Show FAMOUS LEt t t R The letter of Papal oJ jC- jC jCl Hin l in which he some time ago en the decision of Bishop Watter ed refuse church fellowship to goda BOoie 1 having saloonkeepers keepers lor for prowl lt officers is causing a great deal of commotion The general impression at first created was that the Catholic church had bad taken a formal against the saloons and that tb the the DO- DO nn j influence of the liquor de d- d dnn would no longer be wielded for t Jt Uk furtherance of the plans plane of tU that ZAi denomination Those Inters interested in in t P the liquor traffic rose roee to 10 figuratively speaking and loudly's loudly tested against the interference eD Of of ecclesiastical officers against against- again gam ii i lawful and res respectably on- on ducted business They pota pot wt out that not only were some Rome Interested ted iu in wine production but bj the and the pope hi himsel l habitually following the the New T f ment went prescription and taking l a 1 wine on OD account of certain haft Ules ties They argued that if it it to ins s against the principles of mor manufacture and ana to consume J beverage it is Illogical to pr morall-J morall bt l sale 0 On n the other hand haDel abstainers rejoiced because e tb they the a in the incident a clear i mighty war on the saloon loon i tar far yAt as Catholics are concerned lid i l y At present a great effort is 18 a mad madia ff r leading churchmen to explain meaning of the ep Father McGlynn in his ble o 1 1 Prohibition Park August 2 29 It concisely what Catholic papera papers n speakers already have to 1 riet the feelings ot of those w who bo were i bled led about the The letter 1 Sd not Dot mean meaD to brand it as a sin heinn he y inn in iD lub substance tance to drink moderately iio 10 sell liquor It simply limply meant that 8 should look to it that their j tropes robes families and business should j 80 o conducted as to be no occasion of 01 or or scandal It moreover has DO no t ing force except in the diocese r r which Bishop Watterson presides if its chief purpose was to cause caule the then J n D keepers to conduct their business I Db 5 greater reater decorum K With With h which this exegesis of the I J document is JS advocated is to its authorization by the able able- lie able f himself be e idea then is that neither p op Watterson nor his hll superior In- In in 7 ids throwing the influence of ot the o eh in favor of 01 prohibition and aDd as asas as the liquor traffic is concerned Importance of ot the letter has been liD exaggerated it will wUl not cause caule diminution of ot the trade nor de- de dee fre de-fre e eft ft It of its political influence 7 ere here re to jS however one point in the motet r which is 18 almost entirely lost bt of in the discussion and yet is iser a ther r er reaching than any other The ate ate-as as has bas formerly been pointed JD in these columns bases columns bases his hll de- de den ilon de-ilon n 0 on the general principle that a ps p's duty doty includes the finding out is II good for tor the people of his j and enjoining that upon them r biting that w which may lead to toI H consequences es If It this prin- prin e be be accepted when applied to at ar aj ades a t r s 's j des business t transactions the ones ne Ja to So apply it to his bis social social relation r not nott J why not t to his bis politics f r What Is 18 mostly needed now in red re- re d to 0 that letter la is therefore an l dealing with that general pIe It would seem to Involve involver r p of danger to the indi- indi aili and the constitutionally guaran F j r berty of American citizens citizen 31 r matter Ut in which the people of the retry are far more interested than In ins privileges Wl of saloonkeepers I s |