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T he S ilverton J ournal VOL. IV. PAPAL NOTES What We Propose. SILVERTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1915. VICTORY TURNING TO DEFEAT No. 17. OUR HOLY LORD GOD THE POPE “What ure you driving at?” writes II. a friend. Thin: I^>t the old Church The Goodness and the Badness in revise her system so it will fit into the character of a man are strictly our Americanism, or, failing in thut, personal in some respects; but in get out of the country. other respects, that goodness or bad Bachelor priests domiciled with ness affects every other person with unmarried young ludies is un-Ameri in the sphere of his influence. Whi'e can. Such conduct would not be tol it is conceded by all that a person erated in anybody else. may have “good streaks” and “bad Convents und Houses of Good Shep streaks” in his character, common herd — girl houses — "slave pens sense people do not believe that in and brothois,” say those who escape, the ordinary affairs of life, a man are un-American, arc contrary to the can be thoroughly bad on any one letter und spirit of our constitution Last Tuesday the editor of this the toboggan-slide to ruin. We can’t get any and no money to pay the man (6.) She must throw open the line of moral conduct—and a whore and laws and would not be tolerated paper was uguin before the court put out a paper and do it right with who seta the type. We should have doors of her convents, nunneries, monger may be honest in trade; but from anybody else. The secret Confessional, In which und listened to the decision of the the help we now have, and, in being suspended several months ago, but it monasteries and Houses of the Good the bad streak prevents the man from being rated as a person of gen the bachelor priest meets anti con- judge -egarding the demurrer of the forced to such extreme economy, we is hard work for a fighter to run, Shepherd to official inspection. eral worth, by any whose opinions verses with women of all ages and | accused. Judge Kelly ably reviewed are ruining our health and rapidly and we preferred to die in the ditch. (7.) She must occupy the same There Is a great work to be done, are of value. classes, married and single, and bud the mutter and rendered u decision in approaching the point where we will position in this country as do the Pro ding girls, upon mutters of personal our fuvor, but, on motion of the dis lack the necessary physical and men and we are going to do all in our testant, Jewish, The Pope of Rome, like any other and all other passion and private conduct, — this trict uttorney, the case was again re tal power to edit anything. The ed power to help do this great work. A churches. Vian, must ever be considered in two itor and his good wife has been up free press is absolutely necessary to is un-American. It violates and puts ferred to the grand jury, and we all aspects: First, As an individual man; If the Roman Catholic church will Second: As an official . Then too, the down self-restraint, the most cherish know what the probable outcome will nights working, working, working, accomplish anything worth while, and ed elements of all our social relations. be. It undoubtedly means another till long past midnight, and all day yet we think that perhaps in some do these things in the United States, pope as an official, must be considered The Confessional originated in the long, drawn-out trial for criminal libel the next day, and the next, and the way we may be able to save The Sil she will enjoy full and untrampled in two aspects: In his claim to be Dark Ages, has debauched every peo and this The Silverton Journal can next, until it has finally reached the verton Journal, but how? We can’t religious liberty under our constitu- a secular ruler, and in his claim of ple where it has dominated, ia im- not survive. We woefully lack money climax and the word we hate must be see how the Roman Hierarchy can be tion. If she does not do these things, supreme authority as a teacher of must be dealt with or our civilization she will be fought to the last ditch by religion. That is, *n estimating the moral to the limit, say the ex- for the trial expense itself, let alone said—suspend! „ We owe for gasoline; we owe for will also have to suspend. We Am liberty-loving American citizens and priests. It should be prohibited by for our running expenses and for the character of a pope, we must con law. debts that have piled up on us be paper; we owe for other material; ericans must force this wealthy, mon will be finally forced to Americanize sider the three things: First, His The Catholic school system is un- cause of boycott, trials and Imprison we owe for groceries; we owe on our handled without a free press and it herself.” conduct and character as an individ We are expense of litigation; we owe for surely must be dealt with or American. It segregutes as muny of ments. We can't stand it! The Silverton Journal wants to con ual man, his conduct in his strictly the young as it can get, teaches them "goners”! Good bye—but we «till taxes; we owe interest money; we our civilization will also have to be tinue its good work along this and persona life. Second, his conduct supreme reverence and obedience to have white paper enough to run Tout owe for money borrowed for street suspended. We Americans must force other reform lines, and it will con of public affairs as a secular ruler. improvements, past