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OMAHA. NI'.MJAKKA, I UlhYt MAY l lM.l.
A
pope in WASHiNOTON.!:;:;ir;:v;::r:";::,
MSHOP JOHN II
"I0RUM"
vinci nt in tiui
I OR MAY.
n. Mr, HU M.m, III
AwtlM't ltj m4 Hi Irmlmrnl II
Shnalil Ittiiltr,
Tin fbrnm, in the t, has put
IUIhmI many !! articles, ninny In
which truth ami loyalty have pulatod
every Him, hut never liefore bus It pult
llsheil a conlrlbullon equalling in fun")',
In jMiInt and In clearness the article In
the Mny tiumls'r, over tho slgna'urc of
John II. Vincent, bishop of tho grout
M. K, church. tt'Btl what ho says,
thin citil tint A. P. A 'a. bigots, full the
Orangemen "safroneolorod Ameri
cans," or any other pot mimes you mny
wish, they aro willing to march side
by side with such a ifrantl light as
Bishop John II. Vincent:
Francisco Hatulll in Washington is
the "Apostolic Delegate" for the
United States of America of his holi
ness, Poiw Loo XUI., resident In Italy.
Ho comes, in the langunge of his
"oomraiHHlon," to "wood out tho germs
of dlssention," and "amid tho sweetness
of ponce" to put into effect "tho moans
which conduce to the increase of
religion and the salvation of
christian houIh." Ills commits
Blon duly "given" at Home In St.
Peter's under the "Fisherman's
Ring" in full of tho authority of
the pontifcx maxlmus: "Wo
command .... we command ....
Whatever sentence or penalty
you shall declare or inflict duly
against those who oppose your
authority wo will ratify, and
with tho authority given us by
the Lord will cauHO to bo ob
served inviolably until condign
satisfaction bo made, notwith
standing constitutions and h,ms
tollo ordinances or any other to
the contrary." Certainly here
is a voice a voice creative. And
tho creature Is the "Titular
Archbishop of Lepartto," Fran
cisco Satolli. Verily the pope is
In Washington tho pope Cloac
chino Peed, Leo XIII., "Vicar
of the only begotten Son of God
"on earth'."
- Is this a good thing for Amer
icathis extension of personal
papal power from tho Tiber to
tho Potomac? Does It augur
well or 111 for tho republic? Care
ful students of history usually
find themselves on the alert when
Homo makes a now move or
adopts a now policy. Is alertness
the fit attitude In this case?
If tho Itornan Catholic church
In America confined itself to
purely religious and spiritual
ofllcos; if in tho spirit of Christ,
who declared, "My kingdom Is
not of this world," tho 1 toman
church sought simply to teach
tho Ignorant, to raise tho fallen,
to lead tho guilty and penitent
to tho invisible and divine
Saviour, who alone has power to
forgive sin; if It aimed to console
tho sorrowing, to edify tho be
lieving, and to promote righteousness,
liberty, sympathy, and the spirit of
christian brotherhood throughout the
land, tho tomjtorary or permanent
presence of a gifted and saintly repre
sentative of a church from beyond the
sea would add to the gracious power of
tho church in America; and if that
representative were Francisco Batolll,
the good brother would bo warmly wel
comed by all christians In America.
Hut when most of us, Americans,
think of the pope of Homo, we do not
and cannot think of him as simply a
spiritual leader. That indeed he
claims to 1st, That he may Ite to many
humble and submissive souls, Hut to
tho student of ecclesiastical and of
general history tho pope Is mora than
that or less. Ho and bis followers
claim a "kingdom of this world," a
kingdom which embraces the whole
world "all tho kingdoms of the world,
and all the glory of them," Against a
papal deereo no civil law has any force,
A Itornan Catholic authority says:
"Tho civil laws aro binding on tho con
science only so long as they aro com
fortable to tho rights of the Catholic
church;" "in tho case of conflicting
laws between tho two powers, tho laws
of tho church must prevail over tho
state," "You say," writes a distin
guished Iloman Catholic ollclal, "I
will roceivu my faith from the tontifT,
but I will not receive my polities from
him,' Tho assertion is disloyal and
untruthful You must think as you
choose; you must think as Catholics,"
Hays another Roman-American bishop,
"Wo aro Catholics first and citizens
next, Cod is above man and tho
church alsivo tho Btnto." It Is in tho
light of this statement that wise men
read Cardinal Gibbons' recent article
In an American magazine on "Patriot
ism and Politics." Ho says: "Next to
,Qod our country should hold tho strong-
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of.L, "m M to I " with It . Si lull
Roman ittt)iti in ItU thought, lit!
lh the same Roman tight W""1 hout t"l !
