The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-29
THE ANTI
CATHOLICS
Mayor B2Skil on the
Western Star.
HG Wants Explanations from
Ills AIlOiltGGS.
Els Honor Strongly Disap-
proves of the
Order.
UNOFFICIAL STATEMENT
Officers of the Organization Say
They Have Not Been
Fairly Treated.
IT'S PRINCIPLES OUTLINED.
AntagOnistic TO the Catholic Church
but Not with View to
ExtirpatiOn.
The Qualifications for Membership-The
Society Does Not Attempt to Gust Cath
Officers of the Organization Say
They Have Not Been
Fairly Treated.
IT'S PRINCIPLES OUTLINED.
AntagOnistic TO the Catholic Church
but Not with a View to
ExtirpatiOn.
The Qualifications for Membership-The
Society Does Not Attempt to Gust Cath
Olics from Their Employment-The
Ancient Order of HiDernians-
Local Significance of the
Western Star.

On Sunday, August 20, THE HERALD
published an article exposing a local
secret organization known as the Vest
ern Star, and the real spirit of that So
ciety was truthfully and fairly portrayed.
In doing this, TIE HERALD was actuated
by no spirit of vindictiveness towards the
members of the organization, but simply
because it believed it to be duty to de-
nounce any body of men banded together
for the purpose of prosecuting ciuzens
because of their religious beliefs; because
such an organization is essentially un
American and antagonistic to liberty;
because there Is no excuse or possible
justification for It's existence, and last
because it was news.
On Sunday last, just one week later,
the Tribune came out with an alleged
''expose" of the same society, and in its
efforts to get something in addition to
that published by the HERALD, it over
stepped the bounds and made itself
ridiculous.
DENOUNCED BY ALL.
The society has been rourdly denounced
by all fair minded citizens, irrespective of
religious beliefs or political affiliations
ever since the exposure in the HERALD.
Last evening, the NesoS stated that
Mayor Baskin would tsdischarge every
man he had appointed who had connected
himself with this order, - and added that
in this event, Chief Paul's shoes might
be worn by another before he returned
home. To a HERALD man, his honor
denied having made any such statement.
s'1he subject was mot mentioned by the
Ne1cS reporter he continued. "But |
viii say to you that if the statements
Gomez ming the society that have APP
perrec are correct, [ certainly do think
that those who are members of it should
hang thei- heads in shame l have not
said that I would remove anyone, but /
do intend that the men who are RESPONSE
bic to me should make some explanation
of their action in the matter. 1t is my
opinion that some of them have gone in
to the order without fully realizing the
nature of it.
AN OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION.
Last night the officers of the order fur
nj he'd THE HERALD with the following
statement, which viii be read with more
interest than any article that has appeared
on the subject since the publication of the
original exposure in this paper:
TO the Editor of THE HERALD:
In the Sunday issue of the Tribune is
published what purports to be an expose
of the principles. obligations, signs, pass
words and grips of secret society, in this
city, which is variously designated as the
ssAmorines' ano american Protestant
association The articls referred to
draws very literally upon the stock of
emphatic and uncomplimentary adjec-
tives in the attempt to express an un-
favorable opinion OF the purposes of the
order and of the members, who for rea-
sons satisfactory to themselves have dared
to join ard by so doing bring down upon
themselves storm Of condemnation and
invectiye.
r,;el~;~cr 49, ob.roas - oc,4-o--.
with q newspaper bitterly hostile, with
no hope of favorable comment from its
editors, may be a reckless undertaking,
but we feel that the many misstatements
and Misrepresentation, which may or
may not be lnintentional should be re-
pliedto.
In the Tribune, full faith and credit is
given lot OF supposed information from
some alleged person, who is represented
as having taken solemn and binding obli-
cations OF secrecy and fraternity (the
alleged penalty OF violating same being to
have his throat cut, q very nasty dis
agreeable way of slaughtering man, by
the way and then violating them and
BETRAYING BIS FELLOW MEMBERS.
Incidentally the public would do well to
compare the weight of the statements of
officers and members with that of a self
confessed periurer.
in America, which numbers two millions
of members in the United States, all
voters, and which has branches in Eng
land, France. Canada and Australia.
with ritual identical in all. 1t is a Sc
cret society as are the Masons. Odd Fell
lows, Knights of Pythias, ssTuscaroras, -
ssTammany,v 'sUnion League, and
other secret orders. It's ritual is as sa-
cred to us as are those of the societies
mentioned to their members and this
being the case, we are prevented from en-
tightening you and the public, as we de-
sire on the details of the work Were we
at liberty to publish our ritual, as was
suggested yesterday, we are confident it
woujd meet with warm endorsement
from those who, as a result of the
Triha1e's "expose' are SO bitter in
their denunciation.
BY way of Interpolation permit US to
say that the description of the pass words,
grips, signs and obligations are
SO GROTEsQUELY FALSE
rs to cause much merriment among the.