The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-10-16

Catholic manager light plant street car
system Ladies and gentlemen, this would be highy o
vertng, pathetic in its absudty and so
uelly unjust Does person really beheve tna'
the Pope whose political power steadily decined TOT
fifty until in 1870 he was LETT IN
only of the Vatican and country home mas
dangerous designs the political independence OF the
United States? There is such belief it seems In han
crcls The other day glanced over ian inside lecture
reported been delivered Trinidad in which the
Kan lecturer that $50 of the officers in our navy
and $50 of the officers army Catholics The
'nsinuaton that this part of scheme to cap
the military forces of this nation for Ca
thocism Think of the profound absurdity of that!
Since this is acteristic bit of propaganda from
Klan literature, am going to take time to turn some
ight on it. For convenences sake shall examine the
navy situation $50 the officers that is seventeen out
twenty it is alleged Catholics Leaving out OF ac
count for the the mputation of criminal con-
spiracy obvious inquiry is how did these Catholic
men get to these berhs? How naval appointments
made? They are made the recommendation of Con-
ressmen, who prevailingly Protestant In many
Congressman have provided that the candidates
shall be selected by Examining Board, which is ord
nary of the county supernendsnts of schools
the Congressional District Practically all these s
perintendents Protestants Appointment then i'm
plies superiority of the kind which examination sics
far then the examination system applies the re-
suit seems to testimony the superiority of Cath
olic brains Protestant brains However this alleged
conspiracy may bring it about that great Catho
lies and practically Protestants are taking the tess
So the charge of conspiracy needs to be examined Has
any Secretary the Navy detected this mounting per-
entage and found significance in it? No we have had
official warning 1t has remained for ku Klux lectur
sound the alarm Who is the Secretary of the
Navy? Just Mr.. Curtis D. Wilbur Is he a Catho
lie? No. he is Protestant graduate of Annapolis. one
IF those three out of twenty who might be supposed to
sensed something irotten in Denmark" But he
makes outcry. His predecessor Mr., DENLY Now,
Mr. Denby removed from his post for incompetence
o, perhaps, could expect nothing from him Yet he
Protestant and naval graduate of the three
0ut of twenty who must feel lonesome But poor
ne made complaint His predecessor a real Pro
tetant champion, a kind of Martin Luther John Wes
ey or Williams Jennings Bryan He put the navy
grape juice hasis, the redoubtable Josephus Daniels
Well, he is all right and for him 1000. Only he
did not Of this horrible conspiracy, in spite of
the fact that he had eight of the intimate
ontact with the to discover it. But there is still
another way to view this alleged preponderance of Caho
lie officers in the navythe way of generosity justice
ard appreciation Why not interpret any of
5ers as mark of superior devotion flag?
OF course doubt the accuracy of these percentages
do believe that Catholic any devoted
country's safety than Protestant But am
far from believing that they less devoted
hesitate say that it is nothing short Of
astardly to make this nsinuaton of reasonable con-
spiracy. of the Catholic officers in navy
grzzed in the service of their country fought in
9S against Catholic Spain. contributing the immortal
deeds done Manila Bay and Santiago Harbor Shame
any who would try to belttle those he-oes Well
fer him is that such puslanimous baseness
pe the fierce indignation of the Theodore whose
pride in all the captains whose joined the thunder of
Deweys the praying Phillips and Fighting Bob's, knew
bounds. Many of those Catholics fought the
World War against Catholic Austria and the four great
Catholic states of Germany Ladies and gentlemen here
p opostion which l believe, history confirms The
Papacy the very zenith of its political power
serious to the patriotic loyalty of its adherents
More than haf the of Europe have been religious
and in these often not Catholics have been
erreyed agairst Catholics The celebrated contests
Henry Nv and Gregory VIZ Of Frederick Barbarossa
Alexander III; of Frederick ii against Gregory and
Innocent w; and of Philip " and Bonface VIII
ruegles of Catholic rulers against of the mghtiest
f the papal rotantates Wien Catholic Spain with
Nsr great fleet the Armada against Protestant England
t Catholic gentleman Lord Howard of Effingham.
who stood the and directed those English
dogs thev hsrried home the bewidered Spanards
''' the eat Catholic champion. Philip, or sent their
n crushing against the rocks of the coast If
aty to country is deeper loyalty than loyalty to
hurch INV befeve it to he sufficient explanation
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