The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-12-19

wv more than eighty million
~ men, women and children in
TIE United States affiliated or in
sympathy with Professionalism
RMS is the colossal political prob
lem that confronts the president and
MS campaign managers, and their
every move is being watched with
intense interest in newspaper and
magazine circles where the real
situation is clearly understood.
That the feeling of this great Prot
estant, antiCatholic majority have
been rudeIy trampIed upon and neg
lected IL the administration fervent
courtship Of the Catholic Hierarchy
to secure the "solid Cotholc vote"
this fall is now apparent to the clos
est advisers Of the president. That
the Graaping Hierarchy on it's part
mas been exceedingly careless OF the
Presidents political fortunes in it's
newspaper and moving-picture cam
paign TO make America Catholic is
also realized by the president him
self, as shown by his recent public
complaint. That the leaders of the
q. 0. P. are deeply concerned over
the wholesale Protestant detection
and provoked at the tastIess manage
ment Of the Catholic press bureau is
evidenced by the sudden decrease in
the number Of news items concern
ing the presidents name and admin
istratiOn with the advancement Of
Catholic interests. The resentment
Of some or the party's most expe-
rienced counselors at the aerial
stunts Of the Hierarchy's press bu-
reau and at the extravagant Mum
cnauSen claims Of the Catholic press
in general, is said to be profound,
and behind the closed doors of the
Iounging rooms of the Senate and
House there is much grumbling.
What the Hierarchy and it's blunder-
ing press agents will do to the presi-
dent, next, remains to be seen, and
100000 newspaper men are eagerly
awaiting developments.
The presidents campaign is now
in the hands of some Of the ableSt
and most astute politicians in the
country and some clever political
back sOmersaulting in matters reli-
gious is looked for in newspaperdom
before long. Whether the president
Will stop the outrageous prosecution
and persecution Of Tom Watson and
ISSLCIS COMMISSIONER NdISALIDS S
order forbidding the wearing Of sec
tartan garb in Indian schools are
subjects Of lively debate among the
newspaper fraternity To restore
the commissioners order now would
deeply offend and disappoint the
Hierarchy, who rightly regard the
presidents order of suspension as a
long step toward q division Of
school funds along sectarian lines all
over the country. Once the govern
ment permits Catholic nuns to teach
in government schools attired in the
garb Of their order, with Catholic re-
li8iOus pictures and images on the
walls, a marked advance toward
realization Of the priestly dream Of
plundering the American public
school fund will have been taken. To
restore Commissioner Valentines
order now will be a hundred times
more difficult than to have con-
firmed it when made, as the COM
missiOner's ruling was in line with
American policy and tradition since
the birth Of the republic, and is in
accord with several decisions of our
State Supreme courts. A philosopher
has remarked that compromise is
the mother Of tragedy" and in the
case of the Indian school the presi-
dents order of suspension was a DO
litical tragedy of the utmost signif-
canct, and is certain to have far
reaching results.
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