The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-12
~ CHAIRMAN EDITORIAL BOARD

Eo1ELD0M in the history Of ,
UO great newspaper have events
S Of vital moment 20 a mighty
6@ movement crowded upon
each other as they developed dur
ing Thursday. Friday and Saturday,
July 21th, 2sth and 29th.
The !. v. L. Endorses Roach
Thursday mornings mail brought
the Independent Voters League BAL
lot. On opening il the writer was
thunderstruck TO find that Cornelius
Roach, the man whom many be-
lieyed Rome greatly desired TO see
nominated for Governor had been
starred by the Independent Voters
League as the candidate which all
democratic patriots Uere urged TO
unite upon.
The Chairman Immediately con.
vencd the Editorial Board and
called attention to this astounding
ballot which he was inclined 10 be-
lieye was a forgery. One oi the
editors, however, stated that he wcs
convinced that il was genuine. The
writer then pointed out these facts /:
~ Roach had been born and reared
IN a Roman Catholic home lie had
lccn strongly endorsed by the Roman
Catholic press when he ran for secretary
Of state, and any man, We urged, that
was acceptable 70 the Roman Catholic
hierarchy uds and ought 20 bc uH-
acceptable 20 all true patriotic 1meri-
cdHs, in the present life and death strig.
Gle between the papal autocraey and our
liberal democracy.
(2) On the ticket were men, strong,
fine men untainted by Romanism, and of
undoubted loyalty 10 all the great prin.
ciplcs of our liberal democracy, which
the Roman Catholic political machine is
warning against. Even Mr.. Frederick
Gardner, the one candidate that the
League characterized as pro.Romanist,
was y thirty-second degree Mason.
(3) Wo had supported the League,
Loyalty and in good faith, but in the
presence Of this endorsement Of Roach,
that was 20 inSidHtly rcpudidt the &c.
ton Of the League IN no HHeertdiH man.
ncr, as our subscribers, since Wo had iR
good faith endorsed the League, Uould
look 70 the LedgUb as they Uould look
% Hs.
II was decided TO Immediately
prepare a statement and get it out
tc the voters, with the shortest pos
sible delay so as to prevent them
being betrayed into supporting the
man many believed Rome wished to
see nominated. The time was short,
not a moment must be lost. Or
dinarily the Missouri list would not
have been mailed before Tuesday
or Wednesday, August 1st, or 2d,
but the primaries we're on the first,
thus if it was TO reach every sub
scriber before the primaries, it must
BE- mailed out on Friday the 2Sth.
Directions Were giUeR TO the fore
men Of the composing Stereotyping
aud press rooms TO croWd forWdrd
the Work. The foreman of the
mailing department irdS directed TO
prepare the Missouri list and hafc
IL ready 70 start out just as soon as
the presses began TO pour forth the
papers.
The Hierarchy Shows It's Hand
On Friday morning, Just as we
were ready to stereotype the last
page, we received a copy Of the
Western Wdtchman, the leading Ro-
man Catholic weekly Of Missouri.
II bore the date Of July Goth. 1T
D1SPELLED ALL OUR DOUBTS.
IN REGARD TO ROME'S ATTI-
TUDE TOWARD CORNELIUS s.
ROACH.
Its longest editorial was entitled
"R0ACH FOR GOVERNOR" and
the closing paragraph of this edito-
rial thus voiced the Roman Cath
ollie hierarchy's sentiments in re-
gard to this man whom the Inde-
pendent Voters League had urged
all patriotic voters TO support, who
intended to vote the democratic
ticket. 1t read:
There are many thousands Of the read.
ers Of the Western WdtohmaR who will
vote for Cornelius Roach in the primary,
} but they should al cOte for hin. He is
the one man the party can unite in sup
port for the election, and that he will be
elected in November is very certain IL
his friends rally 10 his support in the
primary. AAd our friends might better
IOrego some other preference aAd Uote IN
the Democratic primary for Cornelius
Roaoh than TO reach out in behalf for
some lesser offiee-for Roach in the
gubernatorial Office would reflect honor
on the state and UpOa his opn people. /"
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