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

Catholic Societies held TIER an
nusl CAB fest In Milwsukse Wis,
on the 10th, l1th, 18th and 18th,
inst
As these lines are written the
Catholic weekhes, filed with
photographs OF pettieoated pagans
md servile politicians who were
on the ground floOr for the pur-
pose of kissing the pope's toe by
proxy, via the cardinals ring,
have not yet begun 90 arrive az
the Menace Office, but the daily
press assures MS that the meeting
was a "hOwling" success, and that
the brewer;es and other interests
which have made Milwaukee IA
nous, report business as being
good during the four days meet.
{ Most Of the big puddle ducks Of
the Catholic church throughout
the United States were present 20
participate In the Exercises, !"
among whom was at least one real,
live cardinal, in the person Of his
holiness, Jim Gibbons, Of Balt'
more, who opened tho session with
pontiheal mass at ten o o'clock Sun
day morning.
The Milwaukee meeting was
dubbed the twelfth annual con-
vention, and some Of the aims and
objects Of the gathering were set
forth in the opening Of the session
by the Right Rev. James A. Nc
'Faul, bishop Of Trenton, who said (:
Because Of wssk-knsed Catholics who
are ~sfrald 10 call their souls their
own" the American Federation Of
Catholic Societies has been organized
70 bring the powerful Influence Of the
entire Catholic church In America
against the ~InJustloe Of the public
school system" TO secure the "reVlslon
Of histories and books Of reference
preIudIelai to the Catholic church,"
the "removsl Of biuo,sd ofielsls from
holding public Office" and "rnove to-
ward stressr ldIyones Iaws"
The priests and prelates Of
Rome acknowledge that in under
taking to undermine the public
school system of the United States
they have a job that will demand
the united assistance Of the laity
and that part Of the laity which
thinks the American free school
system all right, and which re-
fuses to become tool Of the hier-
archy in It's nefarious object to
destroy It, is termed weak
kneed," and it is understood that
il requires a good deal of bolster
ing on the part of the hierarchy to
rope these independents" into
the fight against our schools.
The keynote Of this part of the
program, you will observe, is "to
secure the revision Of histories
and books" The history Of Rome
Is a history Of intrigue, murder
and assassination, and especially
would they be pleased to have the
history Of The Inquisition blotted
out and remembered against them
no more forever.
While they deny being in poll
tics you will observe that one of
their objects is the removal of
bigoted officials" That is to say,
officials who are Americans first
md something religiously after
yards. In the eyes of a Romanist,
d bigoted official is a man who is
not willing to lend his influence
ID the passage of laws which pro-
bibit free speech and a free press,
f,p far as it relates to speech or
Hress which might in any way seem
10 criticise the acts and dOings Of
n lecherous priesthood and a po-
jlitical machine that cloaks under
l the name of a church.
1.-The American Federation of
Catholic Societies." says the
bishop, "is an organization of
subordinate societies for the ad-
vancement Of the civil, religious
and social interests of Catholics
In the United States and its de-
tendencies. 1t will not interfere
with the aims or autonomy of or
CARNATIONS joining it. Such a un-
ion is desirable for the formation
Of an instrument which viii al
ways be ready to voice Catholic
,sentiment in the state and nation.
We may seldom need ii, but when
we do, we need it badly, and it
must, therefore, be in such shape