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A M riy ChrUtma to you and your.
Thn Imllnti tinprl(illon lilll ii.im)
Ihn lniiif. I tSl It iirtjf rMT fm
Owing to h fiirt Uml Mm, Hlni
!n ri1' lnntitiiirlii faltnl tr arrlyw,
nrn nbliiul lit dlHitjiimltit tuir rtt(lf
thlii wk, We itr ! Inimn thai It
will ftirlvu In tlmp fr tho nt lmu,
Kit wonder men, wcmi al rhlMivn
no In Mir, llv rm rha.rttjr nl frw,
hn tbo ifiivornmnnt I hat kIuwiIi! jt
im t Hitm, own It mm uml tk t
lid lin'Hot iiilltloim of nwklllpjl, un
IHtfri'il, tinliilrl)l tiwiyl.
Knell nmn, woman m4 rblM In tbo
rrillml HUtfB will lm to puf tribute
to Tlomft from thin tlrn forward, or 1m
traitor to th j!Ovrnmnt. Yf hr
n MtHtillntH'd rcllxlon now; mn hv
anion ttt church and (.
Tho encyr1opwrl AdvortlMMf ljr
tb Cut Prl IhK 8ton a,ra Ui
tinya Thonn who have Imugtit a
ulngla vt, hav rHitrnJ for nor, and
th atorfc atminit rtiAffAil bfirra a
now eonalgnmrot arrlrM, (
MrKlnlrjr haa ankH th prp to ap
pMoInt John frotnnd a (h pupal dl
gala to th Phlllpplnr-a. Thla U e'.rarlf
an arfcnowlodrmrnt (h! tninpiiral
jxwir of tha naixirf. Hut hn lima
nkd It unomHally! '.twit la Jiwlut
Itim, Th prculdent of fhla coimtrf In
a dual pfraomtfc, l( U prmidnfit
for four ynflrn, and hla et am tlif
acta of a fjrnld.nt during that four
ytwa.
W alncrrf-ly thank thoM frlwid
without wMln few a bill. W hoiw
to ahl to Buy the Ut day f ami
ary thiit fiioiiKli f thu tricvliliid jm-
trMu have rrrpond'td 0 or call to
l-r Th AfTH-rtifin of nil lnd'litvl
f snd o onolilo ua to lo y h;it
Hoi fituirn ff Tlift Aounlrjin la not In
h hamla of any nuin, hot Hi dltrr.
lint w ran not m.ty tliU Hlwut yoor
help. Wn could $fit alnK wHhoiil thu
iihr follow, hot not , without yoii
AkhIii, tristy wr hour from yMi?
A fv rif a hitn.lrrd tluwuifind dollar
wh to Itrld and fwy for a'eorln thu
lKnlnK of a IrcHty tbnt ftltowa m to
pay tha hurch of umm f2fl,om,iiw, to
vooimo and py 2.00fl,iKM dalmi
lntt Spain, and for (ha privilege oi
Kovurnlna; ljont 7.WW,(W0 lanorant
nprtUloi!a Ilomiin (Juthnllca, may
1 ronttldrd hy th covers mnt
.Waablngton aa a fulr romponaatlon for
tha work dona, hot tha ftkw who nay
tha taxra and work from 10 to
boura ft day for thu prinroly aalary
$1, $2 or $3 per day will think
larceny from thnlr iwmona,
Donglaa rminty'a cornmlxalonura ara
rm tb rlgb tnwk. If ttttty will only
inwh forward. That rrwolutlon to rm
ploy pH lal rwintvl to ngtit tha allegnd
rlalma of Moore airalnat tha county,
and fa prrwiHula him for wlihholdlnn
tboiirmand of dollar due tha county,
I fti propnr tblnr at thla t!m
lint thy ahot'ld not employ aoma
xbyiti r Attorney who I undor oldltf
Uona to tha man who baa Ihmw ad
JikIkM an mbmlor, to trroaflcut tha
ra. No drunkard, no mmbor of tha
"rang" that baa roblwd cllfinw for
ynara, and aold out the public at Try
opportunity, aboiild t plaHl Id chaga
of no Important ft caau. Tho commia
alonrr will bo bold rwponalll for tba
alctloD,
iiVn AU.T,
J. Btftrllng Mortoo'i paper, "Th
Comtsfinratlve, ' Dflcemtwr lCth, uyi
Rue 1 a final and IrreduoaJile fact.
