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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1895. .
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HOAR ANSWERED
Congressman Morse Does Not Agree With the
Senator And Rev. Dunn, State President of
the A. P. A. of Massachusetts, Shows
the Order Is a Necessity.
A FEAST OF REASON
Rev. E. H. Dupuy, Rev. Henry Powers and Rev
W. S. Key Think Hoar
Is Wrong.
They
all Grant Extended Interviews to the
Boston Standard, Which We
Reproduce.
Boston Daily Standard.
The Standard representative called
up Congressman Morse yesterday by
telephone, and asked his opinion on
the correspondence in yesterday's pa
pers. The congressman said that his
relations with Senator Hoar for many
years had been pleasant and satisfac
tory. The senator had rendered him
valuable assistance in getting legisla
tion through the senate which con
cerned the welfare of his district. He
had always regarded Senator Hoar as a
wise and far-seeing statesman, second
in ability perhaps to no member of the
United States Senate. His letters and
recent speechee demonstrated the fact
that wise, honest and patriotic men
may take different views of great pub
lic questions.
The congressman said that he did
not belong to the A. P. A., and knew
nothing of Its secret work, but he
heartily endorsed Its advertised pi inot
pies, such as restriction of immigra'
tiou, defense of the free, unsectarian
school against every enemy of every
name and nature, entire divorce of
church and state, and stiffening up the
naturalization laws, and he believed
these principles were endorsed by mill
ions of his countrymen who, like him'
self, did not belong to the A. P. A
"It would Jbardly be allowed," said
the congressman, "that membership In
this or any other secret society would
necessarily unfit a man for good citizen
ship, for-iwho shall say that the Ma
sons, Odd Fellows, Grand Army of the
Republic," Sons of Temperance, and
other secret societies do not embrace
thousands and millions of our best citi-
zens?"
"The advertised principles to which
I referred, and for which I understand
Mr. Evans contends." continued Mr,
Morse. "I believe vitally concern the
welfare and perpetuity of this republic,
and it is high time that state and na-
tional legislation was had along these
lines. The country is crying out loud
and long for radical legislation for the
restriction of undesirable immigration
A wise and far-seeing statesman like
Senator iHoar fmust know, and does
know, that It Is a serious and immedi
ate question as to how far the country
can go in incorporating into its rody
politic the dangerous and hostile ele
ments toa republic that are now being
emptied Ton these shores. I propose
myself to introduce a radical billon
this subiect the first day of the next
session.
"The appropriation of public money
for sectarianschools and institutions is
contrary to the spirit and genius of our
institutions. EI have opposed this use
of the public! money since I have been
a member of Congress, and will con
tlnue to do so, whether It is for Indian
education or any other sectarian pur
pose. Large amounts of money, Sen
ator Hoar knows, have thus been ap
propriated by Congress for many years,
which is'all wrong, especially in view
of the fact that one denomination has
absorbed the lion's share of this appro
priation.
"I only hope,"g concluded the con
gressman, "that future events will dem
onstrate that the fears of my friend
Mr. Evans for the eafety of our institu
tions have no foundation, and I only
hope that future events will justify the
rose-colored view of the situation taken
by my friend' Senator iHoar in his re
cent speechjand his present letter."
Senator Hoar isj a prominent Unita
rian, but that he'does not voice Unita
rian sentiment is evidenced by the
views of well-known.Unitarians printed
below:
To the Questions of our reporter Rev.
Henry Powers, of Chelsea (Unitarian),
dictated the following answers:
Yes, I have read the open letter of
Senator Hoar on the A. P. A., and con
sider it a very weak and misleading
document, Senator Hoar Is an able
and scholarly man, and with regard to
the subjects, political and antiquarian,
to which he has given his careful atten
tion and study, he is an authority; but
evidently he has paid very little atten
tion to the perils and dangers by which
our American institutions are con
fronted at the present time. He does
not seem to be aware that there is a
conspiracy on the part of the hierarchy
of the Roman Catholic church to de
stroy, with the help of weak-kneed
Americans, all that is distinctively just
and liberal in our principles and meth
odsof government, and that great prog
ress has been made already in this di
rection. The proof of this conspiracy
is abundant and conclusive, and it does
not speak very well for the intelligence
of Senator Hoar that he teems to be
ignorant of it.
