The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-02-08
THE PApAL IRISH
TROUBLING CONGRESS
Ranting GalIiyau Again Tries to
Embarrass Americans With Leg
isIation Favorable to Enemies

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In trying to drag the interests of
tie papal empire into the congress
6f the United States, Representa-
live James A. Gallivan, of Boston,
2oman Catholic Irishman and
Knight Of Columbus, seems to be
fhronically at loggerheads with
the American people.
He is one Of the papal Irish who
tried repeatedly to. enact that part
of the canon law which would en-
force the Roman Index on this
country in violation of the first
amendment to the Constitution OF
the United States. To him it was
immaterial whether such an act
would violate the national consh-
tuition or not provided it was in
harmony with the canon law OF
Rome.
But the very day congress
assembled in special session
in 1917 at the call Of the
president to declare war on
Germany, Gallivan dragged into
congress and there championed the
demands of the papal traitors in
Ireland who had tried SO hard and
continued to try to betray England
into the hands Of the kaisers, the
sultan and the pope.
On April 2 Of the year men,
toned, he introduced a resolution,
known as H. Res. 8, which, with
its many whereaseS omitted, reads
as follows:
Resolved, That it is the sense Of
the American congress that no peace
can last, or ought to last, which does
not recognize and accept the prin:
ciples that governments derive all
their Just powers from the consent
Of the governed; that in whatever
peace negotiations which may follow
the present war in Europe the
rights Of the people Of Ireland
should be fully recognized, TO the
end that a brave, worthy, liberty
loving, and God-fearing people, who
have long suffered from oppression
and tyranny, shall have restored to
them the fullest measure Of national
liberty and independence.
The papal Irish championed in
this measure are so brave that a
number Of their leaders were tried,
convicted and hanged for secret in
trigues with the Prussian kaiser to
land German military forces, guns
and munitions in Ireland to con-
quer England which was then
fighting beside grand, chivalrous
France and Italy to prevent the
four divine-right autocrats from
blotting liberty and representative
government from the earth.
In that effort they had the sym
pathy and active support Of most
papal Irish in this country. Some
Of their American Sim Fein CO.
traitors have been indicted. Jere-
miah A. OIeary is still in the tolls
Of the federal law for alleged
REASONABLE intrigue with other
Roman Catholic felons who sought
to place explosive bombs in our
warships and piers in behalf Of the
kaisers, the sultan and the 'holy
father"
This Gallivan resolution, at the
time of this writing, is still pend
Ing before the house committee on
foreign affairs. Press reports say
the committee is perplexed, not
knowing what disposition to make
Of the iniquitous measure. Real
izing that the next congress,
elected in part on the issue Of rc-
senting the joint war-work drive
to make Protestants give $3O,00O,-
600 to Roman bishops for the sec
tartan work Of the Knights Of Co
lumbus, will be hostile to legisla-
ton in behalf Of Roman Catholic
traitors, the Irish are pushing this
resolution before the committee in
the hope Of getting it through the
present congress. It is immaterial
to them if the mighty issues Of war
and peace and the return of our
brave boys from Europe are all de-
layed or defeated entirely if they
can favor the archtraitors in
ireland.
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