Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-06

Washington, d. c., Sept. 2S, 1901
EDrroR SUNDAY GLOBE:
DEAR CoMRApE: Severe cases some
times coll for seUere remedies.
You are aware that l have always
taken a great interest in your welfare,
and sympatbize with you in your mis-
fortune and bad treatment received
from some Of your fellow citizens in
Ohio But. since | take this interest
In YOU. allow me, as a friend and com
rade. to give you another dose OF medi-
cine your present condition surely
calls for.
AS editor and owner Of The Globe,
YOU surely have the right to run it TO
suit yourself. but, as a friend to you,
who wants you to succeed, allow me to
point out mistakes you are continually
making to oblige your sO-called friends
and suckers, who only look out for
their own interests, and don't care
d-n for you or your paper
From the beginning of your paper,
did not know what religion you pre-
ferred. It was none Of my business
to hnd out, but / believe you are
Catholic. What Of it? / look upon you
as "A EOUlIhut anu ANAAbW NANANr-@
have warned you once before to let re-
ligi0n alone in your paper IL is IKE
niaving with hre Still, to-day, you
come out against your fellow citizens
who are A. p. AS, a protective asso-
citation OF citizens, who, to my knowl
edge must have good reasons against
Catholicism. You call them damphools
Remember, there are plenty or oJhers'
I, myself, do not belong to TINS class
/ have my own beliefs All l care TOT
is to be let alone.
I will give you a little Of my ex-
perience with Catholics:
Washington, ID. c.. Is the only place
where was, and am today prosecuted
by Catholics; so-called fanatics, made
SO by teachings OF their priests, who
alone I hold responsible.
As a mechanic, was bound to come
into contact with Catholic families,
who. as soon as | entered their house,
asked me the question, Are you a
Catholic?" OF course / answered, No
That is the last Job l ever got from
them. Not only did they refuse to give
me any more work, but gave prefer
enee to mechanics who are Catholics.
From certain facts I know they tntu-
enced other Catholics to give me no
work. How about these for Christian
fellow citizens?
Another case. My former neighbor,
a Protestant and a baker by trade, gave
trust to a Catholic woman, who forgot
to nay and went to a grocer for her
bread who was a Catholic, where she
paid cash. One day she could get no
bread from the grocer and came back
TO the baker, who asked her why she
did not pay up or continue to get her
bread from him. She answered that
she was bound by the teachings of her
priest to always patronize a Catholic
in preference to a Protestant.
These priests, who profess to be cit
liens, are certainly not entitled as
such. Why don't you condemn them
like the A. P. As?
Here I cite another case how Cath
oliee were and are to-day always pre-
ferred for Government places, through
the influence generally Of Catholic
priests.
You know that Mrs General Sher-
man was a Catholic and while resid-
lag in Washington had a great deal Of
influence with certain Catholic Govern
ment oficials About ten years ago
became acquainted with a comrade
from your State, who was an engineer
locking for a Job in the Government
He was told to see Mrs Sherman about
it. A few weeks later I saw him again
well" / said did you see Mrs. Sher-
man?" YES" he says, "she spoke
very nice to me and promised to use
her influence to get me a place, but
before taking my leave she asked me,
Are you a CatholicY No, madame
said, whereupon she said, Il am really
sOrry, but I can do nothing for you.
What do you call this treatment OF a
citizen and comrade? l could cite you
plenty more cases Ike It, Then you
fnd fault with the A. P. AS, you who
are always too ready to call others
damphoolsl
My advice to you is, If you wish to
prosper and make friends, let discus
sion Of faults In religion in your paper
severely alone. Let all, irrespective Of
belief, so-called damphoOls, do their
own dirty work.
Again, publishing your own life his
tory is wrong entirely Il HAS dam
aged you more than you can imagine
Don't you know human nature? Yet
your life history can only be published
when you are no more.
stick to your promise, educate the
working masses-yOur fellow citizens
have been accustomed to set the Jews
who will appreciate your writings.
Let those down easy who have faults
bern and bred In them. Let your poll
ties be like mine-America for Ameri-
caAs only, irrespective Of religion or
belief. Remember, we all get there In
the end-the same place where no dis
tinetions are made. Let us live while
We may and act neighborly toward
each other
You did not see At to publish my ar
tiOle, "The Deadbeats of Washington"
Are you afraid of damaging the repu-
tatiOn OF some OF your custOmers2 I
am satisfied you would have made
mere friends you surely need. So far,
/ have let no opportunity pass to make
friends and customers for you, but
probably you rate me the same as that
party In Ohio, you spoke about in your
life history, who you said you put up