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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-27
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FATHER PHELAN OFF THE RESERVATION
Called 10 The Carpet Ter hbordns6sa and Criticism s Bhop
Sehrenbs-But Nothing Was Said About His 'To Hell With
the Government apd Many 0thsr Anarchsie Uttsr.nc.,

Father d. s. Phelan, editor Of
the Western Waiohman. though for
many years under the discipline Of
Rome. is impelled BY HE Irish blood
TO tell the truth at times and that
snti-papal habit puts him In bad
with his supcriors Of the hierarchy.
When Phelln made the notorious
declaration that II the government
Of the United States were in con.
fiict with the pope Of Rome, he and
other good Catholics would say, "To
bell with the government OF the
United States" Il was expected by
some that he would be called down
for the use Of such undiplomAtic
language; but Phelsn evidently
knew his business and spoke the
sentiments Of his superiorS In that
declaration. However, when his
hot Irish brought him into conflict
with the German bishop, Schrembs,
and he presumed TO ignore the
etiquette Of Rome to the extent Of
criticising the bishop, then was
there an offense Of sufficient magni.
tude 10 attract the attention Of John
Bonzano, the pope's lieutenant in
charge Of the United States.
BonIano not only compelled
Phslan TO retract his uncomplimen-
tary remarks in regard 10 the bish-
op, but forced him to print q hu-
initiating letter Of that tenor in his
paper. The matter has attracted
much attention in st. Louis where
Phelan Is regarded as an interest
ing character because of his dispo-
sition TO say and write what he
thinks and feels. But that attitude
is too American 10 be approved OF
allowed by Rome. According to
Romish preoept his first duty, as q
Catholic, is unqualified obedience
The infallible does the thinking for
the whole world, and his editors
must print nothing but the infall.
ible thinks proceeding from that
source.
This is not the first time that
Phelan has got in bad with the
Romish powers-that-be through re.
curing impulses to speak out the
thought that wells up within. Twen.
ty years ago when the agitation for
division Of the school funds was be.
ginning TO be noised around with
the approval Of sundry archbishops
and cardinals, Phelan opposed the
scheme and wrote:
"In this conflict which Is now upou
US the WdtohmaN must stand alone. W,
are unalterahly Of the conviction that
the denominational system is the yery
worst that could be devised for our eoun
try. We have no hssitancy. in stating
that the present purely secular system
is the very best that could be adopted
for our Heterogeneous mass Of believers
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-27

Have we 80 be~n 10 patient vith the
rassally hle0ts uho pcs eAlumnisf HAp
~ cot some redrc.s against thoss cut
rngcoua httacks upon ukAi ~ hold most
sarredf II ts true hat IN many carcs The
slanderous and obscsns ercafures who
vrits ths eurFsui hbels upoa he Chareh,
the priests and the nuns are sufficiently
adroit to word their calumnies IN such
virs that their Attacks are not legally
aetionahle. but this IL By no means
always the casa Fiaes aad sal ssAfeaces
ore fAs oaly orpuasnts uAicA rosld
APPEAL 10 fAs ahaadoaed crtnisals rAo
orr df prcssaf eacaoei " tAs terp acfire
ecstion may he allowed here, would u
not BE- N sdvaroe step for the ccclesias'
tical authorities 10 eafrun tie matter 20
tAs Ksights Of Colursbus n tAs uar'ous
kaoeses. They are composed Of both
vicsts and Aymen, and, n Ne may judge
What they could DO from what they
pps done and are 500 doiae In the
fercsts Of the Church, surely the care
her reputation could not be placed in
stsr banda God alone Knows bow
leA harm such publications a. THE
NAcn may DO 10 conhrm prejudice in
I otestant minds and 20 weaken or de-
a oy the faith In the minds Of Catholics
Who see and read THE MESAcE because
II Il thrust upon them, hut Who never
- . Catholic paper. To believe that
the.e PUBLICATIONS. do no harm is simply
fatuoua OF course, the Church viii live
through the present attacks, a. she has
lived through much 6ereer ones She
bars q charmed life, and u IL a wonder
the world never WAKES up 10 that fart
present subjected II far more insidious
than that Of former days, and the agency
which her enemies have selected is one
Of the mighticst, whether for good or
evil, that the modern world possesses,
namely, the printing prcsA Hence u Is
cup 10 ush a. the man In the street
would say, 10 keep our presses moving 70
vindieate the Church BY refuting the
calumnies circulated 20 widely against
her, BY exposing her doctrines and laws
and by explaining her traditions and
praetiees All this Is made possible Of
accomplishment by q loyal and generous
support Of the Catholic presa
The above item is taken from the
Parish Monthly. edited by Priest
Richard J. Keeffe, White Plains, N.
Y. and is a veiled attempt to incite
the Mites Of Mob and Murder TO take
the lives Of the editors and publish
ers Of THE MENACE.
This howly hoodlum advises that
the matter be entrusted to the Mites
In the various dioceses and says. "It
zoe may judge Of vhdt they could do,
from phdt hey hare done, and are
nor doing. iR The interest Of The
church, surely the care Of her repu-
tatiOn could not be placed in better
hands"
Sure il couldn'tl
Her reputation was in the hands
Of the gang that tried to take the
life Of Jeremiah J. Crowley at
oelwein, Iowa, a year ago.
Her reputation Fas in the hands
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-27
If You Love Liberty, Then Get Busy

