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AUGUSTA, GA., DECEMBER 30, 1922.
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ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY
EIGHT NEW CARDINALS
RECEIVE RED HATS AT
DECEMBER CONSISTORY
Archbishop Bonzano Among
Those Elevated—Sketches
of Lives of the New Princes
of the Church.
Home.—The ceremonies in connec
tion with the Consisofrry were ex
ceptionally impressive. At 10:30
o’clock on Monday the Holy Father
came from his private rooms ac
companied by ecclesiastical and lay
attendants, and proceeded to the
Consistorial Mall, where the Cardi
nals were awaitiDg him. Going first
to the Hall of the Palatine Guard,
His Holiness put on the nozzetta (a
cape with a small hood) and the
fulda, which is an ample train of
white silk, which, when the Pope
is seated, falls over the steps of
the throne, covering them in its
folds. Cardinal Bisleti, the first
cardinal deacon then placed the red
stole on His Holiness-
On entering the Consistorial Hall,
tile Holy Father ascended the throne
and intoned the prayer “Adsumus”
which opens all assemblies of cardi
nals. At is conclusion Msgr. Res
pighi, Prefect of Papal Ceremonies
gave the order “Extra Omnes’’ (“ev
erybody out”) and all except the
cardinals retired from the room. 'Die
Pope then pronounced the allocu
tion for the occasion. At its con
clusion His Holiness announced the
names of the new Cardiuals he had
created. He then struck a hell,
summoning the Prefect of Ceremon
ies, to whom he imparled the order
to communicate immediately to the
new Cardinals the announcement of
their election.
After the Prefect had left, the
Pope summoned an official of the
Consistorial Congregation and or
dered him to prcconize the new
Bishops. Proclamation of each
Bishop elected by Brief during the
year was made by the official from
the list furnished by His Holiness.
This ended the Secret Consistory,
the Pope going to the Throne Boom,
where he received those of the new
ly elected Archbishops and Bishops
who were in Home and invested each
with the rochet, afterwards deliver
ing a short address to the new pre
lates.
Notifying the Newly Elected
The Public Consistory which was
held today was preceded by the no
tification of the new cardinals.
When the Prefect was instructed,
on Monday, to notify the new
Princes of the Church, he notified
the office of the Cardinal Secretary
of State and Msgr. Arthur Gervasi,
secretary to Cardinal Gasparri left
the Vatican at once in a Court car
riage, accompanied by Marius Riggi,
an official of the Apostolic Chan
cellery, to deliver the official com
munication announcing the election
to each of the new Cardinals.
The six of the eight Cardinals
created who were in Rome awaited
the notification at the following
places:
Cardinal Bonzano, at Propaganda
College; Cardinal Tosi, at the Lom
bard College; Cardinal Cliarost, at
the French Seminary; Cardinal
Touchet, at the “Procura di S. Sul-
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FIVE GEORGETOWN MEN
Including Governor, Elected
In Rhode Island.
Washington, D. C.—George
town University is rejoicing in
the signal success of several
of its sons in the recent elec
tions in the State of Rhode Is
land. Governor-elect William S.
Flynn, and the Lieutenant Gov
ernor-elect James E. Dooley,
attended the Georgetown Law
School at the same time, the
former graduating with the
class of 1910 and the latter with
the class of 1911. John Herman
Green, Jr., of Newport, was
elected to the State Senate, as
was John J. McGrane, of Provi
dence, both Georgetown gradu
ates. Phillip V. Joslin, of the
class of 1908, is a candidate for
Speaker of the House. Governor
elect, Flynn is a graduate of the
Cross.
PROTESTANTS SPONSOR
DEMAND FOR TOLERANCE
AT MEETING AT CAPITAL
Hebrew, Protestant and Ca
tholic Clergymen and Lay
men Address Congrega
tional Gathering.
