Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-15

tee is by majority Roman Catholic
body. It usually has Roman Catholic
president and secretary.
Catholics Influenced the national
campaigns which elected "Wilson.
'The Presidents private secretary is
q Roman Catholic.
"Over 20 per cent of all appointments
made by President Wilson are Catho-
lies. Their influence is so powerful it
compels the homage Of those in author
ity.
Give States now have Catholic Ad-
ministrations.
"Thirty- -one States have Roman
Catholic Democratic Central Commit
tees.
Twenty thousand public schools
have one half Catholic teachers.
"Over 100000 public schools are
largely taught by Catholic teachers.
"Three thousand public schools now
contribute n part or all of the school
tax to Catholic churches and schools.
"Six hundred public schools use
Catholic readers and teach from them
the Roman Catholic catechism.
"Sixty two per cent Of all Offices of
the United States, both elective and ap-
pointive, are now held by Roman Cath
olics.
"New York, Chicago. Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Buffalo, Cleveland, To-
ledo, st. Louis, Los Angeles, San
Francisco and Boston now have rs per
cent Catholic teachers in their public
schools.
I'm all the cities and towns of the
United States of 10000 and more in
habitants an average of over 90 per
cent of the police force are Roman
Catholics.
Roman Catholics are in the ma
jority Of the City Council of 10000
cities and towns Of the United States. I"
No Fact" Verified
Having marshaled this array of
Statistics" not one single group of
which could be verified from any of
the population classifcations prepared
in the United States Bureau Of the
Census. which are the sole comprehen
sive and authoritative source for such
figures, the article switches off abruptly
to run down line of facts"
The "fdcts' presented are of the
same quality as the "statistics' used to
feed religious hate, and arc replete 10Th
false statements.
1--WE will now." it says. "look at the
results of Catholic teaching on vice
and virtue. The history of assassins
of heads of governments in the past is
a history of murderous Roman Cath =
olics. In 90 per cent Of the cases
where criminals are executed for crimes
committed the victims of the execution
have priest at their elbow to admin =
lister the last sacrament.
The man who shot Roosevelt was b
Roman Catholic.
"The man who shot President Nc
kiney was a Roman Catholic.
The man who shot President Gar
held was Roman Catholic.
THE man who shot President Lin L.
coin was Roman Catholic.
The plot that took the life of Lin :
coin emanated from Roman Catholic
influence in the house Of Roman
Catholic.
Abraham Lincoln said. 4 do no,
pretend to be prophet but. though
not prophet, / see very dark cloud
|. Oh our horizon, and that cloud IL
coming from Rome. 1t is filled will
tears and blood. The true motive
, power is secreted behind the walls OF
the Vatican, the colleges and schools OF
, the, Jesuits, the converts of the nuns
, and the confessional boxes of Rome
and such opinions cost the Nation hi,
, life.
THE assassins of Mayor Harrison
) OF Chicago and Mayor Gavnor of New
York were Roman Catholics.
Cites Slayers and Bandits
"Thc Chicago car barn bandits. IN,
| Mcnamara brothers and those connect
!. ed with them, who destroyed tn,
Times News publication building a
Los Angeles, the bridge dynamiters O
A the United States and the bomb throw,
& ers OF Chicago, So far as their identit,
{ Ii known, are Roman Catholics.
| Moro than 85 per cent of prison
conVicts of all grades and of all kind
8 OF prisoners are Roman Catholics
1 while less than 9 per cent are gradu
e ates OF our public schools.
I These statements are astoundin
when we remember that only abou
. IN per cent OF the entire population
= OF the United States are Roman Catho
a not"
z me foregoing are specimens of tn
Q type OF stuff used in the columns of tn,
Sedrchhght, phich does not hesitate Il
8 make 0roundieSs and ridiculous utter.
: Gnces TO aid the advancement Of Kl
= htUGtSm.
G Ku Klux, Inc, has never admitte,
!, that the Searchlight Is the Official orga,
=. Of its movement, but in Atlanta, wher
all the facts in connection with the es
y tablishment of the paper last winter, IL
:, circulation and the personnel of its stat
y are known, no doubt Of the fact exists.
i And at any rate, there is no possible
" question that the sheet Is used by tn
20 ku klux statesmen as an effective par
" of their propaganda.
.s The Ku Klup Rlan finds II proftab bL
a also TO todoh hatred of the Je,os, a
= toeH as of the Negroes and all othe
l. men pith "colored" skins, and of al
~ persons toh0 live In the United Slate
. but ,oere not born here. The epidenc
of this attitude totH be presented 10
m0rf0D.
tcopyrisht. 1891, by the Public I4sdve
Company and the Press Publishing Corr
= pany uhe New York World.