Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-12
Supreme Grand Master of Loyal
Orange Institution Speaks Here.
Said tho Roman cnthoiic church L,
mn Enemy TO Anorionns.,n nnd Ro-
nEtous I.ibcr,y- Accuses McKin-
Iey's ADMINISTRATION OF Drifting
Toward Isomnuis,n.

Grand Master of the Loyal Orange In
lstitution OF the United States, spoke at
the old Baptist Church, corner Holt and
Cumberland streets, last night on the
subject of '"The Evils of Romanism."
The audience was small, which the
speaker excused on account of the in
clement weather.
The speaker WAS introduced by Rev
G. w. Jones. of Trinity NJ L.. Church.
He began by reading greetings from
forty thousand Pennsylvania Orange
men,"
The speaker said that the Loyal Or
lange Institution was against the fur
Their encrcachment of the Roman hier-
archy upon American liberty, and its
object was to make men and women
better and wiser. He asked the qucs-
ton, Shall Pagan worship and the
idolotry of Athens and Rome supplant
the free institutions of this country?"
He said the confessional was the chief
Ipower of the Roman Church.
| catholicism" he said, according to
Pope Leo, never changed. 1t was the
same yesterday, to-day and forever"
Fle spoke OF the inqu:sition ana it's con-
tinuing influences in this connection
John Ireland, he said. from whom the
Pope removed his bubble of pretended
IAmericanism by taking him across his
ecclesiastical knee. declared that the
will of the Pope was the supreme power
Iof the land. This, he maintained. was
contrary to the principles and the
spirit of the American constitution and
the principles OF civil and religious lib
erty.
With the Jesuit, politics and religion
are synonymous. he said.
Touching on the subject of converts,
he said:
The votaries of Romanism would
lead us to believe that the convent was
an educational institution. 1t would
be interesting to know why iron bars
and heavy locks should he needed to
retain its inmates if that is so.
Reflect for one moment upon the
cnormity of the offcnsc against human
lily, when we know that $4,000 of the
fair daughters of our land are held.
many Of them in the simplicity of
their innocent maidcnhood. in bond
age worse than death. where they have
been invcigcd behind prison bars by
a lechcrous priesthood under the guisc
of religion"
He spoke of Il convent in his native
city. Cleveland. o.. whose moral status
had given food for thought to the
courts"
He denounced hyphcnated citizen
ship There should be no Irish Ameri-
cans, Gcrman-Amcricans or Roman
Americans. All should he loyal Aneri-
cans.
lie said that the conflict between
ltomanism and Americanism must
come later on. lie hoped that it would
be peaceful, but that Romanism would
be wiped from America as 1t is a for
eign substance breeding ILL., If a
Roman Catholic was an American citi-
zen. he confessed he didn't know what
american citizenship was. He urged
the Keeping of the church and State
separate and distinct.
lie recognized poor dcludcd Roman
Catholics as his brothers. he said. and
would direct their attention to the fact
that however small their savings, they
were giving to the richest man on
earth. Here he drew word picture of
the palatial surroundings at the Vati-
can.
II you don't believe Roman Catho-
licism is dominating the affairs of this
country he said. lust let your next
candidate for Mayor declare for the
PRINCIPLES of Amcricanism that the
Orangcmen uphold. I do not believe I
would over-estimate. if I should say
that perhaps two-thrds of Your police
are Catholics. and the force is domi-
mated by Catholicism. The same might
apply to the Fire Department. Who
pays the taxes to support the police
and the Fire Department? Is 1t not
true that the Protcstants pay the most
of IL? Then why don't You help YOUR
self? Let us put our money in Protes-
tant institutions. Did you ever hear
OF Catholic helping our institutions %
The speaker claimed that Catholic
ism had been the bitterest enemy Of
public schools lie said that the rea-
son 2omanism dominated as il did was
that the Iro.cstan!s were not active
enough. In Chicago. out of $4,000
school teachers. $4,000 were Catholics.
They are dcspoilng even our Little
Red Schoolliousc," he said
The speaker scored the present nd.
minstration for drifting towards Ro.
manism, as he claimed. Said he:
us 1t not Il fact worthy OF serious
consideration that the White House has
been made the rendezvous for cardinals
bishops and priests from and after
March 4th. 1897? 1t has become q
truism that Ireland secs Mckinley.
The American Citizen. OF Boston
states the case in the following com
ment:
IF tho seeing were all. or If the
visits were simply those of friendship
, there would not be so much cause OF
complaint. But the seeing in this case
means the cajoling or coercing the
President into doing some unwisc and
rn-Amcrican thing, for John Ireland is
the man correctly described as the
siickest Jesuit schemer this nation has
even seem"
The speaker summed up some Of the
things done by the powers that he ms
showing their drift toward Romanism
From a long list he mentioned the fol-
lowing are taken:
L !. ThN q nnrint mi,