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The audience was not very large which
I. erected Prot. Sims srhurs,d1a night a. the
Metropolitan. but the lecture was inter.
estine from start 70 finish and was deliv'
arad with much esrnestness and sincer-
ity. Among other things the speaker
said: s.s 81 81
The A. r. IA. ID . great bugaboo. There
are not now ID Chicago 1,O003 members 81
the A. P. A. and no one is better acquaint-
ed with their number than = Thou
sands, like myself, have leftSit il disgust.
When I was member Of the order, /
believed in it. and was not ashamed to
hold up my right hand g an open
champion Of the order. The political
leaders stood in the background, and
used me as catspav 70 pull their chest
nuts out Of the fire. I Yves bold in that
move, and I am bold in THE one. / will
meet any member Of the A. P IA. in Min
neapolis, minister or layman, on the
platform, and give him half the time, yes,
two-thirds of it. s;. .s:: . a q, So !
Iwant to call some attention to the
ant1.relieious principles Of the order. At
Des Moines ] fought against the idea Of
removing God fromsthe secret rituals Of
the order, but am sorry now that ] did
it. I am sorry that the name Of God
should ever be mentioned along with
that Of sucha corrupt Organization. The
movement is anti. religious, and is p ay-
ing off the Protestant churches against
the Catholics, posing to Prctestants as
their political wisdom. "a ss Il.
They urge Protestant ministers to talk
politics in their pulpits, but cay if q
priest talks politlcs off with his head.
believe Catholic has as much right,
as an American citizen, to talk politics
just as much as q Protestant. The Pc
trlotic papers will call no candidate q
.'good. American" unless he is an A. r.
A., and they have endeavored to work
the same thing into the pulpit. | repu-
date that thing, and did 90 even while 3
member of the order. said even then
that there were as good Catholics as
Professionals. sss
Ihave been denounced as traitor. !
have been called Judas, and the su
preme council of Michigan said my
name should be written ION the black
pages Of history" I intend to write the
A. P. A on one of the black pages OF his
tory. l am not ''good American any
longer, but would rather carry mus.
ket for Old Glory than travel on the lee.
.ture platform. I have betrayed nothing.
The Catholics have as much OF right
to convert the whole country as have the
Methodists or Baptists.
/ Zee: to night free man, because
can treat my neighbors as I please; !
can treat my Roman Catholic neighbor
!, as friend.
They, the members Of the A. p. A., say
they are not interfering with American
institutions. What do they mean by
sending out ex- priests over the country
to SOW SANDER among the communities
they visit? Only little while ago they
sent Slattery to Savannah and stirred up
riot. I know Slattery's record, and the
Protestants OF Boston will not indorse
him, for they know who he is.
.a I was in q riot once myself. 1t was
due to misunderstanding. / followed
an ex-priest in one place and the people
understood that / was going to repeat
his Islander. The people rose to prevent
mo from speaking and when all my Pro-
!. testant friends deserted me it was Cath
/ clio Who stood by me and protected me.
V AZ between the government Of the
Catholic church and the government OF
q secret political organization, I would
prefer the government OF the Roman
Catholic church. ] do moi say ] want
the government Of the Catholic church
t stand for the perpetuity Of our Amer
lean institutions. Our great danger is
corruption ii politics. We are told that
the Catholic church cell its votes, but we
y know thgt thea. r.. a. does sell its votes.
have one letter from 9 member OF the.
supreme council which proves that the
4 national organisation has sold the vote Of
! the order. have 9 letter from Senator
Gibson. who was once 8 member OF the.
order, but who protested against the
fraudulent methods used by the order.
He was expelled and 5000 members q
went cut with HIM. I was not expelled.
left the order. But one proclamation q! \
was issued, declaring that & should be
forgotten Of men, condemned Of God Cox
and forgotten Of God"
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