The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY,”FEBRUARY 24, 1896 CONTROVERSIALISTS ON A PUBLIC DEBATE, "Rev. D. M. Ross Calls on His Opponent to Meet | Him To-Day. { NOTIFIES THE LAWYERS | 1ng of the A. Father Yorke Formally Denies : That Any Debate Will Take Place. | ! PLAINLY TERMS IT A HUMBUGJ Citizenship Meeting—G. T. Eruce’s | Afterncon Proceedings of the Goud~} | Eioquent Address. | This evening at Metropolitan Temple Rev. Donald M. Ross will begin his proof | of the four puted propositions concern- g which Rev. Father Yorke challenged The evidence which Mr. Ross de- sires to submit is se voluminous that four | evenings will be required for its presenta- | tion. Accordingly Metropotitan Temple | has been hired for four nights, and the | proofs so arranged that each proposition may be taken up and fully considered in | one evening. It is stated that an enormous number of | tickets bave been sold for this culmina- | tion of the Yorke-Ross controversy, and the capacity of Metropolitan Temple will | doubtless be tested to the utmost. In case that not all who wish to attend can gain admission to the temple, they will still be able to hear- the speaker of the evening at first hand, for arrangements have been made to nold an overflow m; ing should such a step prove to be neces- sary. A second hall has been secured, and Mr. Ross has agreed to present the proofs 1wice each evening if required. The over- flow meetings, if they be held, wiil be ad- dressed by interesting speakers till such time as Mr. Ross shall complete his first speech at the templ Mr. Ross spent yesterday. resting up in preparation the strain of two speeches a might for four nights continuously. Stacks of type- written quotations from Catholic authors lay at hand and a libra tlicient to stock a Catholic bookstore was piled over the floor. “Well, I am all ready for the test,”’ re- marked Father Yorke’s antagonist with a weary sigh, ““and I am glad the time has come been monotonous vork, this delving Roman authorities, a over. Proofs? Yes, I 1 it only remains judges aud beiore | people. | By the way, do you know whether Mr. and M n have chosen lawyer? I formally notified them | e ¥ “atber Yorke wveli, of the time and place of my pre- n of my proofs. In my | Sherman T asked him to ca if that gentleman had not yet ar- anged a meeting, and to try to come to | some agreement on the third man. Of course the major holds that as the repre- | sentative of (he challenging party, Mr. | Foote should call on him, but I think he | will yield that point. We are anxious to concede almost everything in the interests | of truth.” | The letter which Mr. Ross has sent Father Yorke is as follows: 604 DOUGLASS STREET, ‘ SAN FRaNcISCO, Feb. 22, 1896. Peter C. Yorke, Chancellor of the Arch- in Frameisco—SIR: He % accepted lenze, pulished in the Examiner of last, e four propositio woted, and having, as the chal ght 1o name the time and those proots, I hereby for- the To Rev of dioces qu onday evening, February 24, platiorm of Metropolitan Temple, | mence submitting the evidences yur propositions are the Roman Catholic | that upon seid platform of said | Metropoliten Tempie I shall continue submit- t evidences and proofs on the evenings r, Weanesday and Thursday, respect- | ively, y 21 entire evening 1o eae tions. Now, therefore, T demand that you instruct your repre: pon the board of lawyers = hoard of arbitration to be | present upon said occasions; and Further, I d summon you, es the | challenging ere eppear and be present and »fs and evidences, | and show ca cause there be, why the | and proofs should not be con- said court of arbitration; failing in | which forever hold your peace. Respectiully, DoNALD M. Ross. The official notification sent to Mr. Foote | reads as follows: , devoting one hof said four proposi 604 DoucLAss FRANCISCO, Fe! you, ss the representative of Rev. Peter C, Yorke, my challenger, upon the agreed board of judges or court of arbitration, I hereby for- | ify you that upon Monda ¥ and Thursday , respectively the 2. 27th of February, 1896, form of Metropolitan Temple, present’ my proofs of the four propositions’ contained in the challenge aforessid. | Now, thezetore, do you &5 one member of said | court or arbitration, be present at said place at £aid times to hear ‘and &nd proofs; and Do you, as the representative of the chal- | lenging party, summon to . conference Major Edwin A. Sherman of Oakland, my representa. | tive and a member of said board or court, and with him choose and agree upon & third law- yer 1o complete said board or court. Respect. fully. DONALD M. Ross. The communication to Major ‘Sherman is less formal, but equally suggestive, It reads as follows: h, 25th, 26th and 1 stiall, on the plat- judge said evidences | "Tao6.| 1896. To Edwin A. Sherman Esq., Webster Street, Oa:land—STR: ‘This will officially notify yon that I will submit the proofs of the four prop- ositions contained in Rev. Peter Yorke's ce, at Metropoiitan Temple, Fifth streat, on Monday, Tuesday, Wedneeday an: evenings next. I hiave aiso officially ather Yorke and W. W. Foote. In Foote does not summon you by noon to confer with you concerning the | on of a third lawyer to complete the | i judges or covrt of arbitration, will 11y call upon him and if possible have ment of that matter completed? DONALD M. Ross. Mr. Ross before entering the minispry Wwasa practicing attoreey and it is said that during the presentations of his proofs the proceedings will be modeled closely upon those of the civil courts. In case Father Yorke or Mr. Foote fail to put in an appearance their names will be called at the door by the “sheriff.” . NO DEBATE. Respectinl Father Yorke Wishes It Clearly Un- derstood