The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 27, 1896, Page 5

‘THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1896. 5 SUTRO FIRM FOR FORECLOSURE, Surprised at Estee’s Stand in His Drafted Memorial. HE STOPPED TOO SHORT. Says the Napa Statesman Was Put on the Committee by Courtesy. TO CALL A MEETING TO-DAY. The Mayor Expresses Himself Strongly in Regard to the Duty of the Executive. “Inamed the committee to prepare a memorial to Congress against re-funding the railroad debt, and Mr. Esiee was placed upon it by courtesy.”” It was Mayor Sutro who used these words yesterday in a conversation on the subject of memorials that have been pre- | pared by members of the committee and which were published yesterday morning. ““I have scen the three memorials,’” said the Mayor, “and they are strong and care- fully prepared documents. That of Mr. Estee is a strong argument, but it falls short of the intent of the resolutions adopted at the convention. That conven- tion in adopting the resolutions it did meant what was conveyed irf them, and that is opposition to the re-funding of the railroad debt and in favor of the foreclos- ure of the mortgage. of the convention and it the wish of ninety-nine out of every hundred of the peopl? of this St ves, the wish of nine hundred and x ne out of every thousand. “l am at a loss to understand the mo- tive that prompted Mr. Estee not to incor- porate that in the memorial he drew up. It was his duty to incorporate it in accord- ance with those resolutions. You know that I named the committee to prepare a memorial to Congress against re-funding the railroad debt and Mr. Estee was placed upon it by courte: “The memorial Mr. Estee prepared has at the bottom of it the names of Caminetti, Davie, Cannon and Gibson, but they did not sign it. In fact nothing has been done yet. No memorial has been signed by the committee. “To-morrow I shall call the committee together and then the whole matter will be discussed, and I shall take the stand that the legislative brunch of the Govern- ment has no right to act in the matter, that it has no right to interfere in vested rights and that that right rests only in the judiciary. The Government of the United States 1s divided into three branches—the legislative, the judiciary and the executiv When the legisiative branch has per- formed an act, there its duty ceases, so far as that act is concerned. 1f there is any question about that act it is not within is the power of the legislative body to review | its action, but it falls to the judiciary to | s upon it, and it is the duty of the ex- ecutive to see that the judiciary passes it. That is exactly the position of this railroaa debt. The railroad cannot, or will not, pay its debts and the morteage t be foreclosed. It is the duty of Presi- t Cleveland to instruct the Attorney- eneral to commenee an action in fore- closure and in that way- bring the whole matter before the ju it may oe determined by the highest authority in the land; and the legislative branch—I mean Congress—has nothing whatever to say in the matter. In this vosition I am supported by the opinions of such men as Judge Woodworth, who for seventeen years was Chief lustice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Ly- man Trumbull of Illincis and Edmunds of Vermont and other attorneys as promi- nent as these. Why, there is not a lawyer in the land who knows anything about law who will not agree with these gentle- men. I have had experience in Washing ton in regard to matters ot this character and know that Congress has no right whatever to interfere. “I repeat it,”’ said the Mavor, emphati- cally, “the legislative branch of the Go ernment has no right to interfere with the plain duty of the executive, which isto order this matter brought before the ju- diciary. That is the stand I shall take at the meeting to-morrow and which I shall maintain to the end. At that meeting we shall find out if the gentlemen named signed or indorse Mr. Estee’s memorial. Cuminetti and Gibson, I believe, are all right in favor of foreclosure, but Estee, Davie and Cannon I think are endeavoring to evade the purpose of the convention and the unmistakable ianguage of the resolu- tions. “If Congress should act in this matter and pass a measure giving relief to the railroad it will do so in violation of the constitution, and if it does that there might as well be an end to government. The people demand, and they have the right to do so, that the railroad people like any other people pay their debts to the Government, and that if they do not do so the law be invoked against them.” THE STORM AT THE BEACH How the Bellowing Seals on the Rocks Gave Warning of Its Approach. Lightning, Thunder and Rain Surprise Pedestrians—The Sutro Elec- tric Road. The Cliff House was opened for business yesterday, but the formal opening has been vostponed until some time next month. The men who have been selected to Operate the Sutro electric line have been notified to report for duty at 6 o’clock this morning. During the past week a number of cars were run_over the entire line and everything was found to work in a satis- factory manner, Desbite the weather yesterday there was &n lmmense number of people at the beach in the afternoon, drawn there by a