The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-11-28
NEW ATTACK TO BE
MADE ON MENACE!
December Sth Designated Letter Day" When All Faithful
Ronanis Are Asked to Write the Posofce Department Protest
ing Against This PapeFaIse Claim Relative Our Case in Canada

pleading with the department. To exclude The Menace
the privileges Of mails privilege they shame
fully abuse but which they seek have denied those with the
dispute the justice Of their claim to the rusrShp Of the world
Several months ago barred from the mails Of
through the arbitrary ruling Of arrogant Roman Catholic
postmaster general While had only few subscribers Canada
and the pecunary Menace inhnisSmA Rome
the exclusion with great gee and seized upon
action precedent be used with the depart
Washington the effort to induce the auhOreshsre do
Is Canada had done.
They heraided the glad news Of the exclusion in Canada
attempted make the world believe that The Menace
vile lewd obscene and
ascivious" Nothing could be farther from the truth
The Menace mails in Canada simply be.
the postmaster general Of that pddn country happened
to be Catholic because, being Roman Catholic he
hated The Menace.
you don't believe it read the following extract from the post
master generals memorandum, issued at the time:
PP % oE Ss 's'a any Sa " interfere % With S s Sps Mn % ma
TTotn, cho tio SI,rcSc may bold
Sn s would mot INTERFERE an but when personal a Ssns on the honor
whS women Of certain S s SSsd o has Ssn TIM
past Sndn ntsnds o n he future"
will notice that the The Menace excluded in
Canada because supposed to have reflected the honor
and chastity of and clergy WOMEN OF GER
TAIN FAITH"
Which that matters not what these clergy
may DONE to reflect" them any way
whatever will be shut out of the mails especially
clergy "a fath
This indeed the rankest kind Of bunc and handed
consumption by the ignorant minded but and
with brains will recognize it as suberuge and baderdsh Of the
feebest kind
We might remark passing postmaster general
rendered this infamous decision against Menace
L. p Pester by has since resigned from his office and
down obscury where he belongs This atorous blow the
freedom Of press in Canada beginning untmey
end public life and weg and incompetent nincompoop
he has Joined the hrOng of others Of the K will
only remembered for his namy cowardce
April 1S this year. The Menace stated character
could long hold position postmaster
general and predicted his early political prophecy
fulfilled in less than six months and without any toward
single official in the public service Of the American people
ngtOn call their attention this kindly they
read the handwriting the wall
Many Of you asking doubt again recinR
this past history
We that it is that eternal vigilance
is the price of liberty.
The posoce officials Washington again 10 be deluRed
with requests the Of ntoerant arbtra
ry and without deny this the right of transmission by
post.
December dsgnatsd By Rome a. letter day on
which date faithful Catholic expected draf. his opi
ion Of The Menace in writing and forward to Postmaster
Burleson.
The many letters will be more violent than
anything that appeared about them or their
organization but being void Of the principle consistency
righteousness Of their position will touch
. their of modesty
Readers of The Menace could bury postmaster general under
an avalanche Of letters petitions and resolutions
he could not during the remainder present term
should he attempt to read them but necessary
to handicap or annoy him in this We have done this
least occasion and the sen
ment Of the American people on this subject
The Menace has Roman Catholic papers Office con-
tanning language and assertions about Proesants
noncshohcs that would not dare apply Roman Catholics
though knew them to be true-AND KNOW AND CAN
PROVE THAT WHAT THEY HAVE SAID Is PALPABLY FALSE
yet have found in the government
for their punishment attempt
their constitutional rights to free speech press
We willing fight this battle the rosum
from the and the ballot you no
) complaint from
willing with the people and accept the
decision rendered at the bar Of public opinonl
All want is field and fair fight and desire 70
notice the politicians and office holders Washington that
the day of political lives day they
yield the being brought bear them by Joseph
Tumuy and his coee Of Roman Catholic political henchmn and
lobbyists and attempt destroy business built by