Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-29

the public hearing in Augusta last
! March, he did openly question my
sincerity and had his associates to
applaud him at his beck and call.
Then Mr.. Brewster declares, like
some new Jupiter, that it is 1MPER-
ALIVE that an amendment,-his
| Observation-Disclosures be added to our
organic law and that it must be
passed by the next legislature to be
bulwarl of our public school sys-
/ tenn, a great protecting wall against
the announcements of any and all re-
ligious sects. l presume that Mr..
Brewster does not include Christian
Science among the sects.
All this is mere bunk, cheap, polit-
ical claptrap. camouflage, the evacu-
alton of an aided brain and a repe-
tition of his speech at the last legis
lature. deceiving nobody, who has
any thinking power and is given out
to deceive the feeble minded and
stir up religious hatred in our State:
in one word: X. X. K. humbug and
malice
Let me tell Mr.. Brewster that he
and his s:de-partner, Governor BaX-
ter and Representative Barwise, the
three BIS. humble bees, having big
official singing power and no honey,
have been more harmful to the peace,
unity, good will and good citizenship
of our State than all the BLACKBOARD
froth and foam of his associates, the
X. X. promoters.
Let me also tell Mr.. Brewster that
every Catholic voter in Maine will
vote against union of Church and
State and want no more of the intol-
Grant Church. and intolerant State.
that featured the so-called Puritan
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
(then including Maine) for over 100
years.
Let me also tell him that the
amendment against appropriation to
religious schools in the Constitution
OF the old Bay State is simply a relic
of that previous barbarous age.
though put in there by the Know
Nothings of 1S53-56 and the other
States simply followed slavishly
Massachusetts.
The original Constitution of Maine
erased forever, let us hope, all such
relics and trusted the legislature to
always Go what was right for the
public welfare.
The final mistake Of Mr. Brewster
IS that the anti-Catholic amendments
proposed by him and Mr.. Barwise
and Mr.. Wing of Auburn and Mr..
Nichols of Portland lacked only a few
votes to pass the last legislature.
ms statement is another absolute
lalSehood. In the House of Repre-
sentatlves, the last vote was II to 66.
hence far from anything like a 2-3.
In the Senate, the vote was 16 to
~ against Mr.. Barwise, Wing and
Nichols and also Mr.. Brewster and
mere were really IS votes in the SEN
ate against 10 if all the senators had
been present. The story of these
DIS and votes will be told later on
WIN authentic copies of speeches
ana votes. hence no more need be
SAID at present about them.
IN Mi Brewster's stump speech.
. hot IN the Press Herald abstract,
u:ete are also several offensive in
sinuatlons. which are beneath the
49,: U, any Self-respecting Catholic
citizen. hence will not even mention
them.
HIS cunning appeal to the Protes-
tant majority is worthy only of q
oemaSogue. and entirely contrary IN
me Federal and Maine constitutions
put intended by him to stir I'M preiu-
dice and hatred.
nave strong faith that the Profess
.ant citizens of Maine and their lead
els VIII rebuke rather than cater to
any SUCH un-American trickery.
IN one particular revelation of his
NINA Mr.. Brewster shows nlainiy
,ilat ne would like to see the Oregon
raw attempting to compel all chill
urei1 to attend public schools enoctad
~. nu' ne is shrewd enough to see that
e,e supreme Court of the ITniteJ
states is throne of Justice to nreN
.ent even Maine or Oregon from de-
prlVins parents of their Divine ana
natural rights, that are cvcrvwhara
inalicnable. where
ne hopes also by his amendment 70
.ake away the power of the I.epis,a
lure' the rights of cities and the lii
cry OF the people, but these tbreo
uhits OF civic power will be able ~
oefend themselves. u
III Mr. Brewster and his co+ar,o
Keep on tinkering the Constitutior
.aklns away one right here and an
other liberty (pcrsonal or civicl
mere the people will soon lei
mem sces that they do not intend TO
stahu by and permit their wonder
IuI monument of liberty and de-
Inocracy to be overthrow by AM
sucn false Americans
me Bishop finally wishes 70 Nc
sure the leaders of both great polit-
cai parties in Maine. that he has no
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