The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 29, 1896, Page 11

a LS IS THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1896. THE CHURCH AND THE REPUBLIC. Catholicism and Eloquence at the Metropolitan Temple. A HISTORICAL REVIEW, Ex-Judge Sullivan Holds a Big Audience for an Hour and a Half. CATHOLICS AS " PATRIOTS. Deny That a Union of Church and State Has Ever Been Desired. Judge J. F. Sullivan, the eloguent de- fender of Catholicism, entertained an im- mense audience at Metropolitan Temple last night for nearly an hourand a half, his subject being “The Church and the Republic,” and his treatment of it a scholarly and comprehensive survey of Romanism in its connection with liberty and republican principles in both America and Europe. His discourse was one of a series of pop- ular educational lectures being given in support of the teachings and principles of the Roman Catholic iaith. Again and again the speaker was interrupted by en- stic applause that came from fully %00 women and from nearly as many men. At the close of the masterly effort pro- nged applanse rumbled thro great aunditorium , only to be 1d continued by a solo by Harrison upon the b On the platiorm w Fathers Mulli 1 Connolly, 3 Prendergast, Ferguson, Ramon, and Paul P. Hay. discourse ex-J and Gentlemen: Be summits of our Sie een the snow- d the Pa- we had the most 1d. Our the habitable s on the soil of and redcemed, Tegener- r under the influence of nancipation. Ihave thought that 1 Western commonwealth be developed any of the foul T lands sttest the spirit . From Shasta to San es journeyed through our end have felt that the our houses of worship e, feel that Do un- iolence. To me 2 symbol that has followed the sun from its far eastern ey facing the western orld conquered to Diego great cc wave as eiviliza e A times regarded regardful of the s thal s & native American, lovi birth, proud of her h under- sing principles of the mainte hou, m between the teachings and those sacred prin- ty upon which my coun- ence to the teac: faith, but be sald with truth that in so e the teachings of our church er qualified for the respon! d n citizenship and more worthy of the t. keeping elive the r feel that we render a ser In doing so K not ious sentiment we ce to our country. 0 establish any dis- tinction among citizens on the score of reli- gion. We seek not i up any line of separation or ng the fellow- citizens of a Christ wwealth, We are not unmindful of the sad in characters of blood, which controversies of other la; land, exhibit to t! o strife is so bitter, hristian as that which is bc POSITE CHARACTER OF 1 the countries in t »m which this grim-visag a dead past, shoul 1y exorcised. mighty streams whose confluenc formed the vast ocean of our Nations nce represent as many different s ere are nationalities on the face of the earth. v have borue along with them as an integ. constituent of their volume the character- cs and religious sentiments of the lands in b they have bad theirorigin. May our country, which has amalgamated so many erse elements of nationality into a homo- eous whole of consistent American citizen- ip, behold in the diverse elements of the tian community so many factors working without antagonism for the development of & eligious sentiment throughout the Nation. SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND ST Americans we may well rejoice that here every man’s religion isa voluntary offering of the creature to the Creator, pure and free as the vepory offering of Jake and stream and sea, thatrises in adoration to the God of day 10 receive and reflect his glories and to light his altass of the opening and the closing day. Here we have the absolute separetion of church and state, which conduces alike to the promotion of true religion and the perpetua- tion of sound civil government. Of ell men, those most to be avoided in daily life, in my judgment, are political parsons, and those most deserving, if there be any such, in my judgment, of the contempt of their fellow-men, are political priests. CATHOLICS LOYAL TO THE REPUBLIC. This essential distinction between the civil and ecelesiastical jurisdictions, o well under- stood by Catholics. is at times misapprehended end the assertion is made that we render civil allegiance to a foreign prince—the Roman pontifi, AsCatholics we recognize. his juris- diction in purely ecclesiastical matters, but the acknowledgment of that jurisdiction’is in no way inconsistent with our civil allegiance to our country, our social duties as citizens, or our1ights as men. g One land only claims our allegiance as citi. zens, and that is the land of “the free heart's hope and home,” our own, our native land, S0 beautiful and grand, Our own, our native land: Of thee we boast. Great Empire of the West, ‘The dearest and the best, Made up of ail the rest, We love the most. Our country’s fiag is dear to us beyond any human form of expression. Its folds are next our hearts, its memories our proudest heritage, its security our most sacred care. To the flag we render the supremest loyalty of our being. On our part no act of cowardice or treachery, no lack of civic virtue snall tend 1 its degradation. We shall permit no unholy hand to profane its folds, no impious tongue to revile it. We love our Californisn land—our land of sunshine,fruitand flowers. Weloye her for her own sake. We love her bécatse she is fair and comely among her sister States. But we love Ler most of all because she is a sovereign State e great American Union. Itshall be our abition to secure for her among her sister 1ates an honored standing on account of the intelligence, the menh and moral weaith of ner people. The State whose rugged moun- tains enfold the richest treasures of the uni- erse, whose hills and valleys teem with the rich fruitage of grain and wine, shall also rear such & race of rugged, honest men and fair, virtuons women as will form a fitting comple- ment to the wealth and beauty with which God and nature have endowed her. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FRIENDLY TO CIVIL LIBERTY. Some years ago & distinguished Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, visited the United States for the purpose of taking a philusophicad sur- vey of our institutions and our people, and the: results of his investigations were published in & book styled “Democracy in Americs.” He ons written he religious s, and of our eve of the student. 0 un- i lenting, is the ter, con- most sol- d be ce have T ces as T8 As devotesa chapter to the progress of Roman Catholicismn in .the United States, in the course of which he uses this language: ‘*‘America is the most democratic country in the world, and it is at the same time the country in which ;Ef!l}'omnn Catholic religion makes most prog- The fact then noted by him has been verified ggfl;)aa statistics covering the intervening The latest avallable fizures give the Catholic Population of the United States at something in the neighborhood of 10,000,000, and show that the members of that church exceed in numbers any other denomination of Chris- tians; that there are nearly half as many Catholies as Christians of sil denominations combined. It may be safely assumed asa fact that the Catholic church is steadily increasing in num- bers in the United States. Is that fact real'y & source of alarm to the lovers of the Republi As a matter of fact, Is_there anything in the doctrines of the Catholic cnurch which favors one form of government more than another? Is there any article of faith propounded t followers which characterizes & monarch as or the latter as bet- Is not the mea! superior to_an aristocrac; ter than a pure democra s ure of human conduet covered by the Catholic code broad enough to cover with its beneficent embrace every form of government? The Catholic church bestows its affection and fostering care alike on the subjects of every form of governwent. The plan of the orgenization of the church based on a tem of equal rights to participa- tion in ail ifs functions and ministrations. race of people is denied the privileges of its ministry. No child of poverty is so lowly or so untowardly circumstanced in his surroundings 8 to be denied on that accqunt any station for which his viriuesand his intellectual attain- ments may prove him qualified. Her ministers being coafined to a life of celibacy, there can arise no hereditary caste with exclusive privileges within her rank With her “honor and iame from no co ditions rise.” The miter, the cardinal’s hatand the tiara have never been beld as the prize of irth or riches. = 2 {3‘\1! for the influence of the church barbarism would have resumed sway over the whole of Europe. But labors the literature of Greece and Rome would have fadea from the minds of men, and the glories of Rome and of Athens would have been dispelled in like man- 39 | lished those governmental gorms which should mind - (by the Reformation) and absolute monarcay triumphed simultaneously through- out Europe. And how do we find the case after the lapse of the intervening centuries? What single Protestent republic has risen in Europe above the ruins of Catholic_despotism? Is Germany, in the harsh grasp of her Iron Chancellor, fo be commended usa type of popular govern- ment? Strong, intellectual, perhaps the master force in the future map-making of Europe, is her Emperor at this day bound effectually by that rule that regulated medieval Germany, that taxation should be by the conseut of those taxed? But there has arisen upon the scene of Euro- pean politics & young republic. Catholic rence, the ancient ally of the struggling American colonists, bas claimed for her chil- dren that form of goverment which she so largely helped to secure to us. REPUBLICS OF THE NEW WORLD. But events occurring toward the close of the fifteenth century opened up amew world to civilization. Isabella, the Catholic of Castile, commissioned the Genoese navigator to prove his faith in the rotundity of the earth and to open up to civilization” and Christianity the unknown land beyond the Western waters. The chimera of Columbus assumed the garb of fixed fact, and a new continent, boundless in resources, lay open to the conguest of civilization and Christianity. Here was to be planted upon the virgin soil of our Western © ent the seed of that well-developed civilization which, in Europe, had had the growth of centuries. Here weré to be estab- develop into the most perfect type of civil or- ganism. From Alaska to Patagouia the soil seems 10 have been fertile for republican prin- ciples. Since