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Throughout tho state ( New Jersey
there him hevn subtle but vigoivo
attempt on the pari of tho Cnlholit
clergy to undermine our public school
system. The method prowwd was to
divide the school filmland m-euro giV'
ernmenta.1 support for their own cdura
llomtl Institutions, Father Corrlgtui,
of Hohoken, has made himself conspic
uous by heading tho movement in
Hudson county, and tho mayor of
Newark, for political reasons, recently
advocated a division of tho annual
ai)proprlHtlon for school purposes and
handing a portion thereof over to the
Catholics. This is a new departure for
tho pupal church in New Jersey, and it
justly ruined a storm of indignation
from Cape May to Port Jarvis. It has
separated the state into two hostile
camps, with the Catholic priesthood on
one side and the great mass of intelli
gent, patriotic citizens on the other,
and the latter would sooner give their
lives than see our public Bchool system
seriously impaired.
The battle commenced last spring
when a bill was sprung upon our legis
lature, the purport of which was to
divide the school fund in such a manner
as to place half a million dollars in the
hands of the Catholics. The bill was
skillfully worded and was designed to
hoodwink the people by giving to the
parochial schools the high-sounding
and Beemlngly patriotic title of "addi
tional free public schools." The foxy
character of the bill was detected at
once, and it was promptly hooted out of
the legislature. After tho failure' of
this attempt to misapply public fund's,
several disappointed priests so far for
got themselves a to show their teeth,
and ono holy father declared in public
that tho Catholic church had been
systematically robbed by 4ho govern
ment, because the latter would not con
tribute towwds the parochial, seb;ol.
But these served only to discredit the
movement among Intelligent Catholics,
and evoke a smile from the general
public. They demonstrated, however,
the animus of this new departure, and
put the entire state on its guard! Peo
ple saw that the hatred towards the
public school system was tho sum as
over in the breasts of tho priesthood,
although the mode of warfare had ma
terially changed.
During this century the policy of tho
priesthood has been to oponly denounce
tho public schools and at times to for
bid attendance to Catholics on pain of
ex-communlcatlon. This venerable
policy, however, has proved a fulluro.
Tho atmosphere of America is not fav
orable to coercion. Tho rank and fllo
of the Catholic church are too independ
ent to be ordered about like cattle. In
spito, therefore, of denunciation and
threats, multitudes of Catholics per
sisted in sending their children to the
public schools and defied tho priest
hood. Tho children wont where they
could learn tho most and get tho best
preparation for life.
Seeing tho uselessncHg of fur ther pro
hibition tho clergy changed their policy
and last March an order was circulated
by Bishop Wiggor to this effect: "In
the case of those parents who, without
sufllclent reason, send their children to
tho public schools I beg to inform you
that all directions, publio or private,
given by mo in regard to refusing ab
solution aro hereby withdrawn." This
unexpected order practically put an end
to the ancient mode of warfare, which
was ono of bold doflanco and bitter
opposition to our public school system.
Tho tactics now in yogue aro not so
manly, and running. through them one
easily detects the same old antipathy
towards tho public schools. Denuncia
tion has now given placo to a treachcr
our conciliation. A sudden change of
heart has como over tho priesthood and
now they profess to bo deeply in love
with our educational system. They ad
mire them so much, In fact, that they
want to go into partnership with tho
states. Still retaining possession of
their own Bchool houses, they proposo
to provide an education equal in every
way to that of the publio schools and
promise to mix no religion therewith
during school hours, provided tho state
will pay $12 per capita. In other words
they want tho state to uphold a form of
education beyond tho jurisdiction of
the regular school board, and to be
carried on in Catholic buildings, on
Catholic territory and under Catholic
auspices and control. There is some
thing sublimely impertinent In this
overturo, for It brushes aside tho timo
honored policy of our government nt a
single stroke. It is apparent, moreover,
that ft Is not made in good faith, for
Catholics have always maintained that
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mi'nl nl let th i tt( lis v Kiij'ii ititi
pMUtm! Tl"' i U'Mlii! Mti 1i
ttowrr Mirh (xTtitwii! j4iii.tn( nit,!
t!t ffiwn U tmt lrl t t'H.l, Tltvlr
ihjHt i to fttvuobtiu tli vpU U wv
ng jntbltc tnoiH y uttliiK Into T ln i-c
m'luxiU, whU'h, tlnHili tiimilnttlly tin
cri tin Un, w yot ind.-r t'ntholio dml
nation. And wlu-n tho runtont l imhv
firmly t'stublinliod, IIhhk who hsvu
-tuiHd tin- Catholic cliuiMh know (11
'iimih that religion will In- hmIm
taught in thi-st' h-1iihi! In plt of tho
nt'tations to tho contrary.
