The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-12-06
Press Evading The Facts
In Favor oi Romanism

exposed 20 fun public view the false
hoods. deceit and trickcry 10 which
the Roman hierarchy stoops In lts a..
tempt 20 divert ccnslre from he NOR.
ally rotten priesthood. and TO influ.
ence public opinion In iis favor. The
Menace has claimed repeatedly that
the Roman hierarchy owns the soul
Of the public press. u any Of our
readers doubts the truth OF this claim.
let him or her read the following
news" item from lie Philadelphia
Record of November ~. page 1, under
the heading schmidt On Trial To-
day"
New York. Nov IS-Hans
Schmidt. who confessed 10 killing An.
ma Aumuller. a German girl he had
married by a sclfperiormed ceremony
while masqueradinE ~ a priest, and
afterwardinF dismembering her body
and throwing u into the Hudson riv.
er." etc.
We have always had a strong sus.
piclon that the Philadelphia Record
was controlled by the Romanlsts.
What better proof Ia wanting that our
suspicion In wellfounded than the
above paragraph? schmidt masquer.
aiding as a priest! II schmidt was a
masquerader. then every Roman
priest In New York city is a masQuer.
ader. for they all are engaged. more
or less, In performing the very func.
tions which this priest Schmidt per.
formed: that Is, administering the sac.
rament, hearing the confession, bless
ing this. that. and the other thing az
50 much per- praying souls out OF pur.
gatory. absolying the sins OF the dy-
Ing. baptizing the newborn. and mar.
rying men and women Schmidt WAS
a priest in good standing In the Ro.
man Catholic church when he betray-
ed aud foully murdered the woman
who trusted him. No paper then call.
cd him n masquender Now that the
rottenness Of the Roman priesthood is
80 vividly exposed, the hierarchy has.
tens TO call one Of their number mas.
querader. II the truth we're known,
and the disguise were stripped from
every priest in New York City. there
would be found scores OF masquerad.
ers Schmidt was shown up; there.
fore the Romaniled lress hurries to
the support OF the discredited Roman
system.
One who knows the Roman system
knows that its priests are continually
masquerading under the DISCUSSES
OF piety. humility, celibacy, temper
ance and whgtnot, and Il would seem
1uite appropriate that Schmidt should
masquerade as a priest when he Sc
about doing his inhuman, ghoulish
work. But this is not what the Rec.
ord means to convey The Record In
tends 20 hoodwlnk Is readers iato
thinking that Schmidt had nothing to
dc with the Roman church. that ne
merely posed as a priest. whereas he
was an ordained priest In the Catholic
church. Here We have, then, great
daily newspaper deeelying its readers
Persons who follow the daily papers
will not be deceived. however, by the
Records frantic effort 10 cxculnate the
Roman priesthood, and the chief dam
age done is to the Record itself. IL II
so twists and warps the news of the
day, il brands itself unreliable and un
worthy OF public consideration.
Now IL lies within the power OF 10y
al American citizens to purify the
public press from such abuse OF its
powers and privileges. No paper car
forever hold the patronage Of loyal
citizens when IL caters 10 one clique
as the Record in this case caters to
the Roman hierarchy Patriotic so
cieties in Philadelphia and through
nut Pennsylvania should mark these
dcceits OF the press, and patroniZe
only such papers as are free from
them. When dropping a paper. be
cause OF its double-dealing. write to
its editor and explain your reason
for so doing. In this manner the
crooked papers, run for the purpose
OF bolstering up the rottenness OF
Rome. will see that they are in a los.
ing game-that II payt to deal square
ly with the public. As all daily pa
pers are supported nr,ialy by Protes.
tant rssLv;s, these readers should
expect and demand a fair deal A
large per centage OF Romanists in ev-
cry city are foreigners. unable to read
English. We're il not Tor the Protest
ants. the large majority Of whom are
intelligent and educated, many Of the
newspapers would haze to go out of
business. And yet, { csc papers like
the Record, insult the people on whose
patronage they fatten by such shame
less tricks as that noted above. And
just SO long as the Protestants permit
it, the shameful deceit win go on.
In the issue Of Nov. 10, The Menace
gives a brief account OF Protestant
evangelist who. found guilty of insult
ing lady. was given Fn excessive fine
because Of his profession. That Is
all very well. il the flea we're 10 be
carried out consistently. But when
arc the courts and the organs Of pub
l'city consistent? One does not have
to be sixteen to know that nearly ev.
cry week. charges sgainst Roman
rrfazts ere hafnQ drornad bueh.a 80,