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—_— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1896 INAL PRODFS 0F DONALD M, ROSS, The Eloquent A. P. A Champion Closes His : Argument. THE COURT'S DECISION. Major Sherman Declares the Quotations Are From (ath- olic Works. AN IMMENSE GATHERING, Thousands Attend the Meeting and It Passes Off With Two Slight Disturbances. Twice during the early part of the pro- ceedings | there were inter oped i ptions that might have ) serious disturbances had it not been for the prompt aid of the score or more of police officers who were present. tev. Donald M. Ross delivered hisfourth and fiaal lecture on the propositions which be affirmed were true in regard to the Ro- man Catholie church and which Rev. Peter C. Yorke denied. He then summa- d all the citations and evidence he had 1bmitted on the four nights, and M jor A. Sherman, the court commis- ner elected on Monday night by the ce, rendered his decision, declaring 1e speaker had thoroughly sustained tion on each and all of the propo- Major Edwin A. Sherman made his ap- pearance on the platform to deliver his ope remarks to the crowded andience omptly at the hour of 8. He had ut- tered but a few words with reference to what he called the atta made on him by Father Yorke when he came to these words: cannot hand C. Yorke.” This b e the weapons of Peter ht out a volume of cheers and an almost the demonstration was ing out, above it rose the shout of a gen- le out.”* ‘‘Put him out’” and es came from various parts e, and about half the audience ose to their fect to zet a look at the bold i For a few seconds a panie, if ned imminent, But the etly led from the hall by and the speaker continued attacked my military record, that 1nlight, I would simply have nd added that he was now enjoying & sion from Un Sam for par- pation in the Mexican War, and that he ad refused to c ct the pension granted mustered out for dis- the field of battle. 1 do not use the weapon of Peter C. say this, however. He is the in the nasty stye of the church. [Wild applause.] will say rurther thut his tongue cannot ill one drop of truth. We will now have & music. (Laughter.] After Mrs, Jessie Brock Morgan had rendered 8 vocal solo Major Sherman again spoke. He said: 1 did not seek this posi cause I felt it to ve a dut God, to_my_country, myse Mason, Dr. Ross, and _carried obligations to him. I'stand with him to the last, if fall we must, but we fear nothing. The serpent is gnawing on a file,.his teeth are x'.&xx;rl)' worn out, and in tae end will bite him- self. Chairman Hubbel!l then announced that T. C. Ryan of Columbus, Ohio, was on his way to the coast to deliver a series of lectures under the auspices of Council 17, A. P. A., beginning Sunday night. He then asked the ushers to pass the collection baskets, and a considerable 1m was realized, to be used in defraying the expenses of the series of lectures which ded last night. . Donald M. Ross, escorted by Major n, then came forward, and the lec- turer’s appearance was greeted with ap- plause, which continued for some time. Hardly had Mr. Ross reached his desk when a gentleman in the gallery on the right arose and shouted at him: Mister, can I ask one or two gques- tions?”’ His interruption was met with a storm of hisses from the audience. When this died out be began again I asked him to permit—"" But he was headed off by Chairman Hubbell, who shouted to him to sit down, and similar shouts came from the audi- ence. He finally sat down, and then came applause and yells to put him out. Mean- while a file of about a dozen officers had reached the gallery, and the first one mo- tioned to the audience that all was serene. Then some one shouted: ‘‘Let him stay, and convert him.”” And he was allowed to remain. Mr. Ross raised his hand for silence and then began: Your Honor. Ladies and Gentlemen: 1am first 1o meet you to-night, and I shall be pleased to I took it be- which I owed to and my brother it my fraternal have questions asked of me. But I Wwish it distinctly _understood right now that mo men has the right to ctand up and interrupt for a moment. slause.] 1f the ventleman had asked it in EAA%rnln',lem]unly manner and in the English Janguage [applause] 1 would have asked you 1o bear with hiu. Perhaps later on, if he will sk it civilly and notasa right, I wiil be per- fectly willing to answer his questions to the fullest. [Applause.] 1assure you, my friends, I feel perfectly willing and am weil on my feet. 1 do not have to go into the Monitor ofiice and iake & penoll iand & drink. ay v uns by water. y x:ssgi‘:?”llmri:es and gentiemen, 1 have tried from the first to the last—rom 10 o’clock last Thanksgiving day until to-night—to meet the requirements of the challenge and to meet it, as I conceive, in the spirit of a gentleman and & scholar. 1did not resort,if I may so state, fo plackguarding; I did not resort to saying {hat the statements of my opponent were lies and forgeries. 