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I'JMENT AM) Nl.'NM (JUARUIX.
Sioux Falls I'nrlxli Torn Up Over ilw
Dissensions find Itlrkcrlngx,
Sioux FAr-iS, H. I)., March 10.
This city, iitul particularly tho Catho
Ho element, I very much stirred up
over tho tanglo which the local jn-IcHt,
Father Nolan, and Mother Superior
Rtanlxlaux of tho parochial school arc
in, Tho trouble dates back to 1881),
and wax at tho beginning of a financial
nuttiro. During tho real estate boom
of that year tho Catholic church hero
purchased cnlonxivu property Interests,
which have Involved the church In
debt and It members In an unpleasant
row, At that time, upon the recom
mendation of lllxhop Marty of this dio
cese and tho mandate of tho Ilalllmoro
convention, a parochial school wan
established here and Mother Stanislaus
of thrsUrsiillrinurdorof nuns and several
sisters of the same order were placed In
charge. At fJ rut nearly all of tho
children of local Catholics were writ to
the school, but later when the expenses
of the school became a hiirden to the
patrons, who hail to pay their propor
tionate share for the support of the
public schools, an effort wan made to
have tho school abolished. This was
tho first visible evidence of the present
trouble.
The sisters, of course, wished the
school continued, an did also Illsbop
Marty. The priest wan among the op
ponent of the school for other than
financial reasons, Mother Htanlslaus
then made an effort to get tho priest ro
moved, and this but widened the breach,
rind the cam) then stood priest and
parish against bishop and sisters.
Finally Father Nolan ordered several
families to take their children out of
tho school, which wax done, Mother
Htarilslnu about thin tlmoentIO to
Father Nolan for church purpose and
it wax rcfuxed, Thux the matter stood
until January 2, when Father Nolan
and tdeven representative memberx of
the church went to the blxhop'x resi
dence, when tho sisters were present,
and preferred charge against their
moral character and conduct, naming
several Instances which they wild were
of perioral notoriety, Mother Stanis
laus denied every allegation and ex
plained every tale, The bishop told
the priest and the men who had come
with him that their chartfc had not
liecn MiHtalned and that the xlxter
should carry on their school ax before,
On February M, from the altar,
Father Nolan denounced the school and
the sisters, Of the latter he said:
"These women, wearing the garb of
holy women, are not such, They are
not competent to teach In any school,
There are some novices there, arid for
them I am very sorry, but the others
are unlit morally to Instruct your
children and I forbid you to send them
to their school."
Mother HtanUlaus inked the bishop
toexoncrato her and compel tho priest
'9tlSHi t Olf'i'MJ
to retract. Tho bishop refused and
Mother Htanlslaus left at unco for
Washington and till tl more, where she
told her story to Mgr. Hutolll and Car
dinal Gibbons, Hhe arrived homo Fri
day with the following, which, she
claims, corrieii from Hatolll; "The Ursa
lino sinters of Hloux Falls, of whom
Mother Htanlslaus is tho superior, are
authorised to continue their private
school and to receive pupils thero n,
providing they have the authorization
of the ordinary, The s'lld school of the
Urxallnes In Kloux Falls is recom
mended to the zeal of the reverend
paxtor ami to the Interest of the faith
ful In general,"
The sisters who claim the archbishop
dlxpatohcd a peremptory order to
Father Nolan, instructing him to with
draw his accusations aiilnxt the char
acter of the nuns, to re-establish the
parochial school and to support ft.
Father Nolan refuxes to comply with
the order until the church authorities
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uttv.; ii-m 1i II IF. l)nt.l Nil niffi I I II' ' I'li'lll ly ,
the parish Ix supporting the priest In
mis matter, it is expected that a
priest from some other diocese will he
sent here soon to make a full survery of
the subject arid report to Archbishop
Hatolll, A meeting will be held to
morrow evening by the members of the
church to decide on what action should
he taken,
MA VH ItOMK III
(Jevcriiinciit I'mployos An Dlxinlxxeit
for Ncctiirhin Ifcaxeris,
Wahiiinuton, I), C. March fl. The
following has Juxt appeared In the
Kmrihitj Nrm of this city. This paper
Ix considered one of tho most conserva
tive of Washington. What Is going t.)
happen? The people are all astonished,
Are the Jesuits losing their grip on the
secular pri'sx?
