The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-11

when our special commissioner visited the
city of Detroit, Michigan and Investigated the
Romanized conditions Of that city he found
It had passed the newly organized stage Of
resistance such a. is apparent m The art,si: ts.
Rome's systematic aggressions By which she
had elected officials and gained the dorninancy
Of tho school board had resulted IN placing
twelve hundred Roman Catholic teachers IN
Detroits public schools; these to teach $4,000
non-C Catholic children, while only 500 Protes-
tant teachers were employed.
Conditions equally appalling were uncovered
by our commissioner In Chicago where ne
found. out Of the 5000 public school teachers
5000 were RomaniSts. In this second largest
city In the United States the Romanists had
not stopped with the dominancy Of the school
board and of the schools, but had been, and
are still drilling their paroehial products Tor
teaching positions.
This l. done in the last two years Of their
schooling, In which the examination questions
used IN past yeurs are the text book ana
form the basis Of two-year's course OF
nTeparatIon, The result Of Rome's aggres-
siof,s In these two cities shoald serve g am
Die notice that IN organization OF Roman
subjects such as 10 now being periectea IN
Steubenville has bat one GoJect In view, and
that object 10 gain dominance over and under.
mins the schools; q warning not only to
SteubenyiIle but 10 all other cities and towns
where the Roman blight Of systematic organ-
ization, preparing for q raid on the schools
IL lust beginning To make itself apparent
Ri TEUBENvILLE, OHIO, has a
lfN board Of education which
lS seems to kHRy its business.
hNs That much Is inferred from
S the irritation of Steubenville
papists. Four of these papal subjects
annlied RECENTLY for positions as
teachers in the Steubenville schools,
but others were chosen.
And now comes one Mr.. Simon
Lotus with a protest, and he Is not
a Protestant either. Mr.. Lotus in
dignantly declares that the four
Young women Of his alleged church
were rejected solely because they were
Roman Catholics. Being himself a
Roman Catholic, federal official BY
appointment, and defeated candi-
date for mayor by election, MIR.
Lotus is rather sensitive.
We have no means OF knowing
whether that was the reason for their
rejection; but are persuaded that, II
it was, the Steubenville board OF edu-
cation displayed an excellence OF
judgment and quality Of courage that
Is exceptional. Laying other cconsidi,,
erations aside, school officials 90 well
when they employ teachers who be-
lieve in the public schools.
So now there is a "Cathohc Pro-
tective and Resistance League" in
Steubenville, organized at st. Peters
Roman Catholic church In that city
on Sunday afternoon, July 22. The
Steubenville Herdld-Stdr Of the next
day tells all about 1t, and contains
two communications relative to the
same from the aforesaid Mr.. Lotus.
The papists Of Steubenville are on
the warpath, and are incidentally
demonstrating who II Is that "drags
religion into politics"
For the Steubenville paper credits
Mr.. Lotus with the declaration that
the newly organized Catholic League
is TO "dennand that the Catholic vote
be given to red-blooded men here
after" The reader can no doubt COM
prehend what is implied in the figure
las one, of the popes has said. the
Catholic vote in Steubenville will be
cast for candidates who pledge them
selves to deserve well In the Catholic
cause" There is nothing new about
that attitude or declaration, but it is
new to some people; and the open
declaration that the pope's Steuben-
vile parish is In politics is informing
as well as surprising to many who
have hitherto denied or doubted it.
Mr.. LOTUS also said that for at
least q year papist pressure has been
I brought TO bear on the Steubenville
Chamber Of Commerce to secure Its
alliance with Rome and arouse its
opposition to the local patriotic move.
ment, though without success. Where
fore Mr.. Lotus concludes that the
members Of that Chamber "lacked the
moral courage Of known convictions
Maybe the Steubenville Chamber
Of Commerce lacked moral courage
and maybe it didn't. TO man from
Missouri it looks more like the said
Chamber, as well as the board OF
education, Is pretty well supplied with
both courage and brains.
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