Brazil has transformed her lim- ited monarchy into a republic the whole of South America, with the exception of the colo- nies of Guiana,'is covered over with republics. And the populations of these South American republics is almost exclusively Catholic. The same statement may be made as to the Mex- ican and Central American republics. CATHOLICS IN THE UNITED STATES. Ana how have Catholics conducted them- selves during the growth of this greatest and best republic of the world? Haye they done their full proportion of the work in laying the foundations of the Government and_ rearing the superstructure of her greatness? Have EX -JUDGE SULLIVAN, [Reproduced from a photograph.] ner as the glories of those cities of Asiatic splendor which have left only the brilliant memory of & name. DEVELOPMENT OF POPULAR RIGHTS UNDER MON- ARCHICAL FORMS During the gradual evolution of the various governments of Europe the influence of the Catholic church was predominant. Ii that infl was despotic in_its dency we would find the evidences of it in lack of restraint imposed upon the sovereign power in the Various -coun . But ever where we fipd that monarcis were restraincd Dy obligations to rule consistently. with reason and justice, In Germany a form of limited monar prevailed. The Emperors shared legisia authority with the Diet, composed of Princes of provincial states; and these in turn had their own provincial states, composed of their feudal vas: and tneir mediate towns within their territory in which they manag: their own locelaffairs. Taxescould not be posed without the consent of the states. iind that various German cities enjoyed elec tive privileges in the selection of municipal officers. The Diet of Frankfort in 1344 was made up of electors, Princes and deputies rep- resenting cities. In Spain we find that in the kingdom of Aragon the sovereigns were elected by the Barons; and no King could assume sway until he had sworn to observe the laws and liberties of the realm. And what do we .find in England as to the development of liberty during the period of Catholic ascendncy? We find that popular rights had a healthy ]gmw!h. The constitu- tionof Engiand is not, like our organic charter of liberties, laid down clearly within the bounds of a written constitution. Its exist- ence is not reckoned from a certain date. But there is one event of paramount importance in the coustitutional development of British liberty, and that is the grant of the great char- ter of liberties made by King John to his Barons on the plains of Runuymede in the year 1215. That charter is the essential groundwork on which is reared the super- structure of British civil liberty. It gave a s: credness and inviolability to rights of property and personal liberty. They were Catholic barons who gathered on the banks of the Thames to demand the recog- nition of this principle of equal distribution of civil rights to all classes, Foremost among n- We those men clamoring in the cause of human Tt b stood Stephen Langton, the Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, and he was the first to set his name as a_witness o the charter which was there attested. CATHOLIC REPUBLICS. And during these ages, which witnessed the curtailment of despotic power, we find that popular forms of government took root and tlourished. The government which without change has stood the severest test of time was a republic founded by a monk as early as the fourth cen- tury. Radical in its demoeracy, free as the mountain air of the Appenines, in which it gloried, the very slightest exercise of papal power would have been suflicient at any time for centuries to dissipate the little republic of 8an Marino, and yet it has flourished for fifteen centuries. Another republic of great antiquity we find in the heartof the Pyrenees. Granted its in- dependence by Charlemagne, and largely under church infinence ever since, the repub- lic of Andorra has elected its presiaents and legislative councils with the same regularity with which we Americans indulge insimilar luxuries. Not only on the mountain sides do we find the development of republican idess. Away down by the sunlit sea, pasking beneath the mild Italian skies and fanned by the gentle breezes of the Adriatic, the islanders of Venice treasured alike their Catholicity and their lib- erty. Thus far I have endeavored to show by facts gathered from the varied history ot European countries that during the time of the exclusive ascendeucy of the Catholic church there was a steady, healthy aevelopment of popular con- trol over despotic power :in monarchical coun- tries, and that in countries most immediately in contact with the Romgn Pontiff there was a widespread and deep-rooted devotion, not only. to republican principles, but also to repub- lican forms of government. Did the Reformation, as one of its conse- quences, bring about an immediate advance of popular rights ? History saysno.. In England the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth afford instances of the niost galling despotism. The tfrnun exercised by these monarchs under their dnal authority as head of the church and head of the state was pone the less ab- horrent because exercised under popular forms. In Germany, in Sweden, in Denmark and in nearly every European