The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-02-15

Trenton. n. J., Feb. s.-Joseph Pat
rick Tumulty. 10 whom Governor WI.
eon refers as his alter eco. IL 20 be
secretary 70 President wllson- This
10 the hrst member Of the presidents
ofncial family 10 Be announced. II
was not unexpected. Governor WI
son had Indicated his preference for
Tumulty on many occasions and 70
Gently Il vas accepted a. a foregone
conclusion that the blond irishman
from Jersey City would get the Job.
Tumultys selection was the first act
OF Governor Wilson today. He called
the correspondents into his private OF.
represented, and then said:
Joseph Patrick Tumulty OF Hud.
son county will be my secretary AZ
Washington. You may say for me
that I expressed the greatest salts
faction AZ his willingness 10 assume
the duties OF that once"
Mr.. Tumulty. who has been seere-
tary 20 Governor Wilson for two
years. was the recipient Of congrat-
ulations throughout the day. The
members OF the New Jersey legis.
lature who came 20 attend the night
session waited on Tumulty IN n body
and expressed their satisfaction.
Contrary 20 the wishes OF the ma.
/ jority OF the American people, as well
as the patriots who voted for him In
the last campaign. Presidentelect
Wilson has appointed Joseph p. Tum.
ulty, his present Jesuit private sec.
retary, az secretary TO the president
I Naa Nha NsTllf
note from the above dispatch which
appeared In the metropolitan press
throughout the country on the 9Th
/ instant.
Press dispatches a few days ago an.
nounced that Malone. son-in-law OF
Senator oGorman had been appoint.
ed. and we 30 announced In The Men.
ace. but Il seems that the eggs have
been unscrambled and that Tumulty
has landed the job. At any rate there is
no difference. as Malone himself is
a Romanist.
Wilson Acknowledges that his sec.
retary runs his business, and this be
/ ing true We can now settle down for
at least four years OF pope rule.
We feared Mr.. Wilson in the out.
set, and so stated In these columns
but we believed that he was the best
OF three evils. and Il is with some de.
l gree OF surprise that We learn that he
has wantonly betrayed the trust I'm.
/ posed In him by the American people
and has decided 10 follow in the foot.
steps OF his unfortunate predecessor
This means that Mr.. Wilson will
have a rocky road 20 travel for the
next four years, and that he will never
hold the once Of president but one
term. Before another presidential
election rolls round In this country,
the people are going 10 be aroused.
The days Of traitors In this country
are numbered, and the politicians and
once holders who elect that course
can expect no mercy when the pat
riotlc citizenship OF this country Is
informed OF their plans.
This Is the hrst triumph OF the
enemy, and a challenge to The Men
ace and the half million patriots al
its back, and We accept the challenge
without fear or trembling.
The pope knows his own and II
gathering them to the conflict, but
The Menace purposes 10 meet him
on the half way ground and keep the
people OF this nation informed Of his
maneuvers at the nations capital.
The necessity for a still larger cir
culation 10 this paper IL more evident
now than ever before, and we are 20
ing to expect you 10 give Il a hall
million more readers before the new
administration gets in full swing al
the American Vatican.
A battle royal Is oni The gauntlet
Ia down. And there will be no fagt
OF truce In this fghtl It's TO the
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