The San Francisco call., 1896-09-21
" If Hudelson Had Confessed to
Yorke All Would Have
Been Well"
OUTFLOW OFFERS AN APOLOGY
Says There Is No Excuse for Depart.
ing From the Lines of Decency.
Lady Speakers.

The Good Citizenship meeting at Metro
politan Temple Yesterday was success,
both in attendance and number of
speeches. In addition to the regular ad-
vertised lecture by Rev. W. R. Goodwin
on the subject, "Peter, Politics, Prophecy"
there were nine other speakers. all promi-
nent in A. P. A. circles.
Chairman, Outflow in his opening re-
marks took occasion to refer TO the vulgar
language used by the speaker last Sunday.
Among other things he said:
''These meetings nave been held for two
and half years; much has been said from
this platform, and things have been said
which would have been better never to
have been spoken. /, as chairman of
these meetings, ..h ave done all that lay in
my power to keep all utterances made
from this platform within the lines of
sobriety.
'It matters not to what extreme those
who are opposed to the principles here
enunciated go, that is no excuse tor our
departure from the lines of decency.
'It is not the object OF these meetings to
arouse the hostility of any one. 1t is our
purpose to try to educate all to q proper
understanding of their condition and to
extend to them helping hand to extri-
cate them from bondage or slavery.
IL 10 uOb OuT ODJeCI LO our views Oh
any, but our hope is that our fellow citi-
zens may have the intelligence to see the
force of our reasoning.
mo contest of any kind was ever set
tied by physical conflict, but after said
conflict, the matter in question has always
been settled by the contending forces con-
ferring togethe or by diplomacy.
"All citizens must be protected in the
right to free and untrammeled exc rcise
of conscience and expression of their
views, and only by free exercise thereof
can sage council be arrived at.
LET us look more in pity than in
enmity upon those who differ with us and
hope that with increasing intelligence
they may come to our way OF thinking"
Mrs. M. E. Richardson, State president
OF the Womans' American Protective AS
soclation, made a few general remarks
concerning the recent State convention.
She said the Catholic church was a
greater menace to pure Americanism
than ever slavery had been.
Rev. W. Z. Goodwin among other
things said: 'One reason / had for being
here this afternoon is that l did not want
to give Peter Yorke an opportunity to say
that / was run off-like for instance,
Brother Henry. Now l want to talk
little about Peter; he was an apostle, you
know. Peter, you know, was unlike the
Pope-he was married man. There are
three Peters known to history-the apostle
Peter, Peter tue Great and Peter the Car
of San Francisco. l believe the latter was
discovered by ]. Q. A. Henry. l don't
think ever man had as many helpers as
he has. He has college of priests to go
to, for history, and what they fail to find
they manufacture.
There is one thing / don't like about
Peter and that is his temper. He has
called us everything under the sun, and
that reminds me of a remark / heard the
al doxy r~so 1c 4 W
was the most reliable man In San Fran
clsco-that is, he would lie to-day and re-
lie tomorrow. Now we all know, or
rather the papers say so, that Brother
Hudelson has not always been what
probably he should have been, but he has
repented of these sins, and since then has
been duly credited minister of the Bap-
tist church. Now have an idea that if
Brother Hudelson had made his confess
sions to Father Yorke, he would have
been very acceptable and altogether
good man."
The speaker then turned his attention to
politics, claiming that it was not the ques-
ulon OF protection or silver that the two
great parties had to combat. These were
simply tom-toms intended to distract the
pubic mind. There was never as much
silver In San Francisco as there is to-day.
Nv hat we need most" he said, sis to look
after these $500 saloons in this City and
NOT tne question OF silver or protection"
Mr. Goodwin touched but lightly on the
third topic (prophecy) of the subject. He
said that he "might not live to see the
day, but it would surely come, when the
Catholic church would be 'one of u.s."
The other speakers were Miss B. Rum
sey. supreme officer. w. A. P. A.; Mrs.
Taylor, San Diego; Mrs. F. M. Smith,
president Council No. 1, w. A. P. A; Nj RS.
a NJ. Crosby. president Council No. IL,
w. a. P. A; Mrs. J. C. Young. president
Council No. 20. w. A. P. a.; Mrs. Gingles,
State executive board; Mrs. bert,
president Council No. 45, w. A. P. A.;
Mrs. Luce, Council No. 10, w. A. P. A.