The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-16
C0MST0CKERY STANDS UNMASKED
Methods of Modern nqsion Under Guise Of Morality and With Aid
Of nqutOus Law, bposednfena Spirit Which Inspires
Persecution of The Menace at Rome's Behest Is
Revealed in all It's Hideousness

The managing editor OF IN
Menace has handed me q lette
rom the Rev. r. l.. Snyder Of Cul
yer, Ind, commenting on my frs
article concerning Comstock an
Comsiockery, from which | TAX
he following;
lie Hurt has got ne hanging In
the AIR by his article on Anthony
Comsiock, In this well e MENAcE.
Prom time most immcmorahle had
bern led 20 believe, by those Who
were supposed 20 kuow, that Mr..
Comstock was q truly great and good
man, and that the work he was doing
was a great work-now 10 be told
by Mr. Hurt that be was the foulcst
OF moral earrioni The Eu0Agclioal
Mencagsr, my church paper, has
tine and again told Of the good work
Mr. Comstock vas doing. And 1
know that thess men have been able
and conscientious editors l iueloss
two clippings from this week e Pa
triot PAdldAE, a sane and clean pa
per, that speaks In a most commenda-
tory manner Of Mr.. Comstock and his
work. Either there have been, and
are. a lot Of dense editorial ignoram'
uses. OF somebody is doing some base
living. All want % know Is, which
- which. | want the truih, and the
ertdsucs Of ne trafh. | like the gen
eral way Mr.. Hurt slings language
but what / want, first and most, Is
the TRUTH. Has he given Il 10 us
concerning Coms,0cki confcss I
d0H't knou.
OF course, YOU don Z know me; but
I fairly well know myself. l am
what you d call a conservative. 1
don Z Jump at a new movement,
and don Z let 20 right away when
something doesn Z look quite right or
clear 70 me. But just now, | con-
fess, I'm al a sort Of standstill-
waiting for more light on Hurt, Com.
stock. and those editors in whose
word / We had confidence for years.
From the longest hair on my head
20 the soles Of my feet I've been
with THE MENAcE in is repeatedly
stated mission. But iust now IN
waiting for a little clearing up.
Liberal Spirit Is Welcome
That's the kind Of letter | lik
Il rings true in every line. Here
a man after my own heart-a jui
and reasonable man, who, irr'
spective of preconceived notior
and regardless Of what he may b
Iiere. desires to know the TRUTl
and demands proof that it j
TRUE. He is possessed OF tn
fair-mindedness which withhold
its judgment until it has examine
the evidence. He is honest enoue
TO admit that, whatever he ma
beliere, he has no actual know
edge OF the facts in the case.
confess / don I know" is the ca
did declaration which follows b
Such frankness is Il
first hallmark of sincerity, and
goes always with the open mind
quest of truth. Also, it is refres
ing. by reason Of its rarity. Woul
there were more of It'll
In acute contrast are those co
tracted and contumacious indivi
uals who care more for their ow
opinions than for truth; whom !
argument can impress and no log
can convince; who arbitrarily i
more all proof, and who, withol
reference to the real merits of q
matter, and despite all evidence
their error, persist in believir
only what they already belle
and wish to believe. OF such stu
are Romanists made, and not
few persons in the Protestai
camp seem to have missed the
train.
You ask for ga little cleariI
up"-and you shall have
brother. This Comstock thing h
got to be threshed out by IT
Menace, and your letter is as go'
a fail as any for the operation.
Comstock has been tried by
multitudinous jury of his fello
citizens majority of civiliZ
mankind, in fsct-and convict
before the bar Of public opiniC
For myself, j merely concur
that verdict.
Testimony Has Gone Before
Since his letter was written, n
Snyder has received, through {
columns Of The Menace, much
the evidence for which he asks.
First and most important, the
has been pointed the logical co
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