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T he S ilverton J ournal VOL 11. SILVERTON. OREGON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1913. NO. 45 Z NEW FIGHTER IN THE STATE COMPLAINT THAT CATHOLICISM PRODUCES BAD RESULTS “The Pacific Patriot” i» the Name of the New Paper That Will Fight the Liquor Traffic in This State. A new paper has been estab-1 fished to tight the liquor traffic. , The name of this six-column, folio is “The Patriot,” and is published at Prohibition Head-1 quarters, Portland. Oregon, ed ited by Curtis P. Coeat McMinn ville and printed on the Journal’s new press at Silverton. Two of j the first editorials l<x»k gotxl to ! the good people of dry Silverton, j i Here they are: I T he S ilverton S crap . One of the most interesting fights between the trembling ''wets" and the aggressive “drys” is being staged in Silver-! ton. The pugnacious John E. , Hosmer has sown, careless of his own interests, and if the “hu midity trust,” as repreaentml in Silverton, has anything to say1 • about it, he will reap a whirl- j i wind. For a display of nerve, we doff . our hats to Mr. Hosmer. For! some time past he has been pub-. fishing in his Silverton Journal a | list of those importing "booze”i into his dry town. Of course, . some one must be touched when! such tactics are pursued. To see one’s name, together with the amount of booze imported, etc., I would cause one to exclaim loudly | if one were guilty. Thus it happens that Silverton j is the exact center of the fight at li this time. Who can tell the re sult of the influence of this cour ageous editor’s stand? We hope! it will inspire other editors to take an equally progressive atti tude for home and native land. It should be known that by un lawful boycott forty-five inches < f space were made vacant inI the Journal in one issue. The people of Silverton should not fail to support the Journal, for if I it goes to the wall there will be another election soon, and the city will go “wet” as sure aa| fate. The Pacific Patriot will assist1 other communities, in which the local editors are supplied with a! wishbone rather than with a backbone to publish liquor im portations into dry territory. (Concluded on Page 4) we could spread before all honest thinkers’ minds the history of Catholicism it would be sufficient to convince them of the need of immediate action. But this we can not do, but we can take a little glimpse of the present condition. Go to New York, and what do we see a crazy priest doing? Jump to Tacoma and in vestigate the decision of the supreme court of the state relative to the case of the I iky ear-old girl. Miss Marjorie Rieman. Talk with Miss l<asenan. Investigate some awful things we can not mention hen*, about another place. that makes us heart-sick, and then go to San Francisco where relatives are trying to get back a fortune which was filched from a ¡xx>r, sick woman. Read a letter from a soldier boy that was on the ground in South America when twenty-two priests in one city were disgracefully dismissed from court without being sentenced be cause there was no law covering the case. Lx>k at the moving picture of the mob who would have annihilated the whole Catholic institution in the city if they had not been prevented by the regulars, What for? Ask the ¡»rents of ten of the lovliest girls in the city? But we can only touch on two of these cases in this article. These two are so well known and so clearly proven by authoritive evidence th«?y must sink deep into the consciences of the liberty loving American ¡x*ople. They are the Now York case and the Tacoma case. The case of the priest Schmidt is an awful thing, and, while he was. no doubt, in sane. isn’t it fair to suppose that his life as a priest made him so? Can any man loaded down with power over girls, when forbidden to marry, not go crazy, if forced to associate with them all the time. The following, clipped from the Oregonian talks with thunder tones against the Ro man system that prtxluced such results: Cut* Up Girl’» Body and Drank Her Blood. “New York. Sept. 14. With the arrest early today of Rev. Hans Schmidt, assist ant rector of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic church, charged with the murder of Anna Aumiller, a domestic, the mystery sur rounding the finding, twelve days ago, of parts of the dismembered txxly of the girl in the Hudson river was solved. Schmidt has confessed and at the time of his arrest attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a safety razor blade. “I killed her because I loved her si much,’’Schmidt told his captors, but the |x)lice version of the motive for the crime is that the young woman was about to become a mother. He had married her through a ceremonv of his own, without witnesses. ” Think of it! Ruined the victim and then, rather than give up his easy job, he cut her up in pieces and threw I hem into the river. But some dear Catholic will say that is nothing against Catholicism, and that other preachers go crazy, but we are here to say to you, “may the gtxls pity the world if all preachers were for bidden to marry, ” and were given the use of the confessional and the nunneries. Wake