The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-01-05

eve have lost Belgium, but we have
saved Paris" Is the statement The
Boston Herald and Journal for De-
cember Goth attributes to Congress
man Gallivan, defeated candidate for
mayor Of Boston in the election Of De-
cember 18th. We feel free to say
that there are some who entertain a
degree Of doubt as to just what this
papal emissary meant by the asser-
ton.
For the enlightnent Of those who
do not know that Cardinal o'Con-
nell's ambition in the recent election
was to gain control Of the public
schools we cali attention to recent
happenings, which show that the car
dinal not only wanted to gain whip
hand over the schools but that every
effort was exerted to gain such dom
nance and Mr.. Gallivan meant that
in electing Richard J. Lane and
Michael 81. Corcoran to the school
board the Roman Catholic women of
Boston, with the aid of the male Ro-
manists, who voted in accordance
with the cardinals desires had Sawed
Paris" though Gallivan himself,
likened to Belgium, was lost.
The fight against the anti-sec-
tartan amendment which Cardinal
O'Connell waged so bitterly was
waged, we believe, principally be
cause the cardinal had fond hopes of
being able to obtain a division of the
public school money SO Rome's paro-
chial schools might enjoy state aid,
but when the anti-sectarian amend
ment passed making such step i'm
possible there was only one thing
left to do and that was to capture
the public schools as far as possible
SO said schools would support papal
teachers II nothing more, while all
the time an underhanded campaign
might be waged because Of the inside
track thus gained.
Accordingly when time for regis
tration came around the cardinal
gave the word and the Roman Cath
olic women Of the city turned out in
force. A big registration Of Roman
Catholic women, wholly unlocked for
by the unsuspecting, resulted and
assured big Catholic vote"
That the cardinal was able to de-
liver this women" vote at the polls
is shown by an excerpt taken from
the account Of the election as con-
tanned in the Boston Evening Tran
script, issue for December 10th.
Says the Transcript:
SCHOOL BOARD CONTROL"
Important issues were also in
volved in the School Committee con-
test and there is deep regret in the
circles represented by the Public
School Association that its candi-
dates, Joseph Lee and William S.
Kenny, were defeated, especially as
the campaign was marked by the in
lection of race and religion. The
election of Richard ]. Lane and
Michael 81. Corcoran was plainly ac-
complished by the unexampled ac-
tivity of Roman Catholic influences.
Not only did the campaign in theil
interest start long before the mayor
al campaign, but it was prosecuted
with an intenseness that led to a
record registration of women voters,
21,518. More than 10000 women
voted, the greatest number since
1883, when women were first per-
mitted to 60 to the polls. This influ-
ence in. the School Committee con-
test is emphasized by the fact that
last year only 4967 women voted; the
previous year, 6433, and that the
average vote for the last ten years
has not been more than 5000.
"The majority of the last registra-
ton is Roman Catholic, even though
the Public School Association made
strenuous efforts to counteract the
trend. II is apparent that the re-
ligious issue worked more success
fully for the School Committee can
didates than for Mayor Curley.
"Last year Mr.. Corcoran was de-
feated for reelection to the school
board, by being obliged to divide his
vote with DR.. keenan,, though he
started the fight with the strong sup
mort of the Democratic noliticiana