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16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 1895 V. FATHER YORKE AND GENERAL MORGAN The Clergyman Now Turns His Attention to the Army Officer. TRIED AT CEATTANOOGA. A Court-Martial Found the Gen- eral Guilty on Three Charges. VERDICT AFTERWARD MODIFIED Father Ferguson Addresses a Metro- politan Hall Meeting on “Modern Patriots.” W. W. Foote and Major Sherman have not held a consuitation as yet to decide on the selection of a third person to finally pass on the points of contention in the public controversy between the Father Yorke and the Rev. Donald M. Ro: oote was at his office for a short vesterday. He came over from his nd home to attend to some pressing private business. His health is not the best. -He declined to be interviewed on the subject of the controver: I have not seen Major Sherman, the itleman selected by Rev. Mr. Ross to epresent him in the settlement of the question at issue,” said the eminent law- ver yesterday. “In fact I do not know Major Sherman. When we meet, however, and nave a consultation, I may be able to decide on what steps shall be taken in the atte act at al “Now [do not wish to enter into the his controversy at all. I do not riticize anybody else and do not relish being criticized myself, except when is in a spirit of just My duty, as 1 derstand it, is to act as judge in & mat- Qal ter of dispute over certain questions of | olic teaching berween Father Yorke and R Mr. R Both sides will sub- mit their proofs and then the judges will decide the juestion and thatw end to it. certainly have no interest in . the matter one w.y or the other, except to er the evidence as sub- Irendc.— a just and . supporters yonald M. Ross along with the preparations for meeting at the Mechanics’ on the second week in February. General Morgan’s letter published pIv & in THE CALL y December 17, Prancisco Cail—I 1 organ, D.D., i ere re- charac- ® spoke purely al” and “had no possible relation to Juestions” which were discussed at Metropolitan Temple. Allow me 1o state, Mr. Editor, matters on which 1 spoke were purely personal ishould willingly ay - 10 the Rew: T. Morgan, D.D. I do ve thata discus- sion of the purely personal character of any ¥ in_a public controversy, ana I he introduction of an opponent’s rs would but hurt my own cause. T. J. Morgan I ap- to the public records of & public , the public acts of a public official General Morgan came to this City . A. He stood sponsor hisown companions in arms and to refuse west office in_our_publie schools to rs of Sherman, Sheridan or Grant. tion and his military titl tain air of respectability long wanting to olitan Temple méetinge, and in his n his own testimony his per- in & war which he claimed made on him. enomenon it became nd on two points; ilitary title claimed by , and, secondly, the value n offered as a proof of facts. My investigation did not go outside the public Tecords of this country, and the results of my ear to have pained the Rev. Morgan, even on the other continent. 1. The value of the military title claimed by edge of the this patriotic gentlemsn 1 deduced from the fact that he had been arraigned before a gen- eral court-martial convened at Chattanooga, Tenn., on March 863, on three charges. the violetion of the fifteenth article of war, conduct unbecoming an officer and a_gentle. man, and conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipliné. From the records of this court I stated that the specifications ac- cnsed him of signing false muster rolls, of run- ning round the country with petitions for his owr promotion, of suppressing petitions for the promotion of Bis subordinates, of attempting sribery, of opening letters addressed to others and of conniving at the property of the ited States, to wit, one stated that on esch rge and on each specification the verdict of the court was “guilty,” and I stated that the sentence ran: ‘“‘And the court does therefore sentence him the said Colonel T. J. Morgan, Fourteenth United States Colored Infantry, to be disinissed from the service of the United Btates.” In opposition to all this, General Morgan comes now with the plea that these proceedings “did not at the time they occurred affect my standing as an officer and a Christian gentle. man in the least degree on the part of those who were familiar with all the circumstances. The proceedings of the court were reviewed and set aside by General James B. Steedman. 1 was restored to duty, and retained my con- nection with the army until my resignation, when I was honorably discharged.” In answe o this plea, I beg to state that I know nothing of Genéral Morgan’s standing among his friends, but 1 do know that his statement of General Steedman’s action, while not an assertion of falsehood, suggests the thing that is not. The ordinary reader would be led to believe that the higher court had exonerated General Morgan and that the Tetention of his standing was due to such exoneration. Such is not the case. I copy from General Steedman’s order: “In the fore- going case of J. Morgan, Fourteenth United i States’ Infantry, the court having found the accused guilty of the first charge—violation of the 15th Article of War—had not the authority to change the sentence as preseribed in that article for such offense, and its failure 10 conform to the requirements of the above article in sentencing the accused is an error fatal to the proceedings and findings of the court so far as relates to the first charge.” ¥or this technical reason General Steedman was compelled to set aside these proceedings. When we remember that the error of the court was on the side of leniency—prescribing a Jesser sentence than that iaid down in the faw —we can understand