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Cxt:.t.!ir rt!iritn. anj who hav
t'.yi 'fra dutiful ar;J obfr'lirut
t 'rI i! ru!- ami onlinanrpa.
In t!i St-. it! farr.iljr if a bright
; I'l.i ,n Ij I t.f twelve aummrra who
t- irt In fathrr'a tame, toward
!. t?,e j ftrriital affection bat
u. i iTT.e oat most tcmlrrly,
a. 1 in whom the fonJ't hope
aril hi'hrt asj irationa hare al
retil. .iutn Stoltt, Jr, attfndrj St.
Jx .hat'a parochial arhnol. Jue
to the fact, no tlouht, that hia
parenta were roinmunicauta of the
M. JoHcjhat IJoiuan Catholic
church. One inorainir in th lat
ter j art of but month John wai
L'te at achool, which wai apainst
t!. rula, whereupon he waa aet
ujK.n lT "i-atrier Aiaunew
Nowak, the priest in charpe, ami
almost beaten into insensibility.
IVtsa lipatche at the time
a'.atcii the raxe in auch a inauner
:' eouLI be constniej br the
rc f public as nothing abort
of an outrage, at the aame time
it it now eviil-nt that the half
tini not told. Thf Menace haa a
l.-tter from an official in Slilwau
Va. who ia in every .way truthful
iiinl rc'iable, in whi it ia atated
that the iittle boy'a leg waa brok
en, the. arteries were in auch ehape
that it waa only by heroic work
on the part of the phyaiciana that
he waa kept from bleeding to
! ath and there were internal in
juries not evident to the camial
cl wrver. .. r ...v., .
Following thia outrage, on Oct.
21, to be exact, Stolt awore out a
warrant for the Hack robed vil
lian and he waa arrested and the
trial aet for Not. 3.
liut what do you think followed
thin perfectly natural and legal
couret
Why, the Sunday following the
OP Eli THE HXTJL II 01X3.
If Kunneriea and Each like Art
to be Uied by tht EUU, They
Ehould Be Subject to tht
EUtt. -
There ia en twakenbg in the
matter of aending firla to "llouaea
of the Good Shepherd" and other
Roman Catholic instituliona after
being convicted of crime.
In Albany, N. Y, recently, c
cording to a report in the Evening
Journal, the matter haa been
brought to the attention of the
pubhe in a case cited by the paper
aa follows:
Tha eaa la that of Laura Lnjc a
r'rt who comes from a rpcUbl
,. nf r'jer tamlly. but who eoma Ume
so becama wayward and refuaml to
lire at her borne. Eht waa arrested
on the atrecu of Albany for aotlcltlnc
nj sentenced by Police Magttrat
UrnJy fur six months at the St. Ann's
Hrbool of Inrtuiitry. Through hr at
torney, Mr. Bloch. aba appealed from
the sentence to tb county court and
on the advice of Mr. Bloch bad lead
rrcpectabla life at ber home pending
the argument on the arreal. County
J.uVe Addlngloa dlsmUed tb appeal
e thia week and the Lang girl
'a then aent to EL Ann's to serve
her sentence. Attorney Rloch. bow-
ftr, secured a writ of habeaa corpus
fr her releaee yaateniay returnable
tit-fore Recorder erost today.
Quotes the Constitution
At the bearing before the recorder
Mr. Bloch declared that the commit
mcnt of the girl was HWml on the
rrtun.1 that chapter H of the law
of lvr-S is anconstltatlonal. The chap
ter givea Ft Abo's ecnool the rlpht to
t. k fetraVs, ho have ben commit
t"4 ty the kcal jxlic for wayward
. ' or aome other offen, and to rr
ii!v jgiy from the city for their
r ,'i ienance. Mr. Bloch bekj that
. l fc'?!a:ure had to rljM to enact
n h a law in It viaa In d'.rect viola
t n t.f aect'on 4, article I of the con-f-
"oa of the state, wtt. h rea.1:
-v. -hfr tti atate nor any suLJItI
f t Itifrfif she:! u i' prorrtv or
:.t or any public tncr.ey or author
. r or permit ei'hcr to be ueed d
i j or InJirect'y la a!i cr mainte
otf.er ttsn for eiamlcat:;o or
M,n. of any school or lnt:tu
i rf )-amirn whoVy or la p"t c-
e ct t.'rol or dlre.Ucn of a txU
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in tuz ccutg ACAiriST!,ye Ut, .nj uum, aLi ro.w..!
cx-ccrvw'r::cATCD itt tu troa. you r fc;rej
r-f ..iT- 'nJ lh I'rtjr w are anxioua to,
whole t'toltg family were eicom
turn ieiffij from the church by the
chancrllor. lWruard Traudt, an!
an oru'er as iued barring them
from all rights and aacramenta of
the church arid bitterly condemn-
irg their action in proecutin(f
the villainotu acroundel who had
wrecVed and crippled for life the
child of their own f.csh and blood
According to Chancellor Traudt it
is a rule of the church that do one
ahall take action against a priext
without the consent of the higher
church authoritiea. "I'uleaa these
people ejologue, withdraw the ac
tion acainat Father Nowak and
make amends for the scandal they
have created they will not be ad
mitted to any of the aacramenta,"
aaid the Rev. Traudt.
