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paign and would leave the state.
He refused to do either, whereupon,
they beat him into insensibility aud
left him mangled and bleeding and
helpless.
As soon as he was physically able
he resumed the distribution of lit
erature. In spite of other BASTARD
" assaults committee on him June
5, by traitorous Knights of Colum-
bus, he distributed at that time two
thousand copies of his campaign
literature. But when friends billed
a speech against the pope's candi-
dates, infuriated Knights of Co
lumbus, armed with clubs and guns,
promptly assembled in a riotous
mob and prevented the speaking.
When Rogers attempted to vote
in the primary election, the knights
of Columbus threatened to beat him
into a pulp if he voted. In order
to prevent their numbering him,
his friends spirited him away to the
town of Longwood.
The Knights Of Columbus over
played their game, American citi-
zens throughout the state of Flor
ida were aroused by the terrible bru-
tality of these papal subjects,
Their candidates were overwhelm-
ingly defeated. The pope's ticket
from Senator Bryan down was
routed in all parts of Florida
From Kansas City, Portland
Birmingham and Florida came un.
mistakable premonitions of the
aroused indignation of the Ameri.
can people against Roman Catholic
freebooters and desperadoes. A
wireless message has just reached
this bureau that a snow storm OF
ballots will bury the whole papa
machine a thousand feet deep next
November. The storm will be gen.
eral throughout the country
knights of Columbus please tax,
notice.
Falsehoods About Patriotic Pres
No falsehood is more popular
with Roman Catholics than tn,
syerment that patriotic newspaper
are attacking the pspal religion
Every person acquainted With thss'
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In This Year Of Our Lord 1916 the Same Reasons mpe Americans to
Oppose Political ROmanism That Forced the Revolutionary Fathers
Repudate NngcraPope Benedict mpossbb antiAmerican
as King George Of England-Ihe Lesson Of July Fourth

legiancc aud its peculiarly anti
American ideas.
Religion was not banishcd from
the public school through irrelig-
ious hostility, but through the de-
sire 10 be practically tolerant Of
every faith, and Of every person
whether protesting a faith or not
Herein mAterialiEcd an institution
which is actually and really catholic
in the full and accurate meaning Of
the term. The public school, be-
cause il is adapted to universal use,
is one Of the most catholic institu-
tions on earth. The least consider.
alton must show that there is a vas;
difference between what is truly
catholic and what is Roman Cath.
olic.
But the monarch Of Rome mas nc
use for an educational system So
catholic that il toleratcs all re,
ligions while Offering its service Il
people Of every faith. lie demand.
schools in which his increiibl,
claims 10 diridc right and ipfa1i
bility may he upheld and inculcateC
in minds too tender TO weigh them
Wherefore the popes, and Their
ecclesiastical agents in the United
States. forbid the use Of the publ,
schools by children Of papal sub
jects. The popes set themselves
and the powerful organization they
control, against this most essential
Of all American institutions. Bl
so doing the popcs become the en-
envy Of American civilization: and
to the extent they comply with pa
pal wishes in this particular. IN
children" Of his alleged churcl
participate in that cnmity.
The popcs exercise the same auio
cratic authority over their cardinals
archbishops, bishops, priests, anC
like agents Of their creation, tina
King George Of England excrc.sct
over the colonial governors OF hi
appointment: and the result i
practically the same. The hior
archy opposes desirable Legislation
or insists upon undesirable law
without reference to the needs ani
desires Of the people, either Prot
estant or Roman Catholic, but will
reference solely to papal plans. tn
control Of papist votes and politi
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Of thousands Of Americans right now be,
cause of these despicable periodicals..
just the other day n certain United
States senator was beaten for reelection
in a southern state for causing the ap.
pointment Of a postmaster who belonged
10 church that was the object of
yenomous attack. The passage by con-
gress Of law 10 put an end 10 the circu,
lation OF vicious literature Of this kind
would be welcomed by all fair-minded
men.
The appointment OF a Roman
Catholic postmaster referred to in
the last paragraph Of the foregoing
statement may appear an innocent
performance and devoid Of political
significance. But it must be re-
membered that the Roman political
machine has Systematically sought
and obtained from the present ma
tional administration the appoint
ment of a number Of Roman Cath
olic postmasters in all parts Of the
country which is out of all proper
tion to the Roman Catholic popula-
tion. The appointees, in spite Of
their oath Of office, have invaded in
many instances the constitutional
right of the people to a free press
by Withholding patriotic papers
from those to whom they were ad-
dressed and by seeking through
threat and intimidation to d,ter pa.
irons Of their Offices from receiving
patriotic papers through the mail.
