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l iil tin m, 1iltoi y would i i. m.Iiiiim tin
Nmi ul Mm luit'ii'M ef iiiMi have itiHiit
from Mu Kmhiii of Mial rniiivh, Tin J
1I toil Uh'H llimtptiil. Til' ,V llVi
Inline-mi , till) pn.'tttlg fli'ltli'lit,
Tin1 prou tlng I'liMiifiil pretlmnliiaw
lisUy lit Muni, France, with InT W.'
per tt. of Catholic, I protecting
against Ml Interference of If"' hier
archy. Hi, t, U CittiiulU Mexico,
Tin-mi cotinlrlo will int -rmlt the
Koman hierarchy to do Milnw which
Miry irr rinllU'd to do In tin1 United
Slnt. of America. hiuil applaii
Thin vlcsr-gpnerat In No York ilo
dared that when the ihi sakl ex
cathedra lin l Infallible. Whatever
ho say cannot 1st altered. In fact, If
Leo XIII. got Into tlii Hon' don hi
own word could not tsi changed to (fi t
lilm out again. Laughter ) Ami th I
infallible voleo Mak 1 ticoiiy liont
Mexico Bin! Franco and tho United
State. It Iiuh hi i n null tluil politics
ha nothing to do with tho church
that politic 1 not a matter of faith.
That U riot tho Human Idea. Tho Uo
man lh a In to havu ono man do tho
thinking for tho rest. Applause.
There would Iki no need of democrat or
republicans provided thoy would all
think ait I do. All I would havu to do
would ho to Imagine that 1 wan presi
dent and that would settle It. I,aiiK li
ter, J Hut thin vlcar-gcncral goes
farther, and impeaches tho man who
says that ho will take hit faith from
Peter, but not hi politics. Dr. Bol
linger, of whom I spoko boforo, dis
puted Infallibility at tho Vatican coun
cil. Ho laid: 'That decree raises the
pope above all authority aliovo kings
and governments, Kvery Catholic will
be dependent on his power. It destroys
virtually tho alloflanoo of every ltoman
Catholic to tho government under
which ho lives, unless It conform to
tho idea of Homo.
Tho speaker then quoted largely
from Catholic publications, proving
that tho doctrine of Infallibility end
the temporal sovereignty of tho pope
are universally accepted by Catholic.
From tho AnwHatn Nevrn of Juno 7,
1803, ho cited tho following: "Tho
popo is a prince whoso word Is law to
Bioro people In tho world today than
any other government's or kingdom.
Tho temporal power of the holy father
ii not a myth, therefore, If we desire a
representative at Washington wo have
a right to It." Now this Is tho utter
ance of a paper published In tho city of
Now York, In America, under tho
tars and stripes! "Wo have a right
to It!" We-who Is this "We," who
has a right to it? A representHive of
t part simply, of tho voting phalanx of
the American peoplo that claim a right
not only to bo citizens of this country,
but to bo subject of a foreign country,
that Is having a representative in that
foreign country to tako caroof them In
this, their own land. (Applauso.) Why,
my friends, It Is ono of tho most Imper
tinent and absurd claims over made by
man, claiming to have tho rights and
privilege of American citizenship.
Now this causes another thought:
"Can a man servo two masters' (A
voice, 'No') "No," he cannot, and thatils
the trouble with the democratic govern
ment, tho administration has been try
ing to serve two masters. (Applause,)
I speak feelingly for rny own party.
(Laughter, Tho great difficulty with
the party Is not that they are without
good Ideas of government, but tho
party was oloeiod U) power by the Ho
rn an Catholic balance of power in
American politics, and tho pope holds
a certain controlling Influence, on the
one hand and the American people on
the other, and I really do feel sorry for
Orovor. Laughter. In all probability
If we only undorstorsl the matter I
believe he goes fishing to drown his
sorrow, Henewod laughter, Hols an
American and a Methodist by profes
sion and by practice a Hornan Catholic,
The administration Is without any
definite American fooling or policy,
Whom did Orovor first summon to
council after election? Cardinal Gib
bons, And later a letter apjiearcd from
Grover U tho u and that letter was
signed "your obedient servant."
