Romanism, A Menace to the Nation By Jeremiah J. Crowley, A Roman Catholic Priest for twenty-one years (1912) - Part 1

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ROMANISM A Menace to the Nation (A new and original work) Together with my former book The Parochial School, a Curse to the Church, a Menace to the Nation\" (TWO BOOKS IN ONE) A Searchlight on the Papal System Startling Charges Against Individuals in the HierarchyMade and Filed by the Author and a Score of Prominent Priests With Photographic Proofs and Illustrations BY JEREMIAH J. CROWLEY A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARSAuthor of \" The Pope Chief of White Slavers, High Priest of Intrigue FIFTIETH THOUSAND PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR JEREMIAH J. CROWLEY WHEATON, ILLINOIS U. S. A.

COPYRIGHT ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1912, BY JEREMIAH J. CROWLET, IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS AT WASHINGTON. Also copyrighted by the Author, in 1912, in England, and copyright protection thereby secured not only in the United Kingdom and throughout the British Dominions, but also in all countries signatory to the Berne Convention.ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANS- LATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES. Price, $1.50 net, postpaid to any address. Liberal terms to agents. FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS, ADDRESS JEREMIAH J. CROWLEY AUTHOR, LECTURER, AND PUBLISHER WHEATON, ILLINOIS. U. S. A. Cable Address: Crowley, Wheaton, Illinois\"THE POPE CHIEF OF WHITE SLAVERS, HIGH PRIEST OF INTRIGUE,\" AND \" ROMANISM A MENACE TO THE NATIONS,\" ARE THE SAME SIZE, CROWN OCTAVO. Same price, $1.50 net, postpaid.

Dedication To the lovers of liberty,enlightenment and progressthroughout the world, I dedicatethis volume.

Challenge to Rome I retired voluntarily, gladly, from the priesthood ofRome, after a vain attempt, in combination with otherpriests, to secure a reform of Humanistic abuses fromwithin (see \"Romanism A Menace to the Nation\"). Thisfailing, no other course was open but to quit the accursedSystem forever. I will give TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS to any personwho can prove that I was EXCOMMUNICATED and that theSTATEMENTS and CHARGES against priests, prelates, andpopes, in my books, \"THE POPE-CHIEF OF WHITESLAVERS, HIGH PRIEST OF INTRIGUE,\" and\"ROMANISM A MENACE TO THE NATION,\" areuntrue; and, furthermore, I will agree to hand over theplates of these books and stop their publication forever. Will Rome accept this Challenge? If not, Why not? JEREMIAH J. CROWLEY, A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS, AUTHOR, LECTURER, AND PUBLICIST.The obstinate refusal of Rome, for severalmyyears, to accept challenge, is proof, positiveand irrefutable, that its cowardly, wine-soaked,Venus-worshipping, and grafting prelates, priestsand editors have no other reply for adversary,but vituperation and assassination.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGEThe Author FrontispieceMy Unaccepted Challenges 4, 30A Medal for Papal Pastime \"The Slaughter of the Huguenots\" 32The American River Ganges The Roman Catholic Hierarchy 34The Roman Catholic \"University,\" Washington, D. C 37Roman Catholic Schools Directed by a Libertine 41A Rev. \"Sherlock Holmes\" 55One of Our First Posters Covering My Parish, Ogle County, 111.. 59A Good (?) Shepherd Convent Directed by a Fallen Priest 61 65The Coming \"American\" Pope 66 67The Papal Secret Service Bureau at Washington, D. C., U. S. A. 69A Cablegram Stolen from the Files of the W. U. Telegraph Co..The Palace and Stable of an \"Alter Christus\" Another ChristThe Mausoleum for the Roman Catholic Prelates of Chicago 70One of Countless Homes Invaded and Ruined Through the Con- fessional 72 75A Purgatorial Liberator 78An Indecent Assault in the ConfessionalPapal Recruiting for Pupils and Prospective Nuns 79The Delivery Wagon of an \"Alter Christus\" Another Christ... 81Roman Catholic Church Property Saloons and Damnation ! 83Roman Catholic Church Property \"The End Justifies the Means\" 84Papal Profits from Liquor and Lust 87Papal Profits from Liquor and Lust (Continued)Holy Priests Doing PenanceRoman Churches Partly Built and Maintained by Liquor and GamblingRoman Churches Partly Built and Maintained by Liquor and Gambling (Continued) 97\"Old Glory\" The Famous Dark Brew Saloons and Salvation ! . .A \"Knocked-out\" Paulist Father \"Converting\" Non-Catholics..A Recent Secret Papal Letter \"Make America Dominantly Cath-olic\"Litany for \"Converting\" America Approved by Cardinal Gib-bons 114 - 115Catholics Must \"Put Up and Shut Up\" or be Excommunicated. .Muscular Christianity 5

