Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-28
AFFIDAVIT of Oliver Otis and L. M.
Robbins.


We, Oliver Otis and L. NJ. Rob
bins, of Rockland, in the County of
Knox, and State of Maine, editors
and proprietors of the Rockland
Opinion, on oath depose aud say
that during the campaign of 1875,
when Generals Connor and Roberts
We're respectively the Republican
and Democratic candidates for Gov
ernor, and about the first of Septem-
Der of that year, we We're informed
by a citizen of this county, then and
now the Postmaster of his town,
that he had received from tie Re
publican State COMMITTEE at 4ugus-
Ia. a bundle of anti Catholic circulars
signed Protestant Democrats" that
he gave us a copy of said circular,
which we have ever since had in our
possession and will append to this
deposition.
We further depose and say that
the said Postmaster also gave us Il
printed circular letter of instructions,
which he said accompanied the anti
Catholic circulars, giving instruc-
tions as to how the said circulars
should be distributed, which circular
letter we have lost or mislaid, but
the following is copy made by us
and printed in our paper at the time,
viz: " Please distrlbute among dis
satisfied Democrats, and among Re
publicons also.
These are the exact words of the
circular letter, we believe.
We further depose and say that
the said Postmaster stated to us that
he had received with the anti-C atho-
lie circulars, bundles of other cam
paign documents from the Repuhli-
can State Committee at Augusta.
accompanied also by printed letter
of instructions; one of which docu-
ments was letter signed by Colonel
z. A. Smith, then Secretary of the
Republican State Committee, MAX
ing vile and dirty attack on the
war record of General Roberts, Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor, and
extolling the war record of the said
Smith. Copies of this document and
circular letter were also furnished
by the said Postmaster.
We further depose and say that
at about the same time, to wit, about
the LIST of September, 1875, we were
informed by two other Postmasters
in Knox county that they also had
received from the Republican State
Committee at Augusta, copies of the
said anti-Catholic circular for dis
tribution, one of whom gave us a
copy thereof, which was precisely
like the copy first mentioned.
We here append the anti-Catholic
circular, the identical copy which
we received from the said Post
master, as we have deposed
COPY OF THE MADIGAN CIRCULAR.
Do Protestant Democrats in
Maine desire to have Roman
Catholic in Congress from this
State
James C. Madigan, the Demo
cratic candidate for Congress in the
Fourth District, is very Jealous
Roman Catholic. He is believed
by many to be lag member of the
secret order of Jesuits, just as the
late Senator Cdssfrly of California
was. Casserly was elected to the
Senate by Jesuit money-$l00, 900
being contributed by that Order
and the fact being discovered Cas-
serly at once resigned his seat rather
than stand an investigation, and
thus expose the workings of his
secret Order.
In Ohio and other States the
Catholics are striving to destroy the
common school system, and thu.
destroy the only avenue for educa
ton open to the children of the
poor They say "we will have
church schools instead and thu:
let loose the worst of theological
quarrels all over the land.