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Show r j Catholic Opinion The solicitude with which the Republicans apprehend ap-prehend the danger of Bryan or Hearst "capturing" "captur-ing" the Democratic nomination is only equaled by the dread of the Democrats lest Hanna or somebody some-body else snatch the nomination from Roosevelt. How it would simplify matters if either party could have the choosing of the other party's candidate. Pilot. Rev. Dr. Briggs declares lhat he has no intention inten-tion of entering the Catholic church. With his views, as they have been publicly expressed, it is difficult to see how he can live up to the declaration declara-tion and he honest with himself. He may be sincere, sin-cere, but would he resist Ihe grace of faith? Monitor. . Our advice to Catholic agitators. for a division of the school fund is: Let the State alone. It is giving us a poor article of education; but it will-not will-not be coerced or cajoled into giving a better. On the contrary, public school education will grow worse from year to year, and in the end people will take the matter in their own hands, and tho State will go out of the business a consummation devoutly to be wished. Western Watchman. f . ' ' Mr. Smoot, the Utah Mormon senator. -whom it is proposed to expel from the senate, declares that he "honors and respects and obeys all. the laws of his State and of the United Statesj" and has never been guilty of any offense against either." How manv of his brother senators could truthfully say ihe same? Freeman's Jounanl. There are antagonists who hold up John Mitchell, Mitch-ell, the labor leader, as foolish, vile, designing, am; bilious, an agitator, a demagoguoVaMd almdst'.'an anarchist. The other r day, however, the United , "i Mine Workers voted to increase his salary from $3,000 to ?5,000 a year, and he refused the raise. We doubt quite seriously if any of his detractors would decline $2,000 a year extra. As a matter of fact, most of them would intrigue for it tooth and claw. Apparently there is at least one American Ameri-can citizen who does not consider money the highest high-est thing in existence. Xew World. Like most powerful nations, Russia was very brave until she found she has not a sure thing. The example of America misled some of those European nations in making such easy and successful suc-cessful conquests. There is nothing like sizing lite enemy up about right. Catholic Progress, Seattle. 4 A Canadian scientist has discovered that radium ra-dium exists most plentifully in water. In course of time, no doubt, it will succeed iu setting the St. Lawrence afire and then Canada can annex the United States without ceremony. Catholic j . j It seems rather strange that a revolution could have gotten under way in Uruguay without the knowledge of the president. But such is tho case. if there be truth in the press dispatches. If Uru- ; guay, however, is not '"benevolently assimilated" quite soon, we may conclude that the above rumor ru-mor is without foundation. Church Progress. The young Irish poet. William Butler Yent, now on a lecture tour in this country, conies to us I crowned with garlands woven by the admiring Celtic and pro-Celtic press on both sides of the Atlantic. So comprehensive a critic as the editorial edi-torial genius of the San Francisco Leader has pronounced pro-nounced him superior even to the divine Mangan. We rejoice in the early distinction gained by the young Irish poet; but as to comparing him with Clarence Mangan infantum! It would be like, comparing the twittering notes of the littlo hedge linnet with the entrancing melody of the sky-soar-ing lark Union ;md Times. |