The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-04-12
DOESN'T M|NCE WORDS
The Editor of Brann's Iconoclast
Ridicules the Fake
X. of C. Oath.
In No Uncertain Words He Pays His
Respectst to Watson and Others
of His Kind.

lenges for proof Tom Watson, who is
under indictment in the Federal
courts for sending obscene matter
through the mails. and the filthy lit
tie Menace, assisted by their ignorant
cohorts in the Guardians of Liberty,
are still busy circulating what they
claim to be the knights of Column
, bus oath. C. a. Mindle. editor of
Brann's Iconoclast. and himself Prot
estant. pays his respect to these
The object is to SANDER and rob
! Catholics Of their rights as American
citizens. 1t is unnecessary for Knights
of Columbus to deny that this oath is
part Of their ritual. 1t bears in
! tcrnal evidence sufficient to refute the
| charge. The language in which it is
framed proves that it does not belong
to this age, but to the period in his
tory when Catholics and Protestants
sought to eXterminatc each other by
fire and sword. This was before Lord
Baltimore established the Common
wealth Of Maryland and, according IT,
the historian Bancroft, gave religious
liberty it's first home in the wide
world" Lord Baltimore was 81 Cath
olic. No amount of sophistry and lie
ing can obscure this fact.
/, The above oath is practically dent-
t.,o1 r,r;% 10
,Jesuits nearly four hundred years ago.
/, 1t had it's parallel in oaths taken by
! the Protestant League. sworn to de-
stroy Catholicism. The clash of these
forces stained pages of history with
! blood and tears. Walker and Watson
are trying toeturn backward the dial
chapters of human history. Their
purpose is infamous. Their methods
are damnabIe.. For this reason the
1coonoclast is eimpelcd and compelled
to take stand in opposition to these
men, While L am not a Catholic,
refuse to remain silent when unscru-
pulous bigots seek to line their pockets
by coming prejudice and ignorance in
to gold. Uncontradicted lies soon
pass for trutbS, and for this reason
make 1T nlI business to. thrust the
spear Of light through the shield and
heart of every hell born lie that cross
es my pathway. .
The knights of Columbus consti-
tute a fraterral insurance society,
whose members are dropped from the
roll for non payment of dues. Even
If it were possible to get Catholics OF
our day to take such an oath they
would not be idiotic enough to write
it in the ritual of an insurance So
ciety. Common sense will tell any
man that such a, thing could not be.
Walker and Watson are liars, who
have taken advantage Of the fact
that, blinded by prejudice, thousands
This means subscriptions, the sale OF
literary stilcttoes, little cheap noto.
j, riety and much gold for their Golfers.
But many Protestants are getting their
eyes open to the real situation. Even
Bird S. Colcr. former mayor of Brook
Ign, n. Y. in his book entitled, 1.-Two
and Two Make Four" exclaims I'VE
Protestants have been reading lies,
thinking them history!"
AS matter OF fact. Kni shts o!
Columbus are not required to take
an oath, in the strict sense of that
term. They have an obligation. the
same as the Modern Woodmen and
other fraternal orders.
+, Will Editors Walker and Watson
please inform us where, outside Of
their own sanctums. these "barbarous
savages of America may be found?
! Please direct us to the wild haunts"
referred to in this horrible oath:
:, When did knights Of Columbus. in full
fillment Of their oaths. ever attempt
to 'eXtirpate Masons and Protestants
J, from the face" of the whole earth: ,"
In what raid upon their Protestant
neighbors did these bold. bad Knights
refuse to spare age, sex or condi-
tion?' Their society has been in en-
istcnce nearly forty years, and unless
Walker is an unmttieated liar, he
ought to be able to name one instance
, in which some X. c.. in compliance
with this alleged oath. tried to burn.
{ hang, waste, boil. fay, strange and
;, bury alive infamous heretics." or "trip
| up the stomachs and wombs of their
j, women and crush. their infants
; heads against the wall" When and
where did it happen?
5 That rot about refusing to employ
= Protestants.'' and placing Catholic
> girls in Protestant families" buying
). EARNS and ammunition. so as to be
: in readiness to .exterminate Protest