Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-02-08 | Page 2 | Washington Ministers Somewhat Aroused

WASHINGTON MINISTERS SOMEWHAT AEOUSED WASHINGTON, Fob. 7. Criticising tho action of tho Vatican for refusing formor Vice-Prcsidcut Fairbanks an audience- with tho popo because ho would not. cancel his engagement to nd-dress nd-dress the Mothodist churchmen in Rome, tho Ministerial association of Washington Washing-ton adopted resolutions framed by a committee headod by Bishop Cranston of tho Methodist Episcopal church in which tho action of the Vatican authorities authori-ties is described as "a characteristic expression of the roal spirit of the Roman hierarchy." "We cougraiulato our former vice-president vice-president on his manly vindication of the American spirit of toleration and his exhibition of dignity of freo American Ameri-can manhood in this most significant test in Rome," sa3's ono section of the resolutions. Protest against recognition by tho government of the Vatican is made in strong torms, described as inconsistent with national traditions and "a sanction sanc-tion of ecclesiastical assumption outgrown out-grown by tho world and a distinct menace men-ace to religious liberty."