THE AMERICAN.
ANOTHER FIELD DAY.
The Pope Is Losing his Crip on
the United States Treasury.
The I'atrwUc Order IVnrlnr U Ik
rrt- Imw1 la lM-ra--Jr-nit
Kale Ike Matt-Mat f a
Jesuit lrirl la Fall I'wataatf
Placed la tke 1. h.
(aplUl.
After a long discussion on the Indian
Appropriation Bill in which much
Warning waif i'ril lo deti'rruinlng what
shall be the L-jral efftct of a white man
marrying an Indian woman, a white
woman marrying an Indian man, and
the status of th.lr children, the clerk
read the following:
sitport of scuoout.
For support of Indian day and indus
trial achojla, and for other educa
tional purposes, not hereinafter pro
vided for, including pay of architect
and draftsman, to be employed In the
ottlee of the Oommiloaer of Indian
Affair, ll.tiVxti, of which amount
the secretary of the Interior may, in
hl discretion, use tVi,uM for the educa
tion of Indiant in Alaska: JnWd,
That the aecretary of the Interior thai!
maae contract, but only with present
contract schools, for the education of
Indian pupil during the fiscal year
ending June 30, l!tf7, to an ex tent not
exceeding 00 per cent of the amount so
used for the fiscal year 1SU5: 1'rw'UUil,
That the foregoing shall not apply to
publL school of any Mtato, territory,
county or city, or to schools herein or
hereinafter specifically provided for.
Mr. Linton. Mr. Chairman, I move
to strike out the last word, and desire
to say In this connection that It will be
impossible for me to conclude my re
marks within the five minutes allowed
by the rule, and I therefore ask an ex
tension of time. I will desire to oocupy
some fifteen or twenty minutes, but will
conclude as soon as passible.
This seams to be a technical motion,
made aololy to entitle the mover to
speak.
Mr. Chairman, a little less than two
years ago, from this samo place, i said
It was time to call a halt In the expen
diture of the nation's money toward
any eccUrUi Institution. Since then
a great change has taken place In this
class of legislation. No longer do you
see the schools of St. Boniface, the
Holy Family, or St. Ignatius specifi
cally provided for by congress, and
even the so called charities of the Dis
trict of Columbia, under sectarian con
trol, and for which our whole people
have been taxed, thereby becoming un
willing contributors to a taxation with
out representation, have been swept
from legislative bills.
r This has been brought about by an
outraged, indignant publlo sentiment,
created by the knowledge that congress
has for years, contrary to puUlo policy,
contrary to the principles of good gov
ernment, and In direct contravention of
the constitution, appropriated vast
sums of money that have been devoted
to sectarian purposes- Every member
upon the floor at this moment ii aware
of the fact that the pending bill carries
In round numbers a quarter of a million
dollars, every penny of which will go
Into the coffers of one church to be used
for the education of 4.000 children in
schools where creed, and one creed
only, U taught. I will not, and have
never attacked or abused any religion
or creed, and will endeavor to refrain,
in my own remarks, from even men
tioning the name of any sect, but 1 be
lieve this whole religious controversy
should be forever eliminated from the
arena of politics, and the only way to
bring it about is to absolutely divorce
church and Hate, as inOnded by the
founders of our government, and stop
here and now pandering to any church
Influence or demand by ceasing at once
making this class of appropriations.
As stated by a well-known senator
during the debate upon this bill last
session:
It is a very serious matter. It con
cerns the rights of the American peo
ple so far as the appropriation ef tnelr
money is concerned. I do not believe
the congress of the United States can
long stand upon the ground we occupy
to-day. There is alieady a gathering
storm in this country against this mat
ter of appropriating money for sec
tarian purposes. That storm may
break before a great while upon the
congress and the people of the United
States.
The storm prophesied by the senator
did break in many places during the
last campaign, and men whose faces
have been familiar here for many years
are now resting quietly by their tire
Bides, wishing they had voted upon
this question in accordance with the
constitution of their country, in obedi
ence to the dictates of their own con
sciences, and according to the desires
of almost their entire constituencies.
