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About The Western American. (Astoria, Or.) 1922-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1923)
_________ y 1 ________________________ _______ ____ lM ] _ J - J j .M L M i _ _ l L - k --------------------- l at the behest o f the monarch on the Tiber. A priest or anyone who teaches such treason should be run out o f the coentry. They S jáSm aS t¿ÉÉÍ have been teaching this kind o f damnable stu ff ia the parochial schools and at every opportunity. "The character o f • child is like IMU «««It >M M i r Tt IMUI* a piece o f soft wax,” says the Catholic "Light from the Altar," , . Weakly hy “ which may be moulded* into any shape, but you must begin to The W elter» ia e r k u FabUshfag C « | u ; mould it in time.” “ As the twig is bent the tree ia inclined.” Ex l'abllcatioa Oftlcr» M7-M8 P ittori «teck, actly : that tells the whole story; that accounts for the great defen Braadwaj 01S7 sive measure— the Oregon Public School Law. Editor LEX A. m Ï Ü T The Klan is opposed to political Romanism, and this is true, undeniably: that the intellectual Catholics, including the Modern an» T h » W M ttrn American la owned by Tim Western American PubUstUngCe. patriotic oroara «ir official affidai publicity oubllclty tor the tKa »«trtetlc It la Urn form ally adoptad medium tor ist priests, are obliged to tolerate what they cannot reform. This ñamad an the firat pasa »«1 ail _ Official mattar la designated aa ouch, u«™ roaponalbla for all other publicity la thla condition o f affairs prepared the way fo r Martin Luther. 1 M Editor and contributor» i aolaly aro raapanalbla His Journal. tory is now repealing itself. In the. beginning o f the 16th century, SUBSCRIPTION. PO STPA ID : united Btotoo, Ponomo^conoi d o ood ICuron». » t o ^ the Catholic historian states, many causes combined to render Hawaii and Utai Philippins», R O I a year ta advance. Canada -, o r racist letter. by check, draft, poetai or Impossible a successful religious struggle; these being found alike in SlMCHAN<3K o r ADDRESS: Th# address o f n b w r lb w i .-on b o cltonsod M ptttn o s desired. In ordering o e b on «». pises* «Ivo both th# now odd th* old address. the political, intellectual and religious world. Political hatred ran Manuscript should bo accom panied by p ostar» for return tt unavailable. Ç o u « » - our attention and polnOtaktnc core will bo » v o n to »U coni rib ottona J*uMletqr m a- high and political interests absorbed all others. The tendencies o f torial o f constructive vaino to T h » Klan aad Ita frtondn wIB ho »o ld tor ot the the age and the interests o f the nations were opposed to ecclesias minimum space rate o f $4 a column. All communications should bo addrrossd to »05 Plttock Block. Portland. Ora. tical authority. The Reformation followed under the leadership o f Luther, establishing the principle o f spiritnai independence, and T he Publisher* guarantee that oil merchandise advortlaod I* T he W S S T S WN AMERICAN Is aa aduortlaad, and that all advertlaamants at aanrtc# are itt»aa a* in 1530 came the Lutheran Confession o f Faith— the Confession o f parsons or firm s tt good saputatlon for bonaety and afflclaney. All friends o f this Journal are requested and urged to patronix* our advertiser», this form of co-op er Augsburg, by Melancthop, and the rise o f Protestantism. With ation profiting all concerned. conditions similar, for reasons almost the Mine, another great ref •t the postem e# at Asteria. ormation is sweeping the world today, which will forever establish ciaos m atter ^August 1, Oraiion. und< “ "tie n 'm a d e jo °Postrna»t»r at A ttori» tor tranator o f aeeond -claaa privi logo spiritual independence and make America at least free from the Applicati In pcstorflc« dictation o f a foreign political hierarchy in religious guise. Defamation o f the Klan by its intemperate opponents will notfalter these facts o f history, nor change one iota the trend o f world events. “ God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to “ NOT FOR SELF, BUT FOR OTHERS” perform.” ' , - THE ACME OF POLITENESS __________ , for the Imperial Klan. and for all Asa Smith, a popular Oregon veteran o f the World War, (son Speaking authoritatively Klansmen everywhere, The Western American declares, in refu- o f the garden o f the State prison), is said to be one o f the most tation o f slander, that this Order does not believe in capitalizing ^ nial P°lite ^ t h e Webfoot region. While visiting in Portland the other day he stood talking with some friends on a hate and fear, but instead is striving, by constructive and mili street com er when a fine big car drove slowly by and a corpu tant methods, to overcome the foul brood o f negative qualities lent and haughty lady, at the steering wheel, stuck out her jew which are born o f ignorance, hate and fear. Look at the top line eled hand as a traffic signal that she meant