Show I 1 VERSUS 7 I 1 catholicism the methodist ministers han afoul of 4 the lie catholics some of or them eilla ly denounce the inala net ence of that barev upon politics others art ire oilier special F chronicle service I 1 CHICAGO 0 april I 1 athe the history of freedom is largely a record of emancipation ci from the control of the catholic church it is is a political church by nature history and policy p bicy it and n d a 8 menace to american society I 1 it is impossible for a person 0 to o be a loyal american and a true cabalic Ca holic bolic the more he be is is of one the less be is is of the other such were the sentiments of dr sheppard eppard Bh professor of political economy at the northwestern university expressed in a paper on catholicism am and its ita relations to american institutions tut ions delivered before the weekly meet meeting ing of the methodist ministers dr hb Sli eppards paper was lengthy length y and fully covered one side of the discussion cus sion among other things he said the very existence of a compact religious body of or people capable of exercising an influence for better or worse upon amen ameri can ions must be viewed with solicitude if oot not actual alarm the church is is a despotism in religion the pope commands the people peo I 1 obey the priests di dictate tat the faleta gaiety believes romanism Koma niem ie Is an exotic on american soil its ranks are di diminishing I 1 g with the rising generation and in th this I 1 8 position we find it antagonizing t the 11 a public educational system of th this a country we would prefer open war to the indian method of fighting in ambush the rev foster said there is is a special and immediate danger in the position of the catholic church over has bas gone into the tile coders cof fiers 0 of I 1 the hierarchy in new now york city alone there is in a school near me which has a stall staff of fifteen teachers eleven of which are catholics on february 22 lemr catholic janitor refused to hoist the american flag over the building next year we propose to know the reason why in a protestant neighborhood there isa as school with twenty six eix teachers twenty one of whom are catholics and I 1 think it is la high time to protest the rev dr bennett thought it was easy to d scover the germa germs but it was difficult to cure curo the disease lie ile thought those present were not acquainted quain ted with the catholic Cal holic doctrine ai a they should be and eaid said the protestant church might learn a lesson from the catholic in the matter of family parity purity several oher ministers spoke bitterly terl y I 1 against a g dinst the alleged catholic influence a rice in politics aej government affairs one or two took the mare more moderate view and there was quite an acrimonious debate |