Show SIGNIFICANT Rhode Island has been Marylands chief colonial rival in claims for toleration at a time when the Puritans in the rest of New England were making it hot for people who couldnt see things heir way Nevertheless the Roman Catholics have for many years been trying to secure the abrogation of a law excluding them from ministering to their own people in the State institutions of Rhode Island and it was not until last week that their efforts met with success Until this action they have only been allowed to say mass once month in institutions adults and they have been shut out entirely from the reform schools Denver News The above is a significant sign of the political times Rhode Island has been under Republican domination for many years During all of these years the advance of thought and the progress of I civilization has been powerless to assist the Roman Catholics of Rhode Island in wresting their religious rights from a tyranny and repression the exponents of which were Republican officials Scarcely Scarce-ly however have the echoes of a Democratic Demo-cratic triumph in Rhode Island died away before the Catholics reap the benefit 1 bene-fit While the announcement of another popular victory is still ringing in the ears of the Nation the Catholics of Rhode Island are emancipated and their priests allowed to minister to those of their faith wherever they find them Rhode Island is truly a brand plucked from the burning burn-ing ° |