St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-20

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Dust Their Cherished instita-
tions and Control City After
City Without a Murinur"-Pe-
tition Against satoili.
BUFFALO, N. Y. Sept, 19.-The En-
qnirer this afternoon publishes an inter
| view with Isaac Clulf. d Canadian, who
came to Buffalo about sixteen months
ago, and who Is now head organizer in
this city of the American Protective
association, ALI order known hitherto
only In the West. Cluff is quoted as
saying: "W hat are we organized for?
To fight papacy. With what? Anything
from ballots to bullets. Look at the
public schools Ill Buffalo; over 50 per
cent of the teachers are RomanCarhOlicS.
Inside of two years promise you there
will not be a Catholic teacher in the
schools. We are going to do the same
in Batfalo DIS we did in Detroit. Sagi-
nav. Kansas City and other Western
towns. Almost every cmplOye of the
municipality and corporation of Detroit
Il few years ago was a Catholic. Now
there are only Two ROmanlsts in The clty's
employ. LOOK at the army OF Catholics
about Butfa.o's city aud county hall.
Take my word for il, we will
turn down every one of them.
Every department Will brProtestantiZed,
nor will we stop here. There must Ue
turnover all through New York state
Ne are getting ready TO have every
RDmanist al home. why have the Catil-
ana navy unless because some uay they
nope To use them? tell yuu that II we
cannot PrulrStantize the ARMY ana navy
we have plenty OF men ready 10 bear
the musket against tie papal zoe, anu
our memuerS are sworn To be lOVal
until death. Nu0 belongs to tins orGer
In Buffalo? Lots of good people. clergy
ulen, lawyers, business inen and en-
pluyers OF labor, some OF whom have
agreed not To employ any help uLirss
they are memuerS of the 4. i, 4. All
members are
SWORN To SECRECY
not 20 reveal lie officers Oh the subor-
dlnate c0uncilS,ur The names and places
OF meeting. We DO not want auyUUuy
To know anything about our order until
We are strong enough TO declare our
Selves"
Mr. Cluff did not realize that he was
speaking loa member OF The press when
lie nauc these Statements. lie also
added the information thai there were
SIX COUNCILS IN Buffalo, two III the heart
OF the CITY and four III the suburbs. 1t
was intended 10 UuIlu the oruer up to i,
membership OF S,L0u this winter, and
81 anu loo members were being
Initiated every meeting. WO cir
culars have been distributed by
these anti-paplSts. One quietly
among aVowed opponents Uf the KOman
Catholics and Another secretly among
those " no have taken The obligations OF
Tile oruer. / he hrst circular recltes
Lnat The order is about two Years old;
lnat in that time 1t has grown 10 d
million memberships; that III certain
Western cities every official, from The
mayor GOWN. IS member; that IL Is
aggressive, without fiBanclal benefits,
amd political, yet nUn-DartISan; that
II 10 secret order, iIghtiHg
a secret tOe-liIe Jesuits. The circular
comcludes: zine charm of The order
seems 10 DC i'll tie fact that II means
light. / he members are men Wn0 are
SICK of the apathy and SuplneneSS SO
prevalent in Professionalism: of Anfef-
leans geuerdlly VINO allow Rome TO
tranple i'll Tie dust their most cher
protest and allow tile
MANY-TENTACLED MONSTER
TO selZe and control clay alter city with
out ulurmur. This Is the reaction: d
revolution IT you viii; and II properly
guided and controlled 1t means tile an-
nIhIlaliun OF tne dOinlndcy ct the old
parties in 1896, anu a new political
heaven and earLn."
Ihe paper says the entire ritual,
which is printed, shows the Oath5 DE-
manded Vi TIE candidates at Imitation
swear 10 linn 10 utmost secrecy; mat he
will never vote or lend support to any
ItOman Catholic seeking national, inu
nicipal or slate Office; and the candidate
promises to bear arms, should the Occa-
sion arse. against tie ayOwrd enemles
the Roman Catholics. Ing CHAP
iain'S charge at the rites OF the
initiation reclteS that the Catholics
are forming secret military companies
under the names OF knights of ColOmb-
kilt, 81. PatrIck'S Cad els, The hlber-
nlhlIS, ETC., ana that these COMPANIES are
not only well drilled but armed. The
warning read ny the recording secre~
tary To the nOvltlate rPclttS that papal
edIctS have made il no Sill tor a Catn0-
lie 10 k Ii all American and that the
Catholic churcn Is inlmical to the state
and pr0fessedly superior.
The Buffalo councils have lately pre-
pared and are now canvasSing petition
10 the president and members of cun-
gresS asking that no action be taken by
this government officially to recognize
Manager SatuIli as the papal aOlegate in
this county, and protesting against
such action as "OppOSed 10 the best ill.,
UereSts of the country anu the letter as
well as tie spirit OF the constitution OF
The United states and the nights and
liberties of the people"