The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-11-27

| the Rev. DR.. ]. A. Pompeny of St
Mary's who is taiiug the lead and
for long time has stood as the
resolute and uncompromising cham
pion of that part of this community
that is opposed to socialism on the
grounds of incompatability of so.
cialsm and Christianity.
In the heart of a county which
for years has been the hotbed Of
socialism, and which being the home
of the Appeal to Reason, was swept
by the socialists in the last cleo
ton, Father Pomeney has conducted
strenuous, aggressive and largely
single handed crusade against the
followers of Karl Mark, and partc-
ularly against the Appeal to Reas-
on, the publishers of which he char
acterized as "a gang of thieves wax
ing fat oy exploiting the discomfort
and class hatred of the poor, deceiv-
ing the latter into believing that the
Appeal to Reason is the champion
of their rights
Father Pompeney's address was
widely advertised and his church
crowded to the last square inch, the
nny,Ctino lar run1u nf
Last nights subject was Are the
Principles of Socialism Compatible
With the Gospel Of Christi The
layman who puts this important
question to Socialist "soapboxers" is
suavely told that Socialism is the
crystallization of the loftiest ideals
Of Christianity said DR.. Pompeney,
"but from the inner circle there
comes the resonant voive of kar!
Marx that religion is the fantastic
degradation of human nature
Silent About Goo.
"This means" continued Father
Pompeney, that apart from the So
called Bible Socialists. insignificant
in number and hardly to be found
among those active in politics, that
the socialists who rant about the
brotherhood Of men are silent about
the fatherhood OF God. Because
there is no room in the material
isto conception Of history for the
Supreme Architect of the world
The socialist party Of Great Britain
has openly professed that the entry
of socialism is the exodus of reli-
gion. The British, French, German,
Italian, Belgian and Spanish social
lists are one in declaring that social
ism as a working philosophy, is op-
posed to religious ideas. The Amer
lean socialists, likewise, welded
their party to the sighting athaest-
ic principles of international social
ism in full convention May 5, 1904"
Dr. Pompeney quoted at length
from socialist authorities and plat
forms showing overwhelmingly that
socialism in the words OF one OF
them has no meaning unless it is
athaestic. DR.. Pompeney's address
has aroused his audience and will
arouse the community for the par
ty's biggest newspaper. the Appeal
to Reason, whose owner, J. A. Way
land, committed suicide rather than
face the disclosures which were to
result from charges to be submitted
to the federal grand jury at Ft.
Scott, according to the government
always has claimed that
socialism is not opposed to religion
so as to keep its hold on those OF
it's members who are devout church
members.
Many Fear to Speak.
Owing to the large numbers of
socialists sin Crawford country, manyI
at heart opposed to socialism arc |
reluctant to commit themselves and |
especially business men, afraid to
ose a large portion of their trade
should they oppose socialism, have
.hus far declined to take any steps
against the swelling tide of anarch-
site fanaticism which constantly is
,eing bred by the inflammatory Ian
,uage of the Appeal to Reason.
at was not until after Way
and's suicide AMI after some Of the
esults of the governments invesri-
,ations had leaked out, that the
hurches of this city united in max
ng plans to combat the spread of
philosophy which in the words OF
)r. Pompaney, 'undermines good
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