The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899, October 26, 1894, Page 2, Image 2
TH AMERICAN A CONCISE STATEMENT Of the A. P. A. And its Origin And Purpose. Hot. J. 1. lluiiii, P. !., Sw. f tho Committed of One llumlrnl Male a Pull t:H-Hiii ortlip Order and JutiuVs It Swm'f. Many xilttloalutmcntUave latvly ftp- red In tho prte In tvjrard to the American ProUftlve AwtHinUoa, com monly know a the "A. 1. A." oag a eccret organisation, any Hron can dofino It a ho choonca. The attack made upon It hy Proa. Sccljo on Tut'- day evening lias again aroused public intervnt In tho organization, method and purpose of thiu body. Tho Ad writer has therefore obtained from lit'?. J. U. Ounn, D. I)., secretary of tho Cominltto of One Hundred, tho fol lowing authorized Interview. Dr. Dunn U In cloee touch with all the patriotic order and la In almost dally corre pondeneo with their leaJor, o that the statement which ho make will Ihj accepted on all sides a an authoritative exposition of the A. P. A. from ono of Its loadlntr aiwkeamon. Said Dr. Dunn yesterday: "lly some critic, it 1 ald to have had It origin In Canada, and brought to thU country by Orangemen, other say It was started In Boston, but a it could not thrive under the shade of Bunker Hill, It wa taken west, and U now brought hack east, while Mr. Dob of tho A. It. U. affirms It wa formed In an oftlee on Wall Btreet, three year ago, by some railroad magnates to break up the labor union. "Now, the truth la, It wa started In Clinton, Iowa, In March, 1S37, by Mr. II. F. Bower, an American, for a few year It made slow progro, but after tho excitement in Boston, In 1888, when a Roman Catholic priest sought to dictate what text-book should be used and what text-books should not be used In tho public schools of Boston, and tho Committee of One Hundred was formed, and some 10,000,000 pages of literature wa published and circulated by the committeo all over the land, the A. P. A. a well a the other patriotic organizations Increased In membership, especially tho former, the growth of which during tho last few years has boon phenomenal. "The American Protective Associa tion, known as the A. P. A., is but ono of several national patriotic organiza tions, each having state and local branches, and all moving along parallel lines. Among the organizations hav ing active vigorous, branches in Massa chusetts may be named tho A. P. A., the British American, the Patriotic Sor.sot America, the United Order of American Mechanics, the Junior Order of American Mechanics and the Orange men. With all these tho Committee of One Hundred 1 in close touch. "While each organization Is Inde pendent and distinct, and employs its own methods, all have for their aim the purification of municipal, state and federal governments, the overthrow of 'ring rule' in politics, by tho election to office of Incorruptible, competent men, which the introduction of the Austral ian ballot now makes possible. "No institution that civilization ever gave birth to ha challenged so much attention, given rise to so much com ment, excited so much opposition, or called forth so much abuse and vituper ation as tho American Protective Asso ciation, and no association is so little understood by the public generally. "The real origin of the association Is to be found in the then condition of af fairs, politically, in the country. Many of the large cities, and even towns and counties, groaned beneath the weight of ring rule and bosslsm. Under estab lished systems of fraud and corruption rings and cliques made money out of public office and used the public as their victim in their schemes of self aggrandizement. Inside these 'rings' revolved other less important 'rings,' ach in its turn corrupt and feeding upon the spoils of office, making legisla tion a costly privilege and reform al most an impossibility. As a result public funds were squandered, public contracts were shamelessly bartered in return for the ring-rule manufactured votes that placed in office too often ig norant men, corrupt In practice, dis solute in character and unprincipled in their dealings. "To make matters worse, it was found on careful investigation that, wi ,h rare exceptions, no man unless bearing the indorsement of Rome could hope to obtain or long retain the emolu ments of office. The Roman machine dominated everything political. On a still further investigation, it was found that the aim of the Roman hierarchy was to bring the United States under the rule of Rome. "l know all this is denied by many adherents of the church of Rome, but facts are stubborn things, and it is a fact that Dr; Brownson in his Catliolic Bevkw said: 'Undoubtedly it is the Intention of the pope to possess this country, and in this intention he Is aided by the Jesuits and all the Catho lic prelates and priests.' And it is a fact that the Roman Catholic hie rarchy, awviubW in Baltimore iu 1'2, Mnt out to the American people this declaration, that the mUion of their church In thl country was to make it Catholic. 