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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-06

On May %. the Southern Presby-
terisn general assembly, in session
AZ Kansas City, reafiinmed the ind
ings Of the Synod Of Virginia and
declared It's purpose 10 oppose the
activities Of the Church Of Rome in
American politics. Saws the Kan
sas City Star, in its report Of the
proceedings:
eft was made plain when the debate
on the overture was started that the OBJ
iection Of the presbyterians 70 Catholi-
cism is not against any spiritual doc
triue or action directly connected with II,
but with the alleged political activity
of the Catholic church. Assertions that
the conditions with respect 10 Catholic
interference In affairs % state arc
alarming, and that the Catholic church
bad gone 20 Ear a. 10 interfere In ma
tional elections and that u was in con
troll of the Associated Pres, were made
"Thc Rev. J. $. Lyons Of Louisville,
retiring moderator, who was one of thoss
who most strongly emphasized that the
attitude was directly on the ground Of
political activity and no more, said that
the assembly would have 10 surrender Us
charter unless IL took some quiet, con
seryaiive action with regard 10 the
Catholic church.
"'A condition menares our highes,
liberties Doctor j. Addison Smith OF
Murfrecshoro said; 1T is known that
an edict from the pope At Rome was
found on the body Of Major Butt, who
died on the Titanic, commanding al
Catholics 10 vote for n candidate other
than Woodrow Wilson in the presidential
election. Even the Associated Press Il
controlled by the fne hand Of the mar
on the Tiber. The facts are absolutely
appalling. "
The usual coterie Of apologists
for Rome were present with their
usual apologies and declarations oi
faith in the goodness Of papal in
tentions; but the assembly voiced
the awakening sense Of the Amer
ican people in coming out clearly
against the greatest menace to civ
ilization and popular government.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-06
First Step in Intolerance

Extracts from James Madison's Re
monstrance TO the Assembly Of Virginia.)
Il is proper to take alarm at the
Nrst experiment upon our liberties. We
hold this prudent jealousy 70 be the first
duty Of citizens, and one Of. the nohlest
characteristics Of the late Revolution.
The freemen Of America did not wait
till usurped power had strengthened IT,
II by exercise, and entangled the ques'
tion in precedents. They saw all the
consequences in the principle, and they
avoided the consequences by denying the
principle. We revere this lesson too much
soon 20 forget il. Who does not see that
the same authority which can establish
Christianity ig exclusion Of all other
religions may establish, with the same
ease, any particular sect Of Christians
exclusion Of all other sectsi
The proposed establishment is depart
ure from that generous policy which
offering an asylum 10 the persecuted and
oppressed Of every nation and religion
r0mised luster to our country, and al
accession 70 the number Of its citizens
What a melancholy mark is this bill, OF
sudden degeneracyi Instead Of holding
forth an asylum 10 tho perseeuted, I
is itself a signal Of persecution. II de
grades from the equal rank Of citizen'
all those whose opinions In religion d
not bend to those of the Legislative,
authority. Distant as il may be in ia
present form from the Inquisition, Z
differs from Il only in degree. The on,
is the first step, the other is the last
in the career Of intolerance.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-06
Religious Liberty Sunday"

