The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-04-06
m NJ + oUN y. CITY D 4.

s5ss Tss--.-egT-sT-
n Am % CITY.
q. ExPosE 81 ZEE Il
s,prof Sims al the ldetropoli tan Theatre
Thursda
The audience was not very large which
greeted Prot. Sims Thur nigh t 81 The
Metropolitan. but the lecture was inter.
eatine from start "a finish and vas deliv.
arad with much esrneetness and SINGER
ity. Among other things The speaker
said: u
The A. r. a. Is great bugsboo. There
are not now ID Chicago 1000 membersiof
tho A. P. A. and no one is better acquaint-
ed with their number thar i Thou.
sands, like myself, have leftit ID disgust.
When I was member Of the order, I
believed in it. and was not ashamed to
hold UP my right hand IS an open
champion of the order. The political
leaders stood ii the back ground, and
used me as catspaw to pull their chest
nuts out Of the fire. I was bold in that
move, and I am bold in this one. / will
meet any member OF the A. = IA. in Min
neapolis, minister or layman, On the
platform, and give him hall the time, yes,
two-thirdg of it. .a .s s4 . Ii. 81 I.
Iwant to call some attention to the
ant1.religious principles Of the order. Az
Des Moines ] fought against the idea Of
removing God fromsthe secret rituals Of
the order, but I am sorry now that ! did
it. am sorry that the name sof God
should ever be-. mentioned along with
that Of such a corrupt organization. The
movement is anti. religious, and is p lay
ing off the Protestant churches against
the Catholics, posing to PrCtestants as
their political wisdom. 5.3
They urge Protestant ministers to talk
politics in their pulpits, but cay il q
priest talks politlcs off with his head.
III believe Catholic has as much right,
SO an American citizen, to talk politics
just as much as q Protestant. The pa
trlotic papers will call no candidate q
.sgood 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. I said even then
that there were as good Catholics as
vi s = u ~ Ii.
Professionals.
Ihave been denounced as traitor. !
have been called Judas, and the gu
prone council Of Michigan said my
name should be written son the black
pages Of history I intend to write the
A. P. A on one Of the black pages Of his
tory. I am not good American" any
longer, but would rather carry a mus
ket for Old Glory than travel on the leo
ture platform. I have betrayed nothing.
The Catholics have as much OF q right
to convert the whole country as have the
Methodists or Baptists.
j fee; to night free man, because 1
can treat my neighbors as I please; !
can treat my Roman Catholic neighbor
as q 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 Islander among the communities
they visit? Only little while ago they
sent Slattery to Savannah and stirred up
d riot. I know Slattery's record, and the.
Protestants. Of. Boston will not indorse
him, for they know who he is.
,ss was in riot once myself It was
due to Misunderstanding. 7 followed
an OK priest in one place and the people
understood that l was going to repeat
! his Islander. The people rose to prevent
mo from speaking and when oil my Pro-
.testaft friends deserted me it was q Cath
soic who stood by me and protected me.
AZ between the government OF the
Catholic church and the government OF
I secret political organization, would
prefer the government OF the Roman
Catholic church. i do MOI say I want
the government Of the Catholic church
I stand for the perpetuity Of our Amer
lean institutions Our great danger is
oorruption is politics. We are told that
the Catholic church cell its votes, but We
know that the a. r. a. does sell it's votes.
i have one letter from member OF the
supreme council which proves that the
/ national organization hassold the vote OF
+ the order. have 8 letter from Senator
l Gibson, rho was once 9 member Of the.
order, but who protested against the
fraudulent methods used by the order.
He was expelled and 5000 members