The glory of tho Ciitholic chui-ch Is
that It never changes and never lets go,
If it cannot secure its ends in one
way
it will adopt another, no matter how
Inconslstant with former policies and
professions Give a priest ono square
foot and ho will soon want tho whole
ton-aero lot. Let tho Catholic camel
onco thrust Us head Into tho public
school, and by and by tho whole animal
will como In. History teaches that this
is a dangerous organization to deul
with. Under tho circumstances tho
people throughout tho state aro con
vinced that tho best policy Is to "tako
no chances" with this Insidious priest
hood, and aro determined to keep our
public school system free from all con
taminating afllliatlons. Multitudes of
Catholic laymen are opposed to this
hypocritical proposal to establish tho
so-called "additional free publio
schools," and aro patriots to tho core.
They aro convlncod that education Is a
governmental function, and that
churches had better confine their efforts
to tho propagation of religion. Tl.o
present agitation will only confirm our
national principle that church and
state must bo entirely separate. Tho
recent flurry Is duo to tho growing im
potence of tho priesthood, who could
not soo their power escaping out of
their hands without an effort to regain
it. But tho day of priestcraft is fast
drawing to a closo. Tho holy fathers
are doomed to follow where once they
used to load. 27i VfiriMian at Work.
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lir Stoi-rii'dH tt-i ic i !nwl nt. u
lil'lll t lt!!ll'l'!lt Hi tttl !:-i'l It
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'tit mi. I (t- it iiiiit ) n( o!l
e!i'il (illneipin of i;o i nito itt
Wlo ti llie rlllr-'lt of imr !(" ol !
to s.l.il't tlx- liw l(i.ie m'IioI t !
of our ) m of I'oViTloissrit, Sltil Con-
nt'-tl to le h for I lit-ir ttptrl, II
w i on tho ; round of I heir iti.vHy,
Tho al majority were lHttisit !
pic able to educate their own childit'ii,
Mini weii' -mtroislittt); prUato m'IhioU.
They willingly and by their own fr
Met voted to Ito taxed for the cdiieHtlon
of the children of tho Mtor and lew
favored, both an a benevolent thing to
them and lis n noce-mlly to the ftato.
The Itomaii I'uthollo lilernrehy ftren
iiously opHwd them, mm it has ever
opposed popular education.
Tho enormous inoroiine of our foreign
populutlon mainly from ltomau t'utho-
A TEACH Ell
He countries has rendered tho public
school more necessary than ever. Hut
It has also Increased Its perils with
which that hierarchy is Investing It.
At first tho Roman Catholic priest
hood opposed tho publio school with
their parochial school. Finding it was
Impossible to sccludo their children
within them, they early began with
their ingenious and Inslduous muchiria
Hons native to tho papacy to under
mine and control tho public school
system. Tho first step in opposition
was to exclude the Bible, and
they have succeeded In tho largo
cities in banishing it. Having done
this they then urged tho plea that tho
schools were godless, and then de
manded separate schools for their
children, and appropriations of tho
publio money for their schools and In
stitutions. This was designed to over
throw our unsectai'lan system of public
education, and place tho resources of
taxation and the training of our future
citizenship In the hands of tho Itoman
Catholic priesthood. Protestants do
not fenr to intrust their children to tho
public school because they do not teach
any seeiflo form of religion. The
priesthood fear to Intrust their youth
to them for that reason. Practically
tho priests uro tho only persons in tho
country who dread tho influence of
general froo education.
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Writ son ffisfontzr " - -' " ""-i Z, - ? ; r'
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m l'l t ') t hlUle. n t4 !,( nn, t nn
Ij.o t,,t.i.l t.i tm. i.i, iixmn)
an.) o4'l,U i ! M i!ii I'lo iMtMfM)
an ! i:e aioi of oiii .n!,tie k
tiii a't the )Htllh Into lnl.lllw-rnt,
Uieml, itnln!i'tii, -tilolle i itl? n
h'. I ei'leklatiral and ,n-l(illiii' lu-litO'
lien tiaio hot lljjltt to toueli the
,lt" lll Tlo-y xlnMil.l not be Jx lii'ltted
to extract mii-thhi- from it that l itee
eiiry t lt aim, nora.M aitj thing that
I not h!tearv to It, No r(,'ii(d w hal
ever alimihl l piil.l to objection rnlm-d
on tho ground of chuii h tenet and
social ll id llieorlea,
Tlie -mh'IiiIIhU ol.jeet.il to tho Itll.le
In the ehid not from any love of the
cIhoI, but hatred to anything that
navored to IiinI, Tho Honmil Catholic
priesthood ohjeetcil hUo not from love
of the kcIiooI, hut hatred of the Idea of
American eltlonhip. They know that
t hey i nnuot contrtd t ho t'oiiacioiioc and
NOT WANTED.
citizenship of tho people whore tho
word of (iod is free and read.
