The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 7, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1896 ‘XX CHEER FATHER YORKE Young Catholics Hold a Big Rally and Resolve ‘ to Act. E INAUGURATE LECTURES. | Visit and Speech of John Lynch, the Grand President of | the Y. M. L. i i EX-JUDGE SULLIVAN TALKS. | A Brief Address From the Founder of the Order Elicits the Wildest Enthusiasm, Men’s Institute held a big mass-meeting last night at n Temple, the occasion being it of the grand president of the order to the local institutes; the result rous speeches concernin ng the present religiou g a full investigati wciples; and the c m to take imme securing funds for 1 M. I. build large meetings and asse t cured for the and Catl and the g ing capacity of 1600, a us appl that repea ponse to sentiment me wit masculine ers « X¥) approving | 10 a roar | 1z waves of | stitute, tholic clergy and | he order occupied i vice-presidents of e hundred or more sev- , F. nming, J. William P. O'Brien, Thomas J. ris Higgins, John E. K. B. Cosgrave. Glynn introduced the speak- order and announced the which began with an Professor K. J. Harri: wo other organ pieces by by a bass solo by u response to re- he Drinking Song” animent. | rst address of the evening was by onored gt John Lynch, the grand the former Grand ViSit10 the cou Francisco. officisl i ¥ : administrations President were cils in thefr meeting nights. It | = ubion mee @ this City ve official nt, would awaken | zeal and_enthusiasm, er advance: ) this City and vicini by me communicated &nd mein efforts we fo | ght, I to make my official visi uncils of the order in this City to | visit in this hall, which en- | them a small financisl outlay | 1 m in the interests ¥ _brothers, there isa | this City in which to | the Y. M.I. and labor | ip; at no time in the | is organization has there existed | tive to build up our order by ic young men of San F mselves wit 1. than exists you in t at the prese t nce of some of the people | ur organization, th the reckless | and_ published ¢ hold eacred and dear, most lethargic Catholie in | 10 co-operate with his_fello; Young Men's I lectual and social im. | man is the | superstructure | he winter months | ionsl works particularly bers in this City, where commodious halls and | appreciative audiences are | ainable and ascured. onnection with the lecture series goes 4 the distribution and circulation literature and works of in- relating to Catholics as mem- ¢ commonwealth, thowing how they | iucted and do conduct themselves in r differe t walks of liie among cheir | meaus there will be | the education of our | . their Tights as American it | &ris in the history of our glori- d_by their Catholic wudece&‘ | = birth of this Republic to the t; as also the enlightenment of | eq. truth-seeking feliow-citizens | without regard to religious | : us " ‘mete out justice g | ve in peace with all law-abid. people of greatest Republic on earth. Now, then, to put these features to practice without delay, the Y. M. 1. of th ty should have a home of their own, t should bave a building wherein the of the order could meet, and whe: ous hall would at all fimes be ope ctures, rallies and meetings in 1 interests of the society; of course, numerous other advantages apparent 1o you | sll could be touched on in this conuection, but I will omit them at the present time, believing they will be brought up by the distinguished | cinbers of the order to address you this even- g, and praving for their speeay and full alization in the very riear future. On the 15th of next month, in the city of Denver, will be held the first Supreme Council of the Young Men’s Institute, at which time will assemble in that city duly elected repre- sentatives of the Atlentic and Pacific jurisdic- tions of our order to formulate laws and rules for the government and guidance of the entire organization. From this meeting may be con. fide: cted great and lasting good 1o the 3 en’s Institute of the whole country. stly predict a phenomenal advance oved order in active interest in its cts and glorious future as results of Council. | | | | | | Btates celebrate the birthday of the Father of this grand Republic, George Washington, the friend of liberty and equal rights, and the out- spoken friend and admirer of Catholic Ameri- can citizens and sympathizers of his time, and that seid celebration on the 22d day of each recurring February be observedas a Y. M. 1. day, 8 time when all the members of this juris- diction shouid assemble in their different lo- calities and in a befitting manner carry out the spirit of this resolution. I am glad to be in possession of information from this City, Oakland, and throughout the urisdiction that the 224 of next month will be properly, ratrioflally and enthusiastically Observed in line with the resolutions of the Velicjo Grand Council, and that another evi- dence of the loyalty of our members to the grand motto of our order, *Pro Deo et Pro Patria,” “For God and for commz." Will have been recorded. On the 4th day of Juiy, 1885, the first Grand Coun ¢l of the Young Men's Institute (of which council T am proud to say I was & member, as 1 have been of all succeeding Grand Councils) was held in this City. On the22d of February, 1886, and also on the sume date in 1887, was hela the largest, most enthusiastic and repre- resentative Catholic gathering ever assem- bied in the Grand Opera-house of your City. | the | has been s | owed allegiance elsewhere. | for Ameri Hence, the malicigus, undeserved and un- truthful statement, given utterance to from this rostrum on thé close of the Vallejo Grand Council of the Y. M. I 8 Tepresen- tative of & traitorious, unconstitutional American combination that “the Y. M. I about to begin the observation of patriotic days,” is a_libel on us, as our record shows that we are Hot now learning to cele- Drate the days which marked ereat events in the life of our native land. Over nine-tenths of the Y.M.I.are proud of their birthright anti- | under the