Do you catch that, Mr. Unthink
ing Catholic!
Do you aee that you are being
duped by the hierarchy t
When yon have to consult the
official "Liuher up" before you
ran bring suit againat a prieat for
a felony you are affiliating with a
dnncerous organization.
The fact ia you might consult
till doomsday with the "higher
upa," but you would never get
their consent to bring the action.
The hierarchy ia corr.poaed of
the "higher upa" who own the
Catholic church m an instrument
with which to work you for an
easy living, and it'a a cinch that
they never allow any of their un
drrlinga to cauae them any pain
or annoyance.
The Iioman Catholic church haa
always had rules and regulations
which protected itx bl ik, fat pre
latea at the expriie and aulTer
ing of the maaaea. They can com
mit any crime in the calendar and
go free, eyen tht protest before
civil authority eometimea being
iu Tain, and the wonder of it all
ia that the people not only allow
such thinga to continue, but many
look upon them with reverence
and consider them holy.
state may pass lawa tor the education
and support of "Juvenile delinquents."
by private Institutions . This secUoe,
Mr. Hloch said purposely omits adult
delinquents from tta provlilons. He
declared that the law affecting 8L
Ann'a school ' further violated the
prison labor law la that the women
aent ther were obliged to labor, al
though the Inatltotlon rvcalvad money
from the city fur their care.
"It would aeem." said Recorder
Frost ta commenting- on Attorney
Dloch'a contentloo."an abhorrent thing
that a private corporation should be
established for punishing rlmtnala.
The aame principle la Involved la a
prlvat Institution maintaining a wom
an coovtcied of a crime."
Let these bastilea be opened to
inspection. Humanity and the
law demand a change.
THOU HUSH CATHOLIC! GIRL.
The Menace ia in receipt jf a
letter which purporta to bt from
an Irish Catholic girl, dated Ft.
Wayne, Ind., Oct. 12th, 1911. She
aays :
"Dear Sir:' I eama in Contact
with yonr insulting raper, The
Menace, and with creat s urn rise
read ita content to learn, indeed.
mat me aaya or Catholie persecu
tion are not over."
The letter ia probably the pro
duct of a pnet of Ft. Wayne and
he gets behind tho akirta of thia
Catholic ril and doct not allow
her to aign her name.
Had ahe done so, I would have
ang ered her personally, but as it
is I will reply briefly, hoping that
some other Irish Catholic girl may
ee The Menace and be enlight
ened. The Editor carnot understand
why printing Toman Catholic mat
ter taken from their bookj ard
pajer ia called "persecution." In
no place in the letter before me it
there an attempt ta disprove the
thhi vou have read in The Men
ace. Our Irih friend onpht to
know more about the Catholic
church. Put she rommita a ;n if
she tries to Mod out the hi-tory
and purpose of the Ran Cath
olic charth. The i tohl that to go
to a IVo- s'.nr.t cliurch U a sin
and that Pmi.' :.rr.t to Ile'.L
Ja t.e f-.t j r v I-; h
( f rsT-. J. The .".froce wa:.'. jr.j t j
!Vi.' tfat ji.'j are at !.?:' toj
. be a (':' go to the r.-r.f-n
' f,!i!, to the ma . to shrikes, at. 1 j
'J r'.ij l,n, !,fr
and hw )ou j 'ease. Yen o::M
countries, where rour rrl.gion haj
otic ritirna in Italr Lata turned
against the, church. In ltclium
Inhere nine persona out of every
ten are L-auionea, ine people ty a
tremendoug revolution and vote
coinje.leU the luman t.lhoiic
church to aeparate from the gov
ernment, establish public echoola.
pve freedom or worahip to other
religions, aa in our country,
No, the dayt of persecution are
not over, certainly rot in Catholic
countnea. My child, do you
know of any nation today where
Catholica are having so hard a
time aa in Catholic countries!
Tell mt what people have Buf
fered so much aa the Irian people!
