The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-03-07
BUFFALO R0MANISTS HUNT FOR JOHN DOE
Roman Catholic Priests and their Bamboud Lawyers and enmen Are
Conducting nqusiOn for the Purpose Finding Out Who Works
for The Menace Bufaoose Who Subscribe for The Menace Are
to be Boycoed and Driven Out of the City or Probably Murdered

wandcr down into the couftroom and
listens 10 the prosecuting attorneys a.
fado Against TuE Menace With more
Amusement than approbation.
one of tke interesting happenings IN
the Friday session vas the testimony Of
a sccialisi, who. 10 answer 20 the ques.
ton ''afe you q socialist and do you rad
the Bufalo Socldlifti" answered, ~
fail TO 80 that my political connection.
10 matter What u may be, has anything
10 do With this oasc"
II scems that one employce Of The posi
once named Coughlin who IL a fanatic
Catholic, is the principal cause Of the
ftalk. Tie II quoted a. saying that he
admonished the others 10 drop the
subject
Every fair minded man and woman
will resent the attempt being made In
the John Doe proceedings now heinr car
ried on by the Rev. Bubenheiin, 10 make
scanegoa's Of the employees Of the poet
Office department
IL would appear that special efforts
are being made 20 drag every employc Of
the main postofhce into the controversy
and hang the blame for the circulation
Of the stories on them. A postman, BY
virtue Of his position, comes into con
tact with a great many people every day
aud, no doubt, many persons told them
the story which appears TO have BEEN
banded all about the city. But there is
no reason why they should be made the
goats In this affair.
To the close observer this looks like
an attempt upon the part Of the church
with its political power 10 stine free
/ speech. The Erprcu editorially advises
the postoiiice employees TO keep their
mouths closed. In other words. when
you work for the government, YOU be
come a human machine aud are 10 b.
denied the principal right guaranteed
under the constitution. free speech.
William ?. kast!ng, the postmaster
is not Catholic and, perhaps, that T.
The reason that the men under him are
being subpOenaed In the proceedings
/ The police move about the city n much
a. anyone, many Of them have undouht
/ ecly heard these stories WHY are the,
not asked where they received their in
formaiiont IL is because Supt. Regan
and most OF the men on the force are
OF The same faithi The whole affair
/ appears 10 be a clever trick 70 place the
blame for the circulation Of the stories
on non.Catholies, when the Catholics
alone arc responsible.
We stated in the outset that the
! city officials seemed more than anx-
ious TO give the John Doe inyestiga-
tion their undivided time and at
tention. This matter is also given
some attention in the Buffalo pa-
per from which we have just quoted.
IL says:
No one can find fault with the al.
tempt OF any man 20 clear his good
name, but many people Of Buffalo arc
marveling at the wonderful activity OF
the police and the great assistance they
are lending the Catholic church in the
John Doe proceedings which opened last
week.
Suppose that a prominent trades
unionist or socialist was in the same
predieament that the Rev. Bubenheim
found himself, would the police powers
OF the city be used 30 readily 20 ascer.
tain who the guilty parties werei
"A man s religion is his private bust.
ness, but when any church organization
has grown SO powerful that Il can de.
prive men Of their positions and exer.
eises a great political influence, the lib.
critics Of this republic are in danger
One Of the principles upon which this
country is founded Is the complete sep.
aration Of church from state. That pe.
riod In the history Of the world known
as the middle or dark ages when the
church reigned supreme over the state
should be lesson to the human race for
all time.
IL is up TO the people 10 guard their
liberties, such as they are, for a pow.
erful concerted effort is being made 20
deprive them Of the rights guaranteed
them under the Constitution.
You should bear in mind that
this great stage play is instigated by
priests of the Roman Catholic
church, and that The phols city ma
ehiHery Of The city Of Buffalo Is be-
ing used By the church for the pur-
pose Of frightening the people into
submission and making them stand
for Roms's damnsble doings in the
future without protest.
They could not be persuaded in a
thousand years TO conduct such an
inquiry for any one but a priest of
the Roman Catholic church, vet the
people stand for it, and also sub.
scribe for, and read, the Buffalo Er-
press, Enquirer, Courier, Times and
other rotten RomaHiled rags that
sidetrack legitimate news and spread
whole pages Of this tommyrot be-
fore their readers daily.
Pictures Of this "Father Boob"
have appeared in all the dailies we
have seen, and it seems to US that If |
anything in the world would have
a tendency to prejudice intelligent |
people against him it would be this |
photograph, which would put Alex
andsr VI, Brigham Young or Hans !