O l’TLOOK ( OBRESPOXBEXT , th is good day. X iae R om an
bra nd s school b il l KS
, signed th e D eclaratio n of
AX I X- lM E R K ’AX MEASI •' E
C atholics
islan d in m id -P a ritic ocean to m in to keep th e w heels of p ro g re ss m ov-I
In d ep en is te r to th o se b en ig h ted c re a tu re s and lng fo rw ard , a ll a re eq u ally en title d 1
dence, and th e C ath o lics of New York he knew th a t he w ould n ev er see his to all th e ho n o r an d em o lu m en ts com - j
To E d ito r of th e O utlook —T h e sup co n trib u ted so lib erally of th e ir blood n ativ e land o r frie n d s again . He kuew ' ing out of o u r dem o cratic sy stem of i
p o rte rs of th e School Bill in s ist that and tr e a s u re to th e c a u se of th e n ew th a t he w ould su ffer a th o u san d governm ent. Auy a tte m p t to d e b ar I
it is not ? relig io u s m easu re, a t tit- b o rn n atio n th a t W ashington w ro te , d e a th s a n d y et he m ade th e su p rem e an A m erican citizen from th e h o n o rs I
"W e a re a ll b rav e men an d em o lu m en ts of a public office b e - ;
sam e tim e th ey c a u u o t a rg u e th e q u e s them a le tte r p ra isin g th e ir patrio t* sacrifice,
w hen th e w a r-d ru m th ro b s an d th e cau se of h is relig io u s fa ith , or non- ,
tion live m in u te s w ith o u t b rin g in g i is m .
tru m p e t c a lls us to do b a ttle b en eath I faith , is a fla g ra n t v io latio n of a fun- I
C atholicism in to th e q u estio n . Con
E very b a ttle g e ld from L exington to
th e eyes of th e w o rld — w hen to u ch in g d am en tal p rin c ip le of th is rep u b lic.
th e p ag es of h isto ry am i we find th a t
F lan d ers Eield h as been wet w ith
elbow s w ith o u r fello w s an d clad in
T his school bill v io lates th e G olden |
C ath o lics have ever been in th e van of ‘C atholic bicod.
C ath o lic so ld iers
all th e g lo rio u s pom p an d c irc u m R ule and th e te a c h in g s of C h rist.
h um an p ro g re ss. H ad th ere be en n o
'■ ore th e h lu - an d th e g ray . C atholic
sta n c e of w ar w e seek th e b u bble of T h erefo re it is u n -c h ristia n . it de- j
C olum bus, "O ld O lory w ould not now
so ld iers fell side by side on San Ju a n
fam e e'en a t th e c a n n o n ’s m outh, stro y s ind iv id u al p rivileges. T h ere-
w ave o v er th e land of th e free and th e
H ill. T h o u san d s of C ath o lic so ld iers,
w hen th e m u sic of th e b a tte ry breeds i fore it is u n c o n stitu tio n a l.
hom e of th e b rav e." It w as h e r C ath
b rav e an d tru e , sleep side by sid e w ith
m u rd e r in th e blood, th e e le c tric o r
olic M ajesty, Q ueen Isab ella, wh. took
As an econom ic fac to r it ad d s m a- I
th e ir P ro te s ta n t co m rad es on th e pop d er goes rin g in g from th e line, is
from h e r im p erial bosom th e jew els
te
ria
lly to th e b u rd e n of ta x a tio n . It
py field of F ran ce. In th e g alax y of
an sw ered by th e th rillin g ch eer, th e v irtu a lly d e stro y s m illio n s of d o lla rs ,
w ith w hich to buy a w orld— w in e x
fam e we find th e n am es o f S h erid an ,
v eriest co w ard d riv es th e s p u r into j w o rth of p ro p e rty , d riv es good citi-1
ch an g ed th e p e a rls of th e O rient for
S h erm an , Old P ep T h o m as, th e Rock
th e foam ing flank an d p lu n g es, like zens from o u r sta te , p re v e n ts good j
th e s ta r of E u ro p e."