The great bulk, of your people
living ia the Ureen Isle have been
robWd of their lan. la and des
poiled by their enemiea. How did
it happen 1 The pope aold your
cation and their homes to the Kn
gliah. Ireland would have had
home rule long ago but Protestant
IrUhmen have feared popish rule
and ao the long hoped for, worked
for, self government baa been kept
from them.
In conclusion, who ia trying to
take your religion from yout Not
The Menace. Hut please allow
Americana to have whatever re
ligion they may rhooee. That ia
fair ia it not!
When .have . wt pointed to a
black spot, a priest, or House of
(lood Shepherd, or Inqnisition, tr
boycott, that was not true and
authenticated T Ia it "persecu
tion" to tell the truth and turn
the light on men and women who
hide behind pnblio bolted doors
and do not allow inspection t Why
do you thick we are cruel, because
we try to take away your fears
of purgatory, when there ia not a
particle of evidence on earth and
never haa been that people can be
prayed out of auch a place f
If you knew the Hible you would
know better yourself. But if you
art happy in thinking the priest
can grant you indulgences, can
make you pay penance, and that
tht bones of supposed taints, their
pictures or tht scapular or any
other device to get your money
can curt you of diaeaat or cause
you to eacape danger, well and
good, that is your business, not
mine, only I am sorry for you.
The Menace baa only one aim,
one object, one purpose, and that
ia to prevent the political rule of
Rome and ita poverty in America
and the damning blight of a
united church and state and tht
pernicious influence of parochial
schools that teach their pupils to
h Catholicsand not citizena,
obedient to the pope In matters of
conscience and morals, which in
cludes duty to the nation. To re
peat in thia nation all tht bitter
experiences of Roman Catholic
cursed governments The Menace
will resist. . This is our duty and
privilege, and is urgent, seeing Ro
man Catholica art aiming and
drilling with the avowed purpose
to capture America and compel it
to be a Roman Catholic nation in
stead of free America.
Please sign your name next
time. Do your own thinking and
thank God that you art allowed to
do it.
WHY BE SO EAST?
The Menace would like to have
a heart to heart talk with the Ro
man Catholic laity the rank and
file who foot the bills but have no
voice in the government of the
church.
The Menace haa no ill will to
ward any Catholic on earth but
it doeg hate the idolatry, pagan
ism and tyranny of Catholicism
and the machinat one of its politi
cal magicians.
Yon of the lai'y you w ho work
and foot the hills are too busy
in your everyday life to study out
the intricate and mystifying ays
tern of Catholicism. The priests
and prelates have obscured the
real history of the orfTRnizntion
and have tn clothed its forms and
customs that its splendor ia le
w;ldcrit'S. Voa do not think for yourself
the rricnt does thr.t for you. If
you il. i yc :r own thii-iirg you
r.i t rt h C c- - . : . :.a t:.it
to j w rre ot.lv a a n on the rrt i
;,-iiotil f 'in rh-s 1-carJ of'
:! e 1: ir.an hierarchy, ar.J there's!
r.. t i : . r (? what a person ia liable
t t!o when Le f.nda he ia Uing
p'.-yed for a sucker.
Vou are rot allowed to read the
" forbid. !en" books for the verv
JT"od reaann that you Would find
ont that a g-;antic fraud was 1.
ing perpetrated on vou, an 1 how
nierly you were being trimmed by
thi higher tips who work not,
neither apin, but who enjoy all
the luxuries and comforts of Ufa
at your expanse.
Throw off the yoke. Demand
and reserve the right to do your
own thinking. Head all you can,
anything you please and aa much
of it aa your aoul demands. Ilreak
away from auperatition, ignorance
and fear. Don't be a alavtl He
a man I
CHEAT PROPHECIES.
"This aovernmrnt wilt pass through
two wars, one ever slavery and the
tlwr with Catholics." Jlenry Clay.
If the liberties f the American
weple ars seer destroyed. tby will
'll by the band of the Catholic
clergy." Lafayette.
"I tan acarcely withhold myself In
lolnlnc la tbs with of Silas tean.
'hat tbers waa aa ocean of fire tw
twren thia and the who Is world."
Thomas Jefferson.
"No mors cunning plot waa ever
'IvnUrd aralnst the Intelligence, tbs
freedom, the happiness and virtus of
manklad. than Romanism." William
K. Gladstone. -
"The pope, had be the power,
would employ Are and sword aaalnat
as. For this reason I expel tha Jns
ults from Germany. pTlnca Btamarck.
