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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-05

Here h . lessen IN o.sss and eject:
Here are the sn-catkedra uttsranoes %
the present DAY papecy - Glyen YER
batin fTom The sncyclicala 81 The Greai-
eat 81 al the latter day popes-uttsranesa
that reveal the true cause 81 Roman 0ath-
ellie eontsmpt fer fundamental liberal ds-
moeracy and ths ORGANIC LAW 81 ear
land.
on this pare alss wtl bs found the
latest of the scores of liustrations ef
this oontsnpt fer ear federal constitution
and the rights of lau abidinE citifsns hy
subjects 81 the papal sovereign. Thsss
papers are accompanied By 1udgs Ma
tions timely word on the rssolutions In.
tfoducsd into eonGrsas at the request u
the Free Press Defense Lsagus. vhieh -
hs usil ebssrves. raises the most impor-
tant issue that has eonfrentsd the Amer
lean people sines the civil var.
The vital attsraness u the papaey and
the iliuminatinG and typical reault of
such teaching In Inspiring contsmpt for
the noble liberty that IL the corner stone
81 cur democratic Goyernment constitutes
an Important and uluninstinG chapter
dsalina uith The fundamsntal issues raised
ky the congressional reselutions (H. j.
Res 1tt) - invsstiEats the pspaey.
All the suststisns IN the fellsving ps-
per from ths uttsrsnces 81 Lee NIII. ere
t.hsn from .srhs Great Ensycllssi Lsttss
% Leo Kill" psblished under the suthor-
ity 81 Cardinal fsrlsJ. Ths paEes Hivsn
after each euotation indicate uhsrs In
this yolums the onstations appear.
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ligious faith. il America became
dominantly Roman Catholic.
The church Of Christ is the trus and
sole teacher Of tirtuc and guardian Of
m0rah.--Pnge lsI.
When the pope speaks Of religion
or of the true religion, he means
the Roman Catholic church and
lest some Protestant more Jealous
to excuse Rome's intolerance than
his Catholic neiChbor. should claim
that the Catholics like the Protes-
tants incline TO regard the various
churches as branches Of the one
great stem OF Christian religion
the pope makes the position Of the
Roman church on this subject very
plain. when he says:
Constitutions Unlawful Teaching
The church indeed deems il UN.
LAWFUL 10 place the various forms
Of Divine worship on the same footing
as the TRUE RELIGIoN.-Page l27.
Here il will be noted that the
true religion. in the eyes Of the Gin
fallible pope" is the Roman Catholic
church, and our constitution, by
placing the great Protestant bodies
on the same footing as the Roman
church, has done something URldW-
ful in the eyes Of the pontiT. The
question naturally arises if the con-
stitution is thus regarded unlawful
by the head OF the Roman church
whose utterances are "irreformablc"
in the eyes Of all true Catholics,
odn they be expected 10 rercro The
Constitution. or indeed, regard it as
anything other than an mldwfui
d0cumeHt9 And do we not here
find the true reason for the present
warfare beirg waged by Roman
Catholics against our constitutional
guarantees Of freedom of religious
discussion, freedom Of press, and
freedom Of public assembly, and
finally in the following quotations
We see just who are Christians, in
the eyes Of the pope; and that the
universal church is the Roman
church while heretics are character
lied as criminals.
To the sole authority Of the supreme
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H7N the resolutions introduced
III by Congressman O. A. Lind
tk bergh, at the lnsusailou Of
SA the Free Press Defense
League, it is claimed that the pope
is a sovereign-the head Of the pa
raj system Of government-that lis
teachings when ho speaks as pastor
of the flock, are recognized as bind
ing on loyal Catholics. 1t Is tdr-
thermore claimed that these teach
ings antogonizs fundamental prin-
oiples Of our liberal democracy and
popular safeguards Of free instltu-
tons.