that there is_but cold comfort for the Rev. Hon. General T.J. Mor- kan, D.D., in the fact that he eseaped on'a legal quibble, 2. The value of General Morgan's word I learned from the proceedings of another court- martial. This was also held at Chattanooga, and the date is March 14, 1865. Lientenant. Colonel H. C. Corbin of the Fourteenth United States Colored Infantry was on trial for cow- ardice and other capital crimes. The specifica. tions were based on reports made by Colonel Morgan, which reports may be studied by the curious'in any of our public libraries, in the “War of the Rebellion—Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies,” yol. xlv, part 1, series 93, page 537. The result of the trial was thatthe court “most honorably _acquitted” Corbin. The chief witness against him was the Rev. Mr. Rev. | s vet I do not know that I shall | be the | submits the following re- | matters of which I | that if the | ich is organized to proscribe | lent | - unlawful disposal of | | Morgan, He swore to every detaii of the | charges’ without hesitation or qualification. Two of the principal company officers did the same. The defense swept away the whole case for the prosecution and left the Honorable T. J. Morgan and his supporters in the position | of having sworn faisely. The court put om record the statement concerning these two | supporters that one of them was *“guilty of misrepresentation and falschood” and that the other was “guilty of falsehood.” Concern- ing Morgan himself the court added the fol- lowing to the record: “The court takes this occasion to animadvert upon the uncharitable conduct of Colonel T.J. Morgan, Fourteenth United States Colored Infantry, toward the accused, Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. Corbin, | during the trial, ana_his unoflicerlike conduct | while giving his testimony for the prosecution | by ettempting to take memoranda of the evi- dence so given until forbidden by the court.” In his_letter to you, Mr. Editor, the Rev. | General Morgan mentioned nothing about this second court-martial, the records of which | show what value is to be attached to his word. | He appeals, it is true, to his subsequent pro- motion. Permit me to remark that soon after | these court; Mr. Morgen resigned precipita from the army. He possessed suflicient influence to procure & courte! at a time when courtesy titles were easy to ob- tain. His tide of general proves nothing be- cause it is worth nothing, just as his word | proves nothing because it has been discredited. [ have not time to go into a detailed account | of General Morgan’s record as Indian Commis- sioner. Ashe states, a fight was made agninst | his confirmation, but the fight was made by | men ¢f his own party and of his own creed. | The delivery of the Indian Commission over to a brace of preachers and the brutal manner in which these preachers proceeded to trample on the nights of others created such indigna- | tion that in & Republican Senate it took the personel intervention of President Harrison to pull his nominee through. | * General Morgan speaks of the attacks made upon him by Catholics. If he had spoken of the steady hostility displayed by him against | Catholics he would have been nearer the truth. You may remember, Mr. Editor, that during the second administration of President ecided to try the experiment of This Grant it was civilizing the Indians through religion. experiment was proposed by Parson Ni now a Methodist Bishop rough ence the good Methodists got the lion’s <hare of the reservations, to the infinite and voluble | disgust of the other sects. The contest was | waged so warmly that for the sake of peace | the” Federal Government introduced the per | capita_system. The various religious bodies were invited to invest their runds in lands and schools and the Government promised to | pey a certain sum for each Indian educated. | This policy was not initiated by Catholies and the Protestant bodies took advantage of it | without any seruple. Soon, hoiwever, there was a change. The Catholic church’ began to outstrip her com- petitors. The Indians flocked to her. he had more pupils she received more money and | the Congregationalists and Methodists, as they stood in their empty schooirooms, raised the warery of “Rome's Hand in the Fublic Pocket.” | Our dear friends, the preachers, could not explain the Catholic success. They put it down to trickery and_they resolved to cut off | the supplies. i they began a cam- paign against the m and it was 10 carry vut that campaigr t Morgan was by church influence pitchforked into the In- dian office. The advent of Morgan was marked by & viru- | lentattack on the Catholic schools. On the strength of the invitation of the Government various private societies had invested much | eapital in land and schools. To break the con- tract system et one blow wouid mean the con- fiscation of so.ne two or three millions of dol- lars belonging to United States citizens. | mourse it was the duty of those interested in | the Indian schools to resist this wholesale rob- bery. This resistance is whgt Mr. Morgan calls Roman Catholic attacks on him. That we had | right and_justice on our side is evidenced by | the fact that the administration was compelled to restrain Morgan's freebooting tendencies | and that now the contract system is in proce: of extinguishment by means which will give ice t0 all concerned. | eral Morgan’s wholesale war upon Cath- | olics in the Indian service has been already ventilated in the papers. I may confine m: self to saying that neither Republican politics nor meritorious service in the war nor any other consideration availed to keep & man in the employ of the Indian Commission when General Morgen discovered that he was a Catholic. Such, Mr. Editor, is the public record of the | Reverend Honorable General T. J. Morgau, D.D. He may have, as he says, associated with men of high Christian principles and with the { most_eminent living soidiers: still, this does not change the facts of history nor the char- acter of General Morgan. 