Laughter and hisses, While I have
respect for tho president of tho United
State I have no resjiect for tho man
who makes submission to any foreign
power," Loud applauso,
Now, my friends, while I have res
fiect for tho president of the United
Btatos, and always will have and must
have to be a good American citizen, I
Lave no respect for tho man who sub
mits that office, prostitutes it to the
allegiance of any foreign power and
that while under the stars and stripes,
(I Amu continued applauso and yells,)
Hut I must not give all tho bud things
U) tho side of tho democratic party. In
JHH',1, my friends you understand that
I want to find republicans that will for
get they have been republicans and
democrat who will forget they have
been democrots, we want only united
Americans, (AppIuiiMO,) In J MM, at a
celebrated council tho council of Hai
ti more upon a certain stated occasion,
with tho (sipe's Imitation throne high
In the aMMiidancy on tho platform, and
all tho other paraphernalia at band,
Uh Hn si l him It I'lttHy amvm
ptiitfutr, ll.tiM'niMo I. ii;m ii
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t(M"ti IIH'II 'lt Ifl'lll Mill llnlllKll
fuMinllii pUMorin, a nmti Iih
innm.t nl,i but admir, Arthbllii'i
In'lrtiul, a Viry eiiluind Irlsliman, a
hiin hit has Ihvii long t iimi h In thl
tiurtuy to low Isith Mh' bn'gut' ami Mt
tfnu'ii, (Laughter I Thai msit iniit
tluit platform, In tint pitwinv if Uu
pti ulili'iit nf Mu t'lilted Hull's, and tin'
iiii'iiiU i-nof llnrlilnri,i'i'ir'iititivin,
sensliM-d, ami ol)ur lilgit ulllcUls, nis.l.'
rvitifti kt wlih h I lisik Uhhi, my friends,
as MvaHiitfthlti In tln'lr meaning, ami
lie was not reltuktHl, lie said U lie'
Itmiian Catholli': "ltoman CatholU'
laynti'ii, go to your humus with thai
I'liiliuhliiHin you liKvn t.hown Ih io, nml
say to your neighbors, say Ut Jour fel
low mi-mlters of the church that Ihere
l a new mission for laymen in these
United NtaUm " I would remark that
that new iiiUhIoii was to subjugate MiU
great nation to church illcUktorshlp,
that means to bring our Institutions
Into agreement with the Institutions
promulgated tly a foreign Miwur; itwai,
my friends, to carry out tho promises
which tho bishop has made to the Kipn
when vUltlng Home, when he had de
clared that "In ton years wo will lay
America at your feet!" My friends,
nevor In ten thouxand years, they will
never lay America at their feet, (Loud
Applause.) I believe, rather, that In
tho great providence of that God who
bestows wisdom upon senators and legis
lators, in tho providence of that great
God who was with tho heroes in Valley
Forgo as they wended their way down
to their winter quarters leaving blood
In their tracks in tho snow and ice, 1
boliovo that that God, who was with
that congress and gave to us that
glorious Hag and the constitution which
it represents, and tho Institutions grow
ing out of It, that that God has decreed
that our beloved country shall never bo
laid at tho feet of tho pope or any other
foreign jKitentato or power. (Long
Applauso.)