Washington—Clergymen and the
laity of the Protestant, Hebrew, and
Catholic faiths joined in a great
“Tolerance” mass-meeting at the
First Congregational Church here
last night. All united in an appeal
for unity and cooperation among the
adherents of the various creeds in
the United States for the preserva
tion of constitutional guarantees of
religious liberty, freedom, and equa
lity before the law in eligibility for
public office. The principal speaker
of the evening was Senator Thomas
J. Walsh, of Montana. Short ad
dresses were delivered by Col. John
P. Axlon, chief of chaplains of the
United States Army; Rabbi Abram
Simon, president of the Washington
Hebrew Congregation; the Rev. Dr.
John A. Ryan, director of the Social
Action Department of the National
Catholic Welfare Council and Wayne
R. Wheeler. The Rev. Dr. Jason
Noble Pierce, pastor of the First
Congregational Church, presided.
Development of Liberty.
Senator Walsh, in his address,
traced the development of the prin
ciple of religious liberty through the
Colonial period in America culmi
nating when it was written into the
Federal Constitution as a part of the
fundamental law of the land; praised
the wisdom and foresight of the fa
thers of the country in establishing
religious tolerance and equality on
a firm foundation; cited the records
of prominent -patriots who were
members of the sects proscribed by
the renascent bigotry of today; de
nounced the efforts of the Ku Klux
Klan to raise once more the spectre
of religious and racial hatred and
undo the works of the fathes of the
republic; and closed with the decla
ration that no apprehension need
exist as to the duration or continued
power of the Klan or similar organi
zations.
Referring briefly to the establish
ment of the principle of religious
toleration in the Catholic colony of
Maryland, the Quaker colony of
Pennsylvania, and among the follow
ers of Roger Williams in Rhode Is
land lie traced the increasing power
of this principle up to the adoption
of the Federal Constitution, pointing
out that by the time the constitution
was adopted the movement had gain
ed such strength that: ‘To meet the
insistence upon a more comprehen
sive expression on the subject, the
first of the ten Amendments to the
Constitution, generally referred to
as the Bill of Rights, adopted
promptly upon the organization of
the government pursuant to an un
derstanding in the nature of a condi
tion of ratification by Virginia, pro
vided that ‘Congress shall make no
law respecting an establishment of
religion or prohibiting the free ex
ercise thereof.’”
“The principle thus established,
with the advancement of civiliza
tion and the enlightenment of the
mind of men,” the Senator contin
ued, “has been one of the chief
glories of our system of government.
Our statesmen, our jurists, our his
torians, our poets and other men of
letters have extolled it and eulogized
the men through whose unfettered
intellects and noble natures it be
came a part of our heritage. It lias
been revesed as one of the priceless
incidents of American citizenship.
Our children have been taught to re
gard it as one of the main reasons
for indulging in pride in their coun
try. Yes, untaught, instinctively,
they have recognized it as a sure
foundation of our high place among
the nations.
“Chancellor Kent in his Commen
taries, the inspiration of generations
of American lawyers, says: “The
free exercise and enjoyment of re
ligious profession and worship may
be considered as one of the abso
lute rights of the individual, recog
nized in our American constitution
and secured by law. Civil and re
ligious liberty generally go hand in
hand, and the suppression of cither
of them, for any length of time,
will terminate the existence of the
Stt er.' ”
What Governor Allen Said:
“It is incredible that this country should have passed through
its baptism of heroic devotion which called it into action four
years ago only to sag back now into this most lamentable spe
cies of disorder.
“Much human life has been sacrificed to the cause of Chria-
tion civilization, as America interprets it. I could take you to a
place I know in France, where the crosses rise row on row*, and
after a while we would stand bfore a cross which marks the rest
ing place of James Fitzsimmoils. The record is that he was
the first member of the American Expeditionary Forces to give
his life in the combat area of Toul. If I had the power to re
incarnate him, I could say, "James Fitzsimmons, you think you
are a 100 per cent. American,’ and I imagine he would look at me
with some surprise and say, 4 I never thought much about that;
I was born in America and wtien they told me this war was for
the defense of our ideals and our civilization I didn’t wait
for the selective draft, I hurried on to offer my life for the
defense of the principles which America had adopted as her
own.’