The C eCiolic
of C hick am au g a. M arshal Foch, th e
c h u rc h found E n g lan d a n atio n oi b a r idol of F ra n c e , is a C atholic. F a th e r a th u n d e r bolt, in to th q g ap in g jaw s people front com ing h ere.
i t w ill
b a ria n s and b ro u g h t it up, step by- D am ien, a young C atholic p riest, gave of d e ath .”
drive m illio n s of d o lla rs of c a p ita l out
"B u t w hen a m an w as w an ted to go of o u r s ta te and a lso keep it front
step , u n til C atholic b aro n s w ru n g us th e g ra n d e s t ex am p le of hum an
from K ing Jo h n a t K unnym eade th e sacrifice fo r o th e r's sak e th a t th is fo rth alo n e, w ith o u t b lare of tru m p e t co tn I tig in.
g re a t c h a r te r —th e m o th er of th e l w orld affords. E ven J e s u s p ray ed in o r d ru m , am i becom e a life p riso n e r in
L est som e one call me a C ath o lic,an d I
A m erican
co n stitu tio n .
C ath o lic th e G arden of G eth sem an e, " If it be a lep er c o lo rv , b u t one in a ll th e since it seem s to be th e fushion to I
S pain h eld th e to rc h of p ro g re ss and possible, let th is cu p p a ss from m e.” w o rld could be found eq u al to th e give a c h ro n o lo g ical su rv ey of o n e's j
civ ilizatio n fo r 200 y ears. F rom th e B ut F a th e r D am ien p ressed a cup su p re m e te s t of p erso n al h ero ism , th a t geneaology, I w ill depose a n d s ta te
th a t I uni a P ro te s ta n t in faith , A m e r-1
very fo u n d atio n of th is g o v ern m en t even m o re b itte r to his ow n lips and m an w as a R om an C atholic p rie st.”
T h e C ath o lics have helped p u t Old ican born. O ne of my g ra n d fa th e rs
th e C ath o lics have been its firm de d rain ed it to th e d reg s an d died for
G lory in th e h eav en s and keep it w as born in P en n sy lv an ia of G erm an
fenders.
th e sa k e of su fferin g m o rta ls a
T h e ir w isdom and elo q u en ce have d eath to w hich th e c ro ss w ere m ercy. th e re fo r n e a rly 150 y e a rs, an d yet d escen t, th e o th e r w as born in V ir
a d o rn ed its co u n cils from th e sig n in g Yes, it w as F a th e r D am ien w ho w ent som e of th e bigoted d efen d ers of th is ginia of E n g lish e x tra c tio n . One of i
of th e D e c la ra tio n of In d ep en d en ce to in to th a t le p e r colony on a sm all school hill w ould d ep riv e a C atholic m y g ra n d m o th e rs w as born in Vir- 1
of th e p riv ileg e of w o rsh ip in g God a c giniä, a lso E n g lish , th e o th e r w as born |
c o rd in g to th e d ic ta te s of his own in K en tu ck y of S c o tc h -F re n c h e x
co n scien ce, w ould d ep riv e him of the tra c tio n . My a n c e sto rs, so fa r as we
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p riv ileg e of h olding an y p ublic o f know, o u td a te
rev o lu tio n a ry tim es. ,
fice in th is land he has helped to they have p ioneered from th e A tlan tic i
A TRUCK FOR EVERY K IN D OF \\O R K
m ak e safe fo r dem ocracy. A ll th is to the Pacific and from th e g u lf to th e
ta lk a b o u t in trig u e to g et su p rem acy C an ad ian b o rd er. T h re e d e sc e n d a n ts
in th e a ffa irs of o u r g o v ern m en t is w e re sla in by th e In d ia n s in th e W hit
buncom be.
T h ere is ju s t as m uch m an m a ssa c re .
selfish n ess an d h u m an n a tu re in one
In th e nam e of Old G lory and th e
g ro u p of o u r citizen s as a n o th e r and C o n stitu tio n , iny fellow citizen s, 1 a p
p e rs o n a lly I ant no t w illin g to tu rn peal to you to c a ll y o u r b a llo t a g a in st
Gresham
Powell
Portland
th is d em o cratic in s titu tio n of o u rs th is n on-A m erican m easure.
Phone
Vote
and
247 Davis
o v er to an y one creed , p o litical p a rty 315 No.
1581
G N. SAGER
Maple
Phone ltdwy. 2(ts2
o r fr a te rn a l g ro u p .