As bearing directly on the fun
damentals involved VIC last week
showed that since the vatican coun-
Gil, the eD-odihedr1 utterances Of
the popes Of Rome are binding upon
all loyal Catholics, and must be ac-
cepted as the word Of God Himself.
In the following paper we shall
see Just what the papacy means
when its head speaks of ''the will
of God" and what he means by
such terms as "the church." "the
universal church." "and Christian
society" as given in the authorized
utterances Of Leo XIII, and we
shall also see what are the teachings
of this greatest of all the nineteenth
century popes in regard to the duty
of voters who belong to the Roman
church. Here, also, we shall note
the hostility Of the modern papacy
to any sovereignty that does not
recognize the pope and the Roman
Catholic church, as well as its an
tagonism 10 the distinguishing
glories Of our liberal democracy.
A Word In Regard To Leo XIII
This greatest Of the latter day
popes was at the time of his eleva-
ton to the papsl chair in 1878,
supposed to be a man Of great liber-
ality Of thought. He was intellect
ually one Of the most brilliant men
who have filed the papal chair.
His long pontifcste extending into
1908 occurred in a time of stress
and strain to the Roman hierarchy.
1t was vitality important for him to
aid in the worldwide attempt TO
quiet the fears-the well grounded
fears Of the Protestant OF liberal
nations, Uhils Rome Wds marshal
ling her strength for a reneWed
struggle against ths fundamental
principles of the Protestant RefOr-
nation and the dsBlOcrdtic era.
Leo's liberalism was seeming.
rather than real. lie held firmly to
the reactionsry Roman Catholic
dogmas and planted them through
out his various encyclicals so that
the faithful should not run anv risk
Of being mislesd, but he carefully
surrounded them with verbal fora.
born Of q rich and tropical imagin-
alton, and well calculated to divert
the attention of Protestant readers
from the real significance Of his at
israHeeS.
He was a master in phrase Jug
Cling and word wizardly, still he
was unwilling to renounce the un-
democratic, arrogant and time-hOn-
pted assumption of the papacy ON
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The Resolution (H. j. Res. 264) introduced
in Congress July 1S, 1915, by Representative
Charles A. Lndbergh of Minnesota raises the
most vital and comprehensive issue that has
Civil war. This resolution, which is based on
a memorial prepared by the Free Press De-
fense League, asks for the appointment of a
joint committee of the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States to in
vestigate and determine the civil status Of
the Sovereign Pontiff Of the Roman Catholic
church and of all Roman Catholics as his
political subjects.
This resolution offers to submit TO impartial
and exhaustive investigation and decision the
question whether the pope of Rome is a sover-
eign potentate within the meaning Of our
constitution and naturalization laws. If he is
such potentate by virtue Of his position as
head of the Roman Catholic church, then
every member of that church is bound to this
sovereign by ties of political allegiance iden-
tical in spirit and substance with the ties
which bind to other sovereigns their subjects
and so preclude them from American citizen.
ship.
The issue thus raised is clear and vital. If
the pope is a sovereign In the light Of con-
stitutional and international law, then every
Roman Catholic is confronted with the alter
native Of severing his allegiance to the pope
or forfeiting all claims to citizenship in this
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poutih docs Il pertain 20 publish = new
revision Of the symbols. ~ also 90 dc.
cree all other matters that concern the
Universal Church.
In defining the limits of obedience
owed 20 the pastors Of souls, but most
of an 20 the authority o. the Roman