NKW Yokk, March 5, The Ilev,
Madison 0, I'eterx, during the eoure of
his sermon last night at the Illisimlng
dalo Keformcd church, said: ''Tho
facts I give you now are furnished by
an old resident of Washington, who
knows what lie Is talking ahout, fglve
publicity to these facts not for the pur
pose of stirring up religious bigotry
and awakening partisan feeling, but
only that Americans may know that
Homarilsm here, as in the old world, Is
a political machine and that It will ally
Itself with any party that will further
its interests,
"Itomanlsm has I2,0K),IKI0 worth of
property In the city of Washington,
largely secured In thirty years, two
thlrdsof ((.contributed by Protestant-shy
n systematic begging from govern
ment employes and from government
appropriations. Nuns and sinters of
charity make monthly solicitations for
money, frequently during business
hours, contrary to the plainly posted
rules, If the clerks In tho departments
do not pay money over to the nuns they
lose their positions. Jlomanlsls can
f M 4 MM Inert 4
OMAHA, NKHUA8KA,
A pi'ICAL HT. 1'ATKICK'B DAY I'AKADJC.
get In odvanco tho civil service exami
nation questions.
Protestants dismissed, it Ix a well
known fact of tho clerks dismissed the
Protestants preponderated, whileof tho
new appointments tho majority are
Catholics. A short time ago In the
bureau of printing and engralng
twentV'one promotions were made In
one day, nineteen of which wore Catho
lics. On pay days in the pension
bureau, as the clerks receive their pay,
they file out between two nuns with box
extended. It Is needless to say that tho
commissioner of pensions Is a Itoman
Catholic, so also his first assistant, and
the chairman of the house subcommit
tee on pensions U of the same faith,
"Hlx government clerks, flvo of them
old soldiers, were lately reduced In pay,
ranging from ,'SOO to WM a year, and
their reductions iveri to six other per
sons, tlye of whom were Itoman Catho
lics, In this particular room nine
tenths of tho clerks nro Itomanlsts. A
recent Investigation showed that one-
half of tho I.V) clerks In a certain di
vision of (lie arglcultural deportment
were Jtomunlstx.
"To bo an American seems to be ax
much a dfrqualiflfatb.ri for ofhVo in
Washington ax in New York, In the
land office there Is but one chief of a
division appointed under Harrison who
retains his present position, and he Is
Komanlst. Jri one division In the print
ing office where there are fifty clerks
th ere are forty IComanfxtx. In one
room In the treasury of eight clerks,
four are Ilomanfxls, An old clerk In
tho agricultural deniirtmerit refn.eil
give to tho nuns; he was discharged, !
and this In the land of tho free,"
Peckham's Protestantism killed him,
"It was notorious during (U-n, Jlose
crans' time that the clerks had to pay
money regularly to tho priests and
nuns, Tho court of appeals of tho dis
trict of Columbia, organized this yr ar,
may be said to ho entirely Catholic.
Chief Justice Alvey Is the son of a
Koman Catholic mother; Judge Morris
Is a Jesuit lawyer and Judge H, Hhcp
herd is also Itoman Catholic and a
Komanlst, Hormtor White was ap
pointed to the supremo court-of United
Hiatus, Peck ham whs defeated by
Humanists because of his pronounced
loyally to American Institutions, Do
you wonder that patriots are rising up
all over the land, rising by the millions,
to (nit down the Intermeddling by
foreign allied ecclesiastics with our
home affairs?
"Just a word loyally-ax long as Col.
Own go lillss acts as Archbishop Corrl
gun's adviser and republican leader at
the same time tho republicans of New
York will not vote, Tammany Hall
and the Catholic church .ire one, and
Its legal adviser cannot bo the leader of
republicans." C. Horn.