1am honorable and 1am will- {ng to concede that another is houorable and, when I selected iny commissioner in this mat- ter, 1 withdrew from the case, I sought to put no obstruetion in the way, but rather to re- move every obstruction in'order to permit & decision. ©tfectly willing to go down to defeat if (hle!t,;\u?hrreqm'res it. Amf the _cemmmfloluer whom I have selected knows it is the absolute truth what I say. 1 dealt with him on the highest plane that I believe a man could deal with—a court of justice or arbitration—and was willing to leave the decision in the hands of the court. 2 But there is a certain deubt to & certain extent the him who challenged me. I snall apologiae. i . The speaker then referred to hisprevious statements that he had always understood that the matter was to be heard.in pubh(: and that Father Yorke had agreed to tha condition. Continuing, he said: Iam not afraid .of defeat, any more thl;l 1 am afraid of & fight. -1 am ‘mofe auxious for truth than.l am for victory, for, aiter al ,’n victory thui has not the truth benind it is worse then defeat. 1 believe, however, that I nave not been dealt with fairly or honorably from the very first. 1 regret it, for 1 would rather believe that the organization of which he isa prominent member would repudiate such action 8s has been manifested in this mattey. [ believe that i that makes me it ood 1ntention of ? I am wrong I nightin Metropolitan Temple | imperceptible | - D near the entrance to the audito- | He | my brothers, whether in the Protestant cburehes or in no church at all, believe that I have done as fal edies rly and honorably as a man He reviewed briefly what he had en- | deavored to prove on’ the tiree preceding i nights, and continued : { » To-night I'shall take proposition No. 3, and | then, if the court pleases, I shall summarize the salient points of the evidence submitted to the court. Ishall now submit the proofs on the third proposition, which is as follows: “The Roman church and her ecclesiastics have & right to immunity from civil law.” After payinga tribute to the faithfulness | of the press reporters and the papers they represented for what he termed their arduous and careful work, he said I say that the Roman Catholic church teaches and holds as » dogma that she, the organization, and her priests, bishops, arch- bishops and cardinals, teaches and holds as a | docirine that they ought to have immunity | from civil law. Remember, I do not say that | the Catholic church holds as a dogma that you, | 8 layman, ought to have immunity from civil { law; but that the priests and bishops and the Pope ought to have immunity from civil law | that they ongat not to be amenable to civil | law at ail. | I am not fighting the Roman Catholic church. I am not saying that the Roman Catholic church is wrong in holding that, and will go further and E“f that if I were to-night a priest of the Catholic church I would not deny it, as he does; and furthermore, from the | standpoint of a truthful and honorable Chris- | tian man or woman I believe there is no right | position to take but that. And Isay thatasa | Roman Catnolic I would not and could not be- lieve otherwise from the standpoint of the Roman Catholic church, and I am not even | saying that the standpoint is wrong. 1f the Catholic church is right, if it is the kingdom of God on earth, don’t 'you believe | if there be a God in heaven that he is greater than any man or king or president, and don’t vou believe that his laws ave above the laws { of man, and if the Catholic church be the | kingdom of God on earth then ber ecclesiastics, | being God’s representatives, ought to be free from being called before any court on the face | of th arth. | Ia t saying that the Roman’ Catholic church is wrong; I am not saying that it is right. Iam simply going to-night to stick to my text. Allthat I have to do to-night is to oW to you out of Roman Catholic publica- ns th. Rome do ieve and teach that the priests ought not to be .amenable to the civil laws. ow,lam g oing to resort to citation. Iam ng to summons witn competent wit- nesses—out of the ecclesiastics,and they ought 10 know. I have to-nignt brought the mass of books and works that I have got to lead me | into the lignt or into the woods, andif any of vyou doubt it, kindly, when I read the book and name a man o come up here and read hitself and see if I am right or not. JApplause.] 1uow quote from volume 1, page 11, of Slements of Ecclesinstical Law™: ivil laws derive all th re applicanle to from the authority oi the church.” v.if the civil laws have no force on mat- taining to the church except from the | authority of the church, is it not true that | these laws are, so far as the church is con- ! cerned, as though they had never been? If the civil law has no force in matters pertain- ing to the church except from the authority of the church, all matters there are not emena- | ble to laws thet have not its consent. In volume 1, page 229, of the same work we r forces, so far as esiastical matters, | ccording to the declaration of the sacred | congress of_January 1886, approved by | Pope ecclesiastics’ and others | must always obtain leave from the Holy See before they can have recourse to the secular court ngainst a Bishop, even though it be in tempo: 3 . sk my consent e you have me arrested, don’t you think I am pretty free of the law? Fatner Yorke cannot sue Archbishop Rior- dan. Fy stics and others must always ob- tain leave from the Holy See before they can have recourse to the secular court