The San Francisco call., 1896-01-15
Says He Belongs to the People
and Will Defend Their
; Rights.
NO OTHER I VTEREsT TO SERVE.
The Priest Says John P. Young Is a
Liar and a COward-Hubbell
on Schools.
Rev. Father Yorl ie addresses the follow
ing card 10 the Dub lic-

ing card to the pub liC-
SAN RAH7Ctsco. Jan. A. 1896.
To the Editor Of the CRf-DEAR SIR: \ sec
ond time am Compe led TO address the people
OF san Francisco thro IEh your columns on the
subject OF the chars - made against me by
John P Young res TfE5 that this measure is
fo-ced upou me, but / cannot afford 10 allow
my actions 10 be miST represented by any man,
even though he has a El-eat journal al his COM
mand and is able by lSaGs OF :alse reports and
garbled interviews TO lESlnuate accusations he
dares not make OutTip hi and like man.
! have Already sta ted the facts which have
led up 10 the present controversy. These facts
Mr.. John p. Young n%S not, cannot deny.
have shown how NJ On0Ay after Monday for
nigh two years the clumns of the Chronicle
reeked with iudecei ~ attacks on all that
Catholics hold sacre, ! l have exposed the
tiimsy preUexts uudc which John p Young
refused TO do rs tn common justice of de-
lending ourselves from attacks which polu ted
every Catholic hear thstOne in California.
And now in the face o. all this comes John 7.
Young with slande. rouS defense and hypo-
critical regrets.
Speaking for the ChrC ,nicle he says:
I regretted that in the pursuit of its legitimate
function of printing the news it sometimes
compelled 10 report public meetings where abuse
ard religions aniInadver sionS formed the chief
topic: bur il steadfastly hered its resolution of
avoiding far possible the provocation of Dad
feeling.
Let the people of san Francisco understand
this well. AS long as any mountebank can
hire platform pulpit and Smirch the air
name OF Catholics John. P. Young is com
they who are defam ed attempt to defend their
regulations calmly and temperately and over
a respectable name, John r Young Is afraid OF
provoking bad feeling. Was there no bad feel
ing provoked when these ISLANDERS were pub
lished in the first place? Is that bad feeling
allayed by refusing justice TO those who have
been wronged? Ii Catholics should so far for
get themselves TO take TO the public plat
form and asperse the regulations of Protestant
women and impugu the loyalty OF Protestant
men then John ?. Young, in the pursuit OF
"his legitimate junction" would dish up the
scandal TO be an offense iH the nostrils OF
society. But because Catholics strove to con
tain themselves the tongue OF SANDER was
allowed 10 wag unbridled and they and theirs
were punished because they would not cease to
be decent.
If this is the only answer John P Young has
10 make he would have done his own reputa-
ZION a service by remaining silent. Men who
are accustomed 10 weighing arguments and to
interpreting motives may be tempted to put
other constructions on his policy. When in
the August of 1894 1 offered nv second letter
10 the Chronicle l consulted no one about the
matter and informed one OF what | had
done. In the editorial rooms OF the paper
found besides Mr. John p. Young only young
gentleman who seemed TO be g secretary or d
typewriter As lar Is could see no one else was
within hearing while l discussed the matter.
Yet al the very next NEE ring of the American
Protective League, better known as A. P A
Council No. l. the members were informed OF
my visit, and were given a garbled account of
my demands
MT. John P. Young continues in defense of
his contention that he feared the stirring up
OF Dad feeiIngS IN the community:
But If the Chronicle, like the Examiner had ONLY
made the discovery at the eleventh hour that dan
gerOuS passions were becoming aroused" il would
moi have hesitated to frankly admir- ira nistel-a
and would have done all in its power to put a
period 10 a controversy which. whatever those NAV
say who have not sufficiently investigated the
matter, is embttering personal relations and
threatens to cause revival of the evils that
afflicted the country during the "forties" and
"fiftes."
How true this statement is the public can
judge from the following facts: At the very
time that the controversy fiercest the
Chronicle was trying to get from me items of
news which would have famed the flames
The telephone wires 10 my office and to my
residence were kept hot with messages and
with appeals from the Chronicle for even the
smallest scraps of information Even when
had informed the cmssaries OF John p. Young
In the curteSt and strongest terms at my COM
mand that ! would not under any circum-
stance hold any comm municetions with the
Chronicle was still beSieged. When | at last
refused To even see those whom it sent a
gentleman 10 whom, by reason of past courte-
sizes could not decline an interview, was de-
tailed to approach me. He came with the
assurance that the Chronicle wished to square
matters; ne asked me for the sake of the
Chronicle to overlook the past. When told
him what the past was he guaranteed that in
future the Chronicle would give me fair treat
ment if l would make no distinction between
it and other papers. replied that identified
the Chronicle with John p. Young, and that
would not trust John p. Young's word.
These facts explain why John P. Young is so
anxious 10 cloture the controversy now The
measures which he is taking manifest the des-
peratlon of az incompetent bigot Let the
fair-minded people OF san Francisco note what
these measures are. Let them read this morn
ing's Chronicle and let them realize how far
John P. Young is prepared TO go. lie processes
TO be sollcitous for the fair name of this City
and to-day he brands it as place where Pro
testant congregations cannot worship in
safety. He processes to fear lest hard feelings
may be provoked and to-day he paints the
Catholics as cowardly attackers of churches
He says:
1--WE even venture the belief that Father
Yorke will not desire to see the controversy
continued when he learns tn at the work OF al
tscking churches has already commenced"
What is meant by "the work of attacking
churches is explained in column on the
thirteenth page, the headlines of which read
as follows:
BULLETS FIRED INTO CROWDED
CHURCH.