No; the A. P. A. is not in any respect
the kind of an organization that Sen
ator Hoar describes. It is the political
machinations of the hierarchy of the
Roman Catholic church that it would
protect our country against, and not
the religion that that church repre
sents. It has other purposes, of course
such as the restriction of immigra
tion and the reform of our naturaliza
tion laws; but its great effort is to do
what It can for the preservation of lib
erty and the purification of our politics,
When benator Hoar declared that the
A. P. A. is itself a peril te our liberty
and a menace to our institutions, he is
saying what he knows nothing about.
The A. P. A. was not organized to an
tagonize anybody or anything, but sim
ply to protect our institutions after
they had been most unrighteously and
most savagely attacked. As I am both
a Unitarian and a member of the A. P.
A., I speak with some degree of intelli
gence aud earnestness upon this point.
Yes, the sneers which Senator Hoar
indulged in about the secret element of
the A. P. A.'organization are unworthy
of him. He knows that nothing was
ever yet done successfully in politics or
religion without the help of secrecy.
Secrecy Is the distinctive quality of the
Australian ballot, and secrecy is prac
ticed by Senator Hoar himself when
ever he takes part with his brother
senators In an executive session of the
United States Senate.
No; I do not think this open letter
will hurt the cause which the A. P. A.
is seeking to promote. On the con
trary, it will awaken an Interest in it,
will provoke discussion, and will help
to bring out the truth. The members
of the A. P. A. certainly have no fears
as to the result. Senator Hoar is the
one who ought to fear the damage to
his reputation and the injury to the
Republican party he loves so well which
it will cause."
Rev. W. S. Key, being asked to ex
press his opinion on Senator Hoar's let
ter, said that, as far as he knew any
thing of the principles of the patriotic
orders of this country, he considered
Mr. Hoar's characterization as unnec-
tsarily severe and incorrect. He had
understood that there were several mill
ions of the very best and most sterling
men in the country banded together for
the sole purpose of maintaining the in
tegrity of American institutions against
the aggressions of foreigners, more par
ticularly foreign ecclesiastics.
These men, appreciating the serious
dangers threatening this country
through the aggressive Influence of Ro
man Catholicism, in lu increasing as
pirations after temporal power and po
lilical usurpation, were determined, by
every legitimate means In the ir power,
to thwart the aim and methods of any
religious body which sought to Intro
duce sectarianism into the public insti
tutions of the nation.
As for Senator Hoar's criticism of
the organization knowa as the Ameri
can Protective Association, because It
was a K'cret order, it seemed singular.
seeing that it was generally admitted
mat toe l toman Catholic Uburcn was
the greatest and rooj-t completely secret
organization in existence. If the A. P.
A., or any other secret organization,
bad for its aim ani object the curtail
ing of any man's religious liberty and
freedom, he had been incorrectly In
formed. Political aggression and usur
pation was what these orders sought to
prevent. That was, without doubt, the
simple explanation of the phenomenal
growth the patriotic movement is said
to be enjoying.
"Senator Hoar has expressed a desire
for enlightenment through the columns
of the public press," spoke the reverend
doctor. "I shall not refuse to accom
modate him.
"He atks whether or not the A. P. A.
Is a secret organization. I may reply
by saying it is a secret organization in
the same sense that the Masons, the
Odd Fellows, the Knights Templars, the
Knights of Pythias, the Sons of Tem
perance, the Good Templars are se
cret. Open public meetings are con
stantly held, where its principles and
purposes are fully discussed. Pamphlets
and documents are also publlbhed, and
over a million pages of these have been
circulated during the last few months
in Massachusetts alone.