1 am sorry to say that his late performanees lead me to the con- | clusion that he still retains the unlovely traits he manifested when, thirty years ago, at Chat- | tanooga, he tried to swear away the life of a | brave soldier on & baseless charge. Yours | truly, PETER C. YORKE. POSTSCRIPTUM. The Rev. Dr. Case retired last week with more haste than dignity from the columns of | THE CALL to the safe seclusion of his pulpit. | From there as from a watch tower he levels his eagle eye against the man of sin and lifts up | nis voice to protest against the errors of Rome. “Cry aloud and spare not" is his motto, and, | like the priests of Baal, he measures the | ;{\icm-y of his petitions by the strength of his ungs. i Dr. Case has evidently given up the study of stetistics. Figures are dangerous things, and they turned so badly on Dr. Case that he is | more than ever convinced of the motto that childre: and fools should not play with edged tools. Accordingly he has turned to the science of philology, and has enlightened his congre- gation on the origin and’ meaning ot hotus pocus. 1 might say here that Dr. Ci account of the origin of hoens pocus is as antiquated as | the doctor himself. No resnectable pnilologer | of modern cimes holds that there is any foun- | dation for an explanation that smacks of the | slums. Let me remind Dr. Case that the words | which he undertakes to ridicule are the holiest | and most solemn in the book which Catholics and Protestants reverence alike. N o matter what their exact meanin, v are full of tender associations for every Christian soul. In whatever language spoken, | on whatever occasion uttered, they are the last words of our Master, the words by which | he wished 10 be remembered among men. If Dr. Cese had had & friend ana_had stood a. his deathbed end had arunk in the parting words | that friend had eddressed him, would he not | iay them up in the inner sanctuary of his | heart and treasure them as too sacred for com- | mon ears? When we Christians listen for the last time to him who is our friend above all other friends, and in the very hour his agony | begins receive from him these words he calls | his testament ana his memorial, shall we be | 1 | may be, less reverent, less careful of that sacred de- posit? Shame on vou, Dr. Case, to treat thus the dying words of your Savior. Even were it true that libelous tongues had corrupted the sacred syllables, common decency should have restrained you from encouraging the blas- phemy. Judas, who betrayed the Lord, had | still the manliness to be ashamed; Pilate, who condemned him, still strove to save him. It was only the buffoon Herod without a re- deeming trait in life or in death who mocked him as a fool. Shame on you, Dr. Case, that your years have not brought you knowledge enough to doff your cap and bells in the very | supper-room of the Lord. P.C. Y. POSTSCRIPTUM . ‘Why do the heathens rage and the preachers devise vain things? I see that the Methodist ministers have met and resoluted against Mr. Ross and myself for betting. To tell you the truth, Mr. Editor, I am not surprised atany- thing that might happen at the Monday menagerie known as the preachers’ meeting. As in all gatherings of 0ld women gossip and scandal abound. The garrulity of Mr. Bovard has already got him into trouble, and I do not wonder lhitubltcklguhrd who could sccuse respectable ladies of Alameda of drunkenness should accuse me of gambling. Let me inform these reverend scandal-mongers, once and for &ll, that oy offer to pay $100 to char- ity is not & wager. It is a tax on mendacity and a prohibitive tariff on reckless assertion. If the Methodist ministers should adopt this measure their meetings would give more edifi- cation, and Dr. Bovard might not every Mon- day fulfill the Scripture which saith: “He roareth on the hills iike a bull of Bashan and brayeth like & wild ass of the desert, and no man regardeth him.” “MODERN PATRIOTS.” Father Ferguson Makes Some Striking Comparisons With Them, Metropolitan Hall never held a larger or more enthusiastic audience than that Highest of all in Leavening Po Roel wer.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report of | | gross libels ebout them. That we cannot do. | Washington Gladden, the eminent Ohio di- | terrupted by a voter who cried out: which gathered last evening to hear Father J. P. Ferguson’s lecture on ““Modern Pa- triots,”” delivered under the auspices of the Young Men’s Christian Union. Gallery and auditorium were simply packed, even the aisles being occupied. Foran hour and a half the eloquent speaker drew striking contrasts between the deeds of the Catholics in behalf of the establishment of civilization and liberty in the United States and those whom he designates as the “Modern Patriots.” glowing tribute to the valor and patriot- ism of those Catholics who, in the past, upheld the cause of freedom in this coun- try met with frequent and enthusiastic ap- plause. He spoke as follows: Ladies and Gentlemen: When I chose this subject —‘“Modern Patriots” —it was before Father Yorke began his investigations out at that institution on City Hall avenue and Mc Allister street, and I had no idea these patriots were so fearfullv moaern as they are. The Rev. Donald McCal'um Ross, who declared his intention in August last, is not by any means the most modern of them. There are many more like this reverend gentleman who are eager to become