The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1896, Page 6

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL , SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1S96. FATHER YORKE T8 B, . HUDELSON, Chancellor Discusses the Principles of the AP A The FORGERY IS CHARGED. Bogus Instructions to Catholics Said to Have Been Cir- culated. “A MYTHICAL ENCYCLICAL.” The Priest Declares That It Was Compiled by the Enemies of the Catholic Church. Writing in answer to a letter of B. F. Hudelson the Rev. P. C. Yorke says:e Sir: The Rev. , presiaent of the or the order of { the cham- te ablished” a rub- ap and proceedec to pitch into it that society, the A. P.A. "Of course, I have lightest desire to quarrel with the elson’s sense of the eternal fitness e may not know more about the than 1 do, but he knows nearly as jdgment, thereiore, 1s not warped f information, and when he cousiders zation as rubbish for the garbage- e to second his motion. Mr. Editor, I venture to disagree with Benjamin Hudelson when he inti- ould close our eyes and our of his society. He nld review instead the erous platitudes which he rreaders. But I think you h hat the subject under con- ow is not a hotch-potch of truisms, ure of the A. P. A. Though its friends would consign that society to the rub- bish heap, we must Lot forego our right to the v of an inguest. With eareful n of the nostriis and a liberal use of nts we may at the end of a very long gate this orgenization, which its cem anxious to comsign to burial of dog. jamin Hudelson has vouch- planation of his anxiety to,engage He has not told us_bow e the solemn oath of the enter into any controversy upon fhe subject of Is there one law for the master er for the man, or is the Rev. Benja- engaged in that pru. operation known as mending his fences? h his term of office comes to an end, v there are other condidates sniff: does he imagine 10 are tired of the it onopoly of the official hogwash W be placated by his annihilation of the Papacy in print. The unfortunate lay membersof the order ¥ they aresick of ““Christian Patriotism.” Many of them are looking with hope to the ides of March for a break in the solid phalanx of preachers who stand with_both feet in the 1 and resent with sundry snarls the in- trusion of the unconsecrated hoof. To defeat his unpatriotic expectation of th mere laity, no doubt fostered by the Jesuits, njamin Hudelson would boom his k by entering the lists against the yn- ions of Rome. It does not matter compelled o forget his oath. A so- h teaches its members that they can d with an affidavit if necessary that they belong to the A, P. A. evidently considers that sworn promises, like piecrusts, arc made only o be broken. CONCERNING PRINCIPLES. Ir. Hudelson seems to think that 1d take the principles of the A. P. A. R “the principles of any in- I'larg not wholly determine his therefore the advertised princi- e A. P. A, are the best index of its e. 1 answ that in the case o men and of dishonest so gz, and, thoug s about sophisms and my answer now. The ts on judg- society not by his own cha oblivion w The Rev. Ber safed no in th m. n an its deeds. r re the more enxious to insist on point when they are confronted witha < of Pharisees whose morning and whose , “I am_holier than thou.” horse-sense of our countrymen e sight of A tainted flock following lesiastical bellwether and bleating in 15, “We alone vet react eve ¢ enter Americans have of fatuity as to stors on their words. If my house I discover an individual pure. h & pite on with whose features I am unacquainted stuf- fing mv_spoons into his pockets, I do not im- mediately accept his declaration thet his sole intention is to prot 1 discover a soci my silverware. So when made up of men, most of whom are afraid or ashamed to disclose their identity, engaged in an attempt to grab every lucrative office in sight, I am not bound to bé- lleve the! ertions that are merely endeav- oring to seve the country from the Pope. HISTORY OF THE A. P. A. Americans are the more suspicious of the ad- vertised principles ot Apa-ism when they re- member the history of the A. P. A. The Rev. Mr. Hudelson imagines that I intend to judge tne teachings of the A. P. A. by the in- terpretations of its enemies. Such is not my desire. I have 1o wish to be unjust to the A.P.A,and if I vse a fact which is not au- thenticated, or if I quote & sentiment which is not genuine, or if I draw & conclusion which is not werranted by the premises, then I am willing to make &5 large and &s handsome an apology as the circumstances require. In this sad and shameful history of modern intoler- ance nothing is necessary but the truth,.So grotesque, however, are the facts thas it may be often necessaryto remain yery far on the safe side of the line of verity. 