The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-10

 Evangel is the Rev. George w. Mo Pherson, of Yonkers, a Baptist clergy man. He replied simply that he had nothing to say when he was asked to explain the distribution of the pam phlets. When told, however, that the matter had been brought to the atten- ton of Cardinal Farley and the Jesuits and the alleged paths had been de- nounced, he saida
 T challenge th@ production of the real paths. Until then, have noth- ing to say"
 See Politics in Circular.
 MT. McPherson had announced from the tent platform that the pamphlets were for sale at the tent door. Not many of them were sold, however. and for several nights they were given away. The oath represented as ta- ken by the Knights of Columbus is also being distributed as a, political circular and is called '@The Real Rea- son Why the Bosses Want to Cruelty Governor Sulzer."
 One quotation from the purported k 1T denounce and disovn any ale glance as due to the Protestant king, prince or state, or obedience to any of their inferior officers. I do fur ther declare the doctrine of the Church of England, of the Calvan- 1SIS, u0nOIS dIlO OIl1C4 A 4O(OSCoAAIS to be damnabIe and those to be damn ed who will not forsake the same"
 Mgr. Patrick J. Hayes read copies of the paths in the reception room of Cardinal Far1ey's residence.
 This is all bunk" he said. f'It is the matter is, we priests take no 'oaths.' We take a VOW of obedience and reverence to our bishop. We pronounce what is known as the Rite of Ordination in which we make a profession of our faith, recittng the Apostles Creed. We express our be- lief in the infallibility of the Pope and the doctrine of the Immaculate Con- ception.''
 The alleged oath of the Jesuit, as printed in the pamphlet, makes such a candidate among other things prom ise:
 "I do furthermore promise and de- clare that I will, when opportunity presents, make and wage relentless war, secretly or openly, against all heretics, Protestants and liberals, as I am directed to do, to extirpate them from the face of the earth; that l shall spare neither sex, age nor con dition and that I will hang, burn, waste, boil, Hay, strangle and bury alive those infamous heretics, and crush their infants heads against the walls in order to annihilate their ex- ecrable race.
 The Rev. Joseph H. Rockwell, pas tor of the Church of St. Francis Xavier, the Jesuit church in West Six tieenth street, said to a reporter:
 There is not the slightest shred of truth in this oath It is a lie. It is the work of Freemasonry. The con- text is the same as that issued in the Menace, an anti-Catholic publication.
 The alleged oath of the Knights of Columbus makes the members of the order promise to dcnounce allegiance to Protestant magistrates or officials, always to vote for a Knight of COlum- bus in preference to a Protestant.
 Knights Promise Loyalty.
 MT. Smith declared that the only "oath'' which the Knights of Column bus take is one of loyalty to country and to Church. He said:
 When we join the Knights of Co., lunbus we promise to support the constitution of the United States and to be loyal to the interests of the Ro- man Catholic Church. There is no oath and there are no secrets, except that as Catholic men we are banded together for fraterna1 purposes
 Three London clergymen were an nounced as speakers in the activities this summer at the Tent Ezvangel. They are the Rev. Len c. Broughton, of Christ Church; the Rev. A. c. Dox- op Of inc MetrODo1ita0 .Ta ahernac1e and