The San Francisco call., 1896-06-06
Paul Jones Flag Motto, Don't
Tread on Me-" Applied
to the A. P. A.
He ANSWERED FATHER YoRKE
A Large Audience at Metropolitan
Temple Heard a Patriotic Ad-
dress on Old Glory.

6S, presided. He made a brief talk, in
which he said the A. P. a. is not an
enemy of the Roman Catholic church, but
that its members are the best friends Of
the Catholics. The fight, he said, was
against their church as huge political
machine.
A. NJ. Russell made the opening prayer,
in which he appealed for civil freedom
throughout the world, and in following it
up with little speech he referred to the
communication of Rev. Father Yorke pub
ished yesterday morning. He said Father
Yorke had used the name Ananias num-
Der of times and he propounded a conun-
drum to the audience. He wanted to
know the difference between Ananias and
the average Catholic priest. The audience
apparently did not have its conundrum
clothes on and Mr.. Russell answered his
own riddle.
He said Ananias told lie when he sold
all the land and kept back part of the
money, but the priest would tell lie and
keep all the money. The audience ap-
plauded the riddle.
Two little girls in white short dresses,
Misses Maude and Marian Thomson, sang
Tramp, Tramp, the A. p AS Are
Marching" to the tune suggested by that
other song Of nearly the the same title.
Miss Bowers double quartet sang.
Preliminary to his address proper Rev.
DR.. Henry said he had read the published
communication of Rev. Father Yorke.
When asked by friend yesterday what
piled that he "felt good deal like man
who had been kicked by a jackass." The
speaker paused and waited for the audi
ence to have its laugh out. Then he said
further:
November 6, 1894, the a. P. A. kicked
more PapistS out of Office than it had
kicked out in twenty-five years before, and
my opinion is that in November, 1896, it
will be in good kicking condition, and be-
fore we get through with them there will
not be enough left of them to make
grease spot.
There will be no remains at all.
Father Yorkes reorganization must have
relieved him immensely, l am willing
that the people should take the utterances
of Father Yorke and myself and judge
which is right and which is wrong on
patriotism, loyalty, purity OF social life,
politics, etc. II must be an unclean bird
that would give utterances such as his. II
his heart is as unclean as his mouth tell
YOU hell can't beat it. He ought to be
fumigated and soaked in carDolic acid in
order to be admitted to decent society.
II want to say" he continued, THAT l
am coming pack to San Francisco as often
as [ can to give Romanism bullets, and if
there is any place on eartht that want to
see RomanIsm stamped out In it is right
here in San Francisco.
Speaking to his subject for the evening,
The conditions that confronted the
people in 1776 and 1861 were not more
hazardous and dangerous than those which
confront US at this time. There is still an
enemy at our doors. VIII the people come
together, or will they remain apart and
permit our American institutions to die or
be taken by Romanism? The signs all
point out that IL is time to take lesson
from the maxim that in union there is
strength 1t will be but few years till
the enemies of the flag will have rolled it
in the dust. The question is, Shall we
hang together or shall we hang apart"
Rev. Henry Interestingly sketched the
history of flags from their beginning
from the first sign upheld by a savage
liberty and equality. He told about the
peculiar rattlesn axe flag of Paul Jones
and applied its significant motto, Don t
Tread on Me-" to the A. P. A. Then he
went on to say:
"Our flag was never known as Old Glory
till after the rebellion, when it had been
bathed in the blood and tears of the North
and South. 1t represents 70.000,0 900 people
of this Government. These colors float
ing above the little red school house must
mean all they signify to the 10000 of
school children.
THANK God for the power of the press
of the patriotic press" he said. Three
hundred thousand people cannot read the
reports of these meetings or that article of
Father Yorke's without having the hood
winks of ignorance removed and seeing
the fallacy of the arch-enemies of this Re-
public A Quaker woman, l have told
you, made the first flag of our country be-
cause she loved it. Our women do and
ought to uphold it. The red, white and
blue, l think, means the emancipation OF
women. 1t stands for the protection Of
her purity. II certainly means no less
than that. If God is in the battle, then
woe to the enemy-and God is in our
battle.
ave live in America--the best country
on which Gods sun looks down" he said.
"If any man wants ignorance and super
stition then let him get over on the other
side of the ocean; we don't want him
here. / am getting SICK and tired OF men
coming TO this country and then criticiz-
ing and damning its institutions. II they
dom: like it let them get outl l say the
American is the highest type OF man that
lives.
"The time is coming when we shall be
able to say with Daniel Webster that the
proudest exclamation of man shall be, i
am an Americanp The thought on this
flag of ours came from heaven and was de-
signed by the angels of God. The people
who stand by the flag are on Gods side.
what does it mean" he asked ito see
our beautiful flag timidly drooping under
a green rag, to have it refused admission
to a church2 How long since Romanism
dared to decorate her churches with our
flag?
"They know, and so do you and /. The
only reason they have done so is that the
A. P. a. caused condition of public senti-
ment that forced them to it. They had
before refused 10 admit it; when they did
admit it they spoke of others as belated
patriots, but when they patronize the flag
it is through their damnable and hellish
Jesuitism."
He told of an Eastern Alderman and
Bishop who had said "We are Papists
first, patriots afterward." Il would say
to them: Gentlemen, get back to the
country you came from. This is no coun-
try for YOU There are thousands, though,