Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-09-02
A CATECHISM

Question: What is to be said of
anyone who attempts to stir up re-
ligious prejudice?
Answer: He ought, at least, to be
suppressed as an enemy to religion
and society.
Q. How about the man who enlists
religious prejudice against great
moral reform?
A. That might be called adding in
suit to injury.
Q. Who is attempting to stir UT
.eligious prejudice and resentment?
A. The ROYAL Arch. an organiZa
ton of saloon keepers.
Q. How are they trying to do
this?
A. BY sending out letters to Cath
Giles calculated to inflame them
against the proposed constitutional
amendment making Arizona dry
@. Why is the Royal Arch doing
| this?
A. Because il is attempting ia
save the saloon and make the Cath
Ole church the instrument by which
the saloon shall be saved.
Q. What excuse does the Royal
Arch offer for this reprehensible at
tempt to make the Catholic church
its side-partner?
A. A so-called legal opinion to
the effect that if the amendment
carried the Catholic church could not
use fermented wine for Holy Com
munion.
@. Is legal opinion conclusive
evidence on this point?
A. No. a legal opinion is only
valuable when it forecasts court
decision. An opinion not likely to
be sustained in court is not worth
the paper on which it is written.
Q. Did the Royal Arch get more
than one opinion?
A. Yes, they secured several opin-
ions, and then used only the ones
that favored their side.
Q. Is it possible to get legal opin
! ions that directly conflict with each
other?
| A. Yes, indeed you can get any
| kind Ct an opinion you are willing to
pay for
! Q. Why were some of the opin-
| ions secured by the Royal Arch te
the effect that the amendment would
make it crime to use fermented
wine fo' communion?
| A. Because the lawyers giving the
opinion knew what was expected OF
them or We're ignorant of the fact
that statutes were construed accord.
ing to the intent OF the people wis
/ enact them.
@. Who asked for the opinion OF
the attorney who decided that com
munion wine was barred?
A. Amos O'Keefe, of Tucson.
@. Who is Amos O'Keefe?
A. He is proprietor of the FL Moro
saloon at Tucson and president o
the Royal Arch, an organization o
the saloon keepers of Arizona.
/ Q. Who gave Amos OKeefe thu
authority to look after the spiritua
welfare of the Catholic church?
A: His fellow saloon keepers.
\ Q. Why should Amos O'Keefe TAX
such an interest in the Holy Eucha
! rist or Holy Communion?
n. ne Is iHlcltSltu OILY Ill SiN III
the saloon business and he will EN-
ploy any means to accomplish tina
end
! Q. How did Amos O'Keefe circu
late the opinion of the lawyer afte
he got it?
A. He enlisted the service of job
I. Reilly, of Tucson, who sent it on
for him
RI Q. Who is John l. Reilly.
I A. He is district deputy of tn
knights of Columbus
Q. Why was Reilly selected
serve the purpose of the Royal Arch
81 A. Because of his connection wit
the Catholic organization tha
OKeefe wanted to rake his chestnut
out of the fire.
al @. What does John l. Reilly say
his letter to excuse him for an al
5 tempt to form a partnership betwee
the church and the saloon?
A. He says that the efforts of til
thousands of good people of Arizor
: to abolish the saloon is IAN attemI