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    T he S ilverton J ournal
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No. 2.
SILVERTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1914.
VOL IV.
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PAPAL NOTES
By L D. Ratliff.
That which lift, man alwve a plan,
of mere aniinaliam is th. development
of certain mental taeultlos called
moral or spiritual. These ar. the fac­
ulties in which reside the human im­
pulses, atul which make for progress
und a higher civilization. That the
Catholic superstition does not develop
these faculties is seen in the records
of crime and criminals. The following
i^cls und figures are vouched for by
Ir. C. W. Bibb, National Secretary of
the Federation of Patriotic Societies.
In Scotland, 1902, there were 2,900
criminal convicts, 1,000 of whom were
Catholics, with only 10 per cent of the
population Catholic. That is, the
<'atholies were four time, more crim­
inal than the the Protestants.
England, I DoQ, had 23,KUO convicts,
5,300 of whom were Catholics, with
only iiv. per cent of the population
Catholic. That is, the Catholics, to
population, were five times more crim­
inal than Protestants.
Concord prison in Massuchetts held
560 prisoners, 400 of whom were
holies, - more than live times the
"n-('atholics to population.
Derr Island prisoners were 75 per
cent Catholic.
Cambridge House of Correction, 90
per cent were Catholic.
In Missouri 22 per cent of the con­
victs are Catholic.
At Joliet, Illinois prison, 40 per cent
are Catholic.
,ln Australia one-half of the convicts
are Catholic while the Catholic popu­
lation is only three-tenths.
In Ireland with two-thirds of the
population Catholic they furnish six-
sevenths of the criminals.
In France to every 10,000 popula­
tion the public achocas furnish five
criminals, the Purochial schools 65.
Massachusetts publie schools furnish
11 criminals to every 10,000 popula­
tion, the Parochial schools 160.
,ln Ireland with 66 per cent of the
population, the Catholics furnished 90
percent of the Juvenile offenders.
Alleghany, Pa., Work House and In­
ebriate report (1912), 3,674 inmates,
2,016 of whom were Catholics—that is,
per cent of the population furnished
per cent of the derelicts.
Arisons Year Book, 1913, 519 con­
victs, 349 of whom were Catholics.
The record of the Catholic Church
is universal. She not only fails to in­
spire and develop the higher human
faculties, but she destroys the moral
sense, and debases all the intellectual
processes. Lord McCaulay said: Un­
der her education "the loveliest and
most fertile provinces of Europe have
been sunk in poverty, political servi­
tude and intellectual torper.”
• • •
should get acquainted with our Catho­
lic neighbors, and by so doing we
would see they have no evil designs
upon us. Well, bless his pious old
soul, do our Catholic neighbors de­
termine the purposes and policies of
thj Roman Hierarchy? Not a bit of
it. They have not one word to say.
All general orders are from the bunch
of Italians at Rome, while the details
are worked out by the Jesuits in this
country. Gladden admits the political
activity of the Hierarchy, but does not
see that it is connected with Rome as
part of the general policy in gain-
ig the Temporal Power.
•
•
•
A few years ago the “Dry” leaders
got together to lay plans to make Ma­
rion County Dry under Local Option;
but it was decided that the Catholic
influence of Mt. Angel and some other
points would defeat the proposition,
so the effort was limited to Salem
und vicinity. That old Church gets
her true measure taken all right.
• • •
“I have recognized the priests as
frauds ever since when I was 20. I
took part in a drunken orgy with a
priest and two women he had ruined.
They are all frauds, the priests and
their cloth which is supposed to be a
protection, they use to entice the inno­
cent.”—Villa, in the Outlook, June 6.
• • •
There is only one possible interpre­
tation of the official utterances of the
hierarchy concerning its purpose and
the duty of Catholics, and that is that
they should get control of the govern­
ment in which they live.