6 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSPaulist Father Peter J. O'Callaghan Arrested 333Paulist Fathers' Fortune-telling Only Twenty-five Cents 121\"The Federation of [Protestant] Churches\" Jesuitized 132\"The Federation of [Protestant] Churches\" Jesuitized (Cont'd). 133Plates of Part II. Mysteriously Disappear. 135\"Come into My Parlor, Said the Spider to the Fly\" 156Columbus Day, October 12, to be Made a Papal National Holiday. 159Memorial to Christopher Columbus, a Jew 161 164AArchbishop Ireland Papal Politician 177Archbishop Glennon A \"Ne Temere\" ChampionRomanism and Despotism are \"One and Inseparable\" 182The President and Politicians a Party to Jesuitizing America.... 188The President and Politicians a Party to Jesuitizing the Armyand Navy 190A Jesuit \"Lady-turner\" 192\"Three of a Kind\" 198Bill re Memorial to a Lover of Plutus, Bacchus and Venus 202A Slight Token of Esteem from Patriotic Politicians 204 206A AJesuitical Concoction LieThe New Head of the Papal Secret Service Bureau in the U. S. A. 208Cardinal Martinelli, Promoter of Immoral Ecclesiastics 257The Whitewashing Apology Demanded by Archbishop Quigley... 265Letter from the Coming \"American\" Pope 267Rome Religion Riots ! 383An Alleged \"Converted\" Heretic Or Perverted, Which? 387The Papal Burden 388Public Funds for Papal Schools 399 413\"Rev. No. I, A Forger,\" and His ChurchThe Rev. Forger's Parochial School 414Saving Homeless Children \"There's Millions in It\" 435Saving Homeless Children \"There's Millions in It\" (Continued) 436An \"Alter Christus\" Illegitimately Replenishing the Earth 439The Same Later \"Converting\" Non-Catholics 440A Devoted (?) Roman Catholic School Principal 45iNun-Recruiting in Europe for Religious Slavery in America.... 458Saving Souls by Mail \"There's Millions in It\" 473St. Anthony's Mule Miracle 487St. Anthony's Fish Miracle 488For God and His Church 529Cardinal Satolli, A Natural Son of Pope Leo XIII 569Monsignor Sbarretti, Ex-Go-Between for Rome and Canada.... 626Romanism or Liberty, Which ? 701Pope Pius X. Vicar of Christ, King of Heaven, Earth, and Hell 702

