The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-03-07

statements.
| II IL isn't true Il Vill never hurt
the nun, or the City n Buffalo, or
Father Boob"
WHAT THEY Really WANT.
As a matter Of feet these Inquis.
itors are after THI MENAcE and its
readers. OF course Father Boob
would like 10 clean the muck from
his black petticoat, and thc gang al
I 10 city hall could HE 10 help him
10 Il. as the reputation be is getting
s hurting business, and he doesn't
want 10 leave such good pickiHgs.
jut the real object il 10 chunk the
wheels Of THE MENACE.
The reason We know this is be-
cause the fool ReuSpapers print the
examinations verbatim. and the
Romish attorneys in charge Of the
inquisition give more time 10 THE
MENACE than to Father Boob" OF
he nun who is supposed to be the
mother Of a beautiful little daughter
Il "holy father" or any one else.
or course they ask every man IL
he takes The MENACE. Then they
ask him il he has ever sent THR
MENACE anything for publication.
Then they ash him II he has ever
peated the story about the nun
jr Father Boob"
The first question is 10 mark him
FOR The boycott in order that he may
be put out Of commission. The sec
ond is designed to scare him from
ever sending another communica-
ton TO this paper, and the third is
designed TO give him such a scare
that he will never again speak Of a
holy father" or a nun or a nun
nery or a monk OF a monkery or
anything Of the kind sScept at low
breath. and not then II any one hap
,cns to be standing within a cable
tow's length.
Many of the witnesses brought be-
fore the inquisitors arc mail carriers,
and nothing does Rome more good
than TO bring out the fact in public
hat a mail carrier is a subscriber 10
THE MENACE. The papal thugs
seem to think that nothing would
disgrace a man or cause him TO lose
his job quicker than to establish the
fact that he takes this paper when,
as a matter of fact, The best people
in Buffalo, TIC same as iR al other
places Of importance, are SfbScrib-
erS 10 THE MENACE.
What hurts the pagans is the fact
that The MENACE has the strongest
circulation in Buffalo Of any week
ly paper in the country, and bpsi-
ness for THE MENACE from that
point has dlWdyS been good.
Buffalo is thoroughly Romanized.
Only three-fourths OF tho people can
speak English, and II is the most
criminal city in the United States
TO its size. The histsry Of Buffalo
is the history Of all cities trhsrs
priests aud nuns rus things, and
they dislike very much for their
little game Of grab and graft to be
disturbed hy The MENACE, hence
the John Doc investigation and 9th
er stage plays Of like character.
The disposition Of the inquisitors
to make a speciality Of postofiice en-
ployees is very ably .andled in the
Feb. 21st issue of the Buffalo So
cialist, as follows:
Evidently the Cath;sio church has
cause TO worry over the circulation Of
stories regarding the eorduet of its
priests If We may judge by the violent
efforts which are being made 20 deprive
the 100 employees Of tie Buffalo pos
Office Of their right Of Free speech. We
should like to know hy. what right the
post otice officials of tbs city claim the
privilege Of debating the private con.
VersatiOn Of the emploTes Of that de.
HafNuifNN.. ~ 7NnS lhik ~ IN any NaN
obscene, be has a right to kick, but a
topic which has been discussed by al.
most every man and woman in Buffalo
certainly falls within the bounds Of free
speech.
The Catholic ehureh making . 10
dierous attempt 10 rffiicate itself in
the eyes Of the people of this city by
means Of Q John De proceeding with
the object Of ascertain ,tg the source Of
certain stories whieht are being circu.
lated about its priests That the rub
lie is rather inclined to give eredepce
to stories about the Catholic clergy is
evident from the rapid spread Of the
tales whether or not theg have any basis
Of fact.
Judge Noonan, before whom the case
is being presented by isveral hirelings
Of the church is evidently rather amused
AZ the whole situstion. He spends little
Of his time in his chair a. the hsrsA hot