desire to see how the ocean looks on & stormy day. Those who were fortunate enough to be on the broad porches of the newgjiQ That was the wish | dicial branch, so that | House between 3:15 and 5 o'clock, pro- tected from the wind and rain by the im- mense windows that surround them, wit- nessed an imposing spectacle. Shortly after 3 o'clock the spectators watching the seals on the rocks heard their bellowing and then noticed them hurriedly leave the rocks and leap into the | breakers that were rolling high against the | tall piles on which the kings and queens of the deep had been rolling. **That,” said an elderly man who moved about with a swaying gait and who had the appearance of an oid salt, “is a sign that there's a storm a-coming, and pretty blamed soon. When you see them crit- ters a-diving into the water you'd better take in sail. It’s a sure sign and beats {hcm fellers in the Milis building all hol- G2 As he was speaking the seals moved waterward, the sky, which had been fairly clear, darkened suddenly, there was a blinding flash of lightning and a roar of distant thunder, the wind rose and the high-crested waves chased one another rapidly until they broke upon the shore or lashed the rocks and sent theéir white foam thirty or forty feet high. : A small coasting steamer Wwas seen in the distance ploughing through the angry billows and making very slow headway toward the Golden Gate. The darkness increased, the ocean became obscured from view by a heavy dark-gray fog and there was another and more vivid flash, quickly followed by another. At that moment there were a hundred péople, men and women, on the grade that leads to the cliff, moving to and from that eminence, and the wind that was blowing from the southwest made walking de- cidedly unpleasant. A few drops of rain fell, and as 1tswas impossible to raise um- brellas there was a scurrying for the shel- ter of the new building and for the depot, but pefore either could be reached the storm _broke in all its fury, the force of the | wind increased, the rain came down from all directions in great drops that struck the face of the pedestrians with such force they were compelled to close their eyes. It was a blinding rain that fell with the violence of hail, and was drenching, as the unfortunates who were caught in it dis- covered. While this was heaviest the lightning continuea to flash and there was a peal of low rumbling thunder that con- tinued for fifteen seconds. The 4 o’clock train that left the Park and Ocean depot for the City carried away the most thoroughly drenched load of PAsSengers ever seen on cars, R STORM ON THE FRONT. | A Heavy Downpour of Rain—Two Ships Bound Westward Re- turn to Harbor. The wind blew briskly from the south- east most all day yesterday, but the heavy, | continuous downpour of rain kept the bay | comparatively smooth. Toward night the wind veered around to the westward, and blew moderately from that direction'dur- ing the night. In the forenoon the British ship Law- hill was towed to sea by the tug Fearless. When out between the heads the captain of the ship not liking the looks of the water, the falling barometer and the feel- the tug to return. Captain Dan Haskell reluctantly came around with his tow, and steered for the harbor again. The ship Clan McKenzie was abreast the Presidio outward bound, towed by the tug Active, and her captain seeing the Law- hill returning concinded to do likewise. Both vessels were anchored in the stream. o FORT CANBY WAS “LOW.” The Storm Center Did Not Change, So the Southwester Raged. Fort Crohy, near the mouth of the Co- lumbia River, notwithstanding its emi- nently respectable reputation through its Governmental establishments, has de- veloped decidedly low traits of late. So low indeed are they that the whole Pacific Slope has stood aghast and fallen into the convulsions of & gale by turns. This *low” development of Fort Canby and vicinity, however, is blamed by the weather prophet for ail the trouble, be- cause it has kicked up terrific winds day after day and drenched the coast with rain- storms. | ““You see,” explained that official of the Government, pointing at a chart covered with puzzling red, blue, black and green lines, “‘Fort gnnby is low.” *‘And what of it?” ‘We have those storms.” The forecaster added that it was more properly the barometer was uway down with a bona-fide fit of the biues up at Fort Canby, and that meant the storm center was there. The ‘Jow” was vainly strug- gling to passin a southeasterly directicn, but there wus & high pressure just beyond the*Sierras which ‘stopped "barometric junketing over the count So the meterological conditions remained stationary almost from Saturday night to the intense surprise and chagrin of the weather prophet, who gave ‘*‘unsettled weather, with showers Sunday forenoon and fresh southerly winds.” The low pressure changed vnexpectedly yesterday, and San Francisco came in for another taste of a sou’'wester laden with about three-fourths of an inch of rain. | The thunderstorm was a surprise to the Weather Bureau, and the delicate instru- ments up there beat atattoo on their Tegisters in record’ng a sudden change of temperature and barometr‘c pressure. PEEL T0 EXPLORE ALASKA, Latest Caper of the Jolly Young Grandson of a