The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-05-02


IL merely excuses the act Of the
hoodlums, which is worse. In its
opinion, "an ounce Of preven-
ton" in the way Of police inter
ference with free speech would
be better than a ton" Of mob
violence. But we object to either.
The duty Of public officials is
plain, and the remedy for abuse
Of power lies in throwing out the
incompetent and placing none but
Americans on guard in city, state
and national governments.
Next comes the Western Cath.
olic Of Quincy, Ill, whose priest
editor, NJ. j. Foley, devotes nearly
two columns Of his valuable first
page space 10 mud singing and
slander Of Mr.. Spurgeon. Lynch
ing" says he, "must be and is
condemned by every law-abiding
citizen;" but Foley not only fails
to condemn the crime of his fell
low Romanists in this instance but
tries 10 shield them with sophistry
and juggling Of words. With a cow
ardice as contemplate as his ar
gument is silly, Foley tries TO hide
himself and his holy hoodlums be-
hind the skirts Of the sisters. The
old story about slandering the
nuns and dragging their sanity
wings in the mire is played up to
the limit of the vocabulary. Mr..
Spurgeon is pictured as a fend
revelling in abuse of women. That
seems to be Fo.ey's and every
other Romish ranter's long suit.
They Just dote on the dear sisters
and will not have them abused.
But who is il that mistreats the
sistersi Who is it that prances
around in fine raiment and soaks
in wine while these sisters are do
ing the drudgery Of the so-called
church? Who is it that is held
up as debauchers Of the confes-
sional and criminal assailers of
these unhappy sisters confined in
Romish prisonsi Spurgeon point
ed out the priests themselves as
the guilty parties. 1t is the old
cry of "stop thief" raised by the
thieves themselves. The priests
would escape the consequences of
their own crimes by efforts TO
shift the blame to other should
ers. II was the foul priests and
the fouler system under which
they operate which Spurgeon at
tackled. Spurgeon attacked the
priests because they attack the
nuns. Is that not plain enough Z
The nuns are the victims Of the
priests, wherefore this howl on the
part Of the priests. The close of
the Foley article sums the whole
thing up beautifully and contains
the gist of it all. Foley's closing
lines are as follows;
We are informed through Associated
Press dispatches that several men, stung
to fury, kidnapped the vile bigot, gave
him q sound drubbing, and warned him
never 10 return 10 Denver. At present
writing be is in a hospital. We regret
that act in much the same manner in
which We would regret the lynehing Of a
degenerate. NJ. ]. FOLEY.
The Tablet, Of Brooklyn, which
appears every Saturday with the
approval of Bishop Chas. E. Nc
Connell, expresses the feeling of
the pope's bishop, under date of
May 2, as follows:
Out In Denver, Colo, a "mob" did
things to the Rev. Otis l.. Spurgeon, a
Baptist minister Of Des Moines, Iowa,
who has been delivering lectures attack
ing the Catholic priesthood. He is now
in q hospital nursing his injuries The
injuries done TO his precious head are
nothing in comparison with the anguish
Of soul that Catholics have had 70 en-
dure from the brutal attacks Of such de-
famers as this Otis, who find their de-
light in lying for pay. Catholics have
been long suffering. Those who hire
the blaekmailcrs, moral thugs posing as
preachers Of the Gospel, viii make cap
ital out Of the attack. Let them. The
fact will still remain that an outraged
people have lashed q defamer and n
hypocrite. The moral assassins have
been a long time sowing the wind. 1t
is only because Catholics have been 30
patient that they have not long since
reaped the whirlwind. Since all Cath
olics are traitors TO their country, and
are banded together to seat the pope in
the chair Of state in Washington, they
must also be credited with being men,
made like other men Of flesh and blood.
bone and muscle. During the intervals
when they refrain from plotting against
The government they must remember that
The much quoted cred blood" flows also
in their veins The platform black ]