That the So-Called “Debate” Isa “Humbug.” The following letter has been received from Father Yorke: To the Editor of The Call—DEAR SIR: 1 learn that the K v. Donald M. Ross is distributing vorded handbills calcnlated to give the impression that I intend to debate with him in open meeting. nitme to say that such an fmpression is roneous. I have no intention of de- with D. Rose in open meeting. ed on D. Ross to produce bafore three non-Catholic lawyers. to be selected, the four propositions which heé claimed to read out of Roman Catholic publications. Instead of doing this he hires a hall, pub- hes in his paper that there is to be a debate, pretends to Leve the judges on the platform d on the strength of these assertions sells tickets and tres (o make money. Legally no doubt he is innocent of the crime of endeavoring to obtain money under false pretenses. 1 have no objection to Rossbettering the con- dition of his exchequer, but I have a decided objection that he should succeed by pretending that [ am to meet him. 1 do not intend to meet D. Ross. The judges witl not be on the platform. The lectures are no answer to my challenge. They are given on Ross’ own responsibility and with the back- ey stand sely on the same footing as ‘ctures delivered every Sunday afternoon at the temple. If anything in them is wortl wotieing I presume, Mr. Editor, you will allow the use of your o 1y. But in no er mauner, shape or form shall T have any- thing to do with what is but & humbug on the public at 2 bits per humbug.. Yours tru P. C. YORKE. e AT METROPOLITAN HALL. G. T. Bruce Delivers a Stirring Address at the Good Citizen- ship Mesting. There was a large attendance at the Good Citizenship meeting at Metropolitan Hall yesterday. Chairman Quitzow made the opening address, then a short prayer by he Rev. Dr. Rabing, followed by patriotic airs, instrumental and vocal. G. T. Bruce of Los Angeles was then introduced, his speech being as follows: We never tire of boasting of the grandeur of our country or the limitless resources of its wealth. That country is richest, however, says Ruskin,which nurtures the greatest num- ber of good people? Warships, magnificent fleets, cannot make a country great. The ques- tiou then is why is America influential alone in this the Western Hemisphere. It is because our Government i& organized on the divine right of the people to govern themselves. Our heritage is civil and religious liberty. Our Government standsalone in the privileges it extends to its citizen: quality is one of our fundamental principles. An Englishman said to ap American: “You have no noble fami- lies.” The reply came, “You are now talking 1o one of the members of the royal families of America. Our Government is essentially one o{ the people, for the people snd by the peo- o . The Roman Catholic church is the curse of tion. She retains the hope of ultimately the world. , &8 to our public schgpl system. Be not deceived by honeved phrases— the slaves jof Rome do not mind thei: words. Rome is an enemy to progress, to civ slization, and is to-day marshaling her forc ¢ for one grand onslaught. For individual Cath- olies I have not the slightest {11 will. Mousignor Bouland, & Frenchman by birth, but now a citizew of the United States and an eminent Episcopal.clergyman, and & man cel- ebrated for his scholestic attainment, was for many years a distinguished representative of the Romish church. At the time of his separation from the church, which was in. April, 1888, he was private chamberlain of His Holiness Leo X111, 4 m of St. Michael the Archangel, Rome, sident-general of the Avocats of Plerre in North Ameriea, canon of the Metropolitan Church of Rneims, memberof the Academie des Arcades in Rome, commander of the Ho Order of the Holy Sepulcher, and director-gen- eral of the organization in North America of St. Peter’s Pence. in Bishop Potter's allocuton at the_time he ved the Monsignor into the Episcopal ch, 1 find these words: 0ssessed of & gift of speech and learning far above the majority of his fellow-men, Monsig- nor Bouland rose rapidly 1o distinction in the Roman Catholic church, his future was par- ticularly bright, and the highest honors of the rec chu | church were in his reach.” Before Monsignor Bouland was formally re- ceived into the Episcopal church his creden- tials were duly signed by Cardinals Gibbons and Riordan. " He then addressed the follow- ing letter to the Pope: NEW YORK, April 12, 1888. Most Holy Father:.] bave the honor (0 inform your holiness that from today (my ceuonical being perfectly reguiar and unquestioned) ¥, though sorrowfully, separate myself se Roinish church for the {0110wing reasous: 1. Doctrinally, it is nolonger possible forme to believe ihe teachings of the Syllabus and the dog- mas proclaimed at the last Vatican council. 2. Politicaliy I can no longer admit the preten- sions of ultramontanism, claiming, as it does, ab- solute authority, not only in_matters religious, but also in mutters scientific, philosophic, social and poiitical. Such pretensions history proves to be aesiructive of religlon and public liberty. The Roman hierarchy constitutes In the United States & danger ever on the increase. More than one huudred years ago Lafayette, to whom cur Nation is deeply indebted, wrote these words to Morse: “I the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed it will be by the Roman clergy.” When Lafayette wrote these words he had experienced the workings of the Roman clergy. in France. Hekuew that they would hesitate atnothing. He saw ip the priests scattered over this country in those early days a fore- runner of the condition which now cenfronts us. Ten thausand vriests are sworn not to obey the laws of our. country in temporal afairs, but 1o obey the behests of an Itallan. 