All have had
th e ir p a rt and a ll a re doing th e ir p a rt GltESIlA.M MAX (JETS
EKSTROM TRUCK SERVICE
DAILY TRIPS TO PORTLAND
JAIL S E M E M E
God gave parents
their children
Governments cannot rightfully
take them away
A M I R IC A has always stood fo r the p ro te rtin n o f n atu ra l and inalien-
/ A able rights, am ong w hich none is so sacred as that o f parents o ver
th e ir c h ild re n .
A B R A H A M L IN C O L N said:
“ T h e F a m ily is the corner-stone o f social o rd e r and the guarantee
o f p ub lic safety. No G overnm en t ra n take the place o f the Parent, and
should never be p erm itte d to usu rp it.” ( Speech at Q u in c y , Ills ., 1 8 5 9 .)
T h e results o f the cam paign against the so-railed C om pulsory Edu
cation B ill, w hich is in fact a B ill to Establish State M o n o p o ly o f Educa
tio n , may be gro up ed und er two heads:
Facts demonstrated
T h e follow ing item , d ated O ctober
27, h as been received from V ancouver,
W a s h in g to n :
W illard R am esbotham of G resham ,
O regon, w as sen ten ced to 60 days in
the co u n ty ja il an d fined 4250 re c e n t
ly in « u p e rio r c o u rt w hen he pleaded
g u ilty to a c h a rg e of tr a n s p o rtin g 82
p in ts of m o onshine over th e I n te r
sta te b rid g e in to W ashington. T he
c h a rg e s a g a in s t F ra n k A rm stro n g and
h is 18-year-old w ife w ere dropped be
cau se of insufficient evidence, itu in es-
botliam h as not paid his Hue a n d ntay
have to se rv e it out.
R am esb o th an , th e A rm stro n g s, and
th e th re e -m o n th s'-o ld baby of th e la t
te r w ere all lodged in th e c o u n ty jail
h ere a few n ig h ts ago.
B-r-r-r, No ( hilly.
He— Is It tr u e th a t ig n o ra n c e
b liss?
She— You look happy enough.
Apache Wool
X
WOOL sold fo r o n e -h a lf of its p re se n t p rice w hen we bought th e se
b la n k e ts. T h a t m ean s sav in g s if you buy now. T h ese item s a t th e
p ric e s q uoted defy com parison.
ALL-WOOL BLANKETS
812.50 n Pair
Less th a n th e cost of th e raw wool today. T h ese h lu u k ets w ill
sell for c o n sid e ra b le h ig h e r th is w in ter. Sort, lluffv and w arm a ll
wool th ro u g h anti th ro u g h . P laids of w hite, com bining rose F re n c h
blue, g ray , ta n , a lso red and black. F o r la rg e size beds.
COLORED BLANKETS
#.*Llo Each
.. Fo,r ,th re e Q u arter o r double size beds. B rig h t o r sudhued c o lo rs,
In floral d esig n s o r plain co lo rs w ith c o n tra stin g b o rd ers. Soft B la n k
ets. double th ic k n e ss woven In one.
FINE WOOL-MIXED BLANKETS
7 0 x 80 in ch es, double bed size.
co tto n . E x tra q u a lity g ray .
Of selected wool m ixed w ith
SILK Ml I,I, COVERED COMEOBTEKS, WJM
Fluffy, d a in ty C o m fo rters, covered w ith silk an d co tto n m ull.
A ttra c tiv e p rin te d floral d esig n s In c o lo rs of rose, blue, o rch id anil
m aize, w ith p lain colored b o rd e rs to m atch. F illed w ith w hite clean
fluffy cotton.
