‘T he S ilverton J ournal SILVERTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, IM4. VOL. ill. CARDINAL O’CONNELL SHOWS HOW the matter is that the ROME STANDS ON LABOR QUESTION. easy The way fact in of which Roman Catholics DISHONEST DOCTRINES HOW' GOD. AND THE (.ODD OATHS MAY BE EVADED. OLD SUMMER TIME. The Hierarch, Munt»lh«’ ity in the Church But to Working Men That demna Our I’leaaure Exploited to Economize More, to Lone Individual­ Not in the Struggle tor Itrend, Quotes Scripture Really Applies to Lazy, Meddling Priest», Con- And Hold» the Roman Church I p aa Our Savior. l)cMpoli»ni, one man rule, govern- ment for revenue, the slavery of the mama*» i» wliut Catholicism stands for, ^^nd the so called statesmen who put capital equal to or above labor will back up to Catholicism und there mak«* their last light against the rising tide •of lila-rty, democracy and that kind of government by the people which does not ask the consent of the king, the pope or the millionaire prince. When the time is ripe the Roman Catholic Church wi’l step in ami offer her remedy to cure the aggita- lion of Socialist» und protestants and the Capitalists will be obliged to ac- cept her terms or kcc the kingdom of Mammon perish, They will accept und Rom«* muy rule with her million» and with her well organized but ignor- • nt and superstitious fanatics. In the great city of New York, where the population is so overwhelm­ ingly catholic is printed the beautiful­ ly gotten up little muguzirie, ** Mes­ senger of the Sacred Heart.” The Muy number of the Messenger lies on th«’ desk before us us we write. We huve read it, and our heart beats so fast as we look at it, and our brain whirls so confusedly as we endeavor to give to our readers the important truth revealed therein, that we would th’nk the thing bewitched indeed if we were in the least superstitious, but we must deliver our message and we ca’I on our readers to help us. Be patient please. Think hard. Supply what we are forced to leave out. Send us uil the he'p you can in the way of information und circulate the message as fast as you cun for it is of mighty import to this und coming generations. The first article in this magazine, which would look better under th«’ title of "Messenger of the Hellish Art” «hows exactly the purpose of its pub'ishers and its "inner circle” The title of the article is era ami Employed”, We can on'y g*ve u few <|uutations. But thia article shows the attitude of th«- Hierarchy und the whole magazine shows the method by which it ex­ pects to win. It holds that the labor problem is not "merely an economic one,” and in the very smoothest way, endeavors to show thut it is not a question of the state, and through exaulting the horn«’ and the right that workers have to strike etc., finally draws out the idea that all the trouble between capital and labor has been brought about by the revolt against the Catholic Church, in the "so-called Reformation.” This great Catholic writer, who is no less than ' His Eminence William Cardinal O’Connell,” says: “The individual! itic principle of life was introduced by the revolt against the authority of the Church. The unity of faith was broken and Christendom ceased to be one great organic social body, one brotherhood in Christ. Once granted, the principle that man can choose, as he would a garment, his own religion, the most •lpremc issue of life, the way is open ir him to hav«> his own way in things of all moral import. The direct ten­ dency of the spirit of individualism is to breed self-sufliciency and selfish­ ness. That it does not always do so is owing to the fact that it is not always carried out to its logical out­ come.” It seems that the Cardinal wants to keep the two classes Masters and Slaves but as to th«1 working man’s re­ lations to the church and capital, he <1 n’t want him to be an individual. He must just be good and take his medicine when he is skinned and his hide hung on the fence. But the danger is not in the cardinal’s idea. It is in forcing the labor world to fall in line with it, that is going to raise perfect hell and return us to the dark ages. Listen to the soft handed official of Rome talk: “There is a disposition, too, to re­ gard work as an intolerable burden to be gotten rid of as soon as possible, and with as little effort as possible. This is contrary to Christian teaching. The Wise Man in Ecclesiastes who ^Bul tasted all the pleasures of life was forced to confess: “For I have f und that there is nothing better for a man than to rejoice in his work.” This