The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-30
REV. D. M. ROSS SPEAKS,
Addresses at the Meeting Held
in Metropolitan Temple
Yesterday.
One OF the Speakers Declared That
He Was Asked Not to
Speak.

The principal address at the meeting
held yesterday afternoon under the aus
pices of the Good Citizenship Committee
was that of Donald M. Ross, pastor of the
Lebanon Presbyterian Church, corner of
Twenty third and Sanchez streets.
As on preceding Sundays, there was
singing of patriotic songs by the Choral
Society and the audience.
After few Introductory remarks by h.
W. Outflow, chairman of the meeting, the
singing of America" and prayer by NJ
T. Brewer, Mrs. Agnes Trumpleasure sang
1.-THE Holy City," after which M. T..
Brewer delivered a short Introductory adj
dress.
The Choral Society sang the "Anvil
Chorus" after which Rev. Donald M. Ross
addressed the meeting for an hour and a
half upon, as the subject announced, The
Trail of the Jesuits Across the Nations"
At the outset the speaker said that he
wished to be held accountable for every
word he spoke, so that if any statement he
made was claimed to be false and he should
be prosecuted he would not enter any tech
nical defense, but would simply set up the
truth of what he spoke.
He said that he had been asked not to
speak what he intended to-:
But if they expect to run the bluff on me
they NAV as well know that they have the last
man on earth that they can stir. 1 will also
tell them thatI never carry anything but a
toothpick and pencil, and If I were cut into
bits not piece OF me would vince.
The speaker in the course of his address
said that the histories of Spain, Peru,
Germany. France, England, Ireland,
church established itself in those countries
and charged that with the advent of that
church there was o decrease in advance
ment and prosperity. He said:
There are many Catholics who are good peo-
ple-in fact believe that the majority of them
are good-but unfortunately they are led by
bosses. We have no fight against them be-
cause OF their religion, or against their alle-
glance TO priest or religion. If they under
stood this there would be no use for the A. p
A.; there would be no need for me to stand here
and talk and take up my time and energy.
The issue has been thrust upon us.
Mr.. Ross stated that within two days he
had been told of a young man who had
been employed in sweeping the streets in
this City, but was no longer employed.
When change was made, and when he
applied for work under the new manage
Are you Catholic?" and when he an
swered that he was not was told that he
could not get job at street-sweeping
without letter from q priest.
He charged that it was the withdra wal
of large sums Of money from the channels
of commerce and boarded in the Vatican
that periodically caused hard times. He
explained that he did not object to priests
accumulating money, but objected to the
boarding of it. He said:
Archbishop Riordan in San Francisco has an
income of nearly 81, 600, 900 year. Go to the
City Hall and search the records of wills and
you will find that In few years requests that
will pile up 100000 have been made to
him.
After dwelling at some length on re-
llglous disturbances in various countries,
he read a Papal bull in which it was as
serted that the Emperor of Germany could
not be Emperor without the Pope's sane
ton and then drew attention to letter
from Bismarck to the Jesuits, saying that
after receiving it they left the country.
he also spoke of the various countries from
which Jesuits had been required to leave,
naming France, Germany, Switzerland,
Spain, Italy. Portugal, Mexico, Great
Britain, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, China,
India and Japan. He then said:
There is no warm er or better-hearted, more
loving or generous person than an Irishman,
and II the people of the south of Ireland would,
as the people OF the north, say s'Keep hands off
and let us alone!' they would be the happiest
themselves-to be led, but If they were given
chance to act for themselves they would be as
noble and grand race of men as any that can
be found.
The chairman of the meeting, previous
to adjournment, announced that on the
18th OF next month there will be union
meeting of councils of A. P. A. and w. A..
T. A. in Metropolitan Hall.