naturalized and assume as soon as possible the role of patriots. Patriotism, as you know, is engrossing just now & large share of public attenti The organization known as the A. P. A. claims a monopoly of it. They deny a vestige of it to Catholics. Now, in refuting the calumnies that have been thrown broadeast by this society, I will not, as its members do, draw on my imagination for my facts, but simply state what is patent to any His | of Ireland Canadian Orangemen, ‘who left their country for their country’s good. These have drawn recruits from the ranks of reconstructed Tebels, copperheads, broken-down politicians, who think a public trust is & private snap; lawyers without briefs, like Quitzow: physi- cians without practice, like Dr. French, who knows as much about medicine as he knows about the Magdalen Asylum and whose time is divided between trying to down Catholics and gemng his Rose on the police force. They ave received large accessions, too, from the ranks of clairvoyants, mediums, fortune-tellers and palmists, with a sprinkling of native-born Americans, the descendants of those who in the revolutionary period took to the woods and tall timber when the colonies threw off their allegiance and waited there till the cruel WAT was over before they ventured forth again to advertise their love of freedom. The Orangeman, though, was the first man whosprang it on the American public. The Orangeman alone among all other types of humanity is incapable of mental expausion. Now, ldies and_ gentlemen, Goes it not seem a little incongruous for these British subject s or who were such a short time ago, to come and pose as the protectors of our institutions, and 1o rob Catholics of their rights under the constitution? Every honest American must know that the permanency of our civil institu- tions requires and demands the recognition of the individual rights of conscience. Now the leaders of this party have gone all over this eruntry with a fine tootheomb to find evidence that would convict Catholics of har- boring views hostile to the republican form of government. They failed conspicuously to find any. The best men in the republic—keen-visioned | statesmen from Washington to Lincoln—appre- hended no danger from Catholics. They never questioned their lovalty. but that momentous iscovery was reserved for the thick-skulled Orangeman from the North of Ireland and the flaxen-haired Norwegian from the Baltic. Wili Americans be deluded by this bird of evil omen, ever perched on the fences of man who brings to the study of this questicn & bigotry and intolerance, and whose fetid TR 0w — = Rev. Father Ferguson Addressing the Audience. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.} mind devoid of prejudice and passion. Our cause is not so weak that we have ever foundit | necessary to bolster it up with lies and misrep- | resentations. We might, 1o aid our cause, imi- | tate the tactics of our enemies—distort facts, deal in diatribe, invent charges and circulate In this contest with bigotry we will win by fair means or we will not win at all. One of their leaders, when the spurious character of their encyclical was exposed, de- clared that there was nothing wrong n such action, and endeavored to justify it by claim- ing that all was fafr in love or war. Catholics, | he asserted, had an equal right to do the same. ine, pointed out the unique villainy of this subterfuge. There was, he said, no provoeation for war in the first plac hey were not justi- fied in wnging it, and it was the most cruelly unjust and infamous of all wars. Butitis not by employing means of this kind that we look for the success of our cause. The opprobrious terms they have seen fit to apply to everytning Catholic would perhaps justify a similar style of rejoinder, but they sgmll be treated with a consideration they don’t deserve., The plain, unvarnished truth must be our only weapon. There was a politician ranning for Congress down South just after the close of the wa: | He addressed a large number of his constitu- ents one evening and pointed out to_them the great benefits that not only that particular dis- trict, but the State in general, would derive if he were chosen to represent them. The bene- ficial effects that were to follow his successful election were muny and great. But he wis in- “Look here, you. We heard you prophesy before. We remember you; you were down here just didn’t you say then, on before the war an that very platiorm, that if we went to war we would lick the durned Northerners with pop- guns? You're no prophet.” Things looked very bad for the politician, but he was equal to the occasion, and gained his eiection when he said: “Well, I admit I did say we could lick the durned Northerners with popguas, but hang them, they wouldn’t fight that'way.” Nor will we fight the A. P. A. that way. We have an abiding faith in_the justice of our cause; an equal confidence in the final triumph of ‘& more enlightened and liberal spirit, and the complete overthrow in the future of fanaticism and intolerance. This Government, as you know, was founded by men who experienced the evil effects of in- tolerance. To escave it many of them fied to this country. That persecution from which they fled was not Catholic. The Puritan of Massachusetts, the Catholic of Maryland and the Quaker of Pennsylvania, sitting side by side in the first Congress, decreed that on the shotes of the New World freedom of worship and liberty of conscience should find a perma- nent home. They declared in language plain, strong and unmistakable that no one should be discriminated against because of his religious belief. You know well.how they embodied that principle of religious liberty in the Nation's laws. No religious test should be required ns a qualification for holding oflice in the Re- public. You know how Congress still further accentuated this principle by adding the four- teenth amendment at the cloze of the Civil War: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or im- munities of any citizen of the United States.” You know furthermore thatthe first article adopted by the Legislature of the great State of New York as early as the year 1777, and which is the organic law of all the other States, declared “the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship without discrimination or preference shall forever be allowed in this State to all mankind.” These extracts from the Federal and State constitutions prove how hostile to the American idea of justice and liberty is the proseriptive policy of these seli-constituted protectors. 