our home and out if this wealthy, a foreign pretender, who claims di or five issues and will hold moneyed, political tinue as long as possible, but HOW Third, his work and his general at vine right to rule the world’s political possible till this is gone. If we are our office; we owe for other borrowed power to do as George D. Beason, titude and conduct as an alleged LONG depends on our readers. and religious conduct, and denies the then obliged to retreat let it beunder- money; we owe on our machinery—we editor of The Peril says: teacher of religion. right of freedom of conscience, of stood by friendB and foes that it arc working ur fool selves to death, “(1.) She must cut wholly loose Alone we are weak, but when our Notice how this complication em thought and of action. is an orderly retreat but no surrender. and, with no money for our defense, from the temporal sovereignty of fighting force realizes the exact con We believe in telling the truth about we are again on our road to prison. Italian Popery. Let the old church give up her ditions we may, by a united effort, barrasses the student. A popular What little we have been able slavery, her debasing systems, bow our work ax well as about other (2.) She must champion sincerely save the day. It will take but a lit proverb tells us “The king can do no to the tenets of civilization, and re things and the truth is that we arc to get from subscriptions at 50 cents the doctrine of complete separation tle effort on the part of all. Will wc wrong.” Many, many kings have spect the laws of the land—do this or "flat” and worse than "flat”. We per year and from friends of our of church and state. a’l act ? Can the Silverton Journal taken advantage of this proverb and move out. owe for the white paper this issuv work on the defense fund, together (8.) She must champion our civ survive? Will we be able to defend have been most flagrant in their per “Oh, but. The Cathlic Church holds is printed on and we see no way of with other sources of small income, il laws as being above the laws of ourself in the coming suit? Will we sonal lives. And, most painful of all, up Jesus Christ as the Savior of the geting more paper until this is paid has all gone to pay expenses, and the Vatican. again go to jail? Will the Roman the word has generally excused these world,” says the Protestant apol ¡gists for and no way to pay for this unless when we suspend it will not be for (4.) She must get out of and stay Beast crush out every opposition and flagrancies in the conduct of their for Romanism. Does she? Let us we suspend, stop paying out for ex any selfish motive but just because out of American Politics. finally reign supreme in the United rulers. The pope is a human being, see: Mary is the mistress of Pur penses and go to work at other we are forced to quit because we (5.) She must champion the Am States of America—to the utter ruin he is a man, and he does some things on the basis of his humanity, he gatory; the dead Saints do the mir things that may possibly take us off have no paper to print on, no way to erican School System. of Liberty, Justice and Truth? does some things on that line, and in acle stunts; the priest turns the wa that capacity. By management,, the fer into Jesus Christ and swullowx world can be led to excuse any vil him without his consent; the priest Rome ia th* Legislature. ANSWER TO GUY PHELPS lainies the man may commit, and hears confessions and absolves from The Pope has six representatives enormities the civil ruler may per sin. Where does Jesus come in? Augusta, Mich., Jan. 20, 1915. in the legislature, as follows: Thomas petrate, just as it excuses like things Not many girls in red-light districts Brown (Marion), Frank Davey (Har I’d rather be most anything, • e in other men and rulers. But, when say anything against their pro ney and Malheur), A. C. Smith (Mult Comrade J. E. HOSMER. That lives its own free life— Foreknowledge In The Journal of January 15th Mr. a bad man, who is at the same time curasses or against their destroyers, nomah), O. W. Home (Multnomah), A worker, not a shirker, and the white slavery of the nunner- Plowden Stott (Multnomah), F. L. G. F. Phelps in his controversy with a bad civil ruler, assumes to be SU With an honest, faithful wife— By a press report, January 10, Oiin J. Ross lauds Isaiah as a great PREME TEACHER OF RELIGION, ies are no exception. the Supreme Council of the Knights A little country printer, Michelbook (Yamhill). • • • scholar in Astronomy and Meteorol can you guess who has crowded the of Columbus appropriated |50,000 to Who shoots his little wad, ogy, etc., but as he uses no capitals, I devil out of his legitimate place? investigate the “anti-Catholic move Than to be a priest of Roman rot, Jail? Who went to jail? Was it Congressman James A. Galvin, of ment” in this country. "Criminal And live a life of fraud. a priest for lying to a little girl and Massachusetts, has introduced into the believe he is bluffing. I offer some The pope is the highest official in • • • prosecution,” the report said, “has al destroying her? Was it a Jesuit House of Representatives a bill “To evidence on Isaiah (book of). the Roman church, he claims to be Robert M. Men’cy, Prof, of history “Head” of the "Church of God.” What ready been ordered by the Depart Lota of people do not yet know that w'uv lied, got into a secret society and amend the postal laws” which if placed ment of Justice against on* widely- the Cathoik “inner circle” killed Ab- destroyed it? Was it a fat old ig upon the statutes will bar from the in Ann Arbor University, in his “Mod. kind of “church” can that be, whose circulated anti-Catholic publication.”, raham Lincon. The story by an ex- noramus who got his living by fraud? mails such papers as “The Menace”. em Thought and the Crisis in Belief,” “head” is personally a rotten man, has this to say of Isaiah on page 116: and a wicked civil ruler* Taking the A Week later the Menace editors were prieBt Is one that arouses an Ameri- No, no, it was Hosmer who told the The bill reads as follows : arrested. 