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A Letter Which Is a
Revelation From
Massachusetts
CATHOLICS GRABBING ALL THE
OFFICES, AND GOING FOR
THE PUBLIC MONEY.
i
EAR MR. WATSON: I have
just read your treatise on
the Frank case in the March
Magazine, and have let an
other man have the number
to read it, and several others that
have heard me mention it, want to
read it. It sure is just what I want
some of the New Englanders to read.
My home is in Georgia, but I have
been up here for the past six months,
during which time I have been in most
parts of New England. It is per
fectly absurd, the idea most people
up here have of the case. I hear it
being discussed everywhere, and
have taken time where it was possi
ble to tell them something about the
case. They are perfectly honest in
their arguments in most cases, hav
ing never heard any of the real facts
as brought out in the evidence. You
can’t expect them to be otherwise
than mistaken, when even some of
cur own Atlanta papers have helped
t? start the ball of slander rolling
rr.d now have not the moral courage
to help rectify the mistake. The
people of Georgia ought at least to
give you a vote of thanks for de
fending the honor of the State, when
oven its mighty Senators, Represen
tatives and big dailies are afraid to
chirp. It looks like another case
of the shepherd fleeing because he is
nn Irrling, while the wolf catches
and scatters the sheep.
Outside money is working on that
case. About two months ago I saw
a letter received by a minister here
in Lowell, Mass., from a New York
address, signed by five or six promi
nent men, asking him if he would
kelp them by pen or platform to work
up sentiment on the Frank case. As
it happened the minister had for
merly lived in Atlanta, and felt
Georgia was competent to look after
its own business. If there were no
money in the case such outside ef
forts would not be made.
I especially appreciate, even more
than ever before, your efforts on the
Roman Catholic question and feel
sure you are waking things up. This
is, you know, the part of the country
where a Protestant almost has to
apologize for being alive. Lowell, I
believe is 85 per cent foreign. You
can hear more French and Greek
spoken on the streets than English.
Boston, you know, is almost entirely
foreign. There are more Irish in
Boston than any other city in the
world, except Dublin. Gorgeous
Catholic churches stand on almost
every street.
It seems queer to be out in the
towns or villages, (I believe they
don’t allow it in the cities) and see
the people going to church on Sun
day, uniformed and plumed with
their swords dangling by their sides.
Real swords too, and no imitation, I
have seen them many a time. Not
all the men have on swords, but a
good number of them do.
I was up at Concord, N. H., last
fall, and just for curiosity attended
a Catholic priest’s funeral. It was a
swell affair, but seemed humorous
to me in spite of the fact that it was
a solemn occasion. The immense
church was crowded. Father O’Con
nel and several of the big bugs were
there with their night shirts on. It
was 9:30 A. M., when I went to the
church and they had been at it for
some time. The big fat “guys” in
charge mourned, bleated, and took
on continually like dying calves, till
about 4 o'clock P. M. It was most
all in Latin which I didn’t of course
understand, nor I don’t think any
body else did. They would kneel be
fore one picture and all chatter in
unison awhile and then take another
THE JEFFERSONIAN
picture and go through the same
process. Usually between acts the
priests would pass some kind of a
drink from one to another and all
take a drink.
There was a dozen of us men in
the back of the house who were not
the chattering kind, so we looked on
while they performed.
The priest had requested before
he died, not to have a regular
funeral service, (I don’t blame him,)
so they omitted preaching the fun
eral sermon, but said the regular col
lection to pay for prayers was in
order. That the real purpose of a
funeral sermon was to secure for the
dead the prayers of the living. The
priest also said, the departed father
had been about as near perfect as
was possible for a man to be. But
that no matter how perfect he was
in the sight of men he couldn’t be
perfect in the sight of God, and
therefore could not escape purga
tory. It was the duty of the living
he said, to make that stay in purga
tory just as short as possible, and he
earnestly requested, that each one
present pay all he could to secure
prayers for the suffering priest in
purgatory.
Yesterday I was walking down
one of the main streets in Lowell,
and saw a funeral procession ap
proaching. There were only six
vehicles besides the hearse, and they
’ passed down the street I was going
to cross, so I waited for them to get
by. Just as they were passing a
’ woman about 30 came up and also
' stopped at the corner. Nobody
’ noticed her specially in the crowd
' until the last team had passed, when
she began to cry like her heart would
break. Some one immediately asked
her what was the matter, and she
answered, “that’s my father’s funeral
and they took him off and would not
wait for me.” She had been off at
work, I think, and when the priest
got ready for the funeral, he had
things move right on to the burying
ground.
There is a lot I would like to tell
you about the Catholics, but you
wouldn’t have time for it. However,
I do want to tell you something
, about the educational question.
I attended the regular monthly
; meeting of the Congregational min
isters last Monday morning at the
i Congregationaal house in Boston.
. There were upward of 75 ministers
at the meeting. A resolution was
j offered, that the ministers meet with
> the committee of the legislature and
[ urge them to pass a constitutional
j amendment prohibiting the appro
priation of public funds for sectarian
> institutions. The first man to speak
on it was a “weakling” who said in
substance: “I oppose the resolution,
because the Roman Catholics are the
only-ones receiving such aid, it would
look as though the resolution was
t aimed at them. They wouldn’t like
> it, and we can’t afford to hurt their
; feelings. You no doubt remember
; that last year we passed the same
resolution and we Protestants packed
> the committee room the day of the
■ hearing. We worked up such feeling
> that the air was electrified till if a
. weapon had been flourished by the
i opposition every man in there would
, have fought. The Catholics didn’t
even like it last year. It will be
; worse this year.”
As this “weakling” was taking his
seat, about a dozen men tried to get
recognition on the floor. The chair
recognized one of the older men, who
said in substance: “I don’t care
i whether the Catholics like it or not.
i We can inform them that if they
• don’t leave our government alone
the air will be more electrified than
i it has ever been since ’7 6. We have
slept long enough and been alto
i gether too patient. We have 137
different religions represented in
Massachusetts and not one seeking
public funds except the Catholics.
Nobody claims that the Roman Cath
olic church has changed its policy
of a united Church and State. That’s
what they want and that’s what they
ultimately expect. Where are the
descendents of the Pilgrim fathers?
Their land is just about going over
to the foreigner. It is time to get
busy and resist any further en
croachments on our free govern
ment. If it takes force, the sooner
the better.”
It was brought out in the discus
sions that every officer of the Boston
government was an Irishman, except
the auditor, and he is to be fired this
year. Os the twenty-two aidermen
in Cambridge all are Irishmen but
two. Other suburban cities are about
in the same condition.
The resolution passed by a unani
mous vote, and I see from the pa
per that they met the legislative
committee.
So you see people are waking up
gradually. But here in Lowell the
school board won’t let the Y. M. C.
A. notices be given out or handed
out at the public school building.
There is still much to do, but ft will
no doubt be done.
You and a few other men deserve
the credit for waking the sleeping
people up. But you have got things
started .till they will _jtlmost wake
themselves now.
I find you have many friend in
New England. Was surprised to
find your books, all but the Catholic
ones, in the public library here, and
their looks show they have been
used. Up here when you tell a man
you are from Georgia, he will often
say, “That’s Tom Watson’s State.”
It is almost literally true too, be
cause you are the only man that de
fends Georgia when it is assailed.
May your days be many, and your
strength unfailing as you go on
fighting the battles of the weak and
protecting the innocent. I have
always found that “where dutty calls
or dangers” you are “never wanting
there.” May God help- you in your
noble work.
J. O.
Conn.
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