Then they might have escaped the
storm of indignation and the flood of
ballots which overcame them. The
storm of 1894, however, was a xephyr
and the flood a rlvmet compared with
what is impending if congress persists
in its mad course of voting hundreds of
thousands of dollars to one church in
bills which if passed become Jaws re
specting an establishment of religion
(directly prohibited by the United
States constitution); but they go fur
ther than that, and actually force pxr,
ignorant children under that establish'
stent of religion and pay the bills for
thalr religious education. But my
good frU-nd from New York will sty
the children will be thrown out of
school 1 we do not provtda for them.
Not so. I wish to cava the clerk read
a United Press dispatch of this date.
The clerk read m follows:
COIXKCTI0X8 FOR CATHOLIC IXMAN
MISSION'S.
I'UILADNM'HIA, February 23. In all
the ICm.n Catholic rburvhea of this
dlocom eoilectlm were taken up for
the mission work anion? the negroes
and lodlans in the L' nlt.nl Slates.
Similar collections were taken in other
uio.-e.es a the result of an appeal re
cently issued to the blho and arch
bishop by the commission camp aed of
Cardinal Olbbons, Archbishop Kyan, of
this city, and Archbishop Kaln, of St.
Louis.
The rich and powerful church which
has these children In charge will not
discontinue teaching its crejd because
the government refuses longer to pay
for it any more than the same church
would abandon the big university It
has established almost within a stone's
throw of the capltol because It cannot
secure government aid.
II omit the tables here exhibited.
from which he deduced the following:
It will thus be seen that as the nut
ter now stands the government of the
United States takes from the public
treasury the sura of .103,000 to aid one
religious body In carrying on its mis
sionary work among the Indians, while
It gives practically nothing to any
other.
It Is worthy of noting in this connec
tion that at the last session of congress
a clause was inserted in tiie inaian
Bill prohibiting the secretary of tho
Interior from making any new con
tracts, and restricting him to a sum
not to exceed 80 per cent of the con
tracts of the previous years, and direct
ing that "The government shall, as
early as practicable, make provision
for the education of Indian children In
government schools."
It thus appears that the Indian con
tract school system has, after mature
deliberation and much publlo discus
sion, been repudiated practically by all
the churches except one. Second, that
the entire policy has been condemned
by act of congress.
I hope that the present congress will
abolish at once the entire system,
which Is so antagonistic to the spirit of
the constitution, repugnant to public
opinion, and which has been heretofore
productive of so much bitterness, and
wbloh has in it the possibility of so
many evils In the future. I may be
called an extremist upon this question,
but I know that I am In the tight and
that tho American people are with me.
On the 15th of June, 1376, the Re
publican National Convention de
clared; "The publlo school system of
tho United States is the bulwark of the
American republic With a view to
Its security and permanonce, we recom
mend an amendment to the constitu
tion of the Unt'ed States forbidding
the application of any publlo funds or
propsrty for the benefit of any schools
or Institutions under sectarian control."
Republicans, can you vote for this ap
propriation after having made this
party pledgo?
The Democratic national platform at
St. Louis, June 28, IS16, declared:
We do here reaffirm our faith In the
total separation of church and state for
the sake alike of civil and religious
freedom
And referred to
the publlo schools, which the Demo
cratlo party hag cherished from their
foundation and resoivea to maintain,
lthout prejudice or preference for any
class, seot or creed, and without larges
ses from the treasury to any.
Democrats, will you vote largesses to
a creed, after declaring In party con
vention assembled that you would not
do so? I know of the pressure that is
being brought to bear upon members,
and the lobby that has been at work.
I wish to have read at this time an As
sociated Press dispatch published in
papers throughout the country.
The clerk read as follows:
FIRST OP ITS KIND PERE MAR
QUETTE'S STATUE TO HE PLACED IN
THE CAPITOL.
Washington, February 21. The
unveiling of Pere Marquette's statue in
statuary hall, at the capltol, which
111 occur soon, will be tne nrst in
stance of the placing of a memorial to a
churchman in the capltol. The statue
is belli? put in position. Father Mar-
3uette is represented in the garb of the
esuits, standing with a map in his left
hand, the right grasping his robe.