5 Thesc lodgeroom patriots ignore altogether the constitution of the United States. That constitution was drawn up by men whose patriotism was unquestioned, ‘a patriotism that was tried in time of need and not found wanting. The constitution of the A. P. A. was drawn upby men whose claims to exalted patriotism are the subjects of ridicule and jest 1o all intelligent Americans. Deaf to all cries of distress that go up from one end of the country to another, unmoved by the misery which meets his gaze whichever way he turhs. the A. P. A. raised a religious issue and kindles again in hitherto happy and peaceful communities the fires of sectarian hate l%dlzco;d. i e A. P. A. would have the American peopl turn from the consideration of fln-ncmlp:rgbe- lems and join with him in a crusade against Baking Powder ABDSOLUTELY PURE his fellow-citizens. The orator of the A, P. A. bids the Ameflcnn'})eo le turn from the Qiscussion of the tanfl, the siiver uestion, the labor problem, and listen till he tells them something about Rome’s red hand and the dreadful plots of the Jesuits. Whoare those men who now arrogate to them selves the responsibility of saving the American people from evils which even they themselves donot believe to exist? For the most part North 1 Orangeman when the shot tnat startled all the land was heard? Where was this latter-day patriet when the fate of the Union trembled in the balance? Was he down there in the South exposing his adamantine head to the grape- and-cannister ball of the Confederacy? Was he down there fighting on gory fields, where the shot and shell flew? ~ No, he was not there! He was far away on the hills of Ulster or “deep in Canadian woods” putting an additional coat of paint on the “little red schoolnouse.” Where were those other devotees oi liberty, the brand-new patriots in time of peace? Were they down there in the cannon smoke and hurricane of war, standing like so many walls of brass against the storm of shot and sheli that swept the bloody sloge of Lookout Mountain? Were they facing death, not only on the death-swept field of battle, but 1n the gaunt and awful form of starvation, in the ospitals of fever and pain, or languishing in prison pens? No, they were not there! They were somewhere else. They were far away across the deep-blue sea; they were on the shores of the Baltic—those half-civilized bar- barians — complacently gorging themselves with white whale and raw seagull. I will only say in conclusion that this or- ganized attempt to renew Old World fanati- cisms and race hatreds in this land of the free will in the end be doomed to defeat. It ma succeed in its aims, but will eventually fail. Bigotry is in its death throes. Advancing civilization and the recognition of the under- lying Erhwiples of Christianity have drawn its teeth. The world neyer moves backward; the law of motion is a law of progress. The fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man are becoming more and more widely recognized. When the true nature of this conspiracy is disclosed; when the mask is torn away and its true character in all its naked hideousness lies revealed. Americans who have a soul to feel for the honor of their country, guided by that inherent love of justice and fair play which is the glory of ‘the vast majority of America’s sons, will protest against the further existence on it free soil of siich a proseriptive organization. We may with all confidence look forward to the dawning of that day. The senti- ment of a common brotherhood will be re- stored. The new birth of liberty so confidently predicted by Lincoln will rot fail to dawn, and this great Nation shaking off, as iv did forty years AFD, the influence of this lower civiliza- tion, will go on to fulfill its high destiny. A BABY IN PRISON. Terence McCabe Thought the Child’'s Mother Had Deserted It. Terence McCabe, a grocer at 455 Clemen- tina street, called at the Southern police station yesterday afternoon with a two- year-old child in his arms. He said that Mrs. Dolan, the child’s mother, had left it with him in the morning and as she had not returned he thought she had deserted it and he did not want to have anything to do with it. breath has blighted and blasted every com- munity in which it has been permitted to breathe ? Are those unnaturalized firebrands, many of whom still owe allegiance to that power which Senator Zach Chandler said the other day we would yet have to fight, are these the licensed omes to dictate to «he American people the policy they shall pursue toward any class of eitizens ? Down in South America there are brush vine creevers that cling to the mighty giants of the forest. At first they are harmless, put in time they garotte and stifle and choke and utteriy destroy the forest giants that had braved the storms and tempests of centuries. The A. P. A. would prove equally destructive to y Government which wouid allow itself to be embraced