The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-11
OMAN HOODIUMS MOB W. H. BOIES AT SPRINGFIELD I'LL

would permit the staging Of such dgAcofu The very
Of their capitol city.
To the casual observer-the unsophoa,ed man
who thinks Catholicism really religion and that people who ad
here 70 good other peopeit certainly puzzle the
light Of twentieth century education and environment and To-
cy which has been baptized in the blood Of marty 70 the cause
Of free speech and free press
But there and sinister influence abroad in the land that
he does not understand He not OgniEan Of invisible
men He does not observe the intriguing and underhAnd workings
which breaches doctrine hell with the American gov
ernment and takes orders from ignorant Italian the banks Of
the Tbe But i is reality just the same and sad reality in the
great state Of Illinois at the present time.
From governor and mayor school
practically ali spponess in the state Of Illinois adhere to Rome pO
C and rgOusy and constantly seek to follow the edict Of
the pope TO make America Catholic .F'
When they elected by sovereign people
ndueed into Office they took themselves solemn oaths uphold
hce their fahless lips and the law they uphold
has been ampd beneath the feet Of saloon bosses and brOha
madams.
Rome control Springfield Just in
troll Of practically every other large city in the nation
T active members may & mot ALWAYS INV sS sGG ~ me 10 % but they
who PrOtestants should refuse to own.
liquor defiance of law the Of Chris
an civilization the brohe its shame in the face Of decen
and Rome says that they good and must not be disturbed
majority cities have become foreign colonies Amer
soil They the hot beds Of vice. The cheap Sunday
on the beer garden the saloon the dime novel den where vile
literature sold the immoral hotel the dance hall the gambling den
the bohs the papa parOha school where thousands Of children
are taught loyalty to foreign pOentae are all kindred evils either
ocaled Church of Rome is the bulwark of the whole
especially of Springfield and the undputabe
for the mobng of who dare tell them Of their wicked
and point out the
both the courage and ability do this and for this
he must fall victim to the dark lantern assSns who do
the dirty work for the priests in the locality of Springfield
A GLIMPSE AT BoLEs THE MAN
When William Lloyd Garrison leader Of the abolition movement
launched famous beraor in Boston 1884, which started
subscribers and without capital and printed single
and his lone comrad also lived and
kept house. said T in earnest will not equivocae will
not will not retreat single inch And will be heard
Such W. H. Boles the intrepid A. p A. horse Of a
century editor author minister and who has
eCtued extensively to large and apprcavo audiences
in twenty-eight states Of the Union.
The immortal Garrison dragged through the streets Of Bos
by enemies and mobbed the but the spot
where treated there stands today immense bronze
erected his by those who had they been living then
willing TO in the mob but who today
preciste his sacrifice for free speech and free press
BOles stricken down Springfield by the anac de-
votees of system that power revolution alone conquer
the American people shall have again fought out the ever
recurring battle political and religious freedom and shall have
vcor statue Of w. Boles should be erected in the
public plaza Springfield and the statue should be plate and
on that plate the inscription:
To the memory Of Of the second reformstoa who
was mobbed by Roman Catholics in the city Of Springfield in the
Illinois in the Of Lord 1914 for the crime Of making
public speech defense Of the American public schools ana the
fag-peace to his ashes