poutid Il must not b. supposed that u is
only 10 bC yielded in relation 20 dogmAs
of which the obstinate denial can not be
disioined from the CRIME or
HERESY. Nay further, Il is not enough
sincerely and firmly 90 assent 90 the doe
trines which, though not defined By any
solemn pronouncement Of the church, are
by her proposed 10 belief a. diyinely re.
yealcd. in her common and universal
teaching, and which the vatican council
declares are 10 be believed with Catholic
and Divine faith. But this Mcutse must
BE- rccl0Hed amongst the duties Of Chris.
t,das, thot they aliou thcmsclrss % BE-
riiSd and directed bp the authority aud
fhc lsodcrship Of bishops. and abous oil
Of the apostolic Ses.-Pago lo4.
Hence Il is tho church and not the
state that is 20 he man = guide 10 heaven.
II Is TO the church that God has assigned
the charge Of seeing 90. and lsgisldftng
for Oh that CONCERNS religion: Of teach
iHg al nations; Of spTedd,ng the Chris.
iida 1Gith az uidely o. possible; in short,
Of administering freely and without
hiudrance, in accordance uih her oua
Judgment. all matters that fall within
its competence.
Now this authority perfect in itself,
and plainly meant o. I've uufctteTed 20
long assailed by q philosophy that truck.
les 20 the state, the church has mover
ceased 10 claim for herself and openly to
exercise This same authority the
holy fathers OF the church were al.
ways careful 20 maintain by weighty
arguments, according as occasion arose,
and the Roman pOntifS hare nerer
shruHk from defending q Uith unbend-
ing considucy. Nay more, princes and
du iHrcsicd nth EOueT 10 rule have
themselves approved fiL IN theory alike
and in practice. II cannot be called in
question that in the making Of treaties,
m the transaction q business matters
in the sending and receiving ambassa-
dors, and in the Interchange Of othSr
kinds Of official dealings, they have been
wont 10 treat the church as with a su.
pTeme and legitimate power.-Pages
ll3.ll4.
What This Teaching Means
In the above quotations we find
(D that the pope holds that he
stands on earth in the place Of God
Almighty, and that complete sub
mission is due to tim, as to God
Himself. (2) That the Almighty
alone can commit power to a man
over his fellow mtn. and that God
has set rulers With power to govern,
ICnntinneh on Pnae Q Cnlnmn oN
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country which allegiance to any foreign po.
tentate bars under our constitution.
In the face Of this tremendous issue of
law and fact, elusive and time-serving poll
ticians must yield their seats in congress to
citizens of courage and conviction. The pres
ent congress, If it should refuse to order the
investigation which the Lindbergh resolution
demands, must give place 10 a congress that
will order the investigation. Every candidate
for senator or representative in congress must
commit himself in favor Of the investigation
or incur the determined opposition of all good
citizens.
The investigation will be made. If the pope
is a sovereign all American people should
know it. If he is not a sovereign, those who
oppose Roman Catholic political aggressions
on the theory that he is such sovereign should
cease their opposition. The Free Press Defense
League and millions Of patriotic American
citizens demand 10 know the truth. Their
demand is both reasonable and righteous and
must be granted. If the allegations of the
Free Press Defense League are not true Ro-
man Catholics should welcome the oppor-
tunity to prove before an impartial tribunal
the fslsity of those allegations. But If the
allegations are true their truth should be
established and all parties concerned should
abide the consequences.
Let the investigation be impartial and ex-
hRustive. Elect men TO congress who favor it.
LET Us TURN ON THE LIGHT.
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Present Day Papal DEGREES and Papal Deed
Catholic