againsta Bishop,even though it be in temporal matters. If he won't pay his beer bill he can’t be sued. ,0m page 445, volume 4, of this work there is | this: “Church property is, both by ecclesiastical and divine Tight, exempt from the jurisdic- | tion of the civil government. Hence laws en- acted—e. g, by Legislatures in the United States incapacitating church corporations from acqui more than a specified amount ot property—are nuli and void.” And you can pass an actin_the Legislature of California so that Father Nugent shall not hold more property than that bill calls for, and he says: “You go down below and I will do_justwhat I like. Your laws are null and void.” Fortunately I have been trained in the law so that I understand its construction In volume 1, page 92, occurs the following: s, according to the common law of the 1 ecclesiastics are not amenable to the jurisdiction of civil courts; the Bishop is the only competent judge in all their causes.” Did I do wrong in accepting his challenge, | even when the words were put in my mouth? [Cries of “No!” “No!"] Volume 1, page 190, provides thu “Criminal charges, charges against the Bish- opsin the United States and missionery coun- | tnies in general, are adjudicated upon by the propaganda.” When somebody will say that is all right they can be adjudicated by the propaganda. I would like my opponent to stand_up, throw away the quesilon of forger and throw away the question of lie, take the books and the | quotations from thein, have them_reproduced in the press and then defeat me. But & man is not defeated by beiug called a liar and a forger. [Shout irom some one in the.audi- en fe is a dirty liar!” The Life of Pope Plus I1X,” a Roman Catho- lic work which is here, contains these word The 265 Bishops, 1 their address to Pius IX of June 8, 1862, at Rome, said: “We condemn the errors which you haye condemned; we denounce and condemn the sacrileges, spoliations and violations of ec- clesinstical immunities and other outrages which have been committed against the church.” Well, then, does not the church claim im- munities, according to this? Here is another from an’ authorized work in German and Latin: “Die fmmunitat der kirche und der kirch- i onen hatte ihren Ursprung nick:t cchte.” “The immunities of the churen and of ecclesiastical persons have not their origin in civil right.” Here is another from the “Elements of Eccle- siastical Law.” I want you to know it is not mine. But I tell you, my iriends, I regret as much as any Roman Catholic in San Francisco that this is fourd in the ecclesiastical law “Q.—Is it allowed to transfer priests of bad morals from one parish 0 another instead of deposing them ? “A.—If the character of such a priest Is un- known in the new parish, and if there is a rea- sonsble hope that by the change they will re- form, it is unquestionably lawiul to” transter them.” This concluded the consideration of the third proposition and Mr. Ross began his review of the other three, taking up the first proposition. In support of his con- tention he quoted as follows: “Now, it is evident_ that the church insti- tuted by Christ is a socfety complete ana inde- pendent, because it has been formed by God’s self, from whom it received its own authority; and to this authority alone does it belong to prescribe the means by which, in accordance with the law given by Christ, its end is to be attained, No civil rower whatever has a right to interfere with the legislation and govern- ment of the church, because on the one hand the commission to teach was not conferred by Christ on kings, princes or magistrates, but on the apostles and their successors. On the other hand, the church being Catholic, her power extends over the whole world, while the jurisdiction of the state is confined to the limits of that state.” “We do not advocate—far from it—the notion that the church must administer the civil government. What we advocate is her supremacy as teacher and guardian of the law of God—as the Supreme Court, which must be recognized and submitted to as such by the state and whose decisions cannot be disre- garded, whose prerogatives cannot be abridged or usurped by any power on earth without rebellion against the divine maiesty and robbing man of his rights. As Chrisdans we must insist on this supremacy; as Catholics itis not enly our duty but our glorious privi- lege 1o assent 10 it.”” “I will draw outa proof that ultramontanism and Catholicism are identical.”” But just pre- usly he said: *“Tnis is ultramontanism, the essence of which is that the church, being a divine institution and by divine assistance in- fallible, is, within its own sphere, independent of all civil powers, and, as the guardian and interpreter of the divine law, it is the proper udge of men and nations in all things touch- iIIR that law in faith and morals.” The law of the church says: “The church claims to be the sole (because divinely appointed) judge of the sphere of its own spiritual office, authority and jurisdic- tion. * * * Toconcede or to abdicate this supreme spiritual office would be to the church death. & .