"Again he Inquires If members of the
A. P. A. retain their alleciance to other
political parties, and if so whether they
agree together upon candidates for
office, or delegates to conventions to
nominate officers, and then go into party
caucuses to support such delegates
agreed upon in secret without cor suit
ing their political breth re-n.
"I answer by asking why the Repub
lican and Democratic parties hold secret
meetings for the discussion of their res
olutions, their candidate and their
plans of campaign?
Granting the A. P. A. is a secret
society, what tnen? Is It necessarily
bad? The evil of a secret society is not
so much in its secrecy as in its deeds
and in the principles It seeks to pro
mote or subvert. Was the selcrecy of
Washington, Franklin and their copa-
trlots in discussing and constructing
the Federal constitution an evil? Did
It disturb the peace of society or hinder
the education of the people in the high
est American citizenship? Do the so-1
cret caucuses of Democrats ar d Republi
cans In Congress engender prejudice
and Intolerance, If held to candidly dis
cuss and agree upon methods of party
action, in adopting needed and benefi
cial measures? or, if held to adopt wise
and skillful tactics to defeat corrupt and
injurious schemes? And for just such
purposes are council meetings held
of the American Protective Associa
tion.
"But why such talk about the secrecy
of this association? There is nothing
in law or common justice to prevent
men from combining in organization
for any definite object and maintaining
their meetings, plans and deliberations
in secret if they so choose. It Is some
thing very noticeable that Senator
Hoar and these who rail against the A.
P. A. because of its secrecy features,
have nothing to fay about other secret
societies, such as the Clan-na Gael, the
Ancient Hibernians, the Foresters, the
Jesuits, etc.
"I have a large acauaintanee with
the members of the association through
out this state and nation, and I have
j et to learn of the first instance when a
member denied his membership, as the
senator intimates.
"The association is not a political party
as is the Republican, Democratic, Pop
ulist or Prohibition. It is, as its name
signifies, an association of men for the
patriotic purposes of purifying munici
pal, state and federal governments, of
overthrowing bosses and 'ring rule' in
politics, by the election to office of In
corruptible men, no matter to what po
litical parties the candidates may be
long. The merits and demerits of can
didates are discussed in the council
chamber, but each member Is left free
to vote as he may please.
"I would Invite Senator Hoar's atten
tion to a fact with which he may be fa
miliar, i. e., it is no uncommon thing for
party leaders to meet In secret and de
cide upon the delegates they shall sup
port in the caucus, as well as the candi
dates to be nominated in convention,
and that, too, without consultation with
the political brethren. Nor Is it an
uncommon thing yea, It is the usual
thing fora few of the leaders to moet
in secret.caucus on the eve of a state '
convention and to plan lor the maulp- neir to emt.lo a R,.m,hh (-mhnilr,
lllut'nn il (Km ..innnt (.... 1 1, a a...u i Tkl ..,. V 1 .
.v u.iuu .us. jui. imro i uriau it an ulier also-
tiling I. cut aud ur.wd tin J the member huod. la the obiipations taken hv ih
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nave noimng to say; ana what Is doue members not one word U to tie found
r-y siaie political leaders In alo done about trading with or emulovlmr lto-
on vue eve 01 a national convention. U man Catholics. Nor In thr ... o!
all this bo true, It den s not become the said about not voting for man boeause
Honorable senator to fling stones at the of his religion. Yet the Catholic Ro
American Protective Association while!
he lives In a glass house.
"As tothe claim that the Catholic la
ity in general enjoy absolute independ
ence of the pope or the clergy in all
secular matters, It is enough to remind
the senator of the encyclical isued byj
Pope Loo XIII, at Rome, Jan. 10, KK),
which reads in part:
- a ne taws or me statu are in open
contradiction with the divine law If
they command anything prejudicial to
view, perhaps the ablest Roman Cath
olio journtl in America, in an editorial
Nov. 30, Ifi'.HI (before there was much
talk of A. P. A.), said: 'This U the rule
for the Catholic -voter In present con
ditions: Where a Catbollo candidate
Is on the ticket and bis opponent Is a
non Catholic, let the Cathollo have the
vote, no matter what he represent.'