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lifltTUt ft.Sttiiiil iUmati1iK. lb-
(lhf Kj "tr iHomanlmt, t't" tin
t Miii y t ;mi mint I, an l r!'Unj
H.ii (lt.m!nlti, wh.'tilh.y went lo
apt lira 111 to llih'Vf at ttit ir bom. I
Th five efil. lo he lioilno, klioikcd,
and nftetnaid ttroke down lb tlmtr of
lb hoiiiHi, and went In with drawn re
lulvrr A tiioinent atr tby all tarn
out and tha Mi live madit for Cox
wearing Ihry would get thu - of a
and that tliev would ntaka him
run, Iho while ahooitng at Hi" captain
and Ignoring lh prpenr of tha Ho
fiuin detective, onlr flrlnn ono or Iwo
tthoia at random In their direction. Tha!
lhlivea encHpi-d, mid arn ullll at large.
Tha llomitn Cathollit thief of police
II led charge HKiilntt Cox and the four
Hntiiii n ilHi tlvex, rluirglng rowardica
ami conduct uulteciiiiliig oltlcer. Tha
board of flro and police rommlntlotura
beiird thu cvldenca and found Cox
Kuilly and dim 1iiuki- hint, and an-
Itendi-d Ihn It omit ti detective for 60
or il day. Tha four Homan wnra
lhat Cox offered to buy or auburn a
wltnea lo commit perjury, Thla charg
would 't in to have been ttmnufaitur-
ed fur the occaabm. t'oinmon aciine
ought to convince any pemon that
Captain Cox would not go to a Homan,
let alona to four Koman, with o fool-
lah ftroiMMltlon, J la baa lKn
ladr In tha American movement for
ynar and to cbarga him with putting
hla neck In ao dlmlnct a halter I to
rharga him with rank Imbecility. Wa
ran hardly bnlleva that part of tha
vlditnra. fttma teache her children
that they can lie, and If nweaaary
wmllrm It with an oath. May thla not
hava ben raaort4 to In thla cai?
Roma would ttoop to anything to ruin
ilanch antl-Rimanlst,
WILf, TUB HVjORORA RUI.B?
There waa one point, mad by Mr.
Bhephard In tha flme aorlea of Inctura
whl.:h aha dftllvm-ed In thl city, that
failed to rcclv notice at tha time In
the column. It wa that the Koman
Catholic church wo maklnc a tre
mendou effort to ftrotntlyte the negro
r(K, and that It wa meeting with con-
alderable uccea,
The riegro population of the United
rltale at the time of the outbrenk of
the civil war waa about 4,oiK),000,whlch
had lncread, Mr, Hhepherd lated,
o about It.flOO.ooO In 18!'. Thl mean
tlmt rti a third of a century the negro
population f the United Kiate in-
cre(d at Iraal 200 wr cent. If It
Incrertue at the aame rtlo In the fu
ture aa It did during the third of a
century Jitttt idoaed, we would have a
negro population' of 8,0i)O,(Ki() in 1931,
of 108,000,000 in IKfit, of 32l,0OO,0fKl
In l'J7, of 72,ooo,0')( In 2031 and of
2,9l,eo(,On In 20fit. Mr, Hhephcrd
further eUled that the birth rate
among the negro population of thbi
country bud been computed, by cnrefiil
and eminent atatlwtlclan, to be 345
dally.
Mr. Shepherd then etaied that the
tendency among the Protectant peo
ple of the north wa to amalt famlUe.
or no famille at all.and advised her til-
i
1
ftlioif'A In htiiA a enr 1..nt Ci u litf.4iijit
of the national evil of immorality,
ral up the colored people to punUh
thl peofil for their alna. I
It ha long been an open eeret that
the Roman Catholic prleat hava ad
vleod their women communicant to
rale large famllle, and ft the laity
of that church I in more ervll sla
very than the black were before the
late war, that advice ha and 1 be
ing followed whenever It I possible.
Take the Increase of these mental
slave and add It to the natural in
crease of the colored people, and bring
the colored people under the baneful
Influence of the Roman priesthood, and
you eee a, force that Protestantism
would be unable to reaUt In the very
near future. Add to tbl the million
of subject of the pope which hava
lieen secured to ibi country by ihe
aid of shot and shell, and you can see
a. power which the Dewey, the Samp
son and the Hobsona; the Miles, the
Shafter and the ! would be Im
potent before.