Washington, June 16.-The Nsw York
Trbune and other big dailies recently
contained q press dispatch beaded,
Trust Bill Used to Bury Literacy Test
Immigration Bill-Wilson and Demo.
cratic Leaders Eager 10 Dodge Issue
Trade Commission Measure May Enable
Party 10 Defer Day Of Reckoning"
The news report is too long to repro
duce, but the gist of IL Is as follows;
1.-THE haste with which the democratic
members Of the Interstate Commerce
Committee launched the administration
antitrust legislation in the senate by
reporting the bin for the trade commits.
sion has led to the suspicion that the
president and some, IL not most Of his
followers are trying TO evade the dilemma
presented BY the immigration BILL"
Another paragraph Of the dispatch
that is full Of meat reads as follows:
"The fact that n religious controversy
has been injected into the question makes
Il all the more dangerous politically.
Members Of congress have been flooded
with petitions and memorials urging
them 10 vote for the bill and TO do
their utmost TO defeat the bill. II the
toAl1 coutIONciuy mas Cooicu tne aTuoT OI
Irish-Americans who have hitherto de.
Tended the administration, the hteracy
test win certainly have a similar chilling
effect. II the president decides to ap-
prove the literacy test Il is not inn
probable the Irish. american element
win find cause for grievance and regard
il rs another affront."
The newspapers have contained an
abundance Of similar proof Of the Roman
Catholic church dominating the legisla.
tive situation at Washington. Recently
the senate jammed a bin through as a
rider 10 the naval appropriation bill with
reference TO ehaplains that was prepared
at q conference Of priests with Secre-
taries Garrison and Daniels last June.
And now the president and senator's are
conspiring 20 strangle the hteracy test
immigration bill prepared by 4 eongres-
sional immigration commission after four
. years investigation that cost Uncle Sam
one million dollars, simply because some
Of the Roman Catholic hierarchy direct
that course. Not long ago the newspapers
carried a dispatch from Rome saying the
pope was exerting Influence at Wash
ington" to have the hteraey test sup
pressed.
Runor has ii around washington that
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|.
k-7hxslN tired Of beating the summer EsphyTs
fsNS) with palm leaf fan, and talking 10
you In Sunday school vsrnAoular-
you don't Ike H. Il doesnt touch the iron In your
blood and, besides. Il can't be heard above the
whirring. EiIzing. cracking sound Of the enemys
machine guns-I'm going 10 throw q charge Of
double geared lightning into your camp, and II
your nerves the least BIT groggy you better take
SpArole and 90 down 70 the Mammoth Cave before
the fuse burns down.
There's Job 10 do in this country. And It's
job, too Washington had one similar 70 Il, and
Lincoln had one-you fellows and The Menace,
fortunately or unfortunately, have one-now, the
question S, are you going 10 stand hitchsd and do
1t or are you going to tuck your tails and hunt the
tall timberP
That's all ] want 10 lmowi
II you believe the pope Of Rome has Just right
TO the title Of king Of earth heaven and hell and
that II Is all right for him to sign the death warrant
Of the American nation IL the blood Of Protestant
martyrs, you can just sit still where you are, am
not talking to you at all
II you believe Il Is all right for fat, lecherous
rum soaked priests, who claim that they have pow
ers greater than those possessed by Jesus Christ
himself TO take innocent maidenS and virtuous
women into the secluded recesses Of an old musty
cathedral and ask them questions about private
matters that cannot be printed and circulated
through the United States mails then you viii not
be interested in the hght am talking about, and
the fight that il taking every spark Of my vitality
and that Of my associates
II you believe that Q splinter Of bone from the
carcass Of dead dog or jackass, blasphsmOuSly
represented to be the bone Of some saint" thou
sand years dead, has efficacy for healing the lame,
the halt and the blind and that lengthy newspaper
stories concerning miracles wrought by such hum
buggery and tomfoolery makes good reading In the
bright white light Of twentieth century civilization,
Of course you will not pursue this article to its
conclusion.
II you believe Il is all right for this country to
tolerate ecclesiastical prisons free from taxes per-
sonally owned and personally operated, where
thousands upon thousands Of girls and women are
restrained behind iron bars and forced TO surrender
their virtue to human hyenas, and their lives in
unrequited toll all for the satisfaction and financial
retrenchment in this country Of an alien horde Of
ecclesiastical freebooters and buccaneers, then
am not talking to you either.
II you uphold priesthood that breaches ito
hell with the government Of the United States" II
you believe that the public schools are goddess"
and that they should be destroyed, and that the
school fund which is accumulated from the hard
earned money Of the taxpayers should be divided
with an aggregation Of holy" hoodlums who do
not believe in schools then can hope for no sup
port from you.
If you believe In mObbing and numbering minis
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-27

