The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-11-20
TumuIty Making Public Opinion

the anoothest article In the way Of
a suAye and diplomatic buffer de-
signed for the purpose Of standing
between the chief executive and
AMY INFLUENCE tn AT
NIGHT INITIATE AGAINST
THE POWER AND PURPOSE
OF ROME, the following excerpts
from a clever bunch Of bunc which
b going the rounds Of the press
should show you . light The de-
lirious dope beans a Washington
date line and probable emanates
from the maundering mind OF some
pro-pape reporter who sits next 70
fumulty himself and 50 gets THE
REAL DOPE:
"wAkhingion, d. O., Oct 9.-Tho ua.
ton's thoughts and feelings are swaycd
through the medium Of Secretary Joseph
y. Tumulty's gestures and the tones Of
his voice.
"Yor Mr. Tumulty IL the president .
mouthpicoe, and the president Is going
Il almost alone in handling . great na.
tonal crisis
"In international politics most Of us
are babes in the woods and arc willing
% leave Il 10 wilson.'
"At 10 O'Clock every morning Secre.
tary Tumulty meets twenty or thirty
correspondents. He says very little. But
10 the newspaper men, who know him, the
few casual words let drop speak volumes
"Mr. Tumulty's name Is seldom men.
toned Every day Washington dispatches
speak Of high administration officials,
white House circles, or friends Of the
president Nine times out Of ten they
mean Mr.. Tumulty."
"Tho man who trusts 10 gestures and
infections 70 guide the thought Of a ma.
tion when peace and war are in the scales
must be an artist And Tumulty is that.
There Is an unspoken understanding
that Tumulty viii say exactly as much
a. be wishes 10 say, and no more. He is
never asked 20 confirm or explain.
Correspondents don Z hesitate TO go
strong on one Of Tumulty's tips.
Sometimes these tips are almost as in
tangible as thoughtsuggestion. Yet few
mistakes are made, and repudiations
from the White House are rare"
That Is the kind Of a man Rome has at
the presidents : elbow. Tumulty, by word,
atone, a gesture can set the wires hum.
ming with news that win bring smiles Of
satisfaction 20 tho Roman hierarchy.
Cardinal Gibbons has been 10 Washing.
ton, OF Mgr. Russell has seen Secretary
Lansing, and Catholics feel that their
Mexican friends and brothers are a little
nearer 20 a restoration Of former condi.
tions Of Catholic supremacy and security.
Tumulty with n shrug Of his shoulders,
can dismiss a delegation or a citizen seek
ing 20 bring 10 Wilson'S attention the
need Of legislation more clearly defining
the position Of this nation in regard 10
secular education in the Philippines or
praying that immigration laws be made
more stringent
BY a careless nod Tumulty can assure
the correspondents that Wilson VIII or
will not attend Thanksgiving Mass and
90 Catholic spirits rise OF fall with Tu'
multy and his significant gestures.
The subtle power Of man Of Tumul.
tvs temperament and allegiance and
training is enormous in such position
and when il is published openly that Tu.
multy "is the presidents mouthpiece, y
that Tumulty is "high administration
officials, +" that Tumulty is "White House
circles" then patriots have every reason
70 fear that they are not impartially con
sidered and given equal advantages when
seeking Official expression upon vital
matters.
Tumulty is in position freighted with
great possibilities and in the face Of his
past record and the superabundance Of
Catholic news appearing in the daily and
weekly papers Of the country under Wash
ington date line, there can be no doubt
that he does favor his church and its rep
resentatives on every possible occasion. No
one but Tumulty knows how many aud.
fences with Wilson are denied persons
suspected Of being unfriendly TO the Ro.
man Catholic church No one but Tu.
multy knows how many conferences Of
fetal Rome has held with the president
and members Of his cabinet, what was
discussed and why, and the result Of such
conferences.
A man who can "mould public opin,
ion" with q gesture or tone, directed al
Representatives Of the press, is invested
with an infinite power, which, unless
properly and consistently used, may easily
become . dangerous weapon in the hand,
of an infamous foe. TUMULTY is
KNOWN TO OWE ALLEGIANCE TO
SUCH A FOE.
Inquisitional Rome is bringing every
weapon, every influence, every orgsniEa
ton and every individual she can control
10 bear against this nation and its free
people in q desperate attempt to MAKE
AMERICA CATHOLIC.
Tumulty is an obedient, skilfully,
trained and cunningly careful member Of
that iniquitous system Of hypocrisy, the
Roman Catholic church, and can only be
considered as an important cog in Rome s
machinery for political action. HE is
MOULDING PUBLIC OPINION
IN A RON1SH MOULD AND Is A
MENACE TO FREE INSTITUTIONS
AND AMERICAN PRINCIPLE IN
THE POSITION HE OCCUPIES.
TO S
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