1know of noth- ing.in the annals of eredulity so disgraceful, so shocking, so pitiable and so vile as the history of the madness known as the A. P, A. According to the testimony of the Rev. Adam Fawcett, one of the grand officers of the orgenization, the A. P. A. was barn in Clinton, Iowa, about eight years ago. This-testimony may be found in the Century Magazine for July, 1894. Whether the statement is accur- ate or not I do not pretend to gay, but in this City of San Francisco an analogous society known as the American Protestant Associalion was flourisning during the seventies. No one knew much aboul the organization -until the secretary grew too hilarious and was found by = Chronicle reporter one morning dead drunk on a sack of potatoes with his minute-books lying beside him. > The Chronicle published the minutes and’ the nsmes of some of the members. They were neasrly sll Orangemen, from Capada and the morih ci Ireland. The exposuré killed the so- ciety or drove it into a state of suspended ani- mation. Iremark, however, with interest that gome of the old members are more or less prominent in the new A. P. A. THE INSTRUCTIONS. The A.P.A.generally begins its campaign by the circulation of literature caiculated to £tir up the people against the Roman Catholic church. One of the commonest of these was called, “Instructions 1o Catholics. Platform of the Papal Party as Laid Down by the Pope. Pecci’s Hands Busy with American Affairs.” It purported to be a letter of instructions sent out by the Catholic hierarchy for the guidance of Catholics. It was circulated quite exten- sively in Ohio, according to Dr. Washington Gladden, a Protestant minfster of that State. 1 know of my own knowlédge tnatit was cir- culated in Californis, but whether by the A. P. A.ornotlam not prepared to say. How- ever, the sentiments contained in it have been adopted by that society as correct descriptions of the sims and teachings of the Catholic churoh. Moreover, it was published week by week in_scoreseof the A.T.A. journals, and thus used a3 one of the means to'stir up A, P. A. sentiment in a community. The “Instructions to Catholics” was made to appesr as if it were published by the Catholie Bishops'of the United States. It bore the of- ficial signature of eight Archbishops, with the counter-signature of Cardinai Gibbons. It is described as “decreed and ordered by the pro- vincial council at their session, August 5, 1890.” In short, it was represented as a genuine document issued to Catholics by their higher clergy. Cot us examine a few of the paragraphs con- tained in this wonderful document: ‘We view with alarm the rapid spread of edu- cated Intelligence, knowlng well that wherever the people are intelligent, the priest and prince cannot J'ohe 10 Jive on the labor of the masses, whose brains bave been ferilized with our holy cate- chism: that, in order to restore the order of things that made the relgn of Gregory VII, of holy mem- ory, 80 glorious, the peopie must not think; that is | # privilege that belongs only to the Pope, wpo b divine right Is the only person_sppointed by God to do the political and religious thinking of the world. ! We view with alarm the rapid diffusion ({l‘ the English language. 1t stands before the worid as the tongne which hes for 300 years ever been op- Posed to cur holy church, and those who speak it have been foremost in assalling the hbly see. We are opposed to any system of schools that teaches the youth more than Roman catechism, or that teaches the young to think—it i3 unnecessary, a waste of time and money, when the holy father has been appoinied by God ‘especially at_the Vaui- | | can Council of 1870 to do the thinking of this | worid. ‘Ther-fore we call upon our subjects to do all they can o break down avd destroy the free | public schools of this Protestant Nation, which has compelled us to set up and maintain, at great ex- rochial schools to defend our faith, thus ng the incomes of the clergy. In order to find emp! ment for the many thousands of the faithfi 0 are coming deily to swell the ranks of our Catholic army, which will in due time possess thisland, we must secure con- trol of all the citles,railways, manutactories, mines, stesm and salling vessels—above all, the press—in factevery enterprise requiring labor, in order to furnish our newcomers empioyment: this will render ft necessary o remové or crowd out the American heretics, who are now employed. You need not hesitate, it is your duty to do so; you must not stop at anything to accomplish this end. There are many ways to_consult you father con- fessor, but be careful to do nothing that will create scandal, It may seem incredible to gensibie men that such a document should be credited, yet cred- ited it was. 1 know that this denial of its authenticity will he the first seen by many people here in California, who have "looked upon the instructions as unguestionably genu- ine. Any man who reflects may see the thing is a forgery from top to bottom. The Archbishops of this country may be knaves, but certeinly they are not fools. And fools they were and egregious focls if they put their names to such a document.- But so blind is Dizotry that the forgery was believed by thou- sands and tens of thousands in free America | and during the last aecade of the nineteenth century. THE ENCYCLICAL. But the instructions to Catholics were not a circumstance to the famous encyclical. This sensational production ordered that all the Roman Catholics should, on a given day and | date, rise and massacre every Protestantwith: the borders of the United States. When we r« member that counting men, women and chi dren, Catholics in this country are sbout one in siX of the population, we can wetl imagine | the task the A. P. A. set the papists, Yet th document was sent out from the A. P. A. press by the million. It was kept for mou_tha in their paper as “standing matter,”-and it was recognized as one of the most efficient instru- ments of the propagands. Let me copy the encyclicel in full, bad grammar and all: AN ENCYCLICAL. A letter from Pope Leo XIII to the Romish worla. He nsserts the dogma of the