The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-05-25

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deepest nYwpathV With love toward thr
priests and people within the Greek
aorlSiug toward a more spiritual In.
tarpretation % the christian faith.
~Respcctfuiiy submitted.
WILLIAM =. RICE.
JAMES ~ LUCKILY.
HOMER q STUNT
John w. uuTLER
HARVEY l.. CALktNs." !"
The above resolutions we're adopted
after stronger and more militant ones
had been discussed and hnally dis.
posed OF In the Interests OF christian
charity. The M. y. church put itself
on record. by this magnanlmous act.
as being lonE.suhorlng and willing
TO give the enemies OF progress the
benefit OF the doubt. They wero fol.
lowed. on the 10th. by the Episcopal
convention at Washington. ID. C..
adopting the following resolutions. pro.
testing against "the attack OF a for.
eicn potentate upon the validity o.
the laws OF the United States"
Resolutions.
whereas u has transplred that gov.
eminent schools for Indian children
have been placed under teachings u
prlests and nuns wearing their distiuc.
tive religious EaTh. aud that besides
the insiEnia OF the i'omsn CATHOLIC
church In the school houses; pictures
have been placed on tnc. walls. depict
Ing the damhation OF all save the ad.
hercnts % the Roman Catholic faith,
Re II resolved. that We. the repre-,
diocese % Warrington. hereby put on
record our protest against the use of
government funds 10 support schools
which are in realty no longer secular
schools, but scctarian schools.
Attacks Pope's Marriage Law.
whereas demand Is now being
made by the church Of Rome TO enforce
IN the United states the ne-temcre de-
cree % the pope. whereby mixed mar
riaEes. solcmnized by Protestant min.
listers arc declared 20 be MN and void
"A decree which the emperor OF Ger
many has refused 20 allow 20 be pub.
llshcd In his dominion. Therefore be
Resolved. that We enter our indiE-
nant protests against this attack of a
foreign potcntatc upon the validity OF
the laws of the United states"
The Roman church is endcavorlnE
20 work itself into the government Of
the United states somehow" said Dr.
NCNim. when he introduced his reso-
luton. IL is not proper that tho head
of tho Catholic church should attempt
60 override our civil laws, with some
canon laws OF old Europe The civil
law Is supreme. Church laws can In
mo consistent warHin Interfere with their
WORKING. To allow it is one step
and sincerely hope that the members
~ the Episcopal church % Washington
will do an in their power to help their
being carried out"
Points Go Rules of Precedence.
"Scctarian practices In schools sup
ported by the government must be
abolished" said Rear Admiral Charles
II. stockton. lay delegate. "and the
only methods that can be used TO abOl-
ish such practices are necessarily
Il should like to have added another
resolution" said Rear Admiral +. q.
Selfridge, also lay delegate. Ito those
presented 10 DR.. McKim. I would have
suggested that in the future at all
public occasions the vice-prosident
judges OF the supreme court OF the
United states, and senators take precc-
deucc over the Roman cardinal. II Is
church should come TO America, where
there Is supposed TO be no recogni-
ton or the church by the state. and
take precedence over the high officials
OF the government
Admiral seifridge Sees "OutraEe.-
1T Is an outrage tho way the Roman
church treats the civil laws OF the
United states. For Instance, In New
Jersey a Protestant was married TO a
Catholic. Tn" ceremony was performed
by a Protestant minister. and con-
formed 90 the law. The marriage was
declared TO be Illegal by the Catho-
lie clergy OF New jersey.
Again. at the banquet o. n society
In Boston where the president was
guest. Governor Foss 90 Massachusetts
was invited 90 sit on the right OF the
president Cardinal O'Connell was also
Invited TO attend. He sent word to the
banquet committee that as he was a
prince OF the blood he must be given
the seat on the right OF the president
and that he took precedence over al!
others In tho United states with the
exception % the senior cardinal and
the president"