The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1896. WHAT MAKES A (00D CITIEN Several Speeches on This Topic at Metropolitan Hall. HUDELSON'S ILL HEALTH He Refrains in Consequence From Giving Further Proper Definitions. SCHOOLS AND FRATERNITIES. They Are Made the Subject of a Dis- course by One A. P. A. Speaker. Despite the manifold allurements to out- door amusement afforced by the beautiful weather of yesterday, there was, if any- thing, an added attendance at the Good Citizenship meeting at Metropolitan Hall, drawn thither by the announcement that the speaker of the day was to be B. F. Hudelson, the State president of the Amer- Protective Association. There were al opening remarks by Chairman Quitzow, instrumental and vocal musical selections, and a praver by Rev. Dr. C. 4 Rabing. Then C. G. Dodge spoke briefly as follows: You have assembled here to-day for the f again listening to him whom spected | e ertain] cannot be an ordinary condition of axia(xirs t audi- which week after week fills this v: torium with such an assemblage of gentand patriotic Americans. It shows that vou are alive to the dangers that threaten American titutions and are determined to protect your rights. This is no battle of religion. Itisa battle for freedom and religious liberty in its cearest sense. there is one lesson by which the Ameri- can people are quick t0 profit by itisex- perience. -We know the history of our country; we know her imperial position among the nations of to-day; we know | that most of her greatness has been the work of her public schools. Americans their position is' to be the Proper educators, and their patriotic tend- encies demand no argument. It is sim- ply a question of their eternal preserv: tion, “From the associations of childhood and from the lessons of experience we have come to look upon public school most with reverence. And there are other institutions that have become dear to the hearts of Americans. I refer to the fraternal organizations, all of which bave come under the ban of the Pope. “Will some Catholic champion tell me what these organizations have done that they have become the object of insult by the Pope?” The speaker then paid a glowing tribute to the virtues of these organizations and went on as follo “These will live, together with our pub- lic schools, when Papal insult and the Papacy shall no longer exist. We honor and respect everything that bears the sem- blance of loyalty and liberty. “I believe in protecting the industries of our country, but I think that 1s absurd while immigration is unrestricted. In many of the Kastern States American 1 from the fac- Such a spec- citizens have been driv. tories by foreign laborers. tacle, my friend, isa sad commentary on | the constitution of America. Weare a patient and forbearing people, and for my individual self I do not believe in pro- tecting a poisonous reptiie. I believe, as Wendell Phillips did, that it should be crushed in infaney. Already we have had an example of the terrors of unrestricted immigration, and ii pubhc men will not vass the proper laws for the restriction of immigration, then you, who have the remedy in your hands, should relegate him to the oblivion where he belong. “In conclusion let me say that you have some cause for congratulation. ~Already this agitation has brought a great change in the sentiment of our people. It was not long ago that foreign flags were floating over many of our -public buildings; but now we have a law in New York prohibit- ing the dispiay of any other flag than the stars and stripes on a public building. Let that agitation go on till we have the same law in every State in the Union. Let us impress upon our children the import- ance of our pubiic schools and the fur- ther importance of unsectarian institu- tions.” Chairman Quitzow at this point an- nounced that there was a mistake in the | printed programme regarding the dateson which the Yorke-Ross controversy was to be held in Meuropolitan Temple. He stated that the correct dates were Feb- ruary 24, 25, 2 and 27. Rev. W. R. Goodwin of the California- street Methodist Episcopal . Church was tire next speaker. had been asked to come to the meeting to | speak, as it were between tinles, and added : ~*Where our friend Father Yorke now is— that is, between times he is between Hev. Mr. Wendte and Mr. Hudelson; but I am not here to talk to you about rather Yorke; he will get enough from others. 1 want to say that I have words of warning. We have got to look after the citizenship of this City. I am going to give a little talk about its moral condition. I have never believed in bringing politics into municipal affairs. I don’t care who is Mavor so long as he is the best inan for that position in the city. When we come to municipal affairs give us the very best man in the city irrespective of politics. “How are you going to get the best men for your offices? You must first select them and then vote for the: What are we doing toward this end? That is the question. These meetings won’t count anythingat all onthe day of election. When election day comes the judges won't count speeches nor songs; but will count ballots tirst, last and all the time. We have got to get down to balloting. “‘I was inclined to blame the Mayor for some things, but the Mayor savs his hands arg tied. He says the Board of Supervisors is'responsiole for the condition of things. We go to the Supervisors, say “we are hon- est and virtuous’ and ‘we are loyal and we would love to make this City what itougnt 1o be, but we have no power." Then we go to the judges, who say that the laws are against them. And so here we are, No Mayor, Supervisors or Judges who can help us, but we have one thing left us and that is the newspzpers. But now they must first settie the scandal over on Post street, then they will have some time to zive us their help. “What are we going to do about this state of affairs? I say that all good citi- zens of whatever sect or religion who have a ballot would see that that ballot goes in for good government. I get tired of hear- ing the men of Nob Hill complain of things, and that they will not see that things start right at the foundation, such 6s the primary. 