The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1916-09-16
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in the Republic Ranks
CLEARLY VOICES The vital ISSUE
Prominent Educator and Ardent Democrat Who Sup
ported President Wilson Four Years Ago Makes
Patriotic Appeal for Decided Stand in Favor of
Liberal Democracy in the Great Struggle
Against PapaI Aggression

selves out Of this Thanksgiving
Inass, that il has become a national
nuisance-nJt 20 say Scandal-tC
see our prtsi Tents - suhservicnt in
this matter, cspcCirlly when il i -
easy TO G'clinc With perfect court
csy.
Again, 1t seems Il say seems,
as | have no cya,t data at handD
that in your appointments 10 Office
an undue percentage has come from
adhercnts Of the Papacy. At any
rate IL Is widely believed that the
Roman Catholics have received ap-
pointmcnts out cf all proportion Ia
their numbers. and very naturally
Mr.. Tmulty gets a great deal Of the
credit for IL. rs YOU know. the seru-
lar press will not discuss this topic,
out millions Of people read the pa
triotic' papers that discuss just the
issues that other papers are afraid
TO handle. They hr.c not ALWAYS
done YOU justice new papers have.
| suppose), but they have cnlight-
cned the public as To many matters
that would otherwise have remained
utterly unknown
Literacy Test An Issue
I'm the fourth place. the people
Of this country have three time,
shown by the votes Of their senators
and representatives. that they mr..
gently desire the passage or the
immigration bill with the liicracy
test included. and three times the
people have been thwartcd bv presi-
Dental yctocs. II j. also clearly
understood that YOU will veto the
hill again. II il comes To YOU with
that test in il. and this oHends u
grievously. IL is not e matter Of
moral principle. II it were. |
should desire and expect YOU TO
stand firm as a rock and 90 down.
il need be, to an honorable defeat.
But II i, merely a matter of ey.
pediency for our nation. and YOU
could very we'll say when the bill
comes TO vou again: NV personal
views on this matter are unchanged,
but in Difference to the wish Of con-
gress now expressed for the fourth
time, waive my own opinion. and
allow the bill TO become law.
II Mr.. Hughes should say that
he would Ign this bill il it came
before him, | believe it would gain
him az immense number of votes.
Democrat as ] am, it would make
strong bid for mine.
But If [ sign that bill it NAV
cost me the Catholic vote" Pos
sibly. let us say, probably. But
your steadfast refusal TO intervene
in MeNico-for which YOU deserve
the highest praisc-may already
have cost YOU all the votes that the
hierarchy can command. so there is
no political scarecrow in that OBJ
lection. And what a pity it would
be if YOU should fall between the
stools in this matter
The belief that the rarac~ j. L.
tcnnined TO overthrow the Am,r-
can government is not a new ono
by any means. Lafayette recOg-
nized the danger. Professor Morse.
inventor Of the electric telegraph.
was fully convinced Of the same
thing. Bishop Arthur Cleveland
Coke, more than twenty wears ago
published n pamphlet which is a
vigorous presentment OF the case.
lts title Is The Jesuit in Ameri-
can Politics"
Lincoln's Assassins
Have you ever known of any
country not disturbed by Jesuits
sometime in its history: We owe
Lincoln's assassination 10 them. and
possibly more OF Ou- civil war than
Is generally known OF believed. |
hase these statements ON Father