Note and Comment

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Apr 1, 1909

One of the Straws

At the recent semiannual meeting of the executive board of the American Federation of Catholic Societies at Chicago, Ill., the first matter to receive attention was the accusation against Governor Post, of Porto Rico, charging him with having made blasphemous statements concerning the Christian religion. According to the report in the Catholic Standard and Times, no action was taken for the following reason:—

After careful investigation on the part of the federation, it was decided to take no action, as the letters received from authentic and reliable sources disclosed that the governor did assail the Protestant ministers and teachers, but said nothing about Catholics or Catholic belief.

This is equivalent to the admission that the activities of the federation are directed toward the advancement of Catholicism rather than to the advancement of religion.