Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-15

measure to divine standards. It's all
rot when we use one measure for the
priest and another measure for the
minister. II either commit sin or
crime, both are the same in the eyes
of the law. Why should we not be
fair, then, when we consider their re-
spective case? If q priest is bad,
along a certain line, he is no worse
THAN a minister who is bad along the
same line.
In America there are approximate
lily 90,OOO,000 people. According to
staticians and census figures, there
are about 11,0OO,O00 Catholics, or
ltabout eight nom Catholics to one Of
|. Catholic. Statistics show that Cath
olics have increased about 6 times in
number since 1850. Statistics also
show that members OF Protestant
churches and Protestant families have
Increased six times in number since
that year. In the same time the pop
ulation has increased only less than
four times, which shows that religious
denominations are progressing one
half again as fast as population
most hopeful sign &of the millennium,
We quote these figures too, to show
how ridiculo us the thought is that any
religious body, comprising only one
eighth Of our population, is going to
start any fanatical uprising.
You hear that Catholics always
stick together" That is a false state
ment in many ways. Take in poli-
tics, for instance, where it would be
to their object to stick together" if
L.
Greene county are hopelessly divided
We know personally republican Cath
olics who would not vote for dem.
| ocrat on bet. We know democrat
ic Catholics & who would 90 to iail
before they would vote for republican
members Of their own faith for any
office in the land. These are plain,
straight facts and are substantial on
every hand. II ss :-E 4
! Countless thousands Of Catholics
| were in the ranks Of the Union army
in 1S61-'65. They gave freely of their
blood and of their lives. Thousands
of them fought on the rebel sile. Some
man who thinks the Catholic church
is great conspiracy against govern
ment will please explain this fact. 81
During the Civil war chanlain
priests were on both sides. They adj
ministered the sacred rites Of the
church to many dying men. On the
Union side priests prayed for the
success Of Union arms. on the Con-
federate side priests .nraved for snc-
cess Of rebel arms. On tloe union side
| hundreds off Sisters If Marcy went RI
and fro unon the Shattieftelds heedless
and {unafraid Of sleaden haii@as they
sought to give aid and fort ia the
wounded! and ease the main 81 the
diving. They also vera found mon
similar errands nnon the rehel aide
ss&s. =
There is a scurrilous anti-Catbolic
sheet in Missouri called the MENACE,
AS # we did not already have anonph
strife among religions denonnfnatinns
This inflammahle sheet. nnlvI stirs I'm
5nore. It1noints ont had instances II
21atholic life soma ~ them NAV he
. RYE we do not lnow = mt - 4be
Catholic folks shonld starr an Anti.
| Menace thew. foo could noint mt a
few had things in Prntesta mt ,l;fe
5lJ,et MS he sensible and . dnit e. HI OTIS
sI5not imagine the ,haam 10 he oniv a
our neighbor.s eve
Peonle in d cnnnection A with the
Menace nuhiished an "natl,,,. saif, n
he taken hv9alIS Nom hers r. that Gath
olic order known = ! the KNIGHTS of,Cn.
Iumhns It was circulated few
years aen n 3Iaffarsnn WaI1 inform.
81 nennIe know tl,a ,allapadS oath - he
) fabrication Of the -vilest sort. 81 M
Isl I. III y. so. 5I IN III
Standard II the leai,inp Rantiat nmh-
/ iication of America anneared the fol
Iovin . nnhlishedi Al TIC haad4 ~ their
editorial mage Read It 1.lnselv.sS s.
aThat oa1h Our pnod friend tho
-Examiner rather doubted
! recent statement IN The standard to
The effect that the widely circnlated
nath nnrnortinp II gha taken hv al
members Of the Knights of Columbus
was q forgery We like neonIe VINO
come from :. Missouri and would
have heen glad rs 81 limit reasons for
onr belief In the falsitv If the oath
iibut the FOLLOWING naragranh from the
last number of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
liner makes any further Comment m
necessary. The y Watchman-E xamin-
lEar saws: SIN a courteous letter Dem
JliS A McCarthV one of the editors of
the Sacred Heard Review and widely
known as an eminent and able wri-
ter. assures us that the so-called oath
right forgery. He declares that the
ORGANIZATION has no oath OF anv kind
we are glad for this official denial
and we have no doubt of its oficiai
correctness" -
s IA
The Watchman-E Examiner ia like,
wise a well known Bantist publica-
ton printed in the east It's concIu-
sions. as well as that arrived at nv
the Standard. voiced nv men high m
IN the ranks of Americas honorable
intelligent and sane editorial writer's
are based unon wei, accredited facts
of thew doubtless would not admit
their belief in the falsitv Of the all