The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-30
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Faith Whose outspOksn Adherence 10 Real Romaasm vres
the kpoIogists

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% The AurorA fMa) "pois cat" papsr
thousands q veak trained bigots are
cousisie-ily groving mere actirs IN
Their efforts % thruu ~ cafAolics oul
Their veekly dish of garhage ooutinues
20 cone 20 the mere tkan q million reaA-
sra TIE vily editor uevcr needs 10 run
hort % material Al that hs does In
order % gs; real "red hot" matter Il 70
take up a Catholie weckly published IN
g. Louis By = lettering old clerical ell.
tor, whose years of servioe are nov run
niug the gauuilrt of senility and garru.
lousness, and BE- can get matter worthy
n running across the very bead lines Of
be vile sheet. The Western Watchman
the PAPER and ID editor is the candy
Md" of the Aurora oesspooL Surely this
sounds harsh, bot Il is none the less true.
Praisc from such q source IL bot vitiated
flattery. overwiss IN his too long drHvn
occupancy of the editors chair the poor
Old man is wearing glasses that turn tAs
world upside down. Loud in his boas,.
ngs of loyalty 10 the Holy See, his chief
occupation u In discrediting and hold
.ng up TO abuse the PApal Delegate a.
Washington. A special faculty for abus-
ing prelates of the Church be has de-
veloped 10 the point Of impudenoe.
Blindly intolsrsn,, his hatred Of Protes-
iantism imbitters his pen and his ravings
each week are found quoted In the pages
/ of The Menace, 20 arouse the Ire and
spleen Of our non.Catholic neighbors and
| the disease Of Catholicism gTovs
on lie venom. The clerical champion
I nisrfered in the matter Of the religion
Of the late Mayor GAynor, Of New York,
md was the principal medium that
/ forced the religious issue into local poll
I ties here when the New York papers
we're silent in the matter. He favored
The vulgarities Of the tango dance when
| the church was wisely suppressing Il and
he received q curt demand for an apology
from the Papal Delegate for his inteui-
perAts meddling Dr. Kelley, Of EHtsn.
sion, took the bull by the horns and rec
cued the refugees from the villanous
hands Of the revolutiopists, and he re-
eeiyes scoru and derision for his pains
from his too venerable clerical scribe.
Bishop sehrembs and the Federation OF
Catholic Societies that dared 10 bring
the Mexiean hell 20 the attention Of the
President and his cabinet are told they
az mgAaANAH aAa ~ ANAAaNaN - E@NNNNA
n the back and told 10 keep up his
present policy in Mexico. And thus Il
goes on week after week, aud oomir-
from Catholic editor The Menace bow
With delight and tells lie readers that
there Is but one intelligent and truth
'ul Catholic editor In the United States.
The paper thus eantankerously impeding
the progress Of events and furnishing
fuel for the indecent press should In
common deceney be muEzled. Years
after bis death the opinions and teach
ings Of the editor will be quoted in
volumes and papers a. elinching un-
Answerable arguments against the nor
nal and sane teachings OF the church
and writer's Of the future viii wonder
why the Western watehman had not
been thrown into the Mississippi Dear
SIR" wrote = young priest from the
bigoted South 10 the editor not long
ogo. "Your paper is doing more harm
lown here than The Menace" And "a
say We all Of rs who have the oppor-
tunity Of reading It's quiTOtic utter
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