You ay the negreo wilt never unite
with the Roman Catholic church. If
you do, that simply shows you do not
appreciate negro character. He Is ft
ambitious u na Is ignorant Yet it
must be admitted, he Is sot dull. He
can see ft point when K I properly pre
sented; and the priesthood will see
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'M iihi ki iumn in nun, nrirr itt
r' arnin. I
!iH lint lll litdn lbi bli-rtiri ht
In b i fi lun'irntil and ib linii f
our trin?ni lit l f fl'fllltin? Thu
kmil"!liri lltai hi lnflninr of (hi
"ifiiimi in nn..n lb anvrnitH-nt of.
lh m"ri lb IiiHii.-ih of lb. j
Ilonmn CnlhoMc ihtirih In ll ttit Mr (
of iho mim yoVciniiinnU, and will,'
utili- climbed, iiltltnattMy raii Iheni
lo litnor llm eoiin!"! of lb pope and
hi N't vtHora. Anierldi atanda for lib
rrly In lh brnadnat aeninj. rooery
Riand for alavery In Iho fnlleat mean
ing of th word, fwllowlng lh aoul if
Ita deVoU'? bryotid lh border of death
a'"' d-nyii It bll and conHlgnlng It
",r"l torment Juat a twin he;
to ult the purpime of the papacy. Two
ueh opiHittlt nynictnit cannot exlet in
the am country at the aame time for
any rototlderoliln period; and that
fact I recognized by the pstpacy. It
kin mid sUo m recognised by the Amer
ican' people, I'dIchh it la, and tiiileo
the I'roteMtflnl colored people go among
their people and advice them to lic
ware of Jcttultlmn, which would In
veigle them Into the Koman Catholic
church for an ulterior purpose, and
moke thorn alavet mentally and physi
cally, there will bf danger from the
rapidly Increasing population of the
negro race of the eouth. There are
good negrooi; there are educated ne
groea, but unlne they go atwut the
work ytematicatly and point out the
danger that RomanUm will eurround
their race with In order that the pap
acy may flourish flourlah at the ex
penae of thoae who honetly help It
they can expect to ace their brother
lead Into path that will be hedged in
with dangers from which the bravest
would ehrlnk.
JESUITISM BETWEEN THE LINKS,
In preaching a ennon over the re
main of Gen, Garcia, who waa ft per
vent to Prottantlm, from the Koman
Catholic churth, John Ireland aald:
The nodller of Cuba FOUGHT FOR
A PRINCIPLK, for the betterment of
that country; the aoldier of Spain
FOUGHT FROM DKV0TI0N to Spain
and FOR IOYALTY in that govern
ment ; the aoldier of America
0HEYBD DUTY In obeying their coun
try and following out It high pur
pour1, "It I with auch eplrlt a thl at auch
& aolemn time a thl that we muet
look upon the hletory of battlefield
and accept the Judgment of the Ood
of battle a It I meted out to the na
tion who tinv referred to the arbitra
ment of the "word.
"Now war I closed, let and
friendship enter Into our oul and
reign between America and Culm, be
tween America, Culm and Spain, Jt
there be upon u the peace of Ood
made mnnlfoat among men.
"There arlec before u new repoKf
billtle for America, and new rponl
billtle for Cuba,
"For the latter there open the vlnta
of liberty to the Cuban to ahow that
they are to develop their own talent
and resource of thlr country. If
they fall, the fault I their, Religion
liberty will lie their, let them show
thMiiMctvea worth of their Catholic
tradition. IM Catholic faith and
Castlllan Wood renew their boat tra
dition. "United, they have had In the paat
a, glorlou history. Today with the
blessing of civil and religion liberty,
they should not be unworthy of their
foal In other ages. The friendship
and the aid and the Institution of
America are pledged to Cuba, snd she
must prosper, if she profit by all her
opportunities,"
OUR FRJBNDS ARE ANSWERING
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GKNBRAL WKYI.KR TBMA
A to what the Catholic church baa
done for Cuba, and what she would do
for the United Stales, may well be un
derstood by what she ha done for
Spain, a told by Genera) Weyier. And
ibi he has done, according to pre
dlHpatche, lit a leiier to tbo Queen
Regent Our authority Is the St, Iml
Christian Advocate, which myn;
"With a, force of logic impoi(til to
answer, bo (WeylerJ tell the Queen
that Spain' lamentable condition at
present i 1 to the clerical;" that
"while Spain is poor, the church i
richer than in any country In Kurope;
not even in priest-ridden Italy doe
the church posse so much;" that
"many of the richest corporation in
the kingdom belong to the church,
notably the Tran-Atlantlc Kspaniuio,
the leading steamship company. The
clerical also have large landed -tat
both in the peninsula, and In
the colonies. Nearly all the land in
the Philippines belong to the religious
orders and it rented to the Islanders
by them."
