The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-07-14
Communications.
Thinks Guardians Letter Insane
RAWLINGS.

Milbank, S. d.. July II, 1916
Editor Of the Herald Advance,
Milbank, S. Dakota
Dear Editor
! have never had the least ambition
to take the first place in anything, so
am sorry that you gave my letter the
first place in your last weeks issue.
The "Guardian' letter should have
been given first place as it dealt with
matters In my former letter. | wonder
If there was Il rea son for the positions
in which you placed the two letters.
Dld the editor look upon the 20 uard
IAN letter as expressing his views of
a proper answer to some OF the
questions asked by me? | am com
pleteiy surprised that broad mind
ed editor should select against
Priest Rule as a proper caption for
the "Guardian letter.
! can see nothing in the letter but
the insane raving- Of diseased minds
and really not worthy OF notice. Still,
some may pe influenced by thence
the trouble Of an answer. The letter
is lacking in the simplest requisites
OF good manners, but what can one
expect when even Professor Glenn,
also IA 'Guardian' recently in men
tloning the writer's name to the mem
bers OF The last graduating class
spoke OF him as Mr.. @ Neill". Not
the Professor 5 ignorance. bat his
DlgotrN caused him to do this. ! he
Professor is engaged in educating the
young: politeness is ever the mark OF
d gentleman.
Once upon a time. an lrishman.
who had never before heard OF OK
tail soup. drifted into hotel for
dinner. When the waiter asked him
II he would have oS-tail soup, he re-
marked Aren t you going rather
far back and down for soup?'
would like to ask the "Guardians' if
they are not going rather far back
and down to find a "Guardian" with
courage enough to sign his name to
the letter appearing in the last week
issue.
The supposed quotations given
from the canon law of the church
have nothing to do with the matter
under discussion. The one given
from my last letter, although correct
lv quoted, yet was never written by
me. | wrote, Catholics will go. as
their fathers went. to fight for people
who hate them. BY printers
mista Ike the sentence was changed and
am not accusing anyone of inten-
tionally making the change, hut to
say the least it is most extraordi-
nary mistake to make.
Surely the last paragraph Of the
'Guardian" letter shows them up in
their true light-as a society organ
lied for no other purpose than to de-
prive Catholics of their civil rights.
give them no more right to criticize
Catholics for maintaining g private
school than they would have to criti-
cize the Methodists for having an
institution in Mitchell,
the Congregationalists at Yankton
and Redfield, the Baptists and Epis-
cOpalians at Sioux Falls, etc. bid
the Guardians ever try in any OF
these cities to work against any of
the members of the above churches
because they had announced them
selves for positions either as teachers
or board members? They surely did
not. Do the "Guardians" in this
city ever think of criticizing parents
because they send their children to
any of the above schools? Why
1AAOA ~ GOV S0tAOlICS ulHcI0utlyS
Mllbank is q good example of how |
Priest Ruled" America is. l have
lived In this city better than five
years, going about my work in the |
apbuilding OF religion. interfering
With no man. I am one out of three |
thousand people of this city, yet the |
moment that l protest an absolute |
injustice done to my co-religionists,
bigots start to howl "Priest Rule.n l |
wish to assure them that Catholic |
priests will be around to protest in |
injustice long after their names will
be but unhOly memories.
II the "Guardians'' want q chance |
% fight they can now enlist, as their |
Uncle Samuel has border that needs |
and We will get along very |
at home when they sre |
rome. Their million members will |
never get chance to fight under tho |
conditions placed In the letter. No
3ue but fool would ever look for |
Iuch condition to arise.
Sincerely, J. J. O'NEILL.
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