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THE AMERICAN 5 WHO ARE The Deadly Parallel Shows That The Roman Catho lics of Kansas City, Kansas, Have no Grounds For Complaint The conmittees of the different lioiuau Catholic congrega tions of Kansas .City, Kas., met last Sunday and the following resolutions were unanimously adopted. As an answer to their complaint, we print 6ide by side with their resolutions the sayings and teachings of the leaders of their church in reference to the public schools. "Whereas, We, citizens of the United Suites, have been persecuted for the last two years in this city beyond en durance by the A. P. A.'s in every form and shape, they having brougnt to this place the vilest lecturers male and female for that purpose; 4 "Whereas, The A. P. A.'s. by their horrible oath, have banished from this city all the former haimony, unity and neighborly love, setting one neighbor against the other, and making a laugh ing stock of the words Chrlstian charity;' "Whereas, This fiendish persecution has been inflicted upon us for no wicked deed or treasonable act on our part, but simply and purely for the sake of our religion, though so sacredly guaranteed in the great constitution of the United States and of this state; "Whereas, We, Catholic citizens, have especially and principally been denounced as vandals and destroyers of our public schools, when In truth not a single word or act of that nature can be placed at our doors; but, on the con trary, we find from the records of our county treasurer that we Catholics have during the past thirty years paid over $200,000 in cash to uphold, help and foster them, and all this without any murmur or complaint never de manding any service or equivalent for this enormous amount of our taxes, and never having been allowed, exceptonce in thirty years, a representative on our school board; "Whereas, This unbearable persecu tion so un-American Is perpetrated against us, not by the common people, but by the officers of the city princi pally by the school board and its lead- , ers (servants of the public, supported by the taxes of all); therefore be it "Resolved, That we claim, as citizens and taxpayers of this city, the right and privilege to turn in and demand room for all our Catholic children (Over 1,000 in number) in spite of the present crowded condition and limited means and in spite of the fact that this, our right and privilege, will reduce the present school session to a session of five months for all public schools in the consolidated city: and be it further more "Resolved, That we, Catholic citi zens, having placed these facts openly before the public, shall look hereafter upon any man or woman local or lav ported who dares to represent Catho lics as enemies and destroyers of the public school, as as infamous liar and knave too ignorant and too vicious for any civilized christian community; and be it furthermore "Resolved, That we take steps to bring the action of our present school board to the notice of the county and leave our cause to the judgment of every just and righteous citizen. "The Standing Committee or Cath olic Citizens." THE AMERICAN SALOON Subversive of the Principles and Purity of the Social Autonomy. There are those who think it is very chic for Americans to tipple. But fin-de-siecU Americans cannot consist ently and safely patronize the saloon. Drinking habits tend dustward. They are of the earth earthly. They gen erate, foster and encourage lubricity and libidlnousness. Saloon associates neither engender patriotic sentiment nor stimulate American ideas, albeit some good Americans occasionally enter saloons. American saloonkeepers, as a class have no patriotism; as a rule, they care nothing for simon-pure Americanism. Most saloonkeepers in America are alien and antagonistic in their ambitions, aims and purposes. They are foreigners; they are a mere excrescence upon the American body social. Some of the heaviest contrib utors to Roman Catholic funds are saloonkeepers. If all American Prot estants and all American non-Romanists were to withdraw their support from saloons, a great step would be taken toward toppling over the vast edifice of ecclesiasticism which foreign and alien clerics have reared in the midst of us. We, as a nation, cannot successfully stem the tide of offensive foreignism unless the power of the sa loon In politics and in society is broken. It is through the American saloon that aliens accomplish most of their drastic, despicable and dark designs. The Amer ican saloon in politics is one of the most momentous questions which can engage the attention of the thoughtful and the patriotic. No patriotic American ought to patronize saloons. It Is the duty of every American to boycott the saloonkeeper. If each member of the American Protective Association would resolve that not