“If I should say, "you are not 100 per cent. American. There
is an emperor of an invisible government at Atlanta, Ga., who de
clares you cannot be 100 per cent. American because you are a
Catholic,’ I dare say he would say to me, "they never told me any
thing like that when I stood in line with my gun waiting to go
over the top.’ ”
ANCHOR CLUB SEEKS TO
OUST ADMIRAL BENSON
Masonic Organization At
Washington Charged With
Seeking His Resignation.
Washington—Alleged activities on
the part of members of the Anchor
Club, a Masonic organization said
to have branches in the various gov
ernment departments, for the pur
pose of ousting Admiral William S.
Benson from the United States Ship
ping Board, have resulted in an or
der for an official investigation of
the club. The organization, it has
been charged, has been carrying on
a campaign to secure the discharge
of Catholic employes of the shipping
board and in particular has been en
gaged in an attempt to force Admir
al Benson to resign because of his
religious affiliations. The matter
was brought to public attention re
cently when the New York Times
published excerpts from a circular
attacking Admiral Benson together
with a statement from the admiral-
concerning the situation as he knew
it to exist. It is thought that the
Anchor Club or individual members
of the organization were responsible
for the circular.
The circular itself rehashes a few
of the stock libels against Cathol
icity in general and charges the ad
miral who directed the naval oper
ations of the country during the
war and was honored with a Dis
tinguished Service Medal at its close,
with plotting to overthrow the gov
ernment of the United Slates in the
interests of the Papacy.
Admiral Benson’s statement after
recounting that he was first inform
ed of the alleged activities of the
Anchor Club by a prominent Wash
ington attorney who is also a Mason,
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NOMINATION OF BUTLER
CONFIRMED BY SENATE
Catholic Layman Becomes
Justice of Supreme Court
Despite Opposition.
Washington,—The nomination of
Pierce Butler, of St. Paul, to be an
associate justice of the supreme
court of the United was confirmed
yesterday by the senate, despite an
eleventh hour drive on the part of
the Ku Klux Klan to prevent his
confirmation. The vote was 61 to
8. There have been objections to Mr.
Butler’s economic and sociological
tendencies and to his previous legal
activities, hut It developed that the
main source of the opposition to Mr.
Butler lay in the fact that he is a
Catholic. It was freely admitted by
a number of senators, particularly
those from the south, that their mail
had been flooded recently with Klan
protests against Mr. Butler’s con
firmation.
The Vote On Confirmation
Those who voted against approving
the president’s action in nominating
Mr. Butler are LaFollette, Wiscon
sin; George, Georgia; Norris, Ne
braska; Brookhart, Iowa; Norbeck,
S. D.; Trammell, Florida; Shepherd,
Texas; and Heflin, Alabama. A mo
tion to send the nomination back to
the committee with instructions to
reopen the hearings was defeated.
Those who voted for the motion are:
Harris, Georgia; Heflin, Alabama;
LaFollette, Wisconsin; McKellar,
Hcnn.; Norris, Sheppard and Tram
mel. Senator Brookhart was absent
from the senate chamber when the
vote was taken on this motion.
The senate was in executive ses
sion debating Mr. Butler’s nomina
tion from 2:00 until 5:30 p. m. The
new member of the supreme bench
is a democrat and succeeds Justice
W. II. Day, who resigned recently.
Court Rules Women’s Rights Bill
Deprived Them Of Their Privileges
Madison; Wts.—That the Women’s
Bights Bill of 1921 put the women
of Wisconsin on the same basis as
men when special protection of their
health or physical condition is not
involved, is the ruling of the Wis
consin supreme court. That this ap
plies to property and business obli
gations was shown by the particular
case in which the ruling was made.
The First National Bank, of Wis
consin sued the Milwaukee Patent
Leather Company, William J. Jalin
and his wife on certain notes and
the supreme court upheld the de
cision of the lower court that the
Equal Bights Law removed the; for
mer privileges of wives of indorsing
their husband's notes without per
sonal liability.
The lower court held that “when
special protection of the health or
physical condition of women for the
general welfare is not involved, the
statute was intended to put women
on the same basis as men,” and held
that Mrs. Jahn was liable as indorser
of her husband’s note for $8,000.