protecting folds of the American flag, and the entire organization in the United | States challenge comparison for superiority of | itelligent members known for their loyalty nd devotion to our belovea country and its titutions. your armor and go forth ju the ¢ your fellow-Catholics, eligible to membership in the Y. M. L, secure their fealty with you to that order, which teach, requires devo- tion to God and count: the good of the order by energetic and businesslike efforts, 10 build up a home for the ¥. M. I. in your fair City, and ris, and_the organiza- tion to whi all proud to belong, will reap an untold benefit, society will be a gainer and God’s choicest blessings will flow upon the Y. M. L, its members and its undertakings. Past President James F. Smith followed the presiding officer with a speech that was applauded continnously from the first two words. ; & The substance of his expressions wer. It is some time since I nbly of the Y, M. I. To Fellow Americans have been at an ass my shame be it the disciple who s her % 5 5 Tshall not abandon faith in my prediction made at the last meeting I aitended 2e would come when Americans would Jive without strife among themselves, Much d of an aggrayating nature in the months. Wormwood has been but that is the very thing that ong. It has accomplished what ent could not. in this City many slanderous, vile ave been said of the Catholic refigion, s come to turn the searchlight religlon. We want it turned only respond, “Lay on, for upon a tigation we rely. Lere are wmsny honest, fair-minded men who differ with ‘us in religious belief. We ot drive them from our side by rancour, ing that this organization, which is a Western, a California organization, should 1 the test of Americanism, hout the love of God there can be no “0 Lord, itis good to be iast twelve heaped on ca st W patriotism. If ever the hour should cowe for war from the ranks of the institute will go more men t from those who traduce our 1aiti. Judge J. . Sultivan, ‘another past grand president, contigued the sentiment occa- sioned by the gathering and by the existing contentions between local representatives of the Protestant and Catholic clergy. I am glad to see here assembled so many true examples of American manhood. I have seen it stated in papers many times that young men in this organization—natiyes of this State— 1 have denied it us & calumuy on g hundred platforms. It has been said that the Y. M. 1. is & political organization. Ibrand thatas a falsehood. As loug as the Y. M. L. continues the career of us fulness it has mapped out for itself, it will ad- here to the principles of its council chambers not to allow politics to enter into its work. Why should we, many of us offsprings of a race ground down by the heel of British des- potism, & race that has suffered from the inion of church and State, why should we now wish to perpetuate such a condition? The Puritans, fleeing from their unhospita- ble nou-Cathoilc persecutors in their own | country, came to America to be free from the persecution of their own land. I take special pride and pleasure in recaliing that that Irish patriot, John Boyle O'Reilly, was asked to ad- dress the meeting of the descendents of the Protestants in New England. In Catholic Maryland I note that when it came toa defense of the country no Catholic Benedict Arnolds were found. Lglory in the history of my native country. 1take a grand pride in the man who laid down thelaw of religious toleration, Thomas Jeffer- son, the author of the greatest doctrine ever | country, the Declaration | promulgated in any but” to-night I feel like | PREACHERS FAVOR WAR, Congregationalists Who Propose Backing Cleveland at All Hazards, SEVERAL SUPPORT ENGLAND. A Spirited Discussion of the Vene- 2uelan Question at the Mon. day Club. The Venezuelan dispute came up before the Monday Club of the Congregational church yesterday and the members had a little war of their own. Several of the ministers are of English birth and they denounced Cleveland and stood up for England and aroused the patriotism of the others. Among the speakers were four Englishmen, two Welshmen, two Prus- sians and one Russian. It was Wales, Russia, Prussia and the United States against England. Most of them favored supporting Cleve- land even if war was necessary. Chaplain Darhms of San Quentin, a veteran of the late war, read a paper going over the grounds of the dispute and ex- plaining and upholding the Monroe doetrine. “‘Englishmen have many noble endowments, but their vices are the vices of thestrong” he said. He said that in this case they wanted to force an ex-parte decision and that the President’s message protested against summary proceedings and insisted that this country should stand il\“lu protect the weak against the strong. at stake. We are bound to those South American States by mutual interests, just as are the States of the Old World. Their weaknesses are our weaknesses, their | strength are our strength, and the danger | to them of assault from foreign powers is | our own danger.”” | Mr. Darhms argued that the Monroe | doctrine was applied in principle con- stantly in the dealings between countries in Europe. At the close of reading of the papera discussion followed. Mr. Cbamberlain | said that while he believed that if England | obtained possession of the disputed terri- | tory a better class of people would settle there, that was not the question. He upheld the President’s message. Rev. Paillip Coombs started out by say- , but from choice. was the best governed country in the world, and he could only wish "that th country was as strongly and well governed. He attacked the President’s Mmessage, saying that he had made the same claim that Debs had at the time of the strike when he resources of the country that render it the master of the situation. Mr. Coombs sympathized with Dr. Steb- sage was put before the American people for the purpose of turning their attention of Independence. Recently we hav tatement from broken-down politicians and cheap preachers without pulpi where tliat_principle it exists right here in this in- maintain; stitute. 