• • •
Another Attempt to Confiscate oar Pub­
lic School, and Convert Them
lato the Catholic Schools
louil wees there upp.ared about Pity
Catholics irom Mt. Angel and vicinity
appeared belore the County Commis­
sioners urd County School buperinten-
denl Ut u bold attempt to steal Irom
live adjacent Public School Districts
a valuable portion of their respective
District, und to add the same to MU
Angel District, and to eliminate one
disincl entirely, if their request should
be grunted by the County Court and
commissioners it wuulu practically
destroy al lof the Country Public
Schools atlocled, because it would de­
prive th.m of sulUcient number ol pu­
pils und taxable pioperty to justify
the continuance of their schools witu-
out a heavy special lux, all of the
portion of the districts sougnt to be
taken is tv be added to the now over
isrge Mt. Angel Dslrict, widen now
niuintuins a common Public bchobl
with one teacher conducted in u build­
ing not larger than un oruinury dwell­
ing house and attended with about ten
or lUleen pupils at this time if 1 am
correctly informed, besides this Public
School there is two schools claimed Lo
oe Public ¡Schools, but ure taught by
nuns and no pupils ure supposed to
ulteiid but Catholic children, although
these schools arc maintained by the
Common txhool unds, now they are
asking or more taxable property to be
added to their district in order that
they may build up more private Catho
lie institutions at Die expense of the
common ¡school funds. 1 also under­
stand al the present lime Mt. Angel
district is obtaining something like
$3500 per year for common school pur­
poses, if this is true where does it go
with only on. public school teacher?
1 will further stale that if the
County Commissioners and County
School Superintendent should allow
tins radical request th«t a great many
of the pupils allecled by such change
would be compelled to walk fpur or
five miles to get to their district school
locuted in the town of Mt. Angel,
where they now live wiliun from hull
lo one mile from thoir district school.
I will further state that the non­
Catholics residing in these affect«! dis
tricts will never stand for such an in­
justice and if the County School Su­
perintendent sees tit to recommend
such an outrageous steal they wll tight
the same as long as there s a Court of
Justice left.
John P. Johnson.
Heap Much Big Injun
The dignity of the priesthood was
so great that the priest on his ordin­
ation became as it were, another Christ
and exceeded in dignity all the angel
choirs of heaven, fo each time he of-
feed the holy mass, our Lord Himself
descended from heaven into his hands.
Next to the offering of sacrifice came
the power to forgive sin, and St. Au­
gustine declared that this power was
greater than the whole work of crea­
tion, for it was the power which en­
abled the priest to snatch an erring
soul from Hell and restore to it its
lost inheritance in the Heavenly King­
dom.
Priest George in a sermon in the
church of the Sacred Heart, Liverpool,
June 28, 1914. Quoted in the Roman
Catholic Herald, July 4, 1914:
Howly saints! The Virgin save us!
Ain’t these holy daddies some step­
pers? We did not dream of such a
privilege as residing right in the same
town with these stallfed celebrities.
The Creator Himself is but an office
boy compared with these sky pilots.
However, we feel a bit like Dwight L.
Moody said about a man who claimed
to be holy. “I will never believe it,”
says Mr. Moody, “till I see and talk
with his wife.”
I can’t accept this description of a
liquor lined daddy till I have a long
confidential talk with the nuns incar­
cerated behind high walls and iron
bars. It appears to me that the quick
lime, pits and underground vaults can
help to prove the might and power of
the priesthood.
“Oh, could they speak the matchless
crimes,
Oh, could they sound their infamy
forth
In notes almost divine.”
EQUAL RIGHTS V. S. SPECIAL PRIVIUGES
A Ncu> Campaign of Public Education b On Despite Opposition. |
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Equality— equal responsibility—so­ ular reform is for the regulation lead­
cial Justice—etc., from the basis of ing toward the complete abolishing of
ail monopolistic "Special Privilege” in
true democracy.
the interest und for the benefit of all
Uqual privilege to share in the res­
the people.
ponsibility of government, including
Special Privilege in industry, in
the cost and expenses thereof.
commerce, in imuuce, in politics is be­
The great cry among the ove taxed ing summoned into tlie court ol public
burden bearers of the state has been inquiry; *s being investigated and
and is "How can we reduce the weigneu in the balance of social equity
Taxes ?’’
ano social justice.
Legislation against "Special Privi­
Every office seeker, every party plat­
form declares for economy, efficiency lege is being inacted in national leg­
islatures.
and lower taxation!
Vv hy should not the church, as un
These men, in the main, are honest,
but are lacking in true economic un­ organized institution (trust and saiva-
tou monopoly) be asx d to appear be-
derstanding.
lure this high tribunal to detenu her
Is it not the duty of every loyal citi­ position i
zen to point out defect« and seek rem­
Why should the church ue exempt
edies by which equalization may be
or
seek exemption from a joint res­
established upon principles of equity
ponsibility (taxes)t
and social justice?
