Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-05-02
DANGEROUS TO SOCIETY

There's publication issued from
Aurora, Missouri, that commands our
respect, or attention rather, in just one
feature, and that is to consider why in
in the world, or how, the thing is al:
lowed to exist so long as it has. We
have the greatest admiration for the
fellow with nerve in a worthy cause,
but this sheet called THE MENACE is
certainly the limit. 1t is printed week
ly by "The Menace Publishing Com
pany" and bears the name OF Margin
Brown as Managing Editor. The paper
was established, so advertised, April
18th, 1911, and has consequently exist
ed for three years, but how its Manag-
ing Editor, or its Stockholders, if any,
have been suffered to cling to safety
thus far is some problem. 1t is an anti
catholic proposition and its characteriz-
alton of the catholic church in general,
and the Priesthood in particular, is
something atrocious and damnable,
and how it has "got away with il" up
to this time is surely subject OF curl
osity 10 the average newspaper editor,
who gets licked couple of times an
nually for little things, such as discred-
iting Miss Jones party dress, or for not
mentioning Smiths new machine. The
paper is rotten, aud fairly steams with
putrefaction, and is nauseous stencil
in the nostrils of all DECENT people. 1t
is doing more toward disrupting the
social conditions of this country than
any other agency ever brought to light.
Just now the sheet is in the throes OF
agony over the fact that one w. Fl,
Boles wasn't allowed to make his anti
catholic harrangue at Springfield, Hi
nois, and that another itinerant sample
of humanity styling himself, or styled
'Rev. Otis L. Sturgeon, was roughly
dealt with at Denver, early this month,
by people, presumably catholics, who
objected to his lecture, the subject ad-
yertised on handbills in conspicuous
letters as "The Roman Catholic Priest
hood, Chief of White Slavers." No one
knows who did it,-took him from his
hotel out into the country and treated
him rather roughly, something on the
tar and feather order, but of course
The Menace ascribes il to the catholics
probably on the theory that the catho-
lies had just cause and provocation for
doing that which was done. In our
humble opinion the Rev.(?) Spurgeon
got just what was coming to him, only
not quite enough; and Mr.. Boles over
whose treatment The Menace raves
and tears its hair received portion
that was due him. When individuals
of this class and calibre, hawk
themselves about the country
stirring up strife and envy and hatred,
appealing to prejudice and higotry,
melting violence and disorder, creating
illogical, Incorporate sentiment they
should make no complaint ii those
whom they smite, strike back. Let one
of these irresponsible disgruntled
members of the catholic church come
to Saginaw, hire hall, select for his
theme SO vile subject as these two
men announced, and apply it to any
one of the protestant denominations
and we believe even the minister
would be moved to wrath though his
followers did not take up the cudgel in
his defense. No, we do not care VINO
did it, such men as Sturgeon and Boles
should be suppressed they simply out
menace The Menace, and are danger
Gus to society.-Saginaw Press.