St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-15
BIGOTED CATHOLIC Halter.
Republican Party Denies
Sympathy With Anti
Catholic Societies,
YET CALLS IN GEN. MORGAN.
Col. Kiefep Declined to Go on
Record ON the Catholic
Question.
To the Editor of the Globe

The Republican newspapers of Min
!. neapolis and st. Paul have made much
| ado about the visit and lectures of Mi.
| Morgan, commissioner OF Indian affairs
under the Harrison administration. His
addresses have been accorded prOmi-
neni place in the columns of these pa
! perS, and the reporters were careful to
| say nothing that might be- construed as
dissent from the views of the lecturer.
This may be only journalistic enter
prise, but 1t looks very much like
| political chicanery of the lowest kind.
The observer cannot help suSpecting
that the eX-commiSsi0ner appears upon
the scene at this time ''per schedule"
and not by mere chance. Are not the
v!rulent speeches of this prominent
PARTISAN intended to serve as sop To
the Apaic wing of the Republican
| party?
| The Republican party denies that it
has any cGllusion or sympathy with the
anti-CathOlic societies; it denounces
with much display of woIdS all attempts
at importing the religious issue into
| politics. Ii the party, which draws so
often Oh the capital supposed to have
been accumulated by its labors in be-
half of the black slave, is really sincere
III its Wanted love of religious liberty,
| why does it not dare to say one word
officially in condemnation Of proscrip.
ton and intolerance? Why does not
the party cut itself loose from the A. p.
A.? Why did not the Republican con-
vention in New York or any other i'm
p0rtant state dare to insert a plank ia
vOring freedom of conscience, though ell
treated to DO so by Catholic Republicans
of great prominence and influence?
| Why did not the Republicans of ST.
| Paul dare to accept such a resolution in
| the municipal contest last spring?
Why did Col. Kiefer fear to state
his position frankly and manfully in
bis alleged answer to question on The
| sublec: proposed to him through the
GLoBEo Why do the Apasts of the
| country censort with the Republic
| Are our sworn enemies usually fonnd
| i'll our houses and seated at our tables?
| Tiie party which exploits the name of
| the great Lincoln dareS not condemn III
open council the knOWnothing move
| ment as lie did; the party that claims 10
| have fought for freedom in the past has
no word to say in It's behalf today. And
| yet it pretends to oppose proscrip ion.
| Out on such hypocrisy. The honest
| bigOt is a paragon beside the crlnginS
| chameleon vino fears to call his soul his
own. Unauthorized prolestation Will
| not do. Actions speak louder than
F., words, aud they proclaim with unlniS-
| taxable distinc,ness that the party of
Harrison, Morton, Mckinley and Nor
| gan is committed irrevo cably to the
| creed of dOctrinal strife and hate.
| His party may feign to dlSOWn the
| words of Mr.. Morgan, but they cannot
| deny that he stands close to MIR. Harri-
| son: that he was retained III office by
| the Republican party i'll the face OF pro-
| tests of those who believed him untitled
| for the place on account of his acknoWl-
edged hostility TO the Catholic church;
that he is encouraged is his propaganda
| ism OF sectarian hate by persons and
papers of the saine political complexion.
This they cannot deny, and it shows
| that if he is not authorized to issue
| checks in the name of his party, he is
given to understand that they will be
honOred on presentation. How inetfably
mean is such a double policy-if it
might be called policy.
| Not only from mis- we'll known relig-
| ious prejudice, but also from the spite
of MIR. Morgan the Republican party
hopes to coin political capital. Gen.
Morgan cannot speak calmly of the
Catholic church; it, is his. bette nOir, ami
it fills him with ceaselesS trouble of soul
aud horror of imagination. He is not
qualified to discuss question of Cathol-
iciSln, because he Observation-Disclosures Il
special peader. He began his official
career as an opponent of the Catholic
church; lie had associated with him in
office Rev. Daniel Dorchester. author OF
book us bigoted as it is ignorant
"RomaniSm VS.. The Public SchoUIs;;''
he lost no time Id telling the Catholics
that he proposed to do away with their
schools ultimately, if not imire-
diately-and gave much reason TO
infer that his purpose was to
transform government schools into
out and out Protestant institutions.
Naturally, Catholics took alarm at this,
and fought for what they regarded as
their rights. Hundreds OF thousands of
their money were invested in the.
schools that were now threatened with
ruthless deStructlon. AT all events, the
whole question was a quarrel between
| the commissioner and the 0f1ic ers OF the
Catholic Indian bureau. Since the
commissioner is more confirmed i'll his
hostility, and cannot shake off the
belief that the bureau which he drove
out of existence is the whole Catholic
| church. Bv refusing to make any dis
tinction between the Catholic bureau of
indian affairs and the Catholic church,
Mr.. Morgan proves himself to be either
incapable of serious reasoning or un.
scrupulous i'll dealing with facts. Yet
| such is the champion brought forward
by great party in its hour OF need.
The question of the civilization of the
Indian admits of much discussion.
i Judging from results. some competent
studenfs of the subject hold that onlv
| the Catholic church is able to solve the
nrohlrm. The ritua! of the church
catches their imagiuations and SWANS
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