The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-06
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND
Again Condemns the Democratic
APA Roorbach.
he DEFENDS THE REPUBLICANS
Against tho Charge OF an Alliance
With the order-S.rong Words
From the GrOat Prelase-KnOw.
NothIagism Was Fostered by tho
Democratic Party-It Was Strong.
est In Democratic sTAtes-sOme
Facts About New York.

In an interview at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, in New York. Saturday evening,
Archbishop Ireland said, concerning
the Democratic roorbach charging that
the Republicans have an alliance with
the A. P. AS, among other things. the
following:
~ deny that the Republican party
has shown itselt as sustaining the
movement. which has been set on foot
by anti Catholics to abridge the civic
and religious liberties Of Catholics. An
anti.Cathol:c movement does, 1t ap.
pears, exist in the United states-that
Of the so.called A. P. A..ism, q sort OF
renewal OF the Know nottingham Of
forty or more years ago.
"But whatever o: A. P. A..ism in it.
self, the Republican party has neither
assumed nor brought upon itself any
responsibility for the existence of its
workings No one act OF the party can
be quoted to support different view.
In certain Republican conventions
request that reputation OF A. P. A..
ism be made a plank in the party plat
form was UNDECIDED. Nothing In this
occurrence alarms Catholics. A great
political party cannot be expected to
take note oil every heeting wind that
passes over the field Of American poll
tics
THAT there are among the Republic
cans certain number OF A. P. A..ists
have no doubt But put the ques-
ton to the Country-Are not A. T. A.
lists among Democrats2 Is either party
responsible for the individual opinions
or doings OF some of its members? 1t
would be an interesting task to balance
the accounts OF the Republican and
Democratic parties on the anti-Catholic
bigotry OF their mombers. Certain it Is
that some OF the most ferocious out
breaks OF Knownothing barbarism oc-
CURED in Democratic cities and states.
Knownothing tickets polled a larger
percentage OF state votes in Democratic
Virginia aud Maryland than in the Re.
publican statos OF the north and west
"WhiIe New Hampshire was Demo-
cratic state the constitution refused the
Catholics the right to hold office. So
soon as it became Republican the con-
stitution in this regard was amended.
In more recent years in the state OF New
York. Catholic, Frank Herman. who
had been nominated for the governor.
ship on the Democratic ticket, was
slaughtered at the polls by the anti
Catholic bigots in his party. A Catho-
lie, W. R. Grace, running for mayor OF
New York city as Democrat, found
himself cut down 10 small majority by
bigoted Democratic voters. As the 70.
verse, when a Catholic, Carr, sought the
secretaryship OF state on the Republican
ticket, his fellow Republicans proved
loyal to him.
Father Young talks OF bigotry ex-
hibited in the con tt;utional amend
ments OF the state Of New York in the
questions of education and charitable
institutions. lie forgets that il Catho-
lies feel aggrieved in those matters they
must blame not the Republican maiori-
ty in the Albany commission, but the
men who spoke as the accredited
spokesman of the Catholic church,
whose proposition the majority OF the
commission accepted.
"The accusations made by Father
Young, unfounded as they are in fact,
do serious injustice to the great mass
of Republicans in the United States,
who as we all may know If We see with
our eyes aud hear with our ears. are
fair minded citizens, thoroughly loyal
to the constitution and spirit OF the
country which guarantee to all Ameri-
cans, without regard to creed, fullest
tihertv and fuiiest riphts"