1 r’""™: Now^the «rises, ran a« nothing else could do. truth about these rascals. He went “Be it enacted by the Senate and “Stiangc irony of fate, not to say analogy of the human body, if the how did the Knights of Columbus to jail for 100 long days and has hi3 House of Representatives of the Uni strange oversight of an omnipotent anaogy of the human body, if the • • • know a week ahead that a prwcu- nose pointed in that direction again, ted States of America in Congress God respecting His own special reve “head” has a virulent cancer on the The Catholic priests in Chicago get tion by the Department of Justice And this is America and the twen- assembled, That whenever it shall be lation that the officials seal affixed to cheek, or in the bones of the jaw, drunk, ruin girls and commit every hud been ordered? But what i.. tieth century. established to the satisfaction of the letters by the bureaucracy of Sargon the undertaker must be within call. Tumulty assistant President for if crime known to the officers of that • • • Postmaster-General that any person of Agade should have come down to Romanists say that Peter, “Bless »'rent city. And these sime criminals us while documentary evidence of, 6ay not to know things? At Salem the House and Senate is engaged in the business of publish ths prophecies of Isaiah is “no earlier ed Peter,” they call him, was their get big pay to get dead people out of • • an imaginary purgatory and by pct- met in joint session, February 12, ing any scandalous, scurrilous, inde than the ninth century after Christ.” first pope. Well, Peter had faults as Evangelist Ostron preached three futining other holy stunts. It ia the to hear eulogies upon Lincoln. Ad cent or immoral books, pamphalets, This Sargon of Agade was a great a man, and as an official in the weeks in Salem, but he did not have pictures, prints, engravings litho same as in Marion County and btace dresses were given by legislators, ruler of the early Summerians at church. He denied his Master, and the courago to tackle the "Harlot one of whom was a Catholic. But graphs, photographs or other publi of Oregon. Eridu on the Persian gulf 6500 years did a job lot of cussin about it. That of the Seven Hills." they all forgot to mention one very cations which are or are represented • • before Christ.” As Prof. A. H. Sacyce, was a man. As an Apostle, he dis • • • A holy teacher should be a good ex important fact related to Lincoln’s to be a reflection on any form of reli. the discoverer of Eridu city and Prof. sembled, and kicked up such a row The trouble is, the so-called Relig- ample, to Hay the least. Where can career, to-wit: It was just about two gious worship practiced or held sa at Antioch, that St Paul had to cas ion of the Roman Catholic Church is I you find a good example for a fath months after Lincoln ordered Napo cred by any citizens of the United Robert M. Menley are Christians, they tigate him for it (Gai. 2, 11-14.) may know rs much as Prof. Guy Fitch a mixture of Popery, politics, Pugan- er among the priesthood? leon to take his army out of Mexico States, it is hereby declared that the Certainly plenty of the popes have Phelps of the capitals. ism, priestism, puerility, poppy-cock, that he was assassinated» assassin Postmaster-General shall make the followed him in the lying and cussin. Yours for Olin J. Ross, ated through a conspiracy of Roman necessary rules and regulations to superstition, humbug and fraud, and F B. HALL. Rome is very averse to any exam there seems to be no way to separate j Talk about gall! How about the Catholics. Napoleon’s army was in exclude such matter from the mails.” | priest, not far from Silverton, who ination of the moral character of the it so that any part can safely be i Mexico to set up and sustain, under told the newly married girl-wife about pope in either aspect, as a man, as a A few generations ago it was a tolerated, and as a whole it is de- the blessing of the Pope, a Roman civil ruler, or as a religious teacher. RURAL SOCIAL CENTERS grading and demoralizing to the how to make the marriage sacrament Catholic monarchy under Maximilian. capital offense to criticise the Cath most holy? Spain! Mexico! Philip Lincoln had previously refused to re olic Church. Now they propose to When misconduct is charged, they limit. pines! Marion County!!!!!? Wo need social centers where our usually yell a denial and howl about • • • ceive a representative from Maximil have the government protect her people can be entertained, • • • Court Logic: — “The Confessional ian’s government. Gen. L. C. Baker, from criticism. Well we will see how young and instructed under the di- the "persecution” they suffer and the amused “bigotry” and “intolerance” of any far they have succeeded in Romaniz Some Protestant preachers would in his