Mr, Weyier then ask; What tbe
cburcb hn done for tbe country, in re
turn for all these benefits, and an
swer bl own question by saying that
the church ha not only done nothing,
but that In crlsl like the present It
Influence ha always been against the
court and the government, and while
the bishop have ostensibly favored
the priest, whoso power among tbe
common people I unlimited, they have
Invariably opposed the few measurea
of reform that tb government ha had
the courage to suggest And this 1
the way, says the Advocate, the church
ha returned thanks for the benefit
conferred upon It, for the privileges
enjoyed by It clergy, for the Immense
wealth it has wheedled and cajoled
from the government end people of
Spain. The letter Is tbe most fright
ful arraignment ever made of ft relig
ious denomination, ftnd Is all tbe more
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Th follow li't is potti' of 'be
t of rr"'h d. m- rf,.rr.. lt ll In fnm
lh iu tiniont Deity inerUn, of tl,
IV end rei'tils a itbuun whlth
I noitiln If it la not do nruht law
.n s twt fsr as lb rlcktm i f tbe
I oi'l'lesnd the pttni li!t of Ihe govern
lueni re row f rnt'd And tbl lal'.
lies i bt liig carried on by he t'alho
! l on h and Ihe government of Ihe
I i.ji, .1 Slate. The correspondent
ays:
"Archbishop Clieppelle, who Is to go
to Cuba as the legal of Ihe rhtireh,
will find himself confronted with ft
serious problem. The Caiholic church
snd Its clergy In Culm, as In every
slut where th church of Rome I
offlcliilly acknowledged a the stat
church, Is supported almost entirely
by the government, The annual
budget of Spain Include appropria
tion for the pay of the Catholic clergy
and the eupport of the Catholic
churches In tbo Spunlnh dominion,
nnd tbe revenue for this purpose are
ralcd by taxation. Hence, wlib the
surrender of Ita authority to collect
taxes in Cuba, the Spanish government
I necessarily compelled lo withdraw
all supiiort from the Catholic churches
and priests on the island.
"The question of providing for the
priests thu deprived of their susten
ance I one of no little difficulty, and
president McKlnley ha held numer
ous conference with Cardinal Gibbon
and Archbishop Ireland on the subject
The people of Cuba have never been
taught to support their church and
clergy by direct, voluntary contribu
tion. Indeed, so dire I the poverty on
the Island at present that It 1 doubt
ful If the Cubans could by any possi
bility raise sufficient money to keep
their churches open and their priest
from starving. On the other hand It
Is manifestly Impossible that the gov
ernment of the United State can un
dertake to support the Catholic cburcb
In Cub.
"It I true that General Wood baa
ordered all the schools In Santiago re
opened, end as the school teachers tire
presumably (he local pricate, the situa
tion In that city, at least, has been
met by paying the priests who are em
ployed In the school. Hut thl ex
pedient wiil erv only In a small num
ber of cases, and would not, of course,
apply to the vast number of priests and
high church dignitaries on the entire
Island.
"It is the determination of President
McKlnley that the Catholic churches
shall be kept open, and that public
worship shall be amply provided fou.
To this end sufficient money will be
advanced by this government to sup
port the Catholic church. Hut fill
will only be ft temporary loan, and
when law and order shall be fully es
tablished on the distracted Inland, the
Catholic church will be expected to
maintain Itself like every other
church,"
Now It, must be very evident that
this tetter Is a p)e for sympathy and
support for these very "priests and
high church dignitaries" Who have for
four hundred years, robbed and peeled
the people of Cuba and have never
even taught "the people of Cuba to
support their church snd clergy by di
rect contribution," these very "priest
and high church dignitaries," whose
power among the common people Is
unlimited, (Weyier), are now to be sup
ported by money raised by taxation of
the people of the United State of
American
Tbl correspondent acknowledges
that Rome has had th teaching of the
common people In Cuba for the last
four hundred year, And notwith
standing, there are 'a vast number of
priests and high church dignitaries In
the Island, who have had the common
people under "unlimited power," and
who ought and might have taught tb
people, yet "the people of Cuba have
never been taught to support their
churt h and clergy by direct contribu
tion." And yet, this same "Catholic
church and clergy In Cuba.,,, is (has
been) supported almost entirely by the
government, and the revenues for this
purpose ar raised by taxation." And
notice still further; under this same
"unlimited power," exercised by these
same "priests and high church digni
taries," and by this same system of
taxation of the common people by the
government to support these same
priests in not doing what they should
have done. "So dire Is tbe poverty on
the Island at present that It is doubtful
If the Cubans could by any possibility
raise sufficient money to keep their
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lint and hitth fbunh d sntutbe''
r til I uH.it1 front Ihe paldUl
t Mh of Ibe govri fiftient, snd Jit opl of
the Colicl Htatrs. wnill 't. k l ine
hi n the --opi of Cub ran W taui hi
to supiMttt Ibelr rhnrch and cetgy
lltroiisti dirctt roiiUtbu;ton, Hut I It
likely lhat It wilt Ink less tbsn
othr four btimlred yinr under the
"unlimited' euthotliy of thee win
prli-sl M bring that people, to support
their own cbiirfhes and clergy. wull
all the time Ihey are being supported
by Ihe govertinont of the United
States? Nevertheless, "It Is the de
termination of President McKlnley
that the Catholic churches shall be
kept open, and that public worship
shall lie amply provided for;" even If
It. take four hundred year more. Htn
where and when has such power ever
been delegated to the president of th
United States? Those who made thtss
government said that to compel a per
son "to furnish contribution of money
for the propagation of opinions which
he disbelieved, I sinful and tyrannical."