Catholic holiday at public expense and
in order that Roman Catholicism might
be spread and the public dazed by Rome g
power. The pore has his man Friday,
Bonzano, at Washington representing him
just as any other temporal power has its
man there 10 make deals and enter into
bargains. And 90 the story goes. The
rub is, are you going TO sit idly by and
see Rome strangle the immigration bill,
or will you tell the president and your
senators that you propose TO take a fall
out Of the party that does il this fall
and two years from this fall at the
..allot boxf
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-27

Word 10 received at this Office Of the
good work being done by Rev. Basil E.
Newton. The last Is n hne press notice
by the Gastonia, N. C., Gazette, at which
place be gave a series Of lectures under
the auspices Of Jr. o. u. A. N. II is
related Of Newton that he was at one
time en- q train with several priests Of
Rome. A news reporter came in and
took the names. " Father So and So, /"
said the priests When the reporter came
10 the Arkansawyer, he answered,
Father Newton, IL you please-wife
and children in Hope, Ark. Those fellows
over there are not fathers. II they are,
they are criminals" and Father"
Newton laughed them 10 seorn. "Fa.
ther" Newton was at Fort Worth, Tex,
recently. He lectured for the knights
of Luther Of which he il an accredited
organizer. He does not use rose water
or holy water in his lectures, but h
cleans up muddy thinking on the papal
question, making il clear BY truth spoken
without fear or dissimulation.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-27

crimes, and it was smooth indeed
that this man, AFTER HE WAS
ARRESTED, should offer to raise
an army of five thousand men to go
to Mexico and fight, and thereby
get the personal thanks Of Tumulty's
private secretary, Mr.. Woodrow
Wilson, president of the United
States.
Information from Denver is to
the effect that Owens second trial
will begin Immediately.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-27
A Word to the Men on the Firing Line

