Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-09-28

ever make IL Jne aim OI my lie
keep the Church separate and distinc
from the State. candidate repeats.
To all Of which 1 do most solemnl
: promise and swear, so help me God
, Amen.
My friends, if there is anything il
: these proceedings inconsistent will
your conscientious belief as Christian
or as citizens, or as honest men, yol
are at liberty now to retire, but re
membering the obligation, you have
taken. What will you do? Do yol
still desire to advance? 1t is well
You will now be conducted to thu
Chaplain for further trial.
Are taken to the Chaplain, or
right of President.]
Sergeant-at-Arms: Worthy Chap
lain, l come to you for counsel, bring
ing with ME - friends, in whom
l have great confidence, and 1 fee
will find favor in your sight and that
you will deal by them only as you have
by us.
Chaplain: Sergeant-at-Arms, am
pleased to hear so favorable q report
and the confidence with which you
make it. ITO candidate.l Place your
right hand on your heart, repeat your
name and remain silent.
THE OATH WITH THE STING.
1 do most solemnly promise and
swear, that will not allow any one
member of the Roman Catholic
Church to become a member of this
Order, l knowing him to be such
that l will use my influence to pro.
mote the interest of all Protestants
everywhere in the world; that will
not employ Roman Catholic in any
capacity, if can procure the services
OF Protestant; that 1 will not aid in
building, or in maintaining. by my re.
sources any Roman Catholic Church
or institution of their sect or creed
whatsoever, but will do all in my
power to retard and break down the
power OF the Pope; that l will not en-.
ter into any controversy with a Roman
Catholic upon the subject of this Or.
der, nor will l enter into any agree.
ment with Roman Catholic to strike
or create disturbance, whereby the
Roman Catholic employees may under.
mine and substitute the Protestants;
that in all grievances / will seek only
Protestants and counsel with them
to the exclusion Of all Roman Catho.
lies and will not make known to them
anything of any nature matured at
such conferences; that 1 will not
countenance the nomination in any
caucus or convention, of o Roman
Catholic, for any Office in the gift oil
the American people, and that will
not vote for, nor counsel others to vote
for, any Roman Catholic, but will vote
only for u Protestant; that will en-
deavor at all times to place the politi-
cal positions of this government in the
hands of Protestants. fRepeat.l To
all of which do most solemnly prom.
ise and swear, SO help me God. Amen.
Chaplain: Sergeant-at.Arms, you
will now conduct them to the Vice
President.
Sergeant-at-Arms: Mr.. Vice. Presi-
dent, Ipresent you these friends. to
receive from you instruction as to the
necessities and purposes Of our Order.
Vice-President: Now let the dark
ness be dispelled. Remove the cloud,
that the light of reason may dawn on
their vision.
HOodwinks removed from candi.
dates.]
Behold, how glorious it is to be re.
lieved from the pressure of a mental
darkness, cropping We know not whittier
My friends, it is one of the purposes
OF this Order TO awaken the citizens of
this country to the fact that they are
blindly allowing the papal power to
gain absolute control of our educa.
tional institutions and State and gen.
eral government. Even now we are
in bondage through the terrible influ.
ence which the Roman Church wields
over this continent. Let it be you,
duty to assist us in bringing all to ,
knowledge of the danger which men.
aces our free institutions.
candidates facing Vice. President
Here may follow extempore speech by
the Vice-President.1
Vice-President: Sergeant-at-Arms,
you will present these friends to the
President, for final test and instruc
ton in the covered work OF this Order
The covered work" is the most sa
worry part of this despicable organiza
ton. The President delivers his final
instructions in language substantial,
as follows:
"You have been brought in here
under a delusion. You expected yor
were joining the order of the A. P. A
Did you not? 1 will now disabus,
your mind that you have not joinet
the order Of A. P. A., but that yo,
have joined the order OF Am-mor-eens
which is name OF an old and ancien
order of similar objects. Should an,
one accuse you of being an A. P. A
you can make an affidavit that you ar,
Q member Of no such order"
! Here the altar service is given.]:
4 President: Place your right han,
ON the assumed emblem OF the Ro
man Catholic Church, your left han,
upon the Book of your faith and re
peat after me.
CURsING THE POPE.
l hereby denounce Roman Catho
, licism. hereby denounce the Pope
: sitting at Rome or elsewhere. L de
nounce his priests and emissaries an,
the diabolical work OF the Roma,