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6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1896. FATHER YORKE T0 MR, HUDELSON, The Chancellor Ridicules the A. P. A. Resident's Forms. HIS CWN OBJECT TOLD. culating a petition for signatures among Wishes to Get Behind A, P. A'i Principles and Platform of the Order. QUOTES FROM OFFICIAL PAPERS. e { The Priest Submits Some Extracts| Tending to Show the Sentiments of the Protective Association. The followinz letter has been received | a 1 Father Yorke: Rev. Benjamin | the tenth time | latform and still more | What he hopes to gain | and indecent exposure | v 1 cannot compre- | his own business | htest desire to quarrel | becility which character- | effusions. e letters, Mr. Editor, is to ure of the A. P. A. I wish | rles and platforms, and I deeds, documents, speeches, | true objects of that logize in advance for I am.compelled to | bbish heap. 1 are the hy do | ot help it. | and seatter | | SON'S DENIALS, | ny description of the A. | > denials which Mr. | al to the is & testimony to the ected my material. make-a slip here and scribing the numerous sons with whom I have to deal. DENIAL OF FACT: assertions con- se Mr. Hudel- & demon- my duty to | ce my proof 1d produ tor, that I made no Hu >n is compelled | them he ought g to the tes- | the grand | orgenization, the A. P. A. was | ton, Iows, about eight years ago. found in the Century ‘ e Adam Fawcett was oneof the He was supreme vice-president | N 1 Convention, which , Wis., last May. | Hudelson was present, v poor Fawcete was turned | ied by a man the tempta- 2 of said Jackson | 1t is of course out of | o enliven this tedi- | help FAWCETT'S SUCCESSOR. vered J. H. Jackson | son is just about to Le Golden Age, to We have just e lifted out a | e msy lmpart to information. That, have hitherto | y freight train, is our mis- fe has been there all the but eager 10 be observed. was a Democrat with & Jackson is not a star | e political firmament, appa.ling. of all the constellations Atthe galt he is now ten years to_make the | itical zodiac. When first nocrat with & well-defined o find & panaces for his Land tried to break into 205 of the Omaha platform, th bis own petard. All Jack- 10 g0 off prematurely andleave After failing 10 reach the awling for Populism with his 1 up as wheel horse in the A. entlon to other people’s bus. tional vice-presidency | sses. vecome & great itned to spill his | T bis teeth to work out the s-suftering country by the . “He bas St. Vitus' dance of d _the bad habic of f when he has nothing to say. s pamotism. His zeal regu-i hen there’s frost on the | ant of A. P. A.lsm. He | and yallied forth to | multiarious ills of | Siates and nations | of the Vatican, He Is | > with all the Vigor of the | oading and firing his old | impetuosity of a Molly | (b) DONALD ROSS. I called Donald Rosg the dvisory board. written report of the new that it had organized - The mistake arose from a that report. , ever, does not affect my 1 to Ross’ position to that he was a good representative of the A That he occupies the position of vice- president instead of the position of secretary ly adds new significance to my reference. (€) TRAYNOR. While speaking of the Canadian, Traynor, I denominated him the “boss” of the order. Mr. b says “Traynor is not boss of the in- He is i1s supreme president, put if t orke imagines that the A. P. A. is bossed he should 'hold one of its executive offices for & while.” The standardwictionary defines boss as “A manager or dictator of & party organization, especially one who uses such leadership arbi- trarily or for vate or partisan purposes; the head of a ‘ring.’ " In order, therefore, to see what Mr. Hudel- son’s denial is worth, let us see if (1) the A. P. A. 18 & party organizetion; (2) if Traynor is its manager or dictator; (3) if Traynor uses his leadersnip for private ot partisan purposes. 1. THE A. P. A. 1 A POLITICAL PARTY. One of Mr. Hudelson’s wonderful platitndes is “The association is not & political party.” Webster defines a party s a number of per- sons united in opinion or action as dis- tinguished from or opposed to the rest of the community or association, especially one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy.” Certainly the Rev. Benfnm(n Hudelson will not deny . "A. is mude upof a 8103 ihat the A, P. number of persons, He hopes that they are urited in opinion and he exhorts them to be united in action. He knows that they are dis- tinguished from the rest of the community by an ignorance 2nd s bigotry unparatleled in modern times, and he realizes that he and his are opposed {0 the same Community in the determination to impose a Teligious test asa qualification for office in these United States. That the A. P. A. is a political party is as- serted by Preside ¢ Traynor, & Canadian Orengeman, in his annual address delivered in Milwaukee, May 9, 1895. Speaking of Prot- 1t pastors in the South he says, “They 1 the aid of a powerful political organ- ization such as only our grand and glorious order can afford” Indeed many paragraphs of this address are devoted to the argument ihat the A. P. A. should come out with an in- dependent ticket. 1 suppose Mr. Hudelson is awere thet Stevedore Spear of this Uity is cir- | widespread thronghout the order. | board ac | had selected onl: the lodges so that if the old parties in this City at the coming election do not knnckle down to the A. P. A. machine, the names of distinc- tively A. P." A. candidates may be placed on the ballot. If these things do notm: the A, ."A. a political party 1 do not know what would. 