Moreover, the defeat of United
States Senator Bryan referred &c
was NOT DUE TO THE AP.
P0INTMENT OF ROMAN SUB
JECTS TO THE POSTOFFICES
IN HIS STATE. II was du,
chiefly to HIS OWN UN
BRIDLED BIGOTRY WHICE
LED HIM TO DECLARE OPEN
ILY IN A PUBLIC SPEECH
THAT CITIZENS WHO OP
POSE THE POLITICAL INVA
SION OF OUR C0NSTITU
TI0NAL RIGHTS BY THE RO
MAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY
SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED
TO VOTE IN THE PRIMARY
ELECTION. Patriots in all part
Of his state answered that nefariou
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The new church edihce requires an
organ, an altar. stAtuap, bells, and
attachments too numerous 10 men
ton. Each calls for money; and a.
soon a. the Pope's tar gatherers set
one item provided for they are
ready 10 begin on another. When
the process once starts Il has no
ending. When the church edifce
hes been marbled and gold-plated
10 the limit, there must be a pa
rochiAl school. then a hospital, then
a House Of the Good Shepherd, and
other houses too numerous 10 men
ton or ever finish. Taken together
they constitute a sponge 10 soak mp
the loose change Of the community.
And then comes the next series OF
financial operations for which this
iiut provides the capital.
IL is now not a modest and self
sacrificing nun, but a worldly wise
bishop who holds title TO all the
property Of the Romish corporation
in his diocese. He bonds the prop
erty for what he can borrow upon
il, and invests the money as he and
his colleagues may desire. They
can't beg money so successfully 70
buy laundry machinery and sewing
machines, 90 they mortgage the
property they already have; and
with the proceeds 60 into business
With the capital so supplied
with slave labor furnished by mu.
nicipal courts, nothing more Il
needed but soap and water TO GET
into the laundry business on a bdsi,
that distances competition. The ef,
feet is 10 beat dorm thc Wdges Of
legitimate laundry WorkorS, ana
crcniuaHy pat Udge-pdying lduH'
drymcn out Of business. And 81
10 Is and Wil BE- in other brdnchs,
Of industry as Rome acquires N,
capital 10 enter them.
II there is any virtue TO be de,
rived from hard work, these II. o
G. s. sweatshops supply the de
mand in profusion. Young womer
are comparatively easy TO control
especially with a city's police fore
at the service Of their drivers {,
capture and bring them back :,
the slavery they sometimes try {,
escape. The poPc'S lawdries. there
fore, get free buildings. free ma
chiRery, free labor. and free guard
10 keep their rsbcHiow Sldres I,
sub lection. The advantage Ties
privileges girc them orer ldundTe
that pay tdrcS and wdgeS is not orll
decisirc. but destructive of legii
mate competition. But Il bring
rcrcnue 10 The pdpdl system. an,
that's whdi Il is for.
The colonial fathers complainej
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clans is effectively utilized TO that
end as well as TO make statesmen
suhscrviont.
Popecraft Essentially Kingcraft
Not a single reform movement
has had Rome's support when such
support was needed. All o! them,
including opposition 90 chattel
slavery and TO the liquor traiIic,
have had 90 fight Rome until they
practically won success and became
more or less popular. Rome il al.
WAYS allied with the big interests,
without consideration Of moral
principles involved, until such time
as Others hare fought The 5diiies
and IRON ihc riotorics. II is then
that Rome's representatives are in
evidence 20 claim whatever credit
or spoils may be obtained.
The papal system has promoted
immigration TO this country calcu-
lated TO colonize America with Ro-
man Catholics and hasten its con-
quest. The Leopold Foundation
was furthercd by the papal system
in the first half Of the nineteenth
century for the double purpose Of
removing undesirable citizens from
the Roman Catholic Empire OF
Austria and their transportation to
the United States. It's own agents
are now as busily engaged in the
importation Of Roman Catholic
Belgians.
The effect Of such scheming is a
general desire for laws restricting
immigration; but Rome oppose.
such legislation to the extent OF
papist influence. Two congresses
in response TO emphatic demand
have passed bills barring illiterat,
immigrants; hut Rome has sue.
ceeded in obtaining presidential
vctoes that set the will OF congress
and the American people aside.