One of its leading principles Is that it
shall not Interfere with any man's re
Uglon, except his religion interferes
the church, or are hot-tile to the duties w'tn lHtlcs or good citizenship, and
Imposed by religion, or violate in the
person of the supreme pontiff the au
thority of Jesus Christ; then indeed It
Is a duty to resist them and a crime to
obey them a crime fraught with injury
to the state itself."
This means in plain Anglo-Saxon
that when any law Is passed or any ac
tion taken by any government which
the proper Romanist authority deems
'prejudicial' to the Interests of the
church, or affecting 'the person of tho
supreme pontiff,' resistance becomes a
duty. And this, mark you, Is not the
teaching of nildebrand and of tho mid
dle ages, but of Leo the XIII. and the
nineteenth century. And what Loo
here indicates as possible has happened.
Popes have declared the laws of nations
null and void, and absolved Romanists
from allegiance to such governments.
those who charge the A. P. A. with In
citing a religious war make a false
charge. Even the Cathollo Western
Wa'.chman, published in St. Louis, ad
mits this. Itsays: 'The present oppo
sition to Catholicism is not against the
religion of Catholics, but against their
political morals, that are a disgrace to
their religion.' "
The following letter was written by
Mr. Evans as an answer to Senator
Hoar's effusion:
Boston, Aug. 13. Editor Standard:
Please publish the following In order to
let your readers and the public In gen
eral know the Impression which Sona-
tor Hoar's yesterday's declaration In
answer t) ray former queries has made
upon mo:
v hen tho senator says I want to go
into a cell to declare mv nrinei riles.
"Again, he says there Is required of and that I want to join an association
every Roman Catholic 'perfect submis
sion and obedience of will to the church
and the sovereign pontiff, as to God
hlmfelf.'
"Vicar-General Preston, of New
York, while on the witness stand In one
of the courts In that city a few years
ago, when asked If Roman Catholics
whose members are ashamed to confess
that they do belong to It, he is as far
from the truth as it Is possible for any
body to bj.
As 1 tela Senator Hoar, I am not a
member of tho A. P. A. But if I were.
I should not ba at all ashamed to own
It. I am a Republican, and have been
mustobey their bishops, whether right from my toy hood, or ever since that
or wrong, replied 'Yes.' This excited party started in 185(1. Previously to
ami zement in the court, and the ques- that, from tho time I was 11 years old,
tion was repeated, and again Monslgnor I wbs a disciple of Henry Clav and
PlA.tnn B wa twtnnA I T V. . . .. . 1 I . . ! 1 TlT 1 . . .
iucjr musk uuey, .uiinioi weosier. Ana l have never
rlghtor wrong,' and thissame eminent been in the habit of refraining at any
premie, in a s rmon preacned in New time or under any legitimate circura
xorKJan. I, 1P88, gave utterance to stances from expressing my views
.u.u.u. w.u.. So long ago as 1854 I was known as
- ,Jwry word Leo .peaks from his an Abolitionist, although, as I have
oi ine noiy BaidiIwa8ln W8lhy with the old
r ,1 i.T T 'very Whig party. About that time, 1854, or
T wT. .v . . r wer a "wide-awake" I was honored
not within the province of the church, with brickbats, fired by some of the
uu ... vmy junsuic apostlos of Romanized
nem it umners oi iann, iou say: 1
will receive my faith from the pontiff,
but I will not receive my ixlltics from
him.' This assertion is disloyal atd
untruthful. You must not
think as you choose; you must think as
Catholics. The man who says: 'I will
take my faith from Peter, but I will not
take my politics from Peter,' Is not a
true Catholic. The church teaches
that the supreme pontiff must be
obeyed, because be is the vicar of the
Lord Christ speaks through him."
