The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-26
THE EVIDENCE AS TO ROMAN
CATHOLICS IN SAVANNAH
USING PUBLIC SCHOOL
FUNDS FOR THEIR BE-
LIGIOUS SCHOOLS.


there passed a young man through
this section from Kentucky and he
stopped at our house. His name
was Miller, he said, and he was rep
resenting the Socialist Party, TAX
ing subscriptions for The Appeal to
Reason, etc, and we mentioned
some of the things mentioned in
your Jeffersonian in regard to the
negro, Socialism, etc, to which he
replied THAT Tom Watson knew
better than such stuff when writing
it-knew that it was untrue, but
just wanted the Socialist Party to
say come over to US and we will do
thus and so, and they would never
consent for you or Roosevelt to
dominate it as you both would like
to do"
The Roman Catholic question
was brought up, and he said the
Socialist Party would take in any
body, without regard to religion,
and we asked him if the Socialists
did not regard the Roman Catholics
as their enemy, and if he did not
think that if they had corrupted the
other political parties, they would
in turn do so for his? He replied
that the Roman Catholics as a body
was considered their enemy, and
claiming he was not one of them,
took their part graciousiy, and
asked us to name some Of their
misgivings and abuses of public af-
fairs, and, among others, l men
toned their taking the public funds
in Savannah and giving them to the
Parochial schools of that place, to
teach Roman Catholicism, and not
allowing Protestants to teach in
those schools, and he told me he did
not believe it, and said if I could
prove it was true he would give me
SIS, and would see that the Roman
Catholic people were kicked out of
their party.
Now, MT. Watson, I remember
reading this statement concerning
the public schools of Savannah in
your Weekly Jeffersonian some time
during last winter, I think, and l
wish to ask if you can furnish the
proof or if you can refer me to the
right source to set it, as he left hts
address here and I promised to get
UP the proof; and I know of no bet
ter way than to ask you about it,
and | Will thank you so much IL You
have just a little of your valuable
time to spare to reply to this letter
through the columns OF The Weekly
Jeffersonian. Remember, Emanuel
county went for J J. Brown I
know of some men who voted for
Gray, not knowing he was a Roman
Catholic, and are sick now. Get
subscriptions is the keynote. If
you could put agents through the
country there would be no trouble,
as your paper sells O. K. l am
going to try to get up some this fall.
My sister has secured several.
Yours for Righteousness,
EMANUEL COUNTY GIRL.
Graymont, Ga.
Comment:
On page 281 of the History of the
City Government of Savannah, COM
piled. from the official records, by
Thos. Gamble, Jr Secretary to the
Mayor, under direction Of the City
Council, and published in the year
1900, will be found my authority
1 that the Roman Catholics of Savan-
nah, had seized two of the public
schools of that city. These two
schools, the Cathedral and the st.
/ Patrick's, they still operate. These
Isectarian institutions are supported
out of the public school funds, in
defiant violation of the Constitution
of Georgia.
Those schools ora controlled b1y