The San Francisco call., 1896-09-29
.VITRtOLIc WORDS
OF FATHER. YORKE
Reviews in Denunciatory
Style the Growth. of
the A. P. A. ;.
HOT SHOT ALL ROUND.
Candidates. for Office. Come In
: for a Large Share of ,
90: Attention.
QUESTION FOR c. L. TAYLOR.
He IS Asked if He Will Accept the
Endorsement of the Citizens
Party.
QUESTION FOR G. L. TAYLOR,

series OF six to be delivered at Metropoli-
tan Hall under the auspices'of the Ameri-
acan'Woman's Liberal League, was more
than usually vitriolic last night. His
subject was "Ihe Growth OF the Upas
Tree" the name of this noxious and
deadly tree being intended to apply to the
a. P. A.
Music in the shape of patriotic airs on
the organ opened the exercises. John F.
Barrett, chairman of the evening, in his
address spoke as follows:
.. "The irst.impulse of the American peo-
pie 'at the approach of peril is high and
lofty defiance. It is a feeling well
grounded and deep rooted"
After tribute to the heroism. of those
who fought in the various wars of this
country, he declared that the American
women were not less heroic when occasion
required Demonstration of it. He spoke
of the work of the Woman's Liberal
League IN exposing the. a. P. A, and
add ed:
.-, by them was the defense of religious
liberty begun, and to them:is due large
share of the glorious victory. And now
o they are doing noble work in that last
and most bungling conspiraoy-the new
charter"
This instrument, he said, had many
good points. and was advocated by many
: OF the best men IN the community. lone
mlschievous provision" he. continued,
t'overbalances every good point IN that
instrument. 1t attempts to Interfere
with the God given right of the
parent to control the education
ofahis child. The charter thus discrimf-
mates. Graduates in other schools than
those of California are prevented from
earning living in this Statein the ran ks
OF the teachers in our public schools. ,"
q, . After de claring that this provision was
=. unconstitutional he said the best method
to remedy the wrong contem plated was to
:; defeat the charter. Then taking a new.
= theme he said
= with formidable foe arrayed against
the constitution and the church. we
- were dunn b with fear and recognized, the
danger. Let the tempest waste its fury
was the sentiment of all. Already it.
had emptied. the cupboard of the
had dared to whisper lis suspicion
of Gods best and most beloved. Already
1t had yentured The insult which no man
can stand. Up against the multitude rose
great defender-youthful, alone, fresh
from the cloister, but he stood firm and
defiant. We gaZed with awe and pity
He meets the foremost of the leaders
and vanquishes him. Others crush for
ward, but they too are conquered. We
fear for him, but he fights bravely. His
down. Confusion spreads among them
and they are routed. [Applausel. The
gallant STRIPPING, the watchless warrior.
. the consecrated thunderbolt, was Peter c.
Torke.
IF the day ever comes in this City
when that name ceases to be uppermost
. in every heart we shall be recreant and
shall deserve the plague which he
averted."
Before Introducing Father Yorke, Mr..
Barrett stated that next Mondays lecture
. by Father Yorke would be "The Great Be-
trayal and Il the a. z. a: Way of Selling a
Gold Minen
: "' At this juncture Miss Cornelia Stanley
read series OF resolutions adopted at
recent meeting of the :Woman's. Liberal
League opposing the new charter, .:prihci-
'palIy because OF the provision regarding
teachers In the public schools. This PRO-
vision, the resolutions. declared, was in
serted through the influence of the a. PA.
: Father Yorke spoke in substance as fol-
=. lows: -,
. Ladies and Gentlemen: In the heat of
that battle which was so graphically de-
scribed was not called SO many names as
were applied to. me tonight.
being still afflicted with the prelude
habit, l wish to call attention to the fact
that the Rev. Me-. FTeenor is. still fleeing
and has not vet answered any of my cues.
tions. Butt will take pity on him and
not ask him any more questions, or the
Baptist Ministerial Coupeil may pass.
vote OF confidence in him, and that il
more than any one can stand in these
days.
but that little red patriot. Major. IT, c.
Ryan. has came"
Father Yorke then read from letter r
said to have been received from the
secretary of Major William Mckinley.
This described Major Ryan as !: a
chronic Office seeker, and vent on
TO say that on the piteous solicitation of
Major Ryan position had been secured
for him by Major. Mckinley In the PEN
sion office at Columbus, and from which
he had been dismissed owing to his in-
ability to handle figures correctly. Father
Yorke, after referring to regent attacks
made on the Republican Presidential
nominee by Ryan, continued as follows:
"Being very inaccurate in his. figures
Major Ryan had to go, and has been going
ever since. And this is the man who
comes out here to tell the people they are
being Romanizedl This man, who bit the
hand that did him good, Is the man who
comes out here to stir up Strife. It is this
. man, who cannot even doa ] title sum in
arithmetic, who comes out here to tell US
about the education of our children.
"The. subject of the lecture this evening
is The Growth of the Upas Tree" I"
He described the deadly influence of the
noxious exhalations of that tree and con-
tinued: There has arisen in this coun-
try growth that has had the same effect
on morals and politics that this tree is
said to have on.the vegetable kingdom.
mean that growth known as the A. P. A.
1T is a good thing for us to rememb Der
that the fight between. bigotry and free
dom is not yet over. Some little spark
may remain and some passing breeze m ay
restore it TO life. We cannot afford to
sleep on our arms. The fight is still on
and we cannot rest until we make it GER
tain that the A. P. A. will be- so well
known that for any politician to. touch it
will mean defeat.
LIVERY year the farmer has to contend
with new crop of weeds and every year
we have to contend with new crop of
ignorance. The time was when children
were taught that a Catholic was
a dangerous person and one to be
most care fully avoided. But to-day there
would appear to be no excuse for this
bigotry and this ignorance of US and our
belief We have not said one word in the