country despotic power was increased. Guizot, a recognized Protestant euthority, asserts that the emancipation of the human the | | shown & due appreciation for the bless- il and retigious liberty? Were they or traitors in the mighty struggle colonists waged for human freedom? the council chamber where the Declara- of Independence was formulated they e to be found. In the fierce conflict of the Revolution the Catholics joined their fellow-colonists with all encrgy and all their resources for the mmon cause. No Catholie traitor is held up to our execration during the struggle. They sh. with dore of t he Irithman’'s otton bales d the decks of American ships ck Berry, the first commo- They stood beslde ndrew Jackson, behind ew Orleens, in dcfense of . and with him they stood withia nets of the Catholic church shen grand old Bishop Du- ed in fitting phrase the thanks of to the hero who had routed the forces of Pakenham. And in later days they stood with Shields in’ the fierce conflict of Churubusco. and two Jesuit priests as chap- lains accompanied the Catholic soldiers in the army of General Taylor as they went to plant the stars and stripés above the halls of the Montezumas. In the later days of the Republic, when the grandest governmental fabric of the world’s history seemed to be trembling in the baiance, we know that they went forth in companies, in Tegiments and brigedes, by thousands upon thousands, to battie for the integrity of our Republic and the couservation and develop- ment of our libertie: CATHOLICS WANT NO UNION OF CHURCH AND STATE UPON AMERICAN SOIL. Have Catholics ever advocated the union of the church and state on American soil? Have they ever, under any provocations, engaged in 2 crusade of religious repression or intoler- ance? The student of history can answer these questions without any trouble in favor of the Catholics. The first bourgh vo: his countr settlers in the colony of Virginia were Englishmen, loyal subjects "to their king and church, and the grant o Sir Walter Raleigh comtained an express ‘:ro\‘isn that the laws should not be against the true Christian faith now professed in the Chureh of England,” and as soon as the state of the colony admitted, it was divided into parishes in each of which was established a minister of the Anglican chureh, endowed with a fixed salary in tabacco, a glebe house and land with the other neces- sary eppendages. 1n 1643 the colonial. Legislature of Virginia decréed thet no minister should preach or teach publiciy or privately, except in con- formity with the constitutions of the Church of England. Puritans were banished from the s0ii of thecolony and civil enactments were made against the Quakers. New Amsterdam, afterward New York, was settled by traders from Holland. There the Reformed religion as set forth in the doctrine and discipline of the Synod of Dort was main. tained by the emigrants, the colonial clergy being approved and commissioned by the Classis of Amsterdam. And when this Dutch colony passed into the hands of the Duke of York, a Catholic Gov- ernor, Colonel Thomas Dongan, convoked the Assembly, and the first act passed by that body on the 30th of October, 1683, was & charter of liberties declating that “No person_or persons wko profess faith in God by Jesus Chbrist shall at any time be in any way molested, punished, dis?u)eted or called in question forany difference of opinion or matter of religious concernment, But these liberal laws making all equal and harmonizing with the avowed doctrines of Protestantism did not survive the Catholic rule which have promulgated them. And how was it in Maryland, the colony es- tablished by the Catholic Lord Baltimore ? In answer, I wiil use the words of Bancroft, the American historian, He says: “The apolo- gist of Lord Baltimore could assert that his government, in conformity with his strict and repeated injunctions, had never glvcn dis- turbance to any person in Maryland for matter of religion; that the colonists enjoyed freedom of conscience not less than freedomn of person and estate, as lm‘{ly ever any people in any place in the world. "~ The disfranchised friends of ‘prelacy from Massachusetts and the Puri- tan from Virginia were welcomed to equal 1ib- erty of conscience and political rights in the Roman Catholie province of Maryland.” Such liberty continued to be the rule in Maryland until the Protestants got the upper hand and persecuted the tolerant Catholics. And we find that this power of regulating religious matters has been wisely handled by the framers of the constitution of every American State. Judge Thomas M. Cooley, author of the work on “Constitutional Limitations,” thus speaks on the subject of religious liberty: *A careful examination of the American constitutions will disclose the fact that nothing is more fully set forth or more plainly ex- pressed than the determination of iheir authors to preserve and perpetuate religious liberty undp to guard against the slightest approach {oward the establishment of an in- equality in the civil and political rights of citizens, which shall have for its basis only their differences of religious belief. The American people came to the work of framing their fundamental laws after centuriesof re- liglous oppression and persecution, sometimes by one