San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-12
COME AGAIN /!

berger.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April 10, 1896.
To the Daily LIGHT;
wish to give the people OF San
Antonio a few facts, concerning
the controversy now being dis
cussed through your impartial pa
per. L received through the mail
an envelope dated Feb. 2, addressed
to San Antonio Branch OF the A.
p. A., care of Daily Express, con-
tanning a quantity OF tissue paper,
and on Feb. 10 one envelope adj
dressed San Antonio Branch OF A.
p. A. also containing more tissue
paper. On March L received one
envelope containing lot OF
scratches on paper with forged
signature to same. The A. P. A.
councils OF San Antonio, seeing
trouble was wanted, answered
through the Daily LIGHT, Express
and Reporter in an open letter to
the public. The next step in this
drama was Mr.. Thos. f. Conroy's
otterances at Dallas March IL,
which we paid no attention to,
the lecture on the Infallibility of the
Church. Then came "Like a Fish
Story" of March %, W hich L ans
wered through same paper and
tried to make plain the aims and
objects of the body OF Americans
known as the A. z. A. Mr.,
Wahrenberger says under date OF
March "a, he is no d. foreigner.
which question / never asked him.
He also stated no good Catholic
could belong to the |. o. .. F.,
Masonic body or X. p. That is also
only his individual opinion which
1 never asked for. He said Cath
olics discovered America. / did
not say at that time even Spain
was nearly half Protestant when 1T
was discovered, but quoted 33
years ago and month of March 1895
in reference to Ecuador and Peru.
Mr., Wahrenberger takes offense at
my going 80 far away, although l
had dropped four centuries to
oblige him and moved arguments
from Spain to America. / then
quoted American leo calied) Cath
Ollie newspapers OF 1851 and 1871.
| also asked him thirteen ques-
lions. So far l have received
nothing but Mr.. Wahrenberger's
ridicule and abuse and his indi-
vidual opinions, which I refuse to
accept as arguments. The discus
sion started on public schools and
Americanism. L replied on April
6, asking Mr.. Wahrenberger to
look up a few facts; gave him
dates, pages, books and in reply
got this of April g.: 81 see Smith
teApsipg fate by exhibiting him.
Self before q deserving pubic in
the merciless exposure of cold
type" (and) 81 confess that /
had INDUCED in the momen-
tary hope +, - the disap-
pointment 1 experienced after
carefully and painfully wading
through communication l leave
to intelligent readers" 1 would say
in reply, I do not care to hyphen
my words of over three letters. So
l expect you will have to wade and
stumble and put up with your
pains little longer. But you say,
thereafter, shall decline to notice
any statement not accompanied by
at least some sem blance Of proof to
put your meaning plain" L will
explain it thus: You refuse TO
father any more communications
from st. Mary and College street.
think your action wise. You just
keep on making rock houses with
tin annexes, as so far, you have
only given your individual opin-
ion, (which has never been ques-
toned. But they shall not be
wasted. 1 have them all in scrap
book, which / will submit to the
first circus manager who visits
town, and, perhaps, you can get
position as humorist, but this
kind of argument is only childish,
and / am sorry l learned 1t OF you.
The war records say, notwithstand-
ing your denial:
Whole number Of troops who
fought In late war...............2,l2 S, POO
Natives OF United States, ......... ,625,2 67
Germans.. ................'.... loo,SII
IriShmeE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l44,22l
British (other than Irish. ........ 99,050
Other foreigners. ................. 4S,4lO
Deserters, as follows:
Natives of the United States. 5 per cent.
lrlSn.. ....s.t|
British (other than lrish)... =
Other foreigners.
All of the above Is easily veri-
fed by anyone who cares to do so.
did not say the 104, 900 Irish
deserted through cowardice, but
only to show Irish fidelity to the
pope, as these assertions took place
almost Immediately after PODe