'
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PILLOWS—as low as .$2.25 per pair
J. E. METZGER
"W h ile Rom e w as a t th e very la n d sin g e rs w ere banished to d a rk
h e ig h t of h e r pow er in th e splendid j cata co m b s. anil th e re th e chrlstlaiiH
A ug u stan Age, an d Ih e p la y e rs played (g a th e re d to g e th e r and in th e gloom y
lls w ere cheered by th e m u sic."__
and th e sin g e rs san g and th e d a n c e rs ! I h W a hitcom
b.
d an ced —in a fa r aw ay pro v in ce, a
new song ra n g out. It w as h e ard in
"In no o th e r u rt Is d e m o n stra tio n so
th e stilltie ss of th e n ig h t, o v e r the
Ju d e a n h ills anti th e re w ere only »llflicuit us In m usic. S cience fights
sh e p h e rd s to listen , but tills w as d e s ¡w ith m a th e m a tic s an d logic; p o etry
tin ed to he sung long a fte r Rome and w ields th e golden, decisive, spoken
all Its pom p h as p assed aw ay. T he w o rd ; o th e r a r ts have chosen n a tu re ,
e a rly C h ristian s b ro u g h t It to Rome, w hose form they borrow , as th e ir
fo r th ey w ould sin g it m ost forcefully ju d g e ; hut m usic is an o rp h a n , w hose
In th e "E ternal C ity ”, b u t th e h eath en fa th e r and m o th er none can nam e, and
I p e rh a p s in the m y stery of h er orig in
is and p le a su re -lo v in g R om ans w ho de lies h a lf her c h a rm .”—S ch u m an n .
lig h ted only in g la d ia to ria l show s and
In g lo rify in g th e ir em p ero re, could not
u n d e rs ta n d ; . . , anil both song
C om m unity m u sical N ovem ber 1«.
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Arguments unanswered
The F A C T S D E M O N S T R A T E D , no long er
serio usly disputed by anybody, are these
T h a t the B ill was given a False T itle , to m is
lead the pu blic and deceive the voters
T h a t it in no respect pretends to im prove the
e x is tin g law as to the Public^Sc to o ls , but s im p ly
destroys the P rivate Schools
T h a t not one cent o f p u b lic money goes to the
sup port o f any p riv a te o r parochial school in th is
State, o r eves has. o r ever can. under the plain
p ro h ib itio n o f the C o n s titu tio n and laws
T h a t it w ill increase ta x a tio n at least $1.000 ,000
each year, and require fro m $3,000,000 to $4 .<**>,•
000 investm ent in new p u blic school bu ild ings
T h a t it vests in the C o u n ty S uperintendents a r
b itra ry and unappealable pow er to grant special
p riv ile g e s to the w e a lth y and in flu e n tia l by
w hich they w ill be exem pt fro m the law
T h a t it w ill present parents fro m educating
th e ir c hildren in priva te schools both inside and
outside o f the State, as th e y cannot even send
th e ir c hildren elsewhere to be educated
T h a t so far fro m being un ited in support o f the
R ill, the Masonic F ra te rn ity in the State is d i
vided. many o f the leading Masons are openly
opposed to it. and the G rand M a ster of the State
G rand Lodge has p u b lic ly denied th a t the G rand
Lodge indorsed it
T h a t the best elem ents in the social religious,
educational, and p o litic a l life o f the S tate are op
posed to the measure
T h at the educational leaders, inside and outside
o f the State, are opposed to the B ill D r N icholas
M u rra y B u tle r, o f C olum bia U n iv e rs ity , says
It
should be called a B ill to render the A m erican
system o f education im possible in O regon ’ T h e
Presidents o f V ale, P rinceton. C hicago. Leland
S tanford and oth er great U n iv e rs itie s have em
p h a tic a lly condemned it
T h a t the p riv a te schools, under the existin g
law . are required to con form th e ir course o f s tu d
ies to the pu blic schools standards, the E n g lis h
language is made com pulsory, and they are sub
ject to the inspection and supervision o f the State
a u th o ritie s
T h a t the proposed law w ill close up every
orphan asylum , home fo r defective and dependent
c hildren, and oth er p riv a te cha rities, where any
elem entary in s tru c tio n o f the inm ates is a t
tem pted.
