The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-08-23

powerful enough 10 produce the
required results. !"
II q Political Power.
He gives an illustration Of the
political method by which the "dS
sired results" are produced
through using il as n tremendous
lobby, more powerful even than
that Of the National Association
Of Manufacturers.
LET me illustrate by an ex.
AMPLE continues the article by
the bishop. "A few years ago a
bill was introduced in the New
Jersey legislature, the wording Of
which was ambiguous, and might
have subjected our parochial
schools 10 taxation. / requested
some influential Catholics 10 sug-
gest the propriety Of changing
the phraseology Of the measure.
The reply was, We don't want 70
tax your schools; that bill was
drawn up by a learned constitu-
tional lawyer Of Newark and il
will have 10 stand Immediately
/ summoned the executive board
Of the state branch Of the Fedora
ton. A committee was appointed
OF Irish-Americans, and German
Americans, some democrats, 9TH
ers republicans. They called upon
the majority leader of the house
and said to him: we represent
the Federated Catholic Societies
Of the state. We are opposed TO
the phraseology of that tax bill I;
we ask that il be changed, other
wise we viii 60 back and report
TO our societies. What was the
replyi Gentlemen, for heavens
sake, don't stir up a hornets nest
on this question. What changes
do you wantf We will be very
glad 10 make them That's the
sort of politics there Is In fedora;
ton"
The bishop gives a long list Of
1.-THE Fruits Of Federation,
which he implies were captured
by the application of this "sort
of politics.
Such balderdash as this is an
insult to the lawmakers of the ma
ton, but of course they will not
take il as such since it comes from
the lips Of one Of the holy fathers
on whom they must depend for
votes.
The Menace has told you time
and again that all the priests had
to do was to crack the whip and
the politicians would come into
camp. Many Of you have doubted
the truth Of our statements, but
here you have it from the lips of
a real, live bishop, and the worst
of it is the facts in the particular
case TO which he refers bear out
his statements.
The bishop brags that the Indi-
ana, Ohio, Kentucky, Kansas and
Missouri federations of Catholic
societies defeated free text book
laws in their respective states.
And what a boast Boosting that
they have deprived the poor In
nocent children of these states of
an education by defeating the free
text book measures, the grandest
measures ever proposed to a leg
islature in the United States-and
all because they wish to steep the
youth of the nation in ignorance
and idolatry and keep from them
the truth concerning the Catholic
church, the most damnable, bloody
handed band of political pirates
that ever existed on the top side
of earth.
Praises the Boycott.
Speaking further of typical Ro-
man activity, Bishop MeFaul
says:
Many reputable business
houses withdrew their patronage
from magazines containing sour
rilous articles on Catholic priests
and the hierarchy, after the fed
Grafton had drawn attention to
these calumnious articles"
For the past two years the Ro.
manists have been out cunning
for newspaper editors who dared
to criticise the Roman Catholic
political machine, and they have
left no stone unturned in their
campaign Of slsnder, yilifc4ton
and abuse against such editors
and publications, No matter what
the Roman Catholic church may
do, or what the hierarchs may say,
the least criticism on the part of
an editor brings dowl the wrath