"Now the senator takes exception to
these words which occur In the third
article of the A. P. A principles: 'op
posed to tho holding of offices in the
national, state or municipal govern
ment by any subject or supporter of
such ecclesiastical power.' It is re
markablo that this is practically the
declaration made by the Massachusetts
Bill of Rights.
"The principles of the Massachusetts
American Protective Association may
be thus summarized:
Restriction of immigration exten
sion or time for naturalization an ed
ucational qualification for suffrage
one general, non-sectarian free public
school system no public funds or pub
lic property for sectarian purposes
taxation of all property not owned and
controlled by the public the opening
Democracy in
the city of Brooklyn.
So far from desiring to meet in a cel
lar, I am very glad to be able to express
my sentiments through the medium of
the press. And so far from the order
known as the A. P. A. desiring "to go
into a dark cellar and curse at them
through the gratings of the windows,"
the leading council of that organization
has the pleasure of meeting in one of
the largest, best ventilated and lighted
halls in the city of Boston. I refer to
Odd Fellows' Hall, which is much more
inviting and cheerful than is Music
Hall.
I should like to atk Senator Hoar,
who refers In his letter to me to that
grand commander, Gen. Grant, as hav
iogsald: "Phil Sheridan was able to
command any number of men in a cam
paign over territory that any two powers
in Europe could cover with their two
armies," whether he supposes that,
when Gun. Grant was planning his
Vicksburg campaign, he sect word to
the commanding general at Vicksburg
just what he proposed to do, how many
men he had in his army, just what
point he was going to attack, etc.?
Or, when Gen. Sherman was plan
ning with Gen. Grant his march from
Atlanta to the sea, that he sent special
word to the conimandinir generals of
to public official inspection of all pri- the rebel armies just what couisehe
vate schools, convents, monasteries and was SoiS to take from Atlanta to
places of a reformatory character no Savannah?
support given for any official public po- Or, when Gen. Grant was Investing
sition to any person who recognizes Richmond, that he sent word to Gen.
primal allegiance in civil affairs to any kee tna be proposed that morning to
foreign or ecclesiastical power Ameri- move upon his right flank, etc.?
can lands for American settlers. I have alwavs supposed that each
"What la there un-American about army endeavored to guard its course
these principles-' Any citizon who is from the other with great secrecy.
of good moral character who approves Now, we are engaged not in a war of
these principles is eligible to member- bullets, but one of ballots. And it
ship, regardless of his place of birth, strikes mo that we are equally at lib
his creed or his party affiliations, erty to formulate our plans and modes
What is there proscriptive about this? of action, and to nominate whom we
Ihe last Is a sufficient answer to the see fit to office, and to suggest nomlna-
charge of Know-nothlnglsm.
"Gen. Philip H. Sheridan was a true,
loyal and brave American, of whom the
nation is proud. As to his daughter
being qualified to teach school, I know
of nothing in her father's religion to
have disqualified her for such a position.
"Is that satisfactory tothe honorable
senator?
"Concluding, 'the American Protec
tive Association requires of its members
he taking of oaths never to trade with
tions without advising
advance.
And If we can by
our enemies in
any legitimate
means defeat the cunning of the foe
with whom we have to contend and
we are contending with a power the
most crafty and unscrupulous in ex
istence, I mean the Romanized and saloon-subsidized
Democracy, it is our
sacred duty to do so.
When the time for action comes I be
lieve in speaking the truth and tiring
our shot hot acd heavy against tho
common enemy.
We have only to go back to 18i0 to
see who we.ro the men who succeeded
In that diBislrous campaign. The three
Republican members of Congress re
elected from what might to called
doubtful districts were Joneph II.
Walker, Henry Cabol Lodge and
Elijah A. Morse.