1f these Nob Hill preach- ers would only get down to earth long enough to do something they might ac- complish sometlfing. A man ought to quit praying who quits voting. “Occasionally we find a man who is too religious to come to the ballot-box to vote. When I come across such a man I tell him that the sooner he goes to heaven the bet- ter. “What San Francisco needs to-day is It With loyal | He explained that he | awakening of consciences, an awakening of the leading citizens of this City. We turn over the government to the ignorant. I am only a boy, but I hope to see the day when no man shall be allowed to put his baliot into the ballot-box till he can read that ballot in the English language. [Ap- plause.] I hope to see the day when not only the men gm, the women shall be able | to do that. i : “What concerns us to-day is good citi- zenship and that will come only out of the right kind of ballot, and the right kind of | ballots should be cast at the primary. We must have men in every office in the City | and have respect for our rights, but more respect for the rights of the community. “Iam simply here to say that it is our duty to see that wheh the next election | comes that we turn the rascals out; don’t turn the rascals in. “{ would like to have every man who holds an office in America to be an Ameri- can. Not a man necessarily born in this country, but if when he came to this country he did not be-come an American I say that he should be born again. ““We ought to clean out our poolrooms, our gambling places and our streets ought to be cleaned even if .we have to pour along them streams of fire. “I hope some minister who is not under | the influence of some one who owns a | good deal of proverty—l every now and then think I am in Chicago; I forget that Iam in & community where nobody owns a preacher—but want to say that 1 know some preachérs whose lips cannot be pad- locked. - “Just as soon as the preachers and | scheolteachers and lawyers and rich men all agree on one point, the newspapers will agree on that point, too. That is to say, I think they will and’ hope they will, and 1 | | believe they will; that just as soon as they | see which way the cat is going to jump, they will iump ahead of the cat. “When we get outside of this hall, what- ever our principles may be, each one of us | should become an individual committee for the reform of this City. We can ac-| complish it, and we ought to do it, and by | | the grace of God we will do it.” | Inannouncing President HudelSon the | chairman stated that he had just got up | from a bed of sickness and was therefore | not prepared to do as good service to the | | cause as would have otherwise been the | | case. The appearance of the speaker i called forth hearty and prolonged ap- | plause from the audience. He spoke as | follows: £ “Ladies, Gentlemen and Fellow-Cirizens of San Francisco: It seerus to me that it | | would be well to dismiss this meeting this | | afternoon with what has been so well and | forcibly stated in your hearing. Iam sure | that there is not a lady or gentleman with- | | in these four wails who does not appreciate | | more fully their responsibility at the bar | | of their country after listening to the well- | | chosen words of the Trevions speaker. | ““There are several questions being dis- | cussed at the present timne and among | them is that question of the necessity of | the organization known as the A.F. A. [Applause.] **When I see four million and a half or | five million men coming together in an | | organization like this within the short space of nine years; when I see half a million of American women banding themselves into an organization as an auxiliary of the A. P. A. within the last | very few vears; when I see the boys |and girls of America between the {years “of 10 amd 1S banding them- | | selves together into another organiza- | | tion auxiliary to the A. P.A. 1 come | | to the conclusion at once that certainly | there must be a reason and a very good | reason for such an uprising in a country | eours. Andso to you, my fellow citi- zens, the existence of these organizations | must argue most conclusively the neces- sity for their existence. They have al- ready accomplished a very great work. | “It is true there was a dearth of| patriotism in the land. 1 am very glad | that our Catholic friends are becoming so | patriotic. There is_ to be a Catholic | patriotic turnout on Washington’s birth- | day and they are putting the American | flaz on their schoolsand are shouting their | patriotism louder than anybody else.” President Hudelson then related the storv of the preacher who had exhausted his list of sermons and who, on his congre- gation insisting that he should preach | once more, utilized a discourse on_heil. “It was a most eloguent sermon,” said the [ speaker, “and those present declared that | they could almost smell the fumes of the burning sulphur and brimstone. At its conclusion an o1d gentleman in the front | row started to sing the bymn, ‘We will | soon be at home over there. | | “These patriotic Catholics ought to be | | singing this senz. In fact they ought to | have begun singing it a long time?ago. “While I love to see the celebration of | | Washington’s birthday, I don’t like to see | that occasion celebrated as Y. M. I. day, | noras A. P. A. day. I would rather see’it | | celebrated as Washington’s birthday, as of | | old. | “If vou will bear with me for just a mo- | ment I will call your attention to the con- | stitution of the State of California regard- | | ing a certain matter. Irefer to Article 43, | | Section 22."" | He then read this section and also Sec- | tion 30 of the same article as follows: | . No money shall be drawn from the treasury | | but in consequence of appropriations made by | law and upon warrants duly drawn_thereon by the Controller; and no money shall ever be | | appropriated or drawn from the State treasury | | for the use or benefit of any corporation, asso- | ciation, asylum, hospital or any other institu- | tion not under the exclusive management and control of the State as a Scate institution, nor shall any grant or donation of property ever be | made thereto by. the State; provided that. not- withstanding anything contained in this or any other section of this