7 hat it destroys the rights o f m in o ritie s the most
vital and valuable principle o f A m ericanum . and the
one that has preserved this country fro m the tyranny
of O ld W o rld Governments
T H E A R G U M E N T S U N A N S W E R E D again«
thr b ill are contained in the “ V oter* Pamphlet'
issued by the State The ehiei po in ts o f the same
are as follo w * -
1 TH E LU TH ER AN ARG UM ENT
I f you
tec fit to send your ch ild to a school in which your
re lig io n is tau ght, not one day in the week, bu t
every day. and the w hole tra in in g o f the ch ild is
permeated by such re lig io n , ihe State, under the
C o n s titu tio n , m ust not p ro h ib it you from so do
in g
T h is lu ll is m a nifestly un co n stitu tio n a l
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T H E P O R T L A N D C IT IZ F NS A N D T A X -
PAYERS AR G U M ENT
I f the number o f ch il
dren now attend mg the public schools is lo be in-
crea .»( by adding those now taught in the private
schools, it is inevitable that overcrow ding must
result unless new buildings are supplied, and it is
also c e rta in ih a t taxes m ust he m a’ e ria lly increased "
J
ST H E L E N S H A L L (E P IS C O P A L ) A R -
C IM I N T
N o in v id io u s fact o r c o n d itio n a ffe ct
in g public interest has been called lo our attention
that would furnish in the slightest degree an excuse
(or the proposed legislation
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T H L P R I N C I P A L S O F P R IV A T E
S C H O O LS A R G U M E N T
It is against the best
American ideals o f freedom, in that it denies to men
ami women freedom o f thought and action in the
choice o l environment and influences fo r the ir ch il
dren ”
5. T H E
SEV E N T H -D A Y
A D V E N T IS T S
A R i< l M E N T . "We are not at all certain that a
m in edo aled in the public school is more intelligent
th a n if he were educated in a private or sectarian
school, nor have we heard any co n vin cin g a rg u
m ent th a t a person is necessarily more p a trio tic if
educated in a pu blic school, than if he were edu
ca!» <1 in a school not supported by. public taxa
tion.
6
T H E C A T H O L IC A R G U M E N T
There
is no o> 1.1O11 n o r fo r agnation that w ill estrange
o ld friends and neighbors, and that w ill divide our
people into classes and factions
N o greater mis
fortune can befall us than movements calculated to
VALVE-IN-HEAD
MOTOR CARS
We wish to announce that we have secured the
BUICK Franchise for Eastern Multnomah County.
Let us show you the New Buick.
c re a te d o i*io n s
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T H E P R E S B Y T E R IA N M IN IS T E R S ' A R
GUMENT
" I t is based on the philosophy o f autoc
racy— lh a i the child belongs prim a rily to the Stale
h is an unjustifiable invasion o f fam ily authority, and
threatens ultim ately the guarantee o f our American
liberty "
Ihe foregoing "N egative Arguments* are as
strong today as when w ritten and filed
They re
m ain unshaken and unshakable after three
m nrhs o f public discussion.
The great International Convention o t the Ept«ev>
pal Church, meetmg in R jrtla n d recently, adopted
strong and uneqt is ucal resolutions condemning this
b ill
The -tale Conference o f the Methodist Episcopal
Chhrch. at its meeting in Salem last August refused
to entertain any movement looking to an endórse
mer ' f the b ill by Ihe express ru lin g o f the Presid
in g Bishop
Four Cylinder Models
2- Pass Roadster ....
5-Pass Touring.....................
3- Pass Coupe................-........
$1050
1075
1385
5-Pass Touring Sedan...........
1540
U p on the foreg o in g statement o fth e e a x e s ie invoke the fa ir and inteE i-
gent jud gm ent o f the voters o f O reg on , con fid ent o f the result if a regard
fo r the in h e rite d and fu n d am en tal p rincip les o f rraxonalde lib e rty ace to
p re v a il in this stale
1625
All prices are
f. o. b. Gresham
CATHOLIC CIVIC RIGHTS ASSOCIATION OF OREGON
3 1 6 M organ B u ild in g . P o rtla n d . O re g o n
By D u dley G . Wo .ten ,
C a e e u fite Secretary
Vote 315 X NO against
School Monopoly Bill
Six Cylinder Models
3- Pass Roadster
5-Pass Touring..............
7-Pass Touring..............
4- Pass Coupe
5- Pass Touring Sedan
5-Pass Sedan..................
7-Pass Sedan ................
3- Pass Sport Roadster
4- Pass Sport T ouring.........
$1400
1425
1690
2180
2210
2280
2495
1890
1945
Main Street Garage
HENRY TILGNER, Prop.
GRESHAM, OREGON
N am ed on the ballot. Compulsory h 1 -cu ion B ill
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