The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-08-07

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were made. They knew, as all
Catholics knew, that the church
wanted The MENACE crushed. Be
ing obehent and loyal Catholics
they proceeded 10 do their duty 10
the church, even though il carried
them beyond the bounds Of duty 10
their constituents.
These malignant misrepresenta-
tives are still listening 10 the voice
Of the church. They are using gov.
eminent money, men and machin-
cry to hide the papal path to politi-
cal power by a steady use Of the
fnnking privilege-we should say
abuse, FLAGRANT ABUSE.
Gallivan's franking privilege has
been active almost continuously
since late last winter circulating
pure bunc which is designed 70
blind the American people TO the
papal purpose. Hundreds Of thou
sands Of copies Of Gallivan's So
called Speech" which is, apparent
ly, a deliberate and arrogant per-
version Of privilege for the purpose
Of advertising the Knights Of Co
lumbus and the Catholic church
have been circulated at government
expense.
Perhaps the latest move in CALI
vans game. n we may Judge by the
evidence submitted TO this office,
ls ~ vV'ei d, ieast portion Of
Minnesota with this X. OF c. mis-
information. We have before us a
government envelope bearing CALI
vans name in the upper right hand
corner, the inscription blouse Of
Representatives U. s., Part Of Con-
greSsional Record, Free" in the
upper left corner, and across the
center in half-inch letters,
PRINTED IN RED INK, are the
words "ANTI-CATHOLIC BIGO-
TRY EXPOSED" Down in the
lower right corner is the one word
Minnesota"
Anti-Catholic bigotry exposed
AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE 4
And we can't even have a convent
or Fl. o. G. s. inspected AT ANY
ONES EXPENSEl
ROME is IN POLITICS, for
her own gain, financially, politically
and commercially. She is in poll
tics against everything and every
person that is not directly identi-
fed with the Roman Catholic
church. Get that.
Galliyan is in congress from the
Romanized state Of Massachusetts,
for the EXPRESS PURPOSE of
taking care of Catholic interests.
else how are we to construe his
malicious agitation and insistent
activities along such acutely Cath.
olic lines?
Gallivan is inserting in his
Minnesota grist of gulf a four
page circular letter addressed to
"Our Protestant Fellow Citizens"
In that letter he briefly mentions
the main points of interest in his
Expose" and particularly vents his
spleen upon the Guardians Of LIB.
erty in the following Christian ().
and charitable (?) language:
I'VE suggest TO our Protestant
fellow citizens this test. Take apy
person who belongs to this order
(The Guardians of Liberty), look
him over, examine into his ante
cedents and into his general reputa.
ton and say whether he is a person
that you would admit TO your home.
introduce to your wife or daugh-
ters or trust to any extent without.
ample security"
This is the kind of stuff Galliyan
is franking out over the country
and that letter is no part of the
congressional record as far as we
have been able to determine. Is
Galliyan q safe man to have in con-
gress3
Can we doubt that Rome is in
politics when an official Catholic
organ makes the plain statement
that the Law Committee of the
American Federation of Catholic
Societies is preparing bill
WHICH WILL BE INTRO
DUCED IN C0NGRESS?. i
Can patriotic Americans afford
to place power in the hands of men
who will hide behind a pretense Of
religion to break down and dis
credit the very principles upon
which American freedom is based /?
With all her cunning, intimida-
tion, intrigue and terrorist tactics !;
regardless of the blind obedience
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