in its deadly coils. The A. P. A. would unchain again the tiger of infolerance and by fomenting sectarian hate deluge earth once more with blood. They would by creating distrust and arousing race and religious hatreds finally dis rupt the Union. The work of this organization is apparent every day. In this very City men have been approached by its members and pressure used to compel them to discharge their Catholic employes. Girls, the only support of aged mothers, have lost their situations because they professed the Catholic faith. The daughters of men who fought and bled for the Union have been turned out of the public schools by men, who, acting as trustees in America, have only recently renounced their allegiance to England. What are we to think of men calling themselves Americans skulking around business houses to find out the religious complexion of the employes and plot- ting for their removal? It was Catholic enterprise, Catholic genius that devised, planned and carried to success. the great scheme of the New World's discov- ery. It was Catholic gold that equipped and fitied out that little fleet. It was Catholic sailors who munned it, and when it unfurled its sails to catch the breeze and sailed out of that far-off Spanish port it salled under the auspices of a Catholic King and Queen, and it was followed over the unknown seas through unknown perils by medpmym ana the hopes of a Catholic nation and a Catholic world. Our religion, we might claim, was the first that entered the borders of United States terri- tory. There is not a foot of itssoil that has not been trod upon bf‘ Catholic pioneers. Five years before the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth Rock bark chapels had been erected in Maine by the fearless pioneer Jesuits—the Imperial Guard of the Cathohe church, the old guard that dies, but never surrenders. Whiie the Puritans of New England were dis- puting about questions ot _religious belief the Jesuits, Brebe .Lallemand and others, were traversing the principal rivers from Quebec to Minnesota. Brave, fearless of danger, trusting only .in the Master, they sought out and preached the unchangeable truths of the Catholie church to the warlike red men in the heart of trackless forests. They crossed the headwaters of the Hudson, the Ohio,the Wisconsin, xnd were the first white men 10100k upon the face of the great Father of Waters—the Mississippi. Undaunted by no eril they penetrated regions known only to he savages, and hauled their birch canoes over streams ‘that now throb with the thunde: of steam engines and the industries of large and populous cities. Now, in answer to the baseless charges of disloyalty that have been hurled at us, and the misrepresentations on_this subject that have circuleted, I might ask who are the men who have built up this republic and made it the great Nation that it is to-day? Has it been ex- clusively the work of one particular race or creed? "Did not Catholics teke an honorable and important part in ts development? Were they notas active as any others in defending it against and freeing it from foreign domina- tion? But coming down to a less remote feflod—!o ill living— in the late Civil War, when the integrity of the a time within the memory of men st Union 1was endangered, did not Catholics respond as readily as uufl other citizens to Lincoln’s eall for troops? Didn’t they muster, don the blue and hurry to the front when the tocsin of war sounded? More than three- fourths of the troops mustered out of the great State of Pennsylvania were Catholics. New York and Massachusetts contributed more than half. The Catholic church numbered more of her sons among the volunteers who swelled the Union ranks than did any of the sects in g:opuruun to her numbers. She wouid have en much stronger to-day had her sons been llw patriotic or loved America’s institutions ess. Their services in_the time of their country’s need, as well as the deeds of those Catholic generals—Sheridan, Shields, Meagher, Cor- coran, Ord and Kosecrans (“0ld Kosy”), who commanded in the Southwest—tell the story of the Catholic soldier’s loyalty, and will be held in grateful remembrance by Eenerauonu yet to: come, when the memory of their traducers will be buried in a deep and deserved oblivion. Will Americans readily forget the famous charge of General Meagher’s brigade against the blazing Southern batteries on Mary's Heights at Fredericksburg, when they left over 1000 of their dead and wounded on the field? These heroes gave such &n evidence of their patriotism as to call forth the praise of even their hereditary foe—the London Times. Are such men as these disloyal to the Repub- lic? Are the sons and relatives of such men as th eat neroes, great soldiers, great patriots, great martyrs—to be shutout irom every avenue of honor and profit? Are they to be proscribed’'and barred from holding office at the command of modern Hessians, who a generation ago were subjects of that power which used every effort five and thirty vears 8go to drive the American flag from off the seas, whose gold lowed_into the coffers of the Confederacy under Jeff Davis, and whose aid on land as well as on sea enabled him to pro- long that gru& internecine strife which cost the North and South so much blood and treasure? What proof have they ever given of disinterested loyalty? Are not their hys- terical shrieks for oldglory—often in broken Enguth—nlwnxu mingled with a cry for an appropriation’ 2 here were those noble patriots when their patriotism could have been of some service to he-country? Where was the -skulled The {:}:ild was taken to the City Prison, where Matron Gilmore took charge of it. Last night Mrs. Dolan called for it. She said she had been separated from her