= & “At bottom, then, the question is simply a question of the rights and prerogatives of the spiritual order in the face of the temporal. hat order we have found to be by its own na- ture indepenaent and supreme. Every Chris- tien, every moralist, every man does and must concede 1t, however by 80 doing he may reflect on nis own practice. If, then, that order be resented on earth in its plenitude by the ope, he must necessarily be independent and supréme in face of the representatives of the temporal order; that is, in face of the secular authority, the prince or the state.” Ido not understand how a man in the Ro- man Catholic church can deny these proposi- tions, and maintain his fhce in the church. He is the heretic and not I. : +“The church having & divine liberty as the witness which God has consututed in the world to deliver his revelation, and being the sole fountain of that knowledge, has svithin its sphere a sovereignty, and that sovereignty is one which is exempt irom ali control of human authority. No autharity on earth can inter- veue to dictate to the church what it has to teach or within what limits it shall teach. * * * It is therefore not only exempt, but supreme, and being supreme there can be no appeal from it.” Supreme and without appeal I have shown laration, in temporal as well as spiritual affairs. "And in the face of what I have quoted Peter C. Yorke says he would obey the Gov- contlict with the mandates of the church. And for that I say he isconvicted of being a heretic. I rather than he, am your friend. The idea of a man claiming the dignity of the priesthood falling so low as to say that the only reason he has withdrawn from this wager is that one of the judges is a foul-mouthed old reprobate. It is he who is falling behind the ditch of liar, forgery. 1 have presented my authorities, which are inconirovertible. This shall disprove of this proposition. Now for the second proposition. Let me state that priests have spoken here, night aiter night, and no attempt was made to disturb them. We do not have to resort to hoodlum methods to mainiain our position. We believe the public school is a civil matter and subject to the jurisdiction of the authorities, Here is something of what the Catholic church be- lieves on that subject: “Experience teaches that the public or com- mon schools in the United States, owing to their very system, the text-books used and the | class of children’ frequenting them, in most cases endanger the faith and moral of Cath- olic children sent to them. If possible, there- fore, a Catholic parochial school * * * should be established in every congregation.” [Laugh- ter.] We believe that the civil authorities have the right to reguiate marriage. There are certain conditions where the state has the right to in- terfere: such as the existence of certain dis- eases. The Catholic church presents the fol- lowing as the chief impediments that render marriage null. They are presented in the shape of question and answer: “‘Q—What are the chiet impediments which render marriage null? The chief impedi- ments which render marriage null are: ¥ Solemn vow of chastity. ‘44, Difference of relimon. o landestine performance of the mar- riage.” That is to say, in the one instance, thata man who once takes the vows of the priest- hood C&n never marry, DOr Can & AD or woman who takes a solemn vow of chastity or who is married outside the Catholic church or whose marriage s clandestine. The Monitor recently referred to the wed- g of an ex-priest, and used this language, lattery’s substitute for a wife.” Think of that! It is well for its editor that a sister of mine is not married to one of thoge who have taken this vow of celibacy in face of this ex- pression. There are some things I am not afraid of, and under certain circumstances 1 am not afraid of hanging. I see by published telegram in this morn- ing’s paper a denial of the statement I made, that thé Catholic church had recognized a recent Canadlan divorce. It will be remem- bered, however, that under their law the mar- riage was not legal, one of the parties being a Protestant. o that there never was a mar- riageso far as that church wasconcerned. Ah, they are all liars and forgers. z “Pope Pius IX himseli in one of his dis- s “that the right of deposing has nothing to do with the pontifical infailibility, peither does it flow from the in- fallibility but from the authority of the Pontift.’ Of course a Catholic is bound not only to lieve what the Pope defines ex-cathedra, but 8150 to accept and obey what he otherivise commands.” “On the rights of the supreme pontiffs in temporal mutters there are four different opin- ions, ete. First is nutenable. Second 1s herer- ieal. Third advanced by Bellarmine and others maintains that the Pove has jure divino only spiritual, but no direct or immediate tem- poral power; that, however, by virtue of his spiritual authority he is possessea of power in- direct indeed buthevertheless supreme in tem- poral concerns of Christian rulers and people that he may therefore depose Christian sover- eigns should the spiritual weliare of & nation so demand. Thusa matter of fact Pope Inno- cent IV in pronouncing sentence of deposition against Frederick I explicitiy says that he de- poses the Emperor auctoritate apostolicum et Vi clavium. “Fourth opinion holds that thé sovereign pontiff has full spiritual authority