It wa for thl very reason that tber '
sepaiated the government of the Un "ed
States from all connection wl'h re
ligion, or any recognition of religloa.
Will the American people acquiesce hi
this perversion of the principles npoe
which this government was foundeeT?
Will they do so without a protest?
II F PHELPS.
St. Paul, Minn.
ONE OF THE MOST.
A correspondent of the St. Loufc
Christian Advocate, writing from fit.
Joseph, Mo., says;
"One of the most striking lensatlog
for some time wa caused by tbe vis't
of Mr. Margaret L. Shepherd, as men
tioned last week. She was billed for
four lectures, but the enthusiasm was
so high she gave six. Resides speaking
to a crowded house each Jme, Hun
dreds of ber books were so!,J through
the city. Her lectures on "My Convent
Life," "The Confessional," "The Paro
chial School an Knmyto America
Freedom," Purgatory and l' r!tLW
ses" and "Celibacy of the Priesthood"
were certainly eye-openers, and por
trayed In the trout vivid language, the
Inconsistency, hypocrisy ard alti.s ef
tbe "Hold Church of Rome." St. Jos
eph ha never leard such a fearless
arraignment of Catholicism, The si
lence of our daily press on ber work
here shows the .-uitile Influence of that
gigantic organization. It f true, toll
tic, business 4tid pre cower ii'fore
the anathema of Rome, However, th
silence of tbe pre w, tbe prolan of the
resident bishop end priests could not
stop the fnflueji" of tre trelb, Mrs,
Shepherd re.ut n from Karn t City to
morrow for two more lecture,"
HOUSES OK HAD REPUTE.
The result of the good work In the
Selin Clewed ease against the House
of the Good Shepherd at St. Paul, U
shown In the following appeal sest
out by the Northwestern Catholic;
"For many year the House of the
Good Shepherd ha been one of the
most beneficent influences operatlsg
among us, It mission wa not con
fined to the people confessing oer
faith, Women snd girls of all, and,
indeed, of no religion, sought It ref
uge from the hardship and wlckednees
of their misdirected lives, the Sisters
of the Good Shepherd had performed
that work, with Intelligent public ee
operation, "Hut the day cam when religious
bigotry found it possible to retard, If
not wholly to prevent,' th progress ef
tbe good work. Fittingly enough, re
ligious rancor directed Kself against
the one undertaking of tbe Catholfs!
community which should commend It
self by its magnificent work In the
cause of humanity to every class of oar
citizenship. Since that day the har
dens borne by these devoted women
have become more snd more exhaust
ing until at last they have become ua
bearable. Months of expensive IHIgft
flon borne substantially In the defense
of tbe civil right of tbe Catholic peo
ple, have left the sisters In the sad
dest need of tbe susulnment of ftll
cbarltabie persons, Non-Catholk s have
shown their deep Interest In the satis
factory solution of the problem before
tbe sisters, and will continue to do so;
but It is in the Catholic community
they must look for the best way out of
their difficult and embarrassing situa
tion, liy their patronage of th ap
proaching bazaar an opportunity Is of
fered to every class of our people te
prove their fidelity to the princtoles
of Catholic charity and humanity."
These wretched resorts should be
closed In all parte of our land. Boats.
Cltleen.