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Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21
BE it resolved by the House Of Repre-
sentativea, the SENATE ~conGurrIng there
IN. as follows:

That at the general election to be held
the inst Monday in November, A, D..
1920. there shah he submitted to the quail
flied voters ut the state for adoption the
following amendment to the Constitution
thereof:
Section l.. That article 10 of the Con-
stituti0B Of Missouri he, and the same Is
hereby amended by adding thereto the
following section, to he known as Sec
ton %, article 10 of the Constitution Of
The state OF Missouri. which said section
shall read as follows;
Section %. In addition to the taxes
now authorized to be levied for county
purposes. under and by virtue Of section
II Of article 10 Of the Constitution of
this state, and in addition TO the special
levy for road and bridge urposes author
tied by section % Of article 10 of the
Constitution of this state, II shall be the
in this state, when authorized so to do
Jy a majority of the qualified voters Of
any road district, general or special. vot-
ing thereon at an election held for such
purpose to make q levy of not to eX-
coed fifty cents on the one hundred dol
lars valuation on all property within such
district. to be collected in the same man
per as state and county taxes are collect
cd, and placed to the credit Of the road
district authorizing such special levy. II
shall be the duty of the county court.
on petition of not less than ten qualified
voters and taxpayers residing within any
such road district, to submit the question
Of AUTHORIZING such special election to
be held for that purpose, within twenty
days after filing OF such petition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21

Authorizing cities which contain not
more than 10000 inhabitants to Incur
additional Indebtedness for WaterWorks,
ice and light plants.
SENATE JOINT AND CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION submitting to the quail
fed voters Of the state of Missouri a
proposal to amend section ia of article
10 OF the Constitution Of Missouri re-
lating to certain cities being permit
ted to incur additional Indebtedness
for water, ice n light plants"
Be 1t resolved by the Senate. the House
of Representatives ~concurring therein:
That at the general election to be held
on the first Tuesday following the first
Monday in November. 1920, the following
amendment to the Constitution of Mis-
souri, concerning the rights of certain
for w~aterworks, ice and light plants shall
be submitted to the qualified voters of
said state, to-wtt:
Section /. That section la of article 10
of the Constitution of Missouri be and the
same Is hereby amended by striking out
the words and figures NOR less than two
thousand 10000 inhabitants" in the sec
ond line of said section la of article 10,
and be further amended by striking out
the words and figures, five 90" in line
G of said section Ia of article 10,
and inserting In lieu thereof the words
and figures, ten (i0)," and that said
section la Of article 10 aforesaid be
further amended by inserting between
the words "waterworks' and 'elec-
tric," in the Sth line OF said section ia
of article 10, aforesaid, the words "ico
plants" so that said section la Of arti-
Gle 10. aforesaid, when amended, shall
read as follows:
Section la. Any city in this state,
containing not more than thirty thou
sand inhabitants. may, with the assent
of two-thirds (25) Of the voters thereof
voting, at an election held for that pur-
pose, be allowed to become indebted in
a larger amount than specified in section
IL Of article 10 Of the Constitution of this
state, not exceeding an additional ten
00) per centum on the value of the ak
able property therein, for the purpose
of purchasing or constructing water
works, Ice plant, electric OF other light
plants, to be owned exclusively by the
city SO purchasing or constructing the
same: Provided, that any shch city In
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21

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Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NO. 9.

Providing for a bond issue Of $1,000
001.C0 for the purpose Of creating a SOL
diers' settlement fuai.
Joint AND CONCURRENT RESOLU-
TON providing for the amendment Of
section a., article 4 Of the Constitution
Of the state Of Missouri. relating to
the contracting of a liability in behalf
m the state Of Missouri, in the sum Of
one million dollars t$l. 900. 000). by an
issue Of bonds for the purpose Of Gre
atiDg q snlaInrs' settlement fund
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NO. 6.

Authorizing General Assembly to con.
tract a debt on behalf ,of the state and
o0o.oo for constructing hard surfaced
roads,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NO. 3.

Permitting an increase OF the limit Of
indebtedness that large cities my incur
ana enabling them to acquire public utiI.
tiles.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NO. 4,

Permits majority Of qaalied voters OF
road districts to authorize special levy
for road purposes ~ not TO exceed fifty
cents on the $4,000 valuation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NO. 7.