Mr .Nat. Ill's rote tit i ion Thi l the j
light In hi. tin!! total Roman lath. j
II.-. r, m.I H, Mr hsMH U wonv tl n
a .!t ll.l .:.!. . lie l lite " I '.. r I'.jo :
tif the npi im i'iU!t wiihln Up
1.-! l-rrit'l)' of the I'ltil..!
Slnli'O lie tm many mHU'I iltilli
In t lit in: hnli.ti-r, lit f.-e t, may W
timvKKtiry "prui'ttiv Hum' mlll)'
mill m r(Hita!l.v the gtsuj, pn.o'rl!y
and htippiuef of the Cat hot le opk ''
In Mr, Salolll the jsi.i is hi-iv!
What h linitMllile a few yi hi b;o
In the I'lilli'd Hlnli I new a fiiot, .sn
the law ntiiioitlit'i'd by a lliiltliunre
lliinnparleettnefriilng the impe apply
also to his Aiiitiictin .Wiir Kj:
"Wln'lluT a eiipllye or tin rille, the
MjH' can ncvi-r Ik a subject ?"
Mr. Hntolll r'trem'iils all the dls
tlnetlve dogmas ntid ImMIIuMomh of tin'
ehuiidi Roman: Pupal Infallibility,
papal independence of and authority
overall civil governments; the subjec
tion of tho individual Intellect and con
science to the point, his bUhops and
priests: the Intercessory ofllees and
spiritual ministries of tho Virgin Mury,
"Mother of God;" tho confessional; tho
law of enforced and unnatural celibacy,
and all else In creed and ordinance
which distinguishes tho Roman Catho
lic church, Mr. Batolll Is not hero to
modify one feature of Rome, His
presence accentuates all that tho pope
and the church hold,
Mr, Hatolli comes to America to
direct a new experiment, by temporary
concessions to the rights of the Indi
vidual, especially in tho . matter of
public education. He Is the peace
maker between conflicting elements In
tho American-Roman church hut he
rrprcmtt-H a new and tnnporarij policy
and vol a new principle, Hoth parties
in tho church seek the same end:
Roman Catholic domination in the
Am t'lean state,' and chiefly, us abso
lutely necessary to that end, tho divis
ion of tho public school fund and tho
support by the state of parochial
schools with Roman teachers, the
Roman catechism, and Romanized his
torical text-books. Tho policy of re
fusing tho sacraments to parents who
persist in sending their children to tho
public school is modified, but tho in
crease and Improvement of tho par
ochial schools are enjoined. It must
bo remembered that tho church is no
more loyal to tho public school under
Mr. Batolll thsn before; and It fully
expects, one of these days, by a sudden
and masterly stroke, to secure tho in-
corjsiratlon of the parochial schools
into the government system of "free
sclustls." In many places in tho United
States today, to a larger extent than
our citizens know, concessions have
already boon made by local authorities
1'arochlal school liuiidings have nccn
rented by the public school boards,
"sectarian" schools held in them, and
sectarian teachers In gown and hiss
paid out of the public treasury. This
Is now lielng done In several states.
Tho Fairbault, Stil water and Pough
keepslo plans are substantially a sur
render of the nation to tho church.
mm vm JiiX.-. - n ni .' i 1 1
i
l.lmft, N. V.. '"!, tii(t a lit,'
tn'tillj mini., 1ft tlni (
Ail llir.th tln tsti.l lti ttloi l
b nt H t ttt lttti!, H'iil tin' ltd U (t
)'. Tin- t llvtv r pii w iii. d l.y
Mt. HsUiill lil not rt.rw M H.
Misiiilm; li ti.l. Ofj. I M ,..(,! tli1
cluoi h I llntHvtiuhin "dtnn1! ami '!
i' !f" In ll ir;Htltin In ttte ptitttte
n-bititl. And the majority of Iht Ann!
lean ipl l Jtt h hittti t alll liiei'i
ainl iwilnl. In u ibvtttitn to thl
noble titliliitliti!