up! But here is another card we haven’t played. The case, on our own coast, in which a g<xxl trusting mother put her 16-year-old daughter in a Catholic school and lost her through court-proven lies of the mother superior, th» other sisters, the priests and the high officials of the Catholic church, is fresh in the minds of the people of Tacoma. The whole church seems to lx* crazy in the state of Washington, and the holy ones there lie just as easy as Leon Myers swore to the truth. We wish every reader could read the whole cast*, but we must dost* with the brief statements taken from the res|M>n<lents’ astonishing brief: Mr». Magnuson arrived in San Francisco Sep tember II, IHII, and then- found her daughter in the euNtody c< the juvenile court an a neglected child, a proceeding which had been instituted at the request of Lefebvre, who hud enlinted the co operation of the juvenile delinquent or probation ofth-er in Tacoma. Chan. A. Read, chitrging that Mr». Magnuson wa» an immoral woman and unfit to have cuRtody and control of her daughter. After a trial before the court and a jury, a ver diet wa» rendered and judgment entered on the verdict that Mr». Magnuson ■■ a proiter per »on ami entitled to the cu»tody of her child. The underlying reason» for her daughter'» <ii»- appearance were unknown to Mrs Magnuson un til her daughter wan rrciivi-ri’l; th- n th«- »lory wa» told, omitting matter» immaterial to thi» case, in the testimony of the daughter a» follow»: She entered the Visitation Academy a» a boarding pupil in September, 1908, being then between 13 and 14 year» of age. For the first year n -thing unusual occurred, and »he waa happy. She loved her mother and believed that »he had her mother'» love. In the fall anil winter of 1909 the change began. Si»ter Aloy»iu», one of the nuns, came to her and »aid »he wanted to be a friend to her, and began to manifest personal affection to her, and tell her that her mother did not love her and that her mother was not a gixxl Catholic, and the daughter should make a sacrifice to help her mother. In the summer of 1910 »he remained at the Hchool, and the talk» with Sister Aloysius be came more frequent and the demonstration of af fection grew stronger. Sister Aloysius got her to promise not to return to Alaska, urged her to be come a nun. sent her to see a priest at St. Ia*o's and also to Mother Camillus about the matter, and got from her a promise to become a Sister of the Visitation. Aloysius had questioned her about her mother's busine»» in Alaska anil her property in terests, and also about the girl’s individual prop erty interests. In the fall of 1910 Sister Aloy- sius’ demonstration» not only increasi-d in fervor, but become of very questionable propriety, some time» continuing to late hours in th** night, and she gained great influence and ascendancy of the girl, getting from her a renewed promise to enter the sisterhiMsL She hail been »ent to Father Van Goethem, who promi»ed to asni»t her, saying that if her mother wanted to take her away she would not I m * per mitted to do so, further saying that "we" have never been beaten, and he gues»ed "we” would not be beaten. The priest kissed her. She com- Vlained to Sister Aloysius, who told her Father an wa» the good shepherd and could do no wrong. On J uiii - 27th Father Van look her by boat from Portland to San Francisco, arriving early in the morning. After another <iay of aightaeeing in Sun Francisco, »he was taken in the aflern<M>n to the (¡uerro nt reel convent, where »he wa» entered an it pupil under the name of llolore» McHugh, where »he remained until Septenda-r II th, in the meantime corresponding frequently with Sister AloyMiUM, Father Van anil Lefebvre. Before her daughter disappeared, Mr». Magnu »on was n strong, healthy, happy and i>ro»perou» woman. Afterward her health MufTered severely, ■he aged prematurely, »uffered from Io»» of »leap and extreme nervousness, grieved and worried about her child arid feand the worHt for her. In her »eari-h for her daughter, Mm. Mugnu»on waa put to great expense in time and money. Practically, the search continued for eight month» until the child wa» found. In money Mr». Mag nUNon ex|a-nded over Attorney v*. The Pried. Q. And you did consider it a mutter of con science that you »hould keep your word to Mar jory not to reveal her whereattout»? A. Ye», air. , Q. And it did not hurt your conscience to tell the ladieH a deliberate lie; i» that the proposition? A. BecauHe it wa» for the name motive. Q. 1 asked you if it hurt your conacience that you »|M-uk of to tell a deliberate lie to thene two women who were seeking their niece? A. It did not. Q. It did not? A. For the safety of the child. Q. Then your conscience would not trouble you if yon told a deliberate lie. if you believed it to be for a good pur|K>Me? A. If I could eave the child from a life of shame, I would, certainly. Q. Then it doea not hurt your conscience to tell a deliberate lie, if your pur|M>»e in good? A. It depend» upon the purpose. Mr. Kane: We object to thia. Counsel ha» no right to inquire into all th<me thing». The Court: He may answer. Objection over ruled: exception allowed. A. Not for any pur|xaie, but for the purpose of Having the child. Q. Then, air, your conacience doea not trouble you if you tell a deliberate lie’for a purpose that you believe to be good? A It ............................. depend» on the purpose. 