Why should a spiritual corporation
Why are taxes so high? For sev- ual be exempt any more than an in­
ural reasons no doubt. One of these dustrial trust! so long as it enjoys
reasons is that a lurge per cent of the beniits and .rolectjon oí civil gov­
choicest property is not taxed at all! ernment ?
Ths land is church property!
Does not every washerwoman, who
In the city Of Salem alone $2,000,000 struggles by her toil to keep her little
of church land exists.
tamily, to keep the wolf fromlhe door
How much of untaxed church prop­ of her little shack, does not she pay
erty may be found throughout the taxes ? while wealthy churches go
state?
i ree ?
Why! and for what purpose should
Who must pay this share of the bur­
any church hold or own acreage?
den which the church deliberately
How came church property to be shirks by exemption 1
exempt? What justification exists for
If this is not "Speciul Privilege” and
such exemption ? What is the purpose "Class Legislation” what shall we call
of any and all taxation ? These are j it?
a few questions offered for earnest re­
Why should the church seek "Spec­
flection.
ial Privilege” (exemption) in a secu­
“Equal Rights for AH — Special
lar and tree government like ours ?
Privileges for None” is a fundamental
What does the constitution declare
principle jn a democratic common
about complete and absolute separa­
wealth!
Ancient civilizations were based tion of church and state?
upon the divine rights (or claims) of
What does it say about equal taxa­
priest and king, representing church tion of all property ?
und state.
Any property, whatsoever, used for
The two chief pillars of the ancient gain and profit is subject to taxation
forms of government were monar­ under law and should voluntarily bear
chism (king craft) and ecclesiasticisin it» full share of public burden and cost.
(priest craft) both claiming divine
A great moral victory has Just been
sanction and origin.
gained by the people of Oregon. Let
The evolutionary order in govern­
the good work go on. Let this cam­
ment is from theocracy toward mon­
paign of moral awakening through
archy; from monarchy toward democ-
popular education go on until every
acy.
form of “Special Privilege” and “Class
The process of liberation is from Interest" which is a direct violation of
priestrule to kingrule toward the rul­ the spirit and intent of populargovern-
ing sovereingnty of the people.
ment shall have perished from our
There can be no “Special Privi­ land.
lege” nor C’ass Interest nor Class Rule
Let this campaign for “equality in
nor Class Legislation in a real democ­
joint responsibilty" and for social jus­
racy !
tice become a popular education with
The struggle for democracy, or, to­ equal rights for all, special privileges
ward democracy (we have not yet for none.
reached it) is a struggle on the part
Thus, by proper distribution, may we
of the common people against “Special
greatly
and most* justly reduce the
Privilege” by the upper class.
people
’
s
taxes.
Cor.
The great evolutionary tide of pop-
Protest Against Methods of Col­
lecting Money for the Saint
Catharine’s Working
House for Girls.
WHEREAS, it has been stated in
the local papers that the Saint Catha­
rine’s Home for working girls is a
non - sectarian institution and it is
therefore incumbent upon every citizen
to liberally contribute funds to this
worthy charity; and WHEREAS it is
contrary to the teaching of the Roman
Catholic Church to solicit funds for
any institution unless controlled by
that hierarchy; THEREFORE be it
resolved that the Fearless Court No. 9
of the Guardians of Liberty warn the
unaware to not permit themselves to
be ensnared into this scheme of ob­
taining moneey under false pretenses
for the glorification of the Roman
.-.tholic Church.
It s furthermore resolevd, based
upon many complaints, that this Fear­
less Court No. 9 deplores and con­
demns the support and encouragement
given to that scheme by non-Catholic
clergymen as Lord, Beal and Hirsch-
berg, who certainly are in a position
to know better.
Authorized by the
Guardians of Liberty Fearless Court
No 9
of Wilwaukee County.
Words are the garments of thought,
the robes of ideas. Some are as rude
as the skins of wild beasts and others
glisten and glitter like silk and gold.
They have been born of hatred and re­
venge; of love and sacrifice; of hope
There is one
and fear; of agony and joy. These
The Catholic religion, so called, is in words are bom of the terror and beau There is but one
All law should
essence nothing but Priestism. It is ty of nature. The stars have fashion«!
clothed with a pompous ritual which them. In them mingle the darkness tion of the one
of the other.
hides its main feature.
and dawn.
Sei.
good — Happiness.
sin — Selfishness.
be for the preserva­
and the destruction
Sei.