natural discontent is fomented and intensified by the noisy agitators of Socialism, the enemies of God and man, who would overturn the founda- tiona upon which human society ia built, and exile God from Ilia uni- verse. This singular set of men who seek to conceal the malice of their real principles, but who cannot, are a brood «.f disturbers. Their doctrines are an abominulion striking at the founda­ tions of family life and religion. Their spirit is not new. A similar class of men were graphically described by Saint Paul in his second epistle to the Thessalonians: “For also when we were with you, this we declared unto you: that if any man shall not work, ne ther let him eat. For we have heard that there are some among you who walk disorderly, working not at all, but curiously meddling. Now we charge them that are such, and besetxh them by the Lord Jesus Christ, thut working w th silence, they would cat their own bread.” There is not, ami cannot be a Cath- o'ic Socialist. Leo XH1 has rejected such a fellowship in his immortal encyclical. The principles of Socia1- ism are utterly opposed to the prin­ ciple.« of Christianity. They are mutually destructive of each other. Certain misguided Christians may call them.se'ves Socialists, but objectively a Catholic Socialist is an utter im­ possibility. Another source of unrest among working people and one against which they must be warned, is the desire to give themselves over too much t the pleasures of life. It is directly con­ trary to the Christian, Catholic spirit. It leads people to live beyond their incomes, and is the fruitful source of family troubles ami discontent with one’s station in life. A Christian peo­ ple should remember that the Chris­ tian life is one of restraint. Legiti­ mate recreations are good, but not the surrender of the heart to the pl asures of this life. They should bear in mind the warning of Saint Paul, that among those who make oangerous times in the history of the world are "lovers more of pleasures than of God.” More economy at home nmi less perpetual seeking of empty' pleasure would remove much of the unnecessary discontent and murmur­ ing which, ever without real cause, we hear on many sides. The social problem of the relations between employers and workers must be solved on a Christian basis, or not at all. They must face each other in the proper frame of mind springing from a Christian spirit, before even an inital step towards permanent betterment can be effected. Employers and workers must regard each other as brothers in the same great brother­ hood of Christ. The Church by her teaching inculcates the only sure method of social regeneration. She would purify the hearts of men of selfishness, greed, envy and hatred which stand in the way of a better understanding. She abolished slavery, in spite of opposition coming from human interests, and made men socially free. She protested anti fost­ ered the workingmen’s guilds of the M'ddle Ages, using every means in her power to keep the workers under the gracious and mellowing influence of religion. She alone can be the re­ generator of the social commonwealth in the conditions which confront us to-day. When the worker imbibing her spirit wi'l look upon labor as a con­ scientious duty to he done with care and diligence, and when the employer accepting her teaching will be con­ tent with reasonable profit anil treat the laborer generously anil humanely the battle will be already won, and peace will descend and bless both for their loyal Christian and Catholic spirit.” O, ye Protesting heretics, shall we let these priests, who do not work, forever curiously meddle with our affairs and forever enslave us? If you ever expect to wake up and save yourselves and your progeny from the flames of a Capitilistic, Pagan Hell here on earth, wake up now! “Catholic” means “universal.” How enn a Roman church be a universal church? It’s no church at all. It is a political machine of wonderful power, and it w'll completely control America unless Americans wake up. NO 2» THIS ATTEMPTED MURDER OUGHT TO AROUSE EVER PATRIOT- (By Henry M. Tichenor.) “When a man is broke, and out of repudiate the obligations of their oaths work, what is he going to do?” And and promises to Protestants is based Taft but shook his head and said, on the Romish theology. Roman Cath­ "that only the Great God knew!” Telegram From Spurgeon, Dicated From His Bed in a Denver Hospital, Where He 1» Suffering the Agonies of Death From Mounds Inflicted olic authorities on the canon law of the Never so many out of work, and broke, by Roman Catholic Ho«»diuma, Whose Argument is Brute Force, Typical Church of Rome ar«’ agree«l that ob­ as there are this year—and Wilson of the Beast» of the Jungle. ligations of oaths and promises may says, “cheer up, poor men, summer be dispensed with. 