It lu In 'H l "eti;iil?i Ibe n n
iriietiitl of opMsltliin en the put of the
ehiillll lo the AntiMii'Mii svnl.-m of
ipttlr eiliti'iil Ion It Is not IhM'iuitn.
of the "ivligloutt" or the "ntni nlig
Ions" element ill tle piiblle school,
Where the teiu her Is peooniilly true
niul reverent, wlmU'Ver his . iillglou
opiulnus are, tho tone it ii.l ti'inlt'itelt's
of the ki'hiMit are sure to Im itiitij hs
"religious" as any boy ne.'ds. And If
his home and ehitreh do their duty he
will require nothing in the school of a
sHelfieally religious ehuraeter. And
where home and church are neglectful
of his spiritual training the govern
ment may make some provision for his
instruction, but it dees not and must
not employ tho public school system
for that purpose. Hut this objection
does not touch the real motive. There
are wise men among us who understand
UNCLE BAM COMES
tho ground of Roman opposition to the i
Vt.f HiMi' . t .! fii.U Sv li lb .1
American school. They find it In the any religious sect or denomination."
habitual ami delightful association of; Mr. Batolll will undoubtedly contrib
Itornan Catholic children and youth i uto to the full extent of his ability to
with Intelligent American boys ami i tho novel notion recently gaining cur-
girls the products of a free, christian reney among us that the Roman Catho
civlllztttlon the civilization of the nn-1 lie church Is a safeguard against
fettered Hible, the enlightened, indl-
vidua! conscience, the right of persor.nl
Judgment, and tho cultivated christian
homo. The play-ground, the class- ecclesiastical control of tho negro and
room rivalries, the casual con versa-, foreign elements which imjKfrll the
Hons, tho play of Innocent and joyous country all hero will Is- secure and
friendship aro likely to make havoc serene. Now there is no danger whut
wlth arbitrary human enactments, ever of anarchy in America, Tho free
tyrannies and sufierstltlons. Nothing dorn guaranteed to tho Individual, the
is so good for the nation of the future , diverse elements of our population, the
as a free Intermingling of our youth of frequent opjiorturiitlcs to express the
all nationalities and of all forms of 'popular will through tho ballot-box,
religious faith in the recreations and
recitations of a common public school
life. Tho nation may well distrust an
ecclesiastical system that is afraid to
trust its youth in the atmosphere of an
American public school.
Tho republic must maintain the
American school, It must be kept out
of tho hands of plotting politicians In
church and state. Its teachers must
bo Americans whether born on this
or on tho other side of the Atlantic;
and they should also be tho products of
tho tho American public school. I'ar
fntit are too "proud'' or loo "churchb" to
hmlruct thiir children to the, nation'
tchool must not expect the nation to intrust
the, gcliool to the earn of them children
uhen they axpire to he, teacher. Nor
must the republic bo disturbed by the
cry of "Injustice" In taxing Roman
Catholics for tho support of tho public
schools, which their church docs not
iernilt its youth to patronize. Sectar
ian discrimination in taxation would
work untold damage. Tho public
school is tho hoo nnd stability of tho
nation. Tho more numerous and
efllcient the parochial schools which
Mm
i'I'i' tlin tin. It II,. ft utml t,ieo
t r )i tti.ih l.l.ial and ttm tle
t'e tft r I!! . Itn it. itirt.i.l fir Ibr
ptitH,' l).-t to ili. ltv And
whj l,.,U , Hottian t ailiottes help
111 f 1H i,
We ti joUf l.i . the i-!iUniUiti i.
thoihtni'h In tvfi'h'li. til lt edit.
It lll Vh!itt at tile4'n, lAeiy rot
i sltittl hot!ti nhiity It ti III how
lunl Rome esn do In a tiv oiiiitry
kell' tte l eottillei to ili .ollti't M 1.(1 ,
All II will Ih aoith ton while a
Atm I leaiin In a-k, n we ludtold (he
dUpUy, why nn such e.iitesllonHl
hiblt could U nitide In Niiiit, In Men
i o, or In llisll, whi'i-e Hotite hss IihI
thy iiioiiiisilv of opportunity for so
lenity c'ltttn U s,
Vhwl a tileKsliig wetild It lie to the
fiituii f thl eotiniry to nil schools of
reUtihtUS belief-If the suggestion of
Pil.letil Grant in his mowngo to Con
If ress in 1 eonltl Is' adopted :
',' I suggest fi r your earnest enni.li r
atlon ami mosi, earnestly rteommentl
thttt a nunlilHiUmnl euwiiifeiSMf In suit
mlttt'tl to the legislatures of the several
suites for rut libation, making It the
duty of the several stales to establish
and forever maintain free public
school , , , , forbidding the tench lug In
said scIkkiIs of religious, U'theistlo, or
pagan tenets, and prohibiting the
granting of any school funds or school
tuxes, either by legislative, municipal,
TO THE RESCUE.
or other authority, for tho benefit of
anarchy In America, The church has
such jstwer over a depressed and igno-
runt mass that If once she can gain
tho public school with Its promotion of
tho spirit of national brotherhood
among native and foreign Americans,
tho night-schools, the college settle
ments, the lyceums, the Chautauqua
assemblies and reading-circles all
these and a number of civilizing and
redoing agencies besides aro continu
ally at work upon our heterogeneous
population.
