The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06
In Less Than Ten Years Its
Membership Has Grown to
Two Millions.
PLATFORM FULLY EXPLOITED
Pays Particular Attention to the
Organization and the Men Who
Compose 1t.

Inc a. Z. a. SOlo Gut, was the SUD
iect of an interesting lecture delivered by
DR.. George H. Derrick before the Good
Citizenship meeting at Metropolitan Tenn
pie yesterday afternoon. The speaker
confined his remarks almost entirely to an
exhaustive Interpretation of the principles
on which the American Protective Asso-
citation is founded. He was appIauded
frequently. and at the conclusion of the
address rendered perfect ovation.
81 am glad to meet you again, said DR..
Derrick, "glad to be in such good COM
pany. 1 old not think it possible for me
to be present when the chairman asked
me to speak. He said something about
the Monitor and being sold out at q OF
cent per pound. 1 then thought that
would come and demand. if l had been
old out so cheap, that the goods be de-
hvered.
THE only question to-day is, Is the A.
P. A. right? l would rather stand alone
with the chairman and be on the side of
right than have Mechanics Pavilion
crowded to the doors and know that
spoke words of untruth and fallacy. If
am to speak of the "A. P. A. Sold Out
would define what is meant by A. P. A.
I'VE started less that ten years ago, the
growth being very slow at first. To-day
we have 100000 voters, while the w. A.
P. AS have hundreds of thousands of
members ready to stand by their hus-
bands. When you see such q movement
as this you may know that it is founded
on truth and justice.
81 wish you to understand the difference
between the organization and the men
who compose that organization. Take,
for instance, the composite picture of fifty
men-forty-nine with mustache and one
with full beard. In the composite crea-
tion you see the fifty faces with full mus
tache, but only the faintest outline of q
beard. Now, this organization is not the
expression of one individual or of 10000.
1t is the composite formation of princi-
pie, and it is the principles of an institu-
ton which must be sold out, if anything
can be. individuals may do this sort OF
thing, but that does not spoil the institu-
tion. If the A. P. A. was blotted out to-
day circumstances would make another
because the conditions demand it. But
the A. P. A. will live-it has already taken
its place on the scroll of time.
"a few days ago a speaker, I need not
tell who he is, made use of the following
remarkable statement:
As TO Irish bosses, ward-heelers, saloon
keepers aud pugs, 1 am under the impression
that the vast majority of them will compare
favorably with the average Methodist preach
ers in this country. am prepared to show by
statistics that none of the classes mentioned
furnish as large proportion of criminals as do
the Methodist ministry of this country.
NOW 1 would like to know what figure
this sort of argument cuts in the subject
matter. If the PRINCIPLES are true and
heralded by the viIest of men, yet will
they live forever. The Catholic priest
hood may be pure or vile. but if their
principles are right they will live on. The
individual character may be true or false;
it is the principles of an institution which
must purify or purge.
Now what are the principles of the
A. P. Ar Look at the first:
Loyalty to true Americanism, which knows
neither birthplace, race, creed nor party, is the
first requisite for membership.
Colonial America had its Benedict
Arnold, but the principles only shone the
brighter when he had gone to the other
side
"a few days ago there was lecturer in
oakland who said: We have the enemy
on the run. There goes Ollie, Case and
pusillanimous Hudleson.' But suppose
they had gone-all of them-there would
have been hundreds and thousands of
patriotic citizens to carry on the battle.
Now take up section 8:
While tolerant of all creeds, it holds that
subsection to and support of any ecclesiastical
power not created and controlled by American
citizens and which claims equal If not greater
sovereignty than the Government of the
United States Of America is irreconcilable
with citizenship. 1t is therefore opposed to
the holding OF offices in the National or nnu-
nicipal Government by any supporter of such
ecclesiastical power.
"The reason this was adopted was be-
cause Leo XIII said all Catholics must
make themselves felt in all public affairs
in the country where they happen to be ::
all Catholics should endeavor to mold the
constitution on the principles OF the only
true church. This was promulgated lust
one year before the A. P. A was organ
lied. When it came across the Atlantic.
it is no wonder that good men rose up and
said, Thus far shalt thou go and no far
ther'
Now we come to section 5, which says:
We consider the non-sectarian free public
school the bulwark OF American institutions
and the best place for the education of Ameri-
against the employment OF subjects of any un-
American ecclesiastical power as officers or
teachers of the public schools
There is an institution in this town op-
posing the new charter, and why? Be
cause it requires that all teachers EN- ployed
in the public schools shall De educated in
some State institution. If you fail to vote
for that charter you will neglect your duty.
II you send man to the Legislature make
him introduce a bill providing that all
teachers shall be educated in the gram
mar schools
"Nomember ofthe Catholic church loses
place in her ranks or caste with her hier-
archy for saying, as did Priest Phelan in a
set of resolutions presented at one of their
gatherings, that
The present system of public schools is a
curse TO the country and hoodgate of athe-
Ism and sensuality, and of civil, social and
National corruption; and the children turn
out to be learned horse thieves, scholastic