constitution, the Leg- islature shall have the power to grant aid to | institutions conducted for the support and maintenance of minor orphans,or hali-orphans, or abandoned children,or aged personsin indi- gent circumstances—such aid to be granted by & uniform rule, and proportioned to the num- ber of inmates of such respective institutions provided further that the State shall have at | any time the right to inquire into the manage- ment of such institution; provided further, that whenever auy county, or city or county, or city, or town, shall provide for the support | of minor orphans, or half-orphans, or aban. doned children, or aged persons in indigent circumstances, ‘such county, city or county, city or town, shall be entitied to receive the same pro rata appropriations as may be granted to such institutions nnder church or other control. An accurate statement of the recelpts and evpenditures of publio monevs shall be attached to and published with the laws at every regular session of the Legis- | Iature. Neither the Legislature nor any county, city and county, township, school distriof or other municipal corporation shall ever make an appropriation or pay from any public fund whatever, or grant any- thing to or in aid of any relicious sect, church, creed or sectarian purpose, or Tielp to support or sustain any school, college, university, hospital or other institution con- trolled by any religious creed, church or sec- terian denomination whatever; nor shall any grant or donation of personal property or real estate ever be made by the State or any eity, | city and county, town or other municipal cor- poration for any rellgious creed, church or scctarian purpose whatever, provided that notning in this sections hall prevent the Legis- Iature grenting aid pursuant to section 22 of this article. A Continuing, he said: “I would like to | ask why in the face of the constitution of | the State of California there has been paid $15 per month out of the treasury of this City for the keeping of girls in an institu- | | | | | religious body? These girls are placed thefe as criminals. You may state that the city has passed an ordinance authoriz- ing this thing. I say that it is in violation of the constitution. It shows a disregard | for our constitution. It is unbecoming | that these people who shout patriotism and loyvalty and obedience to the law should be violating American institutions, “The A. P. A. is going to see to it that this thing is stopped. [Cheering and ap- plause. % *1f there are any persons convicted of any crime or convicted for the violation of any law in the State of California, they must be committed to a State institution. 1 believe that this is good American doc- | trine. 1don’t think it has been imported from Canada or anywhere else. ‘‘Agamn, you are all familiar, doubtless, with a little fight that is_on in Congress. A few days ago the question of appropria- | tions for sectarian institutions for the | District of Columbia came up. 1t was im- tion that i5 under the direct control ofa |. vmedhlel{' branded as an A. P. A. fight. The ‘A. P. A.introduced it, the A. P. A. fought for it and it will be an A. P. A. vic- tory when it has been finally won. This fight has been before the people for some time. Up to 1892 there were other than the Roman Catholic churches drawing money from the National Treasury for In- dian missions, but in. 1892 the other churches withdrew.” The speaker then read the various reso- lutions passed by the great Protestant de- nominational bodies of the country declar- ing against and refusing to further accept Government aid for Indian schools and missions. ‘That,”’ said the speaker, ‘“is American.” He next related the hearing before the Indian Commissioners on this subject in December, 1893, at which all the different religious and sectarian or- ganizations were represented. He added that J. A. Stevens, representing the Catho- lic chutch, charged that those who asked for the withdrawal of Government aid from Indian schools and missions did so with a design of driving the Catholic church out of this particular field and that their efforts savored strongly of hypocrisy. Following thisline of thought he said: “I say this is not so. 1 hope that ali the different religious organizations will go on with their work in the Indian missionary field. Let them work among the indians as long as thezf vlease. Let them vlan their schools and carry on their religious teachings if they want to, and if itis in the power of any one of them to run all the others out let them do so, but not with Government aid. This is un-American; this is Jesuitical. “*They are opposed to withdrawing pub- lic appropriations for the .support of sec- tarian schools and opposed to the unsecu- larization of those schools. The A. P. A. says again that this is going to stop. [Ap- ’Eluuse.] It is only a question of time. he American people are determined. We believe in the fundamental principle of our Government, We believe in uphold- ing our own institutions. “Some one might say that I have made a very harsh statement, but when I see and the American people behold Pope Leo XIII on the Tiber saying to the American citizens, ‘You must withdraw from the Masons, from the Odd Feilows; yon must withdraw from the Knights of Pythias, | the Sons of Temperance, because I, Pope Leo XIII, in Rome, Italy, place those in- stitutions in America undér the ban,’ I believe that it is about time that the American people should stand up for the fundamental principles of the American Government, and [ believe it is time the | American people should place every Jes- uitical organization under the ban to that extent that we invite them to say good-by to America. If this were done there would be a cry go up of persecution. The Pope would say that the American has taken action against the Catholic societies. But what has he said about the Pope taking action against our American societies? Not a word. And we now properly ask the question, Who commenced the putting under a ban, anyway ? ‘‘Fellow-citizens, " I had proposed to speak to you to-day upon the continuation of the proper definitions of the planks of the platform of the A.P. A., but I have not taken up that subject at all; nor shall