'The I'ulUd SUV,' they aiJ, 'mu-t become a Catholic country. It 1 alo a fact that Arch blhhop Ireland, in the I Soman Catholic congrcwi at Baltimore in 10, ex claimed in a burt of enthusiasm, 'Our work I to make America Catholic.' And to aid in carrying out this million of making America Catholic wa the Catholic Truth Sjclety established. To crown all, Pope Leo XIII., in an en cyclical letter issued November, 18H.", say that 'AH Catholic should exert their power to cause the constitutions of state to bo modelled on tho prln clple of tho true church.' "Now, in thl movement of making America Catholic that I, making it what Spain, Portugal, Mexico and Italy were when thoroughly Catholic countries It wa found that the Roman hierarchy had a few year ago made considerable progress. Many of the outpost of Republicanism they had taken. Our largo cities, with few ex ccptlous, they had captured. Amerl can publishers, at their bidding, had in text-book suppressed and prevented tho truths of history. For tho Amerl can cycloKdla they had revised and re written in tho Interest of Rome the his tory of their intrigues and persecutions, and to suit tholr wishes tho publishers of our great dictionary had permitted that work to bo mutilated in it deflnl Hon. With political party leaders the hierarchy had made terms so as to secure grant of land and money and annual subsidies to the extent of mil lion of dollar in New York, and from 1.100,000 to 1400,000 annually by con gress. "With such a condition of affairs, It was surely high time for tho organiza tion of some kind of society, to protect the institutions thus menaced, to pro- servo inviolate our pumtc scuooi (which the Roman hierarchy had in authoritative books and in councils and by pastoral letters denounced as Im moral and godless, as corrupters of youth and seminaries of infidelity) to purify government and break up ring rule in politics, and to this end was the A. P. A. formed. 'The organization Is not a religious order opposed to Romanism as a re ligious order. The American Protec tive Association 1 only, as its namo signifies, an association of men for the secular business of protecting our coun try against encroachments of political Romanism, corrupt politics and what ever dangers may menace the republic. "One of its leading principles is that it shall not Interfere with any man's religion, except his religion interferes with politic or good citizenship, and those who charge the A. P. A. with inciting a religious war make a false charge. Even tho Catholic Western Watchman, published in St, Loul, ad mits this. It says: "Tho present op position to Catholicism is not against the religion of Catholics, but against their political morals, that are a dis grace to their religion.' "The critics of the A. P. A. ought to go to the root of the matter. The average citizen looks with disgust and alarm at the condition of thing in the nation. He knows it is the veriest trash to deny that Roman Catholics in this country have not been claiming and also getting more than they are justly entltlod to in proportion to their population. There is not a large city in the land unless perhaps it is Phila delphiathat is not under bondage to Rome, and where 80 to 90 per cent, of the offices, especially the high-salaried, are not filled by the members of that church. Even Dr, Washington Glad den, who has so bitterly denounced the A. P. A. because of its seeminjr antag onism to Romanism, if he had been honest, could have found plenty of ma terial out of which to frame an indict ment against that church, for he says: For one I con! ess that I cannot look with complacency upon the attitude of some of the Roman Catholics towards the public schools and their attempts to use the municipal machinery for their own purposes, where they have the power are not reassuring.' I have the greatest respect for the personal statements of those Roman Catholic laymen wh j assert that they are loyal to American institutions, and no doubt they mean to be loyal citizens of the republic, and honestly think they are. Yes, I am quite willing to believe that they have no wish to inter fere with the liberties and institutions of America. But it must be borne in mind that they belong to a system in which free agency is impossible. The Vatican claims absolute and supreme authority in all things civil as well as spiritual, and over the consciences of men. In an encyclical issued by Leo XIII. at Rome, January 10, 1S90, Ro man Catholics are enjoined, even in politics, always to serve first the inter ests of Catholicism, and to submit themselves in obedience to the will of the pontiff as to God himself, and that the civil laws are binding on them only so long as they are conformable to the Roman Catholic religion. In that same encyclical the pope says it is a duty to resist all civil laws hostile to anything ordered by the church, and a crime to obey them. These being the facts, Is it not quite certain that what ever hi private or ronal opinion and feeling may e as an American cillen, every gixid Hainan Catholic must upKrt the church as against the state. "Now, no oiie object t Roman Cath ollc taking an active part In po'.ities, if they will do so a American citizens and with a purpose to advance the in U-rest and welfare of the republic. But every honest American doe object, and that most decidedly, to any alien, bo he prince, poio or txjtrntate, nsi dent on the Thame, the Tiber or the Danube, Interfering or dictating in any way with the civil or political affair of the nation, especially to hi assumption of supremacy over the United State and hi claim to direct the duties and fix the limit of the loyalty and aervl