ENDORSEMENT BY PROMINENT MEN JAMAICA, N. Y., August 22, 1911. It has been my privilege to know J. J. Crowley for a number ofyears. I knew him when he was a priest in the Catholic Church andwas known as Father Crowley. I have heard him speak with greatpassion concerning his desire to help the Church of which he was foryears a member. I have in a number of instances proved his state-ments to be true. I have therefore the strongest reasons for acceptingall the statements he makes concerning the condition of the Churchand those who ought to influence her for better and higher things. Some one ought to speak; no one is better qualified than myfriend; some message telling the true state of affairs should be givento the world, and J. J. Crowley is fitted by temperament and by edu-cation to send this message forth. I commend it to the people and hope that it may have a widecirculation in order that thereby wrongs may be righted, and the sadcondition of affairs so plainly stated in the book be overcome by thosewho would like to see the Church stand for righteousness and forGod in all things. J. WILBUR CHAPMAN, D. D., The Evangelistic Leader of the Presbyterian Church. PHILADELPHIA, PA., November 15, 1910.DEAR BROTHER CROWLEY: Much thinking on the facts you gave me has deepened my con- get before the American public. Whenviction that you should themthe people awake their wrath against the Romish hierarchy will shakethis land. You are called to be the defender of our institutionsagainst mercenary and ungodly foes of this Republic. You have theexact inside knowledge and none can gainsay you. Strike and sparenot. The time needs another Luther, a later Savonarola. Uncoverthe plotters. Unmask the enemies of our nation. May God speed you. ROBERT MC!NTYRE,One of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church. FUNCHAL, MADEIRA ISLANDS, December 8, 1906. If ever the well-known immoralities and administrative corrup-tions, which now prevail among a very large proportion of the 1Catholic clergy, from Pope in Rome to country parish pn

8 ENDORSEMENT BY PROMINENT MENover, are exposed fully and eradicated, it will be under the leadershipof good and brave Roman Catholic priests and laymen. Incidentally the work of such leaders will open the eyes of theProtestant world to the Jesuitical, political intrigues going on in everycapital of the world, especially just now in London and Washington.It will, also convince Protestant leaders that religious and civil libertyis stifled or threatened, and the sanctity of the home endangered, inproportion as the Church of Rome, as at present organized and ad-ministered, has sway. One of the ablest and bravest, and thus far most successful, ofsuch leaders in our day, is the Rev. Jeremiah J. Crowley, of Chicago.He speaks from personal knowledge, gives names and dates and cir-cumstances, and demands investigation, in book and pamphlet, andby word of mouth, from platform and in private conversation. Heis an accredited priest and not a few fellow-priests endorse him andhis crusade. His method is world-wide publicity. He has the con-fidence and unqualified endorsement of many leaders among Prot-estant clergymen and laymen. I gladly add my word of cheer and commendation to this moderncrusader against sin and corruption, in the heart of the great churchto which he belongs and seeks to help purify. J. C. HARTZELL, Bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church for Africa. NEW YORK CITY, November 25, 1910.There never was a period in our history when the Americanpublic more needed to be instructed in regard to the machinations ofRomanism than now. Many generous-minded, kind-hearted people be-lieve that in Roman Catholicism we have simply to do with one ofthe Christian denominations, but history demonstrates that Romanismis first and last political. Many also believe that the Romish Churchin America is totally different from what it is in Italy, Spain or SouthAmerica, and that the evils so. evident there can never come to ourown dear land. Rome, however, boasts that she is ever and every-where the same.The man with the message for the hour is the Rev. J. J. Crowley,Aauthor of the book, \"The Parochial School, Curse to the Church,A Menace to the Nation.\" I trust that Christian people of everyname will rally to his moral and material support in order that hemay get his message before all the people East, West, North andSouth. He has knowledge, experience and courage and all he wantsis our loyal support. Let us all give it generously! WILLIAM BURT,One of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

PREFACE TO THIS VOLUME Seven years ago I published my work entitled \"TheA AParochial School, Curse to the Church, Menace to theNation,\" which now forms Part II. of this volume. Four years later, in 1908, I voluntarily withdrew fromthe priesthood and the Roman Catholic Church. This stepenabled me to say things which I could not say with proprietyduring my priesthood and while acting as a mere reformerwithin the Church. The contents of Part I., which is a large addition of newmatter, will be read eagerly by all who are familiar with myfirst work; because it is the key and explanation of what Ihad already said, and throws upon it the light necessary forits full and complete understanding and appreciation. Part I. will give a clearer and more complete view andbe a more graphic and exhaustive exposure of the intriguesand the corrupt practices of the Vatican system, both atRome and throughout the world, than it was possible for meto state when I first undertook, together with other priestsand prelates, to contribute what little I could to bring about areform in the Roman Catholic priesthood. \"They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think.\" To every one who loves humanity it must be a thing ofprofoundest import to learn whether or not the laws and doc-

