The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-03


have been involved in treachery with Jere-
miah O'Leary and the further fact that
secret service operatives had to secure the
evidence against law-breaking saloons
which the Whallen city administration
with its Irish Catholic police force and
the sheriff, who is running for mayor
failed or refused to do, before Louisville
could be cleaned up for the 10000 soldiers
at the cantonment, is matter that affords
political Rome very little consolation.
Don't Be Distracted from Main Issues
The election is not to determine the guilt
or innocence of persons accused Of stufing
ballot-boxes by the Whallen machine how
ever. Nor is it question of whether the
Democratic party is loyal to the president,
or upholds the public schools, or has the
best orators.
1t is a question WHETHER THE
WHALLEN IRISH CATHOLIC MA
CHINE SHALL CONTINUE TO POSE
AS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND
DOMINATE LOUISVILLE IN POLL
TICS, BUSINESS AND CIVIC VEL.
FARE.
1t is said that more money has been
raised for the making of Louisville "donl-
inantly Catholic" through the election of
this ticket Of 40 Catholics and 25 pro-
Catholics than has ever been intrusted to
the gang before.
X. of c. On The Menace
AS long ago as the last contest for gov
ernor, the Irish Catholic element, which
endeavored to put over Knight of Colum-
bus Ed. McDermott, now lieutenant-gov-
ernor, had its plans laid in Louisville for
"dominantly Catholic CITY," Just after
the defeat of McDermott for governor by
the Democrats, certain knight of Co
lumbus in Lebanon, Kentucky, which is a
strong Catholic community, thinking he
was addressing a co-religionist who had
been introduced to him by an Irish name
somewhat as joke, stated that hundreds
of thousands of dollars had been contrib
uted by Knights of Columbus all over the
country to 'put THE MENACE out of busi-
ness" in the trial at Joplin, Mo-, from
which as is well known, THE MENACE
came out unscathed.
This gentleman, who is reported to be
a brother of one of the candidates on the
present Whallen ticket in Louisville, de.
clared that unless THE MENACE were sup.
pressed at that time, "The church t0ould
be set back so years."
"Mr. O'Kane," the American patriot
supposed to be loyal church politician
innocently asked why McDermott haG
scarcely been given complimentary vote
and was told "that THE MENACE did it.
and that it Carried $4,000 votes in Ken
lucky"
This shows what the Irish Catholic poll
ticians using their church as q politica
shield, think of THE MENACE and why
they fear its exposures of the rotten con
ditions in Louisville. THE MENACE doesn'
Garry" any votes, but earnestly hopes
American citizens, regardless Of creed viii
scotch this politico-religious machine o.
the Whallen Gang posing as the Demo
, cratic party.
An Appeal to Catholics
THE MENACE is not fighting the Roman
, Catholic church as a religious body. /
) appeals to Roman Catholics themselve
who do not hold to the idea that religion
and politics are one and the same thing
Roman Catholics can win the undying Low
and gratitude of their fellow American
by helping to forever destroy the Whallel
, Gang and its misuse of the church an,
y the Roman Catholic religion in politics.
t Brumleve and Mitchell
That there are Roman Catholics Il
e Louisville determined to do this is eviden
: from the protest of Ben Brumleve,
Knight of Columbus who was defeated TO
mayor in the Whallen primary, and VIII
says that the man who has nothing bette
9 to recommend him for office than his re
ligion does not deserve the votes of Amer
lean citizens.
n In this Brumleve is like his fello,
Q Knight of Columbus, Mayor Mitchell O
e New York, who did not hesitate in expos
! ing even the priests of his own churc
Q that attempted to interfere with the ac
!! ministration of law. AS a result, Mitche
J is opposed by the Tammany Ring, III
Jeremiah 0Teary pro-Germans and othe
evil influences of the Religious Political
arm of the church.
= Whallen To Use Catholic Police
e Any sane citizen of Louisville, Cathol
n Protestant or Jew, who doubts the chal
a acter of the Whallen machine as reprt
e senting all that is vicious in the misuse {
> the religious" appeal to Roman Cathol
e voters, or that it has a strangle-hold 0
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