party or sect and sometimes by an- other, had taught them the utter futility of ail attempts to propagate religious opinions by the rewards, penalties or terrors of human laws. They could not fail to perceive, also, that & union of church and state, like that which existed in England, if not wholly im- practicable in America, was certaiuly opposed to the spirit of our institutions, and that any domineering of one sect over another was repressing to the energies of the peo- ple and must necessarily tend to discon- tent and disorder. Whatever, therefore, may Dhave been their individual sentiments upon religious questions, or upon the propriety of the state assum ing supervision and control of religious affairs under other eircumstances, the general voice has been that persons of every religious persuasion should be made equal before the law, and that guestions of Tligious beliet and religious worship should be questions between each individual man and his'maker. Of these questions human tribun- als, 50 long as the publicorder isnot disturbed. are not to take cognizance, except as the in. dividual, by his yoluntary action in associeting himselt with a religious organization, may have conferred upon such organization a jurisdie- tion over him in ecclesiastical matters. These constitutions, therefore, have not established religious toleration merely. but xcmimuu equal- ity, in that particular being far in advance, not only of the mother country, but also of much of the colonial legislation, which, though more liberal than that of other civilized coun- tries, nevertheless exhibited features of dis- crimination based upon religious beliefs or professions.” At times, during the excitement of political campaigns, interested persons, working for the spoils of office rather than the good of the country, have sought to combine polities and religion to the serious detriment of both. This charge cannot justly be made against the Catholics. Their priests have not partici- pated in political conventions. They have not prostituted their pulpits or their sacred offices o partisan political purposes. When the maddened mobs of leading cities in 1834 and again in 1854 and 1855, often gorded to frenzy by unjust denunciations of political bigots and tricksters and have set fire to Catholic churches and convents, the out- raged Catholics have not invoked the lex talionis nor reciprocated in kind. No single church of any denomination has been reduced to ashes by & torch in the hand of an American Catholic. RELIGION ESSENTIAL TO A BEPUBLIC. There have been times and places when it was thought that revealed religion was in- imical 10 & republic. Such was claimed when God was dethroned and reason defied by the Parisian mob amid a saturnalia of crime. Such, however, is not the doctrine of sober thought nor the doctrine that was announced by Washington in his farewell address to the people of the United States. He said: “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity religion and morality are mdis}vensnblc supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriot- ism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest Props of the duties of men and citizens. Morality is indeed essential as the main- spring of popular government. Of what value is a republican form of gov- ernment if the highest function of popular sovereignty, the act of suffrage, represents merely the result of a combination of corrup- tion and power? Of what value that legi: lators are selected Lyporuhx vote if they re- spect not the moral obligation of loyalty to their constituents and to the common weal? Of what value that the people name the mag- istrates who declare the law if cowardice or corruption drag their crime in the dust? Of what value is liberty of speech ii it be ly the implement by which the incendiary or the assassin stirs up deeds of violence and bloodshed? Of shat value is liberty of the press if it be used merely to disseminate dis. content and outbreak among those whose honest labor might otherwise make them con- tented and happy? Of what value is liberty at all, when, in the absence of moral restraint, it degenerates into the wild debauch of the anarchist, when it re- gards not the sacredness of property or person? If moral restraint be lacking, what power in our free Government, without a large stand- ing army, can prevent the maddened millions ot toilers from appropriating to their own pur- poses the repositories of weslth? What can Testrain the power oi the populace but the moral force which permeates its being under the influence of religion? As Americans, we feel that in_keeping alive a religious sentiment we are guilty of no trea- son to the siate; on the contrary, we are doing & service to the state. If we conform our con- duct to the moral precepts of our creed, we shall be better citizens of the Republic. Let us live in kindly fellowship with our neighbors. Letus help to develop the higher and better standard of manhood whose abid- ing place is to be in this vast Western world of ours. us realize that Americans still yearn for y—the largest liberty and the fullest jus- tice. Let us be worthy co-leborers with the congregated millions of new races of men Who witn hearts ell aglow with the sacred fiame of freedom, “witn minds broadened