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VOL. IV.
Papal Noles
By L. D. Ratliff
Abolish the office of Chaplain in the
army und navy,
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Tax ail church property just like ull
other property.
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Governor Went aaya Judge Kelley is
opposed to executive clemency in the
Hoamer «,-aae.
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Permit no peraon who avows obedi­
ence to a foreign potentate to vote or
hold office.
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Do not blame but pity the Catholic
victima who have been trapped at a
tender age and tortured into a auper-
atitioua fear of their own common
sense.
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forcing the issue: — The Catholic
Union of lllinoia sent a Hat of quea-
tlona to a'l the legislative candidatea
of the atate. Hurrah for the Holy-
Boners.
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Thia ia a big country, but there ia
not room in it for u bunch of pretend-
era who claim the right from heaven
to rule over all the reat, and to compel
obedience.
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The "Mas«” and "Purgatory" are in-
ventiona of the prleathood put into
their aocalled religion for two pur-
poaea, to-wit: Graft and to aubject the
people to the prieat.
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The Columbian (K. C. organ) aaya,
the moat learned of the Catholic girls
fall away from the faith. Of courae
they do. No well-infromed and ain-
cere woman, or man either, can be a
loyal Roman Catholic.
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Brazil, once a Catholic country, in
1889 formed a Republic, and in 1891
adopted a Conatitution which porvidea
that the following shall not be regia-
tered aa elector«' Beggar», peraona
not knowing how to read, oldiers on
pay, members of monastic orders,
companies, congregations or communi­
ties of whatever denomination subject
to vows of obedince, or rules, or stat­
ues. Implying the surrender of individ­
ual liberty.
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1 assume that there is some sub­
stance to human thinking; that not-
w'thstanding the hobgoblin possibili­
ties of the human mind, there are
some things the intelligent mind can­
not believe. One such thing is the
Catholic doctrine of the "Mass.” It is
a supreme insult to common sense.
Every intelligent priest knows, every
bishop knows, every archbishop knows,
(that when he puts that thing up to the
people he is practicing a fraud.
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Rev. Tierney speaking for the Cath­
olic Federation to Secretary Bryan
says, “The Catholic contention is that
the relentless war waged in Mexico
against the Catholics is not persecu­
tion of Catholicism, but is war on
Religion as such.” That is the Jesuit
trick all right Why this general
hatred of the Catholic Church in Mex­
ico where she has ruled for 400 years?
"Father" Tierney knows why. Every
priest should be driven from that
priest-cursed land for the country’s
good.
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I have been told that the Salem
Daily Statesman some time ago put
up an apology or defense for the Jes­
uits. It is not in my province to say
just how much part the cash box
plays in a newspaper’s conscience. It
is a fact, though, within the reach of
the Statesman’s know'edge, that the
order of Jesuits cannot be slandered,
for its creed provides for every crime
you could accuse it of,—so says Eu­
gene Sue, author of The Wandering
Jew, one of the greatest books of the
last century.
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A trick of the Jesuits: — At the be­
ginning of the 18th century a fund
was created in Mexico for Catholic
missions in California. It is called the
“Pious Fund." This fund was taken
over by the Mexican government which
held the principal and paid the inter­
est to the Jesuits. When California
was ceded to the U. S. the Mexican
government refused to longer pay. It
was surely a question between the Jes­
uits and the government of Mexico;
but the wily Jesuit pushed the U. S.
into it, had it appealed to the Hague
at public expense, and by decision of
the Hague (1902) the U. S. is made
collecting agent for the California
Jesuits, and yearly collects and hands
over to them (43,050.99.
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SILVERTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1914.
THANKSGIVING PERPETUAL
By Bamuei B. l»etson.
"Thanksgiving I” Ah, thanksgiving,
hearts' incense and the day I
Who’ll tell the measure of the wealth
of grateful hearts, I pray I
Who’ll count the pleasures of the mind,
the treasures of the soul,
The joy of hoarts und charms of sense
of human kind, the whole?
With all, oh, crowning glory, great
gracious boon to man,
He makes us co-workers with Him in
God's eternal plan!
For all that I can comprehend, in all
my future days
The Giver-of-all-good «hull have my
hearty fervent praise.
Los Angles, California.
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 16, 1914.