Prime | Minister. ! He Will Form a Company of English- men and Start Toward the North Pole. Roland Danvers Peel, M.D., of England, but knowu to vaudeville stage managers as “‘Nat, the comediam,” and who has been delighting the cosmopolitan audiences of the Bella Union Theater for the past week or two with his irresistibly funny songs and makeups, has decidet{ to abandon the stage and Lie himself away to the frozen north on a tour of exploration. Mr. Peel acknowledges himself to be the eldest son of Sir Robert Peel and nephew of the Sir Robert Peel who until recently was Speaker of the House of Commons. It was he who solicited of Explorer Stanley permission to accom any him as surgeon through the wilds olv Africa. He has been on exploring expeditions before and has venetrated the northern and almost inaccessible parts of Australia, going as far as the Carpentaria Bay. “My idea,” said he last evening, “is to 20 on a tour of exploration to Alaska. I shall form a little party of Englishmen, and we probably shall start within ten days. Iintend going as far north as it is pnssible for man to go. Thatis a very in- te. iting country up there, and it has not by any means been thoroughly explored. “I have ulwnia desired to make this trip. Imay cross the straits into Russia and come down into China. **China and Japan are about the only countries of the world that I have not seen. But you may be sure I shall do them thoroughly before I settle down.’" Mr. Peel’s specialties in the histrionic line are all original. He composes the n;ufle for his songs and writes the words also. B T Afrangements have been made by the German military authorities on the first intimation of war to convey by rail all the women and children in such large towns as Metz and Strasburg, as well as smaller places, into Germany. ing of the 36-mile southeast wind, signaled | | i | | | SHOT AT SOAKED TARGETS, Riflemen in Large Numbers at Shell Mound and Schuetzen Parks. THE COLUMBIA CLUB SCORES. A Big Match Between Military Marks. men—Contests for the Schuemann Medals. Notwithstanding that the wind blew a hurricane yesterday the Shell Mound shooting range was filled with marksmen of all kinds, and a sheet of bullets was kept fly- | ing from the stands to the targets. It was | one of the worst days for the riflemen ex- perienced in years, and the wonder was that a single good score was made. Those who visited the Shell Mound range yester- will magnanimously take in the van- quished team and extend all the hospital- ity that is possible. When these two teams come together in K’s armory the marksmen will have a jolly time, for the hospitality to be ex- tended by the victors will include such refreshments as promote good cheer. The match yesterday was hotly con- tested from the start, and for a long time neither team felt confident of success. The last shots were fired while the rain was falling so heavily that the bullseye could hardly be seen. Company K won by the very limited margin of i5 points. The sceres made were: Company K—Captain T. Cunningham 42, Lieutenant C. W. Seely 40, Sergeant E. F. Bat~ teron 40, Corporal F. L. Amark 40, Corporal A. R. Farless 41, Corporal J. L. Utschig 43, Private C.F. Anderson 41, Private M. Barley 43, Private P. F. Bauer 36, Private P.F. Brunotte 41, Private C. F. Dittes 38, Private J. H. Helms 38, Private J. G. Hardy 37, Private H. Hall 35, Private C, F. Maguire 42, Private H. Myers 3! Private L. J. Reubold 39, Private A. F. Reubold 29, Private J. A. Ross 44, Private W. L. Warne- kros 39. Total, 783. Company A—Captain Charles T. Poulter 40, Corporal I'rank Poulter 44, Charles L. Maker 37, Sergeant William Downie 40, 8, A 43, G. W. Puckett 42, C. ruckett 37, William Somers 42, Corporal R. W. Littlefield 40, Ser- geant Charles Brier 35, Corporal Charles Tag- gart 41, Fred Peterson 37, G. Jahnagan 85, S geant Charles E. Ellis 39, J. Stewart 3 poral Charles Taber 39, Corporal L. R. McKilli- >. J. Lymerson 35, Lieutenant Vaughn rong 31. Total, 768. The captains of the two companies joined ina friendly match against their Dr. L. 0. Rodgers, President of the Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club, [From a photograph.] day were treated to a “fishtail” wind that whipped back and forth from every point of the compass in the south. The light, too, was varying, at times the black discs appearing distinct and at other times as dark as a San Francisco street on a foggy night when the almanac says there isa moon. The members of the Columbia Pistol and | Rifle Club were out in full force, and con- sidering the weather excellent work was done with the light bullets used. The Columbia's new target is becoming better liked as the marksmen become more fa- miliar with the system of counting the points. Many who are not members have given it a test and are so well pleased that | there is every probability that they will | advocate its adoption in their clubs. Among these are W. E. Spofford, who i one of the leading spirits in the Fresno Rifle Club. His club instructed him to | look iato the merits of the Columbia tar- | shoot— two lieutenants, the former winning by eight points. Cantain Cunningham made 43, Captain Poulter 46; total 89. ant Sealey made 39, Lieutenant Vaughan 42; total, 81 Fhe German Sharpshooters. The