The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-10-11
TAhlTIANY GRAFTERS GET A SCARE
Public Sentiment New York Suddenly Csngsshs Tsmmany Cath
Oe Iupeaehsrs Read Handwriting Of Plsrsd PeOpl-ROms
to Seek Division Of School Fund-Loya Americans '0n
To" ih. Big Game.-hsnaes ArOuGng the
PubEe-CO.umbuS Day Preparations

Are no less than twelve sealed indiea
ments by a special grand jury investt
eating the Great Meadows prison con,
tracts. and Special Investigator Hen.
messy says, n given time and the
means. he viii show that every county
In the state has suffered from these
Murphy grafters So. now. Il IL hard
4 70 tell which iob-putting sulIeI
away, or saving its own hide-ls tAk
Ing most OF Tammany's tina
To Seek Division Of School Fund.
Several things depend upon the out
come Of the impeachment trial One
Of great interest 10 the people Of the
state is the cutand dried arrange
ment Of the Roman Catholics. through
their political agent. Tammany Hall
TO seek a division Of the public school
fund. Your representative heard u
| rumored that such a bill had been
drafted. but nnd no trace OF e Jet
II IL known. however. that this is one
OF the measures 70 be pushed IN the
event OF Suffers conviction n the
governor shall win, the bill win not
be introduced, for Il would no sooner
reach him than II would receive his
veto. Here IL another good reason
Why the people OF the state should
stand by Governor sulEer.
No state In the union excels New
York In its provisions for education.
In many ways, Il stands at the top. 10
10 the only state that has elevated
statewide education TO the exalted
position OF having q hne building
hner In many ways than the capitol
.tself-devoted to education alone.
This immense edihce Is one Of tho
anest public buildings In the United
states II IL Just across the street
from the capitol 7O2 feet long. lO7
feet wide with an ell l69 by iS5 feet.
the whole four stories high. II Is sur.
rounded with thirty-slx columns Of
Vermont marble, reaching the entira
height OF the four stories. The In
terror is simply grand, and Is wholly
devoted to the cause OF education and
housing one OF the largest and best
state libraries in America New York
has already expended s5.0o0.OOo on
this public monument 20 free educa
ton. The states provisions along this
line reach every department, from
the highest college and university 70
the most insignificant rural district.
Should the Catholics secure this di.
vision OF the public school fund. they
have accomplished very much toward
the complete destruction OF the states
I free school system. The entire or
I ganiEation would be disrupted. In
many places where the Catholics are
strong, the teachers In the public
schools would be decreased one-han
or more and the present fund would
suffer in the same ratio. The Cath
ollcs would receive the money for
their nun-instructors and catcheism
courses. The present high plane Of
popular education would be lowered.
but taxes would not be reduced. The
. present perfect system maintained
by the state would be banished and
the supervision fall into the hands Of
. Polish, Italian, Irish and other foreign
/ priests, bishops and prelates. Unpaid
nuns, unfit, under the present regu-
lations, would wear their garb in the
school and assume the role Of teach
ers. The essentials TO the present
/ day education would be subordinated
I TO the teachings Of the church, and the
magnificent system OF tree schools
would fall TO the level Of the parochlAl
schools Of Italy and Mexico.
should this division Of the public
school fund be brought about what
need would there be for that great
building ! have mentionedl School
headquarters would soon be removed
to the priest-house. the church and
cathedral; or else the priest. the bishop
and the parochial school officers would
remove 10 the educational building.
Do you think this Is too strongf
Well, let such a provision once be
placed on the statute books Of New
York, and the inevitable result viii
be that, elated with their success thus
far Catholics. through n Catholic Les.
islature, like the present one, would
demand other concessions. till In time
the entire free school system would
be destroyed. Protestants. how DO
'ou like the prespectf Would yor
like 70 see your state Superintendent
OF education wearing the red hat Of
a cardinal. your county superinteno-
ents dressed In the garb Of the bigoted
priest and the teachers OF your ehn-
dren pacing the schoolroom In their
long. nowing robes Of the eonventf I
don't think you free people Of the
Empire state. who have dug down into