to turn. She didn't on the front page o f this issue. It means something to every notice it, but her paw was extended directly m front o f Mr. Smith. ,. . . ... V . . „ . . , ,, . j Klansman. It is an admonition, a warning, a declaration o f the Absentimndedly, but genially, he seized the proffered hand and fundamental principle o f the Klan: "E v ’ry gate that bars to hate shook it cordially. “ Glad to meet you. Madam, I’m sure!” he said. wiM ©pen wide to love.” The lady snatched her hand away, straightened up and glared The Klansmen don’t hate the Roman Catholics, or any other haughtily. “ Broot!” she said, and drove away. sect God forbid! This journal has stated, several times, that there are millions o f true-hearted Americans among the Roman DO YE KNOW THESE AMERICANS? * Catholics who are ready at all times to fight'and die for their Americans generally may think their country is thoroughly country. The Klan is backing, with all o f its might, the American civilized and modern, but it is a fact that in some mountain sec ization movement fo r the abolition o f the hateful hyphen. Be tions t>f Tennessee and Kentucky the most popular outdoor sport lieving that the Roman Ptope is striving by every means at his is the catching of a boy on his sixteenth birthday to put clothes command to dominate Am erica; that his church hierarchy is a on hiim The clan chief)) in the mountain aettktnents keep tabs political institution in religious guise, the Klansmen are tarrying on all the boy kids and The sixteenth birthday of each is a com on an educational movement to counteract this pernicious foreign munity holiday. He lights out early in the morning before the influence in American affairs. They are not hostile in any sense chickens are up and they chase him up hill and down dale like to the Catholic religion, o r any other, and they deplore the com the Scotch do the wild deer in the highlands. When they catch mon misconception o f the Klan among the Catholics, Jews and ne him, they curry him horse fashion with corncobs, cut his hair, groes. The Klan is not “ anti” anything, in respect o f religion, but fit his feet with shoes, and put a jeans suit on him. He’s a Mau is ardently “ pro” everything that is genuinely American— for uni from that time on and eligible for matrimony. ' versal freedom, including religious freedom; fo r one Flag, one . . , The girl kids in that wild mountain si government, one country, one N a tion -A m erica -in d ivisib le, in- The klds in that w,W mounta,n » « * » « . at 16- are « I n | did specimens o f the female o f the species. They are self-reliant, dependent, now and forever under the Providence o f God. fearless, resourceful; chew flat tobacco; can crack hickory nuts The Klansmen say, with the devout Catholic: “ The Cross is on a rock with the bare heel and shoot a gnat’s eye ou t with rifle our badge.” Paraphrasing but slightly a statement by the Rev. These mountaineers are real Ameri- James J. McGovern, D. D., Doctor o f Sacred Theology and Canon ,,r n' %0 ver at *7a<^T' , Law. author o f “ The Manual o f the Holy Catholic Church,” a “ n8> ^ch an ged since the days o f Andy Jackson. The federal truly good man and a distinguished author, .we Klansmen have a forestry “ r^ ce and the Ku KluX Klan are doin* th,n* 9 th em . great share in the exaltation o f the Cross. It is our special trust, our badge, our glory. Like the Knights Templars, it is ours to ANSWERING A CATHOLIC FRIEND. honor, to use, to be known by. Those who have fallen from the true faith have laid it aside as childish and not fit fo r the mature. Acknowledging the compliments o f a Catholic friend, who But, the Gospel was preached to the childlike, and the kingdom o f writes that The Western American is, in his opinion, the “ ablest heaven reserved to them. So we will keep our childlike ways and and most dangerous Klan journal in America,” we feel impelled loyally use the Saered Sign. We will use it with reverence, with to answer the challenge concluding his letter, which was the mo confidence, w’ith joy. And the day will come when we who are fol tive actuating him. He that the Klansmen and all other lowers o f the Fiery Cross will go forth to meet our Redeemer, and Protestants believe that Protestant marriages are regarded by He will acknowledge us to be His own. Like Constantine, by that the Catholic church as invalid, and that, consequently, the chil Sign we shall conquer. dren o f Protestant wedlock are illegitimate. “ ‘Being a scholar, Backing the Oregon Public School Law as an imperative state you know better,” he says, “ and you ought to tell them the truth necessity ,but never hostile to religious instruction in the home and about i t ” private school, the Klansmen assure the Catholics that they see no Deprecating the idea o f scholarship, for the editor is only an danger, but good instead, in teaching their children the Lord’s ignorant man, the facts