The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-07-06
The Menace Gives Credit

The Menace Is constantly printing
clippings and correspondence from
many sources. When We give credit
for the same the facts stated and Incl.
dent given is upon the authority Of
those from whom We quote.
A correspondent in st. Louis calls
attention 10 the statement OF Mr
Cohalan before the New York leglsla.
ture in which he claimed that his
people represented so per cent OF the
vote Of New York state" Whether
the gentleman was speaking through
his hat In the excitement OF the mo.
ment, or from knowledge Of the rela.
ton OF the whole Catholic population
10 the voting strength. does not ap.
pear.
The point with The Menace was that
O'Gorman was made senator from
New York as a result OF threatened
political boycott.
The Menace has an idea that this
exposure OF Roman Catholic political
methods is what hurt our st. Louis
critic rather than any supposed inac.
curAcy OF The Menace In its treatment
Of the incident.
Il would be strange n The Menace
should be compelled TO hunt down the
facts as quoted from Roman Catholic
papers and from clippings where the
day and date and name OF the paper
is given credit.
Recently The Menace gave the name
OF a mother hunting her child, who
had been entrusted 10 a Catholic or.
phanRge, and the child was found by
a peculiar decoy method as related by
a West Virginia paper. The paper
had gone out Of existence and the
mother had remarked and therefore
changed her name.
An attempt was made TO dlscredlt
The Menace by saying no such paper
was published, aud no such woman as
named could be found"
Let Il be known that when a child
goes to an orphanage. II may lose It's
name-its identity. and it's parents.
The same is more or less true OF the
clergy. The priest changes his name.
and he is known as Father John" or
Father Jinks"-when his real name
may he Patrick Flynn. or Mike
Cholenski.
II IL should happen that Father
Cholenski" got drunk and vas arrested
Tor disorderly conduct. and tie re-
porter seeks information he would be
told that no such person as "Cholen.
ski" oficiated there. but that Father
John" Is the minister In charge. Do
you see the trick?
The facts are that prevarications are
permissible in the interest OF the
church A striking example has been
the denial OF the bishops oath when.
as a matter OF fact. the bishop takes
one az his conservation in America
and in England. and another oath in
Rome. The last oath contains the ser.
pents sting: "heretles, schismaties
and rebels against our said Lord or
his successor I will 20 my utmost per.
seeute (perseauarl and oppose" lt isl
omitted in America and England.
Constant denials we're made by Cath.
Olic papers. priests and bishops until
finally the cardinals oath was quoted
BY all the papers. and an attempt to
smooth over the bishops oath was
made so as not to scare timid Prot.
estants aud still keep up the impres.
sion that Rome had lost its persecu.I
ting spirit.
The history OF Romanism Is In Keep
ing with the letter and spirit OF the
oaths. Il has been impossible for the
to successfully repudiate the
oaths even though they swear like
Peter when he denied the Christ. and
could not deceive the maiden because.
she said: Thy speech betrayeth thee. T"
The Menace has no disposition TO
bear false witness. or eKaggcraie the
menace 70 American institutions. What
IL says OF its own knowledge and be-
lief IL Is ready TO affirm and make
good.
Our correspondents aud the newspa.
per world shall have credit for their
We hold the letters and
The original clippings as our defense
against a disingenuous hierarchy and
foe.