Mrs. Jahn’s defense was that the
statute was intended primarily to
secure women equal political and
civil rights, while reserving to them
all the special protection and
privileges accorded them before its
passage. She further claimed that
the law of 1921 did not impose new
liabilities upon women, hut rather
granted additional rights and
privileges.
Justice Rosenberry, writing the
opinion, held that recent legislation
giving equality of right and privi
lege to botli sexes before the law,”
docs not and should not strike down
sex as a basis of classification in the
enactment of law relating to the
health, morals and gcneral welfare of
the people.” The court decided that
the disability of a woman at com
mon law to make a contract now
done away with by the Wisconsin
statute was not a special protection
or privilege which she enjoyed for
the general welfare.
LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION
EXAMPLE FOR COUNTRY
JOSEPH SCOn ASSERTS
Distinguished Californian In
Article For Los Angeles
Tidings Pays Tribute to
Georgia Catholics.
By JOSEPH SCOTT
(From The Tidings, Los Angeles,
California)
“What is the matter with Ore
gon?” many anxious Catholic people
are saying; but a more practical
question might be, “What is the
matter with ourselves?” We were
indifferent to the fight in Oregon.
That is the fact.
The cause of such indifference
should be a subject of introspection
for all of us. How many of us
were physically lazy, or mentally in
ert, or spiritually lulled to sleep so
as not to see the menace to our
rights as Catholics and as Ameri
cans which was engulfing our sister
state?
Reports now bring us the news
that the Catholics of Oregon do not
include more than 25,000 Catholic
voters—one-eighth of the registered
voters of the state. They were con
fronted with a well organized set
of opponents, some of them of most
unscrupulous methods, but apparent
ly with ample financial means. For
the game of politics means the ex
penditure of money in large and
unadulterated quantities. We can
all sec now that against such a
combination should have been pit
ted the most active brains, and the
wisest minds of the country,
with ungrudging funds to »u
the campaign.
Archbishop Curley has
told the people of Balt 1
while he and his people we
mg in Florida for four long
stormy years against the forces o
religious prejudice, the Catholics of
Florida might have been living in
a foreign country for all the help
or support they got from the rest
of the United States. These are
stern words and need to be remem
bered. The fact of the matter is,
that even the people of Oregon them
selves seemed to miss some of the
fundamental conceptions of civie
duties, and Catholics are not ex
cluded from this indictment.
In the Knights of Columbus Coun
cil Bulletin, of Portland, it was stat
ed that many Catholics did not reg
ister, and many others did not vote
after having gone to the trouble of
registering. Just let that cold fact
sink into our own minds, when we
commence our own examination
conscience. A comforting thoug
upon the whole fight, however,
that many non-Catholics, particula
ly the Lutherans, the Seventh-Day
Adventists, as well as what was
known as the Protestant Non-Sec
tarian Committee, including a good
ly number of the Masonic or
labored hard and faithfully to
feat the so-called Compulsory Edu
cation Bill.
In Georgia
What a contrast there is In Geor
gia, which lias only 20,000 Catho
lics in a population of nearly three
million people. There, confronted
with the same forces of bigotry and
un-Americanism the Georgia Catho
lic Laymen’s Association was estab
lished. A fund of $65,000 was rais
ed, with which the stalwart Catholic
men and women flooded the slat
with intelligent pamphlets, iiulletir
and other attractive publicity. As
a result a peaceful revolution has
been effected iu the attitude of the
press of the entire state, which had
been previously either utterly hos
tile or fraukly suspicious. As
development of this campaign ther
sprang up the most cordial and sym
pathetic relationship with tue finer
minds and better educated nou-Cath-
olic classes, including some of the
most intellectual Protestant minis
ters.
This, of course, meant work, and
more work, and lots of it. We, ..s
a people, don’t like work. We are
infected with the germ of pleasure
hunting and hugging the care-
game as the best sport to ;>
Let me illustrate the difference
Georgia.
When I traveled through Georgi
last spring I marvelled at tlie prep
arations made for my lectures. 1
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