shall be stated as he understands them Prayer, the Hail Mary, the Apostles’ Creed and the Ten Com- with absolute fidelity. Understand us, however: Many Catholics, mandments, explaining these in a manner which suits their age,4especially the cunning priests, have grossly misinterpreted the law the ftifidamerital truths o f religion; but this should not be done in o f their own church, and themselves are responsible for any the public school, and they should not be taught the monstrous erroneous belief among the Protestants heresy that a human priest can forgive sins, nor that the human The ruling o f the Catholic church by such eminent authori and sinful Pope is infallible in ary sense, nor that church and state ties as Dr. McGovern, who speaks presumably for the whole hier should be united, nor that the priest should be forbidden to marry archy, is that the marriage o f a Protestant to a Protestant— pro and live a natural life. The “ I absolve thee from thy sins” on the vided neither was ever baptized in the Catholic church— is valid part o f a priest and the “ anathema sit” (let him be accursed) and sacred. against the Klansmen and Masons, some day will appear as mons The church rules further, as follows: The marriage o f a trous to the true Catholic as it does today to the free and un Protestant (baptized) to a non-baptized person is no marriage; prejudiced mind. No opponent should hate us because we let the that the marriage o f a Roman Catholic to a Protestant—one never light o f truth shine through these heresies, for some day the whole baptized in the Roman church-—before a minister or civil magis world will honor and thank us for the service. ' trate is no marriage; that the marriage o f a Catholic to a non- Religion should be taught in the home and private school. Let baptized person is never a real marriage unless the church grants .the children know that God created them to know Him, to love Him a dispensation, and such a marriage before a minister o r justice o f and serve Him; that they are to remain here only for a tim e; that the peace is no marriage; that the marriage o f all fallen-away there is another life, a happy one or an unhappy one, which Is to Catholics (who have become Protestants or infidels) before a last foreveh Tell them about the soul that is in them; thrff it is j minister or civil magistrate is no marriage; that the m arriage.of far more precious than the body. Teach them to pray uKGod all Catholics, both parties Catholic, before a minister or civil every day, since it is from God that all good things com e; that they magistrate is no marriage at all; that the marriage oi a non-bap- should ask Him for what they need, and thank Him for everything tized man to a non-baptized woman is valid as a life-long contract, He gives them; above all, the children should be taught the eight but they cannot receive the sacrament o f matrimony. beatitudes from the Sermon On the Mount, The Roman church holds that there is no marriage at all in The whole trouble is that the Roman priests are trying to any case unless there he two witnesses, and one Witnert with the raise Catholic children as subjects o f the foreign Pope; teaching priest will not suffice. In case a Catholic wishes to becqme for them the Monstrous doctrine that the will o f the P on tiff must be mally engaged to a non-Catholic, baptized or non-baptized, a dis- reapected. as above, prior to and independent o f the Constitution pensation, “ mixtae reiigionis,” or "disparitatis cultua,” must be o f our country; that they should make w>r on their own country obtained from the Bishop before a marriage contract cad be validly J I !r t r t l l T i T — r~M H _m tB — |_ | mim le i '■ 'ff.l l l . l U J . I U . I M I -1 ' Every Day, In Every Way, the Klan Grows Bigger and Better LIBERTY GUARDIANS inani MUST SAVE AMERICA OPEN W IDE THE GATES! ► — signed. The Roman church has always forbidden | mixed mar riages (that is, marriage between a Catholic and one who. though baptised, does not profess the Catholic*Faith), but the church permits mixed marriages by granting a dispensation under spe cial conditions. The conditions, which are highly offensive to Protestants, are these: First, that all the children that may be born o f the marriage shall be baptized and brought up in the Roman Catholic faith; sec ond, that the Catholic party shall have full liberty for the practice o f the Roman Catholic religion; third, that no religious marriage ceremony shall take place elsewhere than in the Romhn Catholic church. Following are the promises that must be s i g n e d : (To be signed by the Catholic party)— "I the undersigned do hereby promise and engage that all the children o f both sexes who may be torn o f my marriage shall be baptised in the Catholic church, and shall be carefully brought up in the knowledge and practice o f the Catholic religion; and 1 also promise that, uco>nl- ing to $he instructions o f the Holy Soe, my murriage in the Cath olic church shall not be preceded nor followed by any other re ligious marriage ceremony.” (T o be signed by the non-Catholic party) — “ I the under s i z e d do hereby solemnly promise and engugv that 1 will not in terfere with the religious belief o f ... , my future (w ife or husband) nor with (her or his) full nnd perfect liberty to fulfill all (her or his) duties as a Catholic; that 1 will allow all the chil dren o f both sexes who may !