'I his is the teach­ w’ll noon lie here! It’s great to have ing of "Saint” Alphonsus l.iguori, who such rulers, who are so wondrous wise was canonized by Pope Gregory XVI, —one points you to the summer, th«' If you have read the following in gled away to escape their further in May, 1839. In his “Moralis Theo- other, beyond the skies. No matter this week’s “Menace,” read it again murderous intentions. The Denver logia,” he states that “a dispensation though the ma. ters have swiped your and think: press, without exception, seem dispos­ ia the absolute disposing of the ob­ last lone dime—you still have God to The Menace, Aurora, Mo. ed not to print all the facts, but the ligation of a vow made in the name look to an«l the good old summer Accept my appreciation of the sym­ first article in the News was the most of God. That such dispensation may pathy of The Menace staff an«l its accurate of any yet published. be valid, a just cause is required.— many readers whom I know are with The police department and city A SWITZER’S TALE. such as, for example, the good of the me in my hours of suffering. detectives seem powerless to render church or the common well-being of This is only the beginning, for as any assistance, but Freemasons, Selverton, Oregon. the republ'c.” And as to the most soon as I am out of this I intend to Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, To the Mr. of the Jernel, exacting of oaths, he declares: “How­ vel I recd your paper somtime and fight the system ten times harder than Knights of Luther, and in fact all ever, let them be ever so valid, they I see you tell me som tings of the old ever before, for they have not bluffeth his explanations. Listen here then became an accomplice in the mur- make the people give a tenth of their uer of Mayor Gaynor when he went Jesuit senrnaries.—Arthur Walsh. crops for them to have, the convent they are: When the pope was preparing to aboard of the Atlantic ship on which vas vacant for som years, then turnd BROTHERHOOD AND PEACE. in a dary and chese factory, the sell indulgences in G-rmany he gave the Mayor had secured passage and Is there any mortal out of an asylum church department vas converted in the job to a Dominican named . . . . was about to sail for Europe for a va­ who would not hail with joy the ad­ stab es for horses and cows ect. lat­ Luther getting a grouch on this ac­ cation. This priest pointed out Gay­ vent of brotherhood and peace in this er on the 2 brothers who bot it also count started a kick. Going too far nor to the assassin Gallager. As the mad«* a fine brewry in connection, then he was called upon to explain and assa sin’s hand raised the revolver tc war-weary and sin-scarred world? Brotherhood and Peace! Who shall latters on they’ ha«l a grate glass then in sp'te of his pleadings he was fire at Gaynor the priest ducked out of the crowd. No effort was e\er made to tell of the benign influence, the soften­ works where many peple were em- excommunicated. Crowley was much the same way. arrest this Holy Father. Schank, the ing effect even the dream of human p'oied, also my father und maney brotherhood and of peace and of good francks earned money there, at last The Bishop of Chicago was looking man ( ?) who attempted to assassinate will among men has had upon man­ the owners died and left no ares, the around for a secretary, finding one ex president Roosevelt was a Cath­ Couvan vas vacant agen for som tim who suited him he left Crowley out in olic. The Me Namara brothers kind? The brotherhood and peace, in all but at last it becam the Incane Assil- the cold. Becoming enraged at this were Catholics and Democrats. They things the opposite of selfhood an«i lum for Le Canton Bern for witch it "Jerry J” began to set up a howl. No were also Knights of Columbus, and strife, beautiful and elevating as they is yoused at the prasent tim. vel I doubt, being backed up by others, he were in daily communication with are as dreams and ideals, can only tel you it is a fine bilding for the was at la t induced into rebellion. Father Brady, a Catholic Priest, da­ After a while when he found out he ring the trial at Los Angles. I am in­ come upon earth when material con­ craseys yFoubet. I' rance and Germany are claming had gone too far to go back, he turned formed