The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1916-05-06

hAAAAhATAN ~ NNN'NAAN lahAtNa
fellowships Is an ancient distln-
gushing glory Of New England
town government, which the Cath
olics no less than the anti-Cathollcs
have been free 10 employ, and ell
persons familiar with the practice
Of the Catholic Federation know full
well how free their speakers ar to
criticize Masons, Guardians Of Lib
erty, our free school system, and
views and theories Of government
and religion. which are cherished by
vast proportion Of our people.
And here DIR. Anderson bold
" shows how untcnablc H. Mr.. Cum
ningham's arrogant assumption that
the board Of aldermen acted inn
properly In granting 90 the friends
of DIR. Lcydcn the same privilege
that the town Of Walpolc granted
the Catholic Federation some
nights after the Roman Catholic
mob had given its exhibition ia
Haycrhill, and splcndidly does Pro-
fc-sur Anderson show how the
Catholic LAWYERS argument Is a
justification Of anarchy in the fol-
lowing luminous examination Of the
lattcr's defense Of mobocracy.
AS to the letting of the city hall in
llavcrhill TO Mr. Leyden, 1t sccms to me
that there is room for debate, on the
principle Of the separation Of church and
statc--to which Mr.. Cunningham 4
church is opposed, by the way. still Il
should be said that the llaverhill city
hall was n place where any sort Of meet
ing was held, that IL was source Of
revenue 20 the city, that II was procur'
able by an arrangement with the ianitor
and that Mr.. Lcydcn's 5 friends hired Il
announcing that he would speak on tho
perfectly proper subject, The Develop
mont and Defense Of Our Publb
Z Schools
"The Saturday evening Globe an
nounccd a meeting of the Catholic Fed
Grafton In the town hall OF Walpole las
Sunday afternoon. The speakers at sucl
meetings arc often pretty severe on th,
Masons, the anti Catholics and the op
Donents Of scctariau appropriations Ac
cording TO Mr.. Cunningham 5 doctrine
such persons had a right 20 take th,
law into their own hands and break uI
the meeting. held in the Improperly
granted Walpole town hall. OF course
two can play al that game, but one sid,
never will.
JUSTIFICATION or ASARCHYn
"Mr. Cunningham = Fundamental
argument is justification Of nothing
less than anarchy. The mob Is hrSt Z,
nudge, Wiihout hearing his defense
whether AFR. Lsydon has en- prcrioul
years disrcgdrd,d the limits Of IRE,
speech. They then may Judge whothc
or not the aldermen properly Or improp
Crlg granted him a permit 70 speak in N,
city hail. Having decided that was i'm
properly done. the mob are Withm thei
riJhts. says Mr.. Cunningham, ~ 'dbro
eating this abuse Of poWeT, by smashing
all the windows m the city hall, attack
ing private residences, beating defense
/ less men and trying 60 kill Mr.. Lcyden-
a rather disProportionate punishment, b.
I the way. " one may venture 10 crlitci-
I the SOUsrcigH mob, whtch, according @
/ Mr. CBHiHghdw, maH ererr7s' al o.
riahis ordinarily distributed bciusc
/ grand jHries, plaintiffs, courts, hcif
aud crccati3RcrS. rith creative clcmcnc
| barred. If this is not mob rule, wha
/ is iti How amazing that such doctrin
should be publicly set forth in Bosto
newspapers in the Goth century!
"It is strange that Mr.. Cunningham
/ as q lawyer, does not know that at erer
| step IN the situation created by M
| LeUden, Mr.. Cunningham and his tTisRd
hOd lsgol redress. Mr.. Leyden could hav
been arrested or sned at any time, an
iuries and courts could have passed o
his guilt. Even after the aldermen ha
granted Mr.. Leyden the hall, an injun,
tion could have been applied for, qnd th
/ legality OF illegality Of the transactio
| determined. As the town clerk a
Ephesus said to the mob which rage
over Paul: The courts are open an
there are judges, let them accuse on
another;' but that would not hay
quieted the excited people IL he had nc
ueen ADie 10 auus We aEt Au AauscA Y
being accused concerning this days rio
Z there being no cause for it, and as toucl
ing it, we shall not be able to give n
count Of this concourse.' But then !
lived under the Roman government q
Ephesus, and in the first century, an
we live under mob rule in Massachusett
in the Goth. And, by the way, accorC
ing TO Mr.. Cunningham s letter, II
Ephesian mob were within their rights
in trying to get Paul, for he had bee
attacking their religion for three veal
and more than that, their business, toe
eff Mr.. Cunningham will read OF
resolutions again, he viii see that
makes a mistake in saying that we hol
the cardinal responsible for the mob. "
were very careful not TO do that Sti
a wideawske prelate, who had read
the papers on Monday morning an sccoul
Of The disturbance on Sunday eyenin
could have sent such word 20 HSyerhi
BY telephone, even il il were '25 mil
away as would have prevented q
Monday evening mob.
"The fundamental difficulty Of N
Cunningham, how sver, is his antiquaiI
notion that the ehareh 70 which he b