The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14


think such proof is necessary to protect
ourselves against pauper immigration. Be-
sides, am OF the opinion that if such proof
were demanded more strictly along the Cana
dian border, we would be spared the burthen
of many A. P. A. lecturers who have neither
the ability nor the intention TO support them
selves by honest toll. but who strive to make
their livelihood by stirring up reIigious dis
sension among neighbors.
QUESTION 19.
Would Mr.. Yorke object to the repeal of the
act authorizing the naturalization of minors
without previous declaration of intention,
persons to be naturalized must sneak the
language of the land and must prove seven
years continuous residence in the country
from the date OF the declaration of Intention
am of the opinion that minors who have
been raised and educated in America are Just
as competent TO become citizens as the
for seven years. / consider it good thing that
all candidates for citizenship should know
English, but would remark that if a gram
matical knowledge of the language be exacted
as condition for registration the 4. P. A. will
not be able to muster corporal's guard at the
polls.
QUESTION 20.
Does Mr.. Yorke object to protest against the
iaxlty with which our present naturalization
laws are administered?
Like the publication of politics, this is a
matter which depends much on the Judge
who administers the law No law should be
administered with laxity.
But when political society pays its cappers
to gather into It's ranks all the sailors and
vagrants who come into port l believe 1t is
laying its plans for an extensive system of
colonization and grating, and that it is put
ting premium on the lax administration of
the naturalization laws by its tools on the
bench. This the A. P. A. is doing right here
in San Francisco, and for this do all good citi-
zens oppose it.
QUESTION 81.
is MT. Yorke hostile TO the public inspection
q times rafo
tories or other institutions in which people are
under restraint
Every institution which keeps persons under
restraint should be open at all times to inspec-
tion by the civil authorities
Because the A. p. A. lodges exercise such re-
stralnt on their members when in session-go-
Ing even TO the length of locking doors and
searching visitors by force with threats of bod
lily harm and exhibition of deadly weapons-I
belleye that such meetings should be super
vised by the police.
QUESTION o.
Does Mr.. Yorke favor National or State legis-
lation in favor Of any one section of the coun-
try or of any class?
The burthen of law should be equally dis
trlbuted, and its favors should go to all who
bear the burthen.
When therefore the A. P. A. attempts to de-
prive Cath olics Of the benefits OF equal law and
OF proper share in the favor of the State they
are violating this principle, and are striving to
benefit certain class, to wit, non Catholics
and therefore they are detestable in tn eyes OF
QUESTION %.
Is Mr.. Yorke opposed to such restriction of
immigration as will prevent paupers, criminals
and anarchists from landing on our shores?
This question l have already answered. If
the restriction had been long ago applied to
Canada the A. P. A. would now be minus
grand president.
QUESTION "a
Is Mr.. Yorke hostile to the extension of the
time for naturalization, to the end that for
eigners may become familiar with cur institu-
tions and laws before they be permitted to
vote?
think experience has sufficiently demon
strated the fact that the present time for nat
uralization is long enough.
foreigner who is not Americanized in five
years will never be Americanized Considering
however, that the leaders of the A, P. A. do not
wait even for five years before beginning the
task OF saving the country from the Pope
think 1t is very ungracious for the Rev. Mr..
to make any allusion to the subject
at all.
QUESTION 25.
Does Mr.. Yorke oppose an educational Quail
hcatlon Tor every voter? Does he wish them to
be ignorant OF the duties and privileges of
citizenship and the plant tools of politicians?
believe in an educational qualification for
every voter, and l believe in it the more that
l am convinced it would disfranchise the rank
and file of Mr. Hudelson's own following
Because the leaders of the A. P. A. are
gathering up the ignorant, the besotted the
debased elements of the community and
voting them blindly on occasion, I am
opposed to these leaders, and every true Ameri-
can is opposed TO the society which is the
means OF perpetratlng such an outrage on our
free institutions.
QUESTION 26.
Does Mr.. Yorke oppose supporting from the
public funds one general non-sectarian free
public school system sufficient for the primary
education OF our children?
| have already said that l consider such q
system necessity. have also said that the
A. P. A. is engaged in a steady design to de-
stroy the non-sectarian character of our
schools, and that for that reason all lovers of
fair play were ranged against the conspiracy
QUESTION 27.
Does Mr. Yorke favor using. public funds
or public property for sectarian purposes
whether directly or indirectly?
Neither directly nor indirectly do favor
using public funds or public property for Sec
tarisn purposes.
But ii the State sees fit to pay for the main
tenance of its wards at sectarian institutions
l do not see why it should not do So If the
State places boy out with farmer and pays
Tor his clothing and support the State is not
contributing to sectarian purposes if the farm
ers wife teaches the boy 10 say his PRAYERS and
read his Bible.
QUESTION 49,
Does Mr.. Yorke oppose the taxation OF all
non-Governmental property?
have already answered this question. re-
peat now that if the State wishes to remit the
taxes OF ,non-productive property or even
wishes to foster, such remission is not ALWAYS
against public policy. Each case should be de-
cided on its merits. There are no universal
in politics.
QUESTION 90
Does Mr.. Yorke oppose the public inspection
of all private schools, converts, nunneries.
teries seminaries and other educational
or charitable institutions?
Most certainly do, and for the very same
reason that would oppose the inspection of
my home. Ii any institution becomes pu blic
nuisance or menace to the welfare of the
State there are laws enough to abate 1t with
out having recourse to a smelling committee
Ii twenty ladies choose to live In community
l do not see why their privacy should be dis
turbed as long as half dozen can live in
clearinghouse and not be subjected to espi-
onage.
This demand of the A. P. A. platform is the
one which rouses the most disgust
in the minds of respectable Ameri-
cans 1t is fathered by men, Mr.. BENJAMIN
Hudelson, whose past will not bear inyestj-
eating. 1t is put forward by the foul-mouthed
and foul-lived satyrs with whom your society
abounds. Such demand is disgrace to
Americanism and the curse of God is falling
on those, one by one. slowly but surely, who
first put it forward to stain the fair fame of the
best and purest OF the womanhood of our land
QUESTION 80.
Does Mr.. Yorke support for Office any person
who recognizes allegiance to any foreign or
ecclesiastical potentate as superior to our