The colonists complained because
King George taxed them without
their consent. The popcs have beat
the king at the game of taxation
for they tax the American people
with their consent. OF course they
do it in a roundabout way, but will
the same financial results.
Some Americans fondly imagine
that their ancestors stopped taxa
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structed their gang to support those
candidates.
Mr.. Rogers opposed the papal
ticket and thereby incurred the
venom of the militant papists. On
June he went to Orlando to dis
tribute patriotic literature. When
on the road some three or four miles
south of Sanford City, he was met
and overpowered by a band of
rufians composed Of knights
of Columbus of Florida and was
bound and gagged. The felons then
tied a rope around his neck and
threatened him with summary and
instant death unless he would dis
continue bis activity in the cam
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Nj CltlLenS OF PORTLAND, oregon,
ISSIi scored a decisive victory in a
Ill clcar-cut battle between the
upholders of fundamental democ-
racy and our non-sectarian free
school system on the one hand, and
the upholders Of the monarchial pa
pal system on the other.
This contest was one Of the most
stubborn, determined and exciting
public school battles Of recent years.
The friends Of democracy and the
subjects Of the pope alike realized
what the issue meant and fought
accordingly. Had not Rome over
stepped herself in her insolent ar
rogance, it is probable that Protes-
tant Portland would still be Sleep
ing under the influence of the
Knights Of Columbus chloroform
committee lecturers and the faith
full editorial servitors Of the papacy
in the daily press. But, happily for
democracy, the Roman Catholic
Judge Munly who occupied a com.
manding position on the school
committee was apparently so desir'
GUS to further the pdpul educational
campaign Of his friends, n,
knights Of Columbus, that he lei
one Peter Collins, a chosen repre-
sentative of this organization, lee
ture in the public schools of Port
land on patriotism.
Now what great historic character
do You suppose this lecturer Sc
lected as a model for the youths o,
Portland to initiate, in their efOr
to grOW up patriotic citizens Of I
free republicY George Washington
the father of this country? Thoma
Jefferson, the author of our grea
Magma ChGrtd of freedom, the Dec
laration of Independence, and on
Of the greatest Of the masterbuilder
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papers knows that they scrupulous-
ly refrain from any such attacks.
Ii is the politics alone and not the
religion Of Rome TO which patriots
and the patriotic press are making
resistance.
Rome is incurring active hostil-
ity Of all good citizens solely be-
cause of her pernicious determina-
tion 10 thrust sectSrian hands into
the public treasury, to destroy free
dom of the press, TO strike down
the constitutional right Of free
speech, free assembly and free pub
lie schools.
Many cringing politicians and
ofiice-holders, believing the political
support Of the papal hierarchy is
essential to political success, have
Joined with the papists in charging
those who oppose the political ag-
gressions Of the papal outfit with
being religious bigots.
A typical example Of this delib-
crate Roman Catholic effort to con-
fuse and mislead the people by SUBJ
stituting a religious issue for the
real one, which is political only,
appears in the following item pub
lished in The Washington Post,
June 13, 1916:
Sees Need Of a New Postal Law
think We should have a law in
this country Fashioned after that OF
Canada, which prohibits from the maili
any sort Of printed matter that tries q
arouse popular feeling by seeking Il
array one class of orr citizens against
another through appeals to religious
prejudice, said Judge II. ID. MAury, OF
New Orleans, at the shoreham.
Very recently the Canadian govern
ment issued an order that forbids tn
circulation in Canada Of a certain shee
whose sole object is TO attack Catholics
In my opinion the postal authorities Of
our sister country did well to preven
the transportation Trough the mails o.
this abominable publication. / an yer,
sorry to see that Il continues TO eirculat,
freely in the United States. There is M
excuse in q country like ours where al
men are free TO worship God in their owl
fashion, for the dissemination Of litera
ture that appeals onl. TO the darker sid
of human nature by making enemies o
men who would otherwise be goo
friends. i regret TO fRy that a most un
reasoning prejudiee i entering the soul
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1 HEN, in the course OF hu-
~, man events. Il becomes nee
hi esary for Americans to oP-
pose political ROmAnism, re-
speci for those misguided country
men, who imagine popeg to be
wholly religious. requires them to
declare the causes which make such
action necessary.
