Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-05-23
Editor Brann's Opinion of Tom
mie VIII Interest Many
Readers.
A Most IntOlerant and Narrow
Minded Little Blather-
skite.
WORSE THAN BENEDICT ARNOLD

Now that Thomas L. Watson, who
has failed to destroy the Catholic
church in America, has been again
indicted for violation of the postal
laws, w. G. Brann's opinion OF
Tommie's tommyrot, expressed in
1897, will doubtless interest many OF
our readers. He said:
Somebody whom / have never
harmed sends me an A. p. A. tract
entitled "A Good Catholic" and is
sued by Tommie Watson, who once
tried to run for Vice President on
the Middle-of-the-Muck ticket-for
the purpose of turning back the re-
form tide and electing the humble
peon of the gold-buggers, high
tariffites and trusts. Tommie's Ape
tract is simply an "ad" for a weekly
paper which he seems to be getting
out all by his little self somewhere
in Gooberdom. On the front eleva-
tion of this bombshell with which
he expects to blow the Vatican
across the yellow Tiber the state
ment is made in display type that,
for the trifling sum of 81 in hand
paid, 'You can read the brilliant,
patriotic editorials of Hon. Thos. e.
Watson" for an entire year-grant-
ing of course that their Promethean
brilliancy fail to set your shirt-tail
afire in the meantime. There is no
provision for the return of your
money in case Tommie's exuberant
patriotism should overpower you.
We are then assured that mo
Roman Pope or American Cardinal
can coerce" the architect Of the
brilliant and patriotic editorials"
aforesaid. Now that's the kind OF a
man i admire! Hang a Georgia
editor, say l, who sells himself to
the Pope of Rome for six bits, or
rushes around to an American Car
dinal every morning before breakfast
with the proof-sheets of his labored
lucubrations, humbly asking permis-
sion to print. The brilliant and
patriotic editor of a Georgia paper
having a paid circulation OF 71O
copies can not be too independent.
~ is solemn duty to keep watch and
ward over this country and promptly
put a kibosh on every conspiracy OF
the Pope. Like most brilliant
patriots, Tommie has sacrificed a
great deal for conscience's sake.
When he tried to save the country
by playing second tail to the Bryan
kite for the purpose of dividing the
reform forces and electing Republi-
can President, the Pope and all his
"priest-led citizens" straddled his
collar. rode him into an open grave
and piled a Cathedral on top of him
to hold him down-at least | suppose
they did, from the way in which this
raucous little Buzfuz is chewing the
rag. Had he been "A Good Catholic"
he would have been elected with
votes to burn; for did not Dick
Bland have to hide out in the Ozark
hills to escape the Presidential nom
ination the moment It was rumored
that his wife was "Romanist?" Did
not Generals Sherman and Sheridan
have to insulate themselves to avoid
the Presidential lightnings which
played around them continuously
because they were Catholics? Sure!
Tommie is doubtless correct in his
assertion that the Pope controls
American politics and dictates every
act of Congress. That is amply
proven by the fact that after all
lut6G ytdIb lnC kdlhOAiNo
representative in the President's
Cabinet. That all Catholics are
sworn enemies OF this republic and
poems of the Pope is demonstrated
by the fact that the "Romish" Attor-
ney General refused to permit his
people to erect at their own expense
a chapel on Government ground at
West Point-the general public be-
ing taxed meanwhile to maintain an
Episcopalian clergyman at that place
Tommie protests that he Is both
Baptist and devoid of bigotry. II he
can make this claim good will un.
dertake to secure for him an en-
gagement at 81 900 a day in a dime
museum as the greatest curio evel
seen in this country. Doubtless there
are many good people who are Bap
lists. but IGod's sunlight never fel
upon one who was not bigot. The
man who comedies that II is possible
for one to reach heaven except HI
be soused bodily into some sacret
slop-tub Is not Baptist. III h,
thinks he is he has made a fault!
diagnosis OF his disease. II is th'
sworn foe OF Catholicism. vet no
one OF its members in a million ha
the remotest idea what Catholicism
means. II assumes that the grea
body of Catholics are ignoran
clowns. while itself absorbing so pc
cent. of the illiterates OF this LAND
The more ignorant an animal is tn
more bigoted Baptist II is likely /
be. can not at present think OF
single American OF distinction VIII
was a member OF that denomination
have passed In mental review tb
great American statesmen. soldiers
authors and inventors. and find onl
one among them who was wei
footed Garfield was campbellite-
and had he not been murdered n
one would have suspected that y
was a great man. II anv one OF n
immortelles was OF the Baptist pe'
suasIon he was probably ashamed {