1t is not possible 1or & man to be a loyal Catho- lic and a loyal American. What are the demands of this church? The Pope clsims entlire jurisdiction over the world. He sets himself up s the earthly representa- tive of God. Now, strange as it may seem, every one of his claims are against the Consti: tution of the United States. In an encyclical 1ssued some time ago are found these treason- able words: But if the laws of the Siate are in open contra- diction with the divine law, if they command any- thing prejudicial to the chuTch, or are hostile to the duties imposed by religion. or Violate in the person of the supreme pontift the anthority of Jesus Christ, then, indeed, 1t is & duty to resist them and a crime to obey them—u crime fraught with dan- ger 10 the State itself. Do you tell me that Catholics would take up | arms in defense of our country if the Pope de- clared againstit? In 1886 the present Pope issued a decree, in which oceurs this sentence: “The judicial functionaries must refuse obe- &= ence to the State and the laws of the country waich are in contradiction with Roman Cath- precepis.” does this mean? The Popes subor- dinate thestate to the church. If any govern- ment passes laws objectionable to him the peo- | ple cannot obey them and still be good Cath- lics olics. Bishop Gilmour of Cleveland, Ohio, has writ- ten g “Nationalities must be subordinate to reli- gion (meaning his own, of course), and we wmust learn that we are Catholics first and citi- zens afterward.” ’Icr;e late Cardinal McClosky of New York said: “Catholfcs in this Republic are as strongly devoted to the sustenance and maintenance of | the temporal power of the holy Tather as Cath- olics in any other part of the world, and if it | should be necessary to prove it by acts they are ready to do s0.” Pope Pius IX, in an encyclical aated August 8, 1864, denounced what he called: - “That most, pernicious and insane opinion that hberl?' of conscience and of worship is the right of every man."” Proposition 15" of the Syllabus curses those who claim the right of free opinion,and in March, 1879, the present Pope wrote a letter to one ot his cardinals which appeared in fuil in the London Times of April 11, 1879, and from which I quote one sentence: “His gradual !ncreaslnf insistence on the restoration of the temporal power is prompted by the incremsing conviction that until the Roman pontiff regains earthly sway in this City he cannot prohibit liberty of worship and instruction.’ Cardinal Gibbons said in 1886, asreported by the Baltimore Cathotic. Mirror: “In no coun- try of all the nations of the earth does the | blessed fatber find more loyal children than smong the clergy and the laity of this free republic.” Cardinal Gibbons was born under the blue dome of liberty and the proteciing folds of this dear old flag. - There are ten million Cath- olics in Americe devoted to the Pope. When they have grown a little—when Gibbons is Pope, which is not Improbable, he might issue a letter like that of Pius to Maximilian, which is as follows: “The Catholic religion must, above all things, continue to be the glory and the mainstay of the giant republic of the west, to the exclusion of every other dissenting wor- ship.”” This letter to Maximilian can be found in Appleton’s Annual Cyclopedia for 1865, page 749, Have I satisfied you that the Romish church is opposed to freedom of conscience? If we are notto enjoy the right to think why, as Inger- soll says, were we given a thinker? The Ro- mish church cannot prosper when liberty of thought and pen are irce. For ten years Gal- ileo suffered, and when death came was re- fused burial in consecrated ground. On_receiving his sentence he said to his murderers, “Perhaps it is with greater fear m;u. yfiu pass this sentence upon me than I re- ceive it."” Now, gentlemen reporters, write it down that Bruno was burned live for teaching scientific truths which the civilized world ac- Sepis today. When o statie to his memory was unveiled in Rome the Pope 1ssued a de- cree declaring the right of his predecessor to burn Bruno at the stake. The letter issued by Cardinal Gibbons on the samé subject isas follows: “A mingled fes eling of righteous wrath and deep sympathy was bred in every Catholic heart when the news came that upon u pubiic square in Rome impious men dared unveil the statue of an apostate monk, Dragging the memory of a wild theorizer, a shameless writer irom the obscurity of a grave that had for three centuries closed upon its disgrace. These men, backed by mere brute force, have set upon a pedestal in the holy city a statue of the infamous Bruno, “‘Such & proceeding is & paipable and flagrant outrage, not alone upon the Cetholics, but upon the whole Christian world. Its animusis clear in the unchristien and defient language employed, in the unveiling of the statue of & man whose whole life breathed cowardice, pride and defiance of lawfully constituted authority. “‘Their attempt is not so much to honor Bruno as to insult and vilify the vicar of Christ and his devoted children throughout the world. It is proper that the Christian world and especially this portion where the term ‘religions freedom’ is understood in a sober, Christian sense, should brand with their indignant scorn an action such as this.” Rome's attitude toward free thought, free speech and & free press is the samo now as ever. Do you know that there is a movement on foot to throttle the entire press of this coun- try? You cannot now find a paper where one or two Jesuits are not employed. It may be news to you when I say that in Washington tne Romish church owns nearly twelve mil- lion dollars’ worth