1 Lelieve thatGod Almighty intended that the best form of government should hold sway upon this continent, and that is a repubiican government. If anybody questioned the sentiment, “Amer- ica for American you it was not a member of this organization. We feel that a cool and deliberate examina. | tion and explanation of the ‘doetrines of onr church by fair-minded men will conyince the people of the malice of these attacks. 1 hope that the day mey soon come when re- ligious factions may not exist to separate the people thet, working together, have in all | these yvears built up this municipality. I hope that some young man may come to | explain that after a1l we are all worshipping | the same God. Past President Frank J. Murasky, in briefly outlining the work of the order, said: For twelve years now this organization has kept within itself. It has refrained from every form of agitation. Its members are not agi- tators. Its members, many of whom, like myself, were born in_this State and have never seen another land, are now accused of favoring some_other land. I who consider this my onlyhome am told by one who is a wanderer that we cannot, we will not be true to this country. As Cardinal Newman once said, if men took the trouble to investigate before they assert something half the controversies of the world would never have occurred. If thereis some- thing in the Catholic religion that will make men unloyal to this country, I want to know it, and I want the public to know it. We invitea blaze of light. The only purpose this organization has in view is the betterment morally and intellec- tually of its members and the perpetuation of & kindly brotherly fzelin{, exemplified in our cheerful visits to"the sick, in our tributes in attending the last rites of the deceased. In bettering the members we surely better the community in which we live. We believe it necessary to have before us al- ways something worthy to do. The committee uggested the delivery of & course of lect- ures explanatory of Cathelic belief and the cireulation of literature on the subject. The building of a large meeting-hall for the in. stitute should be a worthy incentive to the members. But_the work should be put in charge of one man, and he should be an en- th usiast. A set of resolutions was submitted and unanimously adopted udvagatmg the preparation within the next sixty days of plans for a Y. M. L building and general work along the line of means to its con- struction. g The last speech of the evening was a surprising extemporaneous outburst just before the mighty chorus on “America,” e |in_which every voice in the audience joined lusti‘lflv. John J. McDade, the young man who | thirteen years ago founded the organiza- tion, was called unon for a speech. He could not disregard the storms of welcom- ing encouragement that greeted his name. He began modestly and in a moderate | tone, but awakening to his subject he plunged forward with a burst that sur- prised his hearers and called’ forth the greatest enthusiasm of the evening,. espe- lly when he started to say something about Father Yorke. His hearers greeted the name with tre- mendous applause, and as_the volume of sound subsided, the speaker added that thanks were due Father Yorke for his conduct in the present controversy. Referring to e charity workl of the order, the speaker remarked that since the nception of the institute $2,500,000 had been ccnlribuledd for the purposes of the order in California and that $427,000 had been turned in by the various councils of the Pacific Coast to the Grand Council. He characterized the men that meet in Metropolitan Temple every Sunday after- noon to denounce Catholicism irom the rostrum as ‘“men who have the semblance of men but the hearts of brutes.” He said that in the hard winter of '90 one day each week for many weeks the . M. I. supplied alms gathered by it to an average of 200 people, irrespective of creed or sect, as they formed in long lines in front of the Y. M. I. quarters on Tenth and Market streets, and yet people have accused the Y. M. 1. of base motives. in conclusion he:remarked that it is hardly Brobabie that with 140,000 Catholics in San Francisco so large a body is opposed to this country. 3 They Want Thelr Wages. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald has recefved another complaint from workingmen who bave failed to receive their wages. Yesterday seventeen men employed on the new Mastick building in Alameds called upon him and asked his assistance in securing their wages from Contractor Fletclier. They claim that he is 0OWing them about $40 apicee and they say that Fletcher's bondsmen, M. Fitzgerald and A. J. Johns, are: completing tiie building them s that we should keep America | ** from this platform, T assure | | from internal troubles; -also with Senator | Perkins, who said that Cleveland wanted to go down in history as “Grover the Great,” and with the Evening Post, which said that the members of Congress most | those who would be benefited by war. | “So I believe that Cleveland bas laid | himself open to the charge that he was not impelied by the highest motives.” At the close of Mr. Coombs’ remarks | there wasno applause, and the members re than that we have collateral rights | ne that he was an American not by neces- | . England, he said, | Gregg, Presbyterian, Brooklyn, N, | | | B! loud in favor of the President’s stand were | | looked at each other as if expecting some H one to answer. | The chairman called upon Deacon D. | Gilbert Dexter, who broke the suspense | | and_brought forth hearty applause by | saying: I think the President did a noble act in writing that message, and all | true Americans should stand by him.’” Professor Foster of the Theological Seminary said that he did not understand | that approval of the President’s stand | meant desire for war. the South American countries and the | United