one cent of his money THE LIARS Education, outside of the control of the Catholic church, U a damnable heresy. Vvpt l'ius, IX. Education must be controlled by Catholic authorities, even to war and bloodshed. Catholic World. Protestantism has not, and never can have any rights where Catholicity is triumphant. Catholic lit view. The public schools have produced nothing but a Godless generation of thieves and blackguards-2' iest Schuur. Religious liberty is merely endured until the opposite can be carried into effect without peril to the Catholic world. Bishop O'Connor. "We are purely and 6inply Catho lics, and profess an unreserved allegi ance to the church, which takes prece dence of, and gives rule to, our allegi ance to the state." Catholic World. "The state has no right to educate; and when the state undertakes the work of educating, it is usurping the power of the church. "Bishop Mctjiiaid. "Catholic votes should be cast solidly for the democracy at the next election. It is the only possible hope to break down the school system." Tokdo Cath olic Review. "It will be a glorious day for the Catholics of this country when under the blows of justice and morality our school system will be shattered to pieces. Until then modern paganism will triumph." Cincinnati Catholic Tckqraph. The time is not far away when the Roman Catholic church of the republic of the United Slates, at the order of the pope, will refuse to pay their school tax, and will send bullets to the breasts of government agents rather than pay It It will come quickly as the click of a trigger, and will be obeyed, of course, as comlrg from God Almighty Himself. Mgr. Capel. We are Catholics first and citizens next. Bishop Oilmore. "The Roman Catholics of the United States owe no allegiance to any prta ciple of the government, which is con' demned by the church or pope." Tablet. I would as soon administer sacrament to a dog as to Catholics who send their children to public schools. Father Walker. . "I frankly confess that the Catholics stand before this country as the ene mies of the public schools." Father Phelan of St. Louis. Rev. J. Hogan, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "That the sacraments are to be refused to Catholics unworthy of the name, who in the education of their children patronize the public schools." Judges of Faith, page 103. "Let the. public school system go to where it came from the Devil." Free man's Journal. should ever be spent in any saloon, offensive foreignism would receive hftokset from which It could not re cover. If every A. P. A. man in Amer lea will practice total abstinence from all intoxicating liquors, that or ganization will be a far more powerful engine of progression, patriotism, lib erty and enlightenment than it is now, Liquor and lubricity cannot be the handmaids of liberty. The downfall of the saloon will precede the enthrone' ment of perfect patriotism in this land It is Impossible for saloonkeepers to be sovereign American citizens. Their interests and their intentions are sub versive of the principles of purity and the integrity of the social autonomy, They cannot ally themselves with the ego-altruistic. Ego-altruism is thi chief component of exalted patriotism, An ego-altruist is one who both loves self and others upholds a society be cause he himself is a constituent ele ment of it. To love his people is to love the ego. The American saloon' keeper is totally out of harmony with the doctrine and practice of both altru ism and ego-altruism. The saloon the foremost foe of liberty, law, patriot ism and progression known to America. By voluntary total abstinence on the part of every A. P. A. man the order could be made a more formidable op ponent of those powers which are aim' ing to destroy American institutions. Adalbert Beach. The Founder of the A. P. A. Lectures. Bristow, la., Aug. 25 1894 As an nounced Col. II. F. Bowers of Clinton founder of the A. P. A. and state presi dent of Iowa, filled bis engagement and lectured at the opera house at Bristow, la., on Thursday evening. The house was filled to Its utmost capacity, and many were compelled to stand in the isles, and tho hallway was filled to uf focation. Mr. Dowers handled bis subject "(separation of church and state)" in a masterly manner, and pointed out to his hearers the encroach ment of this Roman iollticl organi zation in a manner unknown to them before. The state president was hon ored (if it may be termed an honor) by the presence of Father McKeegan of Allison. It was thought by many his presence would intimidate the eHaker, but it only gave greater force to the lower of the truth and the manner of elivering It Priest Mcheegan left the hall long before the speaker fin ished his cubject, as all of Rome's niln- ionsdo when the ui varnished truth Is being presented. This is the first A. P. A. speech