The Jeffersonian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, April 15, 1915, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWELVE How We Whipped the Pope’s Crowd, in Macon, Ga. SIR: The majority of the | a better class of people of Macon O I I and this county are tonight rejoicing over the defeat of W. I). McNeil, of this city, for the General Assembly of Georgia. This rejoicing is not due to the fact that Mr. McNeil suffered defeat personally, but on acc’ount of the fact that our city and county have for years past been completely dom inated bv the Roman Catholics here. Yo ur last week’s issue of The Jeffer sonian exposed the candidate so thoroughly that it was laughable to read his “reply,” which appeared in an afternoon newspaper edited here. The poor fellow evidently realized that it was a question of “damned if he did, and damned if he didn’t,” so he straddled the fence and en deavored to smooth things over by stating that, while he was not a Catholic, he gave all people the right to worship as they chose. That was rather plagaristic, in view of our Constitution of the United States having previously given the like right without regard of the defeated candidate. However, in passing, I might say that we admit that the late Senator is a personally capable man, but there seems to be no one here whose opinion of McNeil is as high as is his own of himself. I have made personal inquiry among a number of prominent lawyers of this city, and before then I was under the impression that Mr. McNeil was a good lawyer himself, but if I adopt the opinions of his brother attor neys, I’ will be forced to change my own opinion of him. My main purpose, however, in writing you is to say that you should have seen the Catholic's of this city flock and rally to him after your at tack. It de v eloped into one con certed effort on their part to elect him. In fact, I will vouch for two meetings which were held Saturday night and last night at the Hotel Dempsey, here, where his friends as sembled in the interest of his candi dacy. I was present in the hotel at both times, and naturally became interested in this political crowd be ing present; so I went into the rooms ■where the meeting was going on, and lo and behold I saw a Catholic, on my left, on my right, and in fact everybody there seemed to be Cath olic. If any one challenges this statement, ask if the Messrs. Sheri dan, Hogan, Cassidy, McNellis and Burke wern’t there, and if they didn’t address the meeting and give their views as to how the “fight,” as they termed it, "could bo whipped? Every automobile belonging to a Catholic* here was actively engaged today in transporting voters to and from the polls in the interest of Mc- Neil’s race. It is a positive fact that Mr. Mc- Neil, for the last tlYree years, has been annually retained as counsel for the Catholic liquor dealers here, who operate in open violation of our laws. These lawbreakers expect to be caught, some of them; so, in or der to equalize the burden of attor ney’s fees, they each contribute to the general retainer fee, according to assessment made by a board of governors, of which Tony Cutro, a Cathol'c, is chairman. With these facts, you can readily observe that McNeil could not resist the pressure or persuasion of his Catholic 1 clien tle. That’s the trouble with him: he can’t resist the evil tempations of the dollar. But the turtle has withdrawn into his shell now, thanks to your efforts. Your exposition of Daly in the dis charge of that poor boy, Reed, from the Hotel Dempsey, defeated Daly without any doubt, and ton ght, after the Italian chatter has subsided aid the Irish wit becomes quelled, 1 trust that the Catholics of Macon will see their plight and realise their former reign has been destroyed. Macon’s politics used to be anarchistic, but TWE JEFFERSONIAN the people of this county now see that danger lies in the control of our government by these wharf rats, but we think we are entirely equal to the occasion, and adopt as our slogan “Lay, on MaccD-uff, and damned be he who first cries, ‘Hold, enough’’” You are at liberty to use this let ter as you desire, and if any chal lenge is flung at it, let me know from your paper and f will prove everything said or flee the country. Yours respectfully, A CITIZEN OF MACON. ROMANISM, A PERIL TO MOR ALITY. Sermon by T. F. Callaway, Pastor Tabernacle Baptist Church, Macon, Ga. (Continued from Page Eleven.) of the people; of the convent hor rors. Neither will we take up tonight the awful record of criminality of the Roman Church in many parts of the United States. But a black record could be com piled. And it could be compiled with facts and figures furnished by the highest Catholic official in America, though, to be sure, they did not ex pect to be