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Show They Discover heir True Colors. Catholic priests and prelates are bavin.- a hot time with the Social Dem ocrats up in Buffalo. The promoters of the cult were called to order by I Bishop Quigley. They did not submit I gracefully to the crushing blow dealt them by the vigilant prelate. Their leaders issued a challenge for a public debate, and Bishop Quigley allowed two of his priests to respond. A mass meeting was held, and the priests were triumphant. During the course of the debate, one of the Socialist speakers made an astonishing confession. He admitted ad-mitted that he was an atheist and subscribed sub-scribed in full to the sentiments of a New York paper which said that "Christianity and . social Democracy were incompatible, and that a true-blue true-blue Social Democrat must of necessity neces-sity be an atheist. He denied the very existence of Christ and enumerated in extenso all the charges which atheists of every age have made against Chris-, tianity and the Catholic church." Catholics Cath-olics who., rare for their religion will know now to deal with Social Democracy. Dem-ocracy. K is needless to say that Bishop Quigley's men won out, on eyery count. i |