temporal right to govern the earth ad Iibitum. Heretics cut off from the church. They-have no rights. Non-Roman citizens of the United States must have no privileges. All Papisis absolved from their alleglance to the United States Govern- ment. Encyelical letter of his Holiness Leo XIII, by divine providence, Pope To the Jesuits, patrinrchs, primates, Archbish- ops and other ordinaries in peace and communion with the Apostolic See of the entire world. For the temporal reign of the future Popes in the Jland discovered by ‘Christopher Columbus, known as the United States of America. ble Brethren: Greeting and the apostolic ion, Leo, Bishop and servant of all the servants of'God, be 1t remembered by poste: that he who is omnipotent. in heaven and on earth has couridea in his church, which is one hol Catholic and apostolical, ana out of which there is toone man upon earth, namely, to nd apostle, and to the Bishops of ccessors, with full power to ruie over it This Pontilt alone has been constituted head over all nations and kingdoms, and invested in POWer to destroy, to separate, to’ scatter and sub- | Vert, to plant, build up, link together by mutual charity, in orler to_preserve the falthful in the | spirit of unity and surrender them whole and en- | tire to their Savior. ‘ In order to fulfill the duties imposed on us by divine goodness we labor incessantly to maintain | the unity of the Roman Catholic religion, which | God has visited with heavy eonflicts, to the end | that His own may be tried and for our correction; ’ | | but the numbers and powers of the wicked have so far prevailed that no portion of the earth has es- caped their attempts 1o propagate their infections and dogmas, being supported amongothers by the slave of every species of crime. The American Repubiic, and the Protestant rul- ers, is the worsi enemy of the church where secur- s offered. This Republic having seized upon the lands dis- | covered by Christopher Columbus, a Roman | Catholfc, and usurped the authority and jurisdic- tion of the supreme head of the church, the United | States is filled with obscure heret. | The Catholics have been oppressed and the preachers of iniquity established. { The sacrifice of the mass, prayers, fasting, absti- | nence, celibacy and all the rites of Catholicity have | been ignored by Protestants. The United States has been filled with books con! ing the most flagrant heresies, of which the ant version of the RBik s chief. And not nd implous doc- | proselyting has been resorted to 1o turn the | Catholics from the one true cburch. The whole | Roman Catholic hierarchy and priesthood of the world have been deprived of their livings by the Protest: f America. Courts h: ecclesias! and the peopl to scknowledge the authority of the church-or to obey its ordinances and canonical decisiors. ralization oaths have been demauded to cribe 1o the United States Constitntion, with | ous laws and its nefarious teachings to re- the true authority of the Roman pontiff; 10 acknowledge bim 0 be the head of both churcl | and state, whereby those who have persevered in | the faith have been compelled to suffer spiritual affiictio) Catholic bishops and clergy have been deprived of vast lands, and this known to all nations and so clearly proved that all [mmmon, Argument or pro- test on the part of the United States is unavailing. We find, moreowver, that impiety and crime have increased, that persécution sgainst the religion of Rome is redoubled by the Protestants dwelling in the United States. - With deep sorrow we are now eonstrained to | have recourse to the arm of justice and obliged to take action against & nation that has rejected the | Pope as the head of all chusch and state govern- ments. In virtue. therefore, of the divine suthority by ich we have been placed on this supreme throne of justice, an office 80 superior to our capabilit, ) | we do, in the plentitude ofapostolic- power, declard that all heretics and the encouragers of he: 0- gether will ‘all adherents. have incurred the sen- tence of excommunieation, and they are hereby cut off from the unity of the body of Jesus Christ. Moreover we pro ‘laim the people of ,the United States of Americato have forfeited all right to rule said Republic, and also all dominion, dignity and | privileges appertaining toft. We likéwise declare | that sl subjects of every rank and condition in the | Unsted State+, and every jndividual who has taken &0 oath of loyalty to the United States in any way whatever, may be absolved from said cath, as also from_all ‘duty, idelity or obedience, on or alout the 5th of September, 1893, when the Roman Catholic Congress shall convene at Chicago, Iil., as we shall exonerate them from all engagements, | #nd on or about the feast of ignatins Loyo'a, in the year of our Lora 1893, it will be the duty of the " faithful ‘to exierminate all heretics founa withirr the jurisdiction of the United States of America. As the circulation of this bull, by sending to all places, woold become a matter of difliculty. it is commanded that copies of it Be taken ana signed by Jesuit notaries, subscribed by a Bishop and signed ty the seal of our court. ‘They will then Dbave thésame power and efficacy a8 ihese presents ere. £Given at §t. Peter's, Rome, on the 25th day o? December, 1891, the fifteenth year of our Ponti- ficate. LEO XIII, Pope. But, Mr. Editor, your readers may say surely sensible people putno credit in such unmiti- gatedrot. We may admit that sensible people could not eredit it, but we must remember that the number of fools is infinite. There is no so fact easily demonstratedas that this encycli- cal was 1ooked upon by thousands &s a verit. able commend from the Pope containig orders for & veritable massacre. GLADDEN’S TESTIMONY. 