over princes no less than over the faithful; that therefore he has the right to teach end_instruct them in their respective duties, to correct and inflict spiritual punishment upon both rulers and people, but that jure divino he has no power as asserted by Bellarmine, whether direct or indireet, in the temporal affairs of Catholic sovereigns or peoples. * * * “The third and fourth seem to differ chiefly as to_the deposing power of the Popes, but agree in granting that the Roman pontiff has an indirect power in temporal things; both may be iawfuily held.” “Al1 Catholics of all nations are bound to defend the temporal rights of the church.” This sounds beautiful in the ears of Ameri- cans who love liberty. “Imean to assert that the temporal rights of the Holy See are most intimately connected with our dearest ana our most sacred religious, social and political rights.” “The Roman people, had they 8o desired, had no right to transfer by their sufffage the patrimony of St. Peter to Vietor Emmauuel.” ““The tribunal of the Inquisition is composed of & supreme chief, who is called the grand in- quisitor, and is always either an Archbishop or a Bishop, and of eight ecclesiastical counsel- | ors, six ‘of whom must be of the Dominican order, by virtue of a_ privilege which was granted by King Philip I11.” ! Now, then,let me tell you something else. Now, if you were a heretic you would be brought io & burning purgatory, or as the church says: ““If the accused be declared a heretic the tri- bunal, after having pronounced sentence of confiscation, hands him over to the secular | power for legal punishment. If the proofs are not irresistible, if the culprits are not obsti- nately attached to hereticel doctrines, they are merely required to abjure them.” 1i the priests found the person accused here- tical they took his possessions. They handed him over to the secular authorities for execu- tion after he had been condemned. The church has this to say of Galileo: “What is the reason of Galileo's imprison- ment? It was not for his scientific researches or conclusions Galileo was imprisoned, but it was because he was well known to be a man hostile to the Catholic faith and that there was that concealed in the spirit of his writings and in the man’s conduct that alarmed the church and alarmed the authorities of the time in his regard.” The amazing thing to me is how the laity of the church can stomach all this. The celebrated Gregory VII sent messages to almost all the sovereigns of Europe, telling them to come off their perch and crown him as their lord and ruler. he said: “Maximo Enitire ut Petrum in cujus votes- tate est regnum tnum, et in terra ligare et ab- solvere, tibi facias debitorum.’” In this Philip was told that his kingdom and his soul were under the dominion o (i. e. the Pope) who had the power to bind and 10 100se him, both in heaven and on earth. To the King of Spain he said: “Regnum Hispaniw antiguo Proprii justis Petr: fuisse et soli apostolice side ex wgud pertinere. Ask Yorke to translate that and see if it does not mean that the kingdom of Spain has been from the carliest under the dominion of the oly A few years ago a Catholic servent girl in a Jewish family in Bologna took & child newly To Philip of France born and baptized him secretly with- out telling his parents. The = servant girl committed a grievous sin, and fell under the censure of the Catholic church, but the Catholic ehurch had to acknowledge that the child was baptized. What foliowed from this? It followed that the Catholic church was obliged to ask the parentsof the chila to bring him up a Christian because he was baptized a Christian. The parents re- fused snd Pius IX was the tem- poral sovereign, and these Jews iwere nis _subjects, and_ also as head of the Catholic church Pius IX was bound by the doctrines of the church and Ly her discipline | to secure to that child a Christian education until he was seven years old and could decide for himself whether he would be a Chrisjian ora Jew. The parents refused,and Pius IX was obliged to place the child under the care of & Christian teacher. Because that child’s parents were under the Pope’s dominion, he took the child out and educated him until he was 7 years old. What kind of feeling did the Pope have for the Jew- ish family? What right had he to step into that home and take possession of that child unless by the right of the dogma of the church ? Plus IX says: “If the church should hesitate or give way before an opposition of newspapers and governments itsoffice as witness and teach- er of revelation would be shaken through the world."” Cardinal Manning says: ‘It alone can decide iu questions where its power is in confiict with the civil power.” Brownson’s Review says: “Whenever the cvil power comes in conflict with the relig- ious lnw the civil, not the religious, must give way.” Cardinal Manning says: ““Tne Catholic church is the highest and final judge of whnat is the faith and what is the law of God, and when science ana litics come into confiict with the faith and that law it admits of no appeal from its own decision to any tribunal-out of itself, to any judge of appeal in the past or in the future. What more do you want me to prove? Ec- clesiastical