that detective Burns is also a ditions are ripe for their realization. Class rule, whether in an autocracy, and hav taken thousand of ackers of apostate and began to write for the Roman, ditto his stool pigeon McMaq- igal—smells somewhat like a steel­ a monarchy or a republic, is always clergy land and are selling it anil "Menace.” “Jerusalem,” any one who could trust conspiracy against labor and the and everywhere fatal to brotherhood meny fine farms are made out of it. A catholick beshop some time ago swa'ow that would have to be an red socialists, don’t it? But the in­ an«i peace. The material re’ations that men and nations bear to each said when the catholics get control of ostrich or a fool. I escaped it and am side of the McNamara case will be other determine largely their social america they wil buiki ther instutions now in a good protestant home in known to the public some day perhaps and then the honest working people of and ethical relations. If their mater­ over the grave yards of the protes­ ! Portland. Hoping to hear from you soon I this country may have their innings. ial relations are mutual they will be tants anil sei the protestant churches It is a fearfid inditement to make friends; if antagonistic they will be to build catholic institutions, I thinck am your friend. “A King’s Worker.” but here are the facts: A French he talcks throuth his hat, and he bet­ enemies. monk named Lipicier has written a The capitilist class and the working ter keep his shirt on dont you, before “ROME NEVER CHANGES.” book entitled “DeStolietate et Prog- class can never be friends, and america does to them licke Flurope ressiv Dogmatis”. On page 194 of brotherhood anti peace can never be did ? I vent to american school tree Pratically every known assassin in­ realized until the war. between them veax and I tink I do pourty gooil for a history has been a product of Catholic­ this book he declares that public here­ tics (off:c:als who are not Catholics) is ended by the abolition of class rule 3x6 farmer, dont you? ism, from Constantine down all these deserve not merely to be excommuni­ and thip establishment of the co­ centuries. Constantine was a foul, cated but to be killed, and on page A MIND OF HIS OWN. operative commonwealth. black murderer. He killed his own 195, he reclarCs that the power to To this end the Socialist movement son, scalded his wife to death in a vat murder heretics belongs, not only to My Dear Friend: is educating and organizing the work­ Here I am again. I read the Journal of water, put numerous memb> rs of the State but to the Church. Pope ing class and preparing the people for anil the Menace today as usual and his househo'd to death, and these mur­ Pius X through his official secretary’ the inevitable change. noticed some very interesting features ders included his immediate relation wrote to Lipicier commending the The Socialist movement, based upon and near relatives. in both. book and bestowing his “Apostolic the philosophy of mutualism and em­ The world’s brightest minds in free Benediction”. With the proofs, fur­ Last winter when in a city right bracing the whole of humanity, is at ! thought, literature, sc’ence and pub- once the revolution of the masses for close to you, I was taking a course lic life, have been felle«! by the hand ther comment is unnecessary. in catechism. The “ holy ” dad and I —A Journal Patriot. the overthrow of class rule and the of the Roman assassin. Follow’ the historic agency, material and moral, had it up and down all over the book pages of history both ancient and Is it true that our government does for the reconstruction of society upon from Genesis to Reve'ations. but at modern. more to protect property than it does last he thought he hail me settled. the foundation st ties of brotherhoixl Here in America we find Booth and human beings? There certainly would Well we were almost through and in and peace.—Rip-saw. a week the bishop was coming to those connected with the death of Lin­ be more excitement over a band of Purgatory is a soft snap for the confirm quite a large class and, hoping coln Roman Catholic. Guiteau, the horse thieves in our Mountains than priests hut it’s hell for the poor vic­ to get me strung up as soon as pos­ assassin of President Garfield, Czol- there is. over a band of foreign out­ tim who worries and digs up the sible, he w’as giving me a hurried goz. the assassin of President McKin­ laws who are stealing our American review. At last he had finished, “well ley, Pendergast, the assassin of Mayor girls. "«lough.”