The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-02-02

need money, and without money for
legitimate expenses they cannot hope
to win contested elections"
We are hardly prepared to state
that The Hibernian's prediction that
Sim Feiners might decline to sit in
the house of commons If elected Is in
fuenced In any way by action or
recommendations the vatican may see
fit to make but we can state that
here is journal that Is recognized
as the official Massachusetts organ OF
an American Irish society, which has
been shielded by the hierarchy,
condescending to advise the Sim
Feiners as to how best to proceed.
The Sim Feiners in Ireland at that,
and without a hierarchal combination
somewhere in the deal we can hard
ly see how such journal in Amer
lea would care to publish such an ar
ticle. Of course the paper circu-
lates among the Irish here, and it
has some circulation in Ireland we
suppose-but whatever its status in
that regard the printed words will
not and cannot belle themselves.
Now that we see the hierarchal
working behind the screen in this In
stance where dealings are to be had
with the Sim Feiners "about to be
communicated" we wish to call
your attention to a matter that may
have escaped your attention for the
moment. 1t has to do with the Hi
bernians.
Remember the Sim Feiners are
about to be called into disfavor by
Rome, if reports are true. But here
is a paper that is hierarchal dealing
in advice to this foreign organiza-
ton. What is this paper? Again we
state it is the official organ of the
Ancient Order Of Hibernians. And
what is the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians? Well that is a question
that can hardly be answered in a
sentence but If It could the most apt
characterization would probably be:
1t is an organization which is the
reported successor to the organiza-
ton once known as the Molly Ma
guires SO aptly called "the murderous
Mollies."
This organization which, il the
charge be true, did more to disgrace
Catholicism than Sim Feinism will
ever do Except that it never gained
such a worldwide evil eminence), en-
joys the shielding silence Of the hier'
archy even after the most astounding
J exposures an organization was ever
subjected to.
When by the most crafty detective
; work imaginable more than twenty
of the leaders Of "the murderou:
Mollies" were caught red-handet
| and many of them hung, everyone
thought that the organization hac
been disbanded.
But as we stated in MENACE No
: 280, when six of the number wer'
5 hung in Pottsville, Pa, in the seven
t ties, then young priest by the mann
of Daniel /. McDermott served tn
: six as "father confessor" on the da!
of execution and he has, ever since
: from information obtained by exper
! ience, been opposed to the organiza
n ton known as the Ancient Order o
e Hibernians. Now here Is q singula
e thing in the history Of the papa
e church. It is ready, 80 we are told
: to disown Sim Feiners (because SIM
n Feiners are caught1) but 1t ha
I, never disowned the Hibernians.
McDermott, who has consistent,
y fought the organization for Year,
+ has maintained that they should no
q be recognized or tolerated by hi
church. And 1t seems that In tn
+ earlier years Of his efforts to dis
y credit them he had the support Q
: other local and we'll informed priests
Even Archbishop Wood, In 1874 an
/ prior to the conviction or trial Q
the Mollie Maguires, condemned IN
n Hiberniana % responsible for tn
le crimes charged to tho Molliss.
n McDermott carried on his nigh
s, consistently with purpose 10 reliev
y his church from tho odium this
e would rest upon Il II II allowed \
II self to become identified with Il
d bernianism, He sent representative
ID to the Third Plenary Council at Bs
a. tinore asking the hierarchy to plac
I" It's ban upon tho Hibernians and 0.
d. fsring the evidence to establish til
'e propriety Of the act. But his men
1t orial was suppressed, and the Hibe,
In mans have gradually assumed I'll
e. same relation TO the papai system
he the United States as the Knights I
" Columbus. In fact, HibernianiHl