States are not as strong as between | the United States and England.” He con- and stronger bonds than to any other country in the world, and the greatest calamity that could happen would be war | with England. | will be war. Iobjectto the pandering to the war spirit which has been done more by Fenians and others who bear a hatred for England.” Mr. Foster said that he | did not believe that Cleveland’s message was statesmanlike. Rey. F. Flawith stirred up the meeting with a bitter attack on Cleveland, saying that the President was not moved by any honorable motives whatever. ‘I "know | exactly what to say to receive applause,” | he said, “but I have the courage of my convictions and am willing to stand alone. When Polk went into the Presidency and sent troops beyond the Mexican line they did not ask any other nation to interfere, Possibly Mexico had just as much right to growl about that as” Venezuela has to- day. As for the war spirit here, 1t is out- rageously unchristian. You can live for fifty yeats in England and never hear as much bitterness toward America as you can hear in a day here against England.” Mr. Flawith was interrupted with pro- tests, but he went on: ‘At any rate you can feel brave because you don’t expect to be called out to war.”” Bpeaking again of the message, he said: ‘The President was not moved by any honorable motives | whatever.” The Americans present made no direct answer to Mr. Flawith. Rev. Mr. Hood said that he thought it a sin to impeach the motives of the highest officials as Americans do. Rev. John Kimball was opposed to war, but believed that the right should be mairtained at any cost. “I wish that this country could enter into the affairs of the world more than it has, not only to pro- tect our own people, but also to protect weaker countries. Kngland shows the weakness of her case by refusing to arbi- trate. Idon’t feel, however, that there is going to be a war. I note that there is a change in the tune of the Eastern papers, and the chances are that Cleveland and Congress may bave such. weak backing that we shall have to back down. 1 hope not.” Professor Moore, too, was willing to back the President even to the extent of war. ‘“The moral position of the United States is high and noble, and I hope that it will be maintained to the end. While I do not much like the part of the message that gounds like a menace, { believe that the United States should in the end take every means to sustain the right.” Rev. Dr. Pond said that he believed that the President’s message was one of the ablest state papers ever issued. *‘I think it was necessary to wind up with what might be called’a menace in view of the course of Salisbury. The English papers say that the unanimous vote of Congress supporting the President was political claptrap. They will learn that the senti- ment deep down in the hearts of all the people is ‘America for Americans.’” The whole country has spoken.’’ Rev. Mr. Tubbs said although he was born in London and gloried in it, he was an American from the ground up. He be- lieved that there was shown a want of statesmanship in dealing with the matter, and objected to so much buncombe, “If it was right for this country to gobble up Texas, Idon’t see why England can’t gob- ble up the rest of the world.” ‘Rev. J. H. Warren said that the corre- spondent of the London Chronicle had shown that Salisbury had cheated Olney by concealing facts, and he bélieved that the correspondent would set the Enghsh people right. Rev. W. D. Williams said that he did not believe in war, but if it was necessary selves. The Labor Commissioner will jook in- 1o the complaint, to enrnort the position of President Cleye- land, let it come. “I did not vote for him, inued: *“We are bound to them by closer | I do not believe that there | | “The ties between | | but I stand by the President every time. He represents the people.” . Rev. Loyal L. Wirt had a fling at the English sympathizers. “God bless the rq;-eigners who come here ana support our flag. If I were a foreigner in this country aufi could not support the flag I should keep my mouth shut.”” Captain Cook, Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, Professor Lovejoy, Rev. Mr. Maar, Rey. Mr. Weyler and others spoke in favor of Cleveland’s stand, but hoped there would be no war. RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PROBRESS An Epitome of Sermons of the Week Throughout the Land. Following is 2 summary of the principal sermons recently deiivered in the United States and Canada by the leading clergy- men, priests, prelates, religious teachers and professors of the Christian faith. In every instance the full text has been care- fully read and abbreviated. The expressions from the American pul- pitupon the Venezuelan boundary dis- pute and & possible war with Great Brit- ian are herein produced, showing a variety of opinions on the subject. There appear to be as many clergymen favoring patriot- ism and the Monroe doctrine as there are those who cry for peace and arbitration. England fears war, for she is the bully of small nations.—Rev. W. W. Landrim, Baptist, Richmond, Va. The message of the President shows him to | be possessed of the typical American spirit of firmness, which we must all admire.—Rev. Ar- thur Thompson, Methodist, Baltimore, Md. There will be no more war. It is an impossi- ble event, tor I believe most profoundly ‘in the good sense and the Christian tuought of the American people.—Rev. E. A. Kittredge, Re- formed, New Yor! 8o fer as Ican see, no open gronnds have been left on which to compromise. If the question means anything, it means surrender or fight. — Rev. Lewis Lampman, Presbyterian, Newark, N. J. We cannot look with unconcern when a weak South American republic is engaged in dis- pute with one of the greatest powersin the worl e should see thet there {s fair play.— Kev. W. E. Barton, Congregationalist, ‘Boston, ass. Christianity both here and in England is too thoroughly & part of the National life for armies and navies to clash in warfare at the same moment that the churches of the two countries ure thundering for peace.