book, “History of the Secret Unmasked.” This i the name of a rectlon of cultured, clean and com- who would even name such things. book forbidden by the highest court be in the Catholic priesthood if they Service,” page 479, says, "It is a ing Congress. petent leadership, where aesthetic in England on the ground that to had the ability or the pull. They do significant fact that every person im Leo XIII did a thing that might surroundings stir the love for the Henry Ford, of automobile fame, beautiful, where art charges the at gain him a little credit from right publish the questions put to females not protest against anything except plicated in the assassination was a declares that he’ll take any man out mosphere with inspiration and power, minded people. Dr. Ludwig Pastor in Confession would have the same ing what might rob them of their job. Roman Catholic.” • • • of Sing Sing and make a man of and Innocent amusements Instruct dug up from the Vatican Library and effect upon the public that they have Thank the Lord there are others. him. Mr. Ford, the Socialiste will and brighten their lives. upon the mindo of the femals con other papal libraries the original rec Pope Leo XIII said, "It would be • • • To hold our young people on the ords of the papal history and copied save you that trouble by keeping fessing. Now that is to say, if these very erroneous to draw the conclu A Christian who would boycott and questions are put by priests to wom persecute a freethinker is just as bad sion that in America it is to be men out of Sing Sing in the first farm we must make farm life more therefrom accounts of some of the attractive as well as the business of en in the confessional, they suggest as a Catholic priest as far as he goes. sought the typo of the most de place. Get it? No? Poor fellow. farming more remunerative. The vilenesses and enormities of some of practices that are of the “most filthy, sirable status of the Church. ... She school house should be the social unit, the reprobates who have held office as • « • “Will the Catholics of this country properly equipped for nourishing and popes. We all knew the general facts, disgusting and unnatural descrip would bring forth more abundant Write for the free press and don’t fruit if, in addition to liberty, she place America before Rome? If they building character, so that the lives of but heretofore Rome had vehemently tion;” but whoever exposes the priest, injures the public in the same way. expect that you can have everything enjoyed the favor of the lafws, and do they are not good Catholics; if our people can properly function denied all of them. Leo did not see This is the logic of the court. But your own way in everything. There the patronage of the public author- they do not they are not good Am around it and become supplied with any way to explain the matter away, the necessary elements of human so he approved Pastor’s writing of Watson rises to remark, "The logic are other people in the v jrld besides ity.” "The favor of the laws,” — ericans.”— M. M. Mangasarian. thought and activity. you, and you may be wrong in some papal villainies, saying in substance: relied on by the priests to conceal why, of course — "and the pat C. W. Bibb of Minneapolis, Minn, "It is too late in the day for any their own si s leads to the absurd and things of which you feel very positive. ronage of the public money for monstrous conclusion that THE Give the other fellow the same chance Church schools; public money for will come West in the early spring if Education is a developing of the one longer to deny that many of the WORSE THE VICE THE SAFER you want for yourself. Jesus taught Catholic Indian schools; public money a series of lectures are arranged for mind, not a stuffing of the memory. popes have been men whose character and conduct have been phenominally FROM EXPOSURE. Let the priests this doctrine—it is the “whatsoever” for Cathoic slave pens; Military him in various places. He can give Digest what you read. evil.” establish a practice, or adopt a lan idea. See the point? Mass by order of the government; eight weeks to the work on the Coast • • • Old men have visions, young men guage that is so utterly vile that the Pan-American Mass as a national if the patriots will arrange for him. And capable men in the Roman or have dreams. Successful farmers ganization know these things, but The editor of this paper never took function; suppression of free thought, ccarsest men are ashamed to repeat it How would it do to elect Tumu’ty plow deep jvhlle sluggards sleep. to one another, and the priests will n drink of alcoholic liquor in his life. free speech, free press, the establish many of them join with the whipper- be protected in using It to refined He is a total abstainer and is proud of ment of the Catholic Church as the president of the United States next snappers in yelling denials and in The growing of legumes will retard settin the “Nits" of Columbus dogs ladles, BECAUSE IT IS A CRIME the fact. Is there a Catholic priest national religion, etc., etc. This is time. Politicians, there’s a good job who can say as much? waiting for you if you are good. See? soil depletion and greatly add to U* on you, if you mention them. Romanism. TO EXPOSE THEM.” “L” power te produce. Judge Kelly sustains the demurrer, but editor’s victory turned to defeat by court allowing district attorney’s motion to put the matter again before the Grand Jury