The Irish standard., 1892-10-08
STEPHAN,
His Expose Of Commissioner Nor.
gan's Bigotry in the Manage
ment Of the Indian Bureau.

His Expose OF Commissioner Nor
| gan's Bigotry in the Manage
/ ment Of the Indian Bureau.
! AN ANTI-CATHOLIC POLICY
Morgan and Dorchester Shown tx
be Doing the Work Of Know
Nothing ORGANIZATIONS.
Rev. j. A. Stephan, secretary of The
Catholic Indian bureau, has recently
issued a report which is addressed tc
Bishop Marty, and in which he shows
that Indian Commissioner Morgan and
his man Friday, DR.. Dorchester, are &C
tuated by religious bigotry and doing the
behests of the Committee of One Hun.
dred and kindred Know w-nothing socie-
ties. The Catholic Republican papers
are anything but courteous to Father
Stephan lest his report may injure the
Republican party, bus Father Stephan
asserts that he has been a Republican
for many years, and that he is simply
performing his duty in exposing the bigo-
try OF Morgan and his understrappers.
THE IRISH STANDARD has no desire to
fasten the charge Of: biRotry upon Nor
gan, but until Catholic Republican or
gans produce stronger proof than abuse
of Father Stephan it will believe in the
veracity of the good priest when he is
addressing the Bishop OF South Dakota.
After deprecating the injection of the re-
ligious question involved into politics
Father Stephan says: "I am, and for
many years have been, member of the
party towhich the bigoted missioner,
and the not much less bigoted President,
belos g; and while I disparage their Off
cial conduct and actions in the matter of
this report, / deprecate the idea that
anything that / may feel It to be my
duty to say to you in behalf OF our most
righteous cause, and in protest against
the efforts Of canting public officers to
drive US from one Of our most loved
fields of labor in behalf Of Dur Master,
should be used Ia a campaign Of party
politics. Therefore, to You and through
you, to the other bishops to, whom The
facts herein contained ahonld bs made
known, I respectfully transmit this re-
port, with the caution [ have included ;in
this, it's Introductory paragraph. s ss Il.
Prior to July I, 1889, the most friendly
relations existed between this bureau
and all the officials with VIII I'm II trans-
acted it's business, and the same 5har-
monios relations would have continued
tot this day if Mr.. Morgan had not begun
a crusade against our work, the partiou-
lars Of which will be detained further "a.
When the press Of the country an
nounced in June, 1889, that Mr.. Morgan
was to succeed Mr.. John H. Oberly as
com missioner OF Indian affairs, / was in
formed in more than one way Of some at
the antecedents Of Mr. Morgan. learned
that he was a preacher and member of
what is called the League for tbe Pro
lection of American Institutional las
ceroained, also, that he had been public
lecturer, and that the subject Of one Of
his lectures was "Rome Opposed to
American Institutions" The press also
published at that time his military rec
ord, from which I learned that he was
the same Thomas j. Morgan who had
been branded by conrt-martial and
found guilty OF certain heinous offences
Early in July, 1889, the late Father Viii
lard, as vice director Of this bnre eau,called
at the Indian office and was plainly told
BIZ Mr. Mdorg "a 1 that the contract school
system, would he superseded; that he,
Morgan, was opposed to the principle Of
supporting schools suoh aa ours at gov
sernment expense, and that while he
could not at that time abolish the sys-
TEN, he would aa rapidly as possible re-
place She chufch schools by government
schools, In views published in the
press Of the,country that summer, he re-
peatealy stated his position, respecting
the contract syst tom, and served early mo-
.tice on this bureau of his purpose to take:
from us our contracts for the Tulalipos
and DEVILS Lake schools. Early in hias
inistration heI removed nearly all of
the Catholics he; found IN the govern
ment school service, and ia many IL ID
stances filed their places BY the appoint
ment Of preachers to superiinfend his
non.sectarian sclaoolls 81
clesrly saw man were y. per
mitted togo 81 ss,nch slienged, be would
within his four years term Of Office,
close all onrg sob ools, and the children
upon whom so much labor had been
spent would be forced into his unfriend1y
prosely yting schools where their and our
Catholic rel1gi would lboe publicly ridlii-
culed, as has been done ii the past, and