I take it up at this time. Were it not that I kad been advertised for this platform to- day I would not have been with you—I would have been in my bed. “I believe that the time is not far dis- | tant that the sentiment that is being molded through the width and breadth of our land by the A. P. A, will result in bet- ter government, in the perfection of our plans that America is to be America in the true sense of Americanism—that all are to be equal; that the church is -to be recog- nized by the State. “When next November will have come and gone I belleve that the A. P. A. will have led one of the most glorious victories | and that that victory will have perched on our banner and that the old patrots will look upon our flag and feel that America has been rescued from her enemies. “This organization is not an organiza- tion to go against that man or that woman i or girl and prosecute them because they are Cotholics, and I am ashamed of the man or woman who when conironted with great questions as these, standing on zreat principles, will so far lose sight of the issue 1 8s to commence a personal fight acainst religion. | some individual because of his We are not engaged in _any such fight, but we are going to stand for the true princi- ples of Americanism, and ‘on these princi- ples we ure going to march into victory next November.” Slrh el FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH. Dr. York in Reply to Father Wyman’s and Archbishop Riordan’s Lectures. Following is the lecture of Dr. J. L. York, delivered last evening at Scottish | Hall, in reply to the lectures of Father Wyman and Archbishop Riordan at Met- ropolitan Temple on last Monday and | | Friday evenings respectively : Ladies and Gentlemen: Our subject this evening is a re{{»ly: 0 the Jectures at the temple on the “Foundafion of Catholic Faith.” We deny the truth of the Catholic faith as pre- sented by Archbishop Riordan and Father Wyman at the Metropolitan Temple the past | week on the following grounds: First—That the entire system of Christianity is based upon faith, and’ that human rpason and the facts of nature are made subservient to faith, and belief in that, which is not sus- | ceptible of demonstration, ‘and, to say the least, is doubtful of truth. Second—That they origin of Christiani to prove the divine ,the fall of man, the divinity of Jesus, the plenary inspiration of the Bible or any of the essentia! features upon which Ch ristiani ty rests, and is all based upon assumption. We deny— Third—That the Hebrew Bible contains a single passage or prophecy which, taken in its true sense, points to the birth, life or death of Jesus of Nazareth, or any proof that commends itself to reason, of is in hurmony with the facts of nature, going to show that the miracles re- | cited in the New Testament ever took place, and have no real foundation, save that credence which takes root in. ignorance and supers tion. And that the traditions, fictions wonderful stories written ug by_the 1y monks, under the title of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (whoever they were), are for the most part exaggerated statements, if not pure tabri- eations, which have been canonized by hu- man euthority and passed down to this age at the hands of the Roman Catholic Church, ® claiming to be the only true salvation for man- kind. And, to say the least, the arrogance of her claims must be shocking to all who are ac- Guainted with the facts in the history of her Dloody career in the world. We do not say that the Roman Church bas accomplished no good in the world, but we do say that she has been the fruitful source of far more evil than good in the world,and that her efforts for subremacy have marked her path- Wway with strife, persecution, cruglty, tears and biood; and her attitude. to-day toward free thought, free speech, free echools and mental liberty show her to be the same relentless foe of free religion and true democracy. We do not say that her men are all disloyal to our Government, but we do say that their opposition to our free-school system, and the statements of those high in Catholic authority against our system of free schools during forty YEATS Dast was, s every true American must &dmit, an attack upon the very citadel of American liberty and the popular theory that the perpetuity of our free institutions depends upon the fmleetlon of our school system; and the Catholic war and extreme statements, ne- ginning with Bishop Hughes of New York until now, could have no other tendency than to create a strong suspicion of disloyalty tothe | principles of free governmenton the part of the leaders oi the Roman church, and no amount of denial, sophistry and slippery con- fusion of words can wipe out the significance and effect of the Catholi¢ attitude toward our schools. quite as chaste and as faithful wives, mothers and daughters as othersoi Protestant faith, or those of no religious faith. Auman nature is about the same in the church as outside of it. Morality, goodness, benevolence and chastity they due io any religions belief, but to_the in- stinets of a common humanity. And the fact that sisters and nuns are found on the battle- field, in the hospital soothing the sufferings of the dying and ministering to the wants of the poor and distressed no sane person will deny. ut we cannot believe that the ministries of these good angels are due to the Catholic | religion, or what these sisters of mercy happen to believe about God, heaven or purgatory, but rather. to their humsanity, and _that Protestant women are quite as benevo- lent and. chaste as others. And Rev. Father Wyman's statement 1n his lecture at the Metropolitan Temple “That the idea of the sanctity of marriage is lost among the majority of those who are not of our faith,” was an in- | sult to every woman outside of the Catholic church. “He said further that marriage out- side of their church was for the most part for pleasure and their children are not consid- ered a blessing from God, and if God should say I will destioy & Francisco unless I find ten just persons, where should we first 100k for them? All our people would instinctively turn to our convents and religious houses.” cruel impertinence is this? Well, it is nothing