>e born o f our marraige to be bap tized in the Catholic church, and to be carefully brought up in the knowledge and practice o f the Roman Catholic religion.” Any Roman priest or well-posted Catholic will confirm the above statements as correct. Any Protestant will say, as The Western American does, that the church contract exacted in the mixed marriage is unjust, one-sided and outrageous, and grossly unfair to the unborn children. This law and practice o f the Ro man church works all kinds o f domestic woe, for love Is ho re specter o f creeds and the Catholic youth nnd Protestant lassie, or vice versa, quite frequently will fall in love, defiant o f all earth» ly authority, and on account o f the grand passion will make any kind o f bargain to get the nuptial knot quickly tied. The cunning priest, through this law o f his church, takes advantage o f them and patiently waits to make "papal subjects” o f the children. Every Catholic should be heartily ashamed o f such alien theology , .. _ . , . , , ^ *nd ecclesiastical despotism. The Pot*} shou d at least give little _ _ ,. ... . . . # “ * Dan Cupid and the babies o f the future a chance. <>„■ Lieutenant - General Nelson A. Miles Tells of the Nation's P eril. TRADING WITH THE ENEMY— TREASON. Klansmen: The time has come to use the economic weapon— to concentrate the buying power o f the Klan. To do this we must finish speedily the compilation o f a fair list o f persons and firms in business and the professions and distribute this list among all the Klansmen and their friends. This fair list need net be pub lished. At the same time we must finish and publish an unfair list, composed o f persons and firms who are known to be unfriend- ly to theKlan. It isn’t necessary to boycott them, but simply to inform our members and friends that they are not compelled to patronize the(n, and that any patronage to an enemy o f this great Cause will coet the guilty p$*Son a donation o f $25 to the charity fund o f the Klan. This action is long overdue. The purchasing power o f the Protestants o f Oregon must be concentrated; that’s the only argu ment that our enemies will respect, and, effectively used, it will bring them to their knees within a month. It will break the last one'bf them. The Klansmen until notv have been long-suffering and gener ous, many o f them trading with Romans and Jews; hut from now on the Klansman who buys even a toothpick from an enemy o f the Order is likely to find it a costly practice. It is a very poor Klans man—a hyjiocrite and traitor, in fact— who gives aid and comfort in the form o f commercial patronage to the known enemies o f our Order. The true Klansman will walk a dozen blocks to patronize a White Man. The Romans and Jews, who deal exclusively with each other, are laughing disdainfully in their sleeves at what they call the pro- tension and bluff o f the Klansmen and other Protestants. They think we have no economic power because we have not used it. The time has come to teach them a long-needed lesson. Hit them in the pocketbook—that’s the neck o f the thing; and keep on hit ting it. We hope to publish next week, or the week after, a list o f persons and firms whom the Klansmen and their friends are not compelled to patronize. They should be given a chance to sny where they stand, but they must talk straight and come clean. We don’t intend to boycott anyone, but simply to concentrate all patronage with friends. The Western American has quite a list o f make-believe Klarvn- men— hypocrites and traitors who are in the Order solely for what they can get out o f it— who sneak to a certain big department store, run by unfair kikes, to buy their goods. One o f these worth ies is a high public official, who confidently counts upon Klan support and is getting it in large bunches. Another is a man who regularly draws money from the Klan. A basement restaurateur who until lately had an extensive Klan patronage took his measly little ad out o f The Western American because, he confessed, a “ prominent K. C. doctor” had warned him not to advertise in the Klan paper, and he also has been buying his meats and other stuff from enemies o f the Order. We don’t want any such cowardly profiteers in the Ku Klux Klan. They should lie kicked out with out ceremony. Trading with the enemy is treason— a direct and gross viola-* tion o f the sacred oath— and it is going to be punished as such. LITTLE PINK PIMPERNEL