The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-04-27

deemed himself In a large measure
irom the appointment OF several Ro.
man Catholic supreme court judges.
but as for the president. supposedly
representing ALL the people.-???g
Now for the other side OF the ques.
ton. We have given you the exact
words OF the proposal made through
papers sent broadcast throughout the
states. How, We ask. does il sound
10 youg To Ne Il appeals as being
about the greatest pun ever perpe.
tSted In the guise OF intelligent opin.
Ion.
The "Marqulse." whom We will call
o'Flaherty McFlanlgan for short. has
temporarily usurped the province OF
her compairiot D0Oley ant proposes 10
furnish typical Irish witticisms and
lrish-American humOr 10 the readers
Ot our metropolitan papers. We wei
come OF. McF, with open ears, and
hope to hear from her facle pen again
Truly. no better Joke was ever pro.
pounded by Mark Twain. nor were
ever more humorous selection offered
FOR mental digestion than this. that
the empty titles conferred al leisure
by an imprisoned man-made dictator
be viewed by Americans with recep.
tive minds, serious intentions or
straight faces. a practical Joker. with.
out peer. is Ann OF McF. For many
centuries. tand there Is nothing awful
about century, presiding popes OF
the Roman church have. az divers
times, appointed what they are pleased
to call cardinals. These cardinals are
selected from the ranks OF arch
bishops, and incidentally. OF priests.
and these priests are furnished by
families Of all degrees: high and low:
rich and poor. educated and illiterate:
Intelligent and ignorant. respected and
debased. Pope Plus Y, was born in
the province OF Venice. at Riese. Of
poor parents. and was for the most
part OF his life a priest. and no one
has ever claimed for him the eXalta.
ton OF having been diylnely born.
lie became a cardinal and Il was not
claimed for him that he inherited any
royal prerogatives or that his parents
we're the last, or otherwise sad rem
nant, OF any royal family OF former
days II Is not claimed for him that
he was infallible when q simple parish
priest, nor even when cardinal nor
has infallibility been yet claimed for
the cardinals themselves. aud yet,
when they got together and after con.
siderable eleCtiOneering. elected the
priest to be pope. he then and there,
they teach. becomes 'infallible" Z"
What proof has been adduced TO
prove this peculiar doctrine We do not
know, nor docs anyone else.
This pope. a good enough man in
his way. pleasant and serene, sub.
scTiber to a creed which represents
himeelf as the only authorized vicar OF
Christ, that is TO say-aCting In
Christ's stead-and practical control.
Ter OF millions OF wealth wrunE from
naupers throughout Europe, and dupes
Ia America. this man decided TO sp.
point some American cardinals. so We
now have Farley, OConnell and Glib.
hons. all men OF plebeian birth, each
OF them American citizens politically
and In name. From no aristoCrstic
family they nor born under any par.
|ticularly miraculous circumstances.
For all We know, they belong TO the
peasant class. but whether they do
or not. and even n they themselves
boast so-called royal blood (which
they do mott. Il would not entitle them
10 any special emoluments or honors
az the hands OF the American people.
We know them 10 be Roman Catholics
and part OF a large portion OF our
American voters. We also know that
they believe most sincerely in the
supremacy OF their pope and that they
detest the American public school,
each and every one Of them. We
furthermore know that they control.
In multifarious ways, the vote OF the
major part OF our criminal class; OF
the thug. the thief. the Mafia or
Black Hand. and they court the sup.
port OF every Catholic bartender. sa-
loon and dive-keeper in this country.
and their number is legion. Tney
control them. because they promise
them salvation through the plenteous
use OF the proverbial thirty pieces OF
silver. and because no other so-called
christian church will retain such men
as members thereof We know all
this. but we do NOT KNOW that they
are entitled to Official recognition by
the government OF the United States.
neither they nor their so-called "apos.
tolic delegate" nor do we incline 10
the belief that church connections or
titles obtained through and in any
church entitle them 10 any standing
Qurther thsa TO stand until allowed