2. TRAYNOR IS MANAGER AND DICTATOR. By the constitution of the e dent is supreme executive - Such & position alone would justify the application of the term boss. But the title is especially ap- provriate because 3. TRAYNOR US. ERSHIP FOR PRIVATE OR PABTISAN PU A:l"os‘h‘s. 3 : To prove this proposition I call in the testi- mon\“)oi & gent pnu‘;n once well known in this City, the Rev. T. C. Easton, D.D., of the E: n Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C. The press dispatches, under date November 9, 1895, announce his withdrawal from the order because of mismanagement. | “De. ston,” says the dispatches, ‘“‘claims tbat he is just as firm an_adherent of the prin- ciples of the organization as ever,and it is said has 1n contemplation the formation of & rival organization In furtherance of the same views."” Among his reasons are the following, which bear onql‘ruyuor's position in the A. P.A.: My dissatisfaction with the mannet in which the nization s conducted dates back to May of when 1 was selected as a delegate from tof Columbia tothe Supreme Council aukee. When I arrived there Ifound a ition of affairs. Over balf of the n the supreme body were not entitled ats under the constitution of the order. They = seated by a credential committee appointed by Supreme Presfdent Traynor. With a membership in the millions the books of the treasurer showed an apparent balance of a few hundred dollars, and subsequent developments forced the confession {rom the supreme president that even this balance was only apparent and that the treasury was bankrupt. A trust fund of sev- eral hundred dollars, taken up by subscripion for & specific purpose, had been misapplied and the administration bad been characterized by an utier sregard of the constitution. Ihrough the votes of the delegates lllegally seated in the convention Supreme President nor was re-clected. Utterly disgusted I let the convention before its adjournment, having pre- viously announced my intention 'to with draw from the order. At the earnest request of p romi- nent members here and throughout the country I held my resolution in abeyance for a while in the hope that something conld be done without open disrupt on, but recent events have satisfied me of the futility of such hopes. The power of the supreme president 1s, in fact, supreme. He can pack future convenitons as he packed the last. He is as muchof a despot in his particular province as the Czar of Russl override the constitution with impunit charges were preferred aganst him hi volntees would try him. Ii is useless to struggle against such an organization. The d.scontent is Several of the most peaceful State bodies bave declined (o pay any per capita tax into the supreme Lreasury, or give it any support. These are my reasons, Mr. Editor, for calling Traynor the boss of the A. P. A. By the way, is Traynor a citizen of these United States? (a) THE ADVISORY BOARD, Mr. Hudelson denies that the A.P. A. puts its followers at the mer the people at the mercy of the Congressmen they elect. Lét me first say what an advisory board is. Itis & body made up of membersof the A. P. A. whose business it is to select a ticket which the members may vote. The general advisory visory board for the jurisdiction. Besides these two bodies there is in San | Francisco an_advisory_board for the City and County. Thisis notalegal body, as Mr. Hud- elsou has been compelled to inform the recal- citrant time and time ag But 1t does for San Francisco what the Stafe advisory board does-for California. w the American plan of selecting candi- s for office is by means of a free and ope convention. When a ticket is selected by a few men in & back room in_ secret session and forced on & convention we have boss rule. The | convention is at_the_ mercy of the boss and of his henchmen, S0 when a ticket is selected by a few men in & back room in secret session and | forced upon & city we have boss rule of the worst kind. In the course of this letter I shall have oc- casion to deal with the State advisory board. Let me describe the method of action pur- sued by the City advisory board at the last election. : At the various conventions candidates had been chosen for the various offices. The can- didates had been selected in open meeting and by the duly elected delegates of the two great arties. }ruihng or secret dictation had affected the re- sult & non-partisan ticket was put before the electors. Besides this the People’s party had its candidates and there were sideshowsin- numerable. The A. P. A. at that ime claimed 11,223 members in good standing and these 11,000 men stood ready to vote for any one whom the advisory board would recommend. Many of them belonged to the older parties, were active in conventions and were according to all the rules of honor bound to the nominees whom they had helped to select, yet the; mained waiting day by day until a secret should declare: *Vote for this man and not for that.” As it drew near the election there were many calls for the names of the favorites of the order. But these names were refused. On Friday, October 26, 1894, at the meeting of Council No. 1 it was announced that the names of the candidates which were to be supported by the A. P. A.shou.d not be given outin the councils. The names would be put on tickets and distributed to tpe members, This was hefore the advisory board had made its selestions. On Monday, October 29, 1894, at the meet- ng of the Eureka Social Club, Mr. Rhoda, the