stands of the German sharpshooters were filled from early in the morning until dark, and the members of each club were as enthusiastic as they were numerous, | Their scores were as follows: Nord Demtscher Schuetzen Verein—First F. P. Schuster 431 rings; second class, onder Mehden 387 third class, D. Schinke] s, Otto Schmiedel 329, seve—H. Huber, 25. —F. P. Schuster, 24. huster of the first cless and Schmiedel of fourth class became the permanent owners 22. the | of their respective class medals. | German Schuetzen Verein monthly bullseye F. Schuster 38, L. Bendel 137, J. Peters 413, Jungblut 425, H. Huber 446, N. Abrens 626, D. B. Faktor 646, A. Mocker 741, Dr. L. O_Rodgers 821, Judge Bahrs 91114, get, and his verdict vesterday after testing iton rifle and pistol ranges is such that he | will urge his club to adopt it. | G. C. Thaxter, one of the best riflemen on the coast and a member of a crack Car- son team, has expressed his appreciation | of the target, sndp it is likely that the Ne- | veda riflemen will soon be shooting for the one in the!center. A BatteZCounty club is also discussm[g its adoption, while one or two local military companies are con- sidering the same question. F.O. YounF, the originator of the target, is constantly answering letters and questions in expla- nation of the principles involved. Great interest was manifest in the pistol range because the short range was less affected by the wind. Daiss, who is in| the champion class, made the remarkable | score of 8 in three shots, counting frem 7 Y % The Schumann Medal. the one-inch center. follows: Pistol, all comers, three sh ots—C. M. Daiss 8, A. H. Pape 13, F. 0. Young 14, J. E. Gorman 16, Dr. L. O. Rodgers 22, all comers 22. Rifle, medal and cash prizes—E. Jacobson 11, Ed Hovey 28. Rifle, Unfred diamond medal, three shots— D. W. McLaughlin 12, F. O, Young 17, Dr. Rodgers 18, Glendemann medal, Young 45, F. Poulter 45. In two practice scores A. H. Kennedy, with a pocket revolver, made 103 and 176, l’resiggnt L. O. Rodgers announced- the cash prize winners for January and their scores as follows: Rifle—First, McLaugh- lin, 12 points, Columbia target. Second, F. 0. Young, 12 voints, being bel ow Mec- Laughlin according to Creedmore rules. Third,Dr. Rodgers,14 points. Pistol—First, Charles Daiss, 8 points; second, A. H. Pape, 9 points; third, J. E. Gorman, 10 points. The scores were as military rifle—F. 0, Company K Wins. One of the most hotly contested military matches beld for a long time was betiween teams from Company A of the Fifth and Company K of the First. The former’s armory is in Oakland and the latter in San Francisco on Page and Gough streets. The conditions were twenty nien to a team and ten shots fo each man. The match was for a trophy. According to the arrange- ments the losing team must carry the prize to the armory of the victorions team and present it with due formality and humilia- tion on account of the defeat. The victors San Francisco Schuetzen Verein monthly bullseye shoot for twenty cash prizes—Otto Le 16, F. P. Schuster 201, J. Brentler \ George Alpers 301, G. E. Waller 485, H. Helberg 446, George H. Bahrs 491, A. Lamaire 505, H. H. Burfeind 538, D. Duncker 576, R. Finking 671, T. D. Heise 709, A. Mocker 710, A. Huber 733, J. Gefken 776, J. Lankenan 882, D. B, Faktor 35, H. Wecker 1001, H. Stelling 1003, C.F. Rust1035. SHOT FOR THE MEDALS. Remarkable Scores for the Schumann Prizes at Schuetzen. It rained some at Schuetzen yesterday. In fact the heavens spilt more water over the ranges than ever leaked in the recoliec- tion of Philo Jacoby. Philo himself stood aghast at the overwhelming abundance of liquid and not alone because it was merely water, but it was the most notable down- pour of which the annals of Marin County marksmanship have any record. Still the riflemen made an event of it. There was & large crowd of target-hitters on the ground during the entire day. It was the occasion on which the Schumann gold medals were to be shot for and the crack canvas-breakers from all of the big shooting clubs in town were ready to make a try for the prizes. Even the ladies were not daunted by the flood. They came early and stayed until the latest train, incidentally ripping the bullseyes and nearly running off with tne goid badges. = 3 The Utschig girls did some of the shoot- ing and Miss Langer landed the lead close to the center on a number of occa- sions. Taking the weather and the ladies and the scores and Jacoby together it was a great event in the early part of the year's shooting programme. The firing began at 10 o’clock. There was a fair light on the targets and some of the best work was done before 11. About noon it began raining and by 2 o’clock the markers were reported drowned. Langer and Jacoby managed to reach the butts and after a delay of about an hour the markers and their largets were putin shape again. During the entire afternoon the wind and rain interfered with every bullet that was fired. Sights and wind gauges were of little use during such a storm. The results of the competition are rather remarkable. In all of the fierce wind and blinding rain Otto Burmeister scored 231 points out of a possible 250. John Utschig was only one point behind him, and as a rule the scores were of a very high order. Philo Jacoby is authority for the state- ment that scores of such merit were never made before in such bandicapping weather. 