An article published In tho April lk
view In 181"), a Hornan Catholic paper,
puts tho question very simply and very
logically. Tho statement is made that
this country rightfully belongs to tho
church, and that God wilts It and so
Archbishop Ireland remarked: "God
wills it," and so it has lioon coming
d wn to us that God wills tho ontrol of
till 4 country by tho Hope. The Uullith
Ik World, a magazine of authority in
that church, distinctly point ut this
country as tho promised land, and that
this promised land must bo taken pos
session of, and being taken possession of
It will bring forth tho milk and honey
tho church requires for her ease, rich
ness and power,
Tho American Neum In tho city of
New York has enunciated and .holds
what I cull treasonous utterances. It
gives an account of tho preaching of a
I'aullst Father somewhere In tho west,
who declared that this country right
fully belong to the church, because
Christopher Columbus, who discovered
it was a ltoman Catholic, Laughter),
and that tho Hornan Catholic church Is
the only ckurch that bas endeavored to
suppress Intemperance Voices, "Uh,
Oh," and that ere long she would pos
sess and rule It, and until then It would
not bo "Tho land of tho free and the
homo of the brave." Tho editor says
In a note at the bottom of tho article:
"Well, is not all that true? Wo en
dorse every word of it." Ills guilty
conscience then touched his pen and he
says: "Hhall we, too, bo accused of
aiding rebellion? If so, wo say with
I'atrlck Henry, 'if this bo treason you
can make the most of It', " and ever
since I have been making tho most of
it, Applause. In a certain confer
ence held In the city of New York In
1851, after an apjteal had been made by
the Hon, Darcy Magee, a Canadian
politician on behalf of the Irishmen of
this country, co-religionists. He made
an appeal in which bo urged that an
organization should be formed to re
move the Irish to the West, and give
them farms and an opportunity to grow
up and advance Laughter. A soon
as this announcement was made the
Co) lego of the Hornan Catholic church
convened a council to consider (no
doubt, this matter), and they did con
sider It, and they camo to tho conclus
ion that tho holy father desired to use
tho Irish ltoman Catholics in the large
cities, and that he had a purpose in
their being colonized In the large cit
ies. The eminent divine, Magee, at
that time made a speech, and here are
certain passages which I will read, and
ask you, as an American grand Jury,
whether by outward observations you
do not believe tho bishop was almost a
prophet, for every word of his utter
ances have been fulfilled with a few ex
ceptions: "We are determined to take
Hisession of tho United Btates and
rule them, but wo cannot do that with
out acting secretly and with tho great
est wisdom; wo shall at last redeem
them, and for tho last forty years le
gions of secret societies havo sprung
into existence. If our plans arc known,
they will surely bo defeated, Tho vote
of a poor journeyman is of as much
weight as that of an Astor, and when
wo havo two votes to his ono, then ho is
but an oyster in our bands." Laugh-
let' atwl i'i lltsi l Mi' ii sut
ClilvAgii tut "! r I tli"
Vw i lmtt.l l tifcl! 1 1 I do Hoi
Hindi' Mint, tvmwtk lt i il 1 1 m t hi
CKk'.i, t. i im' li gff-al liii( Iw Mu1
Aini i I siiliu nf t lili kn A Inn.
siil I l II. tn tit it t!l jimr t iin. i
111 l r Mu' i'nU ' Itchi'tutnl," ,
i.Ummi nd "Ann "
I III hml fui Mier: "I m t ml our
sr but faithful Irlfh t 'itMmlli'o from
ewry twtter tf Mi hmIiI," tvt jmi
Milnk Uiey did it? (A ile "Thej
a iv all heiv," laughter ) Tliey are
all lu re, I Is'lbno, While tUtwii mhiMi
I hsw Jnnt (niiii fiiuii Hit' south, l'
IngUm, Ky.- lfliiil Umt mouh Ii lU
men livi been found lit our southern
eltltm loflll allof the uflliv, (Laughter)
but tho onthein js-tiple, my friend,
are awakening to the fad that they be
lieve Il WOlllll IHI Hll for III pill till OlIllVR
In the ham! of gissl, true Americans,
who are true Ut our Institution. (Ap
plauoe,) Hut let us t'ontlnuc: "And gather
them out of the very heart of these
great t'ltmli ls. The Yankee's aro foot
ing no alarm In New York, Chicago,
ilosUm, HulTalo, Kl Louis and oilier
cities, yet In all these cltim American
Instruct their agents. Iot no one
awaken Mils sleep, let them dreiim
their sweet dreams a little while
longer, and then we will turn thorn for
ever from every position of honor,
power and prollt. Immediately thoo
Godless sons of Puritan fathers shall
not havo a single judge, not a single
IKilicemun," (Laughter), "or senator,
no presldeut will be elected if not a
deputy of the Hornan Catholic faith.