Tho papacy alms to destroy our sys
tem of public education, not as an end,
but tho means of overthrowing our
whole system of government. Tho aim
Is tho supremacy In our civil, political
and ecclesiastical future history. Tho
destruction of tho public schisil system
is a necessary and long step In that
direction. Though tho papacy has
been despoiled of Its temporal power In
Italy, it has never abated one lota of Its
claim. It is ugaln emphasizing It, Its
American cardinal has recently de
manded Us restorat ion In form and fact.
Having lost It In Kuroo, It Is directing
Its genius and resources to tho control
of these United States, thereby to re
gain Its ancient supremacy. There
fore a virtual pope In tho person of
Sato! 1 1 has Ix-on permanently located In
Washington.
Tho Abbe Mlchaud said, "Tho Hu
manism of the present lUy Is an aggres
sive and contentious political system,
and in view of tho gigantic organiza
tion which tho Jesuits and Homo are
everywhere developing, a religious
war Is liievltuhlo and near at bund.
For Ixi It observed that tho Jesuits urid
Romanists aim not only at religious
supremacy, but also at supremacy in
civil and political matters. 'The
temporal,' say they, 'must be subordl-
j IN .' I
!. to !'. cltit.ial, the tal i U.
i Vo?i, t. '
la Vittdam-) Hl Hit (lie i. i.t
'' ha mil, i,l l aUioii, ii'O to
(tl. nttfy tit. no hi wholly wUH mm et
ollii r of Ihe ioUtliaT (ho lit , t,l
to j
ImUl tlo iti -Mc n the lalno of nt r
t-ti-cn Hit m. o a to lb t itle nlitli al
election In ,ntti of lite clinn h
Now, to iiielemtanil that lloiiiaii
t'atliolle Inlet li'iiiiie with our ii!ilie
ihto! mm mi tho wore fio the ioe-
llot.iw df our American commonwealth
n ail I bono titiilntt of a mis nt pnal
cue) client:
"XIA, The ItoiuUh ihnnli ha a
right to Intel fere In tho illfiiliiie of
the public school, ninl In the arrange
ment of the nt utile itf Hut public
aehooU, Blnl lit tho choice of toucher
for rhcao iM'hool."
"XIA'll. 1 'ubl lo school opll to nil
children for the education of tho young
ihould ho under I ho control of tho
ItimiUh church, and should not bo sub
ject to tho civil 'tower, nor nnulo to
conform to tho opinions of tho ago,"
This Is evidently tho meaning of the
Falrbault plan, Kndorslng this the
Cincinnati (Jatltolin 'J'dtyrujili said: "It
will bo a glorious day for tho Catholics
of this country when, under tho blows
of justice and morality our public
school system will bo shivered to
pieces," The Roman Catholic church
hai always boon, Is, and always will Isj
tho enemy of common school educat ion,
The great enemy of It In our country Is
that church. There Is no excuse for
Ignorance on this point, Tho Indiffer
ence of tho people, tho silence of tho
secular press aro amazing In view of
tho aggressive war which that church
Is waging on our schools. The Chris
tian nt Work.
Tho remar k that papal blessings are
always more fatal than papal curses, Is
strikingly Illustrated In tho unnatural
deaths of the principal member of
camp 20, tilim-mi-Cael, who murdered
Dr. Cronln. Peter McCrcohan who
was accused by I)r, Cronln about a week
lieforo tho murder, of conspiring to
murder him, fell Into a pit at a rolling
mill rind died a raving maniac. Mich
ael Cannon caught cold while Intoxi
cated, and while In a fit of coughing
choked to death. F-dward Spellman
fell from a ladder, after great suffering,
died while crazy. Robern (ilbbons,
i,n aiictt pi. it in ititn,i, i I .,'i
Ht ttU. I it r ut 111 .. t. !.,., DM ltt
in II tii (i i, , fthtt o;, t) f. a -U-
ll.l M ,i!in to he tltnl if i,it.ot,-
tin ii to lite .l,.it i Mii iUrt after a
I Ml if I OtiJ klLni T,Hl Iktolitttlttl.
at, III. tti I.i v t,i('n,tt rt'l, ho t Willi
an aii i t. i,, n, , n,,w N ,,.!,,..
eilpple In aililltioii to the !or
li Oil i. m, iw nil, i f ib nltm haul
ootilird hihi.i HiIkIi IhI) I Innm n gaiiit,
among lit. 'in lu-tng r'ratik Hlo a, lt
iMnnn, t.uke .Itiiilitii nml a innii imiKctl
Hullltnn, alt of whom wer (nonoed
with tnUfortiiiiK after the murder until
their death, , N,
ANtl till II III 1 11.101 IUIW,
I'l'le! I'lole) A tTMln-l lieulmr a
Mim.l Iii.HImIc niih I'rajcr.