THE POPE’S BULL AGAINST
THE COMET
In the Fifteenth Century practically
everybody in Western Europe professed
the Roman Catholic religion. Writers
of the time, Romanists of course, say
that comet with a great, fiery tail ap­
peared; and that the ignorant and su­
perstitious people were greatly alarm­
ed. It is said that the pope was moved
to take hold of tne matter ;and that he
issued a "Bull” — commanding the
comet to keep the peace—and not dis­
turb good Christians—etc., etc.
in February, 1914, prieet O'Hara
published in the "Oregonian” of Port­
land a letter concerning this matter.
He said that the story is a “myth”—
that lias come down — “heavy and
hoary with the encrusted ignorance
and prejudice of three centuries of
misrepresentation;” and he excoriated
non-Romanist people for noticing such
stories, etc., etc. Of course such letter
would provoke reply.
itus writer
sent rep'y to the Oregonian, but O’H>
ra and his friends had "seen” the
editor and he obeyed!
WILL CUUMONOPLY
Catholic Church Will Corner
All Rights of Citizen.
Jesuit liars and some ill-informed
noa-Catholics deny that the Catholic
Church claims a monopoly of all
rights, social, political and religious,
and claims the right to enforce her
claim; but the evidence hi »imply over­
whelming and absolutely conclusive.
For example, in 1864 the Pope issued
a “Syllabus” setting forth the claims
of the Church. This document was
confirmd by decrees of the Vatican
Council and was sent to all the bishops
of the Catholic world as the ultimate
infallible, unchangable word of the
Holy Roman Catholic Church. It was
later confirmed by Pope Pius IX (June
17, 1876) and formally accepted by
the Roman Episcopate. The following
is the import, briefly stated, of a num­
ber of its articles:
The Church has the right to require
the state to forbid free choice of rel­
Calixtus III, the pope involved in
igion. (15)
the story, reigned A. D. 1455-1456.
She has the right to be perfectly
Practically everybody of that time be-
free; to define her own rights and de­
leived the old noton as to the Solar
termine the limits of her own actions
System— “Earth is the center — and
(19)
the Sun revolves around it.” They be­
She is independent of the state. (20)
lieved this and a hundred other no­
She has the right to cempell all to
tions of equal crudity, that have been
believe that no Pope ever exceeded the
long since exploded. Nobody cares that bounds of his power. (23)
Calixtus, the man, or any other pope,
She has the right to employ force.
as a man, held these foolish notions— (24)
they were not to blame for doing it.
She has the right to maintain that
That was the belief of the world at all temporal power in the hands of the
that time. But Calixtus was pope— bishop is inherent in his office, and be­
and Romanists of today claim that the yond the reach of the state. (25)
popes are and ever have been— infal­
She has the right to claim dominion
lible teachers. No matter how crude in temporal things for the clergy and
the noton, any one else may, without the Pope (27)
fault, teach according to the popular
She has the right to make bishops
Belief of the time. Bat a pope—that defy the rulers in promulgating the
is different.
Pope’s decrees. (28)
From time to time, the pope must
She has a right to require all to
speak—“ex cathedra”—of the meaning believe that the Church and Ecclesias­
of Bible references to Nature. And tics are immune from civil law. (30)
The Pope will, of necessity, speak as
She has a right to require that of­
the man believes concerning the mat­ fenses of clergymen, either civil or
ter. The case of Galileo is a note­ crimii.il, Shall be left to the Church
worthy example; but we will not now tribunals. (32)
discuss it, as we expect to take it up
She has a right to the ultimate de­
later.) Any one can see how damaging cision in all matters between the state
such facts are to an organization that and Church. (36)
itself, and. its popes, claim to be “in­
She has the right to prevent the
fallible”. Mr. O’Hara felt this most founding of any national Church not
keenly; and unwittingly, it may be, he subject to the authority of the Roman
uncovered still further, this sore spot Pontiff. (37)
in Romanism, when he spoke of the
She has a right to reject any claim
"supposed papal prohibition of dissec­ of the state to any power in religious
tion; and a hundred other stories, sup­ affairs, and to reject appeals from Ec­
posed to illustrate the superstitious clesiastical to civil tribunals. (41)
and unscientific attitude of mind, of
She has the right to exclude the
mediaeval churchmen.”
