The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-01-13
Additional Letters From the People

had sense enough to seek, and it has
gotten, a large section of Protestant
support, without which it would col
lapse within thirty days, and no
Protestant in the State would wish
to deprive it of such legitimate bust
ness Indeed, The Ledger has made
a special bid for the militant and
distinctly Protestant element, the
prOhibitionists, and has met with de-
clded success in that direction Why.
The Observato Romano, the official
organ of the papacy in Rome itself,
is far less papal than is The Birming-
ham (Ala.) Age-Herald Spread the
news throughout the United States,
and let the ultra montanes subscribe
for this Alabama sheet rather than
go to the city of Romales and Remees
for their mental pabulum
Having set things in motion to
clean out the City Hall, the battle
cry now is, con to the Courthouse;
clean out the county,"
The situation there is analysed
thus The Board of Revenue Court
of County Commissioners is COM
posed Of five members, who have con-
troll of the disbursement of hundreds
of thousands of dollars during it's
four-year term. Headed by the only
Roman Catholic member of the
board, the pro-papists joined him in
organizing the board for the purpose
OF turning over the rich pickings of
this very wealthy and populous Coun-
ty to Catholics and pro-Catholic
gangsters. This triumvirate has
thrown out very nearly every (if not
every major Protestant county en-
plOyee in it's control, and these three
would exhibit much mule sense by
resigning and leaving the county be-
fore the primary election next May.
They will shortly be made to know,
realize and feel the intensity of pub
lie wrath and indignation because of
their betrayal of their public trust.
They have for several months back
realized the desperate strait in which
they find themselves, and as to one
of them an extremely ludicrous situa-
ton has developed. This fellow,
seeing public wrath about to descend
upon him, has very recently been
received into Masonry, and ever since
he has been as active in that capital
order as one could we'll be. He's a
Mason for revenue only, and his
activity therein has but intensified
the opposition to him. He cannot
hide his political 1nisdeeds behind
the skirts of the grand old Masonic
order, for the very simple and def
mite reason that we Masons and all
others have seen him, with our own
eyes, assist in turning over to the
Pope of Rome the public patronage
of the premier county of the great
State of Alabama-and that is
TREASON. The hounds of hell have
been loosed against him and his con-
freres, and nothing short of the di-
rect Intervention of Providence itself
can save them from conviction on the
charge of political treason with the
people of Jefferson County, Ala, as
jury, whose verdict will certainly be:
eve, the people of Jefferson County,
find the three defendants guilty of
the highest and grossest TREASON,
as charged in this indictment, and
assess their just enlistment at
hanging by the neck until dead
dead! dead! and may God have mercy
upon their souls"
For many years past, this Prot
estant city and county, through the
agency of the Board of City Commits
sioners and the county Board of
Revenue, have annually appropriated
thousands of dollars to Rome's pri-
vate and sectarian institutions, the
titles to which are in the name of
the Roman Catholic bishop of Ala
hnn - RE1I soL,