10 PREFACE TO THIS VOLUMEtrines of the Roman Catholic Church are so framed as, ofvery necessity, to work injustice, to encourage vice, to punishthe innocent, and to protect the guilty. The questions raised in various forms in the ensuingvolume concern the very perpetuity of free institutions. Theyare all questions which no liberty-loving soul can ignore. That it should be possible in this enlightened age thatsuch questions should be seriously raised is the wonder andthe shame of it all. It is in darkness, that evil men love rather than the light,that such things flourish. I give this volume to the light of day to enlighten andaid the people, whose supreme right and duty it is to defendtheir liberties. In the words of the Messenger in Antigone, I can say, inpart, \"I saw,\" and in whole : \"I will speak and hold back No syllable of truth. Why should we soothe Your ears with stories, only to appear Liars thereafter? Truth is always right.\" JEREMIAH J. CROWLEY. CINCINNATI, O., June, 1912.

TABLE OF CONTENTS. PART I.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGEENDORSEMENT BY PROMINENT MEN 5 7PREFACE TO THIS VOLUME 9 CHAPTER I. 29WHY I WITHDREW FROM ROMANISM 71 80 CHAPTER II. 89CELIBACY AND CONFESSIONAL 100 CHAPTER III. 104 109ROME, RUM, RUIN 122 131 CHAPTER IV. 145 163THE CONFESSION OF A \"CONVERT\" TO ROMANISM 187 197 CHAPTER V.ARCHBISHOP QUIGLEY COWED BY A FEARLESS WOMAN 11 CHAPTER VI.NEW \"GET-RICH-QUICK\" SCHEMES CHAPTER VII.THE POPES AND THE BIBLE CHAPTER VIII.PAPAL DESPOTISM CHAPTER IX.ROME THE MOTHER AND MISTRESS OF CRIME CHAPTER X.CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS A JEW CHAPTER XLROME, EVER AND EVERYWHERE THE SAME CHAPTER XII.ROME AND AMERICA CHAPTER XIII.ROMANIZING NON-CATHOLIC COUNTRIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS PART II.MY UNACCEPTED CHALLENGE IN FORMER EDITIONS OF PART II PAGE 211ENDORSEMENT BY PROMINENT MEN (CATHOLIC AND NON-CATHOLIC). 212PREFACE TO FIFTH EDITION OF PART II 214 CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. 221The Scope of This Chapter THE BOOK.Catholic Priests and Prelates Determined to Destroy the PublicSchool 221Parochial School Considered as It Is 221Sources of My Information 222Attitude of Bishop McFaul, Archbishop Quigley and CardinalGibbons 222A Hurricane of Hate 222Plain Speech Necessary and Commended by the Church 222 223PrecedentsConservative in Statements 224Devotees of Plutus, Bacchus, Venus and Graft 224Some Classes Who Are Especially Informed about Clerical Sinners. 225Other Dioceses Compared with Chicago 225 226A Warning Against the Catholic PressNo Attack on the Church 226Priestly Corruption Only Attacked 226 226No Attack on Christian EducationThe False Cry of \"Scandal\" 227 227Why Did Not Arraigned Priests Demand an Investigation? 227To the Pope Shall Be Sent a Copy of This Book THE AUTHOR.Writes in Obedience to Insistence of Friends and Advisers 227Arrested and Begging Priests Representing Themselves as FatherCrowley 22812