Those three men were the only three,
so fur as I remember, that took occa
sion at all times and under all circum
stances, at homo and on the stump, to
stand up unswervingly for three things:
First, protection to American Indus
trier, second, protection to our publio
schools aga!nnt Roman or any other
issuo, against Romanized aggression;
and third, protection to our homes
against the saloon.
History repeats lUolf. Every time
that the old Whig party compromised
and yielded on the slavery question It
was doomed to defeat. It was only
when it came out and was true to con
science that it was sicoessful.
When the Republican party Is afraid
of the truth, afraid to Sx:ak the truth,
or tries to hide th truth, or makes an
attempt to bid for the vote of the sa
loon or for Roman hierarchy, it will bo
doomed to defeat that It will deserve.
T. C. Evans.
Bh(k:kton, Aug. 13. Among the
patriotic leaders of Brockton, nono is
more oulsiKikon than Rev. E. n.
Dupuy, the popular pastor of the
Franklin M. E. church, Montello. Mr.
Dupuy, speaking of Senator Hoar's
letter, said to the Standard reporter:
"I have carefully perused Senator
Hoar's letter In today's St ivdurd. As
a reply to Mr. Evans li Is most evasive
and worthless. Poetic effusion may
serve the purpose of the writer, but
they leave the facts unanswered, and
thousands of men in Massachusetts are
today able to discern the difference.
Two of his most amatlng 'questions'
prompt this letter. 'Do you understand
that any considerable number of Cath
ollo laymen In this country accept the
Interpretation which you put upon the
fifteen articles which you quote as
principles of the Roman Cathollo
church?' Yes. 'Is It not true that
that Interpretation is absolutely re
jected by the Catholic 4uity In general,
and that they affirm for themselves as
absolute Independence of the tope or
clergy In all secular matters as you or
I claim for ourselves In regard to Prot
estant clergymen?' No. And Senator
Hoar knows it, too, and I can defend
my position at length If required to do
so. tiut the next question caps the
climsx: 'Are not Italy and France, two
Catholic countries, today as absolutely
free from any temporal powor or influ
ence of the pope or tho Catholic clergy
as is Massachusetts?' That Is a very
safe question. I do not know but that
France Is about as free from pupal in
fluence and control as has been our
loved Massachusetts for a number of
years past. Let Boston answer. But
to reply to the question directly. Why
is France comparatively free from papal
control and Influence today? Because
France has learned a terrible lesson,
and she fears nothing so much as she
does the intriguing priests and schem-
ng Jesuits. Clericalism 1b a watch
word in France, the one thing most
to bo guarded against. True it is that
France Is comparatively free from papal
control because, although a Cathollo
country, she will not allow the priests
and emissaries of the pope the liberties
they enjoy in Protefrtant America. Sho
knows better, and wo will know better
some time.
"And, so far as Italy is concerned,
what released Italy from papal power
and control? The vlc'orle-us arm'esof
1870, when the papal troops marched
out and the soldiers of Victor Emmanuel
took possession of Rome; and does not
the pope sit now a 'prisoner' (?) in the
Vatican because they took his kingdom
from him? Yes, Rome is quite free
from papal Influence and control. Does
Sanuor Hoar know why, now? And if
America is to bo saved from papal
domination it will simply be because of
our eternal vigilance. On his throne
in the Vatican, that magnificent palace,
surrounded with all the splendor of a .
pagan court, sits the representative on
earth of Him who said, 'The foxes have
holes and the birds of the air have
nests, but the Son of Man hath not
where to lay his head'; and there, as
the visible successor of Him who said,
'My kingdom is not of this world,' sits
the pope of Rome, claiming dominion
over all the kingdoms of the earth and
over every potentate, prince and ruler.
Tho claims of the papacy and the con
stitution of the United States are In
compatible. One or the other must
surrender. The question is, Which?
"For the information of your con
temporaries, I might say, I am not an
Orangeman, neither came I from the
Provinces, but was born In this country,
as were my fathers before me.
"We pray for the regeneration or tho
resignation of Senator Hear,"