1. In the first place,letjme quote Dr. Washing- ton Gladden. 1do not call Lim as a witness to interpret the principles of the A. P. A., but I call him as & witness to give tesiimony {0 facts. lS’g: says in the Century Magazine for March, A protestant minister of Columbus, Ohlo, stated | not loug ago in an ecclesiastical assembly that he had purchased a Winchester rifie 10 defend him- self against the Romanists. The following extract from a letter written by a physician in one of the smalier towns in Oblo described o state of things \¢hich Is not wmcommon in Western communi- t forbidden We have been.and still are, having an excite- ment in our usually quiet town in regard to the Catholic question. There s not a Cathdlic in the entire township: but a large number of our peopla are intensely stirred up, some almost prostrated with fear, affaid that the Cathiolics-are about mak- ing & wholesale attack upon Protestants, killing and plundering and destroying onr schools and charches, Of course it obtains the strongest foot- hold amohg the ignorant end unthinking, yet it seems to canse great uneasinessand fear among many of the more intelligent. One of my neighbors, a Justice of the Supreme Couri, Liaving some acquaintance with thiscom- muniy and feeling curious to koow whether this Teport was correct, wrote and. satisfied hirself of its substantial accuracy. 1f the documents on which the A. P. A, is making its campaign. are genuine this is precisely the state of feelings which ought to exist, “There Is not a Catholic in the en- tire township,” says my correspondent. In such communities terror is much more easily excited. The pedple of these rural neighbors are told the most lurid tales of what isgoing on in the cities. TUBBARD'S TESTIMONY. 2. In the Arena for June of the same year Mr. Elbert Hubbard, a non-Catholic, and I think & minister, gives similar testimony: A year Ago I was visiting an old farmer friend In Tliinols, and_very naturally the talk was of the Ereat fair. Was he going? Not he, he dared not leave his home a single day: did T not know that the Catholics had been ordered by the Fope to burn the barns and houses of all heretics? It sounded like joke, but I saw the gray eyes of this ©0ld man flash and I knew he was terribly in earn- est. With trembligg hands he showed me the Pope's encyclical, printed in a newspaper which bad a deep border of awiul back. 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But my argu- ment was in vain. Iwas taken to the chief cler- gymen inthe village, a Presbyterian and a Meth odist; both were full of fear and hatred toward the Catholics, with a little left over for each other. They were sure that the order 1o kill and burn had gone forth. . And so in many towns and villages, as I jour- neyed, I fodpd this goaking fear. In many places men were arming themselves with Winchester rifies; many predchers never spoke in public with out fanning the flame; A. P. A.lodges were rap- idly jnitiatiog new members, and lurld literatare wlhiich was being vomited forth from presses in Louisville, Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City was being gent ontgbroadcast. For & year I have endeavored to find proof that the Catholic church in America was arming and drilling men. or countenancing such nctions, as so holdly stated by the leaders in the A. P, A. JIn many cities I have been given permission to search every part of couvents, monasteries and churches where arms were said to be stored. In vain hus been my search. I have used all methods known 1o detectivesito find any Catholic In posses- sion of orders to maltreat his neighbors. No re- quest, or sugeesiion, or hint -showing a desire to injure Protesiants bave 1 ever been able to trace o0 a Catholic priest, bishop or other dignitary. And it is now the conclusion of all unprefudiced men who have investigated the matter that the letters “eng: . “bulls” and orders which are being printed 1n A. P. A. pavers and purporting to come from the Roman Cathoiic church are flag- rant forgeri The A, P. A, seeks to soread thate. It thrives by fear and its only weapon 13 untruth. This broad- cast sowing of fslsehoods is doubtleas done by who are thriving by it_politioally and finanelally, and the real victims are the people who believe these outrageous s:ories, subscribe for’ the papers and pay dues to be initiated into the A. P.A. lodges.” Yet whenever any one has taken up pen Lo try to 5top the Insane panic he has been greeted s a’wJesuit hireling.” Uccasionally, however, we et a clear note of protest from such men as B. 0. Flower, Washington Gladden and David Swingo: men who have 8o placed themselves on record in the past that their attitude toward Rome cannot possibly be misunderstood. IN CALIFORNIA. 