I'ahl for Praying In a iVitMenthirj.
Dut.UTii, Minn.,
March 7. Fditor
Your correspond
of Thk American:
In i(r4 lti h 4
KlilHAN, M ;t II " i'u, "mH.
ent has Just received a copy of a recent
Issue of tho lnjid Amirlmn In which a
Htillwater correspondent Informs us
that a Homan Catholic priest receives
$f;0 per month to hold semi-monthly
services at that prison,
ity what rinht or power does this
priest gain such authority? Of course
Home has tho greater portion of tho
convicts In the penitentiary. liuteven
allow this she has no right to draw a
salary from tho state lo leach sectarian
doctrines even though it lw In a jail.
The state should begin It economical
work at Htillwater, thereby save Wto a
year on priestly services. We do not
need them, Other denominations, I
understand, send their ministers to
preiK-h to prisoners but they receive no
salary, and why should Home?
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Would Tax ( hurdles,
NKW YOKK, March YL Numerous
reasons were given by Itcv, M, 0,
Peters last nfght In his sermon at the
Hloomlngdale Koformed church why
church property should bo taxed, f
said In part: Tho census of l,!Ki has
reported the alleged value of church
edifices, the lots on which they stand,
and their furnishings as W0,W7,IW,
This does not include the value of pur
soriages, colleges, orphanages, land,
etc,, of which the various churches hold
probably 700,bW,i'H's'i more, (Jeneral
Orant, In his famous message to con
gress In 187,, wax probably not far from
right when b said: "In J!KKi, without
check, It Is safe to say this pro;erty
will reach a sum exceeding ,'f)uO0)0oo,.
(Ml,"
Tho census of I8!K) shows that tho
Catholic estimate of tho value of their
church edifices alone is ! 8,,'!l'J,r!W,
This does not include schools, convent,
real estate, or mercantile property, so
called church projerty, A very care
ful student of the Catholic church In
this country says she ha now -WAbOO,-000
worth of property. Without taxa
tion confiscation will be Inevitable,
Iot Americans take warning by the
fact that certiorated religious wealth
became at one time so great in Knglarid
and In Franco, Italy, Hpain and Houth
Oermany that it crippled their re
sources, paralyzed Industries, arid pro
duced ambitions which were only alle
viated by wholesale confiscation,
Mexico and many of the Kouth
American republics had to seize the
property of tho church. Fo-ir-flftb
of the Protestant clergy and the Pro
teHant people are In favor of the taxa
lion of all church projH-rty, and the
other fifth will be as soon as It gets in
formation on the matter,
itcnjiimln Franklin said; "When a
religion Is good It will support Itself,
and when it cannot support its f i, ml
Cod dis s not care to support it, so lis
profcsxorx are obliged to call for help
from the civil power, I am apprehensive
that it Ix a bail one."
I 'resident Oarfleld said : "The d I vorce
between church and state ought to be
M' . aim t f t.i. ,t ( fy,-,
absolute, If you exempt property of
any church organization you Impose a
tax on tho whole community. With so
much poverty and want In tho com
munity, our magnificent church
edifices, massive building for alleged
charitable purposes on our most valu
able sites, Hie a burlesque on Isith reli
gion and charity. Tax churches and
modest buildings will he erected where
they are most needed, instead of build
ing one great sfructure in a fashion
able quarter, F.xemplion from taxa
tion Is virtually slab' support, arid that
Is contrary to our constitution,"
"-- -Apaism
In Jersey,
TitKNTON, N, J March 7. There
was a lively scene In the house Ibis
morning when Walter' bill providing
for the display of the American (big on
public school houses came up for final
action.