new. Itis an open statement of Romanism, that the “marriage of Protestants is the mar- riage bed of adultery, and theirchildren the bastards of a cursed union.” | authority, the so-called church of God. We are, | then, to look for virtue in convents and Cath- | olic prisons, where men and women are shut away from the sunlight and green fields, deny- | ing themselves of the natural and kindly asso- | ciations of human life under the pretense of serving God. Whata lean, pinched-up virtue this must be. What is this but the mental dis- ease called religion? Heaven save me and | mine from such & horrid and unnatural re- ligion as this. But how do we know that virtue exists in such large degree in the convents and nun- neries? How can we tell what is concealed un- der the garb of self-abnegation when the out- side world is not permited tosee and talk with the prisoners? And am I to take Father Wy- | man's word for all this virtue shut up in these | unwholesome places called religious? | Would it not be well to open out these vir- | tuous retreats at least once a year for ventila- tion and prove to the world the superiority of { Catholic virtue? | _ We think 1t & good service to the unregener- | ate world to have the curtain drawn aside and the cover lifted from the church now and again so that sinners may know how them- selves compare in point of morality and virtue with saints of God. And no doubt the outside find so much morality and virtue in Brother Brown’s church when the cover was liited off. And 1 do think that those who have religion | age almost as good as those who have no re- ligion. And we snggest to Father Wyman to | have the cover removed from those holy places of which he speaks before he deliversanother such an unjust tirade in favor of Catholic vir- tue. Now then, as the truth or falsity of the Cath- | alic faith turns on the question of the divinity of Jesus of Nazareth, permit us to propound a | few questions, partly in the language of a noted author, to. Father Wyman, Bishop | Riordan and other clegy in this city, touching | the most vital points in the foundation of the |-Catholic faith, te chief of which is the divinity of Jesus. What is truth? Truth is the right relation of things. What is the truth aboutJesus? And is Jesus a correct standard | for truth? Nothing but perfection can be a standard for compiete truth. And does the | life of Jesus, from the scanty record in the | New Testament, show him to he a perfect thar- | acter? And from our reading we must con- clude that the man Jesus wos far from perfec- tion, and in no sense a perfect standard for troth. 5 1f Jesus was divine, how could_he teach that than one can control the color of his eyes or tne length of his stature or color of his hair? Haow could he say “Let him who is without | sin cast the first stone?” This earrfed out in { practical life would exempt_every criminal on earth and defeat the ends of justice. | Ifhe wasa perfect character, how could he | say to the poor woman, “Itis not meet to take | the children’s bread and cast it tp the dogs"; and why, if a_God, could he term any of his | children Gentiles and dogs 2" 1f perfect, or even a wise man, why should he curse the fig tree because it was barren at the wrong time of the year! And why did he not destroy the devils instead of destroying his neighbor's property and food for the hungry? | ciples that, if they would believe in him, they should sit on twelve thromes, judging the | twelve tribes of Israel? Did they do so? No | such thing ever occurred. And why did he denounce whole cities, both innocent and guilty, because they refused his disciples as their'teacher, as stated in Matthew’s gospel ? How could he say, if a good man, “Bring hither my enemies and slay them béfore me, those who will not have me rule over. them”? | In this he proposes to render evil for evil— | pot much like an infinite God. Had Jesus been a verfect or & wise man, how could he have laid the foundation of Roman popery and ‘[cre“iefid the first Pope, as recorded in Matt. xvi:18? Why should he, if he knew what frail, falli- ble and wicked men would do, say unto Peter, a coward and a liar, *‘Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church,” if he did not | mean to establish Popery in the world? And | why did he, if a divine character and with the | foreknowledge of a God, have said to Peter, | | *“Whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be | | bound in heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shail be loosed in heaven,” and thus establish Popery with its confession-box and a long and cruel legacy of despotism, war, priesteraft, persecution and bloodshed to es- tablish the abomination qf mental and. spirit- - ual slayery and the very throne of Popery in We do not say that Catholic women are not | do not ‘belong alone to the church, nor are | Great heavens, what arrogance and what | This is the language of the highest Catholic | world were greatly surprised and pleased to | moral merit depends upon religious belief, | when no one can control his belief any more | Why, if & wise man, did he promise the dis- | the world? And if Jesus did not_intend to do this evil recorded in Matthew he was not & God; and if only & man, he was not perfect or Wise, take either horn that seems best. How can Jesus be a perfect standard of truth when he predicted the end of the world to be near at hand? and fanetics have been doing the same ever since. How could he, if divine, have said, “Blessed are. the poor, but woe to the rich,”.when poverty, claimed:as a Catbolic virtue, is no doubt the greatest cause of misery, vice, prostitution, intemperance and crime in the world ? Why should Jesus, if a sensible man, have uttered such foolish sentiments about endless punishment, cverlasting fire against those who id not believe in him, and that he would re- turn in the clouds after death. And why did he utter such nonsense about marriage and d vorce when he should have known, if a God, that ‘there are other just causes for divorce than he gives, and in his example he has set the patiern for the unwholesome practice of celibacy lmonipriesu and nuns of the Roman Catholic church ? g And for Protestant Christians to deny the foundation 'of the Catholic