The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
The Priest Asked to Name the
Man He Charges With Be-
ing a Thief.
SOURCES OF ALL CITATIONS
Said to Have Been Taken Only From
Catholic Books of Accepted
Authority.

Ollie authorities and arIued tnerefrom to
sustain his position, which is that:
The Pope and the priests ought to have
dominion over temporal affairs"
Major +. A. Sherman opened the meet
ing, speaking as follows:
The audience is the judge in the matter
You are the judges. am simply acting as
commissioner 10 pass upon what Mr. Ross pre-
sents and see that his quotations from the
authorities he cites are correct. shall do this
at the end of the proceedings. But the find
ings and the conclusions will rest with you.
nave gone through them with his thor
oughly and there is nothing IN what he Will
present that is not contained in a book printed
by the authority of the Roman Catholic church
and approved by the Catholic dignitaries OF
this country as well as those of Rome. There
is not single sentence or paragraph quoted
by Mr.. Ross that Is not exactly as printed in
the books.
am surprised that Rome has gone so far as
she has in the direction OF using printed type.
And when the final day OF judgment comes
believe that the devil viii get some credit for
permitting the Savior 10 save mankind. There
lore the people OF this City and of the United
States owe great debt OF gratitude TO Peter
{. Iorke for bringing out and exposing what
Rome is.
II has thrown down the drawbridge and per-
mitted US to enter the forUhcations and find
out just what Rome is and what her power is
and how 1t would be exercised II she were un-
controlled.
All that has been done in this City and
throughout the United States in arousing the
Protestant sentiment in the land has been
nothing bR the merest kindergarten work OF
the great battle TO be fought.
The power Of the Roman church is beyond
description, and the only thing that they rely
upon Is the ignorance OF the Catholic people,
and that they viii continue TO obey the Pope,
politically and otherwise.
When Mr.. Ross gets through he will have
shown TO you in the clearest manner what he
maintains by the declarations OF Rome.
And | will say this, that every man who
owes allegiance TO Rome has been educated
under the rule OF that church. There is no
man ht 10 be true citizen OF these United
States, or proper officer of the people, who
has been thus educated. l only ask you now
10 listen calmly and exercise your patience
until the whole exposure is made.
! somehow, and say it with all reverence,
believe that in these circumstances which
have brought US 10 gether may be recognized
the hand OF the Almighty Father and the duty
which owe 10 him, 10 my country and to my
family urges me TO further lndOrSe this cause.
My past history IS secure. l care not what Mr..
1orke may say against me. enjoy the conf
deuce of my friends and the organizations to
which belong. | am among other things
Mason, an organization with 100000 en-
rolled members. We also are interested IN this
thing, as every good citizen should be. 1 only
regret that am not twenty-five or thirty years
younger than l am, so that might take
better hold of this battle.
Jessie Brock Morgan sang the "Red,
White and Blue" and was promptly fol-
lowed by Rev. Donald NJ. Ross, who spoke
as follows:
Before begin I am going to say some thing
lLaughterI Now, am starting TO do some
challenging and am just going TO dare
rather 1orke 10 use the mans name he refers
TO in the Examiner this morning. / dare Pc
ter c. Yorke TO name the man with whom [
associate. simply dare him to name the thief
with whom associate. Let me read YOU this
from the Examiner:
He said that he had priest helping him in this
controversy. hereby brand him malicious
Ilar. No priest has helped him in this controversy.
He has, however, consorted with man who W as
once a Catholic, a sot and afautor of thieves. But
he IS no more priest than Donald Ross is. and to
al the aid that this befuddled migrate afford
ID. Ross is welcome. 1t becomes sanderer 10
consort with thieves,
sot! When he was a Catholic is it? He
says that no priest has helped me in this mat
ter But VIII say 10 Peter I. Yorke that got
help from two Drlests, and perhaps by to-mor-
row night l VIII get help from three. ZAP
plause-l
Now, l dare him to name the man who is the
ehiei, and with whom l consort, and there will
be some fun in San Francisco if he names him
lapDlausel, and Peter c. Yorke VIII be the
onder-dog III the tight, too, II he names him.
And, my friends, tell you right now Peter G.
1orke can name him, and l dare him to. l
don't say that he is thief, but he can name
the man eonSort with.
Tonight shall prove the proposition that is
No = on the programme. l am going 10 prove
10 you tonight out OF Catholic publications
that the Catholic church teaches, claims and
defines that the Pope and the priests ought to
have dominion over temporal affairs.
My body is temporal affair. My liberty is
temporal afIalr. My person is temporal affair
Never mind my soul. Ny body and the use of
IT, the freedom OF it, the right Of it is a temporal
AFFAIR. But the church says-I quote from the
Elements OF Ecclesiastical Law"
The church can inflict temporal and even
corporal punishments." TO-
Peter Z. Iorke-and am glad he published
that letter this morning-he simply fell hack
TO the statement that was a liar. He simpIv
tried to prove that my authorities were not
taken from Catholic sources. You will find
that every quotation have used or will 11se ie
taken from authoritative Catholic publicafions
by which the Archbishops, Bishops and the
other dignitaries of the Catholic church are
governed and TO- which they must submit.
They are those in which the church takes that
position and declares that the Pope and the
priests ought 10 have dominion over TEMPORAL
affairs.
DR.. Dollinger, the great, probably the great
est scholar in the church, not excepting Cardi-
nel Manning, during the present century said
this: SNAN
And even at Rome executions for p,otos-
tantism continued down into the seventeenth
century. The revocation of the edict
OF NAMES had the formal approval of the very
best OF all the Popes-Innocent XII"
And l think that when the Roman
Catholic church executes a man chops
OFF his head or chokes him to death.
or roasts him till life has fied, it Is
taking dominion over temporal affairs. And
when the Roman church chokes the life ont oi
man or cuts off his head we are, of course, to
dominion 10 that extent over temporal affairs.
Dollinger also says:
LEO KS bull against Luther condemned as
errors such universally familiar truths as that
1t is against the charity of the Holy Ghost TO
burn heretics."
Let Inc explain that in O few words. The edict
OF Nantes gave the Hugenots certain liberties
among other things TO worship according 10
their belief. But this was revoked, so that The
massacre OF ST. Bartholomew could take place,
and that revocation had the approval OF Rome.
according TO Dollinger. That surely was TAX
ing dominion over temporal affairs. Dollinger
also says this:
SIN all the domains OF Catholic princes Prot
cstant worship was suppressed under Jesuit
dictation; it was the protested aim of the
Jesnit order to undermine the treaty of Augs-
burg"
In the violation OF this treaty with Germany
many Protestants were burned TO death.
believe that 10 burn man TO death is a tenn
poral affair. and yet we are told by this man
that "Leo KS bull against Luther condemned
errors such universally familiar truths as
that it is against the charity OF the Holy Ghost
10 burn heretics."
do not make quotation of any of this mat
Ter ouG OF any Protestant book. make them