resident, made & speech exhorting the mem- | Bers to support the men to be seleoted by the adylsory board. This speech was received with cheers, At that time the advisory board a few candidates, Thus the 11,000 odd members gave them- selves and their votes into the hands of men | they did not know and whose action they in- dorsed beforehand. Let us now take a look at the advisory board. On Monday, October 29, 1894, the question of the Sheriff’s office came up. Two candidates were considered by the board, namely, Archi- bald and McNab. A strong fizht was made for Archibald. His friends said thathe had joined the order in its infancy, and that now when it had some power he should be supported. On the other hand the supporters of McNab as- serged that as far as membership went he was with them heart and soul; that if elected he would have none but Protestants employed under him, and that he had the support of & large number of secret societies. Of course, Mr. Editor. I am not prepared fo say that the statements made by the friends of Archibald or McNab were true. All I assertis that these reasons were urged by the friends of the candidates on the advisory board. What credence we can put in the words of the mem- bers of that board will appear later on. The.outcomeof the fight was that MeNab re- ceived forty-two votes and Archibald twenty- four. Poor Archibald! Everyone knows th sad, the squalid resuit. A reluctant indo; ment of NeNab was wrung irom him as he lay delirious on his bed by J. Q. A. Henry end read at the Mechanics' Pavilion. The advisory board bad triumphed. Forty-two men tried to force a Sheriff on tnis City of S8an Francisco not because he was abler, better, gnrcr than the other candidates, but because they thought he‘\rould give positions to none but Protest- ants. At the beck of these forty-two men. 11,000 voters stood ready. They were not permitted to use an American freeman’s right of selec- tion. The candidate was chosen for them for reasons tney never heard, and they were marched like cattle to the polls to vote at the dictation of a junta, every member of which was o traitor to the constitution of the State of California. 1f instead of being the lowest of the low the members of the advisory board were angels, such & method of procedure is un-American and unrepublican. Moreover, it opens the way to all kinds of fraud and bribery. Asa matter of fact, members of this advirory board £0ld their support dates, and Mr. Hudelson knows it. Such, Mr, Edifor, are a few of my reasons for saying'that the A. P. A. puts its members at the mercy of an advisory board. If Mr. Hud- elson wants any more instances Iam willing to give them. ‘When Mr. Hudelson compares his advisory board to our Congressmen he shows an ignor- ance of the constitution which is not unex- pected in the president of a treasonable and un-American_organization. When the Con- gressmen shall meet In secret session on the eve of election and telegraph to the country, “Here are your candidates, vote for them,” then Mr. Hudelson’s paralier will hold. When that comes to the holding of popular elec- tions will be abolished as a useless proceeding. It is so much handier o have our representas tives selected in the back room of & saloon. Iwould advise Mr. Hudelson to read the his- tory of this country and to try to lesrn what republican 1nstitutions mean—a government of the people, for the people, and by the g:nple; not a government of cliques, for the nefit'of clerical politictans, and effected by the most ignorant, the most vicious and the most corrupt elements in the community. (¢) HUDELSON’S OATH. The Rev. Benjamin Hudelson says if I knew anything aboui the order I could explain why he can appear to commit perjury with im- puml{i Tprefer that he make the explana. tion. He hassworn with his hand on his heart, “Iwill not enter into any controversy with a Roman Catholic on the subject of the order.” Please tell us, Mr. Hudelson, about this new way of keeping old oaths? S0 much now for Mr. Hudelson’s denials of facts. He has convicted me of one inaccuracy. I have corrected it,and lo! my argument is stronger than ever before. My assertion is demonstrated; anything less than the truth will not serve my purpoee. 2. DENIALS OF RESPONSIBILITY. T The Rev. Mr. Hudelson wishes to escs the responsibility of the quotations which ade P. A. the presi- | ble. of adyisory boards | | and says that I might as well talk oi putting or the United States, the State ad- | Because some imagined that iwire- | for cash to certain candi- | from A. P. A. papers and A.P. A. speakers, Let me take up his instances in order .(a) WASHINGTON GLADDEN. 1 quoted Washington Gladden as a witness to the fact that a panic of terror reigned in Ohio because of the circulation ef forged docu- ments, Mr. Hudelson says: “He quoted Washington Glxq’den and holds me and my order responsi- 1 did not hold the A. P. A.responsible for | what Gladden says, butI hold the A. P. A. re- sponsible for the facts to which Gladden bears witness. I hold the A. P. A, respousible for the circulation of the vilest forgeries which were ever perpetrated by the depraved in- genuity of man. For these forgeries and for the efféets produced by them in this City and in this State I hold Benjamin Hudelson re- sponsible also. (b) ELBERT HUBBARD. I quoted Elbert Hubbard as a witness to the fact that en aporehension of a Catholic up- | rising existed throughout the Middle States. Mr. Hudelson complains that I hold him re- | sponsible for what Mr. Hubbard said. I hold his order responsible for tke facts to which Mr. Hubbard testifies. The A. P. A. dis- tributed these documents to which Mr. Hub- bard_referred, and Hudelson dares not deny it. He knows that be and his order are steeped to the lipsin lies and in forgery and he has no right to whine now that I hold him responsible. 