The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1916-09-30

IN ollrlal llle puhllshcu IN TIE MILWAUKEE,
Catholic CitiscH. leading Roman Catholic week
ly, October ., 1915. The Senatorial term Of Mr.
Ashurst ends next March aud he is a candidate
for reelection. lie is chairman Of the Senate
Committee on Indian Affairs and has recently
had printed AZ the government printing office
a hvc-page circular letter on the official letter
head OF that committee. This letter. which Is adj
dressed 10 his constituents, purports % give a
summary OF his record in the senate IL is neither
more nor less than an cleCtioneering appeal pure
and simple.
The letter, which is printed in imitation Of
typewriting, was copied into the Congressional
Record Of September G, accompanied BY the
statement that seventy thousand copies are being
sent through the mails under the franking priv
ilegc Of Mr.. Ashurst as a senator IL is also
stated in the Congressional Record that the c1-
pense to the government Of preparing and trans
porting through the mails fifty thousand copies
would exceed 100000. Mr.. Ashurst and his
friends in the senate made the defense that this
letter had been submitted 70 the postmaSter-gen-
cral and by him declared TO be frankabe under
the postal laws and regulations.
If the law authorizes a senator or representa-
tive to make a political campaign in this way
under his franking privilege while his adversary
| in private life must pay postage on all letters
which he sends through the mails, then the law
I
Office and against those in private life. ANY such
provision Of law is fundamentally unjust and
should be amended or repealed. A senator who
has drawn Si5,00O.O0 in salary from the treasury
Of the United States should be required to meet
the expenses Of his campaign for reelection a.
/ fully as his competitor is required to do.
/ Moreover, this letter of Mr. Ashurst. printed
on the official lctter-head Of the Indian Commit
tee has a quasi official appearance which is man.
| Iicstly unfair when used purely for campaign
purposes. While it purports to give the official
record Of Mr. AshurSt, some very important items
/ in that record are omitted from the letter.
II For instance on March II, 1916 Mr.. Ashurst
Il introduced a bill (S. jO6D which provides
THAT in any contract for the sale Of articles Of
commerce to any dealer, wholesale or retail, by
any grower, producer, manufacturer, or owner
i thereof, under trademark or special brand, here
matter referred TO aS the VENDOR il shall b,
lawful for such vendor, to prescribe the uniform
prices and manners of settlement at which the
different qualities and quantities Of each article
covered by such contract may be resold."
1t seems impossible to conceive any righteous
or legitimate purpose that can he subserved by
the foregoing measure. It's necessary effect d
enacted into law would he to permit any manu-
facturer or producer of commodities in genera
use TO establish under the protection of his trad
the public. Under its operation the producer
under trade mark of any commodity in genera
use, could so regulate the selling price of tina
commodity as to realize a thousand per cent prof
on the cost of production.
Neither did Mr.. Ashurst mention the fac
that vast sums are appropriated from the nationa
treasury to support Roman Catholic schools anon
the Indians with his approval as chairman of tn
Committee on Indian Affairs. Citizens of Arizon
are entitled to know all the facts contained i
this senatorial record.
Chaplains Fighting Y. M. @. A.
( When Priest VI. J. O'Connor, Roman Cath
olic chaplain Of the Ninth Massachusetts, Reg
: ment Of National Guards at FL Paso, is not keT
= too busy visiting local priests and nuns in con
= pany with army officers, he spends his time i
, railing against the Y. VI. c. \. and bewailir
= the great work being done among the soldiers
that non-seCtarian organization Of Christian cit
2 zcns and bcnefactors.
4 This Irish papist chaplain has recently, j
@ company with Gen. Sweetser, Col. Logan an
Majors Smith and Cahill, exchanged visits an
taken luncheon with Rev. Fr VandermRsel
This bunch also recently visited the Sisters {
! Ioretto, as did also Company G Of the Mint
\ Massachusetts,.
. The Roman Catholic chaplains. who are draw
. ing liberal salaries ostensibly for the care Of Il
n spiritual welfare of the National Guards, whe
not too busy paying social and official visits
local priests and nuns are accustomed TO ho
meetings from time to time to devise mear
: whereby they may be able TO msgn and obstru
Y the Y. VI. c. A.
q: In q recent communication to the BostC
e Pilot. official organ Of Cardinal O'Connell. Prize
y, O'Connor makes the following statement intend
= to discredt the work of the Y. NJ. G. A.:
\ YIN. G. A. Perniciously Active
d Il attended a meeting of all the chaplains W
are on duty in the vicinity of FL Paso. Tn
=