writing for the benefit of any except their own church. If any Catholic or Protestant in the city wants all the evidence to convince him that the record of that church is black, jet blade, when it comes to criminality, I can satisfy him with evidence. But we must stop rigt hhere. I think we have seen enough to prove our proposition: That the Ro man Catholic Church, as a system, not only does not condemn, but con dones, and in many cases actually commands, the commission of crimes of the most revolting character. We saw in our study of last Sun day night how that the Roman Cath olic Church was trying to dominate our political affairs. If they ever succeed there, it would follow that they would thrust the moral stand ards upon us. Thank God, the people are waking up. I myself was lulled to sleep by the siren’s song of “No danger,” all these yeares. There is danger. Go to papal lands. Go to the Northern States and cities, where Catholics dominate and dennineer. Study con ditions. Find the cities soaked with liquor; wide open on Sundays; Bible knocked out of public schools; poli tics guided by the rudder of Cathol icism; the politicians cowards, com mercial circles afraid to antagonize, the press muzzled, and all the while the priests and Knights of Columbus chuckling with glee that the kingdom of Rome is so na.p dly dawning on the land of the Pilgrim Fathers and home of the Puritans But its deathknell is sounded. Its doom is sealed. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Lakes to the Gulf, the people are aroused and are beginning to shake off their lethargy. Already a tremendous check has been put on the encroachment of Ro manism upon our rights, liberties and ideals, and a. greater check yet is coming. But to win the battle we must fight. ; fight bard. We must pray; pray earnestly. We must live, live Godly. The argument that will de feat Romanism the quickest and en shrine true Christianity in America, and the world, is the contrast, of true Christianity as exemplified in the lives of those who love, who live and who would die for Jesus. As we condemn Romanism, let us be sure t h e standards of our moral lives are higher thsn theirs. “What is thy life?” As usual, the new head of the Ro man Catholic church is an Italian: Is Roman Catholicism in, America, identical with that of the popes? Read Watson’s “Open Letters to Car dinal Gibbons” and learn. Price, postpaid, 50c. THE JEFFERSO NIAN PUBLISHING' CO., Thomson, Georgia. The Roman Catholic Hierarchy A book which is the result of years of study By Thos. E. Watson Contains historical data showing the evolution of the Papacy, and its adoption of Pagan ceremonies and rites. It cites Roman Catholic theological authorities, whose instructions to priests as to questions to be asked women caused Mr. Watson to be indicted. Richly illustrated Third Edition PRICE, SI.OO The Jeffersonian Publishing Company Thomson, - Georgia I!k ■ ' 1 A BOOK OF SKETCHES ■ '" BY-- - - THOS. E. WATSON This book covers a wide field of literary research. HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, PERSONAL. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Random Reminiscences of Toombs and Stephens; The Wise Man and the Silly King; A Gross Insult to the Scotch; Robert Toombs: A Life Sketch, Some Anecdotes, and His Last Public Speech; The Glory That Was Greece; Edgar A. Poe; Wit and Humor; The Egyptian Sphinx and the Negre; The Passing of Lucy and Rollo; Concerning Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War; The Struggle of Church Against State in France; With Brisbane at Delmonico’s; The Roman Catholic Hierarchy and Politics; The Oddities of the Great; Pages Lost From a Book; Tolstoy and the Land; The Stewardship; The Reign of the Technicality; Concern ing Money; A Bitter Attack Upon the South; “Take the Children;” “Where Am I At?” The Man and the Land; Is the Study of Latin and Greek Necessary to the Practical Lawyer? As to Orators and Oratory; Socialism and One of Its Great Books; Common Sense Education; Some Aftermath of the Civil War (Stephens, Toombs, Ben Hill, the Ku Klux Klan, the Colquitt Campaign of 1880, Etc.); Teasing a Single Taxer; Paper Money and John Law; The Dart mouth College Decision; Thos. E. Watson’s Tribute to the Late Sam Jones on His Fiftieth Birthday; Our American Judicial Oligarchy. Beautifully Illustrated PRICE: 75 cents, postpaid. f The Jeffersonian Publishing Company, Thomson, Ga. Send a Club of Ten, at 50c Each AND GET The Weekly Jeffersonian FOR ONE YEAR. Mr. Watson will touch on every phase of the Financial, Religious, Political questions, which are of so great importance to our people. Every issue of THE WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN is a live one. The Jeffersonian Publishing Company Thomson, Georgia.