by the con- templation of the illimitable grandeur of the country under our control, souls filled with the noble resolve to meke America in very deed and truth the home of liberty, the abode of justice, the domain of law, the world’s great sanctuary of inalieneble himan rights.” SEASN OF GRAND 0PERA The Tavary Company to Open at the Baldwir Next Fri- Sale of Seats the Largest in the His- tory of Musical Events in This City. The engagement of the Tavary Opera Company which begins at the Baldwin Theater February 8 promises to be a bril- liant success in more ways than one. The sale of seats began yesterday morning at 9 o’clock, though long before that time 200 or more people were impatiently waiting in front of the Baldwin for the doors to open. ‘ It was a fashionable set of people, too, found scrambling for the first choice, and they keptitup pretty much all day. The sale of seats covers the first two weeks of the engagement, and Business Manager Morganstein says it 1s the largest ever held in the history of musical events in this City. The aay’s sales amounted to a little over $6500. Last season the Tavary Company came here practically unknown, but ~before three performances had been given there was just such a rush as was witnessed yes- terday. Wagner “nights” seemed to be most in demand by the music-loving and feshionable throng, though every performance was in substantial demand. The first night promises to be not only all that conld be looked for in the musi- cal line, but a brilliant social event as well. A theater party of forty music- lovers of the ultra-fashionable set will be one of the events of the evening. Press Representative Ralph Pincus says one of the features of the Tavary season will be the Wednesday matinees at popular prices. The repertoire for the first and second weeks is as follows: First week—Monday, “Aida” : Tuesday, “Car- men’ ; Wednesday matinee (at popular prices), “Boheémian Girl”; Wednesday night, * nots”; Thursday, “Mignon”: Friday, ‘“Caval leria Rusticana’ and ““I Pagliacci’’;, Saturda; mTu“e' “Martha'’; Saturday night, ‘Lohe Tin.” # Second week—Monday, “Lucia” and “Caval- leria Rusticana” ; Tuesday, “Mignon”; Wednes- day matinee (at popular prices), “Martha Wednesday night, “Aida”; Thursday, “Car- men”; Friday, “‘Faust”; Saturday matinee, “Trovatore”; Saturday night, “Tannhauser.” No Chance to Brag in Heaven, “‘Mr. Moody has a popular and very telling way of ‘hitting’ the errors so rife in the theological thinking of many per- sons to-day. lvation by grace he has sai ‘1t is well that a man can’'t save himself; for if a man could work his own way into heaven you would never hear the last of 1t here in the world if a man happens to get & little ahead of his fellows and scrapes = few thousand dollars together, you’ll hear him bragging about his being a self-made man and telling how he began as a poor boy and worked his way up in the world. I’ve heard so much of this sort of thin that I’m sick and tired of the whole busi- ness; and I'm glad we shan’t have men bmiglng through all eternity how they worked their way into heaven.’”—The Mid-Continent, hy, -down | CIVIC FEDERATION T0 AID THE MAYOR, Sutro Says That Help Will Be Needed at the Elections. IS ONLY A FIGURE HEAD. An Investigation Regarding the Attorney of the Board of Health. MORTON STREET UNDER FIRE. A Strong Protest Filed Against the Licensing of the Pool-Selling Dens. The Civic Federation discussed many important matters at its meeting last even- ing, chief among them being the following letter from Mayor Sutro, who says that under present conditions he is but a figure- head, without powers except of protest: Civic Federation, Mills Building, City—GENTLE- MEN: You are aware that the Supreme Court, by declaring the law unconstitutional, has nullified the appointment of Messrs, Denman, Foster, Wellin and Castle as Election Commis- sioners and thereby destroyed the non-partisan management of our elections and turned them back to the old methods. The former law, now revived, imposes upon the Mayor, Auditor, City and County Attorney, Tax Collector and Surveyor the duty of con- ducting an election in this City. So far s personally concerned, all my spare time will be given to the Election Commission. But it is apparent that it will be impossible for me to donate ezough time to fully protect the interests of our good people in the important election now coming. Therelore,;ermit 1me to suggest to your body, distinguished forits good citizenship, liberality and strength _in_numbers, to arpmnt a com- mittee charging it with the special duty of aid- ing the commission in the performance of its duties, and seeing that our coming elections shall be nonestly conducted, and, therefore, a true record of the feelings of the voters. In my own opinion your body can perform o betier service in the canse of good govern- ment than this. That we have reached a crisis in our City administration is clearly manifest. Under present conditions the Mayor is merely a figurehead without power, except of pro- test. Either one of two things should be done. Either good, honest, fearless officials should be elected to execute our present contradict- ory and very imperfect laws. or we should have a code of new laws under which the Mayor would have the power to