The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-03-30

Hierarchy as tsey ucro % yore. They
did 80 forth % battle uiih their ab.
foigtior given in advance. and they did
agar Na.ianily Tor tie closing 90 their
a4tl.c schools. Cor The return % tue
marriage service 20 a point beyond
.ileir reach. for The rc.yitaiiIing of the
Pcon Contracts. Tor moral slavery dcE
radiation and Intellectual darkness
Ia spite % this. vith the standard
OIL money 20 back the dupcs % the
7ricsts. the ovcrthroW % DiaE could
DOT be accomplished.
But there vas something In reserve
u vas tand isl In the white house
And Diar. looking from out hts fail.
ing eyes. saw stretching along the
thousand. mile border on the north the
American army. And DiaH. grown wise
TOO late. hurried from his capital In
the night and left his country TO the
tender mercies of the Standard OIL
and the Catholic Hierarchy.
And. now that these two worthless
have Mexico Ia their power. under
their domination. what o. the result ?
The Mexicans do not seem 10 appre.
ciato the liberty" they fought 90 hard
10 attain. and did secure. Tho Stand.
ard oil has secured its oil held-but
the Hierarchy cannot maintain order
80 that the industry can proceed.
You are all aware that u there is
any one thing that the Standard oil Is
averse 20. Il Is conditions which do
not permit work And these oondi.
tions. the Standard oil viii find. u Il
will read history. obtains wherever
the Catholic church IL In power
A local example? Certainly. Look
az Lawrence. Mass. Catholics. II Is
composed Of foreign Catholics. brought
here under the tutelago OF priests.
transplanted bodily from a dozen dif.
ferent countries in Europe. The labop
Ia too ignorant % even look up a new
location by itself And. the officials
OF Lawrence are Catholics The fac.
tory managers are Catholics. The
strikers are Catholics. the police that
club the strikers belong 90 the same
church. The children working In the
mills. kicked and cuffed around. are
confessors TO the priest. II Is a fair
example OF the way the church exer.
cises its good Offices In favor OF the
working man-'the church has been
the friend OF labor through the cen.
turtles" say the cardinals, but what
has labor got TO show for Il? There
Is such a thing as an interested friend.
ship.
New York is a Catholic city, domi.
rated absolutely by that element. What
Is Il! A cesspool OF crime. Men are
robbed ni murdered there every day
in broad Nylight. and right at the
present momerf.no one dares 20 leave
his home at night md. venture on the
streets unless he Is constantly within
call OF many others. The Matn OF the
city and it's entire dolngs are thoroughly
known TO the priests because the Mafa
confesses and receives absolution 70
its sins. It's "slns.' for which II pay
TO receive absolution. are those Of mur
der and robbery. In every grating &C
count you read Of, look for the Catholi
names-they are always there-the!
ARE the ringleaders In the crime
Ninety.five percent OF the brewers. dis
ltlllers and saloon men OF this countr,
are CATHOLICS. The other day. II
Cathollc.ruled New York, two banl
messengers we're beaten and robbed
OF S25, 900 90 in a taNi-cab in broa,
daylight on a crowded thorough
fare And this in connection will
the remarkable fzzle OF the Hier
'archy In Mexico TO be able TO keel
its promise Of good government
seems TO be causing the American
capitalist 20 think over the much
vaunted Influence" OF the Hierarchy
Capital is not much interested in re
ligion. unless there is a profit In Il
and there don't seem 10 be much profi
in having your money stolen in tn,
cities and 10 have the country file,
with rowing bands OF outlaws Thii
seems TO be about the bill Of fare Of
fered by "His Holiness"
But there Is still recourse 20 one o
the faithful-a defender OF the faitl
who asks no questions but obeys will
eager alacTity. We refer once NOR,
70 the white house. We see II IN,
center OF hustle and war-like activity
The army has got It's orders and Is al
In readiness: the militia. Is being re
cruited up 10 its full strength and al
Americans have been ordered out o
Mexico. The Catholic Hierarchy can