The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22
POLITICAL ANALOGY.

Your newspaper. Mr.. Editor. is great Jour
nal, IAN organ OF the Republican party, read
DAILY by thonsands of that political faith.
Now, is the Republican party bound as to Its
principles by what appears in the news or the
editorial columns OF your paper? Is it bound
to its teachings by what appears in those
columns? Is ii not bound rather both as to
its principles and its teachings by its party
platform and declaration OF principles a.
formulated by the bodies having the right so
10 formulate them And did it ever occur to
you TO imagine that anybody could for an in
slant have the fatuity TO conceive that that
party, or that any individual OF that party
aside from yourself, is bound by what appears
in your columns or is responsible therefor?
Yet this is what Father Yorke claims, and
this is apparently what he asks sensible men
10 believe. He prints column after column
alleged 10 have been taken from papers which
sympathize with the \. P. A. movement, and
shouts, You, MI. Hudelson, and your order
are responsible :" Worse yet He prints anti
Catholic literature concerning which he saws
whether not it was circulated by the A. p
A. am not prepared 10 say" and reiterates
"Nou, Mr.. Hudelson, and your order are re-
sponsible." What argumentl What logic! /!
Again, Mr. Editor. it had not occurred to nv
feeble intellect that either your paper or the
Republican party were bound by the state
ments which may have occurred in "signed
articles which you have printed But Father
Eorke quotes q "gigned article" concerning
the, ''san Rafael fortftcstion" and 'holds me
and my order responsible
Once more, Mr. Editor, had it occurred to
you that statements concerning Republic
teachings uttered by Democrat or Populist
or any other non-Republican are binding on
you or your party? Have a care. 1t must be
so, for Father Go-ke says it. He quotes Dr.
Washington GLADDEN. and Ebert Hubbard non
memb bers OF the a. P. A., and "holds me and
my order responsible" B."
And still again, Mr. Editor, did Won know
that the differences OF every Republican cam
palgner, OF every party orator and of every
political disputant are binding on the whole
party, yourself included Yet Father Yorke
quotes to me from the speeches and individual
q A
me and my order responsible" Is the Demo
cratic party responsible ii Grover Cleveland
misses his aim when duck hunting?
Fie, Father Yorke. You have in your library
treatise on logic. Do read II little
YoRKE's IGNORANCE
Early in this controversy Father Yorke
hinted at his unbounded knowledge of the sub
Ject upon which he is writing in the following
words:
Mr.. Hudelson may not know more about the A.
P. a. than do, but he knows nearly as much
Whether he does OF may not be impor-
tant, yet your readers may be interested TO
learn that Father Yorke, at least, does not
know what he is talking about. The father
has made several statements, any one OF which
Is sufflclent to indicate though not to meas
ure his ignorance. He says:
Traynor is the boss of the institution. and DON
aid Ross is the secretary OF the advisory board
'
Neither statement is true Donald Ross is
not secretary of the advisory board Further
than that, leave him to care for himself. He
Is fully aole TO DO SO, as Father Yorke NAV
have already found out And Traynor is not
the boss OF the institution. He is its supreme
president. But ii Father Yorke imagines that
the A. Z. A. is "bossed" he should hold one of
Its executive Offices for while. Yorke also
says:
Adam Fawcett is one of its grand officers.
Adam Fawcett is not ore of its grand officers
though he may have been at one time Father
1orke Is behind the times. Yorke also saws:
The A. p A. puts its followers at the mercy of
advisory boards o
He might well talk of putting the neonIe
at the mercy OF Congressman whom thew elect
Father Iorke has also attempted to make
much capital of the fact that / have not ex
plained my right 10 enter a controversy
with him. Each call for such an explanation
is further proof OF his ignorance of the su biect
he is talking about, for if he knew anyIhfnp
about the A. z. A. he would know whence thai
right arises.
In closing, Mr.. Editor, i desire to refer to
Father Yorke's statement:
I have offered TO correct any Measurements I
may fall into and apologize for any errors into
which may be led. That offer l stand by. and
when the Rev. Benjamin F. Hudeison accuse
ME with truth of not living to it, then 1 am
willing TO withdraw from the controversy.
have no doubt that Father Yorke is more
than willing TO withdraw from the contro-
versy," and precisely for that reason shall re-
fuse 10 prove that he ''does not live up to that
statement" In fact, / have feared that he
would withdraw ere now-that his "health