—Dr, C. 8. Parkhurst, Presbyterian, New York. No grander spectacle could be presented to the world than to see this great country stretching out her strong right arm to help weak Ven- ezuele in the hour of her distress. Our navy would sweep the ocean. OUT Tesources are n- exhaustible.—Rev. J. D. Sands, Presbyterian, Pitisburg, Pa. All Europe looks to us. It is our mission to ead humanity. We need urgent measures and at once. George Washington was the American of Americans. He carried the revolution in himself, and the Republic in himself and the great American future in himself. YRev. David So often has National injustice, selfishness and party dishonor hid uhder the closk of love of country that Johnson defined patriotism— as “the resort of a scoundrel.” Desire for peace on earih is higher than patriotism that desires war. The peace movement is spreading throughout the world.—Rey. E. A. Tuck, New- spoke of the infinite | burgh, N. Y. The masses will be guided, not by the merits of the case, but blindly by patriotism. It is easy to excite the people by erying out to rally | bins, who said that the President’s mes- | around the old flag. The churen must counsel . | deliberation and peace. War is a relic of bar- barism and the power of Satan.—Rev. Joseph Silberman, Hebrew, New York, We should say to the European countries, “Do not meddle with affairs on this side of the water.”” as America has interests separate and distinet. We should say to Great Britain: “You have some territory, but you cannot ex- tend it. Submit to arbitration and keep your hands off until settled.”—Rev. F. W. Parsons, Marshalltown, Iowa. We are threatened vaguely, indeed, but really threatened, by the specter of civil war— of all the calamities that can befall mankind the worst. If ever the church had clearly lail n her the duty of sounding out, in her most persuasive tones, words of provest and remon- strance, it is to-day.—Rev. W, R. Huntingion, Episcopalian, New York. War is an unmitigated curse, a wicked waste and a colossal crime, unless employed as a last resort 1o secure the rights of men. A great Anglo-American conflict, based on this im. petuous controversy, would be the mostin- lquitous event of the nineteenth century. It would be disastrous to both nations.—Rey. John L. Scudder, Jersey City, N. J. The conviction {s general, and seemingly correat, that President Cleveland has been ac- tuated by a sincere patriotism. During the War we were combating against a secret ally, and thus the struggle was prolonged. On more than one occasion the active though not offi- cial action of Great Britain had slmost turned the scale.—Rev. H. C. McCook, Philadelpnia, u. The Monroe doctrine is simply a formulated statement of & great principle. The time will come when the American people must stand by the integrity of that doctrine. The syndicate of powers which maintains the political equil- ibrium of Europe must be made to understand that they must keep their hands off the west- ern world.—Rey. David J. Burrell, Reformed Church, New York. A nation’s honor must be maintained, but this is consonant with peace in the light of the Christian principles by which our nations are guided. We want no cries of jm(fohm. We need prudent councils, a calm and deliberate temper and a statesmanship solid with true patriotism and heavenly wisdom.—Rev. S, H. Virgin, Congregationalist, New York. It is easy to talk about war and to blow the trumpet that would cali the soldiers to battle, but when once those same persons are called upon to take arms they are among the first to want a substitute and cry for peace. There may be some things better than peace, vet lot us not be too speedy to ery for war.—Rev. L. M. Zimmerman, Lutheran, Baltimore, Md. ‘War between the United States and England is as impossible asa war between Russia and the planet Mars. Let us not encourage the barbarous war spirit and especially toward | England. The two nations are practically one; oneeven in government, however the names and outward forms may differ; still more in race, one in language and literature, one in the love of justice and work for humanity.—Rev. H. M. Simmons, Unitarian, Minneapolis, Minn, The Monroe doctrine must be upheld. Mr. Cleveland has sumply demonstrated to the world that, as chief executive of our Republic, he desires to see justice done to & sister repub- lic. Were Venezuela to pay the indemnity that Great Britaim demands, it would be a tacit affirmation of Britain’s boundary line. She therefore refuses. The Monroe ‘doctrine of seventy years' standing is attacked. We de- fend 1t; that is all.—Rev., Lyman Ward, Univer- salist, New York. The whole of Venezuela is not worth the sac- rifice that would be brnufihl about by a war. Christien England will, nodoubt, although she knows we are in the wrong, submit the ques- tion to arbitration. If the United States wants 10 show her power on the seas, let her send her aid to Cuba. If England wants to show the strength of her ironclads let her send them up the shining = Bosphorus.—Rev. Robert Mac- Dongld, Baptist, Boston, Mas: There are times when war is unavoidable. I &m not so sure but that it is high time that England should be taught that there are other people to be thought of save alone the subjects of her Government. England is mighty on &ea, the United States is mighty on land, and yet our resources in the past have always made us strong enough to successfully cope with her, either upon 1and or sea.—Rev. M. J. Sleppy, Methodist, Allegheny, P Every act by which a nation is precipitated into a fatricidal slaughter, where a declaration of war is made withoutexhausting every other possible measure of adjusting the difficulties, is contrary to the teaching of Christianity. | believe that war is a most horrible crime, and 1 would cry from the housetops, *Peace! Peacel Peace!” To make war is to open the gates of hell and pour on us a storm of inic uity and wrath.