A Catholic-Protestant Marriage
One of the President's Rough-Rider friends, according to the Springfield Republican of December 5, himself a Protestant, wanted to marry a Catholic. His name is John A. McIlhenny. Her name was Miss Louise Stauffer, of New Orleans. Of course the church forbids such unions, but the pope granted a dispensation at the request of Mr. Roosevelt, which permitted the marriage in the Catholic cathedral of New Orleans. We regret that the President could even be induced to ask for this.