The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-03-14
CATHOLICISM ARRAIGNED
By Rev. J. B. Daily in a Lecture
at the Opera House Mon
day Night.

'iThs Priest in American Politics" was the
topic of a lecture at the Opera House Mon
day evening, by Rev. J. B. Daily. ex-priest
of the Roman Catholic church. Although
his coming had been announced, little inter.
est had been taken in the matter until Mon
day afternoon, when the town was flooded
with dodgers-the result of previous flood
which announced that ex-priest would
deliver series of lectures-consaining an
extract from the Catholic Sentinel of Port
land, which announced in bold faced type
that Rev. Daily was ga fraud, liar and
druakard." This had the effect of drawing
a large number, and probably no less than
one half of the 200 spectators came more out
of curiosity to see the ''liar, than to hear
what he had to say.
Mr.. Daily has been in Oregon, but little
over a month. He came here from Califor-
MIA, where he had been lecturing some time,
and was accompanied by his wife. He was
born in America, and attended the public
schools He claims to have been ordained
a priest by Bishop Wheeler, of the West
Virginia diocese, and that it will be ten
years next June suce he left the church.
and since that time has been a Methodist
minister.
Mr.. Daily, while speaker of mach earn
estness and force, failed to impress his hear.
iJoo thot ho ol~
orator. His lecture, however, was atten-
lively listened to and received with much
enthusiams He was very wroth over the
defamatory circulars which had met his gaze
with an arragnment of the Roman Catholic
church in the most bitter and caustic terms.
He reviewed the history of Romanism from
its inception to date, tending to show by his
argument that there had been subtle, but
determined effort on the part of the Catho-
lie church to worm itself into poll
tics. By citing statements it was made
plain that Catholic institutions from 1886 to
1898, had received for the maintenance of
Indian schools far more than all other de-
nominations combined. The total appro-
priations dnring that period for Indian
schools amounted to So, ,767, 95l, of which
sum the Roman Catholics received $2,366,
4l6. This tho speaker denounced in vigor-
Gus style. The sentiment of the American
people is aroused by this unholy and uncon.
stitutional union of church and state. What
he u-sp ta1 thn oF L..
two. The Methodists, Prssbyterians, Bap--
lists, Catholics and all other sects should be
given to understand that each must keep its
own proper place; that no sectarian institu-
tions should receive money from the public
crib. The speaker also took the ground that
by their religion Catholics were made poll
ticians. That as matter of faith they be.
lieved in gaining control of the state. They
intrigued with the party which offered them
she largest bribes of power. and are banded
together to extend their influence as far and
as rapidly as possible. He read from tabu-
Jared statements, showing that municapali.
ties were governed and controlled largely by
Catholics, and that in many of our large
cities the employees in each of the several
departments wore almost sntirly of that
faith. He feared for the stability and per.
petuity of our free American institutions,
claiming that by threats, fastery, bribes and
political intrigue, the church was slowly sap.
ping the life from our public school system.
He declared that the Jssuits had brought to
ruin Spain, Portugal, Italy and the South
American states, and had ervolvsd France
in her numerous difficulties. Mr.. Daily told
of his experience i'll the political feldEas a
Crtholic priest, and said he had obtained
pardon for a criminal as Catholic priest,
although he was personally unacquainted
with the executive, still the pardon was
granted within ten days after the letter was
written. He condemned the assaults upon
the American public school, and said that
no man could be true American, believing
in American institutions, and a consistent
Catholic. He claimed that all Catholics
were dominated by the Jesuitic idea; that
Mexico has forbidden Jesuits to come with
i'll her borders, aud for the safety of this
government they must be driven from the
United Stntes. He spoke of the A. P. A.
and its principles and announced himself a
member of that organization. He said the
Catholic Sentinel laid the defeat of Dolph
! at the door of the A. P, A and declared
that it was righteous revenge on Dolph
for his vote in favor of appropriating federal
money for the support of Catholic and other
sectarian institutions. To accomplish the
entire separa tion of church and state was the
purpose of the A. P. A. That that organi-
cation, among other things would earnestly
contend against the floating of any flag over
public buildings other than the stars and
stripes.
| At the conclusion of the lecture Mrs. Daily,
with much taste and expression, sang Julia
Warde Howe's Battle Hymn of the Repub
lic," the audience joining in the chorus.
LADIES BAND ENTERTAINMENT.
If the performance, given under the
| ansnices of the l.dies' hand last SATURDAY