It is expected the unveiling exercises
will be attended by Cardinal Satolli,
Cardinal Gibbons and the French and
Italian ambassadors, together with a
number of high dignitaries of the
Catholio church.
MR. Linton. I presume that Father
Stephan, who labors so assiduously
here for the schools of his church,
thinks it a fitting time when at this
very moment in statuary hall, in the
room of the capltol dearest to our peo
ple owing to the associations of great
names connected with It, there is being
uncovered this marble statue, clothed
In the cowl and gown of a Jesuit; with
crucifix, rosary, beads and other para
phernalia of his church, Btandlng with
map in one hand, the other grasping
his robe the whole figure, including
pedestal, upon which is engraved
scenes of church triumph and Jesuitical
letters, "S. J.," is of an ecclesiastical
character alone; in fact so much so
that devotees of that society have
stopped in front of it, placed as it is in
the main corridor of the capltol, to
make the sign of their creed, causing a
member of the house, who may panic!
pat la this debate, to say that:
The interior has beea transformed.
and now the only thing necessary to
glv the capltol the appearance of a
complete cathedral I to change the ex
terior but sligbtly by removing tne
Goddess of Liberty from the dome and
substituting a figure ot St. Peter.
And this statue of a zealous prleit,
who never knew the meaning of the
precious ward liberty, and never
heard the name or even dreamed of the
great state he is supposed to represent,
has this day been placed, and we are in
formed 1 to remain, next to and tower
log a bore the marble form of a states
man, the martyred Lincoln, standing
just beneath with troubled face and
bowed bead, but the stroke of whose
ien freed 4,003,000 slaves; and, at we
are Informed In the extract jjst read,
the unveiling exercises of this, the first
and only statue of a churchman in the
capitol, will be a '.tend el by that "emi
nent Amricai," (?) Cardinal Satolli,
and other high dignitaries of his
church this, I say, Father Stephan
may consider a fitting tlmo for con
great to present the schools of his faith
with a quarter of a mil ion dollars, but
do not; neither do I believe this
house la in a temper to do It, and I
therefore ask the adoption of the
amendment I offer, which will prevent
such a misappropriation of public
moneys.
Theclerk read the amendment offered
by Mr. Linton, as follows:
On page 49, after the word "Alaska."
in line 8, insert: "And it is hereby de
clared that it it the intention of this
act that no money herein appropriated
shall bo paid for education in sectarian
schools; and the secretary of the In
terior is hereby charged with the duty
of so using and administering said ap
propriation as to carry out said object,
and he is hereby authorized and re
quired to make all needful rules and
regulations necessary to prevent the
use of any part of said fund for educa
tion in sectarian schools."
And strike out the proviso beginning
in line 8, down to and including the
words "ninety-five" in line 14, page 49.
This amondment passed 93 to 64.
Mr. Linton was the great leader in this
whole movement,and carried it through
triumphantly, showing a brilliant lead
ership. All this took place in com
mittee of the whole house; but when it
was taken up by the house, it was
passed by a large majority, and no one
of the opposition dared to call for the
ayes and nays. They were afraid to go
on record as voting for the sectarian
appropriations. Carried by 93 to 64!
This victory makes it reasonably cer
tain that when the District Charities
Bill is again brought up, it will be de
feated. Our next contest will have to
be made on this same bill, when it
oomes before the senate; but I can
scarcely believe that any senator, wht)
does his own thinking, will venture to
vote against the now all-powerful cur
rent of an overwhelming popular opin
ion pouring In upon congressmen from
all parts of the union. Americans,
write to the senators from your state
immediately, requesting them to stand
by the House Bill, which now prohibits
sectarian appropriations.
PRIEST MARQUETTE.
"Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit mis
sionary to Canada: accompanied Joliet
In his exploration of the Mississippi.
Born 1637, died 1675." This is about
all that is said of him in "The People's
Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge."
Wisconsin was made a territorial gov
ernment April 20, 1836; became a state
May 29, 1843. Thus It will ba seen that
this priest died 161 years bef ire Wis
consin was erected into a territory, and
173 years before it became a state;
more than 100 years before the Declara
tion of Independence! Consequently
be never could have been a citizen of
either Wisconsin or the United States.