faith is like the man who sawed off the limb of the tree upon which he stood. . How could Jesus, if a perfect char- acter, have chosen a thief for his associate? Ang that he did not know his true character Jesus admits when he quotesaud applies to himself the words of David, “Mine own famil. iar friend which did eatof my bread, and in whom I trusted, hath lifted up his heel against me.” Showing clearly that Jesus did not know the character of Jesus, and if not how could he have been what is claimed for him? . A perfect standard of truth and justice would have rebuked the sin of slavery and | condemned in unmistakable terms this cruel crime against God and man when it was the widespread evil of his time? He found the world in slavery and left it inslavery. And only the heaven-born inspiration of Thomas Paine ana the white-souled Lincoln, in his proclamation, could say man has no right of DProperty in man and thus lay the ax at the To0t of slavery. 5 Had Jesus the attributes of God, why did he | pot point out the great sin of despotic govern- | ment and tyranny and tcno{x the people that | 8ll true government should come from the consent of the goverened ? Why did he not teach the importance of edu- | cation and science, which alone has made this | world' & suitable place to live in. instead of laying the foundation of a religious despotism in the world? Why did he, ii he knew all things, make wine for a. party of people when they were already drunken and set such an | example of intemperance, the greatest evil in | the world? If Jesus was & standard for justice | and equal rights why did he leave woman to | suffer under the old Jewish law of divorce in- | stead of teaching our true relations in this | lile? Andso far as may be known -he gave w0 the world no important, original doctriie, knowledge, art, science, discovery or inven: | tion and furnished little new light to the un- | derstanding upon any of the second-hand doc- trines which fe taught, and yet we are re- | quired to believe that he 'was a god in order to be saved, \ An infinite being could not have been born of woman, as other men are born; nor could an infinite being die as Jesusdied. John Huss, | Venini, Socrates and Bruno died more like gods than did the man of Nazareth. And from the half historical and half legendary accounts | of Jesus we cannot regard him as divine in the | Christian sense, and yet we admire him for his bravery in attacking the superstitions of the church in his day, and we love him as an idéal of benevolence. honesty and goodness, and one of the saviorsof mankind; but as to his di- vinity, we are compelled to be unitarian, and yet we _have the highest regard for those who sincerely differ with us in religious belief; but hypoerisy and sham we utterly detest. In religion we are a liberal.” We know only | a few things, are agnostic in many things and | our realm of belief is very small. but are | doing our level best to hold ourgrip on com- | mon-sense and in our humble way to repre- sent and voice the sentiments of the un- churched, who believe that a clean, honest moral life is a sufficient passport to another and higher life. And the .above questions, touching the cornerstone in the foundation of the Christian church, we most respectfully refer to h0p Riordan, Father Wyman and | other clergy of the City, and when’ they will | answer these questions in such & manner as | to remove my doubts as to the divinity of | Jesus we will join the Roman Catholic church without delay. FOR THE SYNAGOGUE. A Successful Ball at Union-Square Hall Last Evening. _Union-square Hall, on Post street, was thronged until early this morning by a gay crowd of dancers that had cathered to enjoy. & programme on which there were seventeen numbers and indirectly to aid the Stockton-street Synagogue, for the benefit of which the affair had been ar- ranged. . The idea originated with I. Friedman, president of the congregation, of which D. Gilaberg is vice-president and S..Pol- lock secretary. Over 750 tickets were sold and conse- | quently many of the contributors to the church fund were unable to take anactive | part in the entertainment.. Tothe young men composing the several | committees the credit for the preparations and successful management of the affair is due. On the committee of arrangements | wer M. Silberstein, J. Kiarnet, G. Sil- berstein, H. Jacobs, L. Greenberg; on the | floor committee—George Woods, Alex. Rice, William Olinsky, L. Aufrichtig, 8. Lowenstein, H. Lindner, 8. Lindner; on the reception committee—S. Klarnet, L. Sitberstein, H. Lichtenstein, M. Cline, T. | Kiarnet, G. Kellner, ‘A. Abrams, D. Lind- | ner, and the floor directors were Victor | Aaron and Joseph Pino. . | The hall was decorated in red and white bunting draped about the balconies and by | American flags arranged over the stage | upon which Samuels’ orchestra sat. ————— “THE HANGING JUDGE.” Sir William Windeyer, Who Presided in the Famous Deane Case at N. S. W. -8ir William Windeyer, Lord Chief Jus- tice of New South Wales, arrived yester- day on the Monowai and_is stopping at the Palace. The Chief Justice has recently been a large figure in the public eye of the colonies, even of the world, thréugh his connection with the famous trial of Deane, the wife poisoner, at which he presided. He is a terror to evil doers, and at home is known as “the hanging Judge” from the severity of his sentences. He is on his way to England on a three months’ leave of absence. D D S Oswald Nerlinger, a German, madea cup of common pepper corn, which holds 1200 other ivory cups, with a handle to each, all gilt on the edges, with room for 200 more. THE NEW POLICE HALL PLANS. J. Co@her Newsom Does Not Believe in the “Usual and So Worn-Out Towers.” He Has Followed the Renaissance Style and Has Produced an Ornate Design. [From the architect’s plan.] BROWN AND MRS, COOPER WAIT, Factions in the Church Scandal Trust Their Leaders. | MRS. COOPER SUPPORTED. | Does Not Consider the Blanchard | Charge Worthy a Sec- ond Thought. THREATS AGAINST THE PASTOR. The Whereabouts of Mrs. Tunnell Causes Alarm in the Ranks of Dr. Brown’s Friends. The partisans of Mrs. Brown and Mrs. | Cooper were kept busy yesterday discuss- ing the sensational charges