The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-07-18
SENATOR HOAR ON APAIsM.
An Interesting Deliverance In His Ad-
dress of Welcome TO the Summer School
at Clark University.

! George F. Hoar, who is a trustee OF
Clark University at Worcester, welcomed
the summer school there recently. The
interest relates to the conditions which
led to the recent outbreak at East Boston
| Here is what he said on this SUBJ
ject:
| Icalled attention one year ago to the
socialistic troubles and dangers. Our
numbers were decreased by the railroad
troubles. Bands Of hungry men were
marching to Washington. I yentured to
predict that they could not disturb even
the least function of our municipal gov
eminent. The prediction has proved to
besa reality. The danger has gone by and
is in the past. We are confronted today,
however, with another public danger
quite as serious and5yet quite transitory
as that of last year. That comes from
an attempt to arouse the old feelings of
the dark ages and which ought to have
ended with them, between men who have
different forms of faith. (Applals 1t
is an attempt to recall on one side the
cruelty of the Catholic churchsa nd fright
en- men and women of both sexes (laugh-
ter), and on the other side to find the
men of the Catholic church all ready for
political action. Both of these attempts
will fail. happened to be reading last
night from Milton where in writing of
the Puritans he wrote Nothing but
wide ocean and the savage Sdeserts of
Africa could hide and shelter them from
the fury OF the bishops. " There can be
no apprehension on the part of the bishop
from any one who has known SO years of
Williams of the Catholic church and who
knew Brooks of the Protestant church.
We have an institution we mean to
stand by, protect and make perpetual and
that is the common school open to all the
children and free from sectarian control.
Now it is said portion of our citizens,
as is their right, desire to send their
4 children to receive q particular form of
religious education. They have perfect
right to do so, but some of them go fur
Their and say that so deserving and exercis
ing that right, it is not fair to contribute
for the common schools. I hope our
Catholic friends will see they are mis-
taken in this expectation. Does any pre-
late, teacher or parent doubt that his
Protestant fellow citizen has an equal
right to send his child to non-sectarian
school? Do they doubt it is for the best
interest of the whole community that all
should receive an education somewhere:
Everybody who desires to send his child
rem to place other than the common
school still expects to pay his share. Our
friend, Mr.. Salisbury, cheerfully pays his
share for the common school, although
I am sorry to say he does not send his
children to the schools My children are
Of the schools and expect to pay. The
rich man who sends his children to othel
schools, even the bachelor, all pay cheer
fully and because of duty for the common
school. The Episcopalian sends his
children to st. Paul's or to the Concord
there any reason why our Catholic either
should ask to be exempt from the com
mon rule? 1t seems to me that this simple
consideration ought to put an end Ito this
warfare which looms like dangerous
cloud.
The Massachusetts, law is that the com
mon school for every child is to be provid
ed, at the public charge for all the child
rem and that obligation is the bottom
mortgage on every dollar of the people
(Applause.) The right of the parent il
absolute and inalienable, and if thest
two truths are taken together Will remove
discord. I have no patience or tolerance
with the spirit that would excite strife
1t is as III UGH out of place as the witch
craft delusion or the fires of Smithfield.
We have 200, 900 Catholics in Massachu
setts and more than 90 per cent OF oul
population are of foreign birth or paren
tage, who retain an affection for theil
old land as our ancestors did have {
letter written by my mothers father il
| winch ne speaks OF hnglanu DDS Aollle aI
though his ancestors had been away from
there for more than $50 years. Are WI
not to live in comfort peace and hope
Are we to widen and deepen ditch, t.
build up wall Of fire between our fel
low citizens who will and are to wieIt
so per cent Of the political power OF
which depends the hope and glory OF thu
State we love?
This nation is a composite. It is mad
: of many streams the union OF many
streams the twisting and winding OF
many strands Now the quality, hopt
. and destiny of our land is expressed il
J the phrase of our fathers, E. Pluribu
Unum, Of many, one. OF many States
one nation. OF many creeds, one faith
Of many Bonded knees, one family
, God