The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-02-20

located at 203ia Z. Austin St,
Marshall.
While the country is shocked
with the awfulness Of this trag.
edy and the eyes Of the world are
ON Marshall, II is well to remem.
I ber that the good people Of Mar.
shall-the Christian citizenship-l
do not condone this affair and
are not in sympathy with the tao
ties and methods Of Roman
Catholic terrorists who attempted
20 permanently suppress free
speech in that locality by the
murder of William Black.
As stated before, Marshall is 4
town Of about 1900 inhabitants,
the county seat Of Harrison Coun-
~, and while the scene Of many
tragedies il is not a typical from
tier community where a mans
standing is estimated by the num-
Der Of men he has murdered.
Practically every Protestant
denomination is represented in
the city, and il should be borne
in mind that there is only one
Catholic church in the town and
| that the Roman Catholic voting
population does not exceed $50.
This fact alone is significant in
that il shows how q very small
amount of poison can contami.
nate the whole loaf.
One would naturally think that
the safest place in the world to
deliver an address in which crit
icism Of this organization was in
volved would be in a place where
ninety-nine per cent of the people
were OF a different faith. But not
sol The spirit of the Inquisition
so dominates every man who is
stepped in the principles and
teachings Of this pagan creed, and
il matters not what his environ.
ment may be or how good the in
fluence Of the community, his
prejudice is so surcharged with
dynamic hate that when the
torch of reason is applied the ex.
plosion is inevitable, and the re-
suits, be they ever so serious, are
not taken into consideration.
Marshall, however, is no diff
ferent from any other town or
community which happens to be
infested with this class of citi-
zens. The fact that ii is unfor.
tunate in this regard is no more
unusual than the fact that many
, other communities are likewise
! unfortunate. II will be remem-
bered that Marshall is one Of the
! oldest towns in the state, that il
r has been noted for its activity in
, the interests Of education, reli-
5 gion, civic pride and everything
that tends to constitute a clean,
; honorable, upright and law-abid.
ing community. At the present
3 time it is adorned with beautiful
. church buildings, school build
ings, libraries, etc, and has fur
nished at least two governors, one
lieutenant governor, one United
D States senator and for a long time
o has had the reputation of main,
, tanning the ablest bar in the state
= Of Texas.
The newspaper reports of this
tragedy convey a meager idea of
the chagrin and humiliation
!, which the citizens of Marshall
d feel over this unfortunate affair
We realize that while many oi
: our readers will have read an &C
: count of this tragedy in the daily
n press they will feel more deeply
!, concerned over what The Menact
( has to say about the matter thar
e any other paper, and for that rea
son it is our earnest desire TO i'm
n press upon them the fact tha'
e while this place appears to be tn,
e Lexington of what threatens to b,
D another American revolution, tn,
n town itself and the citizens of tn,
t community surrounding shoulC
; not be held responsible for tn,
seeming lswless conduct of thi
n papist clique, the wanton, moderi
e defendants of their orthodox in
S stitution, the bloody inquisition.
/ The personal facts attaching {,
II an affair of this kind are alway
n interesting, and for that reasol
e we might state that while tn
g writer did not arrive on the seen