The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-04-30
ANOTHER cEcHAN AT ALBANY.

w III HlecI DeIOIC JllelT L dlneIS throne
With many a servant girl.
ANOTHER cEcHAN AT ALBANY.
1t is just as might have been expected.
Hardlyis is the Geghan bill enrolled on the
statute book of this State than another
Geghan-though his real name is Nc
Gowan, rises in the New York Legisla-
ture to introduce a precisely similar
measure for enactment in that State.
Mr.. McGowan is a representative from
New York city, and is acting as the spe-
cial agent of Cardinal McCIosky. The
bill presented by him has been before the
Legislative Committee on General Laws
and reported on favOrably; so that its
enactment may be accepted as matter
of merely few days time. From what
the newspapers say of Mr.. McGowan's
bill, il is modelled directly upon the Ge-
CHAN measure, with some important ad-
ditions, one of which is that in the case
of child or minor being detained in
prison or asylum, the religion preferred
by the parents of that child or minor
shall be considered the denomination to
which it belongs. The purpose of this
is, of course, to screen every minor of
Catholic parentage from the slightest
touch of Protestant influence. The New
York Times, in a long editorial on the
measure, says:
''PrisOn chaplains are abolished by
this summary clause, all seetarian prac-
tices, except by said clergymen, are here
by prohibited and the principle that
Protestant religious teaching is worse
than no teaching at all is distinctly rec
ognized in this provision, 'aor shall any
of said inmates be required to attend any
religious services or devotions in any of
said institutions against their own free
will, if they have attained their majority,
and, if minors, shall not be so required
contrary to the express directions OF the
parent, guardian, or clergyman having
spiritual charge of said inmates respect
ively.'"
But this is not all. McGowan has an
other bill in process of incubation in the
Legislature, which is worthy of note, as
an indication of the vigor with which
the Catholics are reaching for all that
they want. New York, as the Times re-
grets, has no express constitutional pro-
vision like Ohio forbiddiDg the appro-
priation of public money for sectarian
school purposes, but it has a nominal
provision in section eighteen of its COM
mon school law which provides that
mo school shall be entitled to or receive
any portion of the school moneys in
which the religious doctrines or tenets of
any particular Christian or other relig-
iuus sect shall be taught, inculcated, or
practiced."
This has been found by the people of
New York to be a very slippery and
plant provision. Under the rulings and
constructions of the New York city
| judges and aldermen, the Catholics have
beeu enabled to draw large sums of
money from the public treasury for the
support of their church schools. But
this is not enough. Mr.. McGowan's
managers in New York have determined
| that the time has come to throw off all
| disguise and take as their right what
| they have hitherto asked and received
as a favor. In the 22d section of the
school law above referred to is clause
| exempting certain institutions, among
which is the Roman Catholic Orphan
| Asylum school of New York city, from
| the restrictions of the section above quo
ted forbidding s.ctarian appropriations
from the school fund. Under this ex-
emption the Catholic Orphan School has
for years lived openly upon the public
school fund of the State. Mr.. Mellow
ans bill amends this section by adding
to the list of sectarian institutions to be
thus supported, ''The Schools of the asy-
lum of st. Vincent de Paul" How many
schools the Catholic managers will man
age to bring in for pubic support under
this provision, remains to be seen. I'm
der the law as it has stood hitherto they
have secured hundreds of thousands of
dollars. After Mr.. McGowan's amend
ment passes they will have no difficulty
in calling all the schools dependents of
the Asylum of st. Vincent de Paul, and
thus saddling them all upon the public
treasury. By this subterfuge they are
now seeking to effect what they have
failed to secure by other methods
And thus the game Of Romish aggres-
sion goes ON, the Catholics winning point
by point New York has copied our
Geghan bill and added some interest
ing amendments. Next winter, if Ohio
elects Democratic Legislature this fall,
We may expect to see Ohio adopt an i'm
proved version of the McGowan meas
ure, and under the guidance of the
Catholic Irish -Democratic-German alli-
ance, move onward toward the realiza-
ton of that bright dream of the Vati-
can, the establishment of State Church
in America. Cle1eland Leader.
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| WEDDING ANNIvERsARIEs.- mar
riage anniversary celebrations are given
as follows:
First anniversary-Iron.
Fifth anniversary-Wooden.
Tenth anniversary-Tin.
Fifteenth anniversary-Crystal
Twentieth anniversary China
Twenty-fifth anniversary-Silver.
Thirtieth anniversary-Cotton.
Thirty fifth anniversary-Linen.
Fortieth nniversary-Woolen.
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