Authorizing cities which contain not
more thar 10000 Inhabitants to incur
additional indebtedness for waterworks,
ice and light plants.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21

Requiring General Assembly to levy
annual tax not less than one-hah cent
nor more han three cents on $4,000
valuation for penslonine deserving blind
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21

Authorizing cities having a population
Of more than i91l 900 inhabitants TO frame
and drH~nd their charters by tess difficult
methods than are now provided.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21

Be 1t resolved by the Senate. the House
Of Representatives concurring therein.
as follows:
The Irish standard., 1920-01-17
Prelate ASSailS Sex
Literature

and to happiness-the pace that kills
It may come to a matrimonial conclu'
sion, but in the end it is fatal. You
ask: What about the young men?
Whatever our young men are, they will
not be benefited by our young women
not being the best.
1T seems that the so-called mar.
riageable class doesn't attend ser
mons"
Sex Literature Aseailed.
There II also much talk in the
world regarding the wave Of sex ntera'
ture that prevails. All your groupS Of
romance IN story books center on the
subject. They are filed with Incl.
dents that are sfisque and all the
psychological Aaalysds Of . hasty sub.
ject. At tie end. they attempt to
apologize for al their nastiness BY 4
marriage.
1T would b better II the marriage
had been brought o6 ct the start q ths
book instead Of being preceded By ~
pages q suea mattsr. Pssha1s, II thil
had besa "a, thsse would b - book
Mttek YenlA - . nnch ths bsttsE...
The Irish standard., 1920-01-17
The VOluble. Gentle
men as a ShOuter

He did not speak of those that are
careful and solicitous and over-anx-
ious concerning food and raiment and
the morrow, and He did not give them
a cure for their care or remedy for
their solicitude or an insurance policy
for tomorrow. He said: "After all
these things do the heather seek"
The plan He laid down then is the
plan for the church now. Seek ye
first the Kingdom of God and His JUS
tice, and all these things shall be added
to you."
The Kingdom of God is not in dollars
or drives or committees, it is within.
The justice of God is not in
treaties or bargains or plans or laws.
1t is in the moral law.
The business of the church is to
proclaim and apply the moral law.
1t is her prerogative to Judge the
efforts of Caesar to administer the af-
fairs of Caesar if they are counter to
the moral law. It is not her business
what to do with his own within his
own rightful sphere.
1t is hers to stand for justice and
to hold up the banner. "Thou shalt
not steal," but she is no policeman.
1t is hers to stand for the rights
of man and to plead the cause of the
lowly, and to be- a mainstay for the
oppressed, and to lift up her voice to
call to heaven for vengeance against
those who deprive the laborer of his
hire, but it is not hers to sit at table
or to be divider among brethren.
The one thing we need today, and
that we don't hear enough of, and that
is the Kingdom of God. Instead, our
ears are deafened with the rattle OF
the money OF Simon Magus. We sadly
need the vigorous and refreshing
words of the Prince of the Apostles:
"Pecunia tua tecum in perditionem.' u
To hell with you and your money be-
cause you think the gifts of God are
for sale.
The Irish standard., 1920-01-17

Sex literature and immoral dances
were assailed by Archbishop John ].
Glennon, Of st. Louis, recently In a
monthly sermon at the new cathedral
In that city.
The prelate also deplored that many
persons regarded marriage as a "joke,
an experiment, very doubtful expedi-
ent largely lottery-a gambling de.
vice, wherein one may win or lose y
He said upon the sanctity Of matri.
mony largely depended whatever Of
civilization We have-the home being
the basis upon which the nation ID
built, and to destroy the homo meant
to destroy the nation.
Divorce 10 Denounced.
Denouncing divorce, be said stats.
tics show one IN every eight marriages
lead to the divorce court
"0is1s," he said, ~spend tbsir nights
daactng fnnosal Aaacss, hak e3othsl.
That = tie Aaaee g AeatA % yhtls
The Irish standard., 1920-01-17