1 am coming to more lies, Mr. Hudelson. Iam taking my time about if, be- cause [ am hunting in & corral, 1am coming | %0 the exposure of your own deceit and you own forgery, I will tell how you lied about the chureh, how you lied about the offices, how ou lied about the Magdalen Asylum, how you ied about your order.and_how you lied about | yourself. \What is more, Mr. Hudelson, I ex- Pect to prove it. (¢) TRAYNOR AGAIN. 1 quoted from Traynor’s message as to the organization of an A. P. A. militia. Tnat message bore the same relation to the A. P. A. that the President’s message does to the party to which he belongs. In that message 1raynor asserted that the Catholics were arming and | that the country was therefore in danger. He | recommended that the Apaists should also arm 1o protect our institutions. This is the teach- | ing of the A. P. A.and for it the A. P. A. and Benjamin Hudelson are responsible. | _This man, living in the nineteenth century, | and writing in a metropolitan paper, 18 pilioried before a laughing world as the dis- penser of tales with which wicked nursery maids frighten little children into submission. And thisreverend bogieman does it all for the advancement of Benjamin Hudelson and the protection of our American in-sti-too-tions. (d) THE AMERICAN PATRIOT. Mr. Hudelson shows a disposition to re- nounce the Apeist press. He declares the order is no more Tesponsible for what occurs in these papers than is the Demoeratic party for what occurs in a Democratic paper. The parallel is absurd. Our papers are not controlled by party organiZations. The Demo- cratic party of San Francisco has neither haud, act nor part in the menagement of the Exam: inef. The Republicen party has nothing to say to the policy of Tig CALL. But the Amer- n Patriot is the indorsed organ of the A. A, end was founded t0 spread A. P. 4. prin- ples. Here is the indorsement of Mr. Hudelson’s predecessor; THE PATRIOT PUBLISHING COMPANY, Y. M. C. A, Bullding, Room 7, fourth floor. SAN FRANCISCO, September 20, 1894. A PAPER FOB ALL WHO LOVE AMERICAN INSTI- TUTIONS. To the Friends and Councils of the A. P. A., State of Califoryia— FRIENDS: portance that our onler have a newspaper ona go0d and solid basls, to set forth and defend the principles we agitate, aud as the American Patriot : changed hauds and is now published by the Patrior Publishing Company, a Corporation, with a capital Stock of $25,000. 4t §1 per share, we think ic wise and eminently proper that all f of the order, individually and col- lectively, should lend a helping hand, to the end { order, may become an assured fact. t 6last, the n D. T. Stan] the then owner of the paver. The first payments were made by friends contributing according 1o thelr means, and at this | writing the paper has not been fully paid for. The > paper as et amount (o lit- riisers being -timid, and the sub- not enough to meet all demands upon he directorship consists of five care. . Q. m ihe Pope has heard, is the managing editor. . A. Hubbell, buisness manager. The paper is n good siape to build upon. The intention isto y seil only &0 much of the capital stock fund as will meet, from time to time, the legitimate demands upon the paper above. its present small earnings. But 10 assessments shail be levied 50 long as 5:0ck can be sold (o enable the directors to meet the more pressing demands. Now I, G. G. Baker, State president of the order | known as the a. P.'A., State of California, most nestly suggest that all councils and friends in- ividually throughout the State subscribe for and tle, many ad seriptions a the paper. | ful and able men of our order. a take stock in the Patriot, so that we may have a paper of which we may b uals in th 1 proud. A few indivia- City have n as much as $100 each. worth of Stock. S0, Wl even though you are c stock In installments. The Crocker-Woolworth Bank of this City is the an_of the money of the corporation, and for the stock can be sent there, and the sec- v of the Patriot Publishing Company will | send the certificates of stock, through them, to the purchasers. Yours in F., P. and P, 3. BAKER, State President American Protective Assocla- tion. G. A. HUBBELL, Business Manager Patriot Publishing Company. The sentiments of Mr. Baker are indorsed by Mr. Hudelson: » THE POWER OF THE PRESS. BY THE STATE PRESIDENT. The power of the press in molding the public mind cainot be overestimated: It is.the educator of the people upon the questions confronting them. Therefore we should do all within our power to build up a strong and vigorous paper, to the end “that the people may be educated aiong the lines of the objects and aims of the A, P. A. We are misrepresented everywhere, and this misrepresentation will prejudice many’ good and honest Americans against us if we do not meet it and set ourselves right. The American Patriot has often been the center of atlack by our enemy, and if he succeeds in scattering our forces at this center he will have succeeded in weakening us all along the line, = Patronize and Support as many papers as you choose, but see 101t that you do Dot waver in your friendship for the Patriot. If 1t is not just what you wduld like it to be help make It better—give to it your word of encouragement, your support, your counsel. 