St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-22
It Is Shown That He Is Only
disappointed Office
holder.
A SCRAP IN A CHURCH.
While the Congregation Is
Singing Two Men Fight
Local Political Gossip.


forum of the church was taxed to its
fullest capacity. Over 200 chairs had
been placed in the aisles, so that fully
1900 people were present to hear the
refutation of Gen. Morgan's unchristian
and un-American attack on the Catholic
church and on the Catholic citizens OF
this country. The discourse occupied
about hour and 40 minutes, and the
vast audience constantly manifested
the deepest interest and Father Cleary
held their closest attention. The fol-
lowing is but brief synopsis OF the
able and exhaustive discourse, still it
conveys fairly good outline of the
arguments presented:
Father Cleary opened his remarks by
expressing his profound regret that
Gen. Morgan's mischievous mission to
Minneapolis had forced upon him, as
an imperative duty, the present dis.
course. lie felt no timidity in resent
ing Gen. Morgan's unwarranted attacks
upon his religion and his loyalty to his
native land. He had no apology to
offer for his refutation of Gen. Morgan's
vile charges and still more vile insinu-
ations against his church and his fellow
Catholics.
the serenity of Gen. MOrgan's calm and
peaceful dreams," said Rev. Cleary.
was that the Catholic church was plot.
ting against our free institutions. and
Catholic priests, at the bidding of Rome,
were scheming, and scheming with Suc-
cess, 10 turn good. loyal Baptist Repub-
licans, like himself. out of fat offices,
and 10 put corrupt, disloyal Roman
Catholics In their places. He asserted
without blush-although an honest
man would certainly hesitate in his
place before stultifying himself quite
SO badly-that the Catholic priests
issued political harangues from their
pulpits. and inundated their people
into voting for the candidates of the
Democratic party in fact, helLade the
brazen assertion that the Catholic
church owned the Democratic party.
This eX-Indian commissioner, who had
while in office fully convinced even the
majority of his own party of his unfit
ness for the position i'll which President
Harrison had placed him, and who con-
tinues to demonstrate to the world the
practical wisdom of the members of
congress who voted against his confirm
alton, does not seem to have sufficient
sagacity to re aliZe the ridiculous posi-
ton in which his present crusade is
placing him, and the Imaginable incon-
siStency of his charges and lnSlnuatlonS
against Catholics and the Catholic
church
HE. standing in pulpit of Baptist
church, the mOckery and farce of
prayer having been uttered to the
Deity by ministerial clown of that
denomination, invoking heavens bless
ipOc tha lnmpipc he 1Dnnt IN
proclaim against his fellow citizens,
pleading for the Republican party, just
on the eve of an election, and appealing
to the ignorant prejudices of his deluded
audience, has the shameless etfrOutery
to accuse the Catholic clergy of using
their churches in the interests of the
Democratic party. If it is proper for
Baptist ministers to use their pulpits as
political rOStrumS. ard to invite diSap-
pointed politicians to air their griev-
ances in Baptist churches. it cannot be
very trait0rous for the Catholic clergy
to initiate their good, Christian and
patriotic example. What is proper for
| the mild. inoifensive Baptist dove can.
| not be very criminal in the 'RomaniSt'
| hawk.
"But Mr.. Morgan knew that he was
| stating most unjustifiabIe and villain
Gus lie when he accused the Catholic
| clergy of doing very similar service
for the Democratic sparty which he and
his ministerial supporters were just
then engaged in for the Republican
| party. As he and his laundering cleri-
cal friends we'll know. such scene as
they presented in the Emmanuel Bap-
fist church that evening has never been
enacted and would not be possible in
Catholic church. The disappointed Of
| ficehOlder. in Baptist pulpit, bemoans
the sad fate of his political party. ap-
peals to the sympathies of his Baptist
friends for his loss of office and attempts
to persuade them that these terrible
Catholics are guilty of rank treason
against the American flag, and
American institutions, because they,
by their ballots, as free Amer
lean citizens had presumed to ex-
| press their preference for the men and
the party of their choice. He charges
ten millions of Catholic-American clti-
zens with disloyalty to their country
because of their fidelity to their re-
ligious creed. He knows that the Cath
Ollie citizens of this republic have never
faltered in their duty, and have never
been found wanting when their country
needed the devoted service of its
friends. He we'll knows that no Bene-
dict Arnolds were found among the
Catholic friends of human freedom who
sustained Washington and his brave
compatTiOtS IN the dark and bloody days
of our Revolutionary war. 1t might not
be amiss here to remind him, and all
mock-patriots of this kind, that their
prototype, Benedict Arnold, gave as one
or his reasons for deserving the brave
band of patriots who were offering
their lives IN defense of human free
| Inn hot fhnr frr, \, Do eI,5
influence surrounding the Father of
his Country.
THE arrant hypOcrite plainly proves
his utter disregard for all the proprie-
ties and his insincerity as patriotic
American in being conducted by body
guard of Orangemen, members of the
Lincoln lodge of Orangemeu, who acted
as the ushers at his very un>American
meeting. These men dishonor the name
and the memory of our martyr presi-
dent. Lincoln, who hated religious in
man slavery. Out upon such preten-
tious and hypocritical patriotism.
'All Mr.Morgan's charges against the
Catholic church are based OH his gratuit-
GUS assumption that the church is far
reaching and we'll organized political
machine. We Catholics are III position
to know whether such an assumption be
true or not. We certainly have better
opportunities of knowing the church
than has Mr.. Morgan or DR.. Hoyt. We
could not be hoodwinked or deceived
for any great length of time. We love
our country just as Loyalty as any other
class of men possibly can. In fact
there is no class Of our people who have
greater reason to cherish the Institu-
lions of their country than our Catholic
fellow citizens. Does any sane man
imagine that the 1900. or more, Catholic
priests of this country, intelligent, edu-
Gated men, could be caJoled into sup
porting such gigantic fraud as Mr.. Nor
gan would like to make his dupes believe
the church to be? l most solemnly de-
clare before high heaven.if the Catholic
church were the cunningly devised con