We are hearing and reading every
day of what the church should do in
the present condition of human affairs,
says Father Yorke. In this country the
voluble gentlemen of nearly all the
denominations are vociferating Recon
,struction" with the panied and sur.
prised accent of the disillusioned hen
who sees her chicks take to water.
Only Rome is silent-with the deep
silence of the everlasting years. What
in the world are they all Cabling
about, anyhow? Was the church sent
into the world to make wooden legs
or crock eyes?
Was the Apostolic Mandate to teach
typewriting, chemistry, electric engin.
eering or the noble art of circumvent.
ing the neighbor in business by day
schools or by night?
II sterling is on the bum, and marks
unmarketable, and francs disfran
chised, did the doctors deliver to the
saints the secret of restoring them to
par?
II economics are up in the air, and
stocks walking on the ceiling, and
gamblers frothing at the mouth, are
the exorcisms of the church to be used
to cast out the disturbing spirits?
What has Christ to do with Belial
or Jerusalem with Athens?
Let Capital work out it's own saliva
tion.
Lei Labor fight its own battles. !
Let Caesar Carry the burdens thai
belong to Caesar.
Our Lord did not lay down any po
utical or economic or educational OF
reconstructional or cultural policies
He said, "Let the dead bury theil
dead"
The Irish standard., 1920-01-17
Rapid Growth of
Pa&anism i'm Britain

to say how my countryfolk in bulk do
not accept the divine personality OF
our Lord, that is to say, they do not,
give wholehearted belief in the Apps-
ties Greed. And Christ they only
know as a name always to reverence
and sometimes to swear by.
do not for moment think that I
am making this statement without
foundation-on the contrary, what 1s
thrust before me more and more ever
day is that not even the language e ID
Technology Of Christianity is under.
stood by the people.
Read the latest book on the subject,
The Army and Religion: An Inquiry,
and its bearing on the religious life Of
the nation 1t is compiled out Of 300
memoranda resting on the evidence OF
many hundred witnesses.
when you have put that book down
you will find that there is hideous rea-
son, lamentable reason, for believing
that Christ, to IS per cent of our be-
loved countrymen and countrywomen
is today only one name among others,
like Plato, Sophocles, or Marcus
Aurelius.
mot a Living Force"
"To this growing section of the con..
munity, Christ Is not a living force, in
spring their lives and christianizink
their conduct. :,
Must say it," he continued, that
we are living upon the afterglow Of
Christianity, which before the great re-,
ligious revolt in the sixteenth century
was woven not merely into the rel.
gious, but into the legislative, philD-
sophie, social and domestic life of 'Mea,
rie England for thousand years.
ITO convert England to Christianity
we must start like our Catholic mis-
sionaries among the heathens, with the
children. Alas, parents to whom Chris.
tianity is nothing and its dogma worse
than nothing will refuse to have their
children respond to our Divine Mas.
ter's call. Suffer little children to
come unto me, and forbid them not :
Somebody will ask me, Is this neo.
Paganism due to the war? Not bit
of 1t. The war has been the occasion
of revealing 1t, that is all.
III yon want to know what has de-.
christianized the country" he Con-
tinued, Il point my finger to the prp-
vided School from which Christ has
been turned out with the door slammed
in His face.
"The thought of 1t makes me bury
my face in my hand and sob with sor.
row and shame"
The Irish standard., 1920-01-17
Many Will Observe
Jubilees i'm 1920

John s. Gum, Archbishop Of Natchez.
Archbishop George w. Mundelein,
Of Chicago, will celebrate the 25th an.
niversary Of his ordination on June
8. Other prelates who will observe
their silver Jubilee in the priesthood
are Bishop P. A. McGovern, Of Chey.
enne and Bishop Joseph F. McGrath,
Of Baker City.
Bishop Joseph P. Lynch, Of Dallas
and Bishop Thomas T. Walsh, Of Tren.
ton will celebrate the Goth anniversary
Of their ordination.
In June Bishop BENJAMIN ]. Kelley
will celebrate his Goth anniversary az
bishop Of Savannah and in November
Bishop Herman ]. Alerding, will com
plete his second decade of service as
head Of the diocese Of Fort Wayne.
During the year the following pre-
lates will round out 10 years of ser
vice at the head Of their respective
dioceses. Bishops O'Donoghue o1
Louisville, Heffron Of Winona, Cor
bett Of Crookston, O'Reilly of Fargo
Milan Of Hartford, Rice Of Burlington
VT, and Wehrle Of Bismarck, NORTH
Dakota.
Archbishop George w. Mundelein, o.
Chicago, will complete five years al
head Of the Chicago archdiocese o.
December 8.
In October Bishop Anthony ]
Schuler, will round out five years Of
service as bishop Of the Ell Paso dio
cese.
The Irish standard., 1920-01-17