What a sad llguro th sc poor I'rotes
tant Yankees will cut when wo not only
elect the president but wilt fill tho
armies" allow mo to stato to you sadly
that they control tho armies of tho
United States today "as well as tho
navies of tho world and tho keys of tho
treasury." Ah, it is tho keys they havo
been after.
In speaking of tho military condition
of our country, perhaps it has occurod
to you, as It has to mo, what have these
armed organizations come into exist
ence for, why, tho members of tho
church carry arms and havu been
placed in tho church? Why should the
armed organizations, tho Hibernians,
tho Clan-ria-Gaols, and others bo per
mitted with their banners to enter into
American Hornan Catholic churches
while "Old Glory" must come off, or
otherwise go don before the collln can
enter tho church?
Let mo direct your attention to what
took place In your own city of Uloom
Ir.gton last year. Tho church was
opened tiy Hlsliop Kpauidlng, and on
Sunday morning ho wus escorted by
KXl Hibernian HihVs and received a
military salute;, .they entered the
church and slacked their arms and the
servlc- proceeded, Who do you sup
pose was present? Vlco-I 'resident
Stevenson of the United States, and
family, (Muses ) After the dedicatory
services were over, tho vice-president
was called uKin to speak, and ho did,
and lauded that church to the sky fo"
what she had done and was doing, and
while that church had arms placed for
some purpose in tho aisles, which, to
tho vioe-presldont, should havo been
sulliclent to warrant an act of treason
against our government, (Applause)
but bo failed to rebuke tho sight that
met his eyes.
Now I come to a letter of Leo XIII.,
and an encyclical letter, from which I
will quote. I sent to the old country
and got tho book, "Tho Dublin Ho
view," you will see the cover is green,
(Laughter), it contains in the latin also
a translation of the encyclical written
by Loo XIII. on tho flrt day of Novem
ber, 1885, The first chapter of this en
cyclical begins by stating that "The
state Is bound to have a public re
ligion." Now when we tako into con
sideration the teaching of tho Hornan
Catholic church in which she declare
that 1'rotostantlsm Is In hopeless disso
lution, (So say Hlshop Ireland), "That
IVoUistitntltm is a crime, that Protes
tantism Is a heresy and U accounted
more dangerous than immorality and
licentiousness, for tho church teaches
that "l'rotcstantlsm Is a relxdllon in
triumph" when she so proclaims we
begin to appreciate the fact that when
she sjieaks of religion, she has only one
religion in view and that Is tho papal,
Tho church is independent and above
the state, and always exorcises this
rightful authority; she Is given by
God, to protect her Independence, f
civil princedom, Chapter three says,
"Authority Is from Cod," Wo do not
repudiate this statement, but claim
that tho manifestations of that author
ity should differ from tho view of I'0
XllL, who believe tho authority of
God (Mines down through ono man,
while our in-lief of tho authority of Cud
is that it comes down through sixty
five millions of people. (Applause),
In chapter three ho says, "Mob sov
elgnty Is legitimatized rebellion," Then
my friends, wo are a legitimatized re
bellion according to Itmno and bo seeks
to remodel this rcbell Ion though I
will say this to you, that our represen
tatives havo not been tho representa
tives of tho people as they should have
been. They should hold ofllce as the
servants and not as tho masters of the
great American people Applause,
Again, "Freedom of thought and of
sjicocb Is not true liberty; to mako the
church subject to tho stato is unjust to
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LF.O .i. HICIIAMDSON,
the church and Injurious to Mie state."
Now, in chapter live, wo have "A
Catholic iiniNt conform his Judgment,
especially to med"rn liberty, to the pro
nouncement of the Holy See, A Cath
olic takes part in civil iidiiiinlitratlon
In order to bring the church forward."