Each state has the right to put two
statues of eminent men in statuary
hall. This statue was got in on the
ground that Marquette was an eminent
explorer; but there is nothing what
ever about it to indicate it Els dross,
his beads, crucifix and cowl, indicate
nothing but a Romish priest.
The bill to set him up in statuary
hall was lobbied through the Wiscon
sin legislature with church Influence
behind it. It is a concerted plan of the
Roman Catholic church to get their
prominent men and church dignitaries
into this hall. This Is the second
within a year! The first was James
Shields, who challenged Lincoln to
fight a duel. Rome will be on hand in
full dress on the 28th inst. to do the un
veiling act. How long before the God
dess of Liberty will be taken down to
give place to the cross or the Virgin
Mary? But I am transgressing the
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AUAIST THE BEIEOUL BILL.
XialUba Lrt-UUtare Adopts the AtUr
aj foaeral's Keselutlea.
Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 27. The
Manitoba legislature sat all night dis
cussing the resolution moved by Attorney-General
Slfton protesting against
the proposal of the Dominion govern
ment to res tore Roman Catholic schools
In tbn province. The resolution was
passed by a vote of 31 to 7.
One of tba chief speaker for the
resolution was Major Stewart Mulvey,
ex-grand master of Manitoba Orange
men. He said he had been brought up
In schools where children of all relig
ious denominations atten led, and this
was one reason why he wa a firm be
liever in national schools. All great
reforms were not made without some
violation of the constitution, and as an
ImUoce he mentioned the abolition f
slavery In the United StaUs. The
speaker took up the remedial act
clause by clause. The twenty-seventh
clause deals with Incorporated com
panies and societies, showing that a
portion of the taxes from such source Is
to be given to the support of separate
schools. This will Include the Orange
order, and Orange lodges will there
fore be taxed to support separate
schools.
"I wonder," shouted the speaker,
how the member for Emerson (Dr.
McFadden), who, I believe, like my
self, is an Orangeman I do not know
whether he is a Protestant Orangeman
can sit in ms u range joage ana
square himself with the members for
voting against national schools."
The liberties of this province, the
speaker continued, were never In such
danger as at present. He had taken
up his gun four times to suppress do
mestic troubles, and he was prepared
to take it up the fifth time In the in
terest of the liberties of Manitoba.
The member for Russell (Mr. Fisher)
called upon his fellow members to sup
port national schools.
After Major Mulvey's speech, Mr.
Roblin, leader of the opposition, took
the floor and deprecated the major's
words threatening rebellion and sedi
tion against law and order. "The pa
pers of the United States," he said,
will flame with headlines saying,
'Manitoba is In rebel ion.' Does the
chief law adviser of her majesty in
Manitoba, the sworn officer of the
crown agree wnn nimr i pause to
hear his reply. Pause. He is afraid;
he dare not."
After Mr. Roblin's speech came the
division, about 1:30 o'clock this morn
ing, the attorney-general's resolution
being carried.
MARRIAGES IS PERU.
Those of
Protestants
to Be
Regis-
tered.
A dispatch from Lima, Peru, Feb.
28, says: The government has ordered
the preparation of a resolution, which
will be submitted to congress, provid
ing for the registration of Protestant
marriages. This Is the result of
lengthy diplomatic action in which
the United StateB government and the
government of Great Britain have
taken part.
Rev. Mr. Wood, head of the missions
in Peru, some of whose missionaries
belong to the East London institute
and others to the American Bible so
ciety, has had trouble with Peruvian
officials for a long time. The expul
sion of some of his missionaries from
Cuzco brought about an exchange of
notes on the subject between great
Britain and Peru, and the refusal of
the registration of the marriage, of
Miss Wood to a Mr. Hazeltlnj was the
basiB of diplomatic action upon the
part of the United States.
The missionary question involved
and the marriage question thus brought
to the front are regarded as being of
great Importance by all the Protes
tants In Peru, and it has been indi
cated for some time past that they
might possibly lead to a change In the
Peruvian constitution. But the gov
ernment appears willing to meet the
issue in a friendly spirit, as indicated
by its preparation of the resolution
previously referred to.