world safe for democracy Ireland
should have serious consideration,
"The Irish are homogeneous pDo-
pie, and no other people in either -.
rope OF, Asia or the western continent
has ever made such a constant and
enduring struggle for autonomy and
independence AZ the Irish race. They
hold the undisputed world record Tor
ng-continued constancy and courseA
Praises Irish In America.
Let us not forget that Irish patriQts
bore an important part in all the
struggles Of the thirteen American
colonies for Independence"
General Sherwood cited the fact tfAt
through the fundamentally Of fhe
United States Poland 10 NOW free, and
that other nationalities in Eufupe
have been given their independencaI
He added:
II am Tor freq Ireland for the 1r1eA;
for free Poland for the Poles; Abr
Armenia for ne Armenians; for 9U1h
for the syrian1, and for an pe9pao
around the world who have shown
fidelity and courage and constanEE
that they are entitled under Cots ~
nign providence to live their UWn
Hvea"
The Irish standard., 1920-01-17
THE wELLeREo GIRL.

The girl who is well.bred never
finds it necessary to announce the
fact to the world. Good breeding ID
as natural to her as breathing, and
as necessary, too.
She never gossips or listens to tales
about her friends. This sort Of con.
versation is not pleasing to her.
The well-bred girl seldom apologies
1t 10 not necessary for her to do 70
because she 10 always careful Of Other
peoples feelings, and she never talks
Of her private affairs.
The Xell.bred gifi never makes her
self conspicuous n public Places and
does not permit hesseaf 70 bo drawn n
to any arguments II co1ysgsatioa
witch might Involve othagh
The Irish standard., 1920-01-17

Now that the British Government is
keeping the cables busy libelling Ire
land in the eyes of the world, a con-
sideration of the position of morality
and religion in Great Britain may not
be amiss:
Strong denunciations from the pulpit
have recently emphasized the growing
Indifference of the general public to re.
ligion, evidenced by fast diminishing
congregations at the churches, ire
spective of denomination and creed,
says Reynolds Newspaper. London.
Despite frequent crusades, revival.
ism, missions, and efforts to brighten
the churches and present religious
teaching in a more attractive manner
than hitherto, it Is asserted that pic
ture palaces and other places of amuse-
ment are increasingly popular on the
Sabbath in inverse ratio to the empty
ing of the churches. Is this tendency
but passing phase or a definite and
permanent break from our old ideas
of religion and its value in our daily
lives?
That the lapse is due to an entirely
wrong conception of worship, and the
lack of realization of its value as an in.
dividual asset was the opinion ex.
pressed by Canon Adderley, the we'll;
known. vicar Of st. Paul's Covent: Gar.
den. when interviewed recently.
Il think" he said, English people
are certainly becoming more and more
Indifferent to organized religion in the
shape of churches, but do not think
they are Indifferent to religion.
Church and chapel people must
show quite clearly that their work and
their worship are intimately connected
At present the masses feel that the
churchgoers behave in their lives ex
actly on the same principle as the non
churchgoers.
Il should not say that England IL
Pagan. would rather say" he con
cluded, that many English Christians
are becoming Paganized, and many
Pagans are more Christian thar
churchgoers.'
An extremely pessimistic view of thu
present-day attitude of the general pub
ic towards the churches was expressed
by Father Bernard Vaughan: II griev(
beyond everything" he said, Ito have
The Irish standard., 1920-01-17

During the year 1920 many prelates
Of the church in the United States will
celebrate sacerdotal or episcopal jubi-
lees and other anniversaries marking
their careers in the church.
Heading the list will be Cardinal
Gibbons Of Baltimore, who on June 80
will enter upon his sixtieth year in the
priesthood and on the same day will
begin his thirtieth year as q member
Of the sacred college Of cardinals.
Only a few years behind the vener.
able Baltimore prelate in point Of ser.
vice in the priesthood is Bishop
Thomas O'Gorman, of Sioux Falls.
who on November will reach the 55th
anniversary Of his ordination a. a
priest
Two bishops will celebrate their
sacerdotal golden Jubilee during the
year. They are Bishop James schwe.
bach. Of La Crosse and Bishop Fred.
erick Els, Of Marquette. both of whom
were ordained half century ago.
Bishop Joseph M. Koudelka, Of su'
perior, Bishop Thomas Beaven, Of
Springfield, Mass, and Bishop Maurice
r. Burke Of st. Joseph, Mo-, will cele.
brate their 45th anniversary in the
priesthood.
On May 20 Bishop John P. Farrelly,
Of Cleveland, and Bishop Michael J.
Hoban, Of Scranton, will complete forty
years in the priesthood. Later In the
year q similar anniversary will be OBJ
served BY Bishop John J. Monaghan
head Of the Wilmington, Del, diocese
Among the prelates who viii cele
beate their 36th ordination anniver
cary during the year are Archbishop
Edward T. Hanna, Of San francisco
and Bishops Donahue Of Wheeling
Lillis Of Kansas City, McDevitt Of Ha1
Iisburg and LAwler Of Lead. South
Dakots.
Tho 30th anniversary Of their ordi
nation WIN be celebrated By Arch
blsAop Dennis J. DougherH. Of PIN
adslphia: Bishop Cornelius van a
vsn, of AIs1andria, La. and Bis1os
The Irish standard., 1920-01-17

