Show FIRE U THE FIRST SHOT bev father malone of the colorado catholic does not like the imputations of the loyalty of catholics which are beard in certain qu artere having been interviewed in it is with deep regret that I 1 have heard the question asked where do the calbo bics egand with regard to the war question when lucli a question is asked I 1 cannot repress a feeling of indignation the question is an insult in itself where could the catholics of this country possibly stand la such an emergency but where they have always stood in similar emergencies with the government what ahat government may be regardless of past political street corner patriots men who receive their patriotic inspirations from secret olor or warrant to question the loyalty of catholics to the government let me remind the meu who manifest their obvious ignorance of american history that three fifths of the brave boys of the seventh regiment regi nent who marched down sixteenth street amid the plaudits of the citizens last tuesday afternoon many of dhosi perhaps to find their grave in cuban swamps were irish catholics why insult these courageous men by am BUta tiong of their loyalty the first hot fired in this war was fired by a catholic and if these pseudo patriots standing round the street corners of denver desire to know where bo stood the answer Is A his on tho deck of the kash tille |