Law declares: “The suthority of the princés and the alle- giance of subjects in the civil state of nature are of divine ordinance; and, therefore, so long as princes and their laws are in conformity to the laws of God the church has no jurisdiction against them orover them. If princes and their Jaws de- viate from the law of God the church has au- that it stands, or claims to stand, by this dec- | ernment of the United States where it came in | St. Peter |- thority from God to judge of that deviation and oblige to 1ts correction. When a Christian world came into existence the civil society of ‘man became subject to the spiritual direction of the church.” ¥ i Tertulilian, in his book, *‘Ad Uxorum,” again says, page 179: ‘‘Ide_pemes nos ocenliae quioque conjunctiones hoc est mon pius abud eccleciam, professee juxta machiam et forni- cationem judicari prielitautur!” “There are among us unions which are not made before the chureh, and they run the risk of being called adultry and fornication,” Tertuliian, in his book “Ad Uxorum,” recom- meuds ‘““the faithful to receive the puptial benediction so as to remove all suspicion of fornication and concubinage which rests upon those who marry privately.” ; Is not this having dominion over temporal affairs? The fifteenth canon of the Council of Clare- mont says: “Ne episcopus vel sacredos regi vel'alicni laico in manibusligiam fidelitatem faciat.” It is enacted that no Bishop or priest shall romise under oath liege obedience to any ing or any layman. “Elements of Ecclesiastical Law” declares: In whatever things, whether essentially or by accident, the spiritual end—and that is the end of the church is necessarily involved—in those things, though they be temporal, the church may by right exert its power and the civil state ought to yield. The proposition is proved (1), from reason (2). We next prove our thesis from authority. We refer to the famons bullFUnem Sanctum, issued by Pope Boni- face VIII, in 1302. This bull declares there is but one true church, and therefore but one head of the church—the Roman Pontift; that there sre two swords, i, e., the two powers, the spiritual and the tem- poral, the latter must be subject to the former. The bull finally winds up iwith this definition: “And this we declare, affirm, define and pronounce that it is necessary for the salvation of every human creature that he should be subject to the Roman POntiff.” This is undoubtedly an utterance ex cathedra. In_ fact the bull had for its object to define dogmaticaily the relation of the church to the stafe in general that is uni- versally. The Catholic interpretation of this bull is that the church, and, therefore, the Pope, has indirect authority over the state; that, thercfore, the state is subject to the church in temporal things, so far as they relate to internal salvation or involve sin. Again, it says the spiritual power (i, ., the church) has to instruct and judge the earthly power if it be not good. It is, ther fore, defined that the church, and therefore | the Pope, has indirect power over the state, and that consequently the state in temporal things that involve sin is subject to the churen.” In a lecture delivered in St. Peter's Church, Barelay street, New York, on Thursday even: ing, May 23, 1472, by Fatber Burke, he saia: “The Uatholic church insists in the teeth of the world, and in_spite of the world’s pride and ignorance and bloated seli-sufficiency the Catholic_church insists, as she has insisted {for 1872 year: in saying: ‘I know how to teach; you don’t; you must come to me; you cannof live with- {out me. Don’t imagine vou can live | by yourselves, or you will fall back into the siough of vour own impurity and corrup- tion.”” This isfine lanzuage to say to the state. He continu 'he worid does not like to hear this, The Catholic chureh insists that she alone understands what education means; the world does not like to hear that. But I came here to-night to prove it.” Religious Ins ' says: “By virtue of | this aivine institution the marriage of Chris- tians is a sacrament, and will ever remain so. Any matrimonial contract between Christians 1ot having the character of a sacrament would not be a real marriage, nor even a valid con- | tract. The purely natural contract no longer | exists, except among infidels—that is to say, the unbaptized. ‘(1) Marriage consists essentially in & con- tract formed ~ between $wo persons, and is called the contract of marriage: (2) what is commonly called civil marriage difters essen. tially from the ecclesiasiical marriage, which alone is real marriage, the former having nothing but & name. “Civil marriage i a simple legal formality by virtue of which the affianced are con- sidered as man and wile in the eyes of the law, and they enjoy the rights which the law accords ‘to married persons and their legitimate children. This purely nominal marriage in no way constitutes the afianced man and wife before God, and if they did not also contract the ecclesiastical marriage their living together would be a sin.” 1 thank God I am through with this debate. I am not through with the purposes that brought it about. [-\;-Ifluuse.] This question is before you through the kindness and courtesy of the press. But it will go