Smooth words by distinguished pre
lates now and then sisiken In behalf of
" lalsirlng classes " unci "Negroes" may
deceive some as to where tho largest
Ideals for tho " workingmen," as they
are called, uro to tsi found; but it will
not tuko much study of history to prove
mat me church of Home has never
Is fen the promoter of a largo, free,
Intelligent manhood among tho tollers
of the ages.
Aro we In jiorll from this new move
of the church In America? Is the
inquisition ahead? In tho old form-
No ! We are confident of this, because
tho people intend in this country to
distinguish between America and
Rome; and because Americans true
Americans, native and foreign-born,
st"l , I iHii an. li itima
t attioHe, Aneh'ii, tftU M toy
ren Ane'it.'s la the m aniline s-
in'li,aMj in lUnc-r from hal Unit j
ahiittirtt I Vlflnit bu'ltuer tnitit the j
platfoii.i ; i o,,),, (n htjk'h hiBt
list" on l'e mi'ioil of tw'jeotU"
itiiib r ttie ititit'tlon of Roman Mln-,
of hil.'i feu-net tlU Bled progl amine
in to p 'Maie Anieriean fitm jwrtU I
patltiif In national ceh hralloi), And
do get sjiiih' tot ts of Plvteslsnl
ehasU luohls'tl ami Prot.-stitiit iiilnU
lee liiipl'ioiiid lu te Home has rule,
Hut we lj. u that stHey, If not fun
damental ibs trlne, 111 have litflm-n.v
in reducing And llnally preventing tletwt
outrages. We may trust our trm
Amei lean Roman Catholic t and they
liitist help to " lntriBii ir faith."
The aitltuili! of the New Testament
Christian toward the Roman Rome
must of neeeSfliy bo that of sleepless
viglhinuo niul of uueompi'otiilsliig and
unrelelitluguntagnulsm, Without bit
terness hut wltli unswerving Ihlellty
we opHise Rome, "The sweetness of
pence" limy blunt the sword of right
eousness. In this country wo want no
fnl peace, Wo want the lndccnilcucc
of AniwrleTtn citizenship and no foreign
allegiance, This spirit is compatible
with purest love. In this spirit is the
salvation of tho Republic. Wo Judgo
tho individual leniently ami generous
ly; we light the system vigorously.
li V-
Wo recognize tho "greatness'' and the
"goodness" of certain eminent lead
ers, but wo remember that good men
who represent tho wrong cause aro the
only dangerous men. Tho good man
who imagines tho evil to bo good Is tho
man who works most evil to the good.
Therefore as Americana wo stand for
the American Constitution and its fun
damental principle of Individual rights.
Wo are ready to die for the mainten
ance or tho right, or every I toman
Catholic to worship God as ho pleases
under tho American flag. Hut when
ho Insists on his right to embody In
our political system doctrines arid
policies absolutely and manifestly
hostile to every distinctively American
principle, wo aro craven cowards if wo
do not protest and resist.
Therefore let us know Rome; let us
speak out boldly; vote conscientiously;
circulate literature widely; organize
and sustain courses of lectures; reason
kindly with our many fulr-minded and
patriotic Roman Catholic fellow citi
zens; study Rome in Rome and Spain
and Mexico, and let her understand
that sho cannot Ik) the Homo of Itome,
of Spain, or of xico in tho United
States.
Welcome to FrancUco Satolli as a
learned and distinguished Italian emi
grant who desires to become a natural
ized American citizen! Let the nation
give him full liberty! Hut let the
authorities In Washington beware how
they pay bin; ofTlcial attention as a
representutlvo of tho temporal king
dom or authority of the pope of Rome,
who Is and can bo "the subject of no
government on earth!" And we cer
tainly expect that tho ofllclnls in our
national capital will show him no
especial attentions as a representative
of a sectarian religious society!