J. E. HOSMER,
Silverton, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
But recently a partial copy of your
paper came into my possession, and
al the same time I learned that you
were doing time because of some of
its publications, so that ia the reason
that I wish to subscribe for two
copies and wish it were for two thou­
sand, but as I am now doing my little
in support of our other fearless patri-
otc publications, it is all 1 can do ut
this present time. 1 am under the
impression that the price is fifty cents
yearly, if it is more let me know and
1 will remit the balance. I enclose one
dollar, one copy to Mr.“” of this
city. One copy to myself at the above
address. Will you also send me a
few past sample copies for distribu­
tion, possibly to secure some other
subscriber. You may or may not re­
member that some 22 or 23 years ago
that W. E. Price who was then Editor
of "Living Issues" published in this
hot bed of papalism. was, by the in­
trigues and mobbing of the faithful
of their church, and through papal
judges sent over to San Quentin, where
he served two years, although he could
have been free inside of six months
had he desired, but he was brave and
served his whole time. We have a
fight on our hands, which I fear will
not be finished without blood shed, as
that government wrecking outfit have
become so strongly entrenched through
the duplicity and corruption of our
public officials, that they certainly have
become our masters, yet there some
ray of hope, but it lies in our turning
back now thut we have put our shoul­
ders to the wheel. There is so much
to be said and so little time and
strength to do it al'. Those who are
of the old school are passing away,
while the present generation have be­
come partially romanized through the
traitors whom we have placed in office
and Who are responsible for the calam­
ity that has overtaken thJj nation.
Very truly yours,
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Rome's military tactics are an inter­
esting feature of her activity. She
not only has her military bodies,as the
Knights of Columbus and Order of
Hibernians, but she ia also Romanizing
our army and navy from within. She
already claims about one-third of the
navy force, and it is conceded she has
a large majority of the West Point
and Annapolis students who are to be
the war officers for the future. Even
now in case of a conflict involving the
claims of the Pope she could start a
mutiny that would greatly cripple if
!
not disorganize our navy.
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Stretching the Constitution: — The
Constitution of Oregon (Art. 1, Sec. 5)
provides, “No money shall be drawn
from the treasury for the benefit of
any religious or theological institu­
tion.”
The Oregon Blue Book, issued by
the Secretary of State for 1913-1914
says (Page 98): "Legislatures of the
State of Oregon have establishd a cus­
tom of providing State aid to privately
conducted charitable institutions, such
as hames for wayward girls, baby
homes, homes for foundlings, for the
friendless and others. The legislature
of 1913 enacted a law making it pos­
sible for al) charitable institutions ap­
proved by the State Board of Health
to receive State aid," etc., etc.
Under this head are named four dis­
tinctively Catholic institutions: House
of the Good Shepherd, Christie Home,
St. Agnes Asylum, St. Mary’s Home.
In 1912 the House of Good Shepherd
received (5,628.93. The Christie Home
since July 1908 to March 30, 1913, re­
ceived (12,969.50. During the years
1913-1914 the four institutions named
received of public money the sum of
(41,765.65.
The claim that these institutions arc
non-sectarian is the flimsiest subter­
fuge, for Catholics have no such insti­
tutions. This is a very clear case of
stretching the State Constitution in
favor of the Catholic Church.
AGAIN-THE JESUITS VISITS EDITOR IN JAIL
On a former occasion, we told some
inlere«ting things about the Jesuits;
today we carry their history a little
further. But first we must ask you
to remember the boast that Rome is
constantly making — Rome is "Sem­
per Eadern" — Always the same. Re­
member that if thia has any definite
meaning, it declares that what Rome
has done in the past, in the lands be­
yond the seas, she will do here, in this
country that we proudly call ’”1 he
Land of the Free,” just a« soon as she
shall gain the power. Then remember
that the Jesuits are the special sol­
diers of Rome—that Jesuitism is the
very life—the heart—the soul of Rome
even though in the past, a dozen pope«
— every one of them "infallible” —
have denounced the society; and have
tried to destroy it»
Today we explain a matter that may
have puzzled you. To induce you to
align yourself against Jesuitism, you
have been told of the enormities that
ure said to be taught in the so-called
"Secret Instructions" — or “Constitu­
tions” of the society. You may have
looked into the book; you may have
been convinced that — if this be the
real “Instructions” — of the order —
pope Clement was right in trying to
suppress them. You have reflected —
These "instructions” are so wicked —
how came the society to make them
known — how could they dare to ac­
knowledge them; and if not acknowl­
edged, what weight can they have?