—Rev. Charles Eaton, Episcopalian, New York. A whole nation is ready to leap to arms and is sharpening swords and cleaning cannon. Criticize Grover Cleveland 83 we may, 4 man- ler, truer, braver, loyal President never occu- pied the White House. And if to-day England 18 trying to bully a helpless republic, six mil- lionas brave patriots &s ever froze at Valle; Forge or bled at Princeton and Yorktown will make the same sacrifices and dig other grave trenches, and march and grapple and die.— {;.e\'. Frank Talmage, Presbyterian, Pittsburg, 2. The President may possibly have been pre- mature in his attitude, but this much is cer- tain: the American people will approve a word of warning to our British neighbors. That the Monroe doctrine is not international law, as Salisbury intimates and Von Holst echoes, is not to the point. Enough that it is American unwritten Jaw. “No taxation without repre- sentation” was not considered international law by England, but it went just the same. The Declaration of Independence was not international law in the eyes of England, but it stood. — Rey. ‘R. A. White, Uniyersalist, Chicago, 111 gresses, or that of the Republicans in the Fifty-first or the present Congress, was about equal in numbers to the then entire House. ' Numerous ineffectual ballots for the election of a Speaker had been taken, and there was bad blood manifested on the surface of affairs, i Members desired to open up the discus- sion in advanee of the election of a Speaker, but a resolution was adopted de- nying the privilege of debate prior to the SCUFFLES IN CONGRESS, — The Hall of the House Has Been the Arena of Pugilistic Encounters. | completion of the _organization. Mr. Toombs of Georgia determined to ignore the resolution. and proceeded to address the House. He said the legislative body SOME MEMORABLE SCENES was nothing more than a town meeting or a mob, and, notwithstanding the demands for order, he held the floor and filled the chamber with his vociferous eloquence. “I know my rights,” he repeated over and over, and when upon a motion to re- scind the rule cuttingroff debate the clerk .a)roceeded to call the role, his voice was rowned by the more vehement tones of the gentleman from Georgia. “‘You have treacherously violated and opposed the rights of my constituents,” he shouted, ‘and your fiendish yells may well be raised to drown an argument which i;on tremble to hear. Idemand to know y what authority that man stands there and cafls the rod.”’ Then, as later, and throughout those troublous times, the slavery question was | uppermost, and the issue was argued with all the ardor and zeal of, heated partisan- ship. Members from thé North had no disposition to come into personal collision with Mr. Toombs, for they knew he was persistently seeking to break up the as- semblage. The eminent Georgian continued his fierce onslaught upon the rules of the House for hours, once exciaiming dramat- ically: “You may cry ‘order,’ ‘order,’’ till the heavens fall, but you cannot take this place from me.”” And at another juncture declaring with solemn positiveness that the Union had ceased to exist. At last, exhausted almost to the verge of Enysica] collapse, hoarse and panting for reath, Mr. Toombs sank into his seat and the clerk gravely announced that the House had refused to rescind the order forbidding debate. A third event, occurring in June, 1854, |drew Mr, Cullom of Illinois and Mr. | Churchwell of Tennessee into a collision, which was governed by no known rules, but which must have been ludicrous as it was exciting, §iMr. Chorchwell felt called upon to “‘throw himself upon the charity of the House for one moment.” The result was that Mr. Cullom felt himself to be com- pelled equally to throw himself upon Mr. Churchwell. The inevitable record was appealed to, from which Mr. Churchwell haa proceeded to show that Mr. Culiom had interpolated ina previous speech of his certain words that were not uttered upon the floor. The languafe referred to was declared Hon. Galusha A. Grow Knocked Out an Antagonist Three Times in One Night. The spectator who sits in a gallery over- looking the House chamber to witness the vroceedings from day to day, and whose eyes are gladdened by an occasional | glimpse of his zealous member as he poses | before the country in his first Congre sional clothes, is reminded by nothing that transpires in these tame opening days of a newly constituted National Legisla- ture ot the many thrilling scenes that were enacted upon that floor in the earlier Con- gresses, says the Washington Times. There have been since the “Fifties’” some very exciting impromptu exhibitions there, as, for example, the struggle over the force bill; the episode in which Messrs. ‘Washburn and Donuelly and Rossean and Grinnell figured; the pyrotechnic display over theelection of ’76, and other events of more or less gravity. But the ante-bellum struggles were more noteworthy because of their unhappy culmination, and for the additional reason that at that time the famillarity which breeds contempt had not | materialized as to that particular feature. Three of those occurrences, handed down from the Auld Lang Syne by the | Congressional Globe, have but rarely been | referred to in vrint, and as some of the | principals are still -in active political life | and others are well remembered, a repro- duction at this time will be of interest. If one had not the privilege of a view of the swift-passing panorama when *‘Czar Reed’” was earning his spurs as Speaker of the Fifty-first Congress, or when his suc- cessor held sway in the Fifty-second, he | will probably have no conception of what can be done in _the hall of the National councils, and if, in a casual scrutiny of those in view his glance should fali upon the tall, still erect and evidently vigorous | by Churchwell to be exceedingly offensive form of the Hon. Galusha A. Grow, pres- | and ‘“infamously false.” ullom was ent venerable Congressman-at-large from ‘ about fifteen