of untaxed property, or more than all the other churches combined. This 1s nearly all squeezed irom the clerks. In the Pension Department on paydays two nunsstand et the door, and off goes the official head of the clerk who retuses to recognize them in some way. It makes little or no difference what power is in—whether it is grandfather's hat or Grover's fat—it is all the same. Under Harri- son a high ofticial was permi:ted to send & tug t meet Mons. Satolli, when that gentleman was paying his first visit to this country. Why was this done? Simply to influence the Cath- olic vote. Do you doubt this? Can it be that you are ignorant of the fact that Catholics are in- structed through the confessional how to vote? If you are, then I have here an eye- opener in’the shape of a letter from Arch- bishop Corrigan to all the priests of his diocese. This letter reads: NEWARK. N. J., Sept. 3, 1875. _Rev.and Dear Sir: -Having taken legal vice I am informed that by the new constit tional amendments clerical property is liable to taxation. i ditional burden to the diocese, and I instruct you to instruct your people to strike out the Objectionable clause or to make assurance gnlnlhly sure let them strike out the whole allot. Itis not enough to abstain from voting, let them vote and vote against the amendment. MICHAEL, Bishop of Newark. This letter became public property in a very peculiar way. It wassenttoa German priest and marked ‘“Confidential.” He read it to mean “‘confide in all,” and forthwith hunted up & reporter. The problem of education is one of the most stupendous we have to coutend with. Catho- lics arc opposed to our system. When the Romish Church raises its hand against our system of public schools she does it against | one of our National institutions. Rome’s teachers are childless priests and hooded nuns—people who are forbidden to know anything of love. I quote from a book called “Lives of the Saints,” oue of their standard works. Let me briefly entertain you. The first quotation I make is found on page 41 and the incident is related of 8t. Francis of Assi: Onee at St. Mary's they offered &t. Francis a sheep. He received it gratefully because of the simplicity and inpocence of this ammal. He warned it o b careful in_praising God and to Keep from offending its brethren. The sheep, as if it could understand the tender pity which burned in the saint, followed his advice most carefull When it heard its brothers chanting in the choir it went to the church, bent the knee and_bleated be- fore the altar of our lady. the mother of the Lamb 0f God, thus to pay her devotion. At holy during the elevation {t prostrated ftself as if to shame undevout men and 0 invite the good t0 deeper reverence for this sacrament of love. ow I am going to show you where the mor- ality comes n: “‘Alexius, the only sonof a rich nobleman, on reaching his maturity, merried a lady of high rank. On his wedding day the eaint wasin- spired to mortify and overcome himself nod the world in a hitherto unheard of manner. Accordingly when evening came the husband of a few hours visited his bride in her chamber, bearing costly presents, which he desired her to retain as & token of his love and esteem; then, without a hint of his intentions, left the room and the house and stoleaway to the near- est port and took ship for a distant city. He exchanged clothes with a beggar, whose means of subsistence he also adopted, and devoted his spare time to prayer and ascetic practices. “Alter spending some years in this pious way, Alexius, in obedience o ancther intimation irom heaven, undertook to complete the sub- jugation of the flesh in & manner still more ex- irsordinary. He returned to his rative city and proceeded to his former home. Meeting his father, who, accompenied by s retinue of servants, was just coming from his residence, the saint fell on his knees and asked for an humble shelter. “The nobleman,not recognizing in the ragged | beggar before him his own son, granted the re- quest, and a servant assigned 1o Alexius a cor- ner under a stairway in the princely mansion to whick he had been the destined heir. “Ensconced in this habitation, which he never left, except 10 go_ to chureh and to beg his scanty food, the saint passed seventeen years in severe penance. During this long period he often saw his stricken parents and the deserted wife, who resided with them, and witnessed their ‘grief and often heard their lamentations over the mysterious disappear- ance of the son and husband, but nothing could shake his constancy, “‘The Lord manifested his approval of such heroic virtue by many great favors (what these favors were we are mnot told), and at length when his servant, having been suffi- ciently tried, sent him due notice of his ap- vproaching death. “Alexius wrote out his history and with the document rolled up in his hand, peacefully expired, kneeling on the floor under the stair- way. Atthe same moment mass was in prog- ress in a neighboring church; a heavenly voice interrupted the service to proclaim the death of the great saint in the nobleman's palace. The nobleman happened to be present and in answer to the astonished inquiries replied that none other could be meant than the pious beg- gar whom he had so long harbored. “The multitude hurricd to the spot to find the dead body in a kneeling posture, the hand clinching a parchment so tightly that no foree could release it ’til the nobleman on his knees obtained from the saint (remember he was dead) the privilege of reading the precions document. And so the identity of the beggar came to light.” And this stuff is taught to children by a church which has the audacity to eriticise our public schools. 