The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-08-01
Secret Document Revelation of Archbishop
and Catholic Clergy in Elections and Legislature
BoastingIy Told by Themselves
PAPAL HEADQUARTERS In SPRINGFIELD
Political Machine Includes Priests Who Manipulate Parishes Like Po5S
siOna Ward eelers-Are They in Politics? What Do You
Think In View of WHAT Follows?

It's inStitutionsi Do you think il
would be long before the whole
Russian caboodle were bundled
out of the countryi
But why shouldn't the Gar do
that IL the pope is allowed 10 do
it, Isn't the Car the head of
the Greek Catholic church,
Couldn't he set up the same
Specious plea Of religion, and
couldn't he consistently claim for
his alleged Greek Catholicism all
that the papists claim for their
alleged Roman Catholicism What
alton of ninnies we are TO per-
M. such an invasion Of our coun.
try--to house a horde Of papal
spies in every state house and In
the capitol. Can't you see how you
are being tricked out of your
birthright by these foreign diplo-
mats and native traitorsi But
read further and see how this
committee Of pope servers busted
themselves.
SCHOOL LEGISLATION THEIR
PRINCIPAL CONCERN
"As in former years. 20 during the
session Just closed the school question
wus again the principal subject Of leg.
aannHraas srAaaA .saawF=t.a
directed. The bills introduced cOverea
= variety Of subjects, some we're merit.
orious, and perhaps necessary, others
were costly and az the same time more
theoretical than practical Others again
dealt with subjects or made provisions
which we're unfair and therefore antag.
onistic 20 our Catholic schools"
FREE TEXTBOOK BILL DEFEATED
"Our first encounter with the Time
Houorci' FREQ text book proposition
came on April 10, before the Senate
Committee on Education, snd-as usual
we won. This time the enemy came in
disguise. A free text book provision
was concealed in a Uniformity Of Te1t
Books bill Since there was no FREQ text
book bill introduced in the Senate, We
did not apprehend any danger from
that direction. After getting the tip
however, that there was free text book
joker contained in one Of the Uniformity
Bills, we attended the committee meet
ing, and found that the senate commit
tee had drawn up a committee bill which
was 10 take the place Of several uni.
furmity bills introduced In the senate.
Section l3 Of this bill contained the OBJ
iectonabe feature. After your chair.
man Of tho Legislative Committee OBJ
tanned the floor and explained the posi-
tion taken by the Catholics Of the state
represented through his committee, one
senator moved TO strike out all Of sec
tion l3, and order the bill printed Ss
amended. Not a voice was raised in op-
position 20 this motion, and the free
text book question was settled rs far
as the senate is concerned.
"The next occasion for action along
this line came when the house commit
tee on education had under consideration
House Bill No. 304. This bin was intro
duced by Mr.. Madsen, a Socialist, and
was the only absolute free text book
(measure) introduced during tho ses-
sion. At the committee meeting Mr..
Madsen chsmpioned his bill vsliantly,
but his arguments were promptly met by
the chairman and secretary Of our com.
mittee, and others. After the committee
rad voted 70 report the bill out with
the recommendation that % do not pass.
Mr. Madsen explained the situation by
avorring that we we're too well organ
lied and be considered that the prin-
cipal cause for the defeat Of the bill -
And we all must admit that
Rome is too well organized for
the public school system to last
much longer if the people persist
in indifference to, and liberation
of, foreign meddling in the inter
nal affairs of the nation and the
states. The people Of Illinois
must be proud of the spineless
representatives they elected to be
bluffed by these gum-shod, pussy
footed agents of an alien mon.
arch
The question involved is not so
much as TO whether free text
books are desirable or undesir.
able; but as to whether the people
of Illinois are to decide that ques.
tion, or whether the pope Of Rome
and his henehmen are TO decide
it. There is not a doubt about
free text books increasing the
efficiency of the public schools
and on this point, as on all Other