| Show CHURCH AND STATE THE cooper union hall new york was the scene of a singular circum star ce on thursday night providing a telegraphic report can be relied upon the occasion was a meeting of the catholic Working mews benevolent union which had convened to celebrate the anniversary of the birthday of pope leo XIII the assemblage was large and enthusiastic the alleged incident to which special reference is made herein was that of mayor orant grant of new york city kne kneeling and aad low f ng p coart orti gan 1 if athe ane safi t 0 V sent seat over the t e airee be e c correct the h V Mene a was g a nove I 1 0 st e 9 and people le VAI wm it alio reason for ph an i act c anthe part of or the chief magist magistrate ritte of gotham we vre are in informed ormed that mr grant is a protestant the kneeling and ana kissing operations were not the result resul of devotional vot ional daa religious fervor even eve if such enio goDa had bad existed in the breast of the official the occasion bearg mar markedly edly public was not quite appropriate for the exhibit exhibition iou the mayor being a politician possibly st stronger in that liue line than he is religiously we his performance was perhaps a mere political play catholic a tholie vo votes 9 are numerous in the vork city of new york the spectacle was rather aja ameri can being out of line with the repulsion directed toward the be union of church and state it is getting to be quite american among politicians politician however to adf up if nothing is inconsistent in politics that sub serves an ulterior orect in view the prostration and kissing act was all the more occurring as it did in a great city pf af the great R republic because of Is a ajun sentiment ciment which was heartily endorsed by the meeting where it is said to have happened the subject eject of the resumption of of the tern tem power of the pope was named there was a burst burs of approval signifying that those who applauded were in favor of it among the hands which were brought together jn in approving collision on that I 1 were those which were said to have been so recently saluted by t the myor mayor archbishop corrigan Corri gaas q th p resumption ot of terrp temporal oral power meaos that he he pope kope shall once mare be above the law then I 1 an ait what does this abasement wiltho oh the part municipal 1 functionary dinean if it spot thai hei crooked brooked the pregnant binges of xoe the knee that henfen thrift might 40 fitlow fawning g i the catholic church te JW reaching after ar supremacy and nd it is doing stalwart war work forr for ithie of that object recently it has directed the organization ofa of ja conservative party in the french chamber of deputies spain has protested against this proceeding as out of gannony with assurances from the vatican anat it would not ope operate ratte to the detriment of monarchical arch ical governments government at spain Is assured now that the in france is made merely for the purpose of working against radicalism we observe that W blaine revival has been inaugurated with ath a view to secure the presidential nomination for far him those who are working it have expressed the idea that bAs late tilt with father ducey and with archbishop corrigan not hot damage his bis chat ces for election this shows that every politician takes into consideration which way the catholic vote will swing owing it to is a powerful factor in american politics and it would be risky for anybody nowadays now a days to assert that it does not come pretty near the point of wielding the balance of power when that situation actually arises to a R point of certainty there will be a church and state question in this country that will assume the proportions of a good sized elephant |