feet away and had listened the State of Pennsylvania, he would, with- | in angry siience to the reading of the al- out previous knowledge or present re- |leged extract. Before Churchwell had minder, be very apt to pass oy the gray | completed the last sentence of his denun- hairs'of the old-timer without a theught ciatory comment the Illinoisan sprang of selecting their owner as a sample pugil- | from his seat and with clenched fists made istic champion of personal liberty. a desperate effort to reach him. Mr. Grow was and is much more than He was caught by several friends, who that designation implies, but for the pur- grasped him by the coat collar, arms and poses of this story the term must stand. about the body, one or two seizing his legs Mr. Buchanan submitted to Congress on | and effectually stopping locomotion. It the 1st of February, 1858, a state paper | isa part of the history of this episode that that was, in a measure, a counterpart of | the over-zealous peacemakers came very the one just now under discussion as the | near to disrobing Mr. Cullom in their product of Mr. Cleveland. efforts to prevent active hostilities. It was a special message, but it did not | The Speaker literally banged for order, come to a uuited body. It was of vital im- | and commanded_the sergeant-at-arms to portance, as is the present one, and it | restore peace. Displaying his mace, that enunciated a great principle and chal- | functionary rushes first to Cullom and lenged the attention of Congress and the | then to Churchwell, vibrating excitedly country. It conveyed in its lines a sus- | between the two and making frantiz picion of war, as does that on the Vene- | efforts to second the Speaker’s demand for zuelan %ueshon, but, unhappily, it referred | a cessation of the hostile demonstrations. to a-strife of next of kin, while the present | Order was finally restored, Mr. Cullom one, if the analogv shall be carried to the | taking his seat and” Mr, Churchwell retir- end, will be g battle of the reunited house- | ing to the lobb: hold against an ancient foe. | The sergeant-at-arms and his sacred President Buchanan inclosed with his badge of authority have been usually po- message, with his indorsement, a copy of | tent in quelling a Congressional row, but the Lecompton constitution, which had | there have been occasions when that officer been brought to Washington by John C. | might well have sought safety in the cloak- Calhoun. ¢ { room, leaving the fight to adjust its own The House was soon in a state of almost | equilibrium. Inkstands have not been the complete disorder, and various proposi- | most dangerous weapons brought into tions were advocated concerning its proper | Tequisition, nor spittoons, for that matter. disposition, including one of reference. | Men very much younger than the oldest The President had said that by the adm inhabitants huvevivid recollection of the sion of Kansas at that session the “‘dark | six-shooters that were brandished more and ominous clouds’’ would be dissipated, | than a score of times in the House, peace but in the event that the proposition | enforcers that custom indorsed, the code should be negatived ‘‘those clouds would demanded, and that law was powerless to become darker and more ominous than | expel from the hip pocket. ever yet threatened the constitution and the Unijon.” There was an all-night session on the succeeding 5th of February, with the cus- tomary scenes, grave, solemn, farcical and ridiculous. Clerk after clerk broke down in the ex- ercise of calling the roll and the proceed- ings lapsed into a state of exceeding dull- ness, one-third of the members being asleep. A few were engaged in smoking, and tradition_informs us a small nropor- | tion of the Solons were keeping the trail | hot between the hail and the “hole in the | wall,”’ where the liquid refreshments were served. A member asked for permission to send for a “‘daguerreotypist’’ to “take a view of the scenes,”’ whereupon another inquired : ‘How in the devil can they take pictures by gaslight?’ A query which in this day o? adyanced science would not be pro- pounded. Mr. Davis—Reuben, not the other one— of Mississippi, asked for permission to speak an hour, and then addressed himself briefly to a privileged question, complain- ing that the heat of the gas was blisterins By the law of Scotland the bushes or shrubs J:lmed in a garden belong to the landlord, and the tenant cannot remove them at the end of his tenancy. The Eng- lish law is the same on this point. S e ROy HOTEL ARRIVALS. PALACE HOTEL. I W Kline, Pa J H Arms, Oakland J A Magee & w, Stocktn ¥ L Wann, St Paal € G Beach, Chicago J F Kidder, Grass Valley Cal Heily, Portland O F Street, N Y W M Burrell, Mich cNell, Santa Cruz M B Figher, Fort Wayne Mrs L S Fisher, FtW ayne G J Perkins, Niles J Sparks, Ney G H Mclntyre, N ¥ G B Hulme, N Y T W Euos, Tacoma, A H Overman,Springfield R P Flint, Los Augeles E D Baumeister, Mont W T Hofstad & w, Chi L Zimmerman, Portland D J Spence, w & 5,S Jose NEW WESTERN HOTEL. J Arnold & wf, Boston W H_Ragain, Stony Ford E Wallace, US N A A Kenney, U S N L Monter, US N Jumes F Kelley, Chicago P Wralty, Spokane G H Javage, Portland I Sepp, Portland C A Bates, Elmira Mrs M Ables, Wm Spgs Miss Z Wright, Chicago A O Devol &'w?, 11l J B Wright, Chicago Wm N Robinson, Il A Mintiey & wf, [1] Ludessa Mintley, 11 J Powell & w¥, San Jose his head, which was quite bald, and asked | Frank Schvay, Z E Buckner, Santa Rosa Eermissmn to cover his pate with his ;’:_‘,"\;‘l:‘:"g-};;‘l’be;’:° F W Hare & wt,.Los Ang andkerchief. Another member with a % 4 BALDWIN HOTEL. C Frawley, N Y Nath Hartning, N Y A D Anthony, Portland J T Forbes, Milwaukee H M Morris, Chicago T W James, Chicago Mrs R Hall, Los Angeles E C Wagner, Stockton L A Legg, San Jose J Griffith. San Jose W G Wetter, San Carlos Miss Morgan, Vallejo J B Sherley, Stockion C Hunt, Los Angeles Mrs C Jenaings, N Y bald head objected. At a late hour, when fatigued Congressmen were occupying sofas and