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Show t : In such ebulitions of bigotry or, rather, dema gogism, is it not ? as that in which one Burgess, yclept the "Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Long Island," recently indulged,' we detect the 'dying gasps of Protestantism. ' This is what he said: "The only way the Roman Catholic Church retains re-tains the allegiance of its members is by forbidding them to think. But there will come a day of reckoning, reck-oning, for reason must finally prevail." Is it no,t abundantly evident that this is in the nature of a desperate but hopeless effort to check the "alarming" movement "Romeward"? The day of reckoning is' even now at hand; and when reason once fully prevails, the sects must necessarily be things of the past. .It has long been unmistakably evident that Protestantism does not caunotap peal fo the minds of intelligent and thinking men and womrn. ' - . ; MVhat-a glowing encomium to womanhood is contained in Bishop Spalding's essay, "The Blessedness Bless-edness of the Virgin Mother," the last instalment of which appears in this issue. Says lie, among other things; "Woman, like religion! appeals to what is highest in man." And.;all- that he. writes in eulogy of woman in this article constitute but a fraction of the praise he has, from time to time, conferred upon the gentler sex. It is probably safe to say that woman has not a more ardent or able champion of her regal prerogatives than is this illustrious churchman. If, at times, he fondly essays to convince the agitators for "equal rights" that they are prone to transgress the natural eider, ei-der, it only serves to prove that he is indeed their sincere friend and well-wisher. Reader! do you know of a blessing that the omnipotent God the unspeakably gracious Giver of all good can bestow upon His dutiful creatures greater than that of a just and proper appreciation apprecia-tion of the daily blessings that arc already his? When the creature is duly impressed with his nothingness and abject unworthiness, and then piously meditates upon the tender and paternal care, concerning his temporal career and eternal destiny, exercised by the wonderful and infinitely holy God, his heart must overflow with profound gratitude, and, therefore, emotions of ardent love, indescribable gladness and unutterable blessedness. Is it not, in very fact, this dutiful recognition of God's loving solicitude for His every creature that , . , . x- - t -, j. i-unsuiuies uic essence oi pieiy; is it noi nence that the pious soul can never know sordid and carking misery, however heavy-laden he may seem to be with the crosses of care, neglect or even contempt? con-tempt? If the world could but intelligently read the heart of the pious creature of God, would it not, think you, admire and envy rather than tolerantly toler-antly pity him? : Lawson having by a lucid expose of the crime of "Amalgamated," by means of which "The System" Sys-tem" ruthlessly robbed their confiding dupes of the stupendous sum of $30,000,000 in one nefarious transaction pointed out a means for securing legal redress and, incidentally, of placing those alleged malefactors in. felons' cells, it remains to be seen what course the victims of this monstrous fraud will pursue. If they should succeed in securing se-curing merited retribution for these, pirates'" of finance, they will confer an inestimable benefit upon the nation as a whole. Any check placed upon the vile machinations nf tlm i-ninuitmK devotees of high finance will be a victory for decency, de-cency, and, therefore, an achievement in which every high-minded citizen will greatly rejoice. : r On every hand, in recent days, is voiced the conviction that marvelous growth and development will be witnessed in Salt Lake City and Utah during the ensuing twelvemonth. Is "the wish father to the thought"?. So it may be, but to the close observer ob-server of events the halcyon predictions seem to be founded upon a very substantial basis. Salt Lake may not experience a doubling of its population I before the end of the year 1906, as the more sanguine san-guine and enthusiastic among her prophets would fondly, hope and believe, but if there does not actually ac-tually occur a mighty increase, all signs will have failed. Opportunities for profitable investments in lands and in commercial and industrial enterprises are unquestionably here presented, and fain would we sec readers of The Intermountain Catholic-share Catholic-share in the prospective harvest. We are not very ardent exponents in the realm of "commercialism,' but it is only natural that we should desire a reasonable rea-sonable degree of prosperity for all our friends. In all matters of the nature we have considered prompt action is of primary importance. "A hint to the wise is sufficient." There is, however, one other axiom that may have a pertinent application in this connection, viz.: "Discretion is the better part of valor.' It would, no doubt, be the part of wisdom for those who may be disposed to seek a favorable opportunity for the investment of capital, capi-tal, whether in small or large amounts, to carefully investigate and consider the situation and prospects pros-pects as they present themselves in this locality, j and then proceed accordingly. To our mind there is no reasonable doubt that there will be a marked ad vance in realty values in this city and the country coun-try contributary thereto in the almost immediate future, and if we are not woefully mistaken this is a. most opportune time for the making of judicious purchases. : It would seem that the labor strife now waging in Chicago is destined to further alienate the sympathies sym-pathies of the public with labor-unionism. This is regrettable. Labor strikes are, at best" an evil; but they are rendered a necessary evil, ' in many i instances, by the ruthless greed of the employing classes. It is to be hoped that the public in general gen-eral will not be so unreasonable as. to ever attribute all the blame for the inconvenience to which it may be subjected by these deplorable contests between be-tween employers and employes to the latter, and recklessly conclude that all such strikes must be summarily condemned. 