wider yet. Lwitl publish it in book form that the world will know it. [Applause.] Major Sherman explained that the court had examined ali the Catholic authorities rela- uve to the four propositions as quoted by Donald M. Ross, and found that tne lat- ter had proved everything. He declared that the arming of any scct was dangerous to the welfare of the state,and he thought it the right of every American citizen to arm himself for self-protection. The meeting then adjourned. FIRST SOUSA CONCERT. The March King and His Band Will Be Heard at the Auditorium 2 To-Night, Sousa and his celebrated band, with Miss Myrta French as vocal and Miss Currie Duke as violin soloists, will appear at the Anditorium, corner of Eddy and Jones streets, to-night. Since David Blakely prevailed upon Mr. Sousa to resign his position in Washing- ton, where he served the Government as John Philip Sousa, Conductor of Sousa’s Concert Band., leader of the Marine Band, fortune and in- creased fame have come to the distin- guished leader. His success and popu- larity are as much due to his musical compositions asto the other abilities. The whole country has been humming, drum- ming and thrumming the *‘Washington Post,” “Liberty Bell,” “High School Cadets” and ““Manhattan Beach” marches for the last year. The royalties which Sousa gets from these pieces amount to a tidy sum yearly—over $25,000 it is stated. Besides this rather respectable income there is a fat salary jor his services as leader and no small share of the profits of the concerts. All this has come within three years. So much for getting in touch with the great public. Sousa undoubtedly knows what the average audience wants in music, and the programmes are got up with extraordi- nary tact. Selections will comprise a mis- cellaneous gssortment of some of the best of the ‘“‘catchy’’ things in orchestral and band composition, some new, some old, but all of ore class—'‘popular.” The following is to-night’s programme complete as it will be presented: Overture, “Thuringian Festival +.Lassen Second Hungarian rhapsody. Liszt Trombone solo, Alr Varie’ “Pryor “Arthur Pryor. Suite, “Three Quotations” (new) .Sousa @ The King of France Wil ‘Tweniy ‘Thonsand Men Marched Up s Hill, and . Then Marched Down Agai (b) *And I, Too, Was Born in Arcadia.” In Darkest Africa.” Soprano solo, “Delight Valse” .. Miss Myrta French, (a) Caprice, “The Water Sprites’” (new) () March, “King Cotion” (new). Violin solo, “Ziguener Weisen’ Miss Currie Duke. Humoresque. “The Band Came Back”,(new)..Sousa His famous marches will of course be heard, for a Sousa concert would not be complete without one at least. Managers Friedlander, Gottlob & Co. have wisely placed seat prices down wherea musical en- thusiast can mzet them without hurting his pocket. -.Luckstone .Kunkel .Sousa e Artificia) flowers were invented by Ital- ian nuns. They were first used to decorate altars and shrines. BIG GOVERNMENT SUITS, Fraud Charged in the Surveys of the Visitacion Rancho. TWO OTHER SUITS T0 FOLLOW. Thousands of Acres and Millions of Dollars Involved in the Liti- gation. The office of the United States District Attorney is at present prolific of sensa- tional lana suits. Two suits, involving millions of dollars’ worth of property, are to" follow that of the United States vs. the Abbey Land and Improvement Company et al. between now and March 3. On the 21st inst. the United States Dis- trict Attorney filed a suit in ejectment on behalf of the United States Government, as trustee, against the Abbey Land and Improvement Company and 114 other de- fendants occupying lands in the Visitation Rancho. The lands included within the boundaries of this rauncho are vpartly in San Francisco and partly in San Mateo County. : The complaint charges fraud. An ex- United States District Attorney of the name of Sharp is accused of conniving with the surveyors, who incorporated within the boundaries of Visitation Rancho a large tract of land that belonged to the Gove rnment. This suit is the result of charges made by two men, named Clark and Murphy. { They claim they bought land from the i Government and paid for it on receivin | their patent. After receiving their title it | is alleged that the boundary lines of the | Visitation Rancho, a Mexican grant, was surveyed by United States surveyors, and they extended the lines of the rancho to take in several hundred acres of land be- longing to this Government. In those lands thus usurped for the rancho Messrs. Clark aud Murphy as sert their acres are to be found. They could not bring suit in their own names, and their only redress was to in- voke the action of the Government. The initial suit involves many fine points of law, and between now and Monday night millions of dollars’ worth of property will be at issue. The complaint filed by United States District Attorney H. 8. Foote does not mince its allegations of fraud. In fact, it is specified that without the connivance of the United States District Attorney, then Mr. Sharp, the surveyors of the Govern- ment could not have perpetrated the fraud, and if the suit is won by the Gov- ernment there will be upwaid ot 114 prop- erty-owners here and in San Mateo County who will suffer. Ex-Mayor Ellert and John T. Doyle, the attorney, are