3 Dr. Weninger, from whose work, “The Lives of the Saints,”’I have taken these beautiful stories, may possibly believe them himself. For the sake of his conscience I hope he Aoes, but_for the sake of his understanding I hope he does not. It is not denied that some useful knowledge is acquired in these parochial schools; but the This wonld involve a heayy ad- | 1858 | main object is to make good Catholics, and the first requisite of ‘s good Catholic is obedience o the priesthood. Catholic teachers are, by their bigotry, shallowness end general ignor- ance, totally unfit to be instructors of youth. 1 mean those teachers whom the church has. prepared for the mission of teaching. Iu our public schools are some excellent teachers who_ are Catholic—excellent because | they were educated in the State secular schoals, 5 How can monks and. nuns, immured from childhood within gloomy walls, and subjected {o discipline which eradicates every spark of il’[fleé)endem thought, perverts the conscience, blinds the understanding, and stupefies every faculty with the accnmulated superstitions of fifteen centuries; how, I say, can such teachers acquire the knowledge, the broad capacity necessary ‘to impart instruction to future American citizensd Such teechers can only reproduce themselves in their pupils. “Children educated by them will not, as & rule, get_beyond the hobgoblins and the resurrected chicken stories of their church. Think of men and women attempting to train children for that great battle of lite from which they themselves fled in cowardly haste. A well disciplined and thoroughly edu- cated mind would not jong find a place ior the gross superstitions and crazy doctrines and practices of monasticism. We do not want, nor will we have, the abject slaves of a foreign power, & power deadly hos- tile to this republic, training our future citizens. We want no schools dedicated to the slavery of men, sehools that restrictand hem in hnman faculties, so that the solemn and stupid absur- dities of superstition may take root and that priests may live in luxurious ease upon those whom they deceive. “We want schools thet im- prove the mind and develop it to its highest capacity, calling out all its powers. Ve want schools in which are taught true history and the beautiful and nseful facts af science, even though they do upset Catholic teachings of God end the devil, hell and heaven, indulgences and scapulsrs, marvels and miracles. priests and purgatory, popes and politicians, holy conts and virgins. For fifteen centuries this church has been the enemy of struggling liberty. She hag left scars, deep furrowed, in every country cursed by her presence. She is the same relentless i6e to civilization here as elsewhere. The same methods mark her course. But fortun. | ately we can profit by the misiortunes of Rome’s victims. We know Ler history, and'if | she would preserve her lease of life in” this re- | public she must learn that our secular schools are the apple of our eve, and she must keep her Jesuits from insinuating themselves into our political affairs. The American people are forbearing to the last degree, but when they are once aroused they will brook no further meddling with their cherished institutions by the agents of this hoary diabolism of Rome. For meddling with the aifairs of State Jesu- its have been repeatedly and deservedly driven | from almoet every couitry in which they have | been tolerated, and it may be that we, too, will | have to follow the example oi some of the | other great nations of the world, and expel the traitors who know no country but Rome, That the Catholic church has rights in this country is not denied, but she has no right to | force ner endless round of useless and super- stitious practices upon those who do not | want them. Catholics have a right to fast, to count their beads, to pray, to adore their cru- cifix, to worship their images and venerate their saints, | But they have no right to give their alle- giance 10 any power other than that repre- sented by the stars and stripes, and in doing | 80 they ‘are traitors to a government whose | generosity they abuse, and if they continue to conspire against the state their sham covering of sanctity and holy hypocrisy will not save { them. 3 The Americen people have had a-taste ot educstion and liberty and they thirst for more, and they will stand solidly by that institution which above all ofners creates & desiré f knowledge and teaches the equality of ai zens. In the public schools the children of the rich and poor stend on the same level. Theschools unify the coming citizens, they exalt the brotherhood of men and créate sympathy be- tween heart and heart. That our public schogls sre immoral is a charge as false as the source {rom which it comes is foul. In our schools are taught the reign of law throughout the entire domain of matter and of mind, whether of earth or star-zemmed sky, whether of individuals or institutions. Law reigns supreme, and thet by men, women and children, by placing themselves'in harmoni- | ous relations with natural law will receive | nature’s choicest biessings. The Catholic Chureh does not want our children teught the immutability of natural law, because this grand truth does away with the necessity or the possibility of theinterven- tion of her mouldy seints, ana renders useless and criminal thé superstitious practices with which she preys upon ignorsnce and fear. The public school is the institution around which cling and cluster tho virtues and the hopes of the American people. Friends, as & closing word permit me to say that America was nover intended as a home for superstitions siaves. Her beantiful and fertile and wide-extended valleys were meant for free men. The