The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-07
FORMAL REPLY ID REV. MR. DURANT MADE BY CATHOLIC Father Jas. E. COyle Takes Up Discussion Opened by Sunday Night Sermon FINDS SENTIMENTS
 EXTRAORDINARY" Judge Oscar R. Hundley Makes State ment on Behalf of the Knights
 of Columbus of
 Alabama


 mo 8 few days ago on reading some sapient remarks of the bulletin of the Pratt City Baptist church. It was | amused to find within the confines of this cultured city an educated minister of the gospel who actually and really believes that his holiness of Rome, who, goodness knows, has enough to worry about in caring for his 300,O0O,000 subjects the world over, and especially in caring for those of his flock that stand in the opposing armies of Europe's far flung battle lines, was interfering in our To- cal politics, and that some otherwise exemplary Birmingham citizens, to-wit: MT. Ward, MT. Barber, Mr. Bailey, MT. Barnwell and MT. Eaves were, with my humble self, furthering his nefarious schemes, which schemes were likewise the pet projects of his satanic majesty. was amused at such an evidence of mental alteration, and I was no less amazed that any minister of a Chris tian church should so far forget Chris tian charity and shall I say it, good breeding, as to speak so contemptuousy of the revered head of the greatest Christian body in the world today, as to style him, placing htm in juxtaposi- tion to the aforementioned monarch of regions subterrestrial, che "dago pom tiff"
 MT. Editor, your issue of today affords me some further amusement and amaze ment, and I doubt not will furnish the same to many of your readers. MT. Du- rants sermon-I beg his pardon, the Rev. MT. Durant's sermon-is certainly an amazing and amusing performance from whatever viewpoint viewed. He wanted to deliver it as he says real bad" (sc). Having gotten it out of his system, let me. first of all, politely express the hope that now he feels re- lieved, or let us say, real good"
 Frankly, to me the extraordinary ebullition was 8 revelation and thoughts on thoughts arise" I was not aware till he informed me that my church was so intimately wound into affairs of state. So we Catholics have captured both po- litcal parties. Teddy, It would seem, has escaped the net No matter, we may bag him yet, might hunter and all though he be. Our President, true blood Presbyterian, if ever there was one, is a puppet in our hands, and MT. Tumulty pulls the springs, of course, after due consultation with some willy emissary of Rome Now, as the United States has secret service in Brming- ham, will not the reverend gentleman who makes such cock sure statements, whis- per proofs of the same into the ear of the chief agent? He will find him in the federal building, and thus save his be- loved country from ruin irreparable. He will be a second "Pater Patriae. greater even than our own immortal Washington.
 STANDING ARMY
 As for the K. of c. standing army. -~f& ,A1 saI body of men cannot be marched into the open under the stars and stripes. Why, this would solve the knotty prob lens that are perplexing the statesmen at Washington. Preparedness would no longer be a future contingency, but a present actuality, and we could snap our fingers at Germany and England or our yellow neighbor across the Pacific pond. This, of course, cannot be done. The army has to keep itself concealed, being oath bound to Rome. Now, it is strange, beg the Rev. MT. Durant to believe me, it is passing strange. that. though am charter member of the Knights of Columbus council, and having paid my dues to date, am in good standing, have not yet been supplied with Krag, whatever that is. assure him that the very next meet ing I attend, I will put in my claim and register a vigorous kick, and de- mand to know why I. have not all the knightly equipment. By the way, where did see that cock and bull story be- fore? Oh. yes, few days ago, while a descendant of the mighty Agammem- non, king of men, was putting 8 lustrous shine on my shoes, I picked up a paper that was lying around. It was one of the polecat publications that certain se- cret worthies of certain secret or ga nization are secretly disseminating. There was lurid word painting of the awful ''dies irae" when, at given sig nal, the knights will seize arms and put poor, loyal inoffensive Protestant men and women to the sword. l hope my good Jewish friends, at least will escape the slaughter Lest my friend, Rabbi Newfield, be in dread, I assure him I will make special efforts to this end, and surely MT. Bayley, MT. Barn. well, Mr. Ward MT. Barber and MT. Eaves, good, loyal papal tools, should get some consideration. Further than that, am afraid I cannot go.
 As for the Catholic attitude to pub lie schools, let me quote:
 Do want my boy to go out into the world nothing but an educated fool, a blatant unbeliever. foolish agnostic, or with the simple Christian faith he learned in the home rounded out and developed into stalworth Christian integ- rity? When will we ask the question on
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