hus- band for the past six months and had been working to support herself and child. She had been in the habit of leaving the child in the Day Home, but yesterday there was a festival at the home and they would not take any babies in. Asshe knew McCabe she went to_his grocery and asked him to look after it tiil she returned from her work. When she did so she was aston- ished to learn what he had done. PARK MUSEUM EXTENSION. Contracts for Its Erection Awarded by the Commissioners Yesterday. The Park Commissioners convened yes- terdsy for the purpnse of opening bids received from various contractors for the erection of the Park Museum extension. The contract for the brick work of the addition was awarded to Thomas Butler and the Pacific Rolling Mills the contract for erecting the iron roof which is to be placed over the structure. Work will be commenced immediately by the contractors upon the building, and, barring unforeseen delays, the extension will be completed within three months. e Jaros Hygienic Underwear for ladies, for gen- tlemen, for children, for all places, all the year. Morgan Brotheis, 229 Montg. st. * S Death of Mrs. Fluhart. Mrs. Nancy Jewell Fluhart passed away at 2 A. M. yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. H. Luse, with whom she had resided for a long time. Her death was attributable to age rather than any disease. She was born May 10, 1810, and was the mother of six chil- ?ren, Mrs. H. H. 8. - . Luse, Mrs, §. Collins, of this Ci i J. Baldwin, ersity of Texas, and J. H. Fluhart, editor of the Centennial News of Ohio. The funeral will take place from 18 Essex street this afternoos —————— Office draughts don’t bother wearer of Jaros Hyglenic Underwear. He is protected from ciimatic changes. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg. st.* C. Mrs. Wyman of California Slate for Roofs. A short time ago it was announced that the officials of Fresno County proposed in the con- struction of the new courthouse to use an East- ern slate for roofing. Yesterday Assistant Secretary F. H. Dingle of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association sent a letter to the Fresno Supervisors requesting that California slate be used. The claim is made that the Cali- fornia product is superior to that of the Eastern quarries. e A suit of Jaros Hygienic Underwear worth a barrel of cures. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg. st.* S g e Did She Rob Him? The preliminary examination of Eva Starr, the variety actress, on the charge of grand lar- ceny was commenced before Judge Conlan yes- terday. The complaining witness, N. Feldman, tesured to being with the woman in Seeba’s saloon on Kearny street Saturday night, and having %200 in gold coin and a gold watch valued at £50 stolen from his_pockets. He be- lieved the defendant robbed him. The case was continued till to-morrow. ——— Jaros Hygienic Underwear the one under- wear that is comfortable; absorbs mofsture keeps folks well. Morgan Bros.. 229 Montg. st. S e Baptist Union Delegates. The Baptist Union W. C. T. U. held its monthly meeting at the First Baptist Church yesterday afternoon and elected three dele- gates, Mrs. S. W. Carrigan, president of that organization, Mrs. Lewin, its secretary, and Mrs. Hodgson, its treasurer, to the Women’s Federation for Public Good. po S THEY are bound to last, our patent flat open- ing books. Mysell-Rollins Co., 22 Clay st. * g o Chinese to Be Deported. Four Chinese were arrested yesterday under the McCreary act for deportation as ex- convicts. Their names are Gee Fun, Wong Ah !\h)fll’l? Suey Ah Tze and Chun Too, and all had just finished terms at San Quentin. They were taken before the Federal court and are to be deporte NEW TO-DAY. UNDER Tropical Suns grows the most powerfully curative ar- ticle of the vegetable kingdom—Peru- vian Bark. Itformsthe most active in- gredient inthe famous Peruvian Bitters & pleasant, palatable remedy unequaled in the world to restore the appetite, stimulate sluggish digestive functions, Aispel malarial poisons, promote quiet nerves and sound sleep, replace wasted tissues—in short, to make the weak strong and shield the weil from disease. MACK & CO., San Francisco. All druggists and dealers. Sturges and Mrs, | ife of Dr. Baldwin | NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. HOLIDAY 600DS! A CHOICEDISPLAY SEASONABLE NOVELTIES! We invite special attention to our ex- ceptionally large and complete stock of NEW GOODS, especially imported for the HOLIDAY TRADE. NOVELTIES IN COLORED DRESS FABRICS, NOVELTIES IN BLACK DRESS FABRICS, NGVELTIES IN COLORED DRESS SILKS, NOVELTIES IN BLACK DRESS SILKS, NOVELTIES IN LINEN HANDKERGHIEFS, NOVELTIES IN SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, NOVELTIES IN LADIES’ NECKWEAR, NOVELTIES iN FEATHER SCARFS, ' NOVELTIES IN LADIES’ HOSIERY, NOVELTIES IN LABIES’ GLOVES, : NOVELTIES IN LADIES’ UMBRELLAS, 2 NOVELTIES IN GENTS' NECKWEAR, NOVELTIES IN GENTS’ GLOVES, NOVELTIES IN GENTS’ HOSIERY, NOVELTIES IN LADIES’ SKIRTS, NOVELTIES IN LADIES’ WAISTS, NOVELTIES IN LADIES’ APRONS. The attention of our customers is re=- spectfully directed to above goods. NQOTE.---Our store will evenings until Christmas. remain open GQRPOR'”'L' o ¢ i892. 11, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. \ RAILROAD TRAVEL) 'SANFRANCISCO & NORTH P4- CIFIC RAILWAY €0, Tiburon Ferry—Feot of Market St. San Francisco to San Rafael. WEEK DAYS—7:40, 9:20, 11:00 A.».; 12:38, 8:80, 5:10, 6:30 P. M. Thursdays—Extra trl; ¢ 11:30 p. . Saturdays—Extra trips at 165 P. M. 