'That labor unions are sometimes unreasonable in their demands is but natural, however lamentable the fact may be, for is it not altogether irrational to expect these horny-handed horny-handed sons of toil to be the one class to invariably manifest a'spirit of fairness and justice? : Mr. Carnegie is, in the light of a recent interview inter-view cabled from London, a radical of .radicals. I Commenting on public-ownership, he not only strenuously declares that, all public utilities should be owned by the municipalities which they serve, but, to prove himself in advance of the movement, he says: "I am a great believer in democracy that is, the rule of the. people. I believe that institutions such as hospitals, for instance, arc far better managed man-aged if subject to city authority than when, as now, they are subject to cliques. "There is nothing like the. purifying breath of public opinion blowing, into all public institutions." Xot-only that, but this stalwart Scot also plainly plain-ly intimates that tho higher institutions of learning learn-ing have their usefulness impaired by being under control of their respective faculties instead of that of the public at large. Verily, there is no radical so radical as the newlyTpiado radical. There is at least one Irishman who i dppo,vf to honor the "Japs." This nrhe wa rf.-fntly ; vored with a call by Mr. 1). M.-( 'renin. ;! ,,. , Catholic and an intelligent and worthy citjr.,, ,,r-Hawthorne, ,,r-Hawthorne, Xev. Mr. ('renin is eiigHir'-'d in prosecution of railroad-construction work in locality, and h-i had much experience with -hi;. -. . esc laborers. lie is unstinted in his praise little yellow toilers. In matters of iiilu-trv. , ,. ciliry to discipline, amiability and charihii.i. i, Mr. Cronin declares that his .lapam-s,- t n.,i .. far excel their co-laborers from other parts .. , world. He iflo expresses the opinion t ... former would make model Christians, ami that he is led to believe that several f tin..-,- ... , whom he has come int contact are ('ailn-li- - , : j are only deterred from openly avowing and -,. . . t icing their religion because of the tact ti,.i arc cowed into concealing all sent iu.-iii- ami , victions which they believe to be unpopular hostile attitude of the people towards their i - My fellow-optimist, the jolly tar who -,V; . . . ways jolliest in the midst of a soul-awin- h i because, as he declared to the perplexed in. p.;-. , I "It's clear isn't it? that any change mti-i '; the better," was a wise mortal now. wa-n'r ; i Xow Tom, -my pessimistic chum, has quite a I -fercut "code of reasonings." If the wea'Su r pens to be a trifle inclement he scowls and . . , as if he were quite certain that the .-un -i . i never again smile upon a cold and desolati u. : If, on the other hand, the weather happ n- : . ..- so ideally perfect that he is denied the nm -i, ; comfort of responding to cheerful felieit.ni with, "Yes, it is fair, only uncoiufortaUv v .- - .' j. or, "Sure, if it were not a trifle too lree." .... f "Yes, it certainly is charming, but niethink- I ; - a tinge of malaria in the air;" if even lie can - that all such croakings would be manife-t ly , ' j surd, he is sure to remark, with a wry and ..;.- ious countenance, "Yes, it is ideal altogeth.-i- - good to last!" Fie, fie! you croaking pe-Mmi--one and all! Why will you insist upon imbuinu a.! hearts and all nature with the chilling gloom ..f your morose and splenetic livers? Can! uhi i made to understand that your malady i- --i ,. i chiefly of habit, and that, by resolutely ivtu-;ii2 ) 1 indulge the vile impulses of a pessimistic tempi. -ament, you could soon enjoy the glad -un-liim- a-veritably a-veritably as does, tin.' mos-t inveterate ontimi-t amongst us all? Then, by meeting your frieru- or chance associates with a beaming eye and a won I t of good-cheer, you would render your presence i welcome and congenial, instead of being regrnl -d as an abominable "frost" which is to bo "shook" a- soon as possible. Be "wise" as well as good and make unto yourselves friends and companion-: of the amiable and glad-hearted! "The' Optimist." - Colonel Bryan declares that there is manifesting manifest-ing itself, throughout the country, a marked tendency ten-dency which is best described by the phrase "Back i to the. people." This is undoubtedly true. The unprecedented popularity of President Koo-evel:. is manifestly due to the fact that he represent- an ; embodiment of this popular idea. As, however, it I is utterly unreasonable to hope that this valiant champion of the cause of the common people will ' be able to muster under this standard the dominant domi-nant clement in his party, it will probably de- volve upon the illustrious "commoner" from S'- ' braska to lead the hosts to their final triumph. |