that has ever been given in this community and it is the hope of all true Americans it will not be the last. Freedom. REVIVAL OF KNOWNOTHIXUIS.H. Walter Sims Replies to Richard C Kerens iu the Columns of tue Inter Ocean. Chicago, 111., August 24. In your issue of today is published an Associated ress dispatch voicing the utterances of Richard C. Kerens, member of the re publican national committee for Mis souri, in which that gentleman attacks the American Protective Association As that organization at the present moment can count its adherents in the seventh numerical column, it Is, per haps, both desirable and profitable that the honorable committeeman's utter ances be reviewed and sifted in the light of the truth as to its aims and practices. It is not a difficult thing to make charges; but the proof, that is where the rub comt s in. Mr. Kerens says: ' The A. P. A.'s are a lot of bushwhackers and political sandbaggers. They swing back and forth between parties, and corrupt the ward and city politics of both parties by the use of the organization." Passing over the hard names, I shall endeavor to meet the charge of corrupt ing the ward and city politics of both parties. The adherents of the A. P. A. believe that partisan politics is under mining our constitution and the institu Hons of liberty that are built upon it. They recognize the fact that a foreign and un-American influence, or control power has entered the political field; that this power seeks to dominate all parties to such an extent that the leaders in tbem have for the last de cade and more acknowledged It. The J knowledge that this balance of power In American politics is a masterpiece of foreign ecclesiastical origin does not tend to allay the alarm which the true lovers of popular government cannot longer suppress. The American Protective Association aims to destroy this foreign control power by uniting American citizens In an effort to stay partisan politics from further corrupting our free institutions The principle has so long prevailed among party leaders that the main thing in view is power regardless of how soured. This ambition, treason able alike to the people's rights and to a republican form of government has not only corrupted the great parties but It has placed on sale to the Roman Catholic1 hierarchy the emoluments of the administration. It is folly to at tempt to deny that the great party leaders have in both municipal, state, and national politics been compelled to recognize the Roman Catholic party in politics as the balance of power. This religious party, which has become as conspicuous in every political contest in this country as it has been and still is in many of the European nations, swings from party to party. The party that has the brightest outlook of suc cess and which through its leaders makes its success by promise an object of profit and advantage to the Romaa Catholic church gets the vote. It is becoming more and more evident every day in both ward and city politics, as well as state and national, that while there are many parties, there are only two sides, the American and the foreign or Roman Catholic. The constitution permits the recognition of no state church. What, let me ask. is the ac knowledgement by both parties of the Roman Catholic church as a power in politics if not the recognition of a state church? Regardless of the fact that the chair men of the republican and the demo cratic national committees were both Roman Catholics, Harrison owes his defeat to. the Roman Catholic balance of power. When the influence of that party failed to encompass his defeat In convention at Minneapolis its efforts were turned to defeat him at the polls, Why was this? Simply because he had taken an American stand in connection with the Indian school question. He had endorsed the policy of General Morgan, his Indian commissioner. Harrison was right in the stand he took on that question, but for thus be ginning to draw the line against the churches' encroachments upon the con stitutional limitations of congress he was defeated. As to the A. P. A.s' corrupting ward and city politics, of which they are ac cused, it is only necessary to investi gate the political condition of New York, Chicago, and other large cities under the municipal government con trolled by the Roman Catholic balance of power. Have the A. P. A.'s cor rupted the Tammany elected municl' pality and the Tammany appointed police force of New York, whose revenue, Irom, bribery, runs into mil lions annually? Has this organization of American citizens corrupted the ward politics of Chicago? What power is it that suffers gambling and every other iniquity calculated t corrupt politics and destroy good government to proceed in our large cities in oien dellanee of law? The American Protective Associa tion U not free from