The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-04-13
TAKE the MEASURE
OF PAPAL POLITICIANS
Fitzgerald and Psllstlss Of Masss
Measured BY Their Record Afford
q Warning Worth heedlnG

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a Warning Worth Hsedlng
PStxisAs Cd SFsr ths esmtry GhoEia
lsok tnts the antseedsuts Il pss6ee.
dorrd Dolftacal Romanists whe, fio1
only seem to think II b their right
to feed Gt the public crib perpetually
and who, after making record Of Ia
tolerance, hgotry and undue zeal for
the sovereign on the Tibm, suddenly
turn around and profess Americans
ism, after finding that their zeal IN
behalf Of the foreign sovereign ha4
worked to their disadvantage.
Massachusetts has recently fur
nished cases In point which illustrates
this fact and should be kept in mind
by the patriots OF that commons
wealth. We call 10 mind no ofaces
seekers among the Irish RomanistA
Of the old Bay State, who. when II
Office, were more solicitous about dis
penStn1 political plums to Rcmanistn
than John r. Fitzgerald while mayav
Of Boston, Fitzgerald ID nothing q
NOT IN ardsnt Hcrnar CRthnlic and
his unsHtery record when lnayoeL
Which was ynada yuAhs by 0 eem1ntG
tee Of buHnsm man hesaad hy ana
other Romanist eEassd Ms deAenk
Since than however, he AMs asptre4
10 The United States SSnstsrsAip and
has employed the various means snA
methods Of the willy politician 20 fnra
Their his political smhitiepA After
the Roman Cathohs HsA dsznsass
streted the menace ok 1suaniRn a
Hsverhil1, Massachusetts,, and th&
tremendous reactions sst IN. yitRs
i gerald saw The Importance e1 plno.,
Ing his intense pro Romanima IN the
background fer the time bsina and
during the recent mayorality capnsi
paign In Boston created considerablel
amazement among citizens Of Massa.,
chusetts who remembered his record
as mayor, by severely upbraidimM
} Mayor Curiey and another pro-Ros,
manist, Francis A. Campbell, foRI
what hs termed A. p. Adsn. Nh.
Fitzgerald may deplore Curiey's IN
discreet ch&npionizm Of Roman poll.
ticians but he certainly has ne
, ground to criticize Curley, for his
actions when In Office follow Fitx-
gerald's own footsteps 20 far a they
relate to the appointment Of Romano
lists to once. --4
q The case Of Fizgsrald however 70
not 30 ofsnEvs or BADLY Jesuitical
In character as that of District At.
! torney Pellstier. Pallstier is o French
? Canadian and Romanist with all the
. intense prejudice Of that element
I which, In Canada, IL today manifest
ing such bitter hatred toward repub.
lican Canada and liberal England that
1t wishes to cause o secession Of Que
: bee from United Canada. It was
brother Of Pelletier, who when In
. office secured the exclusion Of THE
MENACE from the post Office in
. Canada. This Pelletier when he ar
\ rived In Boston set to work to obtain
> a position at the public crib and has
: : Encs been feeding thereat His In
! tense intolerance and religious bigo-
4 try was boldly In evidence whsn Mr..
= Catheron, hgh-minded, noble type
y Of Massachusetts citizenship was ap.
pointed Probation Officer. Catheron
{ was emlnently fit for the task but In
. the eyes Of Pelietier he had ecm-
o mitted an mpard0nable sin. Hs had
q worked TO secure the passage Of the
Q Anti-Sectarian or later known az the
n Anti-Aid Amsndmsnt, which was at
l. that time before the Massachusetts,
l. legislature In the form Of q bill ia
submit the question to the people for
their approval or rejection. Because
Catheron favored this bill which has
I recently been ratified by o majority
j Of seventy-hve thousand In Massa-
chusetts, and had taken q noble stand
W IN favor Of true Americanim In
r Massachusetts,, Pelleher denounced
4 him as bigot unit for public Office
!. and refused to recognize him. Curley
. joined with Pelletier, the case wal
o1 taken to the courts and finally to the
D. supreme court Of the state where Mr.
al Catheron's appointment was upheld
Still District Attorney Pelletier, ever
after this pronouncement OF The
or bench, stated that his Office woulC
n have nothing to do with Mr.. Catheror
Y or words to that affect.
en- Massachusetts after this however
showed In no uncertain manner tha
~ sha resented al this marrow religiou
w intolerant hgctry which the Roman
IA lists were uianifsstine and would hav
l none Of Il. When the Constitutions
no Convention met II was very svldan
that politicians who fought thi
amendment need not expect offices .
90 the hands Of the electorate Of III
10 state and PelletAr dearly coveta th
lis position az governor Of Massachusetts
OF as has been shown by his actions b
yes the past. Hence the amazement o
'at those who do not understand Jeguii
'ts ical methods and the methods Of Re
lto man Catholics who wish to enjoy per
its petual positions in public life whsr
ne they can serve the church effectivel
go while receiving remunerations, Nj
de Pelletier favored the Anti-A
di' Amendment, substantially the sam
ne amendment which Mr. Cathsrc
favored in the legislature few year
~ before and it was because he so Il
in vored it that Pelletier denounced hil
,os as a religious bigot, unworthy Z
,ed public Office.
I'VE Pelletier wants to be governor (
II Massachusetts,. Let no patriot |
in deceived; let no lover Of free inst
vas tutions be misled by the lightnin
pa change of Romanist political actcl
A a..