.tri-fr.lHoN I'n v, Mo,, July A
question hit recently Ih'cii prenented to
tho depart merit of education that U
likely to crento a breexn throughout th
slate. ' Alsiiit Juno 20, Huperlrileiidoiit
Wolfe received from Hnhool Commis
sioner Kennedy of Phelps county a let
ler In which ho asked: "Has an Insti
tute Imard the right to refuse tooMin
an Institute each morning with prayer
and singing? Aro their powers arbi
trary?" A few days later a letter was rualovod
at tho department from tho prosecut
ing attorney of the county prO)oundlng
the sarno (juostlims. To thosu ques
tions the superintendent replied as
follows:
"In my opinion this is a matter that
should bo left to tho wilt of tho Insti
tute." Within a few days Father McLaugh
lin of lloltu mado lis npearani!u at tho
department and argued that a contrary
opinion should bii given. Fulling In
his effort locharigu the opinion of tho
superlnteiidont tho father returned to
I loll ii last night, declaring that tho
opening of tho Institutes by prayer Is
an Infringement upon tho religious
liberty of those Catholics who may bo
In attendance, lfo disputes tho state
ment that ft 1 a question alone for tho
Institute to settle and threatens to have
tho conductor of tho institute, arid fill
others engaged in carrying Hon, on-,
Joined from opening with prayor and
singing, Jfo also says that ho does not
believe It will bo possible In this land
of liberty that tho courts will rooognl,0
and coolly sanction rtn InfHngvmfCftt'
ujion the religious llborty of oofisclcricfl,
IlINffOI UOMCl'M TAf.KN.
Writes a Letter to the HI. I,ul
He
Amcrlkn ( pen the Hlliiatlori.
Tho following letter from Bishop
Bonooiirn, which appeared In tho Awr
ika, tho St, Louis organ of tho Gorman
Catholic church, will bo rood with
decided Interest by the peoplo of this
city, As will bo seen, It directly con
tradicts some of tho statements that
have liecn made and makes some
charges of u highly sensational charac
ter. '
Hut read what tho bishop has to say.
L!W;ot;N, Neb,, Juno 2, flo pleased
to Inform my friends In St. IjoijIs that
there Is not a word of truth In thosu
dispatches from Omaha,
Tho charges published In those dis
patches aro a base calumny from be
ginning to end.
To give some conceptions of tho
whole affair, I will state that of tho
nine names affixed Ut tho petition to
Mgr, Hatolll flvn are forged, a Is
proved by the affidavit of tho clergy
men now on fllo In tho asitollc dele
gation at Washington, I need scarcely
remind you that no respectable clergy
man of this diocese would ever dream
of bringing charges against mo, It Is
false to say a truce has been agreed
upon and that tho case Is to bo abjudi
cated later on by filshop flennessy of
Dubiniuc, nor Is It true that I have
signed any demands of the clergy, as
those who know me know that f would
notdo anything to stultify myself, Tho
case has Iwen finally settled by tho
riHiHtoile delegate himself, who de
manded of the three or four petitioners
that they make ample asilogy to mo,
Thomasi Hona' UM,
Hlshop of Lincoln,
Iteilgfoii In Nrlieol 1'elltlcs.
Mknominkr, Mich,, July 12. Kx-
cltemont prevailed last night over tho
election of two member of tho Isaird of
education, Tho Catholics had organ
ized a canvass for votes and the opposi
tion met them half way. The Turner
os-rn House, whero ttio election was
being held, was packed all tho after
noon and evening with men and women
clamoring to vote. Several jH-rsonal
collisions occurred during tho vote,
which Is fully 3,000. Tho whole place
Is at a fever heat, and a factional out
break Is strongly threatened,
Orumre Certificate.
Orangemen in Nebraska, Iowa, Mis
souri, Kansas and Colorado who have
no certificate and can prove them
selves may ls assisted In this mutter
by calling on or addressing, with
stamps, tho organizer, at 112 Sheely
Block. A system of International cor
respondence is being NM'feetod. In
writing give name and number of lodge,
or district or grand jurisdiction.
M. L. ZiXiK,
Organizer.