tude of a large portion of the American people. "What are the principles a adopted by that organization and set forth in the declaration of It supreme council, and not such principles a its enemies say It hold. Here they are summar ized. Restriction of immigration ex tension of time for naturalization an educational qualification for suffrage- one general, non-sectarian free public school system no public fund or pub lic property for sectarian purposes- taxation of ail property not ownel and controlled by the public the opening to public official inspection of all private schools, convents, monasteries, and places of a reformatory character no support given for any official public jtosltlon to any person who recognizes primal allegiance in civil affairs to any foreign or ecclesiastical power Amerl can lands for American settlers. "What is there un-American about theso principles? Any citizen who Is of good moral character who approves theso principles is oliglble to member ship, retrardless of his place of birth, hi creed, or his party affiliations. What is there prescriptive about this? 'It is charged against the organiza tion that it is a secret society. Sup lose it is. Unless such a society is treasonable or dangerous to the safety and peace of a community by Its prin ciples or method, it has a right to ex ist. There is nothing in law or com mon justice to provent men from com bining in organizations for any definite object and maintaining their meetings, plans and deliberations in secret if they so choose. It Is BomethlDg very notice able that those who rail against the A. P A. because of its secrecy features, have nothing to say about other secret societies, such as the Clan-na-gael, the Ancient Hibernians, the Foresters, the Jesuits, etc. "It is again charged that the A. P. A. requires of its members the taking of oaths never to trade with, nor to employ a Roman Cathrlic. This charge on the authority of those who know I brand as an utter falsehood. In th' ob ligations taken by the members not one word is to be found about trading with or employing Roman Catholics. Nor Is there one word said about not voting for a man because of his religion. Yet the Catholic Review, perhaps the ablest Roman Catholic journal in America, in an editorial November 30, 18!0, (before there was much talk of A. P. A.) said: This is the rule for the Catholic voter in present conditions, where a Catholic candidate is on the ticket and his op ponent Is a non-Catholic, let the Catho lic have the vote, no matter what he represents. "Just as groundless is the charge that the A. P. A. is a wing of the Re publican party. It is neither the wing nor tall of any party. Its members are seeking to place in official positions true and tried loyal Americans who will administer public office for public good. "Thus briefly I have sketchod the origin, principles and aims of the American Protective Association. From this it will be seen how greatly the publlo has bjen deceived by news paper reports, not that the reporters who gathered up the news wilfully sought to deceive their readers, but they themselves had been imposed upon by designing or ignorant men. As far astray from the real facts in the case were some of the reports published as to the causes that created the sur prises of recent elections that threw political schemers and maeh ne party leaders into confusion and upset all their accustomed calculations, and de feated petted candidates and schemes, Further surprises in city, state and na tional elections still await all such, A new era of better things is being ushered In." Chelsea (M&asJAclvertiser, SOT AFFILIATED. Chairman Babcork Repudiates a Circular Sow Being Distributed. Washington, Oct. 17. Chairman Babcock, of the Republican congres' sional campaign committee, today is' sued the following formal statement to the press: I have been today handed what pur ports to be an advance sheet of a docu ment now being printed in this city. It is entitled: "A Bold Appeal to Bigotry Republicans Circulating A. P. A Literature The Congressional Com mittee Doing the Work But Shirking tho Responsibility." The dooument is made up of extracts from newspapers, and is so utterly devoid of truth that it would hardly seem necessary to deny any such tin no of baae falsifications, all of which are false upon their face. I have re(eaUdly slated to the pre that the Republican congresional committee had atteolutely no connection of any kind, either directly or Indirectly, with any secret society, or In fact with any other society; that It has conducted the campaign strictly ujKtn the lines indi cated in the last national platform, realizing that the committee has no authority to make or inject any huos Into it campaign not authorized by it party platform. We have worked steadily on tnl line, and all the litera ture that ha been published or handled by the committee ha been exposed for the public and for the public use in our reception room at the headquarter, 210 Delaware avenue, northeast. No one ha ever been refused any of the documents published by or issued from this committee, and they have all been scattered broadcast over tho land as the committee thought, and still think, in the Interest of good government and protection to all. I desire to say once more that the statements made in this pamphlet, or folder, so far a they