civil power from pronouncing any
Yes, it is simple fact that, so far judgment upon instructions of a priest
as known, every pope of the past has for the guidance of conscience. (44)
She has the right to deprive the civil
held, in substance the “superstitious
authority
of the entire government of
and unscientific” notions of his time;
and this makes it very hard to explain, public schools. (45)
She has the right to uphold the laws
today, on the pretence of their infalli­
of
religious orders against the civil
bility, the attitude they actually main­
tained toward Science. In cases like authority; the right to deprive the civ­
that of Calixtus, showing special stu­ il authority of power to aid any who,
pidity, it is easier to dispute the rec­ after having taken vows, should seek
ords of history, than to make the pa­ to escape from monasteries or nus-
pal bulls—and the papal teachings of ncries. (53)
She has the right of holding kings
the times, appear consistent with facts
and
princes in subjection to her juris­
now well known to even the common
diction.
(54)
people. It is easier—for not one in
She has the right of perpetuating
tAi
thousand-of
the
people
of
the
coun
­
By Rayford T. Gowrfe.
try, has the authorities at hand to de­ the union of Chutch and State. (55)
She has the right of enjoining a pol­
tect the trickery practiced. Mr. O’Ha­
On the Broad Piazza of the Vatican ra, thinking himself imntune — has icy of intervention. (62)
She has the right to defy the civil
sat the hope fast asleep, you could dared to sin at this point. He says:
authority
on the matter of marriage
see him smile. No wonder, listen to
“An English writer, John Gerard, and divorce. (62, 67, 68, 70)
his dream. He could see passing be­ has investigated this legend to its
She has the right of treating all
fore him his Knights of Columbus, roots; and finds that no such bull was
otherwise the pope’s soldiers. Armed ever issued.” But who was this “John marriages under the civil law invalid
unless they conform to the law of the
to the teeth no longer did those hated Gerard?” The Encyclopedia Britannica
Stars and Stripes wave o’r the land —Eleventh Edition — is an authority Church. (71)
She has the right of anuulling all
of the Free. Instead waved his glori­ on English Literature, none in the
merriages solemnized oaly by civil
ous flag of,the yellow rag. He could world is higher. And this great au­
contract (73)
see his mighty navy, at mast heads thority knows no such “John Gerard”
She has the right of judging all
no longer flew the Stars and Stripes, in English Letters! There may have
matrimonial cause« in Ecclesiastical
instead his glorous papal rag, a priest been a Romanist priest of that name—
courts. (74)
aboard every ship. His domain stretch­ there may be such Driest living—but
She has the right to require that the
ed from the North to the South Pole: if so, he is so insignificant, that he is
Catholic religion shall be the only rel­
Kings, Queens and all royalties done not known outside aa interesed cir­
igion of the state to the exclusion of
him homage, Peters Pence came in ship cle. And for Mr. O’Hara to allege
all ethers. (77)
loads. He counted his slaves by the such person, is to confess Judgment.
She has the right to require the
millions. Why not’ Because he, the
state to suppress free expression of
We
mentioned
this
matter
to
a
holy pope, king of heaven, prince of
opinion. (79)
hell, whoever named him, named friend, and expressed surprise at O’Ha
ra
’
s
ability
to
create
a
man
for
the
him well, carried the keys to Heaven
A few years ago a good Democrat
and Hell. Just then, the mighty emergency of his argument; hut our
was
candidate for County Judge, and
friend
said:
“
Tut,
tut,
you
don
’
t
need
shades of George Washington, Abra­
ham Lincoln and millions of other to wonder at this—The man who says had a fair prospect of winning; but,
patriots passed in reivew, and he that he can create “the body, soul and unfortunately, he had offended the
awoke with a shiver of fear and a curse Divinity of the Lord Jesus, by mumb­ saloon element. A Cafholk- small-bore
ling a few Latin words over a wafer— politician hastened to Mt. Angel, ral­
upon his lips.
certainly ought to he able to create lied the opposition, and the good Dem­
ocrat was defeated. Well, of course.
a m a n when need arises.”
Every brain is a field whee nature
“L” Willamette University. But the worst of it is, the good Dem­
sows the seeds of thought and the
ocrat still sticks vO his political idol,
crop depends upon the soil.
Sei.
and dees not see that a political party
In all the rest of the politics cam­ aggregation in which the Catholic
But this we know: Good deeds are paigns in Oregon for years to come bunch fs a determining factor, can ac­
never childless. A noble life is never the Roman Catholic Hierarchy will ba complish nothing for good government
or social decency.
an issue.
lost, a virtuous does not die.
THE POPE’S DREAM