Some flno morning in the not remote
future, this republic will wake up and
( s( tl. Iwl'.il ln a.UnlMl.t I a ti..U
(-, t.vlie o v. lHIn 't lilt. , ptw
tsl. iin.l pttiU ft tmh that alii
h tr, n.( hxtbl In the btto-in,..t
. .4 I!,.. sllrsn, anil Ui frvwt-
.,t,i i .i his io!itii will t In
the fact that tell of t lniitt!!iU of the
"faithful tot.,1 that (jUd ilsy ? tin
rciniMif stnl lit public sehoU.
toilH II. I VI ' NT
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I'lillM 1 MU M li.
l ather Ham-) I itlsnfiillt Retrain J,
l'llj, Mis Ml.
The filled of a peiltion f.ir a writ of
habit s corpus (, Judge Tuthlll
jestertlnj brought In light an Interest
ing story, In which the principal rhar
actors are Father Clancy, Catholic
pi lest of WissUtis lc, 111 ; John Flusky,
an old farmer of Melleury county, hU
son John, and his grand-tbuijhtor,
Mary Jane, IVosrty valued at :Mo.
noil Is said to Iw Involved, The petition
seeks to gain the release of John
Flunky, sr., who is lij years old, from
the Alexhiii HrotheiV hospital, In
which Institution it Is claimed ho is
held against his own will and tho
wishes of his relations and for tho pur
Kise, It Is said, of furthering tho ambi
tious schemes of Father Clancy.
Lajt Juno John Flusky, sr,, disap
peared from his home in McHenry
county, near Woodstock. Tho dis
appearance of the old man, ac
cording to C. Me F.I drhl go, attor
ney for Mary Jane Flusky, tho
(petitioner in tho case, created
great apprehension among his
'relations. Fears wero entertained
fcrhls safety on account of his
'great ago. A search was insti
tuted, but It was not until October
t that a trace of hlrn was found,
Thls was obtained through trans
fers of his property, by which Mr.
Flusky, sr., made over to Father
Clancy two farms valued at
20,(XK), one of 2112 acres ami an
Vthor of 105 acres, for a consider-
litlon of $1,000, By this transact
' 41, . ..l..l .t .1 1.1
mm nm ruittiivcn iriwjeu mu oiu
man to the residence of Father
tClancy. They wero refused ad-
muwinco, tney say, ana an eiroris
to obtain an interview with Mr,
Flusky wero unavailing. It was
also ascertained, according to
allegations rusd,that th orlest
had pre vul" id ulk ,l i )f
to make a will by which ho cut
of! his son and granddaughter
without a cent and gave all his
property to Father Clancy. Pro
ceedings wero at onoo begun by
John Flusky, jr., to set aside this
will, and they aro now tending
In the McHenry county courts.
At this time Mr, Flusky again
disappeared. After another
search his granddaughter learned
last February from a friend that
an old man hud been admitted
some months before to tho
Alexlun Brothers' hospital, Sho
called there and found that It was
her grandfather. Ho told her
that ho had boon brought there
In tho night, hut when or from
what place he did not know, Ho
was anxious to return homo
with her, and said ho was not
N
sick and that it was not nec
essary to remain at tho
hospital for medical attendance, Hut
when tho brothers in charge of tho
hospital found sho was related to him
sho says they separated them at onco
and sho was compelled to leavo tho
place. Repeated efforts to seo Mr.
Flusky have b son made since, both by
tho son and daughter, it is claimed,
but without avail, and asa last resource
a babies corpus proceeding was resorted
to. This will lie heard by Judge Tut
hlll Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
The brother superior In charge of
Alexlan Brothers' hospital said last
night that the elder Flusky had been
in the Institution at two different times.
The aged man Is blind, Infirm, and is of
unsourd mind, his attendants claim,
and Is incapable of taking euro of him
self or transacting any kind of business.
Regarding his relatives, his possessions,
or any dealings with Father Clancy, of
WcMslstock, tho brother superior know
nothing.
"All I know about tho old man,"
said he, "is Father Clancy brought him
to tho hospital about a year ago, giv
ing us instructions to take caro of him.
We kept him four months and Father
Clancy took him back to tho country.
In October Father Clancy returned
hlrn to the hospital. IIo was in oor
health, and we havo boon keeping him
ever since. A few weeks ago a woman
called here and wanted to take him
away. Wo did not know her and would
not permit tho old man to go out of our
care without authority from Father
Clancy, who placed him in our charge.
Again tho woman, accompanied by a
man, called and asked for Flusky's re
lease. I asked If they had an order
from Father Clancy, and they said they
had not. They were Insolent, and be
ing strangers, I would not Intrust the
old man to their cure. When the writ
of babies corpus Is heard in court I can
readily explain why the hospital would
not turn him over to strangers."
Chicago Tribune, May 3, ISM.