the trickery of the unprincipled politicians, but it alms to keep them in their place, and that is out of oflice, where they can neither rob nor betray the pooplo. Neither of the old parties need lie at all troubled for fear of being Identified with the A. P. A.'s. It will not be a very long time until there will bo a great American party. Tho best jhjo- ple of all parties are wailing for It. Walter Sims. hehas;otenou;h. Colonel Kerens Will Nut Carry the A. P. A. Question Further. New York, Aug. 2.1 Richard C. Kerens, member of the republican nat ional committee of Missouri, and whoso attempt to have the Missouri republi can convention, recently new, piaco Itself upon record as opjwsed to tho A. A. failed, Is in the city. To a news paper reporter wno interviewed mm upon the matter, Mr Kerens said that he had no intention of carrying the A. P. A. question before the national com mittee. "The A. P. A.'s" he said "are a lot of bushwhackers political sandbag gers. They swing back and forth be tween parties and corrupt ward and city politics of both parties. My fear is that the attempt of this element, for eign to the party with its pernicious doctrine, to fasten itself to the republi can paitv. will drive away hundreds of thousands of honest votes. Tho move ment is. In fact nothing: more than a revival of the ancient 'Knownothlng' doctrine which, although short-lived, was not without its effect upon our pol itics. The republican party has ever been outspoken upon every public ques tion and has always had the courage of Its convictions. I do not think It will dodge this issue now: "The republican party Is less friendly than any other party to such doctrines and will not fall, in my judgment, to meet this issue, if it can be called such, manfully." LOCKED OUT. Chouteau Hall Closed by Its Owners Against the A. I'. A. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 24, Council No. 46 of the American Protective As sociation which was the first lodge to have its records forcibly taken from its secretary, has been since its organiza tion holding its meetings at Chouteau hall which is owned by the sisters Mc Hale, who live on Page avenue, near Grand. It is claimed that until recently these ladies were unaware of the use that was being made of their hall. Sev era! lodges meet there, and the A. P. A. i eople somehow managed to get use of the hall without attracting the at tention of the o ners. Last week the sisters McHale found out that lodge No. 46 was meeting at Chouteau hall. They made a visit to the neighborhood, and had no difficulty in 'verifying the information. There were plenty of Roman Catholics to en lighten them as to what went on in the Chouteau hall every Tuesday night the A. P. A. lodge's meet ing night. Having satisfied themselves, the la dies ordered the hall locked up, and left the keys with a neighboring gro- cervman. wno Deioags to one oi tne other lodges. Tuesday night the members of lodge No. 46 commenced gathering at the door of Chouteau hall. After a goodly number had collected in front of the hall, somebody thought it was time to go in. The somebody tried the door. It was locked. Everybody was amazed for such a thing had never occurred before. Then amazement gave place to anger, it was then suggested that the door be broken in, but cooler heads prevented this and it was finally de cided that the lodge would select a place of meeting elsewhere. ROMAN BURGLARS. Another A. P. A. Secretary's Home Rob' bed and Records Stolen. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 27. The home of the secretary of A. P. A. council No, 12 was broken into aad the records of the lodge stolen, the police were noti fied, but so far no arrests have been made. This Is the second case of this character which has taken place in St. Louis this month. Prior to this the secretaries of two councils were slugged on the streets at night and the records forcibly taken from them. It is very evident that the Roman Catholics are resorting to every means to obtain a list of the membership of the A. P. A in St Louis, so that the same may be published in The "Watchman the Roman Catholic paper published by Father D, S. Phelan, for the purpose of institut ing a boycott against them. The St Charles A. P. A. council is also without its records as a result of a visit made by unknown partios to its lodge room in the Odd Fellow's hail, several nights ago. Entrance was first effected by means of the keys which the marauder had secured by some means from the janitor of the building It Is said; what Is claimed to be a complete list of the membership Is being freely circulated. The n"Cond entrance was m ado by means of a crow-bar. I he uoor was forced open and the record and para phernalia of the Masonic lodge, which meets in tho samo room, wero ran sacked. The A. P. A. inemlxsrs Bay they will make