Assemblyman Thompson, who ha1
spoken Sgilnst It yesterday, told the
house that Insidious com mun feat Ions
have been sent to the foreign-born mem
bers ifiiortunlfig them to vote for the
bill. The request came from members
of tho Junior Order of American Me
chanics, who were trying to subvert), lie
right of foreign' born citizens. It was
time such organizations were de
nounced, Assemblyman Walter interrupted
to make the point of order that Thomp
son's remarks were unparliamentary,
hut tho speaker ruled that they were
not,
Thompson went on to say that several
of hi relative hud fought In the wars
of 1812, 1 8-W arid tho rebellion. "Yet
these youngster of the Junior Me
chanic think that I, and other like
me, havo no business to le here, I
want to say that they are striking at
tho foundation of American lilsTty,
The American Mechanlesand memlx-rs
of the A, P. A, should read history and
learn that the Moolch-frlxb and Irish
from the north of Ireland (sire the
brunt of tho battle fn tho dark day of
the revolution when hope was failing."
After i -x pressing hi prido In being of
Irish birth, Thompson said that while
ho revered the American flag, and
would vote for tho bill, he wanted to
express his opinion of the sham patriot
lm and buncombe that has produced
the bill, which wax intended to "put
member on a jsde,"
Assemblyman Walters, in replying
to Thompson, raid ho was proud to fa."
a lie iii'st of the American Mechanic,
"The statements of I he Camdcri mom
Is r about the oigHiiititioii supping the
foundations of government ar a lie on
the face of them, and when he says the
order Is handed together to prevent any
one exercising bis rights he lies again,"
Instantly half a dozen m inU'i- were
on their feet raising tho point of order,
but Speaker Holt apparently could see
nothing wrong and jM-rinitu d Walter
to prwed and tell tho house that ho1
thought tha member unpatriotic who
attacked bis bill,
"I'd "like to ask tho gentleman
question," said Mr, Thompson, "Do
not tho oaths of that organization
practical lyjdcelare that a foreigner has
no rights which tho Mechanics aro
bound to respect?"
f Wider McF.wan raised tho point that
tho discussion was getting beyond
proper hound and Hpoakcr Holt so de
cided. The hill was passed, Harrlgan,
of F,sex, casting the only negative vote,
Mr, Harrlgan says that since the house
will riot do business with the constitu
tional democratic senate he can not
conscientiously vote for any bill.
A I'a t riot lc ,ad).
FaX Hivkh, Mass., March ft.. -In
tho patriotic work I received those cir
culars and have distributed them
among the different orders here and
s nt some to Providence, H, J,, nd
Mime to Michigan to my brother to dis
tribute there, Many thank for send
ing them,
Inclos'd pleas'! find order for ' for
the fund for free speech. Fvery
poron should lie Interested In giving to
this fund and protect tho who will
take their lives In their hands and go
through the country exposing Ifornlsh
hypocrisy and trying to lead the Catho.
lie away from the confessional to the
living Cod,
I will close hoping sovei to site free
speech established everywhere.
Have you received any encourage
ment or money from any of these orders
east,.
Please send mo an honorary member
card, Mim. U, p, H,
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Denies the ( liiirirr,
A Kansas exchange h'cusi the
American Protective Association" of
Is'Ing a sisiiet.y conducted by republi
can politicians for the purpose of lead
ing the public away from considering
the newt important Issues of the day,
Tho editor of that pajx r is "talking
through his hat," The prlnclplesof that
organization are either right or wrong.
H right they ought and will sucrsred.
If wrong they are bound to fall, A
society to protect Americanism In
America Is right, ami wo claim that a
man holding thosa prineipel is good
enough Ut bo cither populist, demo
crat or republican. In fact we believe
that no man has any busbies to Isi a
citizen at ail of these United I'late un
l s he bt-lieves and I ives up to those
pel nc! pies, lU nl) in: Ti ihum. ( I'opii lUl. )
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HATTAN'isiA, Term., masons and
the craft throughout thociuntry mourn
tin; death of Major C-orge Connor
which ooiMrred In that city March (),
101. Hrotlu r Connor had held all the
highest office In all grand lodges and
was tho author of many Masonic works,
and was conceded to lie to the south
what Col. Kdwln A. She-man Is to tho
west the ja'cr of all other Masons In
stlntof Masonic wisdom.
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