Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-24
A. P. A. PRINCIPLES.
ITS MISSION PLAINLY DrrISED.
The Roman Catholic Church Denounced
asa Hugo Political Conspiracy with
Murder In It's Heart

livefCd In the west hnll OF the WntHicl
building last night The speaker was
w. }. u. rfayuof, editor anu publlsher
Of she Patriotic Amsroau Of Detroit,
Michigan. The gentleman has beon
on a visit, a. he says, 70 tho pLHnc
coast states Ia the interest %, the
American Protective association, ui
which the Amorlno society Of Ihls city
is a branch.
lie arrived here yesterday aud M.
rangoments were quietly made iur him
TO speak last evening before an ",udi.
euco VI business men aud Protestant
preachers" None Il the latter rln.-,
however. were prcsrots1 fafAl kuown
to tie NEWS representative, though
the former, by augmentation ron
lawyers and other professional mru Of
whom there we've % gooi many uryseut,
1wullrl the aucnjascc TO aUlu, 200.
Admission was ~ card aud asa result
objectionable" characters we're kept
away.
rnr lecturer was introduced a.,
"tuptumc president VI the AmeIicau
Protective association OF tue whole
world" That Organization, Doe de.
clafvI, was born the child Of urrsssity
al Clni0u, Iowa, On March %, lbs5.
ltH organizers we're nine muu VINO
lJytu tuuir country better tIau their
party Or personal Interests. Tho sU.
cluly existed today f4r the purpose
VI pfupJgaiiug, ifIctiiyiug ami eX.
pandlng principles thnt made nll men
Tres aad equal aud which were Calcu.
latei ~ p.uiect the country and IT. ice
anu noble institutions from the secret,
dangerous anu intoleraut fayages Of
tlat rellgio.p0liucal organization,
commonly called the Catholic church,
which was atrtininr every eii0E ~
secure CuntrOl OF the United States nud
thus destroy the blood bsught liberty VI
this laud Of freedom.
Tee American Protective association
proposed 20 ihwaft the church anu Pic.
serve constitutional liberty, maintain
the government OF tho country aud
purpetuatc the principles Of d general,
Tree, nOn-aeUtafinn school organization.
The church must keep its hands OIL
NNN AAANN NNANNHHH ~ fAAN"N AAMN " $50
cease tho builiing OF prisons aud
mUuas,ories. DHad.l0.the.iwOfld in-
siiluu0na must be- wiped from the
lace Of the earth. Mohas,vFies aad
converts would hayetO submit 10 gov.
efumout Inspection VI CLOSE their doors
forever.
More than that churches should pay
taxes upOu their Immense property
holdings. Equal taxation was onu oi
Slogans that would DO Increasingly
sounded. Another object 10 be sought
was restricted immigration. Unul
that could be ace plthgi the purihoa.
ton OF politics IA this county would
be an impOsiilility. An average OF 1000
uIub, members of church built 90
Ignorance, were arriving lea this oOuu.
try daily. There was method Ia this
business. And back behind Il all there
was greater danger than Americans
were aware o. These constant Access
sions 10 the Catholic faith would In
time turn the entire political machine
Of the country over " the pope, n con.
diti0n Of niiaifs that dlguitgty Was
striving Tor with all his might.
Those ignorant foreigners vote either
or both OF tue national tickets as they
are ortered by their bishops anu priests.
The ID imUcrAls have said that tho
most 0f them vote the Republican
ticket In the big ciliea because the lot.
ter have the money to buy them With.
but that 4. not always 30 as they also
votp the Democratic ticket II directed
10 dose.
The speakerai this luncture read from
u card tho following words which he
said was the statement OF "a Catholic
who voted at the recent election In
Montana: ~ dUu'i understand the
English language we'll enough to mari,
my ballet. want 10 vote the Repub.
hoan ticket and Butte Tor the capital. "
That he declared " san average sprci.
men oi the Catholic vIter
So TAR M tbs lecturer was concerned,
he sniJ, every man could worship
whom And what no pleased, but he
must not make his religion an element
IN the nations politics. For seven
years the A, +. A., small AZ first, but
gigantic and powerful now, hal fought
that evil, The brave men who during
that time had advocated Il had been
shot ut, stoned and abused In the mO.t
shameful manner IL was not true
that the Catholic was hunted out and
opposed because hu WAS Catholic,
bat because he whs traitor. IL Nor
mon, Methodist, Baptist or the member
OF any other church ana an enemy
he would be similarly treated. ChuTah
power VI wrongful character must
he broken down wherever found,
Especially must it be uptooted when
made manifest In the public school,.
To-Day tue American Protective asso.
citation numbered .,UJl,OOO men aud
controlled more than that many votes.
lie could safely SAY that four years
hence there would bee uu AGGREGATION
VI not less than i,UODUll loyal Ameri-
caus attayeu agsius. ihe evil and
danger Of papal power IN California
a. Il. A. ism was spreading. la
Oregon tho next legislature Will be
elected by them. lie could also name
the next Senator from Washington,
while Montana was rapidly falling into
line. In that state onu man mas here.
tOiOre run the UltDl1u machinvry but
his p wer was ON tnv wane' Tho assu.
citation was responsible Tor me recent
conviction Of Jluu /. NchAne, the
New York politician, hnl promised to
send more election trless'efs TO keep
him company IN Sing sing.
The speaker next proceeded toquote
largely from numerous PIpish ency.
olIoals which he Construed TO be- treas.
oaablo utterauoeg. Also TO answer the
questions, "What Is Roman Catholic
b al TO Whom Does no GIVE Allegl.
ance?" lie said that such man was
ouo who accepted Tue word Of the