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 A.x.; 1:30, 3:3Q, 0 2. M. RAILROAD TRAVEL. VERY LOW RATES BY RAIL | PORTLAND, OR. 1 % % FRIDAY, Dec. 20, and Every Fifth day Thereafter, Leave from S, P. Co.'s Ferry landing, foot of Market st., at 8:00 P. . [ 5.00—Including Berth 1 Puilman Tourist | P50 emer: SO.... First-class tickets, including berth in .00 Pullman Frandard Sleeper, $10—' SPECIAL NOTICE. | “This train will not stop to deliver or take on pas- | sengers at intermediate stations, nor will tickets b | sold or baggage checked to such points. | | %% Through Tickets for Puget Sound | i i ‘ San Rafael to San Francisco. | WEEK DAYS_6:26, 7:55, 9:30, 1110 a. w.; :45, 3:40, P. M. Satur s—Extra t) = , 9:40, 11:10 . M.; 1:40, 82 | _ 5:00, 6:25 p. . o | Between San Francisco and Schuetzen Park same schedule as above. Points on Sale at Reduced Rates. For further injormation apply at 613 MARKET STREET (Grand Hotel Ticket Office), San Francisco. RICHARD GRAY, T. H. GOODMAN, 3 Sen. Pass. Leave Arrive i Gen. Traffic Mgr. Gen. pass At | gy FiANeioon, | ZneMect | gun Bisdaca. | SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. | Wemx Sux. |5 4895 @ [Toos™ Sweme | (PACIFIC SYSTEM.) Days. | pays. |Destination.} 4, vq | iy Tralns leave and are duc Lo arrlve as | 7:40 ax|8:00 x| Novato, |10:40 Ax| 850 & AN FRANCISCO. 130 B 9:30 An| Petaluma, | 6:05 Px|10:30 As 5:10 P3x|5:00 P3| Santa Rosa.| 7:30 rx| 6:15 rae Frow NOVEMEEE 20, 1895 — _ ARLIVE —Faiton 6:30A Haywards, Niles and Way Stations,. 10:15A | 7:40 ax Wineeor: 10:30 ax 7:00A Atlantic Express, Ogden and 1 8452 Healdsburs, - 7:004 Benicia, Vacaril! sy S, % Geyserville, mento, and Redding via Davi 7:15P | 8:30 Pu[8:00 A/ Cloverdale. | 7:30 pu| 6:16 rae 7:304 Martinez, San Ramon, Nopa, Calis- 1 sl 81304 NS Bt e B 152 | 740 ax] no;iiifli & Nilee, San Jose, Stockton, Toue, " 1 S ’sfimnfiam mimvnlh-. Red Blafk 18:00 ax| Ukiab. | 7:30 | 6:15 v and Suadays execpted Orovi : = *8:304 Poters and Milton. O | Guernevite.| 7:30 o 020 A% 9:004 San Leandro, Hoywi 8:30 P | 6:15 rac 9:004 Los Angcks Lxpress, Raymond, L (for Yoscmito), Sauts Bacbara AX|B:00 Ax| Sonoma |10:40 A 8:50 Ax ard Los Auzelcs,. 0 n«la:oo Px| and 6:05 x| 6:16 Par lDXo?)A lg:u’tiu(z nlnd Efiu_‘kwn- . T | Glen Ellen. 0:004 Sen Leandro, Haywards and Niles . P | 7 T8 T 7 r 12:00% San Learcro, Hayworda & Way S¢ns zp | 7:40 4%|8:00 4%/ Sebastopol. |19:40 42|10:30 A 3:00p Niles, San Joso and Livermore. 5a | 2 SLOC I s | COS M) OO PR 0P Sccramento Liver St Stages connect at San Rafael for Bolinas. Stages connect at Cloverdale for the Geysers. Stages connect at Pieta for Highland Springs 5p | Kelseyville, Lakeport. | Stages connect at Ukiah for Vichy Springs, Hlae | Lakes, Laurel Dell, Upper Lake, Booneviile, Greens | wood, Mendocino City, Fort Bragg, Usal, Wenrrg | Cahto, Willetts, Calpella, Pomo, Potter Valley, Johm, | Day’s, Lively', Gravelly Valley, Harrls, " Scotte and Eureks. 10uda | A rday to Monday round-trip tcketa st reduced #1:30P Port Costa and W s #:00r San Leancro, Haywards& Way' 4:00r San T.candro, Hoywards & WaySt'ns Ramou, Vallcjo, i Wao * Knights Landing, Margsvill Oroville and Sacramento ... 430e Nilcs, Sen Jose, Livermoro ‘and | Sai <152 | o ickets to all pelnts be aywards & Way Sins 8:45p | _On Sundays reund-trip ¢ r New Orleans Kixprees, Kresno, Bakers- yond San Rafael at half rates. field, Sants Barbara,Tos Avgeles, Deming, Ei Faso, New Orleans snd Tieket Offices, 850 Market s, Chronlcle buliding, WHITING, R. X. RYAN, Ll Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent. o for Mojave and I 6:00r Turopean Mail, Og 0P Hay wards, Niles and 13:00r Vallcjo... 3:00r Oregon Tixpross, Sa ville, Rodding, Portland, Sonnd and Fast . v .. 10:45a 7:00p San Leandro, Haywards & Way St'ns 10:30p 9:002 San Leandzo, Haywards& ey St rs 1112:004 q10:05p “Sunsct Limifdd,” Freano, Los AND Angelcs, EI Paso, New Ol et s SR ; Pacific SANTA CRUZ DIVISION (Narr B804 Newark, Conto Tose, Felton, RAILROAD Boulder Creek, Santa Crnzand Way Stations. #2:15p Nowark, Ahnaden, Felton, Santa Cruz and’ Principal Station: 111:457 Hunters' rsion 8an Josc and Way Stations. Trains leave from and arel at Market-Street Ferry, ity SANTA FE EXPRESS To Chicago via A. & P. Direct Line - Si1501 17:200 COAST DIV rd & Tonnsend Sts.) {ifl;@el%z&;ry day a‘: :glgso P. M., carrying Pullman S50 Ran Yoto wel Woy Blatlons (Vow | via Kansas Ciey withow chmngn hmnes cuos tae S04 San ose, Tios Pinos o 48P | Demver and st. Louls. ¥ Paso Robles, & CHICAGO LIMITED, J9ar | From Los Angeles to Chicago. 11:454 Palo Alto and Way a:30p Solid_Vestibule Train Daily, with Dining-cars, under Harvey s managemen: leave San Francisco at *2:30¢ San Jose, Giiroy, Tres Lin h Connectin; nas, Monterey and Tacitic G50 b e 5:30 P. M. daily. to the East. Interesting scenery; initg-room or dining: Ticket (fice—644 Market Street, - Chronicle Buildin, scipal Way ! Way Stali Wi n Joso und a1 f0s0 and CREEK ROUTE FERRY h:fl:l FRANCISCO—Poat of Market Street (Slip %)— 5 00 1 $1:00 *2:00 $3:00 40 455 .. | NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD From OAKLAND—Foot of Broadway.— 16:00 8:00 (Via Sausalito Ferry). 10:00A.x0. $12:00 *1:00 $5:00 *3:00 34:00 | From San Francisco, beginning October 27, 1898, *5:00r . WEEKDAYS, "A for Momnh T for Afternoon. For Mill Valley and San Rafacl—7:30, 9:15, 11:08 'snndu-o'em”;"u'&:s e " { Saturdays only, T 3 Pyt Sy undayn only. e, " 11 Moaday, Tiursday and Saturday nighteonly, | Extru trins for San, Kafacl QTuerdnve and Satarday: & L re NOTARY PUBLIC. For Mill Valley, San Rathel and San Mill ley, San el an ‘Quen! B:00, 10:00, 11:30 a. 1. 1:30, 3:00, 4:80, 245 P. M. *Loes not run to San Quenti HARLES H. PHILLIPS, ATTORNEY-AT | THROUGH TRAINS. C Jaw and Notary Public, fi Market st., ?‘» i 7:30 A. M. weekdays—Cazadero and way stations site Palace Hotel, Residence 1520 Fellsh Teler & 1:45 P. M. Saturdays—Tomales and way stations | poones7q 800 4. . Sundaye—Folns Reyes 00 way iatieay