Mr. Wood, at one time, went among
the savages in Peru, at the peril of his
life, and for a long time considerable
anxiety was felt for his return, espec
ially as El Obrero, published in Callao,
contained threats against the mission
ary. Steps to ascertain his where
abouts and provide for his safety were
eventually taken at the instance of the
United States and Great Britain
Surpasses all Organizations.
From the Baltimore letter in the
British American Citizen of February
22, we take the following extract:
On Sunday evening Rev. Dr. Rich
ard Harcourt, of Grace Methodist
Episcopal church preached the first of
a series of sermons on "The American
Protective Association and the
Church."
In his sermon Dr. Harcourt said
something which Beems to surprise and
bother our newspapers a great deal,
namely, that nearly every Protestant
minister in Baltimore is a member of
the A. P. A. How is that? Surely the
ear of American liberty is rapidly fill-
in? ud. In the course of his remarks
Dr. Harcourt said:
"The A. P. A. is working for the
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and greatest institution! of our coun
try. If It fails to accomplish its object,
then the American lie public fails, and
Its glory has departed. We read that
Jesus CnriBt was crucified between two
thieves. The institutions of our coun
try which have made us great and glo
rious, have been undergoing a crucifix
ion by the Democrat and Republican
parties. To gain favor with the for
eign element they have cried: 'Away
with your Protestant Bibles!' and they
are thrown out of the window. For
votes tbey have exempted church prop
erty; for votes tbey have been willing
to give state and municipal aid to sec
tarian institutions, and, in fact, any
thing a foreigner asks. This A. P. A.
Is given to us in the nick of time. It is
organized to protect our Institutions
from their worst foe, the Roman Catho
lic church. In rapidity of growth, in
fixedness of purpose, and in maturity
of results, the A. P. A. surpasses all
organizations of which we have any
knowledge in the past."
Mr. Sherman Evidently Lied.
During the debate on the Indian ap
propriations in congress on February
24, Mr. Sherman, in opposition to the
Linton amendment, said:
"I am not a Catholic, neither am I
like my friend from Ohio (Mr. Gros
venor), who is not a member of any
church. I am a protestant, but I do
not believe any church alone points the
way to Heaven, although I do believe
that any creed Is better than nocreed."
Applause. "This appropriation," he
concluded, "was not used to teach the
dusky wards of the nation the cate
chism, but how to read and write and
count," and he appealed to the mem
bers to rise 'above partisanship and
above sect' and sustain the committee.
He then made a point of order against
the Linton amendment, which was
overruled by Mr. Payne in the chair,
amid considerable enthusiasm.
The statement by Mr. Sherman that
"This appropriation was not used to
teach the dusky wards the catechism,'.'
is proven false by an appeal printed in
the (Roman) Catholic Mirror of Cleve
land, Ohio, Friday, February 21, 1896,
which is as follows:
The reverend rectors and pastors are
reminded of the collections to be taken
up for the Indian and Negro Missions,
as ordered by the Third Plenary Coun
cil.
Please exhort your faithful people to
contribute generously for this most de
serving and important charity. You
know that by recent legislation at
Washington, the amount heretofore
given by the United States govern
ment for the support of the denomina
tional Indian schools, is to he yearly de
creased one-fifth. This makes the bur
den so much greater for those in charge
of our Catholic Indian schools. If wsprize
our mm faith, we must be anxious to see
the priceless benefits of that faith com
municated to those who still remain in
darkness and in the midst of the shadow
of death.
Co-operate, then, in this work, which
must be so dear to the sacred heart of
our Lord. The collection to be taken
on the nrst Sunday oi L.enu, ana in
mission churches as soon thereafter as
possible, should be sent to the diocesan
chancell r by the end of March. Yours
in Christ, Ignatius Frederick,
Bishop of Cleveland.
Priest Attacked at the Altar.
The little village of Lipine, in East
Prussia, was aroused from its lethargic
life this morning by what might have
ended in a sacrilegious tragedy. It Is
an intensely devoted Catholic commun
ity, and it is the custom with nearly all
the villagers to attend early mass.
