Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-22
HOAR ON THE A. P. A.
OPINION OF AN Eminent SENA.
TOR ON THIS MOVEMENT,
He Wants 10 Anne rloanize the Cath.
oiics Instead Of Forcing Them TO
Fight In Self.D.iense-A Plea
for Harmony between citizens
OF all Den omt ma tious.

Oiics instead OF Forcing Them TO
n Fight In Self.Deiense-A Plea
for Harmony Between citizens
OF all Denominations.
Senator Hoar, of sachusetts, one
OF our most brilliant statesmen and
man whose Americanism cannot be
questioned, has written an open letter
upon the A. P. A. to Thomas Carter,
OF Boston, in response to letter from
the latter expressing surprise at state
ments made by the Senator in speech
that the A. p. A. movement is an at.
tempt to recall. OH one side, the cruel
ties OF the Catholic church and to
frighten old women of both sexes, and
on the other side, to band the men of
the Catholic church together for po-
litical action. Both these attempts
will fail.
Seuator Hoar writes in part as fol.
lows: "There is no more Jealous be.
lever III the principles of the New
England Puritans, and no more zeal.
Gus advocate Of them than l am.
There is no man in Massachusetts,
who has more ut heart the welfare and
perpetuity of our system of free com.
mon schools than have.
"The difference between YOU and
me is difference of method. Iwant
to get 700 900 Catholics in Massachu-
setts on our side. / want them to
send their children to the public
schools TO pay their share of the cost,
and when the young men and women
are suitable, are intelligent, liberal
persons, attached to the school sys-
tenn, want some OF them to be en-
ployed as teachers. l don't wish to
exclude them from my political sup.
port when they are Republicans and
agree with me in other matters, be-
cause of their religious faith.
You want to join an association
whose members are ashamed TO con-
fess they belong to il; many OF whom,
without apparently forfeiting the re-
spect of their fellows. lie about their
membership in it, when they are asked
about it. You want to mass together
the whole Catholic population Of
Massachusetts to the support of their
extreme and wrong-headed priests, if
any such Can be found.
81 think your method would over.
throw the Republican party, and
would. by massing together all the
Catholic voters, as prescription always
does mass men together, to increase
and strengthen that political power
which you profess so much to dread.
The time has come to throw down the
walls between Christians and not to
build new ones. i think the time has
come to inculcate harmony and good
will between all American citizens.
especially between all citizens of the
commonwealth of Massachusetts. I
want the whole 100000 Catholics of
Massachusetts, TO believe what John
Boyle OReilly believed, and to love
and reverence the Puritan founders OF
Massachusetts, as he did.
"iou think the way to make good
citizens and good men of them and to
attract them to Protestan tism is to ex.
clude them, their sons and daughters
from all public employment and to 90
yourself in dark cellar and curse at
them through the gratings of the win
dows."
In conclusion, Senator Hoar asked
certain questions concerning the A
+. A., whether it is a secret organiza-
ton; whether its opponents have an
opportunity to know its purposes and
be convinced by its arguments
whether Italy and France are not as
Tree from the temporal control by the
pope as Massachusetts,; whether Gen.
Sherman, if he was living, would be
unfit to hold office, and whether his
daughter. if she entertained her faith
er's religious belief, would be unfit 10
teach in public school?
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