to be inaugurated inaug-urated with such unjustifiable false-hooCs. false-hooCs. we may form some Impression of what will be its history. When a gentleman who In a position posi-tion to authoritatively deny this early campaign falsehood was asked why ha did not do so, he replied: "Mr. Smith, what is the use to attempt at-tempt to dienyany statement .politicians .politi-cians make? If you commence by denying de-nying misstatements you will be kept busy all the time." We must admit there ia much truth In this conclusion, and I have corrected the. false-hocd only in the interest of the Catholic pre. Very resnect fully yours, MILTON E. SMITH. Branchville. Md.. April 16. 1900. |