The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-09-17

the Catholic Telegraph Had the Leg
islaiur-, ia the light of the demand,
made upon il, and because of the rea
sOn> a--iGIci. voted down the GeghaT
BIZ. not as Ob:-cting 70 it per Sc. but a,
a r,'i:i lI',-t r'sucv against the claim set ND
Of u' legation To Il religious sect, the laS
sou would not have been without a sal
utary effect upon those ecclesiastical
crusaders who see in the State only an
agency for the accomplishment of their
sectarian ends.
We have not observed, in the organs
OF the Democratic party, any signs of
diSapprobatiOn of the assumption of
Geglan and the Catholic Telegraph. Do
they recognize the claim of the Church
Are they ready to pass into n law meas
ures that may be devised in the interest
of the Catholic denomination, the con-
sideration being the 'unbroken, solid
Catholic voteH Ii is important that the
people of Ohio should know, with some
clearness of understanding, to what ex-
tent this religiO- political alliance is to be
carried, and in how far the party can be
relied upon to put into law measures
which the priesthood may demand as a
redress of grievances.
'"rhere is a suspicion that the Geghan
Bill is but the beginning of the end.
The grievances of unequal footing in the
penitentiaries, IefOrmatOry aud benevo-
lent Institutions of the State is by no.
means so considerable as that of re-
fusal to appOrtiOn the School Fund upon
a seetarian basis. 1t has been openly in
sisted, was so in the late constitutional
convention, and often in the Catholic
newspapers, that this fund, provided by
the State for general school purposes,
should be divided, and certain amount
of it be devoted to the maintenance of
the parochiaI schools.
''lt is not unreasonable to suppose, If
the Democratic party is found to be as
loyal and faithful to the Church as the
Church is, according to Mr.. Geghan,
loyal and faithful to the Democratic
party, that the demand will be made of
a future Democratic Legislature to take
the steps necessary to procure this divi-
sion, or peril of the loss of the Catholic
vote. If the party is under obligation
to rectify one wrong which the Church
is represented as suffering, it is not dis
of its obligation until all these
so-called wrongs are rectified 1t is not
therefore, that thought
full men should pause and consider to
what end this sort of an alliance would
lead"
The people had full knowledge that
the Democratic party had once yielded
to the demands of the Catholic Church.
They knew, too, that the leaders of that
powerful church hated their cherished
public schools with a fanatical hatred.
They knew that this power of the church
alone seriously menaced those schools.
They knew that this power, united with
the Democratic party, could and would
destroy them. Hence the demand from
The people that some expression should
be given OH this subject. The Republi-
AN State Convention declared itself
with willingness. The Democratic Con-
'ention did so simply because public
opinion demanded it, and silence would
would be q loss of power. They did not
10 50 in n gracious spirit, but coupled |
with il an allegation that the Republi- |
;ans had insulted the people by comply
ny with their wishes.
How THE DEMOCRATS USED THE SCHOOL.
FUND IN NEw YORK CITY.
For yetrs the Democratic party has
Iad complete control of the Affairs of
he city al New York. There it has
hown in a very substantial way ITS com
,liance with the demands of the Catholic
}hurch in regard to the public schools.
in the 22d of February, 1872, 1t com
nittee of the Union Ieague Club, after
having fully Investigated the subject, re-
'orted 10 that body that their Demo |
ratic officers, during the three years
500, 1870 aud 1871, had Illegally drawn |
rom the public treasury Of tho city and
ounty Of New York, in cash, for the
upport Of Catholic Converts, Churches,
Schools and Asylums, the
norinous sum of 81, 39G, 3SS.51. 1t also
eported that this sect. in the space of a
ew years, had become possessed, with
ut consideration, of real estate belong
ng to the city of New York of the value
f So, 500, 900.
CONlI,USInE