eive, is the complete thesis of the present book, which
therefore no doubt will be entitled to the "Nihil Obstat" of the
"Censor Theolog.", and the "Imprimatur" of "Johannes Josephus,
Archiepiscopus Sti. Ludovici." No wonder that the "experienced
leaders" of America, our captains of industry and exploiters of labor,
are forced, whatever their own faith may be, to make use of this
system of subjection. A few years ago we read in our papers how a
Jewish millionaire of Baltimore was presenting a fortune to the
Catholic Church, to be used in its war upon Socialism. The late Mark
Hanna, the shrewdest and most far-seeing man that Big Business ever
brought into power, said that in twenty years there would be two
parties in America, a capitalist and a socialist; and that it would be
the Catholic church that would save the country from Socialism. That
prophecy was widely quoted, and sank into the souls of our steel and
railway and money magnates; from which time you might see, if you
watched political events, a new tone of deference to the Roman
Hierarchy on the part of our ruling classes. Today you cannot get an
expression of opinion hostile to Catholicism into any newspaper of
importance. The Associated Press does not handle news unfavorable to
the Church, and from top to bottom, the politician takes off his hat
when the Sacred Host goes by. Said Archbishop Quigley, speaking before
the children of the Mary Sodality:

I'd like to see the politician who would try to rule against
the church in Chicago. His reign would be short indeed.

#Priests and Police#

And how is it in our national capital, the palladium of our liberties?
As a means of demonstrating the power of the church and the
subservience of our politicians, the Catholics have invented what they
call the "Cardinal's Day Mass": An elaborate procession of high
ecclesiastics, dressed in gorgeous robes and jewels, through the
streets of Washington, accompanied by a small army of policemen, paid
by non-Catholic taxpayers. The Cardinal seats himself upon a throne,
and our political rulers make obeisance before him. On Sunday, January
14, 1917, there were present at this political mass the following
personages: Four cabinet members and their wives; the speaker of the
House; a large group of senators and representatives; a general of the
army and his wife; an admiral of the navy and his wife; the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court and his wife, and another Justice