S . ,v
"The rntctal tat of the American
Hepublle rtu come In the early' part
-f the twentieth century: and aa the
Hans swept down on Rome, ao will
a vast horde sweep dow on Amer
ica." M acan lay.
s
"Americana must be Mind, Indeed.
'f they cannot aee that the day la very
nar whew the Jesuits will rule their
cities, from the magnificent White
Monse In Wahlnrton to the humblest
civil or military department." Rev.
Charles Chlnlquy.
s
"Aralnst the Insldlona wiles of for
eign Influence (I conjure you to be
lieve me fellow rltlren) the JeakniT
of a free people ourht to constantly
awake; since history and experience
erove that forelrn Influence la one of
the moat baneful foea of Republican
government." George Washington,
s s s
"The thirteen colonies were all
Protestant. The members of congress
In their address to the people of
Greet Biittaw: "The Roman Catholic
religion dispenses Impiety, bigotry,
persecution, tnnrdsr and rebellion
throughout every part of the world."
Bancroft's History. Vol IV, page 40.
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"If we are) to have another contest
la the near furore of our national ex
istence. 1 predict that the dividing
line will not be the Mason and Dix
on "3. but between Patriotism and lu
tein Ken os on the one side, and super
stition, ambition and Ignorance ea the
other." Gen. Grant
ess
"All the low population of Europe
wtlt be carried to America. It will
be a receptacle for the bed and dis
affected. This will create aurplns
a heterogeneous popnlstlon snesklna
different rellirion and sentiments;
these -will carry with them thele
principles will adhere to their for
mer government, laws, manners, cus
toms and rellrlon apeak of them
smonr the natives, some of whom
will Join them and they will become
cltliens discord and civil war will
follow some popular man will take
the lead to restore order the Euro
pean sovereigns will aid bltn all the
em ml grants will Join, and the govern
ment will be subverted." Duke of
Richmond.
At we go to presi personal let
ter from tha east and wert ex
presa fear that in some way The
Menace is imperiled by aale cr
otherwise. There is no foundation
for these nunon either in fact or
fancy. The cause is too precious
to be betrayed by anybody. Our
lives are committed to the work,
and The Menace c&snot be bought,
bullied or frightened. 1,'ext week
we will state the situation so
plainly that i's worst enemies can
not be r.isUken or its sacriicirj
friends hive a sfr-'.e doutt as to
ozt sir.c-ri'.y ci d:.rrr-.lr-tlrn.
Czr izrrilrsxri cur L-'rrri or-t
to tvra cs frcn tur; ic::x irj
EllTIM!
ti:z celi::o
of the
AS IT APPEARS TO CX-PrtUST AND C1CHOP WHO
IS VERSED IT! THEOLOGY AXID HAS
TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY.
By JUAN ORT8
The United Slates ol America
seems at firat glance to a foreigner
to be a materialistic nation which
stands merely for material affaire,
material basilicas, material im
provements and material comfort.
The foreigner aeea so many ma
terial enterprises, he hears the
American people speaking ao con
stantly alout bunineaa and money,
that he ia apt to conclude that
nothing impresses public opinion
in America but money, and that
nothing awakes the American
mind but busineaa. When 1 came
to America, and after my first in
troduction to Lnglish, I waa deep,
ly impressed to are a rcligioua in
scription stamped upon your sil
ver and gold coin, vis., "In Ood
We Trust." An American citi
zen laughed at my surprise and
said, "There ia a word misspelled
in the inscription. Instead of be
ing ' In Uod We Trust' it ahould
be, Mn (Job! We Trust,' because
the only (Jod the Americans really
worship ia gold."
Hut my friend waa wrong.
Ideals, great ideals, touch, move
and guide North America more
than buaincMa and money. And
among auch great ideala religion
has a large and prominent place.
Nvt long ago a German writer.
after a thorough examination of
American institutions, customs
and literature, proclaimed em
phatically, "The North American
people are the most religious peo
ple on the face of the earth." And
every one well acquainted with
American religious enterprises,
both at home and abroad, requir
ing millione of money and the
highest grade of manhood and
w omanhood, know a that this Ger
man' writer ia correct and also
that religion in America is not in
decay.
I will not, therefore, discuss
whether North America will, or
will not, remain religions in the
future. I take it for granted, and
to me it ia unquestionable, that the
United States will continue rcli
gioua. Hut what religion will
predominate in the future! Will
America remain largely Protes
tant, as in the past, or will ahe be
come Catholic f Were we to give
our answer to this question from
the Roman Catholic standpoint,
we would aay that America will
become Roman Catholic, and that
very soon.