tsr Of the gospel and public spirited citizens Of
this republic for the crime" Of speaking IN public
in defense Of the American public schools. liberty
and the hAg, and II you believe IN slsoting men 10
once who also believe IN these things and who bear
GllsgiAnOs TO . SupsrAnnuA.sd old pagan monarch
or the banks Of the nbsr than you WIN not do the
things an going 10 ask you 10 do.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND 49,
II you believe in free speech free prsss. freedom
Of conscience the right TO hfs liberty and the pur
suit Of happiness, Q clean government and q whole
some civilization, YOU BELIEVE IN THE MEN.
AoE-AND THE MENACE DOES NOT BELIEVE
IN ANY OF THE THINGS HAVE ENUMER-
ATED ABOVE.
for which IL Is fighting, and for which II s anxious
10 continue the fight you win not fail 10 clasp hands
with rs In q fight to the death for the promotion
Of these principles and for the preservation Of
liberty and free institutions,
THE MENACE NEEDS YOU NOW As IT
NEVER NEEDED YOU BEFoRBl
The hell hounds Of the Roman Catholic plundsr.
bund are at our very heels howlng for blood.
They are raising thousands Of dollars for both
prosecution and persecution. and they openly boast
that they viii not only destroy The Menace but that
they win hound Its publishers 70 early gravssL
The only way they can do IL Is to bankrupt the
institution-they have exhausted every other TO
source-the gates Of The Menace are closely guard.
ed and every avenue Of escape for Rome Il closed
save this-and know that this win not occur II
The Menace Army can only be convinced Of the
nifty Of the Aght, the snormity Of the expense and
the gravity Of the crisis confronting the American
people.
We are only powerful as the American people
see the need Of our power and make uS powerful
II Is needless for me 10 recount our victories or
elucidste upon the possibilities Of the future-you
are as familiar with these facts a. ! am.
What wish to impress upon you is the necessity
Of not only maintaining the power we have, but Of
increasing It.
Thousands Of you have offered financial assist
ance for legal defense fund within the past few
weeks. WE ARE READY NOW FOR THAT As.
sIsTANcE-but we are going to give something
In return.
For every twenty-five cents sent rs we win mail
a Menace subscription card. II you send dollar
we will mail four cards, each good for years sub.
scription. II you send fve dollars we win send
twenty cards II you send fifty dollars we viii send
two hundred cards ETC., etc.
Get busy now and let's bring The Menace back
to her old time fighting trim.
Send in an order for books, for subscriptions
and for extra copies Of the paper for distribution.
THE STAFF Is TIRED OF THIS DEsULToRY
FIGHTING AT LONG RANGE-LET's CHARGE
THE ENEMY's BREAsTwoRKsl COME oNl
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"The sehoolmaster is abroad and I
trust more 10 him, armed with his primer,
than l do TO the soldier in full military
array, for upholding and extending the
liberties Of his country. ',-Broughdm.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-27

The first item on the calendar Of every
dinky convention of canting Catholics 10
q resolution 10 boycott the San Francisco
exposition, and another 10 demand en-
elusion Of THE MENACE from the mails
These papiSt pistists have a remarkable
way Of propagating religion.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-27

The labor press properly raises the
question why, II Il is Illegal For organised
labor to place hostile firms on the Eve
don't patroniIe list, why Is Il not
also Illegal, and punishable BY Law, for
the papists to boycott the San Francisco
Exposition and such private enterprises
Is the CosmoPolitaa 1agastnsf
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AS To JOSEPH SMITH
s-Or nOsTON-

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<A<n psy rsspses - ths trish-brsd bostos
t<rrt.F - nni.as@sd IANIn ~hsss turbtf tirets
<fs..<s THE hENACE = bsinf - widely sogist
- sarsuisast n tks sasasra "esntsrs 81 euichah-
Ihsrsis ths Gserfis Ql asn1 IN snshsn1s frsss-
i.es wttk De nfsrsrY issksy whoss prurisni pes
IS ssssrsd ssrviss wizh ths papssy and leins h
ths ss@psifa q sultivstsd sanf sfainsi ost-
speAsn presa-
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every bondman in his own hand
bears the power to cancel his captivity"
Shakespeare.
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"a day, an hour, Of virtuous liberty Il
worth a whole eternity in bondage -
1ddtsoA.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-27

IN OF AMERICA, friends Of The
Menace. patriots, comrades ALL am
tired Of beating the summer Esphyrs
with . palm leaf fan. and talking 10
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-04-22
ARCTANDER.

Arctander, April 20 Farmers
around here have been busy all week
with seeding, and the fields have
been in excellent condition to be
worked. A few more days of this
nice weather and they will be done
with all small grain.
Jacob Foshager has carpenters at
work putting on new siding and re-
Singing his barn. Martin and John
Walby are doing the work.
Winfred Aasen is busy fixing his
drilling machine by putting on a four
horse power gasoline engine to take
the place of horses.
Martin Roisum spent last Sunday
at the E. Gunderson home.
Mrs l.. Johnson and daughter, Mrs,
Magnus Hanson visited at Hauge's
last Tuesday.
Quite number in this vicinity are
i'll with the humps but we hope this
disease will leave when the warm
weather comes.
+ Mr.. Hedman, agent for the Howard
Lake Nursery Co., was at Kerkhoven
last Saturday, delivering trees to
those he had received orders from
His trees grow so we'll that most of
the farmers take their order from
him.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-04-22
TRlPOLIS.

