Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-30

meaning loyalty to political intel
lectual and religious institutions cre-
ated in the founding of America"
He firs9 bewailed the general
break down of the American home
which, he said, has come about re-
Gently through the great compleNity
Of the present social and economical
life of this present day and age. The
disintergration OF the home" he term
! ed danger to the future of the
country" and then stated that tits
collapse was funahering the number
of divorces"
Commenting on the founding of
America, he said its settlers came
here from Europe to find political
and religious freedom and to get
away from despotism. He added that
'liberty and law must edualize each
other and that ''the proponents OF
one should not over-step themselves
by trying to dominate in the field
of the other
He urged the necessity for each
citizen "to observe law" and stated
that there are organized societies
active at present attempting to break
down the morale Of America and to
foster disrespect for law"
In this instance he alleged there
is a "highly- organized and richly en-
dowed group fighting the eighteenth
amendment" and that Through straw
votes and other means, striving to
break down what is the law of tho
nation" The El Pasoan mentioned
at this point that he had ascertained
that there are editors and writers
being well-paid to foster this attack
on prohibition, and serving the lid-
uor interests
He told how, ain an effort to stamp
out lawlessness in Eel Paso" and Fto
eradicate gambling and prostitution"
ne had asked the mayor of that city
to permit Vermillion and his follow
ers "to suggest new members to the
police force" there who they felt
would enforce the law" He added,
however, that tChe mayor never made
definite reply to the offer"
Speaking of freedom, he stated.
s'freedom without intelligence is dan
gerous and that ignorant people
usually beget the rule of dictators"
He then turned to the public school
system of America which he upheld !
throughout, saying he favored ma
tional department Of education that
the national government might give
as much attention to it's schools as
to its animals
"The public schools the speaker
asserted, are "the most democratic
of institutions" and added -"I do not
700 n inCfitn-
tfon of learning over which some
other flag might fly than that of the
United States
Continuing along this line, the
speaker remarked that a Mexican
woman had told him upon question
ing that 'iher priest had informed
her that if her children went to the
public schools they would become
Protestants Tt is my opinion" the
speaker stated, that every CHILD
should be taught the English Ian
guage and that the schools of Amer
lea must be the Americanzing in
fluence among the foreigners coming
here.
"A people who are not free re-
ligiously cannot long remain free po-
litically," Vermillion went on. THE
separation Of state and church is a
cardinal American principle and
should be preserved as SUCH but
that only by Americans being vigi-
liant against a religious despotism
ruled by a supreme head could this
separation be always assured" he
said.
In closing, he spoke on what he
offered as "the menace of the pope"
and read from ';the encyclical of the
pope which published recently" Yer
million Interpreted phrases of 1t
which he read as meaning that the
leaders of the Roman Catholic church
are being urged by the pope to par
ticipate in politics with the eventual
aim of bringing back the union OF
state and church." In The speakers
words, the document from which he
read Estates that the Catholic church
has a right to participate in govern
ments all over the world
He quoted the editor of Catholic
paper in Italy whom, he said, was
"the closest to the pope of any man
in the world that the Roman Catho-
lie church cannot ignore politics" He
read further articles from "the en-
cyclical of the pope which he inter-
preted as calling upon the Roman
Catholic church to get into politics
and strive to make the church su-
preme above the state and civil law"
Membership applications were passed
out at the door giving list of ques-
tions to be answered by anyone wish
ing to join the Ku Klux Klan.