The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-08
Morgantown, West Virginia, Has a Pope!
Priest 6. j. Klner P1ts Me Roman Catholic MqHiniOn IN
Force in UcH Tfrginia---DcfeS tie CigW Lac of hbe
State and Demonstrates The Iue Character of he Pbc's
Ne 7cmys Decyee---Pahiohc CItiGeDs of tie old Pan
haNdk State 4yoHsed

although u vas performed In exact
compliance With state enactments; ne
would force these young people 10
leave his ehurch-sendinE them direct
20 heli--for he teaches there is sal
walton In no other. simply because they
furnished music AZ their friends we'd
ding: he demands that they either
publicly" apologize or get out Of my
church." he desccnds 10 the level OF
a common tough when he personally
attacks these young people; be shows
his biEotry and tyranny by attnckinE
tho NJ. 4. church. simply because the
pastor performed the coremonyi ne
threatens a fight" to the finish on
these people who dared 20 use their
own God.givcn right TO think and act
Tor themselves; be jumps onto tho
"old man Rokos" with both feet be.
cause he dares TO leave the holy
mother church," he designates
the "Rokos Ransinger Schenck
clique" and declares war upon the en-.
tire outfit: and lastly this holy rep
resentative Of the "infallihle father"
on the Tiber reveals his true charac.
ter by serving notice on the social.
lists, prohibiiionists and apostate
Catholics" that he will battle against
them until death.
This outburst OF a little Catholic
priest is thus treated at length for
the reason that they are all alike. Sim.
ply because all priests do not go on
/ ike Kluser is no criterion. They
would q they thought II safe. such
priests are quite beneficial They
show what this holy church" is up
4 a. aNvs4FfNs HENanR9-
| trate the tendency OF the Catholic
church. The Menace unhesitatingly
makes the assertion thai there is not
Catholic priest in this country very
much different from REV. Kluser ="
Kluser may be erratical, but he knows
what be Is saying. lie iS openly obey
/ ing the teachings of the church he
| presumes 10 serve.
The people OF West Virginia and the
other states should not look upon this
4 Morgantown affair az an isolated In
stance where Catholic priest has
II, simply lost his head, but the sooner
people in general learn the fact that
Catholicism and Catholic priests are
about the same all over, the sooner
viii the American citizens begin 20
provide protection from their unholy
designs. The time is right here when
loyal citizens must begin 10 see things
as they are, and not as they would
like 10 think they are. Romanism rs
fearful reality The strong state
ments OF The Menace sometimes seem
too strong until the inside OF the mat.
ter 10 turned out for inspection.
Let West Virginians ponder these
thoughts. WIN you have kluser in
every locality? VIII you have such
men dabbling in your civil affairs and
teaching that your state euactments
are spurious" and "void?' IL II not
line the good people of this splendid
| commonwealth wake up and take care
| ml observation OF actual conditions?
There are more Klusers than you
think. He is only one Of the kind
They are all run out Of the same
| mold. The composition Is very much
| the same. Then, why not get busy
and teach these leeches TO stay where
they belong2
Place The Menace In every home In
West Virginia. and such paganistic out
breaks will soon become a thing OF
| the past.
WEST VIRGINIA TO TIE FRONT!
More about this little pope next
/ Issue.