Duty of Voters Defined by the PopeSweepng Condemnation
of Popular SoveregnyEqua Treatment OF Churches OPP
posed, Freedom of Speech and Press Condemned, the
Principle of Union of Church State Upheld Of
Roman Hostility
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urderous Assault Christian Minister Followed by False
Charges and Arrest in Which Knights of Columbus Judge
Gains Evil Eminence-Guardians of Liberty Champion Pas
tors Cause and He Is VindcaedRoman Catholic Criminal
LaWIessness Exposed
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CANDIDATES MUST FACE THE ISSUE

By GILBERT NATIONS yPreH Of the Trss Pres' Defense
90 Bnss BaIdin-. B ". W. wa.hngen d. c
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E7N the resolutions introduced
III by Congressman Q. A. Lind
bkl bergh, at the lnsugdilou OF
SSA the Free Press Defense
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What This Teaching Means

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THE POINTS WHICH DEMO
CRATIC AND LIBERAL THINK
ERS INSIST ARE VITAL TO
FREE INSTITUTIONS. TO IN
DlNlDUAL RIGHTS AND TO
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-06
Wished Him We'll.

John c. Zepp of the circuit court who is known to his friends as Jack" tells one about negro funeral oration which he overheard:
 ''The preacher, who was wearing the conventional silk high hat. white vest and Prince Albert coat, didn't be- lieve in being stingy with his bless lngs. He began by blessing the corpse, then he blessed the pallbearers. the members of the family of the dear departed brother the mourners, the neighbors, and everybody, in fact, he could think of, and ended with this exhortatlOn:
 An. good Lord, be merciful and bless Mistah Miller, the undertaken. and may his business evah be prosper ous."-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-06
Druggists Hard Luck.

An amateur poultryman received a shipment of fancy perfume atomizers for the holiday trade.
 After he had tried a few on his friends and had arranged the stock on the shelves he went home to say good night 10 his hens and to gather what eggs had been laid during the day.
 He reached into one nest and felt fur. which turned out to be fur of a genuine willow pussy in the full flush and vigor of young pussyhood.
 He says he didn't mind his experi- ence in the chicken coop half so much as he does the foolish comments of business acquaintances who keep talk Ing about "faunai atomizers."
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-06
HEN FREAK BREAKS RECORD
One Of wiseonsin's siddies Eggs Matches Chicken and a
 Half Out.

Attracted the other day to his incu- bator by a promising peep, peep" Fremont Lounsbury saw emerging from shell little ball of fur with a half-chlcken alongside. The whole fowl was perfect. The half fowl had no wings. neck r head. Otherwise 1t was all chicken should be.
 Lounsbury explains the birth of the chicken and half in a most convinc- ing manner. He says that some time ago one of his hens was run over by a motorcycle with a side car attached. He did not think much of the accident at the time, but now recalls that the unfortunate hen was the one that laid the egg that produced the chicken and half. Therefore Lounsbury asserts that chickens also are subject to pre- natal influence
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-06
MAKES STUDY OF WORKERS
This Employer, as the Story States, Does Not Decide From a
 Single Interview.

It Is my observation that while ar applicant for a position is frequently i'll at ease, he is nevertheless usually able, during his first interview, to ere. ate the best impression of which he is
 at any time capable, provided you make due allowance for the embar. rassment which a reasonably modest | man must necessarily feel in talking about himself.
 On the occasion of his first interview the applicant is on mental dress pa rade. He has rehearsed the scene, and, | while he may forget some of his lines, nevertheless there is unity of thought In his remarks which Is easily capable of misleading you as to his mental caliber.
 Thus it is that we like to meet a
 nan several times before we hire him. We want to talk to him when he is not on dress parade. If he has de- cided that he is practically sure of a position with us, so much the better. In fact, that is the best test of all. Thinking he l,as caught his car, will he sink conf, rtably into his seat or will he remain tense and alert?
 year or so ago received from young man the most favorable impress sion that I had ever gained of any prospective employee on first sight. I saw in him visions of a man who might some day sit at my own desk.
 Yet a week later he proved at a luncheon interview to be merely a lump of human clay. He had the brain, but he was mentally lazy. He made his supreme effort at our first in- terview and, satisfied that he had at- tained his object, subsided into his customary torpid mental state. He had read and studied but with no defi- nite purpose nor with any adequate prehension.-William Maxwell, ip Golfers Weekly.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-06

shows that stand it real well. I took the Compound when my ten year old daughter came and it helped me . lot. l have also had my oldest girl take 1t and it did her lots of good. keep it In the house all the time and recommend it."-Ars. DEWITT SHcEBAUGH, West Danby, N. Y.
 Sleeplessness, nervousness, irritabil- ity, backache, headaches, dragging sen. sseiions, sn point to female lsTanSs- ments which may be overcome by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
 This famous remedy, the medicinal ingredients of which are derived from native roots and herbs, has for forty years proved to Dc most valuable tonic and invigorator of the female organism. Women everywhere bear willing testi- mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydis E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-06
Satisfactory Explanation.