9- If you believe the purpose to lx- good? A. If the pur|KMU< juHtitlcH it, certainly. Again in the testimony of Father Cunningham: Q. 1» there in the Catholic church or in the Society of J chuh a principle or doctrine known a» the mental reservation in answering questions? Mr. Kane: ObjectPal to as incompetent, irrele vant and immaterial. The Court; Objection overruled; exception al lowed. (Question read). A. What do you mean by mental reservation? Q. I am asking you if there is such a thing known either in your church or in your society? A. There are lota of lies told about the Catho lic church. Q. But I will admit that is true. 1 do not mean that. I am not talking about lies told about the church, but to soften the term, prevarications and evasions made by members of the church in certain matters, even in the priesthood? A. There is no such thing tolerated in the Catholic church, when the person who asks the question has the right to ask it. Q. Suppose the person has no right to ask it? A. lie is not allowed and is not entitled to any statement. Q. And the person of whom he asks has the right to equivocate? A No, sir. Q. I mean to say, to equivocate, mislead or even deliberately falsify as to a fact, if the in quirer has no right to the information which he seeks to gain? A. He has a right to his defenses — z Well Known Silverton Man Think» the Inmate» of Mt. Angel Convent Lead Very Un happy Life. Dear editor and readers of the ! fearless Silverton Journal: Do 1 owe you all an a|x>logy, and the Catholic church and Rector A. Moore a double apology for the ¡stand I have taken against the ! Catholic church? Listen! Rector Moore says: “the Catholic church has nothing to conceal.” A traveling man i once said his uncle had a barn •100 feet long. 90 feet high, and 2 j feet wide. Now, Rector, set a ■day for me to meet you in Mt. ; Angel, turn over the keys to the various institutions ami let rm* ! lead you where I will. I will disturb nothing, as you will lx* a witness, and 1 assure you I will conduct myself as a gentleman. I want to ask each black-veiled girl if she ¡8 perfectly satisfied with convent life and if she is free to go and come as she de- . sires. I want to hunt for the instru ments of torture for bringing ! sisters to a submissive frame of mind. 1 want to hunt for lime i pits for obliterating the remains of the illbegotten offsprings of the institution, if there Lx? any. I want to look for hidden guns and ammunition by the ton, as we are told they ex 8. there. Now, 1 do not know there is one thing wrong with the Mt. Angel Catholic institutions, but I have heard many things of such institutions and have been told . they are all alike. But if you ¡give me freedom of the house and 1 can find nothing but the footprints of chastity, grace and good will, 1 will apologize again, drink a barrel of booze, and imagine I am following in the wake of Rector Moore, across the hades, up the narrow path and through the pearly gates in to the happy beyond. If Rector Moore knew how thotoughly Leon Myers had him knocked out, he would be glad to take lesions from a clam. A clam does not know much about religion, but he does know when to pull in his head and shut up. And the heretics still subscribe for and read the Silverton Jour nal and the Menace. 2x4 F armer . RECTOR MOORE’S REPLY TO REV. MYERS’ ARTICLE IN THE JOURNAL I I I i HE latest effort of Mr. Myers, in which he becomes insulting by referring to me as “Daddy Moore,” compels me to refuse fur ther notice to his articles. In what I have written in defense of the Catholic church in the Silverton Journal, I have always been courteous to mv opponents and have also observed that first rule of controversy, viz: “Verify your quotations.” I have shown, by referring to the very page in the proceedings of the Second Provincial Council of Oregon, that the statement of the Menace attributed to the Council: “Cursing, swearing and profane language are distinctive marks of public school children,” is absolutely false. I have shown the falsity of the oath attributed to priests in the Revival Bulletin of July 2nd, by giving the real oath and the page in our Moral Theology where it may be found. Mr. Myers says it is found in the Manuale Roman- um, but fails to give the page. Why? Has he ever seen the book? No. He relies entirely upon the word of the Menace. Now, Mr. Editor, there is no such book as the Manuale Romanum. Pained, no doubt, at seeing the Menace convicted of lying alxnit the Second Provincial Council of Oregon, Mr. Myers must still have revenge on the Catholic church. If the Provincial Council did not say what the Menace says it did, Fathers Phelan, Shaner, Hocker and the Catholic Telegraph, the Catholic World and Cardinal Manning did say some “awful things” about the public schools, but when and where they said them Mr. Myers fails to state, although he tells us in his article that he wishes to be fair to Catholics. Does Mr. Myers know