Catholicism and Socialism
Catholicism and Socialism.—Whether the old political parties realize anything whatever of the growth of Socialism or not, Roman Catholicism does. The Catholic Mirror of November 4, 1905, referring to the mix-up in municipal politics in New York, says that Mr. Hearst's vote is "another evidence of the Socialistic ideas in the public. During the last ten years these have grown to such an extent that thousands of malcontents, men disgusted with corruption to be found on both sides of the fence, and seeing no hope of reform from men, have joyously hailed Socialism as a realizable Utopia." And yet the Mirror counts the Socialistic piping as seductive music, and sees in Socialism a menace to the government, and counts the admirable reforms which Socialists advocate as not belonging to Socialism, but existing in spite of it, and declares that "Socialism radically and rationally considered is a nightmare vision, and hallucination." Really the one great foe which Socialism has is the Roman Catholic Church, and Romanism counts Socialism as one of its great obstacles, and the fearful struggle is becoming more and more evident and imminent.