TABLE OF CONTENTS 13Personal Description 228Parentage 228Nativity 228Dedicated to the Catholic Priesthood at Birth 228Early Training and Education 228Ordination to the Priesthood 228First Ministerial Labor in Ireland 229First Ministerial Labor in America 229Commendatory Letters 230Commendatory Editorials 231Return to Ireland 233Ministerial Labor in Ireland 233Defends a Helpless Protestant 233Arrested, \"Tried\" and Convicted 235Excerpts from Editorials 235Jail Treatment 240Case Debated in British Parliament 241Released from Jail 241Excerpts from the Press 241 241Triumphal Return HomeAddress of Welcome from Schull and Ballydehob Branch of theIrish National League 244Address from Parishioners at Goleen 246Return to America 249Commendatory Letters 249Adopted into the Archdiocese of Chicago 251Appointments 251The Famous Chicago ControversySued at Oregon, 111., in Name of Archbishop FeehanThreatens to Publish a Full Account of the Sad Conditions Pre- vailing in the Archdiocese of ChicagoExcommunicated Unjustly and Invalidly by Cardinal Martinelli..The Ban of Excommunication Removed Without Any Apology Being Made to Accused Priests, and Without Any Promise to Refrain from Issuing PublicationCelebret Issued by Bishop' Scannell, Agent of Cardinal Martinelli.. 258

14 TABLE OF CONTENTSCelebret Issued by Archbishop Feehan 256Celebrates Solemn High Mass 256Cardinal Martinelli's Promises Broken 256Press Notices of the \"Chicago Controversy\" : 258 Leslie's WeeklyThe Ram's Horn 259The St. Louis Republic 260The Interior 263The Ram's Horn 264Archbishop Feehan's Death 264Archbishop Quigley Appointed to Chicago 264Archbishop Quigley Demands that an Apology be Signed 264Singled Out for Persecution 266\"Celebret\" Defined 266Refuses to Sign a Lie 266Archbishop Falconio Succeeds Cardinal Martinelli as Papal Dele-gate 266The Reply to a Letter from Archbishop Falconio 268Archbishop Falconio and Archbishop Quigley Meet in Allegheny,Pa 268Archbishop Falconio Exhibits a Petition of Accused Priests, Be- 269 * 269seeching to be \"Whitewashed\"An Interviey with Archbishop Falconio at MilwaukeeArchbishop Falconio States that the Charges of the Twenty-fiveProtesting Priests Were Duly Considered by Being Throwninto a Wastebasket 269XConfidence in Pius 269Loves Ireland 270A Naturalized Citizen of the United States 270Delights in American History 270Glories in American Citizenship 270Happy in Vocation to the Priesthood 270In the Catholic Church I Was Born, in the Catholic Church I HaveLived, in the Catholic Church I Will Die 270Not Unmindful of Seriousness of Position Taken in Openly Ex-posing Parochial School j 270

TABLE OF CONTENTS 15Champions of Parochial School Have Wealth, Power and Prestige. 270Relies Solely on God and Approbation of Decent Men 271\"Simple Duty Hath No Place for Fear\" 271 CHAPTER II.THE PAROCHIAL SCHOOL AND CATHOLIC CLERICAL HOSTILITY TOWARD THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.HISTORIC STATEMENT.Its Origin Explained by Bishop Spalding 272The Real Reasons for Its Establishment 273 CLERICAL COERCION OF CATHOLICS. 274 274Threatened with Hell-fire 274Jesuits Particularly Vicious 275Refused the Sacraments 279Archbishop Elder's Letter 279Dire Predictions 281Coercion by a SodomiteNot Five Per Cent, of Catholic Men Favor Parochial SchoolCATHOLIC HOSTILITY TOWARD THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.Annihilation of the Public School the Object 282Destructive Clerical Tactics 282The State 'Must Not Educate the Child 283Minority Rights 284 285A Division of the Public-school FundsAbuse of the Public School 287Charged with Being Godless 289Charged with Frivolity and Depravity 290Charged with Breeding Socialism 292Charged with Causing Lynchings 293Scheme to Deteriorate the Public School by the Destruction andPrevention of Normal Schools 294Attacks on Public School Veiled and Open 296 297A Simulated Liberality 298On the Eve of an Aggressive Clericalism