remedy noforious wrong. Believe me, gentlemen, that T am most anxious to co-operate with your organization toward better government, and will greatly appreciate any and all efforts that you may meake to essist me in my duties. ADOLPH SUTRO. The sugeestion struck the meeting fa vorably, and a committee consisting of Stewart Menzies, Richard Lambert and Thomas Magee was appointed to draft a resolution on the subject, confer with the Mayor and report at the next meeting. The committee discussed the ordinance recently offered in the Board of Super- visors licensing pool-selling, and passed the following resolution against the meas- ure: Resolved, That the Civic Federation protests against the ordinence o license pool-selling in the City and County of San Francisco; that we call on all good citizers to utter their pro- test against this proposed infamy, and spe- cially we request the religious organizations of the City to speak publicly against it. A resolution was also passed commend- ing the Police Department for its efforts in attempting to close the Morton-street dens. The committee on legal action was in- structed to inquire whether it is true, as has been intimated by the Attorney- General, that there is no such office as attorney for the Board of Health, and if said opinion be.correct to commence quo warranto proceedings in the name of the president of the association to discontinue the salary now paid the office. The committee was also instructed to ex- amine minutely into the assessment of property to determine authentically to what extent favoritism or partiality is suggested thatit would be well for the Civic Federation to-zct in concert with the non-partisan party during the coming election and as a mem- | 11 wall. Tkese were considerea oy some to show that the materials used were of a very inferior quality. The opinion was expressed that had the concrete been of 'good quality and the earth back of the wall properly tamped the trouble would not have oceurred. No action was taken in the matter, how- ever, and it was decided to ho!d another meeting this afternoon and formulate some kind of a report to the board, which meets to-night. It is probable that the architect will be called upon toexplain aboutthe plans and that new plans will be drawn before the wall is rebuilt. Secretary Beanston of the board said yesterday “that the members knew that the wall was not all right, and that the contractors’ pay had been withheld on that account. “The board will lose nothing.” he said, “*because the money that was to have been paid 1s still in our hands. Ifthe contractor decides that he is not going to rebuild the wall, all well and gooé’; the board will go ahead and do it itself, using the funds originally intended for the job. _““If he does rebuild it he will be paid all right after the board is convinced that the work is well done and the wall shows that it will be permanent. The board is glad that the wall bulged before the money was paid, that is, if it was going to bulge at all, as otherwise it would have been ditlicult to recover from the coniractor. —————— Jere Lynch’s Borrow. It was in July, 1895, that Jeremiah Lynch, well known to local iame, found himself in need of money, and, according to a complaint filed in the County Clerk’s office yesterday, he employed 8. D. Hovey to get it for him. Hovey got it _evidently and now he is suing Lynch for £400, which he claims is a just commission for the service he performed ior the Senator’s pocket-book. The amountof the loan 8o suc- cessfully Legotiated is not mentioned. S sy Into New Quarters. The Butchers’ Board of Trade has completed the fitting up of neadquarters in the Phelan building, where it will now oceupy a suite of rooms. The officers will enter theéir commo- dious quarters to-day. Heretofore the organi- zation has had no offices. Martin Gilbert, the assistant secretary, will be in charge. OR, AONN'S INTEGRY Officers and Trustees Express Confidence in Their Pas- tor. Reports of the Board of Inquiry and Trustees to Be Submitted This Evening. The officers of his church gave expres- sion to a tentative belief in Dr. Brown’s 1ntegrity last evening. “We will not credit vague and damaging insinuations until they are proven before a competent tribunal,” they said. A competent tribu- nal they construe to be either an eccle- siastical or legal body in which is vested the power to judicially establish the inno- cence or guilt of the much-accused pastor. The officers and trustees met last even- ing parsuant to a call for a ‘‘general con- sultation.” This call was issued several days ago, its immediate purpose being to consider the finances of the church, which, during its trouble, have been in anything but a satisiactory state. Wealthy mem- bers of the board of trustees have refused to make wup the deficit caused by the numerous withdrawals of subscriptions since the Brown-Davidson case has been a matter of public comment. These pillars of the church had more than once made good such deficits, common enough during the dissensions that have agitated the First Congregational Church since the opening of the Herron contro- versy. But the wellspring of generosity has been checked of late, and it be- came necessary to discuss the situ- ation. No imatter what the fate of the pastor whose latter days of ministry were so turbulent, it was essen- tial that the church avoid shipwreck if its pilot did go down. There were rumors that the choir’s salary was in arrears and that tnere were other cmbarrassing debts. The primary object of the meeting, therefore, was to consider the financial sit- uation. John F. Merrill read a statement showing that the cuurch wasin arrears $1200. The discussion of this phase of the difficulties of the storm-tossed church was indefinitely postponed for there was an interruption in _the form of a visit from Dr. Brown. Tt was a brief yet effective visit. When Dr. Brown came from the study and wended his way toward Geary street it was with a triumphant air. For the present 1n the eyes of a few at least he was vindicated. 