The San Francisco call., 1895-12-19

tense whatever at religion. 1t does not require
that a person be member of apy particular
church in order to be eligible to membership.
What about your societies along this particular
line? Can Protestant become member OF
them? Do you publish your purposes and
principles to the world? 1t seems to me that,
under the circumstances, you speak with very
Ill grace upon these questions. The A. +. A. is
not forming regiments and listening to the
rattle of musketry or drilling behind closed
doors. How about the Clan-na-Gael? The
A. P. A. Is appealing to the American ballot
and seeking 10 arouse American patriotism IN
solving the questions with which we are con-
fronted.
Now l presume you thought you had scored
point when you so emphatically emphasized
the following sentence, "lt is governed by
preachers advised by preachers, represented
by preachers, propagated by preachers, etc.
treferring to the A. P. A., but it rebounds with
tremendous force when the facts are carefully
considered. There are hundreds OF the very
best lawyers, physicians and public speakers
in the State members of the A. P. A. who are
not preachers, but when asked to come to the
front their one answer is: ~ am fully in ac-
cord with the A. P. A., but afraid OF the
boycott of the Roman Catholic church. L
would be ruined in my business by that organ
ization if l came out publicly on this question,
etc., Preachers are the only ones whom you
could not crush before the grinding wheels OF
your "boycott." Isn't the position rather APP
palling when good, true Americans are afraid
TO be true 10 their own convictions because OF
the boycott that you can order? Men do not
thus fear because you preach religion pure and
reasons and the public is well aware OF these
reasons.
Alas! Mr.. Yorke, leopard cannot change
It's spots. You have been found out In TINS
country and the people are not going TO sleep
until the Roman Catholic church has been
driven out of the politics OF our land in so lar
as she seeks to dominate and control TO her
own religio-political organization.
Now for those awful oaths, as published In
your letter. Every person who is a member OF
the A. p A. (and they are numbered by tens OF
rIc Ctntn tnN hot a
contains no such an oath as you published.
Hence no one is hurt by your publication.
Why do you not publish the ritual as 1T IS?
You have it. We cannot give it to the world,
but would be very grateful to you If you would
publish it. Publish it! We emphatlcally say
by reiteration, Peter, publish it, and do not
hang on to those old garbled oaths any longer.
Now l presume you will want to bet 500
that you have published the oaths correctly.
Well that is safe betting proposition from
your particular standpoint. You know that it
would be necessary to introduce our ritual in
evidence before persons who are not M members
OF our order in order to disprove your asser-
tions, and you know, furthermore. under our
laws this is something we cannot do. You can
keep the 800 that you would doubtless want
to bet on the proposition.
Just one word and will conclude my part in
this newspaper talk. Come out for America
from an American standpoint. Show to the
world that you have politics that can be pub
licly proclaimed and openly defended. Show
your loyalty to our public schools by send1ng
your children to them, TO that extent that the
parochial schools will soon become thing of
the past in this country. Show US, among the
long list of Roman Catholic priests in this
land, few who have at some time in their boy
hood life attended our public schools.
This is my first and shall be my last letter
upon this question 1 understand most thor
oughly the position in which Mr.. Yorke is
placed. Isympathize with him. Hot shot has
been pouring in so necessarily that his flock is
beginning to fiutter and beginning to scatter,
and he has been called upon by the Y. NJ. /. to
whistle in order that the courage of the "faith-
fuP' may be kept up. Keep up the tune. Peter:
Maybe you can save some OF the faithful"
No intelligent person will for a moment think
that you, in your sober judgment, can ever
hope to hoodwink the public. Good-by
NJ T. BREWER.