The menace., 1915-08-28

than 20 their rtpuiAfiona, and
when ne refer 20 then ne simply
have 20 call them By name.
You cannot villify evil You
cannot misrcprcscni political
Rome. II We did that. We would
have 20 eplogire her and that
wouldn't be right. IL Wouldn't Z BE-
. deserved, Il would be false.
The popos Of Rome. down 10
and including the present Italian
incumbent. have cursed, anathe-
maiiEed and delivered unto the
lowest depths Of perdition, that
certain organization known a.
Freemasonry.
This well known action Of the
popes, which the most unscrupu-
lous papist on earth will not deny.
places that great organization in
/ the list Of those which the Buffalo
document" deplores. IL Is too
we'll known 20 need our statement
20 that effect. that the Masonic In.
stitution has never fomented re-
ligious antagonism. but every Ro.
man Catholic paper in this coun-
try SAYS that the European Lodges
have fomented religious aniagon-
ism, and they blame Freemasonry
for the loss Of Portugal, France,
Italy and her waning power in
Spain. Does this document
therefore "deplore" the secret
meetings Of the Masonic Lodges Of
Buffalof Rome says Masonry is
against her and that Il is presided
over by an anti-papal jew. How
Rome did pull the wool over the
eyes Of those Masonic clergymen
who so fulsomely signed that doc
ument. Masonry opposes no mans
religion, hut its record is for free
speech and a free press and
against human slavery in all
/ forms, therefore Rome. for some
strange reason, hates Masonry.
How can any man in possession
Of his senses, calling himself a
Protestant minister, or a plain
American citizen, sign a Catholic
circulated petitioni | would as
soon sign my death warrant, for
| would not believe a Jesuit un-
der oath, and you can bet your
bottom dollar that a Jesuit either
wrote or inspired that "docu-
ment," and yet these "intell-
gent" gentlemen signed it. II
means that IL Rome so decreed,
every meeting held in secret
would be under the eyes Of papal
agents. II was always so in Por-
tugal and Spain, and in every
country when and where papal
temporal sovereignty was ae-
knowledged or winked at. And
vet these men signed a paper de
ploring secret and public meet
] luKNs W uhA utAAl
II candidate for political office
is a papist he should be showed
under by the biggest avalanche Of
votes ever cast. We don't care
whether he is a Roman Catholic,
Roman Catholic sympathizer,
Presbyterian layman or Methodist
preacher; if he is a papist, if his
inaction would mean dyed-in-the-
wool papists in office, (then he is
papist), and if his signature to
such a document as the one re.
ferred 10 resulted in papal supre-
macy or Jesuitical victory, then he
is a papist, no matter what name
he goes under. The man whose
cowardice or desertion or inaction
wins a victory for the other side
is twice guilty. The Menace op-
poses for public Office any and
every man who believes in the Ro-
man Catholic Doctrine Of papal
temporal power, and the man who
is so insane as to believe the claim
that good Roman Catholics do not
believe in the temporal power Of
the pope needs a dash of holy
water in his simple face. Such
idiots are too good to be true. As
Pat said to Billy, "rade tn papers
Billy, rade tn papers. Read
papal newspapers-read o'Con.
nelPs paper, the Pilot.
The man who will be influenced
by that wonderful document" of
Buffalo, n. Y, is in bad shape. If
YOU want the truth about a rascal,
if you want the truth about a muir
derer, don't 60 to the guilty
wretch for your material. And
yet these men went TO Rome.