We hold these truths 10 be sclf
evident: that a reasonable and prnc-
teal freedom is more desirable
than tyranny in any fom-that
representative, republican and
democratic forms Of popular gov
ernmeni are more satisfactory to a
self-respecing people than one
man government Of any kind
whether represented by car, en-
Peror, king, or pope.
We believe that governments, in
stituted among men, should derive
their powers wholly from the con-
sent Of the governed; and that
whoever, By whatever pretense or
profession, asserts authority over
mankind by the long discredited
theory Of divine right" is a fraud
ulent pretender and the enemy OF
human freedom. Such pretender:
have ever so abused their excessive
power as TO cause great distress,
and 10 prove minority rule, in any
form, a detriment TO those subject
10 il.
On the other hand, popular gov.
ernment, and its related extension o,
human freedom, is no longer an ex.
pertinent. In maintaining that
principle today we are holding tc
the course laid by the Revolutionary
fathers and successfully held
through the critical period Of ma,
tional development. 1t has brought
us thus far to greater life, liberty
and happiness than autocracy ha,
ever yielded.
Shall We consistently continue II
this distinctively American course
or shall we abandon the principle,
that have made a great nation and
offer its people substantial progress
in the future2 That is the essenct
Of the question confronting Ameri
cans in this clash Of Americanism
with Romanism. We are agar
subjected to long train of abuses
and usurpations pursuing invari
ably the same object of restoring
monarchy under the rule of an &C
clesiastical despot. II therefore be
comes our right and duty to com
bat that tendency, and to provid,
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The Public School

We now refer wholly to the Rom
ish organization. Later we shall
call attention to how it is used and
abused.
The point TO be noted at this
time is that the control Of twelve
million papists, TO the extent that
they are controlled by the so-called
Roman Catholic church, is not ex-
erciscd by those twelve million peo-
pie, but is absolutely vested in the
popes, their princes, and the lesser
agents Of the papal system.
The popes refuse their assent to
laws and institutions necessary to
a self-governing people. Popular
government is impracticable with
out popular education. We need
schools TO prepare Americans for
citizenship; and such schools have
been established by the American
people to be denounced as Goddess
by the popes and their agents. The
papal system prefers schools Of its
own creation and under its control
as a means of inculcating papal al.
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FURING the recent primary
TW campaign in Florida, where
Nl! in Knights Of Columbus
E were wiped of the polit-
ical map, that criminal brigade
committed against Elmer E. Rogers
a number Of the most craven fel-
onious assaults with which they
have been permitted to outrage
American citizenship. Mr.. Rogers
is a clean, courageous and high
minded American citizen residing
at Sanford, Florida. During the
campaign, the Knights of Colum-
bus in the fourth Florida district
put forth certain candidates for the
Democratic nominations and in
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of modern democracy? Abraham
Lincoln, the preserver Of the union,
and the great successor Of Washing
ton and jefferson? No, these men
AL stood for the democratic system
Of government. Which flung in the
teeth Of the pdpGl system The doc
triHe Of freedom Of speech, freedom
Of press, freedom, of assembly and
absolute dirorce Of church aud state.
Mr.. Collins is a Roman Catholic,
a Knight of Columbus, a believer IN
the pdpdl system Of government,
and so what more natural than that
he should select as the model for
young Americans to initiate, a pope,
a representative Of a system mon
archidl in spirit and character, and
Thich has consistently opposed our
system Of absolute dirorce of church
and state in all Catholic lands, as %
has also opposed, Whereuer and
phensUer q dared, freedom of
speech, press, assembly, and Of re-
ligiouS discussion, and Whoss repre-
SsntdtiUss today are opposing al of
these things iH this republic-a
pope, moreover, who, during the
past quarter Of q century declared
that he stood in the place Of God
Himself, on earth. and who sweep
ingly condemned popular sorereiSn-
ty, and freedom Of press and speech,
and Who criticized our American
system Of absolute dirorcs Of church
and state.
A Summary of the Contest
The following facts from a COM
munication written us on June IA.
by Mr.. A. J. Martin, a highly
esteemed business man OF Portland,
Oregon, should interest oil friends
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new guards for the security Of hard
earned freedom.