1t was not long before the officers fol- lowed their leader and the study or office, which had been the scene of so amicable an arrangement, was in darkness. The ber of that party asked the meeting fo | session, like all that preceded it, was of indorse his suggestion. He also suggested that the Good Govern- ment Club nns other reform organizations should be asked to aid the non-partisan movement. This matter will be further discussed at the next meeting. The following letter from the National Mu;icinal League was received and placed on file: Dear Sir: Permit me to request your soclety, or its governing body, to consider the advisa- bility of affiliation with the National Municipal League. This measure would give us the bene- fit of your counsel in our work and the recom- mendation to public confidence implied in your indorsement of our aims and methods; it would not_involve any pecuniary responsibil- ity on your part or in any wise control or ham- peryou in the advancement of the ends of your organization, according to whatever policy l"ou deem best suited to attain them. Iinclose & copy of the constitution and by- laws of the league and a paper briefly setting forth the reasons for its formation; and, in the hope of being favored with as prompt a reply as circumstances and your convenience mag permit, I remain, yours very rcu&ecuully an truly, CLINTON ROGERS WOODRUFF, Secretary National Municipal League, THE CONCRETE WhS P Board of Education Is Investi- gating the Bulging School Wall. The Contractors Will Not Get Their Money for the Job Until It Is ‘Well Done. The bulging sustaining wall at the North Cosmopolitan school, which has become so insecure as to threaten to fall and jeopard- ize the lives of the pupils of the institu- ticn, was the subject - of considerable dis- cussion at the meeting of the Buildings and Grounds Committee of the Board of Education yesterday. The representatives of M. Brennan & Son, the contractors, were present, and were asked muny pointed questions re- garding the construction of the wall, whether it was put up according to speci- fications and whether the materials used were those called for by the plans. The contractors frankly admitted that the wall is insecure, and that it might fall if the earth back of it should exert much more pressare, but denied that they are responsible for the condition of the struct- ure. They claimed that the wall was con- structed according to the plang, and that the architect that drew them is the one to whom the board should look for redress. They admitted, however, that the work and expense of rebuilding the wall de- volves upon them; and agreed to-do the job. : The committee was far from being satis- fied with the state of affairs, however, and spent some time in examining samples of concrete that had been taken from the | the star-chamber order. The first of the trustees who made his exit referred the waiting re‘})or!era to the secretary. Deacon J. Howard Barnard to the scribe of the occasion surrendered the following: At the mecting of the officers of the clsurch and the trustees of the First Congregational Society held January 28, 1896, the iollowing preamble and resolution were unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, Certain intimations of immoral conduct have been made against C. 0. Brown, D.D., by irresponsible persons and without any proof as to their credibility; now be it Resolved, That this body expresses full and entire confidence in Rev. C. 0. Brown’s integ- rity and good moral character, and will not credit vague and damaging insinuations until they are proved before & competent tripuual. . Butfew were absent, hence the resolu- tions may be regarded as an expression of the sentiment of those in authority. There were present at the meeting Trustees Henry L. Dodge, W. F. Whittier, John F. Merrill, W. J. Dalton, Edward Coleman, G. A. Frank, and Deacons D, Gilbert Dexter, J. J. Vasconcellos, T. H. Hatch, A. J. Dewing, J. H. Barnard, George A. Westgage and W. Christiansen, No action was taken concerning Dr. Brown officiating as pastor during the in- terim between this “‘suspension of judg- ment” and the trial of Mrs. Davidson. The matter may come up for discussion this evening at ‘prayer-meeting, when the report of the commitiee on inquiry that of the officers and trustees will be submitted. NEW TO-DAY. ROBBED, Everybody knows that from 50 to 75 per cent commission is being paid for physicians’ prescriptions. 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