1f we shiould rally as we ought we could in a very short time make it a power that would cause thie enemies of £004 government to tremble and the Roman Catholic bierarchy to realize that it must stop muking facesat our public schools and cease its interference in our civil and political affairs. Friends of California, let us remember that this is a time to be serfously in earnest. Our home, our school, our Governiment is (sic) the ques: tion—let us rally everywhere: take up the fight with rene xed energy; be willlng to work and to sacrifice, 1f need be, ‘that we have a sirong, vig- orous and wide-awake paper. Rally 10 the Patriot’s suppor:, that it may be able to fight our battles before the people. B. F. RUDELSON, After all these indorsements B. F. Hudelson now rises to disown his organ, But it is too late, Mr. Hudelson. You have declared it to a “molder of public opinion.” “I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.” ¢A molder of public 8pinion.” Public opinion is to be molded by spreading forgery, calumny, falsenood broadcast. It may be done as well by the signed communication as by the authoritative editorial. Whisper it that the that there are arms concealed in ‘churches. Suggest that cutting the throats of Protestants is a favorite pastime of the Pope. A word here, a paragraph there, an innuendo, a bold statement—all these things mold public opinion and because they are intended to mold_public opinion, to sow the sceds of bigotry, of hatred and of all uncharitableness— you, Mr. Benjamin Hudelson, are respousible. T have taken up so much space (n replying to Mr. Hudelson’s denials that I defer the second art of this letter until to-morrow. Yours ruly, P. C, YORKE. VEREIN EINTRACHT'S BALL. Hundreds of Couples Mingled in the Mazes of the Dance. Blooming dairy-maids, kings ard lords of high degree, somber monks and god- desses fresh from Olympus, knights armed ip glittering armor and cupids with their heart-piercing arrows mingled in the mazes of the dance at last night’s masque- rade ball of the Verein Binuracht. Early in the evening the festivities began and the sun was beginning to dispel the darkness ere the last merrymaker had hied away to his home. At 11 0’clock to the tune ofeBousa’s popular strains the grand march began. Hundreds of couples wound ‘in and out at the direction of the leader, makinga gorgeous and pleasing spectacle. After the march the usual order of dances were indulged in by tne visitors until the or- chestra hal worn 1tself out. —_———— Measure for Measure. To-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock the ad- dress in the special course to young men at the Young Men’s Christian Association Hall will be given by Rev. W. H. Rader, pastor of the Third Congregational Church.” Mr. Rader’s subject will be ‘“Measure for Measure.” There will be special music; seats free to all young men. LSl Rally of the League. The League of the Cross will nold a rally in Mission Parlor Hall, the Native Sons’ building in the Mission,at 2 P. M. to-day. Rev.: Peter C. 'Yorke will open the proceedings with an address and an interesting programme will be presented, Tt being of great im- | dited in the iutkTest of our | American Patriot was pur- | Henry, of | papists are bloodthirsty. Drop an obscure hint | LOYAL KNIGHTS OF ST, PATRICK, They Obsefve Washington’s Birthday With Music and -Song. PATRIOTIC SENTIMENTS Charles M. Shortridge Writes of the Man Whose Memory the Country Honors. AN ILLUSTRATED LECTURE. A Trip Around the World Beautifully Reflected on Canvas—A Pleas- ant Evening. The Washington - birthday celebration under the auspices of the Knights of St. Patrick at Metropolitan Hall last night was a great success. There was an im- mense throng present, and the greatest en- thusiasm prevailed. Hundreds were un- able to gain admittance and went away disappointed. The National colors draped the hall. Love of country and the historical figure generally spoken of as ‘‘Father George’’ were everywhere manifest. There were National music, National songs and Na- tional sentiments. The opéning number on the programme was a piano selection (with Janke key- board) by Miss Alice Tisdall. This was followed by a soprano solo, “In Seville’s Groves,’ by Miss Millie Flynn, an artist of much note. President Jeremiah Deasy made a brief introductory address in which he eulogized the first ex- ecutive of the Republic. Mr. Deasy ex- pressed regret at the absence through ill- ness of Charles M. Shortridge, who had been announced as the orator of the even- ing. He said, however, that a letter had been received from Mr. Shortridge. It was read by Frank Shea as follows: Sax FRANCISco, Cal., Feb 22, 1896, Hon. Jeremiah Deasy, of St. Patrick—DEAR SR me to my home and prevenis my presenee | among you to-night. I had looked forward with eagerness and | pleasure to the prospect of being with you upon the occasion of your entertainment in honor of Washington’s birthday ana in loving and loyal remembrance of him whom our Na- | tion and all civilized men delight to honor, I | assure sou that I feel tie disappointment of | my enforced absence more keenly than your- selves, and this especially because I esteemed | it a most fitting time and occasion to entorce | with my all too feeble utterance certain vrin- | ciples of liberty and of loyalty to our Ameri- | can 1pstitutions, of which theé life and char- | acter of Washington give aptand ample ilius- | tration. If there is any one characteristic of