every effort to discover who the marauders are, and bring them to jus tice. INVITED TO ROME. Cardinal (IIiImhih Called by the Pope to PIwuhh Affairs of the Roniuu Catholic Church In America. Baltimore, Md., August 28. The poe has sent Cardinal Gibbons an autograph letter cordially inviting him to visit Rome. Poihj Loo Is particu larly anxious to consult uon matters of Interest to Catholics in America. The letter of invitation is couched In very affectionate terms and testifies to the high esteem in which the cardinal Is held at the Vatican. Within the past few weeks tho pojw has had many In portant American questions, both per sonul and genoral to consider, among them certain proposals for tho assist ance of Roman Catholic universities In this country, and more particularly of the University at Washington. Bishop Keune, Dr. O'Goruian and tho other distinguished men connected with that institution have been consulted by the pope. But it is not supposed that he would have Invited the cardinal to Rome merely In order to discuss univer sity issues with him. In connection with the cardinal's projected voyage there has been, as was expected, a re vival of Interest in the rumor that Mgr. Satolli's power as apostolic dele gate was to be widened and "that he was to be transferred from control of the propaganda to that of the Vatican." On the face of It, this rumor was inac curate, and to those familiar with the circumstances under which Mgr. Satolll received his appointment, even absurd. Satolli's powers were not conferred upon him by the propaganda, but by tho Vatican direct. It is to the pope and Cardinal Rampolla direct that the apostolic delegate reports, and It Is from them he receives such instruc tions as may bo thought indispensable to the complete dignified fulfillment of bis mission. Until very lately his powers had been regarded as sufficient, The pope has more than once, however, offered to Increase them if necessary, As a matter of delicacy and adminis trative courtesy, the appointment of Satolll to the aimstolic delegateship was unquestionably notified to the pre' feet of the propaganda, Cardinal Led ocfaowski, and as a matter of form it is equally unquestionable that the propa ganda acquiesed more or less cheer fully in the decision of the Vatican, In the gossip which was current in Rome when the delegation was founded, some little soreness was caused at tne propaganda by the appointment. It was quite understood that by investing Mgr. Satolll with authority after (If not before) the department which rules the so-oalled "missionary country" had been consulted, a great, though quiet change had been accomplished in the relations of the church in the United States with Rome. Having, as he evidently had, the power of settling, ex-cathedra, various points formerly reserved for decision of the propaganda, Mgr. Satolll had prepared the way for the transferral of the whole church in the United States from that depart ment to that of the Vatican, or, to be precise again, of the papal secretary of state. As Cardinal Rampolla Invariably acts under the supreme and Immediate di rection of the pope himself, a change of this sort would place the Roman Catho lic clergy in this country In a position somewhat though not very closely analogous to that enjoyed by the clergy In the Roman Catholic states of Europe or South America. It might, wiih jus tice, be interpreted as a compliment to the vitality of Roman Catholicism In the United States, at-.d that It ira plied that, in the view of Rome, the young church in the great west had now outgrown the need of tutelage. The change, moreover, might be re' garded as a step towards the simplifica tion of the system under which the Ro man Catholic clergy and the church at large in the United States have long been governed. As, since the advent of Mgr. Satolli, the propaganda has largely been relieved of its responsi bllity as far as American Roman Cath olicism is concerned, a proclamation of some nature, or a message from the pope to the American hierarchy, may ere long be held necessary. The pres ent state of things is doubtless transl tory, and It Is certainly anomalous. Under existing conditions the Catho lic hierarchy In the United States are normally responsible to the propa ganda, while affectively they are re quired to defer to the rulings of Apos tolic Delegate Mgr. Satolli, whose high prerogatives have been bestowed on him by tho Vatican. In the winter of 13D2 it was openly stated in well-in formed Roman circles that there had been differences between Cardinal llamiKilla and Cardinal Ledochowski of a serious nature, touching the gen oral tendency and drift of the papal policy. The pope himself, It was also said, had Intervened to heal the dls eonsions. Since then the propaganda and the secretary of state are under stood to have looked