1n his thirty years’ experience on the range he recalled no instance in which weather and scores were both of such a notable character. The shooting was generally done from rests. The target was the twenty-five ring German affair, and 200 yards was the dis- tance. Burmeister won the first gold medal and Utschig was the winner of the second. The scores were as follows: Burmeister 231, John Utschig 230, Miss Lizzie Utschig 220, Glindermann 219, Nolte 212, John Stanton 209, Babin 208, Strecker 208, A. Utschig 206, Reubold 202, Jacoby 201, Mrs. Utschig 194, Langer 194, Miss 4. Langer 191, Archer 181, Miss Kate Utschig 155, Eging 168. ‘When the match was finished the su, cessful marksmen were awarded the prizes with appropriate ceremonies. They will wear the medals for one month and then anotber match will be held. This will go on during the year and the riflemen scor- ing the best seven strings will keep the rizes. Captain Schumann has given Ead;es of beautiful’ design aad there is great enthusiasm among marksmen to suc- ceed in the contests. Both medals are alike in pattern, with the exception that the champion prize has a diamond set in the center of the target, Lieuten- | SPOKE OF AMERICANISM, Ray Palmer Addressed a Large Audience at Metropolitan Temple, SLANDERERS SEVERELY SCORED No Sympathy for Those Who Have Made Vicious Attacks on the Women. There was no diminution in the attend- ance at the good citizenship meeting at Metropolitan Hall yesterday afternoon on account of the inclemency of the weather. After the usual organ voluntary H. W. Quitzow made a few opening remarks, in the course of which he said: Inlooking at this vast audience one cannot help but believe that the people are deeply in- terested in the question of American liberty. I would refer those who wish to be thoroughly informed of the controversy now in progress to THE CALL of this morning, which publishes the synopsis of the situation by Rev. Donald Ross. The singing of “Hail Columbia” was followed by remarks of an introductory character by M. T. Brewer, who said in part: Iwill ask you to bear with me a few mo- ments while I say a few plain words. Yester- day my attention was called to something in THE CALL written by Father Yorke. [Demon- stration.] Honor bright, now, friends. I know your manhood and your womanhood. Now, no hisses for any one, and I never ask for ap- plause. ButIwant you to hear me patiently and manfully. My attention was called, as Iwas saying, to an article in THE CALL written by Father Yorke [a demonstration was again elicited by the mention of the name of Father Yorke.] I read it carefully. It referred to the slandering of women of the Catholic ‘aith, I have a loving mother, a_dear wife and a precious daughter, and 'if Peter C. Yorke or anybody else haa cast a slur on our women I .would have been bitterly indignant; and Iam as indignant over what one of our own people has said in derogation of the women who be- long to the Catholic church. Isay that in the end of the nineteenth cen- tury ‘all should have liberty to worship as they like. Isay that no man has the right to say that the women of the Catholic faith are worse than those of any other denomination. The Mouitor and Father Yorke have chosen to say that the words I spoke on this platform 1did not mean. I now say that I mean every word that I say here at all times. But when any one attempts to interfere with our public schools, then I say call a halt. We want the fullest liberty of conscience for our- selves, and all that we want for ourselves we are willing to mete out to all in the free land, We ask nothing for ourselves that we will not grant to others, Let us see to it that the principles that un- derlie the American Protective Association are American principles—are for the unity of the XNation; for a fair and honest count; for gov- ernment by the ballot, for no one can say that we desire fo govern any other way. The members of the Young Men's Institute sometimes say: “Why, that A . is so secret.” I wonder if the Young Men's Institute is not secret, 1am airaid they would blackball me if I applied for membership to-morrow. They say in all seriousness, and I suppose in_ all | truth, they have no politics discussed in_their | meetings.” I wonder what the members of the Young Men's Institute would say if I told | them that politics was never discussed in any council of the A. P. A. I want to tell Father Yorke and the Y. M. L. that if any officerof the A. P. A allowed politics to be discussed he would lose his office. So we are very nearly alike. 