that great soldier and statesman which lifts its white summit above the restof his high qualities, it 15 to be found in the standard of excellence which he set for the selection of his friends and associates in the mighty task of achieving liberty and nationality for the American people. It was loyalty to American institutions which George Washingion especially required in those whom he made his confidanis and iriends and to whom he intrusted the com- mend of armies and the control of affairs of state. It mattered little to him from what country, clime or race men cfme or what might be their social station or religious creed if only they loved liberty and were resolved with bim t0 see it perpetuated upon American soil. Itis necessary to recall to your minds but a single illustration of the broad liberality of the Father of His Countryin this respect. | The four American patriots whom President Washington selected above all others as his Cabinet advi were Hamilton, Jefferson, Knox and Randolph. Of these, Hamilton was & native of the West Indies, Jefferson and Ran- dolph were Virginians, while General Henry Knox was born in_ Boston of Irish parentage and was noted throughout his illustrious career as a soldier aud statesman, for his pride of extraction and his affection for his fellow- Americans of the Irish race. I point to this example for the purpose of emphesizing to your minds and heerts to-night, the truth that the foundation sione of our republic is the un- | divided loyalty of its citizens of whatever race or croed 16 American ideas of liberty and law? The love of liberty under law filled Washing- ton’s mind and inspired his whole life. , That love breathes in his every written utterance, whether it be private correspondence or seri- ous state papers. He knew that liberty to be preserved must be hedged round by justand equal laws, and he inculcaled & reverent obe- dience to such luws. Neithier love, nor patriotism, nor poetry, nor oratory can magnify the value of the services he rendered to America and to the world. His labors on the field were no more brillient or valuable than his services in the convention that framed our constitution and in the execu- tive chair. Grave, serious and religious, de- voted to liberty and wedded to constitutional government, scrupulously honest in ail his re- ations 1o individuals or to the State, and de. manding an exacting unqualified fidelity to every duty assumed or delegated, he rose ant 6tood and stands us the great model for his and future generations, I'am dictating these few lines from & sick- bed. Icannot tell you of my love and admira- tion for the great man whose fame encircles the earth. The mighty theme overcomes me. For assistance I turn to the land whose sons have battled in every struggle for liberty and who deservedly enjoyed the fullest confidence of Washington. Let those words of Charles Phillips, the eloquent Irish orator, express my thoughts and yours: : “It matters very little what immediate spot may be the birthplace of such a man as Wash- | ington. No people can claim, no country can upuropriate him; the boon of Providenco to the human race, his fame 1s eternity and his residence creation. Though it was the defeat of our ermsand the disgrace of our policy, I almost bless the convulsion in which he had his origin. If the heavens thundered and the earth rocked, yet when the storm passed, how ure was the climate that it cleared; how right in the brow of the firmament was the planet which it revealed to us! “In the production of Washington it does really appear as if nature. endeavoring to improve upon herself, and that all the yirtues of the ancient world were but so many studies preparatory to the patriot of the new. Indi- vidual instances no doubt there were; splen- did exemplifications of some single qualifica- tion: Cewsar was merciful, Scipio was conti- nent, Hannibal was patient; but it was re- served for Washington to_blend them all in one, and like the lovely chef d’e@uver of the Grecian artist, to exhibit in one glow of asso- ciated beauty, the pride of every model, and the perfection of every master. As & general he marshaled the peasant into & veteran and supplied by discipline the absence of ex rience; as a statesman, he enlarged the policy of the Cabinet into the most cemprehensive system of general advantage; and such was the wisdom ofhu views and the philosophy of his counsels that to the soldier and the statesman he almost added the character of the sage. ‘‘A conqueror, he was untainted with the crime of blood; 'a revolutionist, he was free from any stain’of treason; for aggression com- menced the contest and his country called him tothe command. - Liberty unsheathed his sword, necessity stained, victory returned it. If he had paused here hisuu'{l might have doubted what station to assign him—whether 4t the head of her citizens or her soldiers, her heroes or her patriots. But the last glorious act crowns his career and banishes all hesita- tion. Who, like Washiugton, after having emancipaied a hemisphere, rulgnedlts crown, and preferred the retirement of domestic life to the adoration of a land he might pe almost said to have created? y +How shall we rank thee upon glory’s page, Thon more than soldler and just 1oss than shge; All thou hast been reflects less fame on thee— Far less than all thou hast foreborne o be ! Once more expressing my profound regret that I cannot be with you in person to-nighrt, I to remain, dear sirs, very sincerely yours, CuAs. M. SHORTRIDGE. Mr. Shortridge’s