The suggestion has been made, which
will doubtless be followed 20 a great
extent, but which We believe should b
Emphasized before the public SIN more
strongly, that one Sunday a. least In
each year should be sct apart a. "ReliR.
ious Liberty Sunday. - Tho day this
would appropriately fall upon would b
the Sunday preceding the Fourth Of
July.
The occasion would give opportunity
10 refresh the minds Of American cih-
zens on the great fundamental principles
Of civil and religious liberty a. set forth
in the constitution Of our country. Ths
church IL equally affected and should bs
Just a. much interested in the great
principle Of complete separation Of
church and state a. IL the civil power.
Protestant pastors could profitably
review tho origin Of Protes,antism and
the religious intolerance which called
forth the Reformation. Too few nominal
Protestants realize the fundamental prin-
eiples Of Professionalism 10 the extent that
they could give an intelligent, logical
reason for being Protestant.
Somo people look upon the question a.
merely one Of preference. They SO no
principle Of religious liberty Involved.
They contrast the simplicity Of Prot.
estant Christian worship with the multi.
piled forms and ceremonies Of the Roman
Catholic church. Some choose the latter,
some the former solely as = matter Of
taste To such n knowledge Of tho
principles for which the Reformers stood
30 staunchly and bravely are an interest
ing revelation and the word Protest.
antismn glows with a new light and
life. They sec in the protest. OF
! Protestantism a deeper significance, and
sense the need Of its timely exercise
when religious intolerance and legisla-
| tion is threatened. Those who have been
inclined 10 regard with Indifference or
/ lcniency the avowed purpose Of the papal
power as expressed in their own words
/ 10 take possession Of our country, will
then see with new vision the peril Of our
Iree institutions and liberties from the
Romish power, who boasts today that it
Is her prerogative 10 hunt down and
persecuto "heretics" as she did in the
Dark Ages.
! We would strongly urge, then, that
Protestant ministers give June 9sth, the
Sunday preceding the Fourth of July n
the subject Of religious liberty, the con.
sideration Of the principles which called
forth Protestants, and 10 show 20 their
congregations by quoting the statements
Of the papal Hierarchy that America \
freedom and liberty which our fore
fathers fought 20 hard 10 attain Is I'm.
periled by Romes Intrusion lhpo our
civil affairs.
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PRESBYTERIANS RAP ROME
The Southern Pr,bysnn Assembly IN Session Al Kansas G. Do
eaes the Growth and PeruiiOgs Activity O PO6heoRsECOu
OrEani1a6on Matter Of Serious Concsm 10 All Americans

rgrcrunsut ooutrihsiss % ~ Espport q
ths eity and tkus pays iis taHss; Ger tAs
cHemption q private propefty thsrs co
- % rearcn but rustcm- IN q lnrd that
has no ESTABLISHED ekurch Il IL inooa-
sis;cui % sshsidiss rriigiou ~ sre-p-
tion from ta.es. In prircipie thcre ucuif
30 no dihersnce n The gorsrnment usre
% pay the ularict 81 The pric-t Tbcre
q roms fiflcnfion FOR respecting tks
traditions And prsiadiocs of The people.
a. enioinrd By FRESHEST Mckinley In
bis historic tnstrucfious 10 the Cen
mission Probably this dcfcfence % puh-
hc opiuion or pfciudice would Justify
the exemption of actual places of scr-
ship, bot Ne believe that the majority
Of the people would approve ths ahro-
CATION % he privilege enjoyed by eoa.
ventns, schouls and parsonage Why
should q priest = rcsidcnoe not pay tAxoa
a. well a. q doctors or q nchool-
tsacher'sf Why should thoss Who estab-
ush q school or an asylum transfer a
part Of its support % the taxpaycrs Who
maintain public schools and charities,
and Who include many not In sympathy
wiih the privileged scctarian enterprissi
let those who want and ned ths
services of these institutions pay theu
ta1es: the viii put the burden where u
belongs, enable the city b make greatly
needed improvements from the Increased
revenues, and put an end to the absurd.
~ of special privilege in a state that
pretends TO have divorced itself from ths
church -
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PATMONT Is FOUND ALIVE
nna-r. Patriotic Lecturer and DRY" worker. Who Was nough
b Have Been Murdered Wsstyns, H. Two honihs Ago is
fsmd n Out House Near coIunbia Bound and Gasssd

