"Freemasonry is more than an institution; it is an organization of tremendous strength, which is aiming at becoming a government, one of world-wide power-a body of living men, cemented by oaths, encircled with the strong bonds of secrecy and mystery. It is a mountain of pretension and it must be met with an organization of equal strength and power, but open and without oaths and mysteries. Freemasonry cannot be fought through the public press. That avenue is already closed."