Must not this book be a fraud? Here
is the answer:
Joseph I, king of Portugal, during
the reign of Clement XIII (1758-1769),
quarreled with the Jesuits, and they
tried to kill him. The Jesuits, as a
corporation, were in trade; and their
book« with such property as could be
reached, were seized. A French Jesuit,
Lavelette, had been sent by his su­
periors to the West Indies, where,
plunging into business, he gained
wealth for the society. Forestier and
Sacy, leading officials of the society,
directed the Marseilles bankers, Bi-
oncy and Couffre, to honor Lavelette'«
bills of exchange.
The amount ran up to two millions
of livres. The bankers called on For­
estier and Sacy for money. They were
calmly told that the rules of the so­
ciety allowed them to disown any en­
gagement of an inferior member, if it
might cause injury to the society. One
of the bankers went to Paris, to ask
re'ief of the higher officers of the Jesuit
body — and was cooly told “The rules
of our order are inflexible — we can
do nothing for you.” When told that
this would mean bankruptcy for the
firm — and suicide for the partners,
these men calling themselves “Com­
panions of Jesus” — answered: “In
that case we will celebrate masses for
the repose of your souls!”
The bankers declared themselves in­
solvent and turned over their property
to their creditors; who at once began
action against Lavelette. When he
declared himself insolvent, with debts
amounting to four millions of livre,
the a».';gnees sued the whole Jesuit
order; and the case was put into the
hands of the Parliament of Paris for
trial.
The Jesuits acknowledged the juris-
diction of the Court, and repeated the
claim that their “Constitutions” pro­
vided for such denial of responsibility
and supported the claim by putting in
evidence a copy of their "Constitu­
tions” — the document involved.
In this way the “Constitutions” of
the Jesuit body became known to the
public. The Court decided that the so­
ciety must stand by the acts of its
subordinates and must pay the bills.
All Europe was stirred, as may be
well supposed; apd the society was ex­
pelled from one country after another.
Pope Clement XIII defended them for
a time; issuing a bull in their behalf
on January 7, 1765. Later, the pres­
sure against them was so strong that
he — infallible pope that he was —
agreed to issue against them; a
consistory, afwhich this action was to
be perfected, was appointed for Feb­
ruary third, 1769 — BUT — on the
night of the second, the pope was
poisoned! The Jesuits did not usually
take chances; certainly not, if they
could prevent.
The next pope was the Franciscan—
Canganelli; who took the name of Cle­
ment XIV. He too was infallible, and
he issued a bull for the utter suppres­
sion of the Jesuit order. The Jesuits
“suppressed” this pope — of course;
and, a few years later, the society was
restored by Pius VII.
The history is interesting.
“L" — Willamette University.
No. 3.
DO ROMAN CATHOLIC« POSSESS
ANY HONOR?
We hear a grat deal about Roman
Caholic« doing this, that and the
November 16, 1914.
other. Many ap logetic« are alway«
Silverton Journal:
La«t Friday a friend and I visited ; ready to offer various excuses for
J. E. Hosmer, an inmate of the Marion | their short-comings. The positively
County >il; having arrived at the awful scenes perpetrated by Rom<
depot several minutes before train through the civil arm, in burning
time, I had the privilege of speaking thousands of people at the stake, flay­
with several who were taking the same ing them alive, destroying both the
trip I was, but their purpose was dif- ■ father and mother, and helpless babes,
ferent. Some were going to see the and destroying whole provinces in
Governor and others were going to their ravages, exterminating the hate­
see members of the Supreme Court; ful and despicable heretics are things
while I was going to see and talk with we often look back upon as by-gones
a victim of Rome. It is needless for and never to be revived again. Yet,
me to go into details of Mr. Hosmer’s if the same spirit is in the bosom of
case, a« they are well known to the Rome, would they not practice the
readers of The Journal. It may not same again ? If not, then Rome has
come amiss to state that the trains changed the process of regeneration
were quite on time, the street cars brought about by the Protestant body
were running (all for the accommo­ has done this, for no organized body,
dation of the general public, saying unaided and of itself alone, has been
nothing about private profits), the sun known to regenerate. The influences
was shining at times, and one could playing about it must bring about
not tell that J. E. Hosmer was serving these changes. Within the Roman
a 100 days’ sentence in the large Catholic body is an inner circle, known
white building unless he knew of the as the “Curio” of the hierarchy, which
we believe has been untouched and
fact or cared to know.