3. In this State of California the document was used and with much.success. The first I heard of it was from Fresno, where it was dis- tributed during a school election to influence voters against one of the candidates who was Catholic. At that time the encyclical was published in the Monitor (December 10, 1892), together with a complete refutation. But the A.P, A. cared little for refutations. The next time I heard of it was in this City. It was dis- tributed at the lectures of Dr.” York, whose speeches wege afterward reported in the loeal A. P. A, organ. Bishop Montgomery jnformed me that & well-dressed and apparently intelli- gent man had come to him with theencyclical and said: ‘‘Surely you are too good a man to do what this commands you.” He had not the slightest doubt about the authenticity of the document. His only hope appeared to be that the Bishop was not as bloodthirsty as the Yope. THE PAPISTS ARMING. To back up the commands given out in the encylical it was assiduously whispered in all the councils that. the Catholics were arming. All over the country the word was sent that rifles had been consigned to father such and and sucha one. Oneof the most willely cred- ited of these canards was that a case marked vi nd addressed to Bishop Spalding had been accidentally opened by the customs inspector at Peoria and found to contain guns. The customs inspector was overwhelmed with letters from all parts of the United States and Canada, and was at last compelled to print a circular saying that Bishop Spaiding had not received 3 package through the Custom-house for three years, and that never had he received such a consignment &s that mentioned in the A.P. A, papers. 108 ANGELES. This report aboutarms concealed in churches and secret drillings of Catholics was not un- known in California. An incident which was reported in all the daily papers may be re- membered by your readers. Ex-Governor Sheldon was making am A. P. A. speech in Los Angeles. He stated that there were-arms con- cenled in the basement of the cathedral. A Catholic gentieman present, named Dnnnern. rroduccducer({fied check for $1000 and of- ered to pay it over if arms should be found, and asked that & committee be appointed to search the cathedral on the spot. The ex- Governor refused to accept the test, but the Lord alone knows how many times he repeated the old story afterward. SAN FRANCISCO. Here in San Francisco arms were located by members of the A. P. A. at various times in the 0id Mission, in the basement of St. Ignatius, in the cathedral and at St. Charles. The boys of tie League of the, Cross seem 1o have caused the patriots much anxiety. Oneraitle-brained old idiot named Nichols saw about thi; of them on Shotwell street going through their manenyers, and straightway he dashed bare- headed into tne Mission Benevolent Society, P. A. Lodge No. G, and informed the “iriends” that 500 able-bodied men were drill- ing with Winchester rifles in front of his house—of course getting ready to clean out Protestants. Only a few weeks ago the Cadet Company of St. Patrick’s parish attended the rally at 0dd Fellows’ H Its progress wes observed by a pairiot named Terry, who informed his lodge at the next meeting that he saw ‘‘about forty voung ‘micks,’ armed with swords and carry- ng as fine an'American flag as_ever he saw marching along the streets.” He elogquently denounced the whole performance and nearly scared the few Scandinavians present who un- derstood English out of their senses. THE SAN RAFAEL FORTIFICATION. But perhaps the most eloquent tribute to the utter fatuity of Apaism_was the effair of the San Rafael Orphan Asylum. At that institu- tion the water supply has always been a seri- ous problem. To solve it Father Crowley a few years ago built a reservoir on the top of a hill back of the institution. A vigilant gnlrint spied the peculiar structure and immediately visions of armed papists flashed before his mind. Sitting down he dashed off the follow- ing communication, which was duly inserted in the American Patriot June 28, 1894: RoME'S BLOODY HAND. Preparations to Destroy the Lives of Americans Who Try to Free the Land From the Hand of Rome, Sax FRANCISCO, June 23, 1894, Editor American Patriot: Thongh living in the midst of Papists, the trampet voice of the Patriot aroused me for the firs: time to a sense of the dan- er thiat threntens us in this free land, I believe 1 equal rights for all loyal citizens, but traitors should have no right or protection.under the in- stitutions which they endeaver to overthrow. After carerul investigation I have sausfied my- self that the charges made by you against the Romish priests are true iu every respect: and that IETQN. many more serious charges might be made which are equally well founded in fact. Do you know thas all over our country milltary organizations are being formed in Catholic churches? Young men, raised in parish schools, are drilling and arming night after night, inorder, 1 am told, “to shoot down the A. P. A's.” I have seen With my own_ eyes a large number of rifles hidden away in the basement of a Romish church at the Mission. and I am credibly informed that the beer- bibbing pastors of nearly all of these churches are turning iheir residences into veritable arsenals. It was reported u few weeks ago that some members of the. American Protective Association, under the guidance of the Rev. Mr. Henry, had determined to make a descent upon a Homan Catholic Orphan Asylum, near San kafael, for the PUTpOse of releasing the poor children imprisoned ere. Immediately the superintendent of thé place threw up a for:ffication on a hill commanding the institution, and introduced two pleces of cannon to bloiv out of existence any American citizen who might attempt o go there in the interest of re- ligion and humanity. The fort is there still, “and there” the official In