The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-02-22

his death. His council, his critic
isms, and his fearless spirit were
bracers when the storm ragged and
the waves ran high threatening, de-
struction to the paper. / saw in
him wisdom and a clear eye to see all
matters of public concern in their
true relation. So ] fastened him to
me with hooks Of steel. His money,
his time, his influence could be
counted on,
The more Rome ragged the closer
he clung to me and boosted THE
MENACE. Goodbye old comrade. /
feel lonesome without you.
The Post closes its fine tribute to
Brother Northup as follows:
"With his death Ellicottville loses
one Of the last of the old school of
lawyers that made the towns fame
statewide. Firm in his beliefs,
fearless In expressing them, the
champion Of a common people pos
sessing free and untrammelled
rights, he was one Of the most in
teresting, the most forceful figures
In Cattaraugus county"
So many things have transpired
of late that I have been unable To
call attention to the demise Of w. H
Bacon, the secretary Of the National
American Protective Association
the hated. despised and feared A. P
A. w. H. Bacon was a soldier from
Wisconsin, in the civil war, and was
clerk in the census department in
Washington, in which city he died.
1t was almost an accident that ]
got his name. THE MENACE was an
alarm bell to him and he came on
the run with his personal friend
ship and extensive knowledge
gained in the secretaryship of the
noble A. P. A. organization.S To
him THE MENACE is indebted for the
great help he gave US in putting us
next to the camps where dwelt the
warriors bold who defed Rome
Papes hate them? I guess you
would after being knocked down all
over the country.
A letter from w. H. Bacon lies
before me dated May "a, 1911. Two
full sheets, a typewriter letter
He always wrote that way, working
after hours to boost THE MENACE
1t was through w. H. Bacon ant
Mr.. H. F. Bowers, the president, We
got in touch with thousands of in
terested people, men of rank with
scars upon them, received in battles
with the pope's minions. A few ex.
tracts from this early letter will
give my readers an insight to the
spirit and capacity Of this old sol
der upon freedoms battle field:
~ am very much pleased with
sample copies Of your paper which
have seen and read. Will say that
/ am the supreme secretary of the
American Protective Association
and am employed by the govern
ment in the civil service here, ant
that possibly, if It became know
that | was doing very much work here
for that organization, that l would
not last very long in the service
yet l know how to find o way Il
get some mighty interesting things
out among the people of the west
where / come from, that seem somC
how to count when 1t comes to votes
all right. ="
T notice you speak in one placi
of the freak Catholic professor herr
and his campaign for and agains
the Republican party. 1t has beer
my good fortune to get hold of {
part of one Of the circulars sent ou'
by him TO the Catholic voters o.
Delaware in the last campaign, con
fidentially, to the leading Catholics
Of the state, telling them why they
should elect a legislature which
would return Senator Du Pont to tn,
senate" [So Catholics wer,
in politics in 1911,wer they?-Ed.,
"You also speak of the report tha
Mrs. Taft is a Catholic. This
have from one Of the leading officer
Of foreign missions in the Orient
that she Joined that church II
Manila, although, before going ther,
she had been member of st. John'
Episcopal church, here in Washing
ton. Also that in Taft's last tril
around the world that she ATTENDED
only Catholic churches after leavinl
San Francisco. / should have saiC
from New York to San Francisco
-" TBut Catholics deserted Taf
shamefully and elected Wilson
They have no political honor
Editor.]
"If you have not already done S,
l would suggest that you communi
cate with Hon. H. E. Bowers, Cor
bin Block, Clinton, Iowa, who I fee
very sure can aid you very much il
your work and who, think, like my
self, will be only too glad to Civ,
you any aid in our power"
Mr.. Bowers, president Of the Ma
tional A. P. A., and Bacon, botl
have Joined the ranks Of the i'm
mortals, camping in their whit
tents on the banks Of the Crysta
Stream flowing through the City o
God. But here ! am, at the desk o
THE MENACE, straggler at the ent
j Of the march, on the "Long, lonI
trail" that began somewhere, AMI
Is lost beyond the head lands Of tn
1Great Divide"
We at one time had Scotch tail
or in our town, quite a huYnorist
and ! suspect he was an 0rangeman
because he related the following In