sentiments were well received by the audience. After a soprano solo by Miss Julia Sulli- van an illustrated lecture, ‘“‘From the East to the West.” was given by Mrs. Hattie B. Steele. This part of the programme was ] President of the Knights | 1 regret exceedingly | that & serious and prolonged illness confines | | | Spring Dress Goods. The advance shipments of new weaves are here. They have been arriving by express for the past few daysand are now in stock, ready for inspection. The styles are pret- tier than ever and the prices not at all high. They start at about $5 for a suit length and at easy stages run up to $25 and $30. The styles are all new creations and comprise Printed Warps, Chene Etfects. Cottelines, 5 Plisse Stripes, Lend Weaves, Chameleon Suitings, Jacquard Frieze, Bergere Mottles, Chagny Silk Mixtures, Brocaded Etamines, Vigoreux Venetienn: Kaleidoscopic Poplins, Besides many other extreme novel- ties in the way of Persian and Dresden effects. We cannot send samples of these goods, as they are mainly single-suit lengths of a color. They must be seen at the department. Silk Nale, To-morrow morning we will close out the balance of our 75c, $1 and $125 Novelty Silks in fancy figures, stripes and checks at 50 CENTS a yard. They include light, medium and dark colorings, suitable for all kinds of garments, costumes and trimmings. If you want silks that are silks at prices that are prices, don’t miss this sale. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. Stanley Shirt Waists. At 76¢ Each. These celebrated Shirt Waists need no introduction at our hands, ‘We have just received 100 dozen of the $1 50, $1 25 and $1 kind, bought at a bargain price, to be sold that way—all colors, all styles, all kinds —at the uniform price of 75¢ each. gee display in one of the front win- ows. Our Great Bacrifice Sale of last season’s Shirt Waists at 35¢c apiece still going on. We have added a great many new styles to give im- petus toit. Waists worth 75c, $1 and $1 25 among them. Ladies’ l)mTSuits. At $1.00 and $1.50 each. Light, Medium and Dark Colored Ducks, in stripes, checks and fig- ures—some at one price, some at tbe - other—blazer and box coats, with large sleeves and full skirts. No such Duck Suits ever sold under $2 50 to $4 apiece. Thesecut prices to close them out before new goods arrive. Children’s Jackets. At $3.50 Each. Perfect gems for the little tots, 2, 3and 4 years old, equally as pretty for boys as for girls. They are made of plain, rich broadeloths, in shades of red, blue and tan, trimmed with pearl buttons and braids, not one worth less than $5, and from that upward. Ribbon Sale. Double-faced Satin, 3 inches wides 19¢ yard. 3 da ?ros-Gruin. 3814 inches 1d Satin an wide, 10c s These are all silk ribbons, in every popular and favorite color. More than half were old the first day of .the sale; and although there is a good assortment left, we cannot promise to fill orders for any par- ticular color. COME EARLY FOR THEM. Here’s Some of the Best Reasons for Trading With Us. , %%mé’m:aer ) z o Fhe Mexes Our Prices, our Goods, our Methods make itso. The Intermingling of new things at proper prices with those we want to close out at sacrifice prices makes it so. The fact of our doing an absolutely CASH business, giving credit to nobody, makes it so. And the fact of our having strictly ONE PRICE to all, treating everybody alike and as liberally as we know how, makes it so. MONEY’S WORTH OR YOUR MONEY BACK,” that makes it so. In fact it is our guiding rule, “YOUR New Wash Fabries. Arrival of new French Fancy Organdies, perfect dreams in Per- sian and figured designs, the love- liest high-class wash goods shown this season. Regular price down- town 40c yard. Our_price 30c, a saving of 10c a yard in trading with us. New Liver-color Batistes, in pretty striped effects, 12}4c yard. New Figured Dimities, in light, dark and liver colors, 15¢ yard. New Duck Suitings, hundreds of new patterns, at B8l4c yard, worth 123c. New Pique Buitings, in light, me- d{n:lz? and dark ‘ct’:lorin‘ga."lzxc yard. New ‘Perched Crepes, in handsome Persian designs, 25¢ yard. New Linens. Just arrived, opened yesterday: 60-inch Cream Table Damask, heavy quality, 50c yard. 64-inch Cream Table Damask, extra quality, 75c yard. 60-inch Bleached Table Damask, pure flax, 50c yard. 62-inch Bleached Table Damask, grass bleach, 60c yard., . 64-inch Bleached Table Damask, extra quality, 75¢ yard. % Damask Napkins to match the above damasks at $1, §1 25 and $1 50 dozen. Hemmed Huck Towels, inches, at $1 44 dozen. Bleached Birdseye Huck Towels, with red, blue or plain borders, full 42x21 inches, at $2 75 dozen. 86x18 very interesting and instructive. The illustrations included the following 4 New York harbor — Liberty — Leaving Home. Ireland — Jaunting-car — The Scalp —The Dargle—Kilkenny Castle—Vale of Shan- ganah—Lakes of Killarney—General View—The Old Weir Bridge—The Middle Lake. Song, OThe Meating of the Waters,” Miss Julin Sulli: van, Ancient Cross and Round Tower—Lough Ballinahinch, Irish Home—Giants’ Causeway. Scotland—The Clyde—A Highland Clackan— Kilchurn Castle — Highland Solitude—Loch Lomond—Falls of Moness—Melrose Abbey, east window — Ferns. _England — Coaching—Fox- hunting. Wales—Peasants. Cornwall—Plant- ing Potatoes. London—Houses of Perliament —Street in London—Crossing tne Channel. Paris—Panorama—Place de la_ Concorde— Buttes Chaumont—The Rhine—Switzerland— Mount_Blane—The Jungirau—Highway Rob- bery. Holland—Rotterdam—The Flower Mar- ket—Country Scene—Holland