Washington, D. c., Jan. 10.-A stir.
ring appeal for the recognition Of the
Irish Republic was made in the house
last week by Representative Isaac r.
Sherwood of Ohio, one O. the veterans
of the Civil War.
General Sherwood told the house
that the adoption Of the resolution IN
troduced some time ago by Represen'
tative Mason Of Illinois would not dis.
turb the friendly relations between
the United States and Great Britain,
but would, on the contrary, inspire
Lloyd George to give the largest meas
ure Of Justice in the home rule plan for
Ireland. He said:
As an American citizen with not q
single drop Of Irish blood in my veins,
l can make q plea for Ireland With.
out being accused Of being pro-Irish.
II being born in New England Of Eng.
lish and Scottish ancestry is . test Of
Americanism, then I can pass the acid
test, for my ancestors came over IN
1852, not in the Maynower, becasse
the boat was fun, but on the askl
boat.
Psys Tribute 70 ireland.
ireland has been struggling fos
autonomy and independenee for ovss
700 years. Ireland IL . conttnental
is1aod surrounded On an sides By ooaa
a1d oeea1s, and 70 separated fbo0
1As1aoA b. t1e V1de lEish 80 Heoee
thsse 60 - 70 Aispste ov~ bon
daftss II . Mo T - -naans n I
The Irish standard., 1920-01-17
The Ulster Problem
is Not Religious

The Irish problem is an Ulster prob.
lem, writes Lindsay Crawford, presi-
dent of the Friends of Ireland. Were
there no Ulster the Irish question
could be solved amicably over night.
To understand the Irish problem,
therefore, is to know Ulster. To para
phrase Kipling: ''How can they know
Ireland who only Ireland know?" 1t
is the misfortune of English statesmen
that their eyes are riveted upon the
Sim Feiners at time when all the
resources of craftsmanship should be
employed in unravelling the knotty
problem of Carsonism.
Irish Unionist Movement.
This is not to say that there are two
Irelands, for the history of Unionism
in Ireland is the history of a move
ment which has maintained its separa-
tist character down to the present
time. The Irish Unionist party in the
House of Commons, although wing of
the British Tory party has maintained
separate political existence, having
it's own caucus and chairman and it's
own wing. For century it has been a
thorn in the side of the British Tory
party, retaining it's independent or
ganization the better to influence Brit
ish legislation and to perpetuate its
domination in Irish affairs. The his
tory of the past century, since the Act
of wrongs on the part of England as
result of Irish agitation. Step by
step the alien laws and institutions i'm
posed upon Ireland in the past have
been revoked; proof, if any were need
ed, that the agitations that provoked
these reforms were justifiah.e, and that
the Irish agitators knew better then
English statesmen what was good for
their country. But the undoing of
these wrongs interfered with vested in.
terests and divided Ireland into two
opposing camps.
The Rump Of Protestant Ascendancy
Carsonism Is the rump of the old
Protestant Ascendancy, the residuary
legatee of the special privileges
claimed by the Protestant settlers. II
is a sorry remnant Of the old van
guard that so stubbornly resisted the
great reforms that marked the advent
of democracy. So long as penal laws
and religious disabilities retained alb
solute political power in the hands o1
the Ascendancy party England was in
constant fear Of their separatist ten
dencies. The native Irish, down to the
time of the Union, had no lot or part
in the government of Ireland. The
fight for national independence in
1882 and again in 1893 was the work
of the Protestant settlers. The his
tory Of the Irish Parliament from the
earliest times following the Anglo-Nor
man invasion, is the history Of contin
ual conflict between the British settlers
and the English government.
Catholic emancipation, the Reform
bill, disestablishment, and land reform
made serious inroads on the Protest
ant Ascendancy. Since the Union thia
Ascendancy rested on four main pill
lars-the state church, with its exclu