So tho pope go - on, "We exhort"
which means "command" "all Catho
lics who would devote themselves to
public matters to take part In all mu
nicipal alTalrs, and elections, and fur
ther the lntenst of the church In all
public services, meetings and gather
ings. All Catholics must mako them
selves felt as an active element In dally
political life; they must penetrate a
far as Mmsiblo In mat tors of stato." So
tho pojH! has Isien ordering tho people
to enter the political arena in order
that they may serve tho holy father,
and bo on guard to protect tho church
against American institutions and gov
ernment. And that Is why thoro are
so many Hornan Catholics In office to
day, because they havo been Instructed
that that is tho most pious duty, to en
ter Into tint political life of a statu and
nation in order to further the church,
Again, "All Catholics should do all
In their power to cause tho constitu
tions to be mo'lolivl afier the true
hureh." I low do you like that,? How
do you like the idea that ltoman Cath
ollcs are placi d In olll :e to change our
constitutions, in order to remod 1 tho
constitution, In order to place the
church In a posl'lm where she will
have what she claim, and that the
church Is not only co-iqual but superior
even to tho ttto
Again, "It Is notallowahle to disobey
tho church In public matters even
though the p-rson maybe In private
life a good Human Catholic." I krow
Mils letter declares they should tie non
partisan, but entln ly subject to the
church; it is for tho church that they
are to be organizedand ho says
further: "It would bo bettor, Instead
of miming It '- tlio party ho means
"to call it 'The programme,'" So wo
havo a Hornan Catholic "Programme,"
and that programme, Tho American
Protective Association are going to
overthrow, Loud Applause,
"To decide when resistance Is need
ful Is tho prerogative of tho holy see,
Tho doctrine that the sovereignty re
sides In tho people Is a false, a damned
doctrine," Why do we require any
further language In proof that the Hu
man pontiff Is absolutely opposed to
that for which bravo Lincoln sacrificed
his life, tho constitution and tho liber
ties of the people'"' She socks by every
means to destroy the constitution She
has entered Into a conflict with the
public school, hojauso the public school
In America Is tho safeguard of tho
American constitution, loud applause,
Interrupted by a voice shouting, 'right
you are') and tho declaration of inde
pendence states, that all men are born
free and equal. Suppose we take away
that great public school stem, and wo
adopt the Homlsh theory, welch theory
Is that but few should he educated and
the masses left In Ignorance, so that
they shall bo In a fit condition and
ready to obey, and do not desire to )m
anything, no not even ambitious for
their own welfare or anything but that
iif tho church,
Hegardlng offices wo aro now so
equally divided that we can afford to do
tho fair thing, bo American; we aro
not looking for tho ofllces, for the
American people can make a great deal
more money outside of public ofllce than
In it, as a general thing, if they want
to do It, and bo honest too. Applause,
"That's right."
I shall spend a few moments In di
recting your attention to tha encyclical
letter written by Leo XIII. January
loth, 18',N), because It all leads on tho
same lino, and that lino Is tho conduct
and tho control of tho Hornan Catholic
peoplo In this country. Ho says,
"Cases may hapjtcn In which tho citi
zen, Is called upon by the civil law to
do ono tiling, and by the church, the
law of Cod to do another; under such
circumstances, it is an Impious thing to
repudiate the voice of Jesus Christ In
tho utterances of his vicar, his supremo
Mintlff." Thus wo seo it is an Impious
thing to repudiate tho authorities of
1
President of Council No, !X
the church; It Is a crime In el icy tin
civil law, and a duty to resist it when
not in conformity with the pronounce
ment of the holy see, Tills Is treason
against our constitution that stand In
bold utterances, plautli.g the seed of
rebellion In the hearts of tho Humiin
Catholics who tire our fellow citizens,
and associated In common Interest
along with us, lie says, furthermore,
In regaid to polities, wh'eh aro In
separately hound up with morality and
religious duty: "Men should servo, In
tho llrst place, as far as possible, the
Interest of the Hornan church; when
they aro In danger all differences should
cease between Hornan Catholics." You
know the reason why Grover Cleveland
was elected over Henjamln Harrison
perhaps you know tiio reason why tho
veto osctlates between tho parties llko
women will on the vessel that begins
to roll ono way and tho other they run
to tiio opposite side, then tho rolling
continues, and tiio running continues
they all rolled to tho democratic side
at tho last general election by order of
tho church, because Henjamln Harri
son gave utlormico to word which did
not please them In regard to tho hj
prlatlon of money for tho Indian
schools of tho Homun Catholic church,
Homo votes for what thine is in it.
