The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1916-07-15

advertisers TO withdraw their pat
ronage from the pages Of a certain
magazine obnoxious TO Rome, and
in this report he further showed,
how under the power Of the Ro-
man Catholic censorship, the fIee-
dom Of the editors Of a great daily
like the Post-Dispatch, was de-
stroyed. In his report 10 the Fed
Grafton, as given in the daily press,
Mr.. Matre said:
The s.. Louis Post. Dispotch pub.
lished an editorial which was considered
obnoxious WE SAW THE PJ JBLIsH.
Err, not the editor, and a rctraction was
quickly published.
The Origin Of /. v. L.
The second related fact We wish
TO revert TO, has to do with the
origin Of the Independent Voters
League, aud though we have had
occasion TO refer to this before. it
is 80 Illuminating in further dis
closing the republic destroying tao
tics Of Rome, and il has such init
mate bearing on the subject in hand,
that we recur 10 IL.
The Roman Catholic solid vote
club had long been very effectively
welded in elections. The secular
press was humiliatingly subscryient
TO Rome, but as vet, the arch enemy
Of our federal constitutions most
vital guarantees had failed to be
able TO censor, OF at least COM
pletely censor the platform. Gen
uine freedom of speech and press
means the preservation Of demo-
cratic government and the safe
guarding Of popular rights, but
freedom Of speech and press hare
dlrdys been the black beasts Of
erery deSpotiSm. Whether that of
I car, emperor, Ring or pope, and
against this freedom, the foes Of de-
mocracy are ever actively at work.
One day the news reached st.
Louis that one of the greatest living
American military heroes, who is
also one of our most illustrious pub
licists, General Nelson A. Miles,
was to speak in st. Louis. He was
to plead for active loyalty to the
fundamental ideals Of the founders
Of this republic and urge the citi-
zens to jealously guard our civil
and religious liberty. Usually when
a former priest, or when a Christian
minister, or other speaker criticizes
Rome, he instantly becomes the
target for all manner of abusive
epithets and vile insinuations. But
here was a man too well known by
the people to become the victim Of
Roman Catholic vituperation and
calumny. His distinguished SER
vices lifted him TO a noble eminence.
He was the head of the Guardians
Of Liberty, a mighty association Of
patriotic Americans, numbering al
most a million members who were
and are, militant non-sectarian and
non-partisan advocates of funda-
mental democracy. Now because
General Miles was at the head Of
this patriotic order, because he
stood for principles, which il is
safe to say every president from
Washington to Garfield would have
gladly subscribed TO, he was high
/ ly obnoxious to political Romanism,
hence the enemy to our federal con-
stitution got busy. The theatre
management was induced to cancel
its contract, then so successful were
the terrorist intimidation tactics
employed in other directions, that
when the great general reached st.
Louis, to speak to the thousands
who wished to hear his message, il
was found that the hand OF Rome
had figuratiyely speaking, pad
locked every hall and church door
in the popular section of the city.
Here was, indeed, a startling spec
tacle for patriotic Americans to be-
hold. Here was one of the most
distinguished statesmen and warriors
of our day and land, denied a ros-
trum in st. Louis, from which to
plead for the maintenance of the
fundamental principles and pro-
visions Of our great liberal democ-
racy. Here was so bold and appal-
ling an illustration of the papal
subjects hatred Of our constitution,
that it forced thousands Of st.
Louisans to recognize the deadly
peril Of this Old World monarchial
power, whose sinister shadow was
already falling over state and school,
/ Herr IL was seem that NOT only the