The history Of the papal system
is a history Of repeated injuries
and usurpations. Authentic history
is our witness as Il should be a
warning 90 ell. And Of all history
the current events Of the present
time are most illuminating. knowl-
edge Of these events come 30 every
citizen from time to time. but arr
too often ignored on the erroneous
assumption that Rome is altogether
religious and takes no part in the
politics Of this country. To indi-
cate the real spirit aud purpose oi
popcry in regard 10 these United
States, we submit the following
facts to our candid fellow citizens:
The popes with the assistance Of
their cardinal princes, have divided
the United States into papal prov
inces, increased in number from
time to time with the progress OF
papal plans. Over each proyinc,
they place an archbishop inyariabl,
foreign TO American aspirations and
spirit and usually foreign by birth
Each papal province is subdividet
into diocesan districts ruled b,
bishops similar in essentials {
their archbishops. Each diocese il
subdivided into parishes under tn,
domination Of priests. This cntir,
organization is from the top, il
keeping with monarchy but in di
rect opposition TO representative oI
popular government.
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PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL VICTORY
Friends Of Democracy Call Halt Attempt to ROmanze Public
Schools in Portland 0regon-HOW Rome Wars Democracy
Through the Private and the Public SchOOIs--Pope Leo
Held Up as Model to American School Children

EnIN June 18th, the patriotic
w citizens Of Portland, Oregon,
lS1l scored a decisive victory in a
~ clnar-cnt hattie hniMrcn the
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A Summary Of the Contest

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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-14
GOSPEL MISSION,

.....-... GOSPEL MISSION. H..
nIliha and King streets. W. E.
Pietsch, Evangelist. Residence, Koko
Head and Pahoa Telephone 7178.
Gospel address, Sunday evening,
7:45; Sunday school, 2:30. Tuesday
evening. Gospel address, 7:45. Thurs
day evening, address to Christians,
I: 45. Saturday evening, Gospel ad-
dress, 7:45.. .-. -. liz.
Cecil Martin, superintendent. OF
Sunday school. w. E. Pietsch in
charge of mems dormitory.
SECOND CHINESE coNeREGA..
=...:. TIoMAi CHURCH *... -
" BeretanIa street. Rev. Use Kel Yu
en-, minister. II.
IL a. m.-Morning worship. :.
p. m.-Sunday school. =.
6 p. m.-Bible study. - ..::.:- ..
Z p. m.-Young peoples meeting. j
Prayer meeting will be held each
Wednesday evening, beginning at Z
o'clock. IT,. ~. j..
MAKIkI JAPANESE CHURCH.
Rev. T. Okumura, pastor. ->.-~..
Kinau and Pensacola streets.
Morning service at IL o'clock and
evening service at 7:30- O'Clock.
FORT STREET CHINESE CHURCH.
Fort street maIka OF Beretania,
Wong Tso Teng and Yuen To Puy,
ministers. -. .. ="
$50 a. m-sunday school. -
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In Letters Home, Tells of Re-
markabIe Cure. Coming
Back to City Soon

Mrs. Robe-t Lishman. widely known
and loved in Honolulu as "Nother
shman, has been given hack her
sight almost a. by i miracle. through
the skill Of a coast physician and his
brother. Drs. Aaron and l.. d. Green
CT San Francisco. 49,.
She will shortly return to Honolulu
and i'm advance has sent word TO
friends that the sight OF one eye is
now very good She suffered from
cataract for years. and for the past
three or four years has been in dark
ness.
Restoration Of her sight is consid:
cred all the more remarkable because
she is 50 years O. age. 49,.
that this is not the only wonderful
cure wrought by the coast specialists
is proved by newspaper clipping
which Mrs. Lishman has sent TO a Ho-
nolulu friend. She sent it. she said
so that if others here were suffering
from cataract they might possibly find
a road TO great benefit.
The clipping is as:follows:
- could bawl with joy would if
weren't afraid it would hurt nv
eyes,! exclaimed Mrs. Mary Jose,
phine O'FerraH at the st. Francis
Hospital today. where she lies in
ecstacy. For the first time in her
life she, enjoys the beauties of form
and color Tonight for the first time
she will see her son, F. J. O'Ferrall
For 65 years Mrs. O'Ferrall has
lived in almost utter darkness, be
cause of a cold contracted when she
was a year old. Today she secs
through the successful ministrations
Of DR.. Aaron Green and his brother,
DR.. L. ID. Green, who recently returned
from India, where they studied ard
perfected themselves in the Smith
cataract operation, in which the lens
of the eye is removed, operated on, re-