preferred by the former against the latter. One faction claimed that the affidavits practicelly | killed the pastor, while the other side con- tended that they meant-the utter annihi- lation of Mrs, Cooper. | Before and after church the friends of each gathered in little groups, apparently | | to congratulate one another that the | charge oi ballot stuffing had been made. Mrs. Brown's friends said that Mrs. Coopar did not dare deny the accusations, while | the followers of the latter argued that the } very characters of the people making the | charges, stamped it as unworthy of a | moment’s consideration. | Mrs. Cooper, while deeply regretting that any one, even her enemies, should believe her capable of committing the acts | charged, declines to even consider the matter seriously. She says that her sim- pl2 denial is proof positive that the affi- davits are without foundation in fact. Further than this she will not even dis- cuss the matter. *It is not true that Dr. Brown stood one minute either on Mrs. Blanchard's door- step or in her house,” said the pastor's wife yesterday, ‘‘except in company with Notary W. B. Benchley. Now as to Mrs. Blanehard’s statement.” She made it Fri- day evening about 6 o’clock, and it was taken down by the'shorthand writer. In that condition it was, of course, not ready for signature, so the notary arranged that | he and Dr. Brown should call the next morning for that one purpose. | *‘The statement was made under oath nndhvy:\: whoily voluntary. There was not in a of menace, as the notary will testify. When they called | the next “morning, however, Mrs. | Blanchard refused to sign what she had | voluntarily sworn to the evening before. Dr. Brown then set before her the serious nature of her offense, and said that if she | did not choose to sign her own voluntary | statement, made under oath, he would con- | sult the authorities. He told her that he | e ot e e, o e e e e S R S S S TP P et [denunding what is said in their prgsence? We have a black-and-tan terrier called Jack who has a rooted objection to spend& ing a night alone, and is therefore allowe: to sleep with one of mv brothers. A short time ago they were all from home, and an order was given early in the evening (Jack being present) that he was to sleep with the groom away from the house. Jack, who always remains in the room until the rest of the household retire, disappeared this particular evening very soon after the order was given and was not seen again. ‘When we went upstairs, however, there he was curled up in an armchair in my youngest sister's bedroom, evidently set- tlel for the night, and as we entered he | looked up and wagged histail, as if he was begging to be allowed to stay. As he had ne%%r gbeen known to go to bed early by himself, or in that particular room, we all felt sure he had nnderstood the order and hoped by this means to escape.—London Spectator. PRACTICED ALL DAY, Paderewski Works Hard While Ordi- nary Mortals Are Enjoying the Holiday of the Week. Paderewski spent the entire day at the piano yesterday. He usually employs the day preceding a concert and the concert day itself in practicing. Yesterday wasno exception. From the time tLat he arose, shortly after noon, until 9 o’clock in the evening he played, preparing for the con- cert of this afternoon. During this time he had a slight lunch- eon, a bite that he was forced to take. His first meal for the day, though, his break- fast, was not served until nearly 10 o’clock last night. This is merely an indication of the great pianist’s capacity for concentration. San Francisco has been to him a source of interesting study. He knew that yester- day would reveal to him more of the out- door life of the people than he conid have seen before. He wished to see the park and the cliff crowded with sightseers, Yet he spent the entire day in his room at the lotel. Many cards were sent to him. He was not at home to any one—he never is when he practices. “Whether this intense application is necessary or not, I do not know,’” said Mr. Goerlitz last night. I know Paderewski seems to think so, though, and he usually does what he thinks is neces:ary to pro- duce the best re ith bis art.” EATERTANED THE THRS Seamen From the Cristoforo Colombo Feasted by the Italian Colony. ul Pretty Girls Lavish Smiles on the - Bronzed Sailor Men at Bersag- lieri Hall. Feasting and dancing occupied the Ttal- ian colony from early morning till after midnight yesterday. The merry-making was in honor of the sailors of the Cristo- foro Colombo. Heretofore the entertain- ing has heen principally of the officers. Yesterday the men before the mast were the heroes. The fun began early in the morning. A delegation of local Italians consisting of A. Fodera, G. Gondona, G.Campodcuico, G. F. Campodonico and G. Flamini went to the Folsom-street wharf at 11:30 a. ., where they met fifty sailors and eight officers from the Cristoforo Colombo. The would not pass lightly by her intrusion into our church affairs, and her vote in a matter when she had not the slightest | right, and when such consequences to his | family and himself were involved. She | then signed the document. | ‘‘As to any contrary stories she may tell, let it be remembered that on the authority of her own sworn statement she is not a | truthful person.. She voted twice, not- | withstanding her denial. The evidence is | overwhelming. Four or five more affi- | davits from perfectly responsible persons | can be easily obtained. That second vote was procured by Mrs. Cooper after she had been told by Mrs. Blanchard herseli that | she was not a niember. Nothing could be | more astonishing than the lightness with | which Mrs. Cooper affects to regard her | conduct in this matter. Congregational | churches do not Jightly regard the corrup- tion of their suffrage. The facts of the case were voluntarily laid hefore Dr. | Brown and_the deacons last Wednesday | evening by Mrs. Simpson. | “‘There is one clause in Mrs. Blanch- | ard’s affidavit which should be corrected. | The affidavit as published causes Mrs. Blanchard to say: ‘I told her I was not a | member of the church and had no right to vote, but still she urged me to do so.’ “The last eight words should have been | eliminated. The original document doe: not contain these words, and the notary in making the covies failed to eliminate them.” | The attendance at Mrs. Cooper’s Bible | class was fully equal to that of the last | two Sundays. Aftér the lesson many of | her friends and fifteen or twenty strangers | came forward and assured her of !geir | confidence and esteem. They told her | that she was making ‘a noble ficht for | truth and principle, and regardless of what might be said about her she must triumph | in the end. | 1t was stated yesterday bva close friend | of Mrs. Cooper that sbe had been ap- | proacned by a number of gentlemen since ! the publication of the Blanchard affidavit who offered to protect her against any further attack. The story goes that these | men, if she butsaid the word, would or- | ganize a committee of seventy, with the one object in view of expelling Dr. Brown | from San Francisco. It was proposed to | ive the reverend gentleman forty-eight | fiom-s' notice to‘leave the City; then, if he | did not accept . the invitation, nilar | measures to would be adopted. Mrs. Cooper declined to discuss the matter, except to say that never, under any circumstances, would she consent to such a proposition. It is said that the present whereabouts of Mrs. Tunnell is causing the friends of Dr. Brown considerable uneasiness. Just what she will testify to in the event of her appearance before the council is, of course, unknown, but it is generally supposed that she would say things damaging to the | astor. A fresh story was started yester- | ay to the effect that Mrs. Tunnell was without doubt in the city, but intended to | remain in hiding until calied by Mrs. Cooper. | Inquiry at the home of Mrs. Horton, 216 Eddy street, with whose mother at Vi« salia she is known to have spent some days, elicited the information that sha had not heard of or from Mrs. Tunnell for over a month, The same story was .told at 1041 Mission street, where the missing witness lodged for some weeks prior to her disappearance. Attorney Gallagher is working on a new theory, in which Mrs.- Tunnetl isinvolved. He has certain evidence in his possession now, but refuses to tell what it is until he completes his investigation. Professor Lloyd occupied the First Con- gregational pulpit at both morning and evening services yesterday. Dr. Brown and his wile attended the forenoon ser- vice, but took no part in the exercises. At 6:20 o’clock the pastor attended the regu- lar meeting of the Endeavorers. The convening of the council. to-morrow makes the fifty-second day since the - scan- dal became public by reason of the arrest of Mrs. Davidson. The council will proba- bly not consume more than half an hour in organizing, aiter which they will be ready to receive charges affecting the char- acter of the pastor. Mrs. Cooper will be represented by Walter J. Barnett of Gun- nison. Booth & Barnett, and Mrs. Stock- ton by J. H. Collins of Fresno. Ingenious Jack. May I give another instance of the p ower which dogs seem to possess of un ! liqui hose used in earlier days | . party, after indulging in some siight d refreshments, proceeded to Marti- nelli's, where a banquet and a large party of Italian gentlemen awaited them. There was an elaborate menu, to which the sailor-boys did full justice. Then D Caglieri, who presided, made them a brief speech of weicome. 1In his usual felicitous manner Chevalier J. Calegaris proposed a toast to the visitors which was responded to by Chief Engineer Gnuidi for the officers of the Colombo and Compiano P. Ualco for the men. There were many more short speeches, but shortly after 2 o’clock the entire party repaired to Bersaglieri Hall, to which they marched preceded by a band. More gentlemen and a bevy of pretty girls were in attendance there. Dancing began at once and was kept up till 6 o'clock. Then there was an intermission, | when the guests were feasted, and later the dancing was resumed with even more pretty girls present than in the afternoon. The ball continued till miduight. The affair was given by the Italians of Oakland and this City jointly. The prepa- rations were most elaborately made and the evening passed most auspiciously. Those who had the affair in charge were Floor director—G. F. Grondona; assist- ant, A. Fodera. Reception committee—D. G. Caglieri, honorary president; G. B. Campodonico, resident; G. Flamini. vice-president; G. ‘acconi, G. Valvo, O. Menesiri, E. Dellara. Door committee—G. Grondona, L. Para- vagna, L. Simi, A. L. Bacigalupi, A. Fod- era, A, Allegrin Prince Luigi of Savoy attended the Bush-street last night to witness the per- formance of “Stenterello,” an old-time Italian comedy. 1t was presented by acompany of ama- teurs under the direction of A. Barli, and from the manner in which it was received by tue large audienee the actorsand act- resses acted their parts well. The Prince occipied one of the stage boxes in company with Commander Ales- sandro Bertolini and Lieutenant Figerio of the warship Cristoforo Colombo and Dr. J, Calegaris. = Over the box in which the guest of the evening sat hung the stars and stripes, while over the opposite box hung the Itahan flag. In another of the boxes sat Dr. W. Vanazo, Dr. Barsotti, P. Michiletti and C. 8. Poizzini of San Jose, roprietor of the Messagero. The auditor- lum was filled with representatives of the Italian colony, while the gallery was filled with Jesser light. When the "Prince entered ‘the theater and appeared in the box to which he was conducted he was greeted with vivas, and this compliment he acknowledged with a smile and bow. Cut a Barkeeper. John Kelly cut James Clark, a barkeeper em- ployed at 606 Howard, street, across the face with a knife yesterday morning about 3 o’clock. The wound was & nasty ‘one, but not serious, It resulted from Kelly’s resenting the fact that Clark evidently did not want him in the saloon. Kelly was promptly arrested by Offi- cer Tuite and charged with an assault to murder. NEW TO-DAY. LADIES srrexr TENTION OUR PRICES. Allen’s $wan Down, this week only. Oriental Cream, per bottle. Lablache Powder, assorted. De Laire Powder, small 25c, large. 50 Lillen Powder, Fischer’s, from 25¢ to, s T Cameliine. 30 Powder Puffs.. 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