The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-05-30

AkAlna III hNNACN IN me fNds
erAl Court AZ Joplin, thAh the news
reached ne that Tom watsod, editor Of
Haifoai haeasias and the Wosily
yefcrioaidn, Thomson, Ca, had bccn In.
dictcd for the second time on the charge
Of using the United States mails for the
tranfmission Of obscene literature
IL would appear that Tom Watson and
THE MENACE are causing the hierarchy
moro worry these days than any other
obstacle or combination Of obstacles In
existence, and that the priests and pre-.
latcs Of Rome arc staying awake nights
trying 20 conooct some method that will
e1cctuAlly chunk the wheels Of the great
juggcrnauts A. Aurora and Thomson
which are grinding the idols Of Rome
10 powder.
Mr. watson's hrst trouble with the
courts after be started his campaign
against the Roman Catholic political ma.
chine came on June first, 1912, when he
was arrested on a warrant issued by
United States District Attorney, Alc1.
andor Alderman, charging him With
sending obscene matter through the
mails.
The Indictment in the first case was
fathered by the knights Of Mob and
Murder, and for months and months they
made a great flourish Of trumpets about
Watson & arrest and howled long and loud
about how Rome was going 90 vindicate
herself apd put Watson behind the bars.
Instead Of silencing Watson, as they
evidently hoped 20 do with this prosecu.
ton, they only helped 20 put him in
fighting trim, and from that day 90 this,
in every issue Of his two publications, he
has poured volley after volley Of truth
into the camps Of Rome until she Is again
forced 10 make another demonstration
in order TO pacify her dupcs and hold
thom incline by making . protenso AZ
resistance.
Like the first indictment, the present
one is based on quotations which Mr..
Watson made from the Roman Catholic
theological works Of Dens and Lguori,
being questions which priests are re.
quired 10 put 20 the mothers, wives, sis.
tiers and daughters OF Roman Catholic
Pensioners in the sacred" confines Of
the confessional boz.
TRsr CASE A FARCE.
After about a year and a half Of
blundsr and blustef on the part Of the
Knights, Watson's first case in the Fed.
erhl Court came 90 an abrupt end when,
on Oct. 81, 1913, Federal Judge, Rufus +.
Foster, sustained the motion OF the de.
fenso 20 quash the indictment, virtually
declaring that no law had been violated.
A telegram from Mr.. Watson 20 Tm
MENACE states that the present indict.
ment is based on the same old quota
tions which he made in good faith from
the theological works mentioned above,
used in the confessional Of the Roman
Catholic church and taught priests in
Roman Catholic theological schools and
colleges.
The fact that men are being In.
dicted, and some convicted, for quoting
the questions Of priests put 20 the women
Of this country in the confessional Is a
damnihg indictment Of Roman Catholic
theology. This accounts for the fact
/ that thousands Of Roman Catholic IA.
theirs are learning why their daughters
come away from the confessional in tears
and why they are refusing 70 make them
return as they once did. Tho time is
coming, in fact, when even the fathers
who still cling 20 the confessional will
demand the right 70 accompany their
/ daughters on such occasions and protect
them from the insults Of rum soaked
libsrtines who pose as representatives Of
Christ and at the same time use Ian.
guage In the presence Of female parish.
toner's which the law will not allow Us
TO use in newspapers.
Mr.. READER, HOW WOULD YOU
LIKE TO BELONG TO A CHURCH
WHOSE THEOLOGY Is so VILE
THAT 1T is NOT ALLOWED TO BE
] PRINTED AND TRANSMITTED
/ THROUGH THE UNITED STATES
MAILst EVER STOP TO THINK
/ OF ITf