Peasants—Vil- lage Street—The Beach of Schweningen. Ttaly—Northern Lakes—Lake Como. Song “Gentle_Spirit,” Miss Millie Flynn. Italian Bride—Street in Naples. Rome—(astle of San Angelo—The Vitican—The Pope’s Audience .Chamber—St. Peter's—On the Bosphorus. India—Cawnpore—Memorial Well Monument— Traveling in India—The Taj Mahal—Life in India. Japan—Pagoda Temple — Nikko-Yo- meimon — Japenese Beauty — Traveling in Japan—Crossing the Ocean. INTERMISSION. Song, “Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep,” George H. Broderick, late of the Tivoli Opera WILL ADOPT THE STAGE Pretty Miss Charlotte Sheldon Deserts the Ranks of the Amateurs, MAKES HER FIRST APPEARANCE Intends to Go East This Spring—An Offer From the Frawley Com- pany. There was ushered into the dramatic world yesterday a charming little actress in the person of Miss Charlotte Sheldon, who made her debut at the Grove-street Company, Nearing Home—Golden Gate—The Fort—Coming into the Harbor of San Fran- cisco—The Pacific Mail Dock—San Francisco— A Familiar Corner—Reflections. The Spirit of '76—The Minute Man—Washington ‘aking Command—Washington Crossing the Dela. ware—Surrender of Cornwallis, Washington, our First President—Deathbed of Washington —Washington’s Tomb. Our Nation’s Capifol— America, the Home of All Nations, Miss Julia Heffernan, accompanist. Miss Charlotte Sheldon, Who Made Her Debut at the Grove. Theater in a benefit tendered the Veteran Guard of California. ‘While Miss Sheldon has often been seen to advantage in amateur theatricals and social functions of similar character, it was not until recently that she determined to identify herself with the stage in a profes- sional way. Her appearance therefore in Bristol,” was an event fooked forward to Wwith no small degree of anxiety by her friends and others directly interested’.’ The young cebutante acquitted herself handsomely, however, going through her lines wiih an ease and grace notalways seen in more experienced players. As Nora O’Brien, the daughter of a widow by the same name, she was all that could be desired. It was nota particularly strong part, but it was such as to demonstrate beyond cavil that the young actress is ”."p’.‘lble F’! bectlr)mling a !ucfiess. not only in similar lines, but In anythin, 1 undertake. £ Boale e Miss Sheldon is & Tennesseean by birth, but with her parents moved to San Fran- cisco about nine vears ago, being now just 18 years old. For the past eighteen months she has been studying at one of the local dramatic schools though with no ?nrt}cullr intention of becoming & pro- essional, During the recent visit_of the Frawley Company an enticing offer was made her to become a member of the company, This unexpeoted tribute to her genius caused the young lady to think more seriously of the stage, finally ending in a determination to cast her lot with the followers of the footlights., Miss Sheldon is particularly fitted for comedy parts, being light, airy and grace- ful, young and pretty. She has received a flattering offer from an Eastern com- pangr and will leave for New York in May next. Miss May Ashley also a; play “Funon the Bristol,’’ as presented yesterday. She has been prominhent in dramatic circles mn this City for some years, and is a soubrette of acknowledged abilit; To-night will witness the last public appearance of Miss Ashley and Miss Sheldon before leaving for the East. An interesting feature of the performance z}vfll l&e a tableau introducing the Veteran uard. £ ppeared in the e e Why the English Are Hated. Bo long ago as 1840 Thackeray discussed the question recently raised again, why the English are hated by other races. “How they hate us,” he writes, ‘“‘these foreigners in Belgium as much as in France! What lies they tell of us; how gladly they would see us humiliated ! Ay, ;{y, and yery gzood reasons they have, too. ational vanity, sir, wounded—we have beaten them 50 often.’ My dear sir, there is not a greater error in the world than this. They hate you because you are stupid, hard to please, and intolerably in- solent and air-giving. “I walked with an Englishman yester- day, who asked the way out to a street of which he pronounced the name very badly to a little Flemish boy; the Flemish boy did not answer; and there was my Eng- lishman quite in a rage, shrieking in the child’s ear as if he must answer. He seemed to think it was the duty of ‘the enob,’ as he called him, to answer the gen- tleman, A “This is why we are hated—for pride. In our free countt{ a tradesman, a lackey or & waiter will submit to almost any given insult from a gentleman; in these De- nighted lands one man is as good as another; and pray God it may soon be so with us! Of all European people, which is the nation that has the most haughtiness, the strongest prejudices, the greatest reserve, the great- est dullness? Isay an Englishman of the genteel classes. An honest groom jokes and hobnobs and makes his way “with the kitchenmaids, for there is good social nature in_the man; his master dare not unbend, Look at him, how he scowls at ou on your entering an inn-room; think you scowl yourself to meet his scowl, “To-day as we were walking and star- ing about the place a worthy old gentle- man in a carriage, seeing a pair of stran- gers, took off his hat and bowed very gravely with his old powdered head out ot the window; I am sorry to say that our first impulse was to burst out laughing. it seemed so supremely ridiculous that a stranger should notice and welcome an- | the laughable farce-comedy, “Fun on the | other.”