Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-09-20
Confronts Him With Challenges
That Made Menace
Vince.
His Letter to Walker Has Not
Nor Ever Will BE
Answered.
OFFER OPEN TO ANY BIGOT

This week space is given to more
Of DR.. Charles Cummings letter to a
bigot, in which he renews his chal-
lenges TO Rev. Ted Walker, and ad-
ministers a severe chastising to an
other bigot, Walter Sims, who halls
from Bay City, Mich, from which is
extracted the following:
My popularity must be increasing
with the guardian of bigotry. AS
write | am handed the Christian, a
publication inflicting itself on an al
ready sorely tried and overworked
army of bigots. Its author is one
Walter Sims, a liar from Bay City,
Mich. Now Walt is not as decent as
Ted. Ted calls his what It is, the
Menace. But just listen to Walt; ne
displays an adamantine cheek in
calling his literary abortion the
Christian. If Uncle Sam does not
take care the health authoritie.
will order a quarantine on his Post
Office Department and he will be
compelled to establish a disinfectant
plant in all of them. Now Christ was
neither a fraud, a hypocrite or a liar;
Sims is past master in all these
Satanic accomplishments. His Chris
tian is a lie from cover to cover, and
displays just about as much Chris
tianity as we might expect If the
devil was its editor-in-chief 1T is
:ery evident that Walt thinks Ted
Is getting too great a monopoly OF
coming prejudice and ignorance into
tc tn 10 Int
business. Just a glimpse at one of
his little old dried up chestnuts. Walt
says the Pope blessed and took sides
with the Confederacy. The Popes
have always showered their blessings
upon all nations and people, Prot
estant and Catholic alike, and it is
entirely likely that he blessed the
South, as no doubt he blessed the
North. He of course took no sides
As there were ten times as many
Catholics residing in the North as in
the South, and ten times as many
Catholics soldiers enrolled in the
Northern army as in the Southern,
don't you think that lie falls of its
own absurdity? Now IL Sims thinks
my diagnosis of his character is not
absolutely correct, let him come to
the rescue of the Rev. Theodore
Walker, editor of the Menace, and
accept any one of my three challenges,
and will prove it to him.
Now, Mr.. DeWald, If you think the
Menace is not foul lie as | have
charged, why don't you accept one OF
my challenges? Walker and Watson
have no monopoly on the right to
accept them. They are open to any
accept my first challenge, as it
would be distasteful to a man of rev.
erend cloth to have to sign and pub
lsh that horrible confession OF guilt.
He did not accept my second chal-
lenge because the penalty for each
proven lie of the Menace would mean
a month in jail The execution OF
such a penalty would not only require
the remaining days of the reverence's
life, but the combined lives of all
those dear patriots on the firing
line," to carry out. such a sentence.
He did not accept my third challenge.
which had especially to do with those
lying books he advertises under the
csption, Books You Should Read. "
This challenge is open to the auth
ors of the books, II they are living,
or to the readers or disseminators of
the same. Neither they nor Walker
has or will accept this challenge, as
the penalty of defeat provides that
the one defeated shall walk the
streets of his respective city one
hundred days of ten hours each,
dressed in a convict's garb, and
wearing upon his breast any denuncia-
tion the victor may choose to die
tate. and then exile himself forever
from America. Walker, goaded by
Brann's Iconoclast, and the Western
Catholic, did work bluff at accept
ing my first challenge.
My reply to this pretense OF accept
ing my first challenge Ca copy of
which / enclose you under separate
cover), was full and complete and
rallied up every avenue of escape.
This letter was handed to the Men
ace by no less a parsonage than
Uncle Sam. In It's oifice in Aurora, on
December 5, 1912. In the Menace OF
December 7, 1912, the reverend"
editor prints his letter to me and
says he has not heard from me. He
repeats this lie on December IA,
1912. Several times since this cow
ardly character assassin has printed
iRtimations like this: LET DR..
Cummings come across This he does
10 keep the dust in the eyes OF his
dupes When he did not reply or
print my letter TO him, had II pub
lished elsewhere. See Western Cath
olic and the February Iconoclast
This letter has never been an
swered; viii never be answered. The
reverend" edior OF the Menace
stands today. June IS. 1918. a
whipped and crInglng cur. and his
creation. the Menace. an indelible
stain OF "blood and grease" upon the
fame OF America. The English Ian
guage Is not strong enough TO give