kin, pa kim In a. autsn0oiis, and
tea Nm. oa q ride lasting uoss % ths
nigki, % . kours, h docs not fnoS
uksrs, n.d irlpfitcned hin In The cellar.
tis. oaptors, Ne aid, vere tve Italians
and tuo iafgs msa Visa ks houghi 20
b Amsficana
"In that cellar" h declared, 81
iost an Aooouht 81 tine Mush q The
time I uns uhoonscious from being
teaiea On The bad, or from sihsr, eklorO-
form and other r;uIefying drug.
"Tks cellar vas entered By 4 ladder.
wken I uas first Put there, my Shoes
vcfe tAkcu away and I vas roon hare
foot in that damp, unuhole-one place.
Broad And huitcf we're usually placed
there, bat scmctiues the only food was
Ananas, most % then decayed never
had a warm article Of food or . cup Of
coffee
water vas lowered 20 ne In = beer
bucket. was told that II made any
attempt 10 call for help the house would
b. burned over ny head
''I never gave up hops. The night l
uas carried away l managed % get q
little piece Of lead, a fish sihkor, that
vas IN the auto, and serAuled on a
piecs Of paper from a memorandum
book In my POCKET the words Follow
the auto dropped that from the
machine a. We passed through some town.
I thought that might bring help, but Il
didn Z.
"when at las, they took me out and
started me away in the auto they
druggcd and beat me 20 that / could
have no sense Of time or direction.
Early this morning they took ne out 70
the lonely log house and left me tied
with the gunny sack fastened over my
bead by a wire twisted about my neck
They repeated the threat aboui
burning the house II made an outcry.
thought Il likely they would do Il, but
I concluded they were about 10 kill me-
anyway, 20 when heard strange voices
In the field nearby, called A. loud a'
I could and, thank God, they heard ne
II had been compelled 10 remain IN
that house tonight ! believe ! would
have been burned 10 death"
Alter Mr.. Patmont vas released and
IW able 20 travel, he went to Danville
/ IN, 10 testify before the grand lury
which was called 10 probe the case, but
It is reported that he is unable tC
1, nifty any Of the men connected with
the outrage aud In all likelihood they
will succeed in keeping their identity
secret.
II any difference, this damnable out
rage surpasses the treatment administer
ed 10 Spurgeon in Denver, for brutality
ahd fiendishness, and compares favor
ably with the torture Of "hsretics'
daring the dark ages Of the Inquisition
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victories TO cons. SSd . PrOuiss Of The
benefits 20 fellow.
The Lihcrtarians put their faith In
frcctiom, the AutkoriiArians have 10 con.
fidcnce In u. The latter helisvo In
raltag people b. good undsF the Assump.
tion that the people are naturally and
totally depraved. Thfy support a..
tkority and tyranny as the only means
available for combating the errors Of
the many and the alleged depravity of
the mascs They cling 10 the old and
c,iAhlished In terror of the ucu, lcsi The
latter may replace then a. vel a. theii
Institutions
But the Libcrtarian's = view l. - broah
a. 10 demand for self only that which l.
granted 10 all IL is this broad fonuda
ton, the essence Of real Democracy
which makcs the whole structure Of
human progress - sound that sophiftry
cannot prevail against Il. II is the solid
rock ~ equal opportunities for all
special privileges 20 none, upon which
all civilization worthy Of the name must
stand and grow. Liberty affirms equity
aud justice, and applies both 10 th,
material aud practical Hdairs of every
day life. IL gives truth q fair field OF
which 10 win its spura, and refuses aid
10 error no matter how ancient
The political and religious ideals % III
Libertarian are recorded and somewhat
realized in the Constitution Of the unitet
States. No wonder, then, that IN,
Authoritarians view that document with
distrust, chAracieriEing Il a. Goddess aut
demanding It's change 20 conform 10 thcii
views No wonder there is a persistent
mcddling in American politics by agent
Of a foreign potentate who Is the las
relic Of autocracy and the last refuge oi
the Authoritarian No wonder tha
every stronghold Of liberty is simulthne
ously assailed In the desuerate effort q
re establish the old and thwart the creA
tion Of the new. The old order Is dyinl
hard and It's death struggles are dcs
perate. The decisive battle Is at hand
Which side are you ont
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-06
An ImpoStor

MENACE readers in Illinois are warned
10 look out for an impostor in the per.
son Of a young man who has been 90
letting subscriptions fer THE MENACE
and giving away extrayagant premiums
Of one kind and another as an induce
ment to get people 10 subscribe. The
receipts in our possession which he has
signed bear the signature of Richard
Dixon, aud some Of them simply r.
Dixon.
The money collected BY this man Is
never remitted to this Office and We are
ioing all we can 20 have him brought
10 justice. THE MENACE does not EN-.
ploy professional subscription solicitors.
The men who push THE MENACE are men
who voluntarily DO 50 in their various
communities and are usually known in
he localities in which they work, but
ne case Of the young man in question
is such a case as We seldom have 10
ontend with.
We are informed that in some cases
he has told the subscribers that THE
MENACE would be sent twice a week,
which would be sufficient TO brand him
fraud among people who know that
The MENACE is only weekly paper.
We hold receipts Of bis dated Spring.
field, H., May 5th, from which we as.
certain that he promised 10 have the
paper sent twice a week for three years
FOR a dollar. He told parties there that
he lived in Springfield and that his ad-
'ress was zoos E. Adams St., but q
friend informs us thai there is no such
treet number and no such name given
the city directorys
In Taylorville, III, the same man
worked the doctors and gave small cases
Il surgical instrumeaS as a premium,
In some places he give. one thing and in
pther places another md his possession
Of these various prsRsams looks As sus
pieious as does his . ton in defraud
ing TIE MESAck
Those who encountts this man in the
future will do US . fs-or by letting Us
know his whereah0ats, and those
who have already ben defrauded viii
please communicate with this Office and
give Us q complete description Of the
man, or better stir, have him arrested
and notify this Office. Communication
regarding this matter should be directed
% W. r. Phelps, personally,
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-06
Tar Exemption

