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Show CATHOLIC OPINION. The statement that the Mormons are rinding many converts in Denmark confirms con-firms a belief that Joseph Smlih's Saincs have excellent judgment in choosing fieids of operation. They would rather assail a Christian Endeavor society than attempt at-tempt a Catholic country. Cnion and Times. Congressman Wheeler of Kentucky "let loose" In the house last week on Paunce-fote, Paunce-fote, Hay and Prince Henry. The first two points were well taken, for both Pauncefote and Hay are a disgrace to manly diplomacy, but why should the Kentucky man have assailed Henrv of liuurmuiii-i ii ; inn young man comes here to put Pauncefote and Havs nasal organs out of joint. Kentucky Wheeler can only tolerate scions ot trie house of Bourbon, and even then he mav go a little a-rye. Chicago Citizen. $-- The notorious Mrs. Margaret L. Shep-pard, Shep-pard, who has long been before the public pub-lic as an "escaped nun" lecturer, was arrested in Columbus, O., last Saturday for disseminating obscene literature. She begged off and promised to lecture no more in that city. On her promise to bid a long and a last farewell, the pending case against her was dismissed. The lecturer "for revenue only" was never a nun, but she has often escaped. The best way to treat such leprous auxiliaries aux-iliaries of the A. P. A. is with silent contempt. con-tempt. The devil's agents should not get gratuitous advertisements from us while "the play Is on." The f 'hureh should be respected for the. enemies she has made. Catholic Universe. The last number of the San Vranclsco Monitor, received shortly before the Observer Ob-server went to press, announces that the book called "Bible Readings" was taken out of the High school of Oakland. Cal.. as soon as the protest of the priests of that city was submitted to the school board. When will the Catholic citizens of Pennsylvania Insist that public institutions insti-tutions shall not be . Protestantized? Pittsburg Observer. On Saturday. Feb. 15, the fourth anniversary anni-versary of the sinking of the battleship -waine, iirs. ousan Anttionv. aged 72 years, mother of Corporal Bill Anthony (who bore the notable message to Captain Cap-tain Sigsbee). was forced to seek work to keep herself from starving. Corporal Anthony committed suicide after a siege of hardship ashore, and now his aged mother is on the way to the poorhouse. while thousands of dollars are being squandered in luxurious entertaining bv-the bv-the nation's representatives. Is this the way America remembers her heroes? Michigan Catholic. - A movement is on foot, it seems, among the Protestant Episcopal clergv of the middle west to establish "in their midst" an order of Paulist Fathers. The idea, as unraveled by the author of the scheme, is to have the rectors of Impecunious I parishes engage in some secular business as a means of livelihood, that they mav be enabled to discharge their ecclesiastical functions without remuneration, as a sort of spiritual recreation, as it were. Why the promoters of the plan should think it necessary to form themselves into a re-ligio-commercial guild to carry this purpose pur-pose Into effect is not quite clear. These prospective "Paulists" evidently do not uphold the dictum of their patron apostle that they who serve the altar should live by the altar. Monitor. A.s an evidence of the progress of pacification paci-fication of which Judge Taft speaks so hopefully in his statement to the senate, a fresh demand for more troops is cabled to the war department by General Chaffee, Chaf-fee, military head of the Philippines. Taft s views and Chaffee's iirmer to hv been widely divergent ever since the two first met in Manila. MonTFor. "The Anglo-Saxon here or elsewhere never lets go of a foot of soil of which he has once had possession." This was the proud boast of one of the tribe. Chairman Chair-man Cannon of the appropriations committee, com-mittee, the other day. in a place which stands a living memorial to the emptiness of the brag the congress of the United States of America. If the Anglo-Saxon had not possession of this soil, in the full sense of ruling it. and if he' was not made 'to let go of it." whether he would or no all our history is a huge fraud and concoction. con-coction. Tf he was not also chased out of France by Joan of Arc, we are also victims of another imposition. There were many other places where he was likewise made to scuttle with more haste than dignity. And now, in order to give a more modern point to Mr. Cannon's roostering. here is the case of Wei-Hai-Wee. grabbed from China a couple of years ago with a mighty barnyard chorus of iubllation. What was then given out as a great diplomatic triumph is now confessed to be a costly bargain, and so the thing is given up. Wei-Hai-Wee is found to be of no more use as a maritime stronghold than Coney Island, and there is a broad grin on the face of the Russian grizzly. -Standard and Times. ! The London Spectator thinks that the French religious orders should have acted together. It was their obvious dutv to i come to an understanding. "Nothing was to be gained from separate action. If some orders could conscientiously apply for authorization, whv could not ; all? If some, orders thought it wrong to make such application, why were others ?css scrupulous?" The Spectator declares without hesitation that the or-ders or-ders have been the prey of divided j counsels. The reason of this "is believed to be thac. while the more democratic orders or-ders have tried to remain la France, the orders th?t are specially associated with i the great royalist families have become voluntary exiles in the hope virtual expulsion ex-pulsion would damage the republic." If this charge is true, the orders are given over to a political game, and are only taking their chances. They can get along without th; sympathy of thans-Atlantic friends. Catholic Transcript. The other day . some of the Catholic members cf parliament voted in favor of "the. Deceased Wife's Sister Bill." which makes it allowable for a widower to marrv his wife's sister. In defiance of the law both of the Anglican and of the Catholic Cath-olic Church, which places such unions under un-der the ban. The measure has long been pvnding and has already met more than one defeat. Leo XIII has expressed his Swire that no Catholic should support the bill The Catholic memoers explain their action by saying that they voted or the measure. out c"Za d v their co-relig on sts who hae ilreau Entered tSe marriage state witti P rel-ited iii the first degree of afflnit d v r ue of dispensations received trom Rome. Although allowing such unions it times, for very grave causes the ' -hlic Church cordially reprobates them an 1 is thankful for any civil legislation, w hi n would support her position and red, u e to the minimum those who ould enter them. It is loyalty of a certain Kln'lto stand by co-religionists whose feelings are liable to be smoothed by. to them, favorable legislation. Such loyalt. however, how-ever, is not worthy to be compared wirh that which would give an unquestioning obedience to the solemn and .r-rsea desire of the Father ot the faitniul. Catholic Transcript. |