My friend and I arrived at this unregnerated by the centuries of en-
large white building, the County Jail lightment, which has been playing
of Marion County, Oregon. We asked upon the Catholic body. The poisoning,
permission to see Mr. Hosmer and emanating from the higher ones, per­
were told that it would be a few min­ meating and saturating on down the
utes before we could see him. A few b dy until it reached the outerskirts
minutes passed and we were told we of the church, still today, we believe
could see Mr. Hosmer only five min­ poisons that body and renders it help­
utes. “All right,” we said, “That is less for growth and development. Men
better than not seeing him at all.” have secured contracts to lecture, after
So we made our way down the stairs which Rome has taken money and of­
to the jail entrance. At this place fered it as a bribe to bring all other
Hosmer’s name was called and influences possible to get these men
in a few seconds we were shaking to violate priciple of honor. We find
hands and making the best of our so- that this has been done in many cases
called Christian (?) civilization, which over and over again. At Waterloo,
forces innocent men (because they Wis., (100 was offered as a bribe to
have spoken or written the truth) to the opera house manager. Recently,
serve long prison sentences behind the assemb'y chamber of the capitol
those cold iron bars, which are a dis­ at Madison was wrested from the
grace to our boasted liberty and give Guardians of Liberty after they had
the lie to our so-called “greatest civil­ secured permission to use the building.
The following letter shows the same
ized country on earth.”
Hosmer is looking quite well con­ force and influence at work to throw
sidering everything. He has many out and to close the opera house to our
The letter
friend« in Salem who administer to lecturer, C- W. Bibb.
his every want, but kindness hardly speaks for itself:
Gentlemen:—
breaks jail monotony.
We would like to have you publish
About the first words Mr. Hosmer
said were as follows: “I was just the following aticle in your truly
figuring how long it would take a man American paper.
On November 2 we secured the
to acquire one million dollars, receiv­
ing a wage of (2.00 per day, and,” he opera hall at Wonewoc, Wis., and had
continued, “it would take one thousand the Hon. C. W. Bibb of Minneapolis,
six hundred and sixty-six years.” I Minn., to deliver a lecture on “Roman­
made the remark that not many of us ism In American Politics.”
We hired the hall for this lecture
would live to be worth one million
before we had the bills printed and
dollars, at saving (2.00 per day.
The deputy made the remark that: as soon as the bills were in circula­
The five minutes were up. We shook tion, Rome got busy as usual and we
hands and Hosmer returned to the call were refused the hall. We then made
arrangements for another hall over a
having 38 days yet to serve.
In connection with comrade Hos­ saloon. When they found this out, they
mer’s mathematical work I am tempt­ '.elegaphed the Hauseman Brewing
company of Madison, Wis., whom we
ed to add the following:
have found out since are Romans. Of
Dont* * wake ’em up! ■■
course
they refused us the use of the
“What did you tell that man just
hall. This put us up against the real
now?”
thing. The only place left was the
“I told him to hurry.”
“What right have you to tell him to Methodist chiirch, which we could
secure but thought it too small.
hurry?”
As a last resort and through the
“I pay him to hurry.”
eternal vigilance of the Guardians of
“What do you pay him ?”
Liberty, we demanded the opera hall
“Two dollars a day.”
from
the first people we dealt with,
“Where do you get the money with
and after a hard hour’s fight, we fin­
which to pay him?”
ally secured the opera hall, just in
“I sell bricks.”
time
to start the meeting as adver­
“Who makes the bricks?”
tised.
“He does.”
We had an audience of 225 people
“rfow many bricks does he make?"
“Twenty-four men can make 24,000 and had it not threatened rain, we
would have had the hall packed. We
bricks a day.”
“Then instead of your paying him, must forcibly say that Hon. C. W.
he pays you five dollars a day for Bibb is a very able man in handling
standing around and telling him to the subject which should interest all
true Americans, “Romanism in Am­
hurry.”
erican Politics.”
“Well, but I own the machinery.”
Yours truly,
“How did you get the machinery?”
J. G. Grunuwel, M. G.
“Sold bricks and bought it.”
A. T. Church, M. A.
“Shut up, you’ll make the fools wake
Ex.
Court No. 169.
up, and they’ll make the bricks for
themselves.”
Socialist News.
GOOD CHEER
I wonder when society will cease
convicting innocent men for the crime One Sunday mom as I awoke,
of having told unvarnished truth, as
This view did meet my eyes,
they understand conditions existing. Of wondrous gold and crimson light
But the world will move on and some
That lit the eastern skies.
time, some day, somehow society will
understand. And those who paved the And then I closed my eyes again,
While dreaming there I lay;
way for understanding will live in
But when I opened them once more.
future history.