( ApplaiHO.) If, therefore, she ciin havo
both sides of the political teeter, ar
ranged, balanced, so that when there
Is an election tho republicans will win,
or tiio democrats may win, "Now,"
she says, "It Is a serious chance as to
which Is going to win," "I havo not re
ceived," says tho holy father, "any
communication from Christ a to which
party will win." (Laughter.) Ho says,
"There aro between you republican
Human Catholic on tho r -publican
sldo. and you democratic. Hornan Cath
olic on that side" and there are quite
a host on that democratic sldo "If tho
republicans win, tie out with the trum
pet and throw up your hats, and say
We did It,' ' and he adds, "Then when
it comes to tho apsilntment of olllcers,
wo wl 1 havo attention paid to us." For
that reason Henjamln Harrison ap
pointed Pat Fgan to Chill, which was
In a struggle for liberty to free herself,
and they could not understand why a
great republic like America, a Protes
tant nation, claiming rights divine,
should send a man to enter into plots
and conspiracy with their enemies, to
support a papist people in their
struggles, And furthermore, when
Satolllcamo to this country, who sent
ono of our men of war to meet blm, and
methlrnas ho camo Into the harbor?
It was tho government of tho United
States under tho control of Henjamln
Harrison, tho republican, Hut Jeffer
son Davis was tho only president who
received from that great church a
special letter of roc ignition. Tho posj
addressed him as "Hon. Jefferson
Davis, President of tho Confederate
Stales of America.'- No such letter
camo for Lincoln; ho got his letter
afterwards In tho shape of a bullet cast
In a Jesuit mould. (Applause.) I be
lieve, my friends, that that terrible act
that robbed a nation of ono of her
brightest heroes, ono of her brightest
stars, has not been forgotten. (Voices,
"No, no,") Wo rememtsir him, and wo
aro going to avenge and punish that
foreign institution for that act of tier
conspiracy, for wo charge Homo and
her confederates with tho assassination
of President Lincoln, (Loud Applause)
Hut the charge itself would fall to tho
ground boforo an Intelligent Jury unless
we had some evidence upon which to
base our accusation. John Wilkes
1 tooth, was a ltoman Catholic, tho
scapula, a Hornan Catholic emblem was
taken from his breast, and Is now In tho
Judge Advocate's ofllce at Washington
that is, if the Human Catholics havu
not stolen it. His other co-conspirator
were also Human Catholics, with
one or two exceptions. Madam Sur
ratt's house was where the Jesuit
Priest were congregated continually.
Surratt escaped ho went to Hornan
Catholic (Juoloc, whore H5 per cent of
the Mpulatlon is Hornan Catholic and
where ho was being guarded by a holy
father. When Surratt could no longer
be concealed in Quebec he llod to Houo
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Mit Influenc Miiiniiifibtj hum a
J, iill m.ii otniMit btig, Mtiiiti'h imMt
ili'tiisiiiln hi onviiUim, Appiati.
Now, 1 Iimi tm nittn aigraih
iu Mien I ton through, and 1 tit )m
to rvitioitilier I hoi' pargrph lvuin
Mny am very iWp ami nlgnlAVanl.
In effect, Mm NiMt say, lie lia Ut
"niiler and rvnulnie Mm action of
clirNiUn cllUcti In regard to their
eternal salvation. " ThlI call a liver
age tiMiti the Minute of salvation, Ut
rule Urn Kottmn Cut holies Into Miolr
maniti r of voting. Unsays, "vole as
the ipi say or hell and damnation is
your Kirtlon," Tin puK sny, "The
Human pontiff I an lnsplri.il ruler ami
t he church require allegiance to him
a to GnI himself." That Is very
strong when wo shall say, "How shall
we voU, holy father, as wo would ay
to (Joil, Till Is one of tho reason
why the Homun Catholic hierarchy can
hand over tho voters as In bulk. This
robs the Individual of thalrtisponsllill
Ity and rights which belong to him as
a caster of the sovereign ballot. And
now what Is our responsibility my
friends?