1say though that if politics is not dis- cussed by the Y. M. I. they are yet carrying ont the behests of Father Yorke and the Catholic hierarcny. When the speaker of the occasion was | introduced, Chairman Quitzow had barely got the words “We will now hear from Rev. Ray Palmer’’ out of his mouth when hisses arose in the gallery, which were, however, quickly drowned by applause. Then the reverend gentleman spoke as follows: Iam here to speak on “What s True Ameri- canism?” ‘We believe that the Roman Catholic hier- archy is un-American. We Dbelieve it from a | great many considerations, only a few of | which can I speak about to-day. No Catholic can renl){ be a true American. | They may sincerely believe they are truly loval, but they cannot be. Take the case of Bishop Ireland— [Applause in the gallery, followed by cries of “Put him out!”] *No, don’t put him out; don’t put anybody out. Iam glad to have our Catholic friends here, but don’tdisturb me. Ihave no feeling against them. Thus great Bishop Ireland would never have become & Bishop if he were a true American. He may perhaps believe himself to be one. I make no charge against the Bishop or any other man. They may believe themselves to be, thouzh they cannot be so, as we know. Our friend who made great claims to patriot- ism closed his address last Tuesaay in an apostrophe to free America and took oc- casion to speak of “Catholic Columbia.” I don’t know when it became Catholic. [Ap- plause.] Iwant tosaytovou that no A. P. A. man could have delivéered more patriotic words than these. We do not believe that Father Caraher spoke these words with the same underlying feeling that would have rompted the true American. We don't be- jeve his words came from a profound love of Americanism, a love above his ecclesiastical allegiance. I say that our Catholic friends may love our country in many ways, but I say that they do not yet love our country with the true love that regards the best principle of of American liberty—religious liberty. They eclaim to be sending men from over the water to teach us better Americanism and higher patriotism. Let us take the recent in- vestiture of Satolli with the honors of a Cardinal. I say such & demonstration is un- American. The details of that affair were something like those of the ancient Romans. The great pomposity of it was incongruous with Christianity &and Americanism alike. When I see these things I fear for Americanism, and we should protest against them. We say that if Americans needed a Cardinal why did not the Pope select an American Bishop and make him a cardinal. Why send a man_away from Italy and make him a Car- dinal in our country. The Bishops and Archbishops show their deer servility to the Popein not protesting against this ‘invasion. They said it was only another exhibition of the Pope's love for America. 1fIwere a priest or Bishop I would send a protest to the Pope against such a course. Ishould think that under the circum- stances it would be very embarrassing to cCardinal Satolli to face the priests, Bishops and Archbishops of this country. He came to this cquntry without being able to speak even 2 word of our language, yet be is exalted over all the priests of his church and is to give us Jessons in better patriotism. I believe that the Roman Catholic hierarcny is an enemy of America because they are still trying to suppress free speech. He then read a newspaper dispatch re- lating to the assaults made on a Protest- ant preacher by Catholics at Fort Wil- liams and other places in' Canada, and continued as follows: Idon’t say that the priests are to blame—that they engendered and encouraged these out- breaks. But they should have been able to control these things and prevent them. We belicve that the hierarchy is un Amerf- can because ourGovernment isdemocratic,and it is opposed to our Governiment. In THE CALL of the 23d one of the defenders of the Catholic church says that the Roman hierarchy is dem- ocratic. Neither Father Yorke nor any other man has shown or can show that the Catholic hierarchy is democratic. In a democracy the people have all offices: in the hierarchy the ople have no office. The Pope is the ‘great fiwheel in the great machine shop of Cath: oficism. He keeps things running smoothly. In the Sltholic church the priests are cailed fathers.” It seems to me he is not only called ather” because he is the spiritual instructor, but because he is the master and controls his ople. It is un-American to call any one })a her excent God, and the term master is also un-American. Father Yorke may be sincere, but if he is it is the biggest blunder he ever made to say the Catholic church is democratic. It hasshown the spiritof persecution even in this very tan- gle. Father Caraher took up the slanders spoken against the Catholic women, and he held the A. P. A. resvonsible for these dastardly attacks. 1 want to denounce any attack on women. No priest shall make an attack on their virtue, and I say that I have never made any attack on the virtue of Catholic women, and I want to say that I hope God will give me the grace to refrain from any such act. Father Caraher said some things that were not right; some things that filled the minds of the Roman hierarchy lop 5{ . ‘They show that the same things are in the minds of the | priests of to-day. He said that whoever would assail the women of any sect should have the flesh torn from his body by a cat-of-nine-tails. This shows that he would like to do that. No minister of God has the right to use language like that. It smelis of the dark ages. The Catholics at one time attacked the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor, but no Protestant minis- ter ever spoke such words as Father Caraher. I say that it will never be permitted that the Pope shall live in the United States. It issaid that the Italian Government has determined