16 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER III.THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE PAROCHIAL SCHOOL SYSTEM.What and Who 299 VATICAN HISTORY.Taken Exclusively from Works of Renowned Catholic Historians.. 300General Immorality 301Unchastity and Simony 302Papal and Clerical Immorality 302Prostitution, Sodomy and Murders in Churches 302Gross Liberties by Artists 303Immoral Religious 303The Church Between the Ninth and Tenth Centuries 305Morals of the Clergy, A. D. 1303-1517 305Graft at the Papal Court 306Popes Influenced by Astrology 307The Plain Catholic People Saved the Church 307CORRUPTION IN THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS.Graft, Immorality, Cruelty, Worldliness, etc 308 INCIDENTS IN THE LIVES OF THE POPES. Pope John XL, A. D. 931-936. 308Made Pope by His Infamous Mother 309 Pope John XII., A. D. 955-964. 310A Profligate. Indicted for Incest, etc 311 Pope Benedict IX., A. D. 1033-1044. 312A Profligate. Gets Married 312 Pope John XXIL, A. D. 1316-1334. 313 313A Multimillionaire Pope Urban V., A. D. 1362-1370.Indescribable Immorality Pope Gregory XL, A. D. 1370-1378.States of the Church RevoltSt. Catherine Denounces the Papal CourtA Two-headed Papacy Pope Pius II., A. D. 1458-1464.



















































42 ROMANISMtention whatever to such charges.\" Rev. Hodnett staggeredback in blank amazement, and, making the sign of the cross,said: \"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, protect us! Mother of God,save the church!\" Rev. Cashman then asked: \"Should notthe standard for a Christian bishop be at least the equal ofthat for Caesar's wife, above suspicion?\" His ExcellencyMartinelli replied, with a cynical shrug: \"Not necessarily; byno means.\" Rev. Hodnett then fairly screamed : \"Jesus, Mary,and Joseph, protect us! Mother of Purity, save the church!Tom [Rev. Cashman], get your hat, let us get out of here!They are going to burst the Catholic Church in America!\" The last word of Revs. Cashman and Hodnett to Mon-signor Martinelli was this: \"If Muldoon is foisted upon thearchdiocese of Chicago, look out for scandal!\" MonsignorMartinelli replied: \"That is a threat.\" Rev. Cashman re-sponded: \"It is simply telling you what is going to happen.\"Monsignor Martinelli then asked: \"Will you stand by thewritten charges?\" Revs. Cashman and Hodnett answered inone voice: \"Quod scripsi, scripsi.\" [What I have written, Ihave written.] Notwithstanding these charges, Cardinal Martinelli cameto Chicago to consecrate Rev. Muldoon, and in an interviewwhich appeared in The Chicago Tribune, July 20, 1901, he saidin part as follows : \" 'Officially I have heard absolutely nothing of this opposition [to Rev. Muldoon]. I am told that the newspapers are much concerned about the mat- Amter. I right?' And the Italian laughed softly and allowed his eyes to twinkle with subdued merri- ment.\" The charges were unheeded, and the candidate, Rev. Mul-doon, was duly elevated and consecrated, the Papal Delegate,Cardinal Martinelli himself, acting as consecrator. What induced the pope to override the protests? Whatcaused Cardinal Martinelli to \"laugh softly?\" Was it \"thecash in his fob?\"