There Is a flag (grasps tho stars and
strlsis that represents our institutions
and our constitution; a Hag which we
love and which Homo has condemned,
and which sho dues condemn, for sh
condemns tho ballot tsix, and, In that
encyclical, says tho people ought not to
vote, but If tho people must vote, lot
tho church control the people's vote,
Sho doc not boliovo in mobmiracy she
does not boliovo In Institutions where
tho peoplo aro tho sovereign power so
ttio popo says in that encyclical.
Another encyclical goes on to stato
that tho Mason lo fraternity must bo
fought, as tho organization Is opposed
to tho progress of tho church. Tho
pope points out that certain eminent
Protestant have como over to tho
church, and exhorts all others to come
over, and awaken outof their lethargy,
Now If they havo not boon awakened In
Wisconsin, I want to know It. Ap
plause. If they havo got to lie aroused
to further effort In Chicago, you want
to know It. Applause.
And now wo aro going to our homes
tuulght and aro going to remember
Mint those homes aro due, In their pro
tection and In their progressive civili
zation, to that old ling that represents
tho glories of tiio republic such as the
world has never seen. (Loud applause.)
All those colors In that llag have their
meaning. Next fall we will give tho
Human Catholic hierarchy the stripes
(laughter and anplaiiHe) and then, with
the star spangled leinner above our
bends, with the stars shining out we
will see the blue, represent In1 the love
that bind us tog 't her In common hu
manity and touching that there aro two
living' principles In the world: one tho
fatherhood of God; tho other, the
brotherhood of man. As we Iook Into
that fluid of 1)1 tie we shall ever have In
mind those two principle bound to
gether wltli forty four stars, each star
shining forth In It on irdeismdenee.
eomlngllng wltn every other star, and
forming one great., pure, and righteous
federal trovernuu-nt,
Tills is our duty, a duty wo owe to the
Hag, And then there I another duty
that wn owe. that wo shall place that
flag alsivo ail other llau In the United
States, and ttiat no American llag shall '
bo taken from it flag staff to alio v tho
representative ll ig of any other peoplo
In tho world to go before It. (Deafen
ing apulauso, long continued. A man
in tho gallery snouts, "three cheers
for tho (lag," aid they are given with
a will.)
I am not a prophet, nor a son of a
prophet,
little pr
In l I am going to iiihko a
ittte prophecy, and I am willing to
sink out of sight with It or to rise with
It, J believe wo aro corning to aeon
Uist. I hellove the contest will bo one
of the most victorious In the annals of
history-It must bo. I trust It will ho
fought on tho moral platform. 1 trust
there will bo no more powder burned,
hut that It will he fought through the
moral effect and exf-rclso of an Intelli
gent franchise, ami that wo shall grow
Into a prosperous, progressive and ad
vanclng civilized nation. (Applause.)
An original p nm entitled "Tako
Care Ist you Fall," written by Mr.
Isaac A. Pool, was read by Mr. II. A.
Sullivan, an ex-mninbur of tho order of
tho Holy Cross, formerly a Uiacher In
St. Columhklll's parochial .school,
Tim chairman lh n made further re
marks, which were both interesting
and instructive, receiving repeated aie
plauso, and then Introduced Mrs Carrie
Oostdyk, of Detroit, supremo president
of the Woman's A. P. A. of tho world,
who Kiko brlelty a fo lows:
Mr. Chairman, ladles and Gentle
men: I deem It a tfreat privilege U)
stand hero In my capacity and repre
sent my branch of tills noble organiza
tion, and 1 want to toll you this after
nism that wo are not going to do in this
great question as Prof. Sim says is tho
naturo of womankind, go to the wrong
side of tho boat and alternate continu
ally, and keep It working and tipping.
(Applause and laughter ) You, my
friends the gentlemen aro aboard
tho ship of state Just let mo ask you to
throw out to u tho gang plank of the
electlvo franchise and wo will como
over and help you. (Applause.) Wo
promise you that wo will stand In tho
conUtr of tho ship, (.Applause, a voice
"Amen,") not on either side, niir
change our jMisltlons, and that flic will
ride all tho storms that are around
her, safe Into tho harbor, where liberty,
patriotism and loyalty reigns both to
God and man. (Uud Applauso.)