charge Swears, “it’ must stay. You see, Mr. Editor, what a brood of traitors you have to deal with. The grand and glorious movement of which your paper is the advocate has scared them out of iheir lypocrisy, and now thelr true character shows tselt. We need unity and numbers now to stem the current of Popish power, and all true Americans should rally to our standard. More anon, from yours in a noble cause, DAVID A. ANDERSON. Of course Apadom was chilled to its marrow. One ventursome patriot, however, picked uj courage enough to investigate. After careful reconnoitering he at last satisfied himself that the fortification was only a water tank, and his disgust was so great that it had to find an out- let in print, ST. MARY’S COLLEGE. The arms in St. Mary’s College, however, was a sensation which thrilled every true A. P. A. from the Willamette to San Dicgo. It Appearg that there is & cadet compan among -the boys of St. Mary’s College. In all there were from 100 to 200 boys in the organi- zation. They were armed with condemned rifles, bought several years ago atthe Benicia Arsenal, and which were warranted not to go off under the severest provocation. When the fire occurred in St. Mary’s College, in 1894, the arms were piled up on the campus, &nd afterward carried off to a store i the city. Straightway the Occident, the Presbyterian and the Patriot, the A. P. A. organ of this town, came out with blood-curdling reports of the plots laid by the priests to murder all Prot- estants. The story spread like wildfire, One reverend fdiot up in Salem, Or., publicl thanked God that the college had been burn ltgrew asit went,and when it reached San Diego it had swelled 1o the dimensionsof 700 stands of arms. The Santa Ana Blade of March 27, 1895, gave the lie in this form, and it was copied by the Pasadena Dafl{ Evening Star, which quoted the Rev. Campbell Coyle of Dak: land, Victor Stewart and A. J. McMurtry as sponsors for the publication. The father, how- ever, of the lie was the Rev, Barton W. Perry, whose distinguished services to the Occident almost terminated its existence, and who is generally suspected to be one of the many old women who infest our pulpits in male disguise, ‘These, Mr. Editor, are specimens of some of the tactics employed by the A. P. A. They bear out my contention thagthe organization was begotten in fraud and brought forth in forgery. 1 have, however, only touched the outskiris of the subject. The depth and the density of the popular ignorance which could permit the use of such documents as these given abpve &y appear phenomenal, but the depth and ensity of the moral dspravity which would permit the employment of such tactics I am yet to chronicle will appear more phenomenal sulll. Yours trul P.°C. YORKE. pRam g HUDELSON REPLIES. The A. P. A. Presldent Continues His Analysis of Chancellor Yorke’s Criticlsm. OFFICE OF THE BTATE COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA, Room 40, Academy of Sciences building, 819 Market street. SAN FRAXCISCO, Cal., Feb. 15, 1895, To the Editor of The Call—DEAR SIR: I inclosed my letter yesterday with the consideration of Father Yorke's Teply to the fifteenth of the questions which I had asked him. That fer in his communication we had found many prinei- ples-of the A. P. A. of which Father Yorke ap- proved and had gone far toward demonstrat- ing that even from the standpoint of the Chane cellor of the Archdiocese of San Francisco the American Protective Association is not nearly so black as he himself would haye the public to believe. Resuming, then, the consideration of his letter at the point where 1 left off I beg to submit the following. QUESTION 16. - ““Does mot Mr. Yorke belleve that exemption from taxation is equivalent to & grant of public funds, and s he hostile t0 the taxation of all prop- erty the title to which Is not vested in the N tional or State Government or their subdivisions: YORKE'S REPLY—In non-productive operations to say that exemption from taxation is equivalent to & grant from public funds is rubbish. I believe that the exemptions from taxation granted by the State of California (0 young orchards, for instance. are dictated by sound public policy, and are 1 no sense grants of public funds. Mor over, I believe that in those States where exemption from taxatich s granted to churches the result is a thousand times more beneficial to the State than the - aitry sums received in tax- ation would be. TIn Cailfornia church property has been always taxed and therefore there is no need for that plank in the A. P. A. platform. Moreover, I believe the Methoaist bishops and Preachers who are agitsting the repeal of the tax are just as good Americans as Benjamin Hudel- son, and T know that they pay more taxes than the whole A. P. A. put together. In this reply there is much bosh. Father Yorke's individual belief as to ‘the American- ism of “Methodist Bishops and preachers,” or 85 to “the soundness of certain matters of ublic policy,” or s to the beneificial or non- eneficial results of “‘exempting church prop- erty from taxation in other Stales”—these “cut no ice,” are not evidence and are, therefore, irrelevant. And for that reason I relegate them to tae “rubbish-heap.” As to other matters Father Yorke says: “In nnn-i)roducure operations to say that exemp- tion from taxation is equivalent to a grant of Enb\ic funds is rubbish.” Perhaps it is rub- ish from his point of view; but, nevertheless, the statement is