He recently returned from a hunt ing trip with a fine rabbit which he said he had bagged.
 It is to be recalled that he won running match last summer. This was when he inadvertently stepped upon the stomach of a gentleman who had buried himself in the sand for a sun bath, and the man pursued him with evident intention to violate the law against creating a disturbance.
 His friends, to whom he exhibited the rabbit with some pride, comment ed on the circumstance that 1t showed no marks of shot. Their suspicion that It was caught with a ferret was re- moved by the explanation:
 'I ran it down." he said.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-06
Too Tolerant.

Bishop Conrad said at a dinner in Newport News:
 some folks regard their sins in too generous and tolerant way. They're like Cal Clay.
 T said to Cal one day:
 Calhoun, my man, General Doug las has positive proof that you footed his chicken house last week. I should think you'd be ashamed to take con- munion after such a rascally deed as that
 Nah goo'ness, sah,' said Cal, re- proachfully. .Ah wouldn' let a few measly chickens stand 'twixt me an' de Lawds table,"
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Gamblers Luck
 3
By GEORGE MUNSON

tCopyright. 1916. by ". c. Chapman)
 Jim Davis, in the train, cursed al the delay in reaching his destination He was in a bad humor with the world-not that this was unusual with him. His gambling trip. which was tO have netted him enough for six months of extravaganza and luxury, besides the modicum needed for Molly, had produced only few hundreds, thanks to the new vigilance of the pos lice.
 He watched the girl in the opposite compartment. She was a pretty girl. with a tear-stained face at which sine dabbed furtively with her pocket handkerchief. She looked as Molly had looked, ten years before. when he had persuaded her to throw over slow-going Jack Douglas and become u eamtiei's wife.
 He knew that Molly had regretted her choice every week of her life since then, and he had taunted her with it and taken pleasure in inviting Doug las to the house. He could see their love for each other, unexpressed. What fool Douglas was, not to take advantage of his long absences! But what good thing that Molly was a church member and sO incapable of deceiving him,
 He cursed again as the train sped on. He had long since tired of Molly. Still, It was convenient to have the little household drudge at home. to cook and slave for him in the rare in- tervals of his presence there.
 Suddenly the train lurched. swayed, swung giddily along the edge of the
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-06

embankment and crashed into noth ingness,
 Jim Davis was on his feet, starin; at the ruin. The girl who ha, awakened his interest lay pinned be heath beam. There were heartrend ing groans and cries everywhere. B. miracle he. Davis, had escaped un scathed. Gamblers luck,
 He did not stop to think of the sui ferings of his fellow travellers. The wreck had taken place just at the out skirts of his home town. Nearby a trolley car had stopped. 4 crowd was gathering, running from every quarter of the compass. Davis cursed as he pushed his way through them and mounted the trolley. Soon he was speeding far from the scene of the dis. aster.
 Half an hour later he was standing In his apartment. It was queer that Molly had left the door unlocked. He would take it out of her for that. He approached the little, barely furnished living room quietly, intending to sur prise her and see the happiness fade out of her eyes. He flattered himself that he could read his wife's face like a book
 To his surprise he saw Douglas standing there, and Molly, with tear stained face, leaning her elbow on the mantel and looking at him attentively.
 T am ,sorry," he said convention lily.
 Tt Is terrible" said Molly.
 The newspaper gives his name among those killed. thought it my duty to be the first to tell you"
 Molly put her hands in his. Thank you, Jack" she answered. "I can't pretend to be sOrry."
 'You ought to be glad" said Jack Douglas, flushing.
 Jim Davis chuckled. The situation was amusing-extremely so. The poor fool could have divorced him years before. and she had felt bound by her stupid promise at the marriage altar. And even now these two dared not tell each other of their love.
 Jim was mistaken there. Douglas held her hands tight in his own. Molly, you know what this means to me" he said.
 She leaned her face against his cheek. 'TO me-" she murmured.
 "He was bad man. Molly"
 Sometimes I think of the man 1 used to love-" she answered. "He was not wholly bad, Jack. But I shall try to forget him.
 She raised her head and their lips met. Incredulity and rage swept over Davis face. He had not dreamed that this love-making would go on in the lace of his supposed death. He thrust