Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-10-31
,AJEsUIT-NoT
RY }. oMal1ion Barnes.

By direction OF the National Cam
paign Committee, early in August,
replied to a letter from the National
Ffaternal5 Committee san aYoWedly
anti Catholic ORGANIZATION with 5heads
quarters In st. Louis, Mo-, in part as
follows: =
"our aim Is to, s6cialize the indus
| tries of. the country and upon that
| issue, anselhgent Catholic and Pfotess
tant working men ought to unite"
1--WE cannot accept the issue which
you have stated to be Home Rule or
Rome Rule" The issue is Capitalist
Rule or Working Class Rule. And
upon this issue the working class,
unitedly, must make its campaign"
The letter contains sentiments and
convictions held by me for more than
twenty years. = y
The Menace in issue of septem-
Der .21st, in an article headed Rom
an Rats Desert Doomed Ships"
states:
at is now claimed that Mr.. Barnes,
directing the Socialist campaign. is a
The charge is 50 silly that ut is to
An autobiography is unnecessary,
however. was born in Lancaster,
PA, In 1856. BY force Of circum--
, stances. was enrolled Gs q pupil in
the Soldiers Orphan School at Mt
/ joy from the age. of nine to sixteen
years. Then learned the trade, of
PcfgarznaakingH From the age of 49,
to % was a communicate Of the
Methodist church, since which time
have had no church affiliations.
k1N Neither root nor branch OF; my an
cestpa1 family tree either side, resi-
dents of This country for more than
three hundred years, or resent rela-
tiYes ae or ever have, been members
of, the Catholic church. This is
simply. the statement OF fact, .nei-
Their tcreditable nor discreditable.
"A Catholic publication few years
ago charged that was educated by
their church and then traitor like en-
ployed such talents as i have to sup
port the devils work and to stir up
mischief against the established or
The conflicting statements of the
Respective publications are evidence
Fof the absolute disregard of facts by
both. @ 70 s3i s'
r Bigotry and intolerance inflicted in
the name of religion can only be
Fequaled by the professional atheist,
ands only EXCEEDED by and between
|partisans TO diverging5 religious dog
mas. = ~ "a @
s. As Amefingef says: seThe Puritans
landed on Plymouth Rock and thank
ed the Lord for deliYefance from the
wild waves, and religious persecn-
ton on the other side, and the next.
day they caught a Quaker and burned
a hole through hiss tongue because
he prayed to the right God in the
wrong way; or to the wrong God in
Uhe right way" 80 1:@A+T a. :.
~ Capitalists whether religious or
antaFelig iousI or without religion, ex-
ploit The workers. Their respective
beliefs faiths sor opinions are beside i
the Issue = :; r s. u.s. s 49, - N 4
81 Religious controversies are out of |
workers, conceal and further in
trench the exploiters. To this pur-
pose the MENACE is rightly named.
It is IA menaes TO the workers In their
tight for freedom sf aFa |
= I am aware Of the fact that many
Of the Catholic church dignitaries, |
some Of It's orders and new associa-
lions formed by 1T, are most violent |
not prevail. Socialism vii solve the |
economic Question, quite regardless.
The cheapest and best way of maxi |
ing and. distributing bread has no
religious phases9 @ZtF 81 e
1 More6ver. i believe With Comrade |
Spafg0, that the Church Militant" in !
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