that there shall never be another conclave in Italy. Ttaly evidently intends that there shall be no Pope_in Italy after Leo XIIL. If a Pope come here like a man he will be welcome, but if he comes to attempt the union of state and church we have no use for him in this country. There is talk of the Pope coming to take up his residence in Washington (eries of “‘Not by &long shot” and “No, no, no!”), but they will be awfully disappointed if they try to estab- lish his seat of government in this country. _ There are 1405 convents and nunneries in the United States, each having an average of about sixty inm: There are thus some- thing moré than 84,000 women kept in con- finement without sanction of the law. They say they have voluntarily taken vows. Yet many have changei their minds and want again to be free, but_they are not allowed to do so. They say to Uncle Sam that he cannot g0 within those walls. We want all public in- stitutions to be open to public inspection. For the sake of the womanhood kwe love, Isay UncloSam is vet going in behind those walls, and we are going to say to those people, ‘‘Those who desire to remain can remain, but those who wish to leave shall have their lib- erty.” We say that Americanism is A. P. A.i say that there is not a principle in the A. that is at variance with our constitution. They say we ure foreigners. How many for- eigners have they, with a foreigner &t their head who lives in" Rome? e CHURCH AND STATE. Dr. J. L.'York Says They Must Be Kept Apart In This Nation. Dr. J. L. York, the well-known liberal lecturer, delivered an interesting lecture last evening at 105 Larkin street. Hissub- ject was: “Romanism or Protestantism— Which?” 1n the course of his remarks he said : What religious superstition and priestoraft aid in all the past to promote an unnaturel and false system of religion in the worl may see to-dny 1n the discussion now go between Father Yorke and Protestant Chris- tianity. In the early days of Christianity their councils of bishops and priests were character- ized by fierce contention over the settlement of every dogma. So in this discussion in THE CALL the same spirit and struggle for ecclesiastical supremacy But to the freethinker the main question is untouched, as both sides assume tobe God’s church, and yet neither Roman nor Protestant Christian is able to prove that God ever had anything to do with the founding of Christianity in the world any more than he had with founding Mohammedanism or Mor- monism, and that all religions are man-made and bear no stamp of true divinity. This being true, how can any amount of dis- cussion based upon bare assumption solve the problem? 11, as we claim, Christianity has not a divine origin, and grew out of the mythology of the ast, and that the stories of Mathew, Mark, uke and John are wanting in the elements of| credibility in the light of reason and science, and that Christianity is manZmade and has no more claim to being divine than Mormonism, what significance can there be whether the early Popes claimed superiority over the state ornoi? To the bar of science, reason and a higher eriticism than Protestant Christianity must Romanism be arraigned to answer her mmfi false claims upon the inteliect of the world. We do not mean 1o say that Romanism is all bad and Protestantism all good, as they are mothef and daughter and have many traits and tenets in common. All of the religions known to man contain some truth, and so far as Roman or Protestant Christianity has a moral influence and promotes a true sense of justice and fraternity among men they are good. So far as they exercise any spiritual author- ity as from God to control the free exercise of human reason in men and Women in regard to deity, heaven, hell or salvation, they are,and ever have been, a bar to mental development and 2 brake on the car of human progression. Religion is well enough in its place, but it finds a rocky road when out of place. If re- ligions, creeds and dogmas were of God, their true place would be in all human relations; but as all religions have no higher origin than human ignorance, hope and fear, society is called upon to define this mental disease, and fix a limit for its exercise compatible with our free institutions and widest human liberty. The realm of church and State are as wide apart as the realm of a dog and cat. The State being simaply a form of force has nothing to do with religion of any kind, and the people de- mand a complete separation of church and State, and we have no right, under our secular Constitution, to hire chaplains to pray at the people’s expense for Congress, army and na or any prayers or religious songs in the com. mon schools of our country. The realm of religion is the realm of persua sion, and must begin and end with persuasion a moral force, and when coupled with civil power, tends' to churchism and ecclesiastical despotism and popery in its various forms. We are pleased to commend the noble ana timely words of Rev. E. B. Payne of Berkeley in a sermon printed in the San Francisco CaLL of Saturday, January and find ourselves in happy accord with his views on the Yorke- Ross controversy. And that more especially as both Catholics and Protestants are open to the chargeof being in politics and seeking to