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

been able 10 get from any puPeI
YOU take.
And | would like 20 add this:
The editors Of the daily papers
are not to blame for these subter-
fuges. They are victims OF
circumstances and conditions,
.ust the same as you and /. They
know the Catholic church. They
;now that she constitutes only
fourteen per cent Of the popula-
tion Of the country, hut that she
is concrete, active, alert, dan
gerous and inscriptions, while
the Protestant people are asleep.
They know that their lives and
heir jobs depend on their atti-
tude toward the beast, and for
that reason you are compelled 10
take the soft soap subterfuge Of
the daily press for the truth, and
get the facts as best you can from
between the lines.
The History Of the Tragedy
For the last several months
William Black has been lecturing
under the auspices of the Amer
lean Federation Of Patriotic So
cieties in Iowa, Minnesota, Wis
consin and other northern states.
From what l can learn Black had
never been in the South before.
He didn't know, or hadn Z
thought, about the case of the
lillustrious William c. Brann-
the literary genius of the age who
made the mistake Of starting the
Iconoclast in Waco, Texas-a
a six-shooter locality, and in a
six-shooter age.
He didn't know that he was
operating in a state where, until
a few years ago at least, a man s
standing, credulity and reputa-
ton was estimated by the num-
Der Of notches on his trusty
Colts. And this isn't said in the
spirit of criticism for the state
Of Texas. Texas can answer for
the conditions that prevail there
and she can answer nobly-and
] am not going to dwell on them.
| am going to speak Of the facts
in this particular case-the facts
in this tragedy-the facts in this
campaign to make America
Catholic, manned at the present
time by Joseph Patrick Tumulty,
secretary TO President Wilson
and chief adviser Of the admin.
istration-the man who ordered
the recent prosecutions OF The
| Menace in the Federal Courts al
Joplin; the man who managed
the defeat Of the immigration
| Bill; the man who cracks the
whip over Congress as you and
would WELD the lash over a yoke
of docile oxen.
But l had started TO speak oi
Black, the man.
i Whenever an individual steps
forth from the inconsequentia
crowd to play an aggressive par
in the drama Of the worlds do
ings-the man of action anC
achievement, whose Importance
is measured by his initiative 9
! man who does things and prove,
his potency--he invariably in
spires curiosity in the human
mind concerning his personality
This is not prurieney or i'm
pertinence, but a logical anC
legitimate interest, normal anC
wholesome. II is the expression
Of an intelligent recognition o.
the intimate influence Of human
: conduct upon human character
: Wherefore William Black de
: serves a little description and I
: little introduction to the people
who read this narrative.
Black could not be referred I,
: as being either big, little, old o.
young. He was the average me
diocre man, physically, broad o
: shoulder and lean Of loin, abou
45 years of age, 1.-THE and plan
as a panther, with the spring anC
balance Of an athlete. Their,
! was grace in his gesture, like tn,
{ rythm Of a perfect poem. Hi
{ manner was suggestive of tn,
: well-trained scholar, somewha
5 military, nothing more. Thi
5 suggestion, without robbing hin
/ lof any nsturalness and grace
: gave to his movements a certain