The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-08

tuuEht ior open EalonNa IN west y "
ginis. In short. Kluser e. an average
I Catholic priest, which means that he
is a man Who thinks he is Christ on
earth" that be alone knows what
should and What should not be done.
that he has been delcgated BY the
the pope 20 set MorEAntown right
on every issue from religion 10 poll.
tics and private family anairs. This,
as 10 the man, kluser. Now, some
OF the things he has been teaching
aud their effects;
Il seems that a couple Of young
people, son and daughter OF highly
respectable parents, took a notion TO
marry. The family OF one Of the con.
tracing parties had been Catholics
but had left that church. The young
people secured the services OF the pas
tor Of the NJ. =. church 10 perform the
ceremony. also they invited two OF
their young friends. George aud Agnes
Schenck, members OF the Catholic
church, 10 furnish music for the oc.
casion. These musicians played In
the Catholic choir. and at times In
the NJ. 4. choir. At mass. on the day
OF the wedding. Rev" Kluser warned
his audience OF the spurious wed.
ding that was TO take place, insisting
that no member OF his church should
be present or take any part IN the
null and void" atIair. After the we'd
ding was over this "Rey." boss OF
body and SOUL rushes into print In
the local papers, airs his ignorance
and shows his cloven hoot by ad-
dressing letter 10 George and Agnes
Schenck. Below are submitted ex.
tracts from this Rev" Christians let
ter, which was given TO the paper for
publication
, Moe, .a.r.uy. ". ", oct. 10, 1918.
To AgHsi aHa Gesros Scheact:
: saw 10 ,he papsrs o. gur city that yol pot
only ationhI he Rdkas. Ransiuarrr "vrddihg"
I last "Wednesday. but took an sctive piu in Il
by iurnishing the piano and violin mtsir, You
knew ths, lhc said Rokos Ransingrr wedding vas
asainst ths law of onr ciirch. Yo1 knenr that
, it was not ! but the Churyh which made this
law. lou knew taat last iindsy ssrncd -
hnth masss our neoric aGhinst attending the
. prcpossl Rukos- -Rahsincrr welding. You knew
thit ~ She iiokus arr nniorious apnitates ff1in
our ohurrh. Toe OH Rlkns ncscg C'.us % sunday
rar,l friends. lic took his chillun out of on
church. eyrn before ! ever had quarrel with
Notvithtanfinr N THE var MT only attended
tlsr iptds Raus.urcr "woiiiiug' hut t0oA m ac
lNc plu IN it, thus publicly ani osientat,uusr
. y pirI1g my warning. N19 ] want 70 tel lnu
that YOU vii have either puhlicly ic apologize
tor what ynu have d1nr last "Wednesday or tb
80 0ut " my tlurCA, TIE snonef uich "Cath.
ulirs" a. yOp ore lravc ofr gwnt md immortal
I churJh, the better u will D. fof oar COnErcga.
tion aul iur me. Alter yol arC olt you MAJ
altlC AZ the big Ntthn'lid ehurrh ~ loug az vnu
please. S'yural mn Catholic uusicians have ~
frC- me their 4tyiu,s in ci4gah and school
passed our church bFrausc it ycas tno suall for
you. Won PLAYED "a th. MctOiist church eecsu.sr
TIT ohpIsh vas luss hig cnosgh Cor your hc3ds
liig hcadci Gcorgic mgvts uuc on the strvt with
out grrtinC lne. without rcsrn- -uitlnr me, ~ Il
, haprcnrd ycstrr,liy. Nc is the son Of a big
hcsdc6 pap 10 they ,caoh 9spI calcclsn a! 4 th'
tglch thci, that tie holy Euchars is but .
, pirge oi htcrd AMI zip u wine Substantially,
and that our great and iulncTial Catholl,
I Aldlihg yoHT approval 81 such doctrines,
, And lastly, vow PLAYED vh"n a Metholisi
pfrachcr "hlGsscd' wctldhng of which he, to-.
trcw that it WIS null and void according q
p the law Of our cagrJh NoI az a shame snd Ole
, grace 90 NY church. nirl uraess Won apologize
hall drr1lncu yuu pu,iicy n 80 church as 700
: havr vgll deserved ] shall hght out this oa%
, 60 q hni.h. I Nant 70 know whrthrf Old R0kos
or OIL kInsiugrr, or old aSChrnck, CO., 49,
pastor Ut tile congr-aiiun. { N1nl " know
Nlu'ihcr Nuu NAV With iutnuiiiiy slap IN tue De,
81 Uur rIulth ani ui ,our pastor. ! am reed,
I tot a g.d hght sgainst The Roko1 Ranshger
Sghrnr, ,hpac Vt Old pop SchrncA sign agsh'
ss. "1 J'' S,c s 'S s.ur. $50 .h,Il mSci ,his ,si
hiw iu tiir ,-prn aid No htshop of our Cuuntp
iil tgtn po down iof dclrndine the plain law
csi -, disiaciy sri i Sca shss hat rssa basI
uyss Thv pJpfr sIid that Agnss played soitly
during the ilutns Rinsucef "vcidng" cers
, 'uonir. probably that I NAV not hsar her; but
viii play loud enough that silc will hear me.
!, e. 4 HIrstr. Pastor.
After the appearance OF the above
letter in two Of the local papers. this
Rev" bachelor DADDY addressed al
additional letter which appeared IN
tho same papers the following day.
Here II IS:
Nhcn ! s,w that the Rblos Ransnrrr gang
vet" 60 in1uEufaIe big characterization agiins'
7 NY churCh nnd against me. I warnrl my py.lylr
against uiittding thrr spurious u'shling Thl-
wa~ uy b'uiirn duty. I shall NJ Eivs up my
ilr scains, sn'iallsts prniiil'iit'aisis ai'sinte
t'.ilplifs until yuu ~ me- -rrrtrisd oIt % M
r sir4thluv. Agnes and OrBrEe Ss-hrnrt. snuruius
uy a,iinoniti0n. nnt only ziiriss1l ilr spufio,i-
liokos Ransnsr7 .~eddine. but t'ck an acti,-
Hlakr u warm for them. that tho, viii h.
! ,,nly too glad o. leave my ehufrh a, not ihlnA
that OIL S,iHn'A had > night 80 pnhl';h urUl,
: wcri sid in the alleged irucr RESPECTFULLY.
, c. >. kLrsEH. Pastor.
! The Menace does not ordinarily de.
! vote so much space 20 any individual
, case, but this is go complcicly IN line
with what We have been saying that
4 i has been thoughh 'best TO print
this priests letters in full.
II you did not read them carefully.
please do so. What rfs little windy
J priest might say as an Individual
! would not be worth noticing. but we
J must remember that any member Of
/ the Catholic Hierarchy, pope. oardi.
} ual. archbishop. bishop. priest, is au-
J thority. for they speak only as they
} are authorized. So. taking them at
their word. what this iick-splttle Klu.
ser says is just what the great Cath.
olic church would say. Now. a few
? brief comments:
) This priest would put the ban on
} anything any Of his members might
, do. unless he had givep them permits
} zion; he positively deaounees this as