The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27
FATHER YORKE
TO REV, ROSS,
Calls the Temple Lecture
Course a Comic Per-
formance.
FREE CHURCH AND STATE
A Claim That the First PROPOSE
: ton in Question Has Been
Twisted.
TERMED ANOTHER FORGERY
The Chancellor Takes Sherman, the
A. P. A. Judge, Vigorously TO Task
on His Record.
TERMED ANOTHER FORGERY

The following letter has been received
by The CALL:
p To t1e Editor Of The Cau DEAR SIR: D.
KosS stlll continues his comic performance at
tne Metropontan Temple. The faithful few
VINO ioVe TO be humbugged at two-bits the
humDug have grown alarmingly fewer. and the
the north pole.
d. Ross devoted himself this evening to the
hrst proposition. As usual he made no al
tempt to produce the publication from which
he olalmed to read last November. OF course,
there IS no such publication. and when Don aid
ing the thing that is not
But perhaps he has proven the substance OF
the proposition. Let US see. IL runs as fol-
'The Romish church has a right TO exercise
us authority without any limit set 10 it by the
This means that the Catholic church claims
that Its authority Is unlimited. Civil govern
ments have no rights before il. What the
churcn says goes. 1t does not matter what the
chuTen may say or how II may use its author
aside.
This proposition and the others which ac-
company IL were read by D. Ross and spread
broadcast by the organization of foreigners
which employs HIM. The distribution of
them was intended TO give the unthinking the
idea that the church claimed unlimited au-
thority in America. Such an idea is utterly
erroneous and Ross knew 1t when he read
these alleged quotations.
The present proposition has history similar
20 that OF the others already discussed. The
nineteenth proposition OF the syllabus runs
follows:
LATIN. ENGLISH
XIX Ecclesia non est The church is not q tr1le
vera perIectaGue socletas and perfect society,
plane Ilbera, nee poleL tlrely free, and she does
suiS proprils et constan not enjoy her proper and
tbus @urlbus slbl a dlI perpetual rights given her
VINO suO fundatore cola By her divine founder
It's, sed c{vils potestatis bnt il pertains TO uhe civil
est dehnlre, que sint power TO define what are
ecclesse lura &C hmites the rights Of the church
mira quos eadem iura and the limits within
eAelcere queEt. which the same rights
can be exercised.
The Catholic church teaches that she has
rights over spiritual things, which rights were
given her by Jesus Christ. With these rights the
state cannot interfere It is not the states bust
ness 10 define what the constitution of the
church should be, what her beliefs should be-
what hersplritual laws should be- A free church
IN free state Is the ideal of Catholics as we'll as
OF the Interchangeable. The church has one
sphere and the state has another sphere The
truest bond Of union between the two powers
IS that each should attend strictly TO its own
business.
Now, Ross takes this proposition of the syl!a-
bus snd twists IL around. Again let me put in
RarelleE columns the original and the forgery:
= Nix. The church is XIX. The Romfsh
not tEue ard perfect So church has right 10 ex-
c5oty entirely free and ercise its authority with
she does not enjoy her out any limits set to it
rrt2er and perpetual by the civil power.
I:El+s given her by her
divine founder: but it
pertains to the civil
power 10 define what are
tae rights Of the church
and sne limits within
s-lcA the same rights
can-be exercised.
Ii is evident to any man OF common-sense
that- both these propositions are false. The
church has no right to exercise its authority
outside its own sphere. This is a truisn
which every Catholic schoolboy knows. Only
ministers of the gospel who strive to make a
living by spreading hate and by uttering
forgery would eountenance such vile misre-
presen tation as the first proposition OF Donald
Ross.
biased judge, renews his ststemept that Booth
had medal on him when shot. Again brand
that statement as falseho ood. The records of
the trial show what was on the body of Booth
and there Is no mention OF a medal.
Another point. Sherman made the assertion
that he was present at Churubusco. l should
like 10 have some other authority for that than
the word OF 'the most constituencies liar from
the Yukon to Terra del Fuego." / have
searched the official records OF the Mexican
War for sherman's name, and as yet have
not been able to find il. or course, it is pos
sibie that he may have been there. The re-
ports do not usually mention the suffers.
The Rev Ross grows quite pathetic over tire
expenses TO which he was put and the sad in
difference OF the friends to his welfare. Let
me say once more that the circus at Metropoli-
tan Temple was Ross own affair. II he had
good cause the verdict of three non-Catholic
lawyers would have been as glorious a vindi-
cation as man could wish for. He would have
stood as high in the public estimation after
such verdict he is now low in the public
contempt. But he thought he had an oppor-
1unity OF making money as well of gaining
fame, and the people of San Francisco have
shown that they are still able to take the nea-
sure of mountebank.
Tomorrow night he hopes to humbug for
nothing those he has not been able 10 humbug
for two bits. He offers to produce his provi-
dentially sent books, IN the original German,
10 all who care 10 examine them. Permit me
TO say that he would show more confidence in
his case If he would submit these books to the
scrutiny of three non-Catholic lawyers as de-
Inauded. Then it would become evident how
he has mangled his quotations and doctored
them TO Ii l his case. 1t would become evident,
too, thai the word forger which appears to
worry him so is the only word in the diction-
ary, obsolete or not, which fits his case.
In conclusion let me state that my deserip-
ton of Sherman as a foul-minded and foul
tougued old reprobate is well borne out by
MS incoherent address OF tonight. He is not
only liar, but is dirty liar. Yours truly,