rather coldly on each other. Cardinal Rampolla it probably much nearer to tho pope a present than Cardinal Ledochowski la questions affecting American Romaa Catholicism. Ho reflects, and inter prets the pope's will, and latterly the (Kintlff has regarded the church in tha United States as his own esoclal charge and Interest The prefect of the propaganda, Car dinal Ledochowski, was famous long before his appointment t bis present office as the most resolute, active and heroic adversary of the "Laws of May." For bis devotion to his cause he suf fered Imprisonment, was removed from his archbishopric in Posen, and alter his release from jail was exiled. For some years he was the trusted friend and guest of the pope at the Vatican. Ills sojourn in that palace was distaste ful to the GcrmannJ&urt. It was, per haps, to the prudmce which inclines the pope to keep out of unnecessary quarrels that ho owed .his transfer to. tho propaganda. Since that event took place it is said that he has largely modified his attitude toward tho Ger man empire. TKVIMJ TO RELEASE A NUN. I'ureuts ofallufliilo (iirl Claim She la 1 tent rained Against Her Will. Buffalo, August 25. Sister Mary Benedict left the Convent of the Good Shepherd Friday, for the first time in six years. The mother suporior of the ordor brought her into the superior court upon a writ of habeas corpus made on the affidavit of Mrs. Louise Hup phen, who alleges that her daughter, who Is known as Sister Mary Benedict, Is restrained thore against her will The girl entered the order in 1888. It Is one of the close convents of the Ro man Catholio church and the inmates are not permitted to see their relatives or to have any communication with the outside world. Sister Mary showed no desire in court Friday to rejoin her parents. No testimony was taken, as the nun was not represented by coun sel, and the case was put ovor until September 4. In the meantime the girl will remain in the convent. Tho application for her release is made on the ground that her parents are poor and very old and are entitled to the assistance of their child and the comfort of her society. It is charged that the nuns have exercised a moral restraint over her by representing to her that she will be forever damned if she violates the vows taken when she entered tho society. He mother avers that she has not been able to communi cate with her daughter because of the restrictions of the order, but feels posi tive that she is not satisfied with her condition and wants to be liberated by the court. She says that since the action was begun the nuns have in fluenced the girl so that she will now represent that she desires to remain with them. Great interest is taken ia the case. The counsel for the petitioner Is ex-Assmblyman Leroy Andrus. A Grand Success. The open meeting held by council No. 265 in Star lodge hall Wednesday last was a remarkable success. At tracted by the splendid programme for which eminent speakers and the choicest musical and elocutional talent had been secured, a large, fine looking crowd had assembled in the pretty hall and had taken up every available spot long before commencement. The guests were royally entertained, and held in the best of spirits up to the midnight hour. A fine lunch with icecream and cake was served in the dinning room, where everybody was presented with & souvenir a napkin in the shape and'' color of the American flag. Every thing was free of charge, liberal mem bers having footed the bills. Many new candidates were secured from the audience during the evening. Trouble Ahead fur Rome. Columuus, Ohio, Aug. 22, Inter views with several of the leading saloon keepers of this city who are members of the Roman Catholic societies indi cate a disposition to ignore the recent anti-liquor pronunclamento of Bishop Watterson. The bishop declared against the violation of Sunday laws, and pro hibited the election of any saloon keepers to office in Roman Catholio societies. Many of the Roman Catholio saloon-keepers of Columbus were em phatic in their denunciation of the bishops action, while others, though less outspoken, were quite as earnest in their criticism of what they call the bishop's interference in private busi ness. Almost all express an intention to act as they please regardless of the bishop or their church. The situation indicates the possibility of a serious schism in the church. Refuses to Be Interviewed. Washington, D. C, Aug. 25. Mgr. Satolli, the papal ablegate, has decided to maintain silence as to the latest statement regarding him that the pope will soon make the ablegate's authority absolute and sovereign and unanswer able only to the pope. Mgr. Satolli has given instructions to those at his residence not to admit reporters or permit any cards of newspaper men to bo taken to him or to Dr. Papi, his private secretary.
