The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-05-11
A. P. A. DEMANDS.
Opposition to Ecclesiastical Powers
Not Controlled by Americans.
Adherents to the Roman Catholic Church
strictly Prohibited by This Association
NO Enort TO Control tho Polit-
ieal Affiliations OF Its Members.

Adherents to the Roman Catholic Church
strictly Prohibited by This Association
NO Enurt TO Control the Poiit-
ical Affiliations OF Its Members.
DIS MoISEs, Ia, May THE su.
preme council Of the American Pro
tectiye association completed its labors
here Saturday night, after four days
session.
A statement that Supreme President
Traynor had recommended twenty-one
years residence fov naturalization was
in error, His recommendation was
ten years, and the supreme council
finally decided that seven years should
elapse between an aliens declaration
OF intention and naturalization, The
council passed a resolution asking this
correction 10 be made by the press The
declaration Of principles is rs follows;
/. Loyalty 10 true Amerieanism,
which knows neither birthplace, race,
creed nor party, is the first requisite
for membership in the American Pro
teetiye Association.
. The American Protective associa.
tion Is not political party, and does
not control the political afiiilation OF its
members, but IL teaches them TO be in
tensely active in the discharge OF their
political duties in or out of party lines,
because it believes that all problems
confronting our people will be lest
solved by conscientious discharge OF
the duties Of citizenship by every indi
vidual
8. While tolcrent OF all creeds, il
holds that subjection to and support Of
any ecclesiastical power, not created
and controlled by American citizens,
and which claims equal il not greater
sovereignty than the government oi
the United States, is irreconcilablC
with American citizenship 1t is, there,
fore, opposed 10 offices in national state
or municipal government by any sub
ject or supporter OF such eoelesiasticai
power
4. We uphold the Constitution of the
United States OF America, and no por
tion OF II more than its guaranty ofreli
gious liberty, but we hold this religion;
liberty to be guaranteed to the indiyid
ual, and not TO mean that under its pro
lection any un-American ecclesiastical
power can claim absolute control oyei
the education OF children growing W
under the Stars and Stripes
B We consider the non-sectarian free
public school the bulwark OF American
institutions; the best place for the edu
cation OF American children. To keeI
them such we protest against the EN-
ployment OF subjects Of any ecclesiasti
cal power as officers or teachers of oul
public schools.
q We condemn the support out o.
the public treasury by direct appropria
tion or by contract OF any sectariar
school reformatory or other institu
tion not owned and controlled by pub
lie authority
:. Believing the exemption from tax
alton is equal to grant of publit
funds, we demand that no real or per
sonal property be exempt from taxa
tion the title to which is not vested il
the national or state governments or il
any OF their subdivisions
s We protest against the enlistmen
in the L. 5 army and navy, or tn,
militia of any state, Of any person no
an actual citizen Of the United States
o We demand for the protection o
our citizen laborers the prohibition o
the Importation Of pauper labor ant
the restrictions OF all immigration e
persons who can not show their ability
and honest intention to become self
supporting American citizens
10 We demand the change of nat
uralization laws by repeal of the ac
authorizing the naturalization Of mi
nors without previous declaration o.
intention and providing that no alien,
shall be naturalized or permitted L
vote in any state in the union who car
not speak the language of the land
and who can not prove seven years
continuous residence in the country
from the date of his declaration of in
tention.
II. We protest against the gross neg
ligence and laxity with which the ju
dietary of our land administer the pres
ent naturalization laws and agains
the practice of naturalizing aliens a
the expense of communities or candi
dates as the most prolific source of tn,
present prostitution of American cit
izenship TO the basest use
ls, We demand that all hospitals, asy
lums, reformatories and other institu
tions in which people are under re
straint be at all times subject to publ
inspection, whether they are main
tanned by the public or by private cor
porations or individual
Is We demand that all national o
state legislation affecting financial
commercial or Industrial interests b.
general in character and in no in
stance in favor OF any one section o
the country or of any one class OF pee
Pile
The council tabled every motion al
tempting TO commit the order to an
distinct line OF policy on the money
labor, suffrage, temperance or othe
party questions, and also adopted
resolution declaring that no eommitte
or other authority in the order coul
bind the members to any political az
tion beyond their negative obligation
The council approved of the draft of
bill for the suppression Of immigration
which will be sent to congress, an
also adopting resolutions for legiSlr
tion subjeeting converts and simila
institutions to public inspection.
King Humbert Has Cancer,
NEW YORK, May The Rome CORE
spondent of the Recorder writing ur
der date of April %, says Cancer q
the larynx almost identical with tn
disease with which the late Empero
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