The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-02-22
The President, Private secretary

Hlt fun name Il Joseph Patrick
Tumulty. The way % pronounce u o.
20 give the accent % The frst syllable
and make L rhyme with drum. Tvus-
ulty. that's right n you should say
Tu-multy. Joe would cousidsr you an
enemy. II IL too suggestive of what
may happen % this Jesuit. who has
chosen for his own assistant Mr.. Dan
iel J. oRcgan-he too comes weI
recommended. az a graduate Of a
parcchiai school. and also from the
famous Jesuit institute % 81 Peter.
Jersey City. II both OF these Jesuits
are not kept posted on state secrets
Il VIII Be no fault OF these gentle
men a. the presidents chow. What
VIII they do with the secrctsi What
are they there fort
A few words about Mr. Tumulty
may be Of interest. seeing he IL the
favored one IN all the kings domln-
lon" lie Ia thirty-threo years old
and married. also a graduate OF 81
Pcter's-a Jesuit institution.
Various explanations have been
given why Mr. TumultF vas selected.
They are many and various bot most.
" Inspired BY tho rnpal space writer's
on the big daIlies. Some say a was
because he consummated the deal by
which the contending candidates were
induced 70 20 70 Mr. Wilson. Just
what that political trade was can only
be known ns the price TO the Jesults
IL paid. But tho hierarchy never
transfers its allegiance from one party
70 another. without a distinct bar.
gain as 10 what will be given the Ro-
man church. This 10 no guess work.
Il Is history.
OF course the Jesuiis believe that
they have secured a great victory and
90 they have, but from the letters re-
oeived at this Office and public utter.
ahoes ] am sure there are heavy
hearts all over the land. There must
have been something unusual 10
cause Mr.. Wilson 10 select a man
from n Jesuit college instead OF his
own. Something besides mental M.
ness and culture. Naturally you
would expect him 10 show favor 70
one'of his own students, one that he
had trained, end known by Bympathy
and contact What was that special
force, that urgency. that promise? The
Jesuits have an answer, what is
yours?
An article In the n. Y. Times OF
Sunday, February 9th. gives hints
and indications that the writer dld
not tell all he knew:
lie II a handsome man. iookine
something like a priest with n ready
smile, an Infectious laugh an eye that
siwsys meets yours and a hearty hand
Irish TO the core ana cathoiio
through and through, it touched Tum.
SSiisy mo, mere than a little 20 nnd that
won were Protestants OF Rneiish an.
cestry. The best licka that were put
iSps Baptists. Methodists% ~ and 1Esis Epissse.
palianst though hla co-reiiEiOnists and |
ew-lrlshmen did good work toe. In |
al the discussion over appointments
with Governor Wilson has been carry |
Ing on with his visitors In the past |
two months, Tumulty's name was never |
mentioned 60 him except with favor. |
ernor was believed 10 De contemplating |
have been met with earnest efforta 20 |
dissuade him. but no man ever knock |
ca fumulty 10 him.
Do you believe that! Just think
moment; is II likely that Presby- /
terians, Baptists, Methodists and Bpls. |
copalians as such urged his appoint. |
ment? Why these denominations, |
prayl II is a lie on the face OF II |
and to say that Tumulty had no op- |
position is TO fy in the face Of pub |
lished facts and hundreds OF letters. |
The Menace agrees with the N. Y. |
Times in one thing when II says:
For the secretary OF the President
is not merely a private secretary. His |
more scsurats 70 can Biz BIN Y the SGSia General al
RsmSSisrSoS Sf the sr'Sns Slss side oSs ot the
much like that OF a Cabinet oficef. |
He has net so many employees under |
his direction as have most members OF
stitute a respectable apartment.
on no cabinet oficor Il there laid /
such necessity OF prompt Judgment |
sis snJ OF seing i%nlailisly MAJ right In the ex-
treasury or OF the navy may make |
mistakes, but the secretary to the /
5sss ss sI mSst SsBss met R the
representatives depends, 70 a large ex- |
tent, the strength OF the admlnistra- |
tons support In congrss
We bespeak for Mr.. Tumulty sue.
cess In his difficult aud tremend- |
ously responsible place. But he will |
find that Of all things In this werld
70 do, the most dincult Is TO serve
two masters at the same tlme-an i'm
possible task"
President-elect Wilson is a Protest
ant. Tumulty jesuit. These are two
radically divergent principles Of &C.
ten as applied 10 governmental af.
fairs. Will Mr.. Wilson yield TO his
secretary and his hackers. or viii he
with whole hearted sincerity keep the
spirit and letter OF bis oath OF OF.
fee that puts him in direct conflict
with Rome?
God pity them. They both arc sin.
cere and that is just where the revo-
luton and conflict begins-the ire
pressible war that has eonvulssd na.
tions and Is raging this very memeHt
in France, Spain, Belgium and Mex
leo.