at the head of the defendant Abbey Land and Improvement Company The other two suits, which are to be filed before March 3, are against landholders in the Los Pulgas and Corde de Madro ranchos. The former includes the city of Redwood, San Mateo County, and the es- tates of many well-known millionaires, among them Phelps, Hopkins, Robinson, Britton, Flood and others. The Corde de Madro Rancho grant and survey covers the hamlet of Belvedere, Marin County, and many private estates. Fraud and inrccurate surveys will be al- leged in both cases, the same as in that of the TUnited States vs. the Visitacion Rancho (Abbey Land and Improvement Company et al.), and extended legal inves- tigations must follow. In speaking of the suits last night, Dis- trict Attorney Foote said: The two suits agaiust the Los Pulgos and Corde de Madro ranchos must be brought be- fore the 3d of March in order to get in ahead of the law of limitation. Five years ago Congress passed & bill limiting the time in which to reopen the Spanish land grants. The five years expires on the 3d of next month. In'these two cases suils are brought 10 pro- tect the Government against the time limit, and future action will depend on my investi- ations and report to Washington. Of course, fhese people interested must understand that I am_acting only under instructions from the United States Attorney-General. I men- tion tnis because there are o many persons who actuaily believe that I am the sole author of such suits as these. The property included in the Los Pulgos Rancho suit involves extensive interests of the Spring Valley Water Company. It may be expected that developments of more than usual interest and importance will follow. Planting Razorback Clams. The Fish Commissioners yesterday received 7000 “razorback” clams from San Pedro, which were sent here for propogation. Several weeks ago the fishermen of S8an Pedro asked for a lot of the large red crabs which are so plentiful in the waters of the northern coast, but which are not found in southern waters. In ex- change they offered to send & large quantity of the razorback clams. When the clams arrived Commissioner Emeric and Deputy Babcock went out with these clams and planted them in all the large mudfiats around the bay. - To Lease the Doe Property. The Probate Court has been petitioned to al- low the executors of the estate of John 8. Doe to lease for ten years the property on Market street, near Jones. The would-be lessees are the present occupants, Raphael Peixotto and Moritz Silverman, doing business under the name of Peixotto & Silverman. The terms of the lease, as agreed “er" are $24,000 for the first year and an addition ot $1200 for each year after the first one. e Fire Commissioner The Fire Commissioners met yesterday after- noon and appointed Edward Church hoseman of engine 33. A.J. Himmelman, driver of en- gine 21, was fined five days pay; Frank Len- nan, driver of engine 27, five days’ pay, and Johti McGerry, driver of chemical engine 6, ten days’ pay for carelessness with their ap- paratus, ————— The Los Amgeles Forger, Captain Lees received a dispatch yesterday fz0m Chief Glass of Los Angeles that an officer had left to take back E. J. Dole, the attorney who was arrested here on Wednesday night for forgery. The only information the police here Bayo is that Dole raised & draft from 5250 to $8: NEW TO-DAY. «Vin Mariani’ is an exqui= site wine, a delicious remedy— pleasant to the taste and bene- ficial to the entire system.” Coquelin. VIN MARIANI THE IDEAL TONIC for all fatigues of Body and Mind ‘Maled Free. | Descriptive Book with Testimony and Portraits H OR NOTED CELEBRITIES. Beneficial A dle, . En-’-; ’;":n %"m’:.. Reputation. Avold Substitutions. Ask for¢VinMariani® At Druggists and Fancy Grocers. MARIANI & CO., Pt 0 Heosan, G2V, 15005%, New Tty & NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. AT PRODIGIOUS REDUCTIONS — O FORCE THEM OUT TO-DAY! The immense quantity of goods to be cleared out before the end of our sale Saturday impels us to mark down the following and many other lines TO BE FORCED OUT TO-DAY REGARDLESS OF SACRIFICE! GLOVES! GLOVES! At 45 Cents. . 110 dozen LADIES’ closed out at 45¢ a pair. HOOK AND 4BUTTON GLOVE! (manufacturers’ samples), colors and black, , dressed and undressed kid regular values $1and $125, will be - COLORED DRESS GOODS. At 458 Ceonts. 120 pieces 50-INCH FINE ALL-WOOL LADIES’ CLOTH, in plain and mixed colors, worth $1, for 45¢ a yard. RIBBONS! RIBBONS! At 20 Cents. 50 pieces ALL-SILK 4}4-INCH STRIPED RIBBON, in assorted colors, value 35¢c, will At 25 Cents. 60 pieces ALL-SILK 5-INCH DRESDEN RIBBON, entirely new, value 45¢, will be be offered at 20c. offered at 25¢. MEN’S HANDKERCHIEFS! At 85 Cents. 125 dozen MEN'S FANCY BORDERED HEM ITCHED HANDKERCHIEFS, extra large size and warranted fast colors, regular value for $1 50 a dozen, will ke closed out at 8}4¢ each. EMBROIDERIES! At 10 Cents a Yard. 3000 yards CAMBRIC, NAINSOOK AND SW ISS GUIPURE EMBROIDERY, regular value 20c, will be placed on sale at 10c a yard. LADIES’ WAISTS! At SO Cents. LADIES’ WAISTS, made of fancy stripes and checks, laundried collar and cuffs, will At $1.00. be offered at 50c. 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