W ANTS A JOB. In Portland there's a little pink pimpernel—the Inst expression of a glorified Hlssy—who wears a houijuet to suit the day In his coat lapel, with an ever ready fountain underneath to keep It fresh and fine; who wears yel low tlee and a yellow cane, gloves, «pet* and everythlns to match, With a differ«nt suit of clothes for c v e i d a y ; who edits a little "m as" for a certain estimable lady In the Interest of th* koons, kike* and ksthollcs; who takes s little foil, erery once In awhile, out of the Masons aad tha Ku Klux Klan; who Ret* by. somehow, among the huslnoos men, with less than a thousand bona fide circulation; who Is polder than a basket of excelsior, and meaner at hiart than the devil, who Is now trying to annex an appointment as In ternal revenue Inspector, ff the little ens* wins, the robWnlcal wineries will lay In extra supply Tor a "satram an U r celebration. Writing from Th« I t a e l » » boon. Washington, D. C., to »h« «ditor of Th« W «»l«rn Aniorlron. Lieutenant- OrncraI Notoon A. MU«« th« (Ironil Old V«teron of th« United Htatra Arnay. spooks In blahool term» of Th« Uunrdiatu of Llb«rty. which. »» h« soya, hot stood the loot of time 11« continue» "Its principles or« founded upon th« Constitution o f the United Stales. HV>r obvious reason* it* mem bership to oaondeutMI." Mponkin« of the neelaretlon of Principles of lha nusrdlan* Of l.tberty. the (tenoral sop*' “ You can null them upon th« eutolde of yinir outer door nnd the passerby would know It was the abode of an American Patriot." ram m enti»« upon Ih» immigrai tou quotim i nil whlrh h« I» an authority,- Ornerai Mlle» writ»# ‘Tim prie» of labor In Jopan to III eouts n day; tor skilled tabor M «onte to » t rente e day. In rhlna. a nation o f tto.ooo.ooo people, the prtre of labor has never beep. 10 renta a day. and militons aro working for 6 rente worth of rie» per day,, aad glod to get tt. • The condition of the people of Indio Is not much better." ho con tinuos, "and I have W n tlo n cd mor» than' one-hnlf of the human rare. The price of labor In Hussla hna never been 10 rents a day. and the rondi- «Ion of that 1*0.000.000 o f pcopto la most deplorable, allhongh they occupy a country nearly three timo» (ho sito of ours and richer In mineral and agri cultural wealth "The price of labor In a great por tlon ot Kuro|>e to not more Ihs^j one- fifth what It is In t,h(s country. . "Oo «w ay ' Tilth’ ^ the immigration run~-a*atnpcd by the pauper labor ot.... the worlij- —- — , - - ‘ There never has been 0 people living on mirth who enjoved ss much Independence, freedom, security, pros perity end happiness os our hundred millions ore enjoying today. How long thoy will enjoy these grant blessings wilt depend upaa lb« Intelllgen'ro and patriotism of the Soveralgn Cltlsons of our great Republic." Isn't It lamentable - the editor would like to remark (hat Oeneral Milos la past .th» age. perhaps when he could b o nominated and elected Presi dent of th* United State»! Hut. what's the matter with. General Leon ard Wood? lUC'S ALL RIGHT! KEEP EYE ON KIDS AND TELL THEM TO ACCEPT NO CANDY The Western American doesn't In tend lo bu unjust or unfair toward any Roman Catholic prleat, much aa w* dislike their un-American actlv- - Idea, but a report haa been recelred upon reliable authority that certain over-iualoua priests In the last few days have adopted tho practice of go ng about with randy in their pockets, which they give to small "kids” whom they meet, thus gaining arqualntancs and opening conversation They question the llttlo ones, with Jesuitical cunning, eliciting from them when they can. any Information con cerning the parents and whether or not they are connected arith the Klnn. which church they attend, and other family data. A priest w ho' would bo guilty of such a contemptible practice (nught to he bastlnadood and ridden out of town on n rail. PULPIT MOUNTEBANK ASSAILING THE KLAN There'» a peripatetic little parson In n starving little church In Van couver, Wash , who cudgeled bla puny Iwiiliis for some workable Idea of how to attract attenton to hla »Illy little s^JI; so, finally, ho conoidvod the bright Idea of “ destroying tho preatlgo and power of the Klan.” He squealed and howled hla loudeat, “ w olf-wolf- w olf!" nnd finally gainod the notice of tho Roman Telegram. Hla leering nnd smirking “ mng;' and hla goofy utterances were duly paraded forth In an Inside colnmn, next to quack doc tor advertising. Someone sent him a copy of the Klan Oath o f Allegiance. wlUcJi. for aome reaeon, the goofy little parson Isn't qualified to take, nnd hie Inane and Incoherent com ment thereon was set forth on tha Telegram's "idlotorinl" page. Surely 'he editor was poverty-stricken for material, when he felt compelled to such silly atuff. Lota of tiny tomtits of the pulpit Ijreod thus have tried to attract notice to themaelvea. , Verily, they have their reward, but ,not in heaven. ~