J. E. Blazer.
The skies were dark and gray.
The Sacramento Bee has a good
deal to «ay, on the editorial page,
Oct ber 21, in reference to the rela­
tion of Catholicism and Prohibition,
it admits that the voice of the Catho­
lic church ’« generally against prohi­
bition. He said that there were no
doubt some societies xn the Catholic
church which were devoted to the in­
terests of prohibition, but goes on
to further affirm that the Catholic
church as a body does not stand for
prohibition and that Cardinal Gibbons
has declared most positively against
it, and Archbishop Riordan of Califor­
nia has declared in his official organ,
the Sacramento Monitor, that he is
against it and that he further affirms
the voice of the Catholic church is
generally against prohibition.
We are thankful that the Sacra­
mento Bee had the honesty to come
out and forcibly present their atti­
tude of the Roman church to this ques­
tion. If The Sentinel of Liberty or
Free Speech had presented this on its
own authority some one would have
said that it was untrue, and here, we
have one of America’s greatest papers
coming out in its editorial upon this
question. We do not believe it untrue
in spirit to Romanism. Just as they
say, so we agree, that many societies
do exist among the Catholics opposed
to the saloons.
Free Speech.
DEAR FRIENDS !
The Journal never knew how many
friends it had till trouble came and
while the old adage of “Laugh and the
world laughs with you” holds true,
still it has been proven that the good
old world holds kind hearts that have
stepped forward with words of cheer
and sympathy, and with assistance in
keeping the paper on the old footing.
There may have been a thought in the
minds of some that The Silverton
Journal would quietly drop out, lacking
the support, and the hand behind the
pen that has made it so popular in the
past»
But it is xery much alive at the
present and, dear friends, it’s not go­
ing to die, it’s here to stay.
There has been hard work — how
hard you will never know — but with
every edition has come the assurance
that there is no such word as f a i 1.
A few have left us, it’s true, under
the new management but the criticisms
received have only spurred us on to
greater efforts and it’s by those things
we all rise to the best thoughts in us
you know, and the 26th of November
will find us with thankful hearts for
a year of blessings that over reaches
all trials and troubles.
A NATION OF HYPOCRITES
A little while ago President Wilson
issued a proclamation calling upon the
American people to unite <1 prayer
for the cessation of the war that is
desolating Europe.
A nation that supports capitalism
and is therefore in favor of war, is
guilty of the most arrant hypocrisy in
praying for peace.
That prayer did not rise higher than
the market price of musket balls and
bayonets.
God was not at home when that
prayer was delivered.
On the Saturday before the pious
American people assembled in their
churches and synagogues to pray to
God for peace, a ship left the New
York harbor with sixteen million rifle
cartridges in her hold for the whole­
sale killing of the soldiers engaged in
the war they had the audacity to ask
God to end.
Prayers are cheap, but there is prof­
it in rifle cartridges.
To pray to God to send peace while
furnishing the armies with shot and
shell for their mutual destruction, is
not only the rankest of hypocrisy but
the vilest of blasphemy.
Capitalism, based upon profit, ex­
tortion, robbery, is essentially a sys­
tem of war and pillage, of murder and
devastation, and they who support this
system and are responsible for war
could with far more consistency ap­
That glorious sight which I had seen, point a day for thanksgiving to the
The Reyman brewery was the big­
Was quickly swept from view;
devil than to set apart a day of pray­
gest concern of the kind in Wheeling, Jut after waiting then awhile,
er to the God of peace and love. Ex.
W. V., prior to the State going dry.
The sun came streaming through.
The wets pointed to it as one of the
How oft the things appear in life,
great concerns which prohibition would
Good fathers and mothers wish their
To make your path so bright,
destroy. But what happened ? The
children to advance, to overcome ob­
Reyman brewery has been changed in­ When, suddenly ’tis turned about,
stacles which baffled them, and to cor­
And all is dark and night
to the Reyman Packing Company. Ad­
rect the errow of their education. If
ditions to the plant are being built But still another change doth come,
you wish to reflect credit on your
And troubles flee away,
costi g at least (150,000, and the big
parents, accomplish more than they
plant will employ four hundred men, Then cheer up, friends, when it is blue; did, r.olve problems they could not un­
There’ll come a brighter day.
while the brewery employed but forty.
derstand, and build better than th.y
Ex. ! knew.
Exchange.
Some Mistakes of Mose«.