Tripolis, April 20-There will be
high mass and communion services
next Sunday at eleven o'clock a. m.
Sunday school at ten.
Syster Ingeborg, a missionary from
China will speak in the church next
p. m.
The Y. P. S. will have their next
meeting Friday evening.
Ernest Johnson was in Willmar a
few days last week.
Mrs. Nels Magnuson and baby, Ell
vim, came out from Willmar last Fri
day for few days visit with her par.
ents here.
A program and necktie social will
be given in Dist. No. IS, next Thurs
day evening.
Mrs. Lovisa Johnson came up from
Minneapolis Saturday for visit at
the c. A. Larson home.
Amy Redig left for Diamond Lake
last Sunday, where she will teach 4
month of school. Mrs. Einar Soren'
son the former teacher having left to
make her home at North Dakota.
Carl Addison was badly kicked by
a horse Saturday noon. He was rem
dered unconscious. We all hope fo1
a speedy recovery.
All the farmers are soon done with
the seeding of their small grain. The
weather the past week has been fine
for spring work.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-04-22
NORWAY LAKE.

Norway Lake, April 20-George
Swenson and Oscar Mankel shipped
two carloads of stock to South ST.
Paul last Thursday.
Miss Gena Skaalerud called on Mae
Stene Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. August Dengerud visited with
his brother, Theodore Sunday.
Amanda and Leonard Rustad and
Anna Stene spent Sunday afternoon
at Gunder Swenson's.
Mrs. G.. Stene left Monday fol
Rhame, N. D., for short stay.
A church social will be given at M
o. Rustads Sunday afternoon, April
26th, at three o'clock. Lunch will be
served. Everyone welcome.
Miss Mabel Erickson called or
Mable and Lottie Syverson Sunday.
The Y. P. S. at the Synod church
Sunday evening was we'll attended
and good program was given.
Mr.: Eddie Gordhammer returned
home last Monday from the cities
where he has been visiting for short
time.
Miss Anna Stene returned home
last Thursday from Willmar, where
she had some dentist work done.
Mrs. Danielson and Mrs. Scot were
nicely entertained at Mrs. S. Hattie
| stad's last Monday.
Mr.. Earl Stark is working for Au
gust Dengerud at present.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-04-22
LONG LAKE.

Long Lake, April 20-Services will
be conducted in the Long Lake
church next Sunday at II a. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Swenson and
children from near Willmar were
Monday afternoon callers at the DAY.
i'd Swenson home.
Miss Manda Netland assisted Mrs.
J. Larsen with some dressmaking a
few days last week.
Miss Alma Martinson called at the
Jalmer Larson home Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch Ekblad and
daughter, Margery were Sunday af-
ternoon guests at the latter's parental
home.
Miss Selma Netland left last Mon
day for Paynesville, where she will
visit with her brother-in-law and Sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Rykken for some
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. Bratberg called
at the C. diversion home Sunday eve
ming.
Mrs. Anna Swenson called at the
Jalmer Larson home Thursday after
noon.
The mission Band" met with Miss
Minnie Grorud last Thursday after:
noon and the meeting was we'll at.
tended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Grorud and
family were entertained at the G. ]
Bratberg homie last Sunday.
so%0 1 NH,r0
b II. G. Nelson few days last week.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-04-22
PENN0Ck Twill LACE -:-DEPARTmENT

Paul Anderson spent Sunday at his
home in Willmar.
G. c. Haug shipped two cars of
stock last Tuesday.
Nordahl Botnen visited at the E. L..
Thorpe home Sunday.
Rev. Anderson and two daughters
visited here last Wednesday.
A. Benson and J. L. Jarret made a
trip to Atwater last Thursday.
Steberg & Foshager are remodeling
their hardware store this week.
| M. ]. Strandberg made trip to
Atwater Friday to look over his farm.
Miss Tillie Hansen visited at the
J. L. Jarrett home Saturday and Sun
day.
M. J. Rustad shipped a carload of
stock to South St. Paul last Thurs
day. -- .-
Miss Anne Nelson of Willmar WIS.,
tied with her grandmother over Sun
day.
A. Benson has purchased fine
Buick from Sam Osmundson of Will
mar.
The tennis court has been repaired
and furnishes a great deal of amuse-
| ment.
A number of young folks gave q
marshmallow toast last Thursday
evening. >
Mrs. Berglund and son, Alvin, spent
Saturday and Sunday visiting friends
in Willmar.
Reuben Anderson was here Friday
and assisted his brother, Paul In the
meat market. H. 81
| Miss Amy Bergstrom visited at
Willmar with her sister, Florence,
last Friday. r., s .s} D..
Ed. Thonvold and family left Mon
day for the northern part Of the state
where he has purchased q farm.
Eben Lawson Of Willmar, was here
last Wednesday and Thursday and
completed the curtain for the Wood
men hall.