true, and so axiomatic as to scarcely need exemplification here. 1f I owe $1000, Whether it be to the State for taxes or to & private individual for groceries, and if I be forgiven the debt, who can deny that such forgiveness is equivalent to a grant of the said sum of $1000, whether I be engaged in & *“non- productive operation’” or not? Father Yorke's phrase, “in. non-productive operations,” is infelicitous, because vagus and indefinite as to meaning; or, if from his point of view it be considered felicitous, it ¢an only be because it conceals his meaning as he desires. If intended to mean -nylhinf at all, the expression renders the father's ides that church property 18 ““non-productive,” and should therefore be exempt from taxation. The same srgument would logically render exempt from taxation all vacant city lots and &1l uncultivated outside lands, and perhaps the father thinks that too would be “sound public policy.” Perhaps he denies that this would be equivalent to a grant of public funds. Perhaps he wouid like to deny, also, that “water runs down hill."” § Father Yorke refers to ‘the exemption from taxation granted to young orch: ; he may also be aware that growing crops are exempt. Does he not know that the exemption arises largely from the difficulty of accurately value- ing such crops, aud that the exemption does not extend to the land upon which the crops are grown or to the buildings in which they are stored, or to the private residence of the grower? Mr. Yorke says that “church property in | as been always taxed,and there- | Californi: fore there is no need for that plank in the A. P. A. platform.” Is Mr. Yorke ignorant that there are other States besides California in the Union? Or upon what does he base his asser- tion that theré is no need for this plank in whatis the National platiorm ot the A.P.A., formulated as I have heretofore explained, by tne Supreme Council of the United States ? Mr. Yorke also aeclares that he knows that certain people who advocate exempting church property from taxation “pay more taxes than the whole A. P. A. put together.” Inasmuch as Father Yorke ostensibly objects to the A. P. A. upon the ground of its secrecy, it is passing strange how intimately he is acquainted (t0 hear him talk) with the individuals who com- pose its membership end with their private affairs. His all-containing knowledge of the affairsof the tax collectors’ and the assessors’ offices of every county of every State in the Union 5o nearly approaches the infinite as to be appalling. He declares he can prove all his statements. Will he kindly, for the edification of the public, prove this one concerning the comparative amoung of taxes paid by Meth- odist Bishops and preachers and by members of the A. P.A.7 - As a matter of fact, this principle goes far to explain the animus of the Catholic hostility to the A. P. A. The church's pocket-book is touched, and her champions rage accordingly. It is a matter of finance—a question of doliars and cents and not of religion. QUESTION 17. #Does Mr. Yorke favor the enlistment in the mili- tary arm of the GOvernment Of ADY one noi act- ually & citizen of the United States YORKE'S ANSWER—ANy man who is willing to offer his life in the defense of our Government, and who swears alleglance to_the flag, is fit to be an Amerlean soldier. In the War of the Revolution and of the Rebellion, men who were not cltizens earned thelr cltizenship at the price of their blood. (Tirade.) Father Yorke, you beg the question. Iask you if you favor the enlistment of non-citi- zens in the United States army and navy, and you say thay cerfain men are fit for American soldiers. Will you answer my question? And in future in this discussion pleass keep justa trifle nearer the point at 1ssue and not go wan- dering away to the times of the American Revolution, when this country had not yet per- {fected its permanent form of government nor enacted its naturalization laws. QUESTION 18, “Does Mr. Yorke object Lo our requiring some proof of the avility and honest iniention to be- comé elf-supporiing American cliizens from all immigrants®* YORKE'S REPLY—T think such & proof s neces- sary 1o profect ourselves against pauper immigra- uon. Besices (Tirade.) If Father Yorke tbinks such proof is neces- sary he can scarcely condemn those who advo- vate itsrequirement. Therefore, he approves this principle of tue A. P. A. QUESTION 19. “Would Mr. Yorke object to the repeal of the act authorizing the naturalization o minors without & previous declaration of intention ; and is he.hostile 10 a provision by law that persons to be natural- ized must speak the language of the land and must prove seven years' continuous residence in this country from the date of the declaration of inien- tion” YORKE'S ANSWER—T am of the opinion that minors who have been raised and educated in America-are just us competent (0 become citizens 2s the Cenadian or =candinavian wuo has been here for sevea. Iconsider it a good thing that all candidates for citizenship: shouid know English, but L would— (Tirade). The supple activity with which Father Yorke dodges about a %uanion Or passes over it, touching only the high spots, is amusing. Iask him if he hes any objection to requiring & declaration of inténtion from minors pre- vious to their naturalization, and if he objects to raising the required time of previous resi- dence to seven years. He iremarks that he thinks thet minors raised in this country are ‘just as competent to become citizens” as members of certain nationalities “who have been here for seven years.” But that is no reply to ihe question, and here egain he has dodged £n issue. QUESTION 20. “Does Mr. Yorke object to a protest against the laxity with which our present Daturalization laws are administered 3 YORKE'S ANswER—Like the purification of poM- tlcs, this is a matter which depends much on the judge who administers the law. Nolaw should be administered with laxity. But when g (Tirade against the A. P. A) 4 How plainly Father Yorke “has not” ad- ministered my question! I asked if he per- sonally *objects to & protest sgainst laxity, etc.” In return he quotesa Sonorous gener- No law should be administered with Score one more dodge for the priest, | To make matters worse he remerks that } «This (his objection or non-objection to such a | protest acainst laxity in administration) isa | matter which dc]‘fien’ls mueh on the Judge who administers the law.” Now, what does ha mean by that? Why should his “objection to protest against laxity” depend on the Judge who ndministers? Does he mean that if the Judge who administers laxly werea Catho | he would object to protest against such ad. ministration ? > And will he kindly inform us wherain his objection or non-objéction to protest is “‘like purity in politics”? " Indeed, for & reply which ‘comes from one who claims ususual skill in the use of English for the expression of ideas his remarks are certainly queer. QUESTION 21. “Is Mr. Yorke hostile to the public inspection of all hosplials, asylums, r-formetories or other In- stitutions {n'which people are under restraint YORKE'S REPLY—Every institution which keeps persons under restraint shofild be open at all times 10 inspection by the civil authorities, bicause— (Tirade.) How difficult it is to keep Mr. Yorke to the point at issue. Iask him if HE objects to the Jublic inspection of all hospitals, asylums, re- lormatories, etc. He returns & trite general- ization and calls it an snswer. Mr. Yorke, I know as well as you do that “‘Every institution | which keeps persons in restraint should be open at all times to inspection by the civil au- thorities,” but 1 have not been able vet to se- cure from you an answer to my question as to whether you are hostlle to such public inspec- tion. Tam afraid I shall have to “write you down” as dodging again, Mr. Dogberry. QUESTION 23. “Does Mr. Yorke favor National or State legisla- tion in favorof any one section of the country, or of any class?” YORKE'S REPLY—The burden of law should be equaily distributed, and its favors should go to all i \;h: )ben the burdens. (Tirade against the A. Father Yorke, from what A-B-C law book, or from what kindergarten political economy did vyou cull this axiom? And now, having said your lesson, will you kindly ansier my ques- g} tion, “Do You favor National or State legisla- tion in favor of one section of the country, or of any one class?” QUESTION 23. “Is Mr. Yorke opposed to such restriction of fme micration as will prevent paupers, criminals and anarchists from landing on our shore?” YORKE'S ANSWER—This question I have already answered. 1f the— (Tirade against the A. P. A.) Father Yorke makes mistakes. He has not answered this question. He has answered a somewhat similarquestion, question7. Inrepiy thereto he stated that he isin favor of “pro- tecting our citizen laborers from pauper and criminal labor,” and’ thereby he approves a rinciple of the A. P. A. But'favoring an end S by no means favoring any certain means to that end. ' So, Father Yorke, please answer the question, QUESTION 24. “Ts Mr. Yorke hostileto the extension ofthe time for paturalization, to the end that forelgners may become familiar with our instiiutions and laws be- fore they be permitted to vote?” YORKE'S-ANSWER—I think experience has sufti- ciently demonstrated the fact that the present time for naturalization is long enough. A for- eigner who is not Americanized in five years will never be Americanized. Coos:dering, however— (tirade). Father Yorke's opinion as to what experience has or has not demonstrated is irrelevant. He manages, however, to get in edgewise his opinion that the “present time for naturaliza- tion is long encugh,” and so saves the lot from the rubbish-heap. This answers my question with & “yes,” and gms the priest in direct opposition 1o the A. P. A. he sentence, “A foreigner who s not Americanized in five years never will be Americanized,” {s an unsupported statement. Father Yorke claims he can prove all his state- ments. Will he kindly gratify an sdmiring public by proving this one? QUESTION 25. “Does Mr. Yorke Oppose an_educational qualifi- Cation for every voter? Does he wish them to be gnorant of the duties and privil ship and the pJiant tools of potiticiagesr © To0 YORKE'S ANSWER—I believe in an educational qualification for every voter, and T P Ibelieve— (Tirade This is - Apdism as far as it goes, but the tather neglects to state whether or not he ‘wishes the voters of the country to be “ignor- ant of the duties and prn‘ue‘el of citizenship and the pliant tools of politicians.” Am 1to understand that he does wish that, or shall [ m:]x;c%ndn that he refuses .to answer my ques- QUESTION 26. “Does’ Mr. Yorke oppose su from _the public fands one generkl, non-seciariae free schoot system, suflicient for the of our Apaieo. & © primary equcation YORKE'S ANSWER—I have already said that 1 Continued on Eighth Page,