anything about logic? If he does, he should know that an assertion without proof can be denied without proof. When I quote a periodical or a person as making certain state ments; if 1 wish fair-minded men to place credence in what I say, I will respect their intelligence by pointing out where such statements may be found, the time, place and the oc casion on which they were made. How your readers must have smiled, Mr. Editor, when they read this statement, which Mr. Myers credits to Car dinal Manning: “I do not consider we are doing our duty as American citizens in permitting such a system of public schools to exist as we have today.” When did Cardinal Manning become an American citizen? He was an English prelate, and I question if he were ever in America. Where are the Guardians of Liberty in Silverton, Mr. Myers claim ing Cardinal Manning as an American citizen? Mr. Myers quotes Professor Dune, of Georgetown University, D. C. (he calls him Professor Dune, of the Jesuit University, Washing ton) as saying, “The time is not far off when the Roman Catholics of the Republic of the United States, by the order of the pope, will refuse to pay our school taxes and will send bullets to the breasts of the government agents rather than pay them. It will come as the click of a trigger and will be obeyed at once. ” The Menace attributes this statement to another man. If I remember rightly, a Father Chapel, who, like Professor Dune, is mythical, as neither name is to lie found in the Catholic directory. Mr. Myers denies that Crowley is a renegade and lectures me on my bad manners for calling him one. He proceeds in a peculiar way to give Crowley a certificate ot good character. He quotes Arch bishop Quigley as stating that he (Archbishop Quigley) is willing to give Crowley the very best parish in the archdio cese. He will even make him assistant at the Holy Name Cathedral if ordered by the papal delegate before whom Crowley’s case was then pending. Is this an endorsement of Crowley? Archbishop Quigley is willing to obey the man dates of his superior, Archbishop Falconior. What other course could Archbishop Quigley pursue, but do as ordered by his superior? That is what got Crowley into trouble; he would not obey his superior. Archbishop Qnjgley did not appoint him to any position in the diocese, for he lost his case before the papal delegate and began slandering the church, and thereby gained the title of renegade, which I applied to him and which he richly merits. It is not neces sary for a man who leaves a society or church from conscien tious motives to have recourse to slander and villification to justify his actions. He does not justify his change of heart by relating the awful things he has seen and heard in the denomination he left. Converts to the Catholic church pur sue a widely different course from the ex-priest and the ex nun. If they feel called upon to explain their change of heart, they do It in a gentlemanly way. It is a question of principles and not individuals. A principle is true regard- • less of the fact that those professing it five in direct oppo sition to its teachings. The teachings of any church do not depend for their truth or falsity upon the virtues or vices of its followers. If they did, many of our enemies would be forced to admit that the Catholic church is the true church, for they concede that there are good men and women in the church. Mr. Meyers is not altogether satisfied with the certificate of character given Crowley by Archbishop Quigley, so he supplements it with recommendations from a Presbyterian minister and a bishop of the M. E. church. He rather fears that Archbishop Quigley would not say in 1910 and 1911 what he said in 1903. Mr. Editor, if you were a member of a church and you wanted a recommendation as to your church standing, would you seek it in the church to which you belonged, or would you seek it in another church7 And if you did go outside of your denomination for recommenda tion, would you expect people to consider that recommenda tion very seriously, especially if you were making war upon the church to which you belonged? Ten years is a long time in the life of a man. Many changes may take place in that time and in a third of that time. Benedict Arnold was an intense patriot in 1777 and en joyed the confidence of his commander-in-chief to such an extent that he was placed at West Point, a most important position. In 1781 he was making war upon his former com panions in arms, just the same as Crowley today is making war upon the faith to which his forefathers for centuries be longed, for which they died. Mr. Myers tells us “that he expects to convert a big bunch of Roman Catholics.” His conversion of Roman Catholics will be like his Guardians of Liberty in Silverton, remarkable for the fewness of their numbers. As a Protestant gentleman told me a few days ago, “If Leon Myers is all you have to fear, you need not be greatly disturbed,” and he is right. The converts we will get from the Christian church as a result of Myers’ Roma- phobia will prove the truth of the old adage: “Persecution is the life of Catholicism.” A. MOORE. Rector St. Joseph’s Church ! * I Í