The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-04-06
CARDINALS BY COMPARISON

According 20 tho press dispatches.
one Major Butt. acting IN tho incom.
prehensible and un,American capacity
OF special envoy 90 ono certain person
known as pope. butted into the silent
halls OF the Vatican. and having thusly
butted, discovered upon his otherwise
innocent person, a certain autorraph
LETTER from the president OF the
United States addressed 10 the said
pope. Nov. 10 our simple mind. a man
afflicted with the Eout ought 20 be
az Hot Springs In the whnopinFly
American state OF Arkansas. u. :. A.,
propped up In his reclining chair play.
ms the latest form Of solitaire with
the kind help OF professional gam.
bier Butt, No! Butt. that accommo-
dating Official In search OF relief from
the pangs OF political hunger, must
needs dare the damp winds on the
moist Atlantic. so very favorable to
gout. and travel over lands and seas
70 obtain relief at the feet Of the
worn-out head OF a wornthrough
church by touching a worn-out relic
probably, even though Il was one OF
the thirteen hundred existing tibias
OF St Anne.
or can Il be true that the touch OF
a magic wand, say a pen. indltlng a
letter In return 20 Mr.. Taft. could by
any possibility have written words
whose import chased every trace OF
gout from our Buttey's "laigs" and
enabled him, by miraculously FASTENED
recovery. 20 Immediately set about on
his return 90 C-Ubbons), home and
native land. Why, bless you. even Hot
Springs couldn't have cured him so
quickly. The question Is. what next?
After the last order inspired by a Ger.
tain church organization and directed
against Freemasons which has not vet
tbut will be) been revoked, We may
now expect TO see the employees OF
the different departments at Washing.
ton ordered to parade in review as
soon as Il can possibly be arranged
before Cardinal Farley. along with the
New York regiments which have so
often Of late. been called into play
for the benefit OF politicians.
From a later dispatch which follows,
Il will be noted that the pope has
most graciously responded:
lHE POPE HEPllES.
Rome. Italy, March 25.-The pope
has written a long autograph letter
In French TO Mr.. Taft and has given IL
TO Mai. Archibald w. Butt TO be de-
livercd personally TO the president. T.
The correspondent OF the Daily News
Is Indirectly informed that the letter /.
warmly thanks Mr.. Taft for sending .
his personal aid TO the Vatican and I
assures him that the visit was highly I.
appreciated.
The letter further refers TO the de. .
velopment of Catholicism in America /
and recalls the friendly and uninter.
rupted relations between the Vatican |
and the United States, which he is
convinced will continue through this .
and future administrations. II alludes |
% Mr.. Taft's work in connection with |
he settlement OF the Philippine church
property question and concludes with
cordial expression Of good wishes.
Although Maj. Butts visit has been
attributed to Ill health. Il is well
Known that he came to Rome TO see
he pope and 70 deliver a letter from
President Taft TO him. Mai. Butt was
furnished by the president with ere.
ientials to Cardinals Merry del Val
md Rampolla and a number OF other
prelates. Thus an audience
vas arranged without the slightest
rouble. Major Butt abstained from
eeing the king and had no communi.
alton Of any kind with the Qulrinal.