The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-03-29
No Catholic, in Cabinet

For some weeks past. the anti
Catholic papers have heen printing ar
ticles on the danger 10 the country II
a Catholic were appointed In the cabi-
net OF the president-elect They have
reiterated a suggestion that concerted
action be taken; that all patriots" lle
letters OF protest with MT. Bryan lwhy
Mr.. RryanO against the selection OF
any Catholic in the new cabinet.
We do not assume that this pro-
ceeding had any special influence or
Importance: but suppose, with the sec
tartan standpoint thus emphasized. we
conture up picture.
One day last November a great army
OF voters Tin numbers, over six mill
lionsl, streamed up 20 the polls 10 vote
for Woodrow Wilson as president. IL
this mighty concourse Of voters were
divided as 20 the quarters OF the theo-
logical map, from whence they came
present In some seetarian minds). it
would appear that one great line OF
over two million were Catholics. and
another great line OF some four million
were non-Catholics
We come now 20 the ides OF March
when the president. chosen by these
great lines OF voters announced his
official family OF ten secretaries IL
was then apparent that he had chosen
his cabinet exclusively from one line
OF the great army OF voters who had
supported him; and that the other
great line, numbering over two million
voters, had seemingly not been con-
sidered In the matter
IL was eminently right and proper.
OF course, that religious considerations
should, not govern in the selection OF
But after the cabinet was announced.
u was hard TO believe that the PROVING
OF this eminently proper spirit so rigid
ly required that the cabinet be exclu-
siveiy one OF non-Catholics: and that
the most. numerous element. religiously.
/ OF the democracy throughout all the
northern states should happen" 20 pos
4 scss not a single man OF such pre-
eminent cabinet stature as 10 merit
/ favorable consideration-Catho Citi-
zen, Milwaukee
The above editorial from the Catho.
lie Citizen, published at Milwaukee, is
interesting on account OF its apparent
| innocence.
In one breath the Romanists will
tell you that they are not in politics,
and that religious matters should not
be considered In the election or ap.
pointment OF public officials, and In
pups II they fail 10 draw all the plums
in the political basket.
The Citizen thinks Il strange tha,
there are no Romanists in Presiden,
Wilson's cabinet And we were agree.
ably surprised ourselves, for We were
about ready 10 believe that Mr.. Wil
son had allowed himself 70 become en-,
tangled in Rome's meshes TO such an
extent that he would be unable to heed
the warnings OF true Americans OF
abide BY the dictates OF his own con.
science, but we must now congratulate
him on his Independence thus far, and
We sincerely hope that the appoint
ment Of a Romanist private secretary
was due to the personal equation in,
volved and that Il is in no way In.
dicative OF what Is to follow.
Assuming that Mr.. Wilson is honest
and has a clear and distinct under,
standing OF conditions as they are, the
Citizen labors under a hallucination
OF the mind when Il concludes that IN
Mr.. Wilson's imagination there were
no Romanists "of such preeminent
cabinet stature as TO merit favorable
consideration"
The fact is. there are many Roman.
lists who are physically and mentally
qualified for these various positions
but the American government is re.
publican In form and democratic IN
management, and no real statesman
would consider Il wise or expedient 70
surround himself with men who rep
resent the extreme ahfithesis Of Shese
principles.
The supreme qualification for citt
zenship in this government Is loyalty
TO its principles, and this loyalty can