seek to connect the congressional committee of the Re publican organization in charge of the campaign with any organization of any kind are absolutely and unqualifiedly false in every particular; that there is not, nor ha there been, any connection, directly or Indirectly, with any organ ization outside of the authorized state, central and district congressional com mittees: nor has this committee handled, mailed, nor asked to be mailed, anv literature of any kind, ex cept that exposed tor public use in its reception rooms. Schools in Sew Mexico. In the bill providing for the admis sion of New Mexico as a state, an amendment was introduced in the house of representatives providing that the English language should be taught in the publ c schools. It was not pro vided nor Intended that no other lan guage should be taught, but this amendment was too strongly American to suit the Democrats of Pennsylrania, Delaware and New Jersey, 60 they put themselves on record as voting solidly against it. The provision in the bill donating public lands for schools, is the most liberal of the kind ever passed by congress, and yet a lot of hide bound Democrats would not consent that the teaching of English be made a compulsory part of the public school curriculum. If this be the Democratic sentiment toward New Mexico, and if it can suc ceed, that territory should not be ad mitted to the union until public opinion has altered. This is an English speak ing country, our laws are printed in English, our court proceedings are con ducted in English, and nearly all the business of the whole country is trans acted in English. If there bo any one thing which the public school children of New Mexico should study, it Is the English language. They may keep up their Spanish, where it is their native tongue, but in any event they should be taught English. The Democratic opposition to this eminently wise and proper amendment must be based upon the belief that Democracy thrives and flourishes best in regions of Ignorance and illiteracy. If the New Mexican school children were to be taught to read the declara tion of independence and the constitu tions of the United States in English, perhaps they would not vote the Demo cratic ticket on coming of age, and if the older ones should read the Chicago platform, and contrast it with the con duct of the present congress, they cer tainly would not. On the whole, we incline to think the Damocrats are right from their point of view, for if they are afraid of any. thing, it is of the diffusion of intelli gence and the acquisition of informa tion regarding the history of this coun try. The longer New Mexico is kept from learning the English language, the longer the Democrats will have a chance to control the politics of the state if it be admitted. San F&rncisco Chronicle. Uniformed Ecclesiastics In the Public Schools. Judge Parker, of Pennsylvania, de cides that nuns may receive certificates as teachers from county superintend ents under their religious names, and may be permitted to teach while wear ing the garb of nuns, that they may permit pupils to address them by the title of "sister," and may call a visiting priest "father." But it enjoins the directors of the Gallitzln public school district from permitting the use of the catechisms of the Roman Catholic church as books of instruction in the said public school building at any time, whothor during school hours or other wise; and from giving or permitting religious sectarian instruction therein at any time; or from using or permit ting the use of public school property for any other than free school pur poses. The decision presumptively was de signed to keep the peace with all parties. It has the aspect of heaging. for it is grossly inconsistent. These nuns by wearing the garb of the order, being called by religious names not given to them by parents or guardians, and being addressed as "sister" the I term as applied to them being the cant (PRICE yy Y MANUAL)' X - ----- - I CUKE --r- - - --4 Ml1 fe -at ves- . 3. a cnQ Complete xposc or the ortHe PRINCIPLES Al OBJECTS AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION (COPYIIIGHTED.) FOR SALE BY AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. language of a sect are both passively and actively recommending and teach ing tho Roman Catholic religion. Suppose that a Baptist teacher in the public schools should wear a garb on which was embroidered in large letters: "I belong to the Baptist church, the only church in Christendom that Is founded on the New Testament, and in harmony with the plain teachings of God's word," and an appeal has been made to the directors to discharge such persons unless they would wear an or dinary raiment; suppose they had re fused, and had it been taken to this court; is there the least reason to be lieve that the decision would not have been in favor of the board of directors? But do not the uniforms worn by these persons and the names they bear em phatically say such things of the Ro man Catholic church as those teachers would be saying of the Baptist collec tion of churches? Now let the apostolic ablegate visit the school and let the nuns prostrate themselves before him and kiss his hand or signet. If they say nothing, of course that will be only their form of politeness. 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