A MENACE TO THE NATION. 43 The arbitrary course of the Vatican and Cardinal Martin-elli in forcing Rev. Muldoon on the archdiocese of Chicago asauxiliary bishop, awakened into activity the fine aesthetic senseof the Rev. Cashman, and he penned, in his own handwriting,the following deeply significant lampoon, which he handed mefor publication : \"WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY. (To a Popular Tune.) I. There is a bum 1 in Chicago, Who bishop 3 looked for a character to Paul Lowe, But Paul is so low his word wouldn't go, And now the bum bishop's at zero. II. And how did the bum become prelate? Ask Slippery 3 and his valet.\" Jim That platter face Gaul, 'twas he did it all, And that's how the bum became prelate. III. And hadn't the 5 a hand in the job? Dago Sure, and now he has the cash in his fob. And Rooker6 and Ned7 and silly pinhead,\" And that's what they did, by Gob.1 Peter J. Muldoon. Bishop2 One of Cashman's parishioners.3 His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons' name among priests.* Rev. Dr. Magnien, President, St. Mary's Seminary, Balti- Verymore.5 His Eminence Cardinal Martinelli.'Right Rev. Monsignor Rooker, Secretary. Apostolic Delegation.7 Rev. E. A. Kelly, Chicago.* Rev. P. M. Flannigan, Chicago.

44 ROMANISM IV. And now what will they do with the villain? McG Don't know go ask Miss ;' ; For unless Kittie Aroon will squeal on Muldoon The mitre will stay on the villain.\" I have in my possession other \"poems\" from the fertilebrain of Rev. Cashman relative to the Muldoon scandal, inwhich the poet (Cashman) does not spare cardinal, arch-bishop, bishop or priest, paying his special regards to \"Slip-pery Jim\" (Cardinal Gibbons) and \"the Dago\" (PapalDelegate Cardinal Martinelli). I publish these \"poems\" with the necessary explanationsof time, place and circumstance, as the full understanding ofthem may require. After conferring the Pallium on Archbishop John J. Keaneat Dubuque, Iowa, in the spring of 1901, Cardinal Gibbons, ac-companied by the Very Rev. Dr. Magnien and Rev. E. A. Kelly,visited the home of Archbishop Feehan at Chicago in con-nection with the appointment of Rev. Muldoon to the AuxiliaryBishopric of Chicago. Soon thereafter Gibbons went to Rome,and Pope Leo XIII. through Cardinal Ledochowski, Prefect ,of the Propaganda, caused to be issued Bulls for the pro-motion of Muldoon. This, in brief, is the story that led up tothe writing of the following \"poem\" by Rev. Cashman. \"THE DIRGE OF THE LOST CAUSE. (Air: Yankee Doodle.) I. Jimmie 10 came to town, Gibbons Along with Eddie Kelly ;\" They called at Paddy Feehan's1* house And Jim rubbed Paddy's belly. 8 One of the women in the case. 10 His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. \"Rev. E. A. Kelly, Chicago. M Feehan, of Chicago. Archbishop

A MENACE TO THE NATION. 45 CHORUS. O, to hear old Paddy moan ! O, to see him a-crying! O, to hear his ullagone ! Faith, it was a-trying! II.Now, Jim, says Pat, I'm so distressed,They will not give me Peter,So go to Rome and fix the job,And surely I'll feel better. III.So Jim goes off to Dago 18 town,And says to 14 Ledochowski,Feehan's lad is not so bad,The boy is only frisky. IV.And thus it was that 15 got PeterThe Bishop's hat upon him ;But Pat is dead and Jim has said,Bad luck to Kelly and Magnien !\" The death of Archbishop Feehan of Chicago, July 12,1902, created an enviable vacancy controlling some fifty mil-lion dollars. During the latter years of Feehan's reign, theMuldoonites had control of the archdiocese and its funds,owing to the disability of the Archbishop, which was causedby excessive drink. Instead of taking steps to keep the Arch-bishop in a normal state, his close \"friends\" among the Mul-doonites actually encouraged him in his unfortunate weak-ness. Hence on his death they found themselves practicallymasters of the situation. Caucuses were held by day and night ; 13 Rome. \"His Eminence Cardinal Ledochowski, Prefect of the Propa-ganda (the red pope), Rome. \"Bishop Peter J. Muldoon.

