The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-08
FAITH IN THE FLAG.
Rousing Meeting Of the A. P. A.
at Ranke Hall Yesterday.
DANGERS OF CATHOLIC NURSES
Protestant Children secretly baptized
by Prie-ts-Unrestricte Imrnigra-
tion-The Lincoln Assassination.

The. A. p. A. meeting al Ranke's han
yesterday afternoon was one OF the Ia -
est ever held In the city The hall was
crowded and the greatest attention vas
given rne speakers and others who took
part In the exercises. The meeting onena}
at o'clock. with John Rusheil nr.sis,ng
A selection from the orchestra resulted IL,
an encore. and then a quartette of vounr
ladies, announced as Mrs. Rockwell
saFeniies. sang, Keep Along With the
A +. A" The song was greeted with a
storm OF applause. and the auartette was
called forward again and sang Catch the
Patriot Step" Mrs. Rockwell next sang
solo. THE Star Spangled Banner For
ever" was sung by the Juvenile auartette
The waving OF the Stars and Strinaz
brought forth mighty applause. Mrs. Mar
tin. wife of the evangelist. rendered a
solo. which was so well received that she
was compelled TO respond 10 an encore.
Mr. Frank Combs sang a solo. and then
the speaker OF the afternoon, Rev. W. T..
Ford. began his address.
Our Faith and Our Flag was his SUBJ
jeet and he handled il in a good manner.
The speaker said that he was present to
take the place of the Rev. T. r. Sutton.
who was ILL., and he realized that Ii was a
difficult matter 10 I'LL such a vacancy at
an A. Z. A meeting Six years ago. the
speaker sdlus ne StOcd IN castle Garden,
New York. and saw hundreds of foreign
ers. ignorant and unlearned. pass through
the big gates and into the heart OF the
great metropolis. After watching these
people for an hour or more, Mr. Ford
said, he approached q man and made In
quiry concerning them: why had they
come here and what would they do?
Those people" the man replied, ''or at
least nine-tenths of them, will vote at the
sptr Afa I'm ~ k.t
after tomorrow. Tanmany is on the
watch for them. but they will vote for the
party which captures them first
How long, the speaker inquired, VIII
this continued How long will II be before
the gates are closed and those people are
kept out? The bars have been let down
and the cattle have flocked In. horns and
ail.' Uuless the A. p. A. unhorns them
the patriots of this country will be gore6
Mr. Ford urged upon the parents the
necessity of properly educating the young.
He hadn't educated many. He had three
hoys he said. and If he had 10 baptize
them In any particular faith II would be a
faith requiring undying devotion TO the
flag OF our country. first, last and all the
time"
II am going to tell you something" Mr.
Ford said in substance, (which will he
disputed You can dispute II now or wait
y
know that four-fif OF the Protestant
infants In this country who are attended
by Catholic nurses are. unknown to the
parents, baptized by Catholic priests. and
IL they are old enough they are taught
the principles of Catholicism / know some
other things. but I don't thing it's best
for me TO speak of them at this time, but
may do so on another OCCASION
Mr. Ford called to the minds of the au-
dience the great debt which they owed TO
the preachers. Did those before him know
that three ministers walked from this
country more than 800 miles In the direc-
ton of Washington City in order to have
congress take action to save the state of
Washington from the curse of Catholi-
cisme And over In walla walla today
stands a college in memory of the leader
of those three preachers, Rev. DR.. Whit
man.
In speaking of the alleged ''underhaud-
ed" Catholic work In this country Mr..
Ford referred to the murder OF Lincoln by
Booth. Tho conspiracy. he said. which
resulted in the awful murder was Matched
in the house OF one Surrstt, one of the
most avowed Catholics In the United
States.
The Catholics do not believe In the BIZ
bile. Mr. Ford said. They refuse TO allow
their children TO study it In order that
they can learn the truth. Mr.. Ford read
quotations credited TO Catholic priests In
which they spoke of their preference for
the church 10 the government.
Mr.. Bushell reported that a new branch
of the organization was now hourishinS
at Gilman, and a woman's branch would
soon be in working order at Port Angeles.
He also announced that on next Sunday
Rev w r. Fleenor would commence
series of addresses. which would continue
several weeks and would be the feature
~ tho Sunday afternoon meetings.