Show The American people will hear with profound concern that President Ech ols of the A P 1Jll view of Attorney Attor-ney General McKennas possible elevation eleva-tion to the supreme bench has issued an address calling the attention of his President Echolssecret society to I the Romanization of the government says the Kansas City Star if an officeholders office-holders religion is a matter of interest in this country and the appointment of members of one faith is to be objected ob-jected to why should not the objection be extended President McKinley is a member of the Methodist church Is there not danger of the Jlethodiza tion of this government of which he is the executive head Numerous Baptists Bap-tists are known to be employed in the departments Is there not danger of the government being committed to the doctrine of baptism by immersion How can a free people slumber and sleep while for all they know to the contrary the Congregationalists hold the upper hand in the postofllce department I depart-ment and the Episcopalians 1U are ad vuinjiii4 uy aLeuiiiy iejjji w u control of a majority of the army and navy chaplaincies In the absence of any provision of the constitution of the United States prescribing the religious belief of the chief justice and associate associ-ate justices of the United States supreme su-preme court does it not become the people of the whole country to be on the alert About the most unAmerican thing a man or a party or a society can do in politics is to object to a man because be-cause he is or is not amember of some religious body it is the supreme test of narrowness and bigotry The constitution I con-stitution gives no recognition to one I religious body over another nor does it attempt to proscribe citizens because of their religious belief or for lackvof 1it and those who would attempt todo a I this thing would set themselves upI I t up-I as being superior to the constitution I I as the guardian our liberties The I country has no use for any such men i |