rock-ribbed Appalachians and the grand ©0ld Sierras were never erected &s monuments to popery. The ocean voices of the Atlantic and the Pacific were never tuned to sing the requiem of American liberty. America, bright- est iand of earth! Her green-bound hills be-gemmed with flowers, her snow-crowned mountains with all their lofty majesty, grand in their physical beauty, are but symbolic of the moral and in- tellecius! grandeur of our people, when true | Americans shall ‘stand on guard ‘and nativ { demagogues and alien priests shall have for- ever lost their power. e ga DR. YORK AND ROME. The:Liberal Lecturer Criticizes the Methods of the Catholic Clergy. Dr. J. L. York, the liberal lecturer, last evening addressed a large audience in Scottish Hall on Larkin street. His dis- | course was on ‘‘Romanism, and Her Methods of Propaganda and Criticism.”” | At the conclusion Dr. York called atten- | tion to a petition now before Congress to | recognize God, Christ and Yhe Bible as an integral part of our organic law. He called attention to a protest against the enactment of any such measure, and in- vited his audience to sign the protest. Over 400 names were added to the docu- ment before the lights were put out. In the course of his address Dr. York said: Criticism ought always to be welcome, but this is certain, that a criticism mey be so ugly and mean as to be offensive and unjust and therefore defeat its primary objectof revealing i T A ey == A Architects Laist & Schwerdt's Design for the New Municipal Buildjng, the truth and descend to evasion and tricks of the intellect. This last method is largely practiced in both politics and religion, and to te Roman churck Wwe hand the bouquet—it is welcome to the honor—for methods of criticism_ that psriake almost wholly of tricky and wordy evasions of truth. This City has never had before such 8n exhibition of sup#en», windy, wordy, tricky warfare as Father Yorke has_presented’ in the City Ppapers during the past few weeks to show in the Catholic fashion that black is white and white is black, because the Pope says 5o, In nis reply to our lecture what g total disre- gard for plain simple truth and what warping and twisting to cover up truth: there wes. The aoctrine of universality and eternity of matter admitted by. ail scientists he denies, eimply because it is the death blow to all antropomorphic gods. Father Yorke knows that natural science is death to theology, hence he used two columns of THE CALL to show that matter is not univer- sal aud not eternal. The best reason he could trump up was that matter was not_eternal, be- causé when anything was burned up matter was destroyed.” Matter could not be universel, because yon could cut itup in chunks and put achunk here and another chunk there. So matter could not he everywhere and that you can’t see matter, touch matter, taste matter, smell matter, or feel matter. If not, how aid Father Yorke get herc, and what's the matter with him? Any Protestant schoolboy knows better. And that matter can only be changed in form and not destroyed. Buf this is Catholic science. and shows what they teach in Catholic theological schools, to deny anything and everythingthat will not tally witg their sys- tem of perverted truth. What & strange picture of mental slavery and superstition has the Catholic methods of culture and perverted sense produced in the world, The arrogance of Catholic priests and their erafty and cunning disregard for simple truth, in all their metnods of propaganda, show the utter duplicity and soulless and heartless na- ture of this scarlet, hoary-headed despotism called Christiany, to show that Catholic propa- ganda always it Tesorts to denials, sophistry, i‘i\'u_slon and quibbling trash to sustain her re- gion. WITH MASCNIC HOKORS, The Remains of Mendel Esberg Laid at Rest in Home of . Peace Cemetery. . Impressive Service at the Family Residence on Pacific Avenue and the Funeral Procession. The remains of the late Mendel Esberg, who was one of th: pioneer merchants of this City and a member of the firm of Js- berg, Bachman & Co., was placed at rest yesterday in the family plot in the Home of Peace Cemetery in San Mateo County. The funeral took place yesterday morn- ing from the family residence, 2211 Van Ness avenue, and there was a larger num- ber of mourners than there have been at the mortuary services held over the re- mains of a private citizen for many years, At the residence the service was conducted by Rev. Jacob Vooraanger, rabbi of Temple Emanu-El and was most impressive. Music was rendered by the Masonic quartet, consisting of J. G. Baston, J. R. Ogilvie, J. R. Jones and Samuel D. Maver, which sang the hymn “Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Dwelling Place” and the solo and quartet “Good Night.” On conclu- sion of the ceremonies at the house a pro- cession was formed, led by Fidelity Lodge No. 120, Free and Accepted Masons, of which deceased was a past master, San Francisco Chapter No. 1, Royal Arch Masons, of which deceased Wwasa past high priest, representatives of the Grand Con- sistorv. Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons of the State of California, fel- low members of the Temple Emanu-El and the Eurekea Benevolent Society, em- ployes of the firm of which deceased was the senior member, and the sorrowing rel- atives und friends in carriages. The line of march was to the Southern Pacific depot where the casket was trans- ferred from the hearse to the funeral car. At the cemetery the remains wereinterred with the solemn formalities of the Masonic ritual, conducted by J. George Leibold, worshipful master -of Fidelity Lodge No. 120. The choir gave two selections—the twenty-third Psalm, “The Lord Is My. Shepherd,” and “Thy Will Be Done.” Many and very beautiful floral remem- brances were deposited on the grave. ‘The honorary pall-bearers were: Charles L. J. W. Pierce and Harry J. Lask, repre- senting the Grand Consistory of the ® | Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry; Josenn Elielt and B. Triest, representing San Francisco Chapter No. 1, Royal Arch Masons; 8. Silverberg, H. S. Manheim, E. Emanuel ana M. Silver- man representing Fidelity Lodge No. 120, F.and A. M.; 8. W. Rosenstock and Aug Helbing, representing the FEureka Re- nevolent Society; A. Anspacher and Raph- ael Peixotto, representing the Temple Emanu-El, and Levi Strauss, I. W. Hell- man, W. B. Harrington, Thomas-I. Ber- gin, Colonel M. H. Hecht, A. Bachman, Lewis Gerstle, M. Ehrman, J. Frauenfeld, G. Satro, J. Brandenstein, M. S. Grin- baum, S. Sussman, M. A. Gunst, Henry Cohn and S. Goldstein, representing tha Board of Trade and the family. The body- bearers were the old emyloyes of the firm. MOTHER GOOSE. Clever Presentation of an Operetta by Children of the Congregation Sherith Israel. Eighty little lads and lassies, with the co-operation of Mrs. Schlesinger, Miss Josephine Leszynsky and Miss Maude Leszynsky, helped to add between $300 and $400 to the hibrary fund of the Congzre- i gation Sherith Israel yesterday afternoon. The Coiumbia Theater, where they pre- sented the operetta of “The Kingdom of Mother Goose,”’ specially arranged by Miss Josephine Leszynsky and Mrs. N. Schlesinger, was well filled, a large por- tion of the audience being composed of little tots, who sat open-mouthed and with staring eyes at the realistic antics of fai- ries, elfs, brownies, imps and spritesand the favorite characters of the Mother Goose melodies, Not the least interested spectators were the inmates of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, for whom had been re- served the two front rows of the gallery. The costuming was tasteful, elezant and most ng)propri_.le' and in all gases was pro- vided by the mothers of the participants withoutexpense to the congregation. Hazel Leszynsky maintained the dignity and grace of the fairy queen with com- mendable ability. Some of the striking features were the skirt dance by Ruby Mendelsohn, the lazarina dance by Belle Livingston and the. ballet, in which Belle Livingston was premier danseuse, and was ably seconded by Ruby Mendelsohn. Little Viola Leszynsky, a girl of about three years, was the heroine of the finale, in the role of Mary, with her little lamb. Her popularity was not at all lessened by the bad taste of her little pet in toppling over at an interesting part of the perform- ance. The first act showed 'a picnic party of children who fell under the care of the brownies. In the sécond act the picnickers awake in brownie iand, and in the third act were entertained in the fairy palace by the fairy queen and her sprites and inips who brought to the palace the familiar characters of Mother Goose for the pleas- ure of their guests. 3 . Master Leon Kutner(as a brownie, made quite a hit in his singing of a topics[ song composed by Mrs. N. Schlesinger. ————— Joab de Deus, 13, who recently died at Lis- bon, was the ‘most celebrated of modern Pormgugse poets. He was born in 1830, and studied law at the University of Coim- bra. He devoted himself to. peetry and was hailed as a second Camoens. His gpbllshed works are few in nuamber, but is poems are remarkable for originality of tk‘mught and purity of style and treat- ment. Ben Brierley, who died recently in Eng- land, was known -as the greatest living authority on Lancashire dialects. - PREPARING FOR THE BROWN FIGHT. Opposing Forces in the Church Scandal Hard at Work. BOTH CLAIM A VICTORY. Judge Advocate Woodhams Re- ceives Many Tips, but Ac- complishes Little. NEW WITNESSES T0 BE CALLED Mrs. Thurston Will Testify as to Mis. Tunnell’s Talks With Her About Dr. Brown. The opposing elements in the Brown scandal are gathering their forces for the battle which will be renewed before the council of churches to-morrow. Neither side wil} admit the possibility of defeat. The pastor’s opponents claim to have se- cured evidence much more damaging than anything yet introduced. On the other hand, Dr. Brown’s friends affect to regard tbis sort of talk as purely an effort to boost up a decidedly weak case. They say further that when the pastor has made his statement, backed by Miss Overman, Deacon Dexter and a score of others, the present charges will be found to be absolutely groundless. Judge - Advocate Woodhams has had many callers since the council adjourned last Thursday. Some of these had stories to tell, but no proof. Others gave hima few ‘“‘quiet tips,” none of which, however, have produced anything approaching a fact. The mysterious Mrs. Baddin has been heard from no less than three times since last Thursday, and Saturday it was confidently stated that she had been located. It now turns out to be a false alarm. 