The following from the Mdnild Times
Of Dec. 8, 1918, shows that the tax
question Of church property is acute in
our island possessions. When we remem.
Der that the most of papal real estate
is under mortgage 20 secure twenty years
notes at five per cent and the vast money
80 raised is being used 10 buy great
tracts Of land for Roman Catholic
colonies and make other financial invest.
ments the injustice OF exempting the
Catholic holdings from TAXATION becomes
unbearahle. The revolution by the con
stitutionalists in Mexico partly grew out
Of the wicked and unjust system Of
taxation. Romanists do not seem to
realize that the "worm will turn some
time" Revolutions have not favored
the papacy, or as General Villa Is re-
ported 10 have said 20 q priest he had
captured and put to work: "Don Z
complain 10 me. You have had your
foot on our necks for goo years Go to
work and be thankful that you are per.
mitted 10 live" Action and reaction
are equal. Rome, greedy and selfish,
not only thrusts her hand into the treas
ury to support schools and private insti-
tutions, but demands exemption from
lust taIation, while her people pay the
least Of the toll that is collected. But
here is the MGnld TimeJ editorial, and
il is sound TO the core:
every year the city assessor and
collector reports that a great part of the
real estate in the city Of Manila is ex.
empt from taxation because II belongs
20 the government or because il is used
for church, school or charitable purposes
To tar the property of the city would
be merely TO take money out Of one
pocket to put il in another; the insular
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-06
ROmish Traps for American GirIs

do earnestly wish that parents who
come TO Italy, and especially who 20 10
Rome, with marriageabls daughters
would realize the fact that have just
stated. No priest can marry, no re-
ligious service Is Of any account as a
marriage contract. II girl marries in
Italy only religiously, she is not mar
ried, and her supposed husband can de-
sert her and she has no remedy. She is
considered BY law 10 have been living in
eoneubinage with him, and so desertiou
only terminates an evil relationship. Les
American girls realize this, for in Roma
schemes are too often set on foot 20 en-
trap them. Some hotels and not a few
pensions are owned or run By fanatieal
devotees Of the church. These places
are the constant resort Of priests, and
are open also TO members Of the black
party. Amongst these are needy adven.
turers with titles real or spurious 70
their names-Duke This and Prince
That. They are always on the lookout
for money. Aided, Il may be, by soms
one in the hotel or pension, they get ao-
quainted with q rich American family
with manageable daughters. To one
of these love Is made and marriage 10
arranged. Such have no difficulty IN
finding q priest to perform the ceremony.
II is done. Then when the adventurer
gets what he wants, he deserts the girl,
and, as i have said, she has no remedy.
some few years ago young girl was 80
treated. Her pseudo-husband, having So
cured her money, left her. and married
civilly and legally an italian woman
with whom he was in love. The vic
timized girl shot dead her betrayer and
his wife. Recognizing the provoeation
she had received, she was left unPun-
shed. Another girl similarly betrayed
committed suicide. The too frequent oo-
eurrence Of such tragic cases induced
certain deputies to bring before the par
lament n measure for the imprisonment
# priests and their witnesses who dared
to go through \ religious form Of mar
riage before the parties contracting pro-
dueed q certificate Of their having been
civilly married BY the city Ruthorities.-
Alexander Robertsoa, d. d., Teaios, ItolA
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- hasa ss1 feet, Eagrsd asd viiA
h - sark ever kis hrad Eai q tus
"|Itls gruvtA cf heAsd % kis facs.
LIB r. Paimoni, q Miluaukes, thougkt
n knts bcsn murdercd In Westrtiie
~. aboui harch aist, vns fouhd On ths
- inr;aui In AZ ahandonsd farm hours
~ Colunbia, N, On The farm q
Iorph RsiehsFt
A story q Patnouts nysisrious de
tppsarabce vas published In Tur MY
acn q Nay itth, and tks eonclusiors
hsreia 70 the eject that ks vAs mur-
icred and secfeily buried By RomAnists
Ard friends 81 the liquor tradie are cnly
1It<red By the fact that he has becn
Tlrated frun plaos 10 place and almosi
narved 20 dcath By kiduApers Who
Tidsntly intended 10 murder him As .
~ rc-ort and vhen proper GrTAnge-
ncnts could BE- made With parties VIII
ihg 10 do the job. II any difetcboc,
tAs story b more horrible than II out.
righi murder had ben the result
The prisoner had been gagged, but kAi
eAeved the ooarse doth 10 pieces he
vas bound like An Egyptian mummy,
With q Stout stiek holding his elbows
and his kbecs on the sane level 20 he
could neither sit nor lie down.
iAt the home Of the Rev. william
tschlinkman in Columbia, PAtmont told
an astonishing story Of being hidnAped
by four men and held prisoner for more
than seven ueeks In q dATk cellar. He
said be vas bound and blindfolded much
Of the time and kept under guard all the
time, and that when be made an outery
Ne was beaten on the bad with sAnd.
haga Ether and other drugs we're used,
Ne said, 20 keep him in a Stupor much
81 the time. When released, Ne was ai
first unable 10 uss his limbs.
In the last two nights, he Eaid, he had
been carried In an automobile the great.
er part Of the distance between West
vile and Columbia, which is nearly 200
miles IN a diagonal line across the Ctate.
During the day, be said, be was kep,
prisoner In some abandoned bnilding,
and AZ night the automobile was driven
much Of the time, At breakneek speed.
lie said he was placed in the log
cabin early in the morning Of Nay 23rd
and was told that II he called for help
the cabin would be burned with him in
u. He Eaid that, from threats which his
eaptor had made, be believed they
meant 10 set the cabin on fire.
He said that on the evening Of his
disappearanee from westville four mer
attacked him A. he was walking near
the railroad tack, and that after beat.
IL him over the head with n ssndbag
flung him on q hAndeAr and ran
ar a mile or two out Of town.
8, he said they bound and gaggel
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From TAs Dsdy Ssut. wheeling. W. Va
Nay 26th.
LOCAL ATTORNEY
VIII 20 to Joplin, Mo-, Next Week
to Prosecute in $50, 900 Damage
Suit