First of all, taking into account
Roman Catholic ststiatica and
comparing them with government
statistics in the matter of immi
gration, we are authorized to
state that the Roman Catholic
Church in America instead of ad
vancing is a tremendons failure.
According to official Roman Cath
olic ststiatica, there are in the
United States between 17,000,000
and 18,000,000 Catholics. But
the official figures of the United
Statea census rate the Catholics as
numbering only between thirteen
and fourteen millions. According
to the immigration received, had
the Romanists held their own with
out counting their natural gains
among their American followers,
there ahould now be more than
25,000,000 Catholics in the United
Statea.
Let us illustrate this point, con
sidering conditions in New York
Stste, where undoubtedly Catholic
influence ia stronger than in any
other State in the Union, and
where Catholic forces are better
S
ualified and equipped to handle
athohe immigration and retain
it for the Roman Church. Of the
9,000.000 foreigners received
into New York in the last ten
years, more than 1,500,000, which
were Catholica, remained in. that
State. How many Catholics, there
fore, do yon auppose are in that
commonwealth, aince throngh im
migration alone 1.500,000 were re
ceived! "Well thev number less
than 1,300.000. therefore, in
ead of enjoying a net gain, the
Catholics of New Ycrk have suf
fered a losa of more thtvn 200,000
r"mbers, taking only iromigra-
jti- u into consideration. I am cot
! rlsfd, therefore, that good
future
o;:ited states
GOKZAKKZ
American authorities, both Protes
tant and Catholic, number the IU
man t'a'hohe louses as exreevlmg
'JO.OOO.OKO during the Ut
jcara.
1 Cut what strikes me aa the most
convincing proof of the tremen
dous failure of the Roman Cathc
he Church in America ia the fact
that even today no bishop, nor
archbishop, nor carutnaJ, ia either
brave enough or frank enough to
explain fully to the Americana
the true and real Roman doctrines
concerning the power of the Tope
and hia Church ia eonnertioa
with civic functionaries and C fl
eers of the Nation.
How many Catholica in America
believe the pope haa the power to
depose preauleuta and kinjrst
How many American Catholica
believe that for a Catholic to vote
for a Trotestant against a Catho
lic ia to commit mortal sin t How
many native Catholics believe it to
he a mortal ain to send their chil
dren to the public schools, rte.t
ut, it may be asked, when will
American Catholica become ac
quainted with the rtftl doctrines
of the Church of Rome! My re
sponse ia that thia will happen
very soon, and that Catholica
themwlves will make the disclos
ure. Thtre are here, a everywhere,
two parties among the Catholics
the liberal and the narrow. Until
lat year the narrow party could
do nothing, because the American
Catholic Church was a missionary
church. liut now it bus been
regularized. . From thia time for
ward the narrow party will press
on, demanding the fulfillment of
all claims and righta, nine the
American Church haa bec a
regular and canonical Chu ,
which stands on the aame.fooU
ss the Church of Spain, or Ow
Italy, etc. Already some bishopa
have begun by forbidding, as a
mortal ain, to send children te the
public schools when there are
parochial schools at hand. The
liberal party will resent such at
tacks on American ideals and in
stitutions. Then a split will fol
low. In their quarrel they will
expose their Church. The result
of such an exporare will be the
complete discrediting ef the llo
man Catholic Church in America,
even as it has happened in Spain
and France where, more than the
propaganda ia unbelief, it waa the
liberal Catholic party that rooted
out the Roman Catholic influence
as incompatible with present civil
ization and progress.
In the meantime let us not for
get that we are in America, the
country of tolerance, religious
freedom and fair play. Let us in
vite the Catholic people te hear
the truth and pray for them and
be ready to embrace them aa
brothers when they will come te
the knowledge of the truth of
God. The Converted Catholic.
Proofs of the treason ef the Re
man Catholic church and the
priesthood to the people's cause
continue to multiply, especially in
Portugal, where the' blaek-frocked
traitors are found foremost in the
ranks of the debased monarchists
who seek to reduce the freed re
public to a condition of slavery.
lriets and kinju are always
found to be aa thick as thieves
together, now and then falling out
over the spoils, but ever united in
the congenial tank of stamping o :t
the spark of human liberty. The
Republic of Portugal is fortunate
in her enemiea; and all friends of
hnmanity will earnestly hope for
her complete and decisive triumph
over the combined forces of ignor
ance, brutality and reaction.
Wilmerdlng, Ta., Ncv. ?, 1011.
The Menace, Aurora, Mo.
We are feeling pretty good in
thia town this morning fr the rea
son that we hae beatn aU ti e
Catholica that ran for t f ee i.i t .i
boronph, and 1 think it was mr tllr
done through, or as a result of
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