seats, many of them slumbering to the verge of snoring, Mr. Quitman of Mississippi arose to address the House. He had no authority, he said, to speak for his friends. but suggested that they come to an understanding that all motions sub- sequent to the previous question should be withdrawn. Mr. Grow was walking down the aisle on the Democratic side, when Mr. Keith, a prominent Southerner, accompanied by a Miss M Walnwright, N Y F Meer, N Y G P McLain, Los Angeles P Zabala, Salinas ¥ R Fell, Chicago H Rock and wife, Canada B F Tilton, Sonora M S Ball, St Helens W A Casweli, Sacramento A. Dowdell, St Helena M S Stein, Stockton € B Seanore, St Paul W Muller, Chicago Miss Hunt, Los Angeles LICK HOUSE. C ¥ Langham, N Y Mrs A M Gray, Cal Mrs J'H Rogers, Cal W J Hillman, Cal G Hughes, Nevada City S Clark, Sacramento F L Keenan, Portland " J B Peaks, Stockton Mrs Hapgood, Marysville Mrs J B Sievens, Napa. J Weinberger & w, Cal T E Bishop, Tulare Mrs J Hawkes, Napa B H Uphum, Martinez N Bradley & dtr, Visalia Miss E Farrow, Visalia G W Hume, Oakland Mrs Dickman. St Helena F K Roberts, Santa Cruz G D Allman, Oakland J D Lynch, Los Angeles P Power, Alameda AGassaway,Nevada City C G McBride, Cal F'S Patt, San Jose S Harrison, Cal S Logan, Modesto T Lawrence, Stockton F Young, San Josa S F Heinrich, San Rafael J H Nelson, Stockton GRAND HOTEL. € M Mannon, Stanford L A Hughes, Stanford W W Thatcher, Hopland F W Derby, Watsonville J D Wadsworth, Sa Rosa A Tuflin, Fresno PR Allen, Watsonville C F Reed, Auburn W F Smith, Sacramento Mrs. Hoghes & 1, Ls Ang Rev S Hirst, Vallejo Miss k: Hughes, Los Ang L J Eastman, Mass W P Cobbs, San Diego W F Plumb, Nev G Roy, Nev Mrs C N Hawkins, Hol Mirs Bozus, Hollister lister A D Moran, Nevada City M J Foster, Colfax F M Janos, Sacramento © L Hall, Mich M N Newmack, Los Ang J B Joseph, Los Angeles E Valentine, Fresio J Porter, Portland J L Walpole, Portiand © Cooper, Portland Mrs N B Nouline, Tracy D € Clark, Sania Cruz A M Smith, N,V R W Delyitt, Wash M Pring MMrs 8§ J 0'rlen, Willows Mrs M Peterson, Willows P O'Brien, Wiliows A B Smith, Fresno A C Rosendale, Pa Grove E K Stevenot, Sonoma J H Campbell &w,S Jose W T Bernard, Seattie T Coftin, Nev F D Smith & wf, Novato J F Devendorf, San Jose F Erickson,San L Obispo L F Bruner, Sacramento RUSS HOUSE, N Chapman, Pinole T Guesseo, Chicago Jas Ensign, Reading S Hush, Chicazo Mrs M floneywell, Cal Mrs R W Nel. B C Woodside. Reno Miss L Mever: H Stecle, Denver Mrs E Harper, El Dorado P Garceval & w, Redids C Thoma, M Manson, Girass Valley H A Harper, Kl -Dorado € Manson. Grass Valley D S Murray, Gilr H Kuecbler. Siockton = M E Bristo , Seaitie Miss J Hardman, Olema H M Bristol, Seattle Miss Ids Hampton, Cal J L Willianjs, Livermore i Richmond, S Quentin J M Walling. Nevada Cty R S Blossom, Battle Mtn K Laugier 11, Salvador Mrs Laugier & 1, Slvador F S Norris, Portland Dr Agnes Winzel. Cal M Stanchfieid, el Ang friend of his, approached the Pennsylva- nian. A scuffie ensued between Grow and Keith, which instantly threw the House into the most violent excitement. Blows were exchanged by the principal belliger- ents before they could be separated, and almost immediately thereafter Keith again aimed a blow at his adversary, whereupon Grow knocked him down. This was the signal for a general fight, 4nd various members were engaged in the area fronting the clerk’s desk. Washburne of Illinois and Potter of Wisconsin, bistory informs us, were conspicuous in the serim- mage, dealing their blows with great mus- cular force in all directions. "It had its funny features, too, onme being supplied when Covode of Pennsylvania, in defense of his Keystone colleague, raised a mon- strous spittoon on high and was about to strike Barksdale of Mississippi. At this juncture the latter's wig fell off, revealing a pate as bald as his hand. Covode, appalied at the spectacle, dropped his weapon with its wealth of cigar-stubs and retired permanently from the ring. The Speaker demanded that the House should ge in order, and the House con- tinued its scenes of extreme disorder until Mr. Grow was again involved. He inter- osed an objection to the remarks of a gpeaker and was ordered by his late ad- versary to go to his own side of the House, ‘“This is a free hall,” Mr. Grow retorted ; ‘‘every man has a right to be where he pleases.” Keitt demanded to know what was meant by such a remark. Grow explained with some emphasis and Keitt seized him by the throat. Grow knocked his hand away, and ended by squarely knocking him down twice in rapid succession. The language employed was long ago stricken irom the record, or if not it should have been, and even if remembered unta Rosa or found in the chronicles of that day, | PJounson, Redding DrJ E Gondy, Seattle should not be repeated. J Rice, Kings City AL Brtlett, 10 0 F v ome Another noted scene of the long ago oc- curred on the first Monday in December, 1849, when the business in” hand was the organization of the House. There was no big majority then. The aggregate of the ‘Democratic strength in the past two Con- E Little, Ney E Reed. Portland J W Schoolcrait, Oregon I Milburn & w, Portiana gg&xfi;vcun. Aleatraz 0 inger, Uakland W Dudley Jr, Vallejo D J Bradiord, Healdsbrg J Leve, Seva . F W Lavghlin, Marks ~ A Johuson, 8 8 Williams, Oregon J N Smith & w, Portland R W Cobb, Cleveland J J Moloney, Oakland WHAT THEY SAY. Some Words of Encouragement From Persons Whose Experience Is Valuable. “Indigestion is the curse of this country,” says a New York medicai journal in a recent editorial. ‘‘Both men and women suffer trom this distressing com plaint and it causes a tre mendous amount of misery. This is all very true but there Is no feason why any man or woman should suffer from in- digestion when there is & ready means of pre- venting it. Thousands of people have discov- ered a sure cure for this much dreaded com- plaint and some of them have given the public the benefit of their experience. Mrs. E. 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