infuse religion into the state and schools. For years Protestant - Christians, by systematic effort, have appealed to Congress for an amend- ment to the constitution ot our country, recogrizing God, Christ and the Bible and the persistent appeals to Congress and_State legislatures ~for Sunday laws by Protestant Christians render it obvious that the keynote for the solution of this problem will never be found in invective, and & gospel of hatred between Catholics and Protestants, but rather in the broad and lib- eralyiew thatour Government is and must be secular, and that our public school system is a creature of the State and that “hands-off” to all ecclesiasticism should apply equally to both Catholic and Protestant Christians, A war waged upon any other basis than that of justice and fair play can only stir up_ secta- rian strife and cruel feelings among friends and neighbors, quite at variance with true Americanism, to say nothing of the high pro- fession of peace on earth and good will to men. THE NORTH-END STATION. Supervisors Will Decide To-Day Where It Shall Be Located. Strong Protest Filed to the Selection of the Washington-Street Site. To-day the Board of Supervisors will de- termine a matter which is deemed of vital importance to the owners of property and residents 1n ‘the immediate neighborhood of the proposed location of anew police station. Some time ago, the present location of the North End police station on Jackson street east of Polk being deemed inade- quate to the wants of the Police Depart- ment, a movement was made to establish more commodious quartersin that vicin- ity. The block bounded by Van Ness avenue, Washington, Jackson and Polk streets, except the frontage on Polk street and a vacant lot on* Washington street, is occupied by private residences, among them being some of the best in the City. The vacant lot on Washington street, 33 by 12714, belongs to John McCarthy, the president of Buckley’s Occidental Club. The property-owners in that block, find- ing that a movement was on foot to locate the police station on the MeCarthy lot, made a strong opposition, which resulted in an agreement to locate the same on Polk street, between Jackson and Washington. This arrangement was entirely satisfactory to the property-owners on Polk stre t. The Polk-street lot has a frontage of forty feet on the easterly side of the street, in the middle of the block. The owner removed his tenants at considerable expense, em- ployed an architect to prepare plans and specifications for the building, and bad the same nearly completed when the Health and Police Committee refused to give further time, and awarded to contr: McCarthy. g iz All the property-owners of the block mentioned except one, representing 1220 front feet out of 1278 feet, and the owners of property on the south side of ‘Washing- \E ton street, with oune exception, and owners of the property in the immediate vicinity west of Vau Ness avenue, filed a protest in which they showed the damace to their property and other homes locating a police station, with cells and stable at- tached, in the midst of' their residences, but without avail. The McCarthy contract passed by the usual vote—8 to 3—one Supervisor being absent, Tke Mayor has vetoed the McCarthy resolution and to-day the matter comes up for final action. If the Mayor’s veto shall be sustained relief will come to the prop- erty-owners and the station established on Polk street. An agreement has been made between the owner of the lot and the property- owners of the block mentioned, by which he agrees to erect a building covering his 40-foot lots, which, it is cl. ed, will be a better location and better adapted for the purposes required than the Washington- street lot. committee of property-owners, con- sisting of Frank J. Sullivan, James Den- man and Frank J. French, has had charge of the matter and secured a satisfactory agreement with the owner of the Polk- streev lot. The property-owners affected by the erection of a police station on Washington reet state that the location of a police station’in the midst of their private resi- dences will be ruinous to their property and virtually destroy their homes. T — SHELL MOUND SCORES. Military Marksmen Hold Their Regular Monthly Medal Contests. Several of the military comvanies held their monthly medal shoots at the Shell Mound range yesterday. Beside these there was a private match for a small purse between John Green and James An- derson of the Knights of the Red Branch Rifles. The former won on a score of 45 to the latter’s 36. The military companies and their scores were as follow Compeny I—C. J. § ardi 44, William Gall han 41, Corporal A E W. M 7 ral H. Lemeteyer it Power 37 , Licutenant W. Tobin 4( Sergearit V . A. Martin 41, M land 29, H. 24, McCarth Corporal F. Ac! . Son 31, P. McParts land 38. . Company F—W. Crook 39, J. W. Dresser 37, Corporal Irvin ergeant . N. Tnrton 40, R. Holstein 36, Sergeant F. P. Cod: Higgins 31, J. Corporal ¥ Corporal } Miller Boyle 7. Company 39, Dewar Sergeant F. Brown 36, Corporal W G. A. Doc Fitzgerald 34, O M—Sergeant Kihn 33, Sergeant Cobby 45, Corporal_Stroth 40, Corporal Hayes 36, Corporal Frodsham 41.' Batchelder 44, Spilman Ayhens Bell 28. 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