46 ROMANISMrepresentatives were sent to Rome with unlimited fundssome for the pope as \"Peter's pence,\" and some for the cardi-nals as \"honorariums\" for masses for the living and the dead,not forgetting a special memento that the Holy Ghost mightdirect them in their selection of a successor to Archbishop Fee-han. The pope and cardinals, in accordance with their usualcustom, kept this profitable archdiocese vacant for severalmonths in order to give other aspiring candidates a chance to\"come and see them\" also. The only obstacle to the complete fulfillment of the sin-ister designs of the Muldoonites was the publicity given athome and abroad to the charges made and filed by some twentypastors and myself against Muldoon and his clerical supporters,including Papal Delegate Martinelli, Cardinal Gibbons, andother members of the Sacred College of Cardinals. At thisvery time our charges were being aired in the public press.Typewritten copies of Cashman's \"poems\" were freely circu-lated and mailed to the pope and his cabinet, the Sacred Col-lege of Cardinals, including \"Slippery Jim\" and \"the Dago.\"Rome knew full well that Cashman received his inspirationfrom Archbishop Ireland and his \"gang\" of ecclesiastics, whohoped to see Archbishop Ireland landed Archbishop ofChicago as the preliminary step to a \"red hat.\" She fearedfurther exposures, and even a schism, of which, indeed, Arch-bishop Katzer, of Milwaukee, warned Leo XIII. if he daredpromote Muldoon to the archbishopric of Chicago. Under the circumstances, the pope and his cabinet, not-withstanding the liberal \"honorariums\" which they had re-ceived, did not dare to hand over a graft of some fifty milliondollars to Muldoon and his supporters. This is the story in brief on which the following \"poems\"of Revs. Cashman and O'Brien were based, and is the principalreason why Archbishop Ireland was not among the recent\"American\" cardinals.

A MENACE TO THE NATION.\"MOW UP-TO-DATE BISHOPS ARE MADE. I.He is dead, Pete18 is ahead! Were the words of the vile 17 McCann;We've got the votes, and by our oathsWe'll have no other man. II. 18Kelly, call in your sleek henchmen, And bid them to their work ;Fill them with fear or lager beer, They've got the souls of a Turk! III.What care we for law, when to fill our mawWe've power and place and pelf? 19 20So vote for and his darling Petie Kittie,And you can all have a girl for yourself. IV.Call in your moakes and let us coax Those Micks\" that block our game,With empty words and fake rewards. What matter ? it's all the same ! V.Sure Pete will throw his vote below,Where 'twill do the greatest good, 23While McGavick22 and and the rest of the gang, Lange 24And what he would! Barry,\"Bishop Peter. J. Muldoon.\"Rev. John J. McCann.\"Rev. E. A. Kelly.\"Bishop Peter J. Muldoon.20 One of the women in the case.81 Irish priests.22 McGavick. Bishop23 Rev. Francis Lange.54 Rev. F. J. Barry, Chancellor of the Archdiocese.

48 ROMANISM VI.And O'Flaherty's* drake and Gavin*\" the snake, 27 And of colorless fame, FitzWith the giant 28 and 28 suave, Slav, MooneyWho sponsored Peter's name ! VII.The vote was cast, but the game was lost, Muldoon was turned down ;ThAenAdngtehles'gaCnhgu3r0 cmhuslteftquPiettteheintothwen.l31u\"rch THE PATIENCE OF GOD. (Air: St. Patrick's Day.) I.Nowhere in history is there such mysteryAs the patience of God with the folly of men ;Who gambled for croziers as though they were oziersAnd played the vile game of old Magus again. II.But just as their scheme was about to obtain,By corruption and fraud, a mitre to win,A voice from old Rome cried, \"Avaunt, Muldoon.\"You're a foul, a nasty, a lecherous thing.Out, out from my altar, like Judas get a halter,And rid the fair earth of your putrid being.\"25 Rev. J. J. Flaherty.\"\"Rev. E. W. Gavin, Rural Dean, Waukegan.'\"Rev. M. J. Fitzsimmons, Vicar General.MRev. Joseph Molitor.\"Rev. Nick Mooney.38 Muldoonites.31 Chicago.32 Peter J. Muldoon. Bishop