1t is probable that Deacon Dexter will be the first witness examined at the Tues- day afternoon session. He is expected to prove that Mrs. Stockton came to him pro- fessing great friendship for Dr. Brown. In fact she is said to have virtually admitted that Dr. Brown had never been guilty of an improper act toward. her, but had been forced to assume a contrary position. Mrs. Cooper will be recalled for cross- examination, and then her daughter, Miss Hattie, is expected to throw some light on the disappearance of Mrs. Tunnell, She is said to be in possession of informa- tion which will prove eonclusively that the important witness was spirited from this City by Dr. Brown’s friends, and that she is remaining away at their solicitation. Mrs. Thurston of Oakland will also ap- pear as a witness. In an interview pub- lished in THE CaLL January 3 she claims that Mrs. Tunnell told her of the illegal relations of Dr. Brown and Miss Overman. Mrs. Barton of 16 Dell Place, this City, de- clares that she was told the same story many months ago and is anxious to repeat 1t before the council. modated next Wednesday, - If the present schedule is carried out, Miss Overman will give her version of the scandal at the Wednesday night session. Judge-Advocate Woodhams has sug- gested to Miss Overman that she outline to him the statement she will make be- fore the council. So far he has not suc- ceeded, and it is not at all probable that he will. The judge advocate was anxious to discuss the authenticity of the famous Overman letters, but the alleged writer of these damaging epistles declined the in- vitation. Whether the letters are ad- mutted to be genuine or. declared clever forgeries, Miss Overman is reported to have said that she does not propose to sup- ply for the presecution powder with which She wiil be accom- | to fire lead-like questions. The judge-ad- vocate must ask questions according to the lights before him, and she will do likewise in her answers. y Dr. Brown is disappointed at Mrs.'Stocke ton’sdetermination not to appear as a wit- ness again. ? “] was very anxious, to ask her one or two questions,” hesaid yesterday, *‘which would have convinced the public that she was telling a story not founded in fact. For instance, in her statement Thursday night she says that her visits to the o@ca were made after dark for fear of meeting the sexton. Now it is a fact well known that the sexton, except on service days, leaves thé church at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Of course, I can show all this anyway, but I would much prefer to ask her the direct questions.”” | Professor Lloyd occupied the pulpit of [ the First Congregational Church at morn- |ing and evening service yesterday. Dr. Brown and his wife appeared at the morn- ing service, but were not seen at the church again during the da: A Dog Is Hor Model. A sleek, black cat living in the Stuyve- sant section has never known a mother’s care. She was so voung and helpless when removed from the society of her kindred that she had to be fed by hand. The family who adopted her own a hand- some collie who immediately took the diminutive kitten under his protection. She is well trained, but the odd part of the resulr of her companionship with the collie is that she has learned many tricks which are common enough with dogs, but which | no other cat has been known 'to practices For instance, Sukie wags her tail, whack. it expressively when she is addressed or tnlke§ about..—Brooklyn Eagle. —_—F% THE AT OF TH PLEBL Dr. A. M. Warburg, a Noted Florentine Investigator, in the City. His Story of the Surprises Which Met Him in Historical Art Among the Indians, Among the arrivals at the Palace last evening was Dr. A. M. Warburg of Ham- burg and Florence. The doctor is a grad- | uate of Strassburg and for eight years past | has been studying and writing on histor- | ical art in Italy. | Dr. Warburg 1s the author of severals | books,among them one on“Italian Operatic Music’’ and another on “Poets of Italy.” His home has been in Florence, and he has, when not visiting, devoted nearly all his time to the study of historical art. He has just arrived from Albuquerque and Santa Fe, where he made many excursions to the Pueblo Indian villages and studied Indian art, as shown 1n the various articles which they produce. Dr. Warburg says he regards the work of the Pueblos as very eurious, and he wonders that more scientific expeditions are not sent out by individuals and the { Government to get all the particulars re- | garding tbe pottery and other things made | by the Indians, He thinks thatin a short time it may be too late to collect these wonderful details. “Fifty years will obliterate them,” he said, “‘and they will be lost to science. Their art is so closely connected with their | mythologicai beliefs that to abstain from | collecting the details now is to lose the es- sence of the art. “I have spent a great deal of time in Florence studying Italian historical art, but I think the historical art of New Mex- ico is more interesting even than that of Ttaly. “In a few years the Indians will all be educated in American ways and the In- dian art will be gone. 4 I shall go from bere to Japan to study Japanese art for a short time, and will then return to this City and go back to New Mexico. I want to collect more informa- } tion, and then I may write a book on the historical art of the Pueblos, “I certainly do not know .of & more in- teresting subject. The art of the Pueblos is a great surprise to me. Itisshown not only in their pottery but in all the articles which they make, and is of high quality.” Dr. Warburg will be here for a week or thereabouts, and will then sail for Japan, NEW TO-DAY. 113 Re d Letter Days” To-= '3 Red Letter Days” day Begins our r2th ‘‘Red Let- ter” sale of Furniture. Perhaps you wonder why thing ? there before. we have ‘‘Red Letter Day” sales if you don’t make any- It’s this way : We do make—not money —we make new friends— new customers. in our store who were never ‘We don’t mind 1osing a few dollars togetacquainted with new peopie and make them acquainted with us. 12th Sale Get peovle Each of our eleven former “‘Red Letter” sales has been bigger than its predecessor; the new friends we make each time are always glad to come again—that’s the rea- son why. ‘% Re. d Letter Days” Carpets . Rugs . Mattings CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COMPANY (N. P. Cole & Co.) 117-123 Geary Street. 6 Re d '\Le,tter Days”