The menace., 1915-11-06

H'HH
BE Tor ihc publicity given 10 the
Caiholic Prohibition League in the
Iaguirsr evidently oversicppcd the
bounds Of discretion in taking such
action. and - aroused ofiCial Rome
10 the point of rcprimanding the
offender and making an official
declaraiion oi the position Of the
church IN regard 10 the liquor busi-
ness.
Archbishop RspudiAtes Dry
League
The Cincinnati Inquirer Of Octo-
Der II. two days after the first ur-
ticle appeared. contained a RE
PUDIAPION' Of the Catholic
DRY Leaguc"
Archbishop Mocller. ranking pre-
late in the hierarchy of Ohio, stated
that the organization's use Of the
name sCaiholic" is ''misleading. un-
warranted and unauthorized" !"
MOELLER. SPOKEFOR ROME
IN DEFENSE OF BOOZE, BARS
AND BARROOM BUNS! He
condemned the Leagues movement
as a 'palpable fraud" because "bish-
ops Of Ohio cannot. in conscience,
indorse what is CONTRARY TO
DOCTRINE"
The Roman Catholic church, pre-
tending to be a religious institution,
Is here shown 20 be inseparably
allied with a traffic which wrecks
homes. destroys manhood and var.
tue. ruins and destroys life and
brings misery and want to women
and children.
A DEFENSE OF THE Ii
QUoR TRAFFIC Is AN AGREE
MENT WITH HELL-AND 1T
I. is IN HARMONY WITH ROM
ISH DOCTRINE SAYS NOEL
LER. Read his "REPUDlA-
TION" Of the Catholic Prohibition
League as il appeared in the In
quirer, October IL:
"The very purpose Of the organization
4. contrary 20 the Catholic doctrine Of
freedom Of the will and, obviously, none
Of the church's bishops can do otherwise
than repudiate the same. II may be that
one or two Catholics, for reasons Of theiI
own. have banded together in an organ
ization Of this kind, but that is theii
own affair. They have no right, however
20 make Il appear that the Catholic
church as such is behind the movement
or even that Il has the moral support Of
any OF the bishops Of this state.
''ln their attempt 10 accomplish what
1 cor md, legislation will never brius
about, prohibitionists have not hesitatec
10 20 to any extreme, and the advertise
ments now appearing in the newspaper
seeking 20 impress the public that th'
Catholic church is supporting this move
ment bears out this fact and IL palpa
ble fraud.
"As the head Of this Metropolitan See
I wish TO emphasize that no Catholic lay
man or priest has the right to use th'
name Of ehe Catholic church as an in
dorser of any movement without tn
sanction of the bishop Of the diocese II
which ne resides. The bishops are th'
proper authorities TO say what 10 Cathoh'
and what is not. The bishops Of ohi'
have not as yet delegated this authority
aud Il is certainly unbecoming, to 81.
the least, for those in no way assoeiate'
with the church 10 make unwarranted rs
of its name 10 further their hobbies.
"For the reasons stated above, ah
solutely repudiate the so-ealled Cathoh
Prohibition League Of Ohio and eondemi
the same in so far as the use Of the nam
Catholic may indicate that il has the Of
fieial- sanction Of the church or the hier
, archy Of this state. "
Archbishop Moeller has spokel
FOR THE CHURCH in favor o
saloons, and he at the same tim
spoke for Bishop Hartley Of Colum
bus, Bishop Schrembs Of Toledo an,
: Bishop Farrelly of Cleveland-an,
his voice is the voice of Rome. TIL
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCI
HAS CONDEMNED THE PRO
HIBITI0N MOVEMENT Al
/ CONTRARY TO DOCTRINE!
Another Baltimore Epistle
/ Now let us turn to other evidenc
, Of Rome's nefarious meddling j
: politics and get the full force Of tn
: stupendous infamy Of papal pr
tence of religion and charity. o
e the first page is shown photograph
a reproduction Of a letter sent OF
:. from Baltimore, Nd, by the Catf
: olic Protective Association an
d signed BY II. S. Murphy, Executiv
e Director. This letter was sent I
: Cleveland, Ohio. from Baltimore {
1 part of Rome's campaign to say
: the liquor interests from defeat
S Ohio. There is prohibitio
amendment coming up for consiC
s Grafton and Catholics ARE DI
a TERMINED THAT IT SHAL
II NOT CARRY-THE LETTE
!, EXPLAINS WHY.
, The statement that Catholics ov
: IS per cent of the saloons is
: itself a sufficient indictment I
~ ~ n A n. d. II.