The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-10-17

der which, for its corrupt prac.
tices and eorrupting principles,
had been expelled from Catholic
France, but with Patrick James
Donahue, whose episcopal motto
is "caritas Christi urget nos. I"
THE charity Of Christ inhames
us" (Should il be, Good old
Benedictins fires usi'O
Anything. in fact, thrown over
the European fence, is, in the
mind Of Patrick Donahue, good
enough for West Virginia. These
French monks have domiciles at
Edgewood, a suburb Of Wheeling
Elm Grove, and Redwood.
The Xaverian Brothers, whose
mother house is az Bruges, Bel.
GUM, where that ardent admirer
and profound lover Of the Amer
lean constitution, "Rev. J. Chry.
Sostom, superior general, " pre-.
sides and hourishcs, have two
houses i'm West Virginia. one at
Elm Grove, and one at Wheeling,
The Rev. j. Chrysostom's pleas.
ant and principal duty at Bruges
is 10 rake in American dollars.
Thorough adept in Romanism,
Patrick james Donahue, know
ing that monkeries could not last
without nunnery annexes, has
several sisterhoods under his iur-
isdiction; among these the Sisters
of the p Society of Missions,
from Lain, Germany; the Good
(2) Shepherd Sisters from Caen,
France, whose abode at Edge
wood is close TO that of the Marist
Fathers, also from France. Both
the fathers and sisters were, for
cause, expelled from the French
republic. When shall the Amer
lean republic become as watchful
over public moralsi
There are, in West Virginia,
also. by the gIGce o. Patrick
James Donahue, the Sisters Of Di-
vine Providence, the Sisters OF
Saint Francis, the Visitation
Nuns, the Felician Sisters, and
the Sisters Of st. Joseph. There
are in all, twenty-five conventual
institutions in charge Of Patrick
James Donahue, papal bishop of
Wheeling, against thirteen monk.
ish rendezvous.
True and loyal agent Of Rome,
is, indeed, Patrick James Dona.
hue-loyal not alone to Rome but
to Rum, Rome's fond and firm
ally. When the state of West
Virginia was from end to end agi'
tated not long ago over a pro
posed prohibition amendment &c
the constitution. Patrick james
Donahue pronounced himself
friend of the Benedietine alco
holic beverages. 81 am" ht
said, opposed o prohibition
"Let us, declAred the same
Patrick James with an esthetiC
command of words, "Let us b,
Christian men of moderation il
drink as in all other things, but
do not let us permit others to put
a mHzle on us as they do OF
dogs"
Now, while Patrick James
Donahue wants no muzzle e
prevent Romish bishops, priests
monks and even nuns from
drinking Benedictine and Other
alcoholic beverages, he believes
firmly in muzzling men who have
a message for West Virginians
agaist the vile ahd corrupt prac
tices of his church.
An incident that illustrates tn,
truth of this statement happened
about a year ago. A few of the
patriots of Wheeling invited
Jeremiah ]. Crowley, noted ex
priest, lecturer and publicist, tC
deliver a series of lectures in that
city. Crowley appeared to FL
his engagement, but the willy
bishop was too much for the
Protestant citizenship Of Wheel
ing-in plain United States, hC
had them BSffaloed. They
couldn't move, hnd when they
did their knees rubbed together
as though they had a case Of
Arkansas chills. Masons, Knight,
of Pythias and other Protestant
citizens assisted the bishop il
closing the halls of the city
against Crowley, so great wal
their fear of this "prince of the
blood" who rules Wheeling will
an iron hand.
These are a few samples o.
Donahue's devotion to the stat,
of West Virginiaian her citizen
ship-YET TITS BLATANT
PRELATE OF ROME HAS THE