The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-12-20

- in which the local press Of
Davenport treated the Chuch Ehiici-
ency Congress held in that city re-
Gently. We imputed their course to
the influence OF the papal priest and
his dupes, but at that time We did not
know how perfectly we we're diagnos-
ing the case. Later papers and re-
ports convince US that We hit the nail
so completely on the head that no
more accurate description could have
been given.
The Catholic Messenger, pub
lished in Davenport, lies on our desk
and judging from the six and half
columns in its issue Of Nov. "a
something must have happened to
"hurt their feelings severely" The
Messenger speaks Of Crowley as
"ex-communicated," "ex-priest," I"
&c x-Cath Ii C." "eH-gentleman,"
"now a degenerate, foul-mouthed
scandalizer"; and Protestants are
lovingly spoken of as "gulhble," I"
"bigoted", "scoundrels", "rascals",
Glars, "fools", "foul-minded," etc.
Ordinarily we should think this
Christian CD Messenger is losing
its Christianity 90 or has gone
daffy, but when We take into con-
sideration what occurred right un-
der the drippings of the Messenger
and papal church sanctuary" we
can not help but sympathize with
them somewhat. 1t is terrible what
some poor, innocent people have to
suffer-
Why, right there, but a short dis
tance from this great" papal jour
nal with the enormous circulation
Of 5000, and the "holy" Catholic
church" with its "spiro almost
touching the Skies" and which is
presided over by Every Reverend j.
II. A. Flanagan, Vicar General of
the Davenport Diocese" for good
ness sake don't omit the "V. Co."
even though it does sound a little
military as we started to say, right
there in close proximity to those two
great and wonderful institutions
the Messenger and Flannagan's
Church, was held a great gather
ing of Protestants! And we are
lead to infer this meeting was held
without securing the gracious con-
sent" Of those "only people on.
earth"l Not only was this hereto
meeting held, but one Jeremiah J.
Crowley, ex-Catholic priest, was
one of the speakers. Now, this last
was simply horrible and outrageous
as well as several other forcibly des-
criptive thingsl Now, this Jere-
miah j. Crowley said a few things
he knew about the papal system
actually said them out loud SO peo-
pie could hear-and they we're not
as complimentary as those perfectly
angelic and holy specimens of hu-
manity might have chosen. Crow
ley actually told some things about
them that we're anything but nice.
Well, this meeting was held; Crow
ley spoke, and the worst of all was
the fact that a papal priest and two
members Of the papal system are al |
legged to have renounced Romanism
and united with a Protestant church |
during this meeting-did it openly
and ''flagrantly," without the con-
sent of j. T. A Flanagan, V. G., or
the Messenger. Now, if such heret-
ical conduct isn't enough to cause
the beautiful compilations Of J. t. A.
Flanagan, V. G., and the editor Of
the Messenger to turn vermillion,
We are at q loss to name anything
that would.
If these terrible and heretical do
ings had been pulled off as far back
as the twelfth century, and ]. T. A.
Flanagan, V. g., and Fred Sharon
(editor Of the Messenger) had been
present this affair might doubtless
have terminated differently. Very
Rev. j. I. A., V. c., and Editor
Fred could have gathered up a pile
of good dry stove wood, placed it on
the public square, secured the at
tendance of the inquisitorial outfit
to boss the job, tied these terrible
heretics-these people who dared to