Father Rouezka, the celebrant, had
hardly approached the altar when a
lawyer by the name of Regeuthe rushed
down the aisle and, grabbing the ven
erable clergyman by the throat, threw
him down and attempted to strangle
him. The congregation was terror-
stricken. It was lucky for the priest
that some of the men in the front pews
had enough presence of mind to come
to his rescue and prevent a catastro
phe. Father Rouezka, when released,
was unconscious, and it will be some
time before he will be well enough to
continue his sacerdotal functions. The
man who attacked him fought like a
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the little congregation to overpower
him. It is believed that Lawyer Reg-
euthe is suffering from a temporary fit
of Insanity.
lYliifck; In a Monastery,
A Trapplst monastery in Canada is
found to be the source of a running
stream of moonshine whisky which had
confused the revenue officers of the do
minion for a long time. An official
plug is now driven into the bunghole
and fplgot of this flowing and illicit
tun, and the fathers have appeared at
the receipt of customs with scrip and
staff and bags of oboll, ready to pay the
excise duly, if, haply, it be not too late.
The occurrence is interesting from a
secular as well as an ecclesiastical
point of view, and may establish a pre
cedent of great importance to the re
ligious orders. In other countries they
have had and still have considerable
liberty as distillers and confectioners of
fancy drinks, though it is not known
that till now they have gone into the
business of producing moonshine
whisky. Probably the rule forbidding
conversation among members of the
order will be relaxed for awhile till the
case is settled, in order to give the aus
tere brotherhood a chance to relieve
thtir feelings. 3 ew Tbrfc Tribune.
Dr. Kay's Lung Balm and
coughs, colds.
throat diseasa
Sot Afraid or the A. T. A.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 27. The
action of the American Protective As
sociation, in Peoria, protesting againgt
placing Pere Marquette's statue in
Statuary hall, attracts little attention
here. Those who notice the action
condemn it. Congressman Lorimer
voices the sentiments of the congres
sional delegation when he says:
"I don't care what the American
Protective Association says. The
statue is a Wisconsin matter. It's none
of the American Protective A associa
tion's business, and we will do nothing.
The statue is already placed in the
hall, and will be unveiled according to
the program, whether the American
Protective Association likes it or not."
Spanish Soldiers
earn five-pence halfpenny per day, out
of which they have to pay for food,
(bread excepted) clothing, washing,
blacking and powder for polishing
arms, etc. Tbey are provided with
two meals per day, consisting of beans
and potatoes, with a little bacon to fla
vor. On feast days they have meat.
They enter by conscription at the age
of 19, exemption only being obtained on
payment of 80, or in the case of being
the only son of a widow, or the only
bread-winner of the family. Soldiers
are not allowed to marry. By law
they are not forced to go to mass, but
that right is not respected, and all are
compelled to attend.
Rome Divorced Them.
Halifax, N. S. February 19. A de
cree of divorce approved by Pope Leo
XIII., the first of its kind ever re
corded in Canada, has been granted
John Keefe, separating him from his
wife, on Scriptural grounds. Much in
terest is excited by the concession from
Rome, as never before has a divorce
been recognized in this country by a
Roman Catholic authority. The de
cree granted Keefe is not only one of
separation but it permits a remarriage.
A legal dissolution of the marriage tie
has also been obtained from the su
preme court.
Bullets for a Priest.
Santa Barbara, Cal., February 27.
Very Rev. Ferdinand Bergmeyer,
father superior of the Franciscan Mis
sion, was fatally shot to-day by Ber
nard Henry Gerhard Krusemeyer, who
has been employed at the mission for
over a year. Three shots entered the
priest's body and one in the head.
Krusemeyer immediately gave him
self up, and is now in jail. He has
given conflicting stories, and it is sup
posed he Is mentally deranged. The
other priests say there has always been
a friendly feeling between the father
superior and Krusemeyer, and they
can give no reason for the murder.
Father Bergmeyer has been here ten
years, and is held in great esteem by
all classes. His death is only a ques
tion of time.
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