Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-02
THE A. P. A. EXPOSURE.
The Organ of the Order and the Catholic
Messenger Heard.

Messenger Heard.
The Tri-City Blade, the organ of
the A. p. A. organization, in its issue
of this week commenting on the ex-
posure bv its erstwhile editor, r. l..
Quackenbush, in the Catholic Mes
senger of last week, of the workings
and embership of the order, says:
The A. p. A. has received another
good sendoff in this city by the Cath
Ollie Messenger. Roy l.. Quacken-
bush has twisted rope and the Mes
senger has flung himself with it. He
thought he was pulling the drop un-
der the A. p. A, but finds the rope
to be tightening around his own
neck.
The Messenger Again.
The Catholic Messenger in its issue
of this week comments on the results
of its exposure rs follows:
The treatment of the Messenger
and its part in the publication of the
Quackenbush exposure of the A p.
A. has been very fair generally, and
this paper is very grateful therefore.
Among the statement of outsiders
published as news. however, is one
published here and in the Chicago
papers to the effect that the list of
mem bership was the result of con-
spiracy among the Catholics of the
citv-that Quackenbush was SUI
horned to perjury. There is no foun-
dation for such charges. He came to
this Office voluntarily, as he stated,
and his coming was not expected
and so far as we know no other
person knew of his coming. He
wrote the first article entire at desk
| in this Office and went before no.
tary and swore to it. Two days after
wards he came again and copied the
| list of names from memorandum
book and appended his statement
while in this office, and went and
had his affidavit attached. 1t was
two days afterward before a living
soul except the notary and ourselves
saw these communications. Then
they were submitted to a few men of
acknowledged safe conservative ludg-
ment, not all Catholics either. to pass
upon the question of their truth and
reliability. taking into consideration
al the circum stances. intrinsic and
lotherwise. They were published a
they were written, not n word or q
letter changed. Now. where could
anv conspiracy have been formed or
IeXecuted? We certainly would new
er have used the matter if it was APP
parently tinctured with any stain ot
bribery or coercion. nor if ii did not
come freely from man. who. nc
matter what his character was. could
so far as we know. have no object in
PERU himself when the truth
would have better served. even al
unworthy motive. The motive thai
he claimed actuated him. was not sC
much one of revenge rs TO clear him
self from the effects of his connec
ton with the organ of the \. z. A
and thus open avenues of employ
ment which that connection hac
closed against him.
NoPeace While Oppression Exists.
The Davenport Leader recently
made plea for peace in the warine
elements in Davenport as looking tC
the best interests of all concerned,
and the Messenger abiding to this
advice declares:
This paper has been in the fight
too long to have such peace as the
|
when this illegal. reasonable and in
famous dark lantern organization Is
wiped out of existence. There Is nc
| peace" for the men who are daily
stabbed in the back by the minions
of this sneakingly secret native
Malta For years whenever a
Catholic could be injured secretly he
was injured. Men have been dis
missed from employment, the safety
of their families jeopardized wherever
A. 7. A. influence could accomplish
it. 1t might be the deadly cold of
winter. sickness may have wife and
little ones in its embrace. hunger,
cold starvation. death may have
been the approximate result of their
action; yet they have been discharged
for no other reason than that they
were Catholics. Where their men,
bers were not in positions of infiu-
ence as in the c., X. /. IL p. and B..
c. II. Il n. railway system, they have
| petitioned manufacturers and other
employers to discharge Catholics
They carry into practice jealousy
the oaths which they have taken.
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