During the first week Of June At.
torpcy Frank A. O'Brien will leave
for Joplin, Missouri, where he will 90
10 prosecute the $4,000 suit of Rev.
Father Rossman against THE MEN.
ACE, a paper that has been sent
broadcast, with anti-Catholie articles,
as its chief contents. Attorney
O'Brien will DO accompanied by
Father Rossman and Arobably other
members Of the local Atholie clergy.
The suit is the our with Of an
article published in Til MENACE, IN
which Father Rossmta's name was
used. Il was published while he was
visiting relatives in another state.
Father Rossman is at the bead Of the
Sacred Heart church, or North Main
street and is well likeS in the city.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-06

"Tks gsnsral as.cuhly rievs VIII
ssrious oenccrn he gruuth and PERM
sious sriiviiy q thAi powerful 20
itico rciirious orEnniatiou tnovu ~
ths Church q Roue, ukish l. ard Al
vays has h-cn q ucnaoe o. q blight
90 civil and religious iihcriy of every
tird ukercvcr i has ob;ained a feet.
hold; that Il view With serious ecu-
oeru The dangerous apafhy psrradirg
al clase. of Pro,es;ants In tbs e0un-
Try tonching this menace" "
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ATTORNEYS HERE
Counsel for Menace Publishing Com
Pany in Wheeling Looking Up
Libel Suit

Attorney MeNStt of Aurora, No,
counsel for The Menace Publishing
company, which is being sued for libel
by Father Rossman Of Wheeling, as
a result Of n story published in THE
MENACE, is in Wheeling looking up
evidence in the case He is being
ably assisted by local counsel.
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and lead Us on 10 higher attainment, or
shall il be crushed by the spirit Of
assumed authorityi Snail the arrogance
Of a foreign potentate prevail over the
destiny Of the republiei That is the
question fate propounds 10 this living
generation Of Americans. Within ten
years the answer win be signed, sealed
and delivered. What are you going to
DO about ito
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-06-06

The German Federation Of Catholic
Societies, in session at Jefferson City .
few days ago, passed q resolution cp.
posing the prohibition movement Roua
NTH the "drysl"