The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-06-22
Foley on a Rampage!

In Quincy. lll.. lives a Roman Cath.
olic priest Who answers 10 ;ht tcgno.
men OF NJ. J. Foley. EEd who also
poscc 20 tho editor a. ae notorious
Western Catholic, a paper which. while
Il poses as a religious iou.-al Is not
admitted into the zones OF the more
decent Of Quincy.
Not long since. this would be dig.
nitary swelled up like toad. as.
sumed a sufficient amount OF Eslf-con.
lceit TO persuade himself that he was
the whole cheese" In things political
at Washington, aud proceeded TO de.
rand that President Taft arbitrarily
cancel the seccnd-class mail entry OF
The Menace and thereby cause It's
sudden demise
For some reason unknown 70 US,
however. Mr.. Taft failed TO obey
Foley's orders, and since that time
he has been on n rampage, giving vent
on numerous occasions TO language
and assertions that would land his
paper where he Is 30 anxious to get
I The Menace. u we were disposed TO
see that he got Justice. The Menace
believes In freedom OF the press.
however, and We are in no way con.
cerned with what Foley says. espe.
cially so long as his diatribcs adver-
tise The Menace and thereby en-.
hances It's circulation In his home
town Of Quincy. .. ..H. .
Not long since this black.frocked
celibate published n million copy edi.
ton OF his miserable rag in defense
OF Hines and Lorimer. and In that
he took advantage OF the large cir.
! culation OF that edition tpaid for. no
doubt by the alleged unsavory cor.
/ poration crooks whom he was defend
ingl 10 air his opinlons regarding this
paper and its editors. To show you
TO what depths OF infamy a cema-
gogue, who poses as the yicnEerent
OF Christ can descend. we are quot.
ing herewith HIS Introduction 10 the
"Bellman" article Of several months
ago, which article has teen lolled as
a sweet morsel under the tongue OF
practically every priest I'm the United
States, and which shows about as
much wear and tear as come OF the
holy bones Of ST. Anne which these
grafters and pious frauds use TO sep
arate the Ignorant and helpless from
the coin OF the realm The Catholic
Oracle Of Quincy Gays:
In a little town called Aurora. Mo.
lives. or rather exists, four,
legged animal that looks like a cat
hut is not a cat-that needs not be
seen TO be perCelved-thnt must not
be touched under pain Of terrible con-
ity OF coming within range OF its
bushy tail-yes. the whole world is
willing TO keep at a respectful dis
tanCe from that rat-lIye animal In
AmTnFN there 4 "a fVsn-lRm aANGtnss
.of that hated little creature and the
only difference between the four.
legged species and himself IL the very
important fact that the two-legsed
one has longer range than his hts
four-lcgged type His longer reach"
Is attained through his vie. hideous,
That unspeakabl'' vile production is
a conglomeration OF lies NTH. ignor-
snce~ and bigotTy. Talk about the
Is the very quintesscnce OF roses com
pared TO the loathsome eNhalation that
his diseased brain sends forth week
atter week through the pages OF The
Menace So rotten Is Il that no re-
spectacle man or woman would dare
touch a.. So putrid Is 70. says the
Protestant editor OF the Bellman. that
a bath after having even touched II.
The above is from the Western
Catholic OF May 3lst In the same
article. Foley lets his temper and his
imagination run riot again. and be.
cause some one has been sending him
copy OF The Menace occasionally
he is compelled to vent his spleen on
some one, so he seeks out Mr.. Louis /
Melton. a police officer and proceeds |
to libel him in the following typical
language:
In The Menace" OF May %. we read 4
the following words; a subscriber !
In Priest Foley's town writes: I am I