The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

| 4IlSL OF lLc IIISSllu6 " NC ASIN
July 81, at which several other socie-
| ties will ask admittance. The fedora
| ton desires that every parish society
in Ramsey county join it, that Mime
sofa may take its proper place in the
national convention at Chicago in Au-
gust. .s ,..
The societies and their representa-
| tives at the meeting which resulted in
the organization of the local federation
were as follows:
| Societies Represented.
Edward Colbert, P. F. Boland, All Hal
low Court No SIT, C. o. F.
w. ]. Byrnes, ]. F. McNally, st. Paurs
| Court No. SO. G. o. F.
NJ F; Kahn, Joseph Heating, Division
j. F. Niemeyer, Henry Won der weyer
st; Hubert9s Court No, Sal. G. o, F..
ter's Court No. SOS, c.. Q, F., North ST.
| Paul. ~'.
Anselm Ritz Thomas Kleiber Jr., sa-
Miss Catherine Melady,' Miss Margaret
NJ Scott, Division No. 6. Ladies Auxil-
John Dingman, T. ]. Doyle Division No
Mrs f. McNany, Miss ]. Cook, Division
No; 8, Ladies Auxiliary, A. o: H.
Mrs. Ellen McGrath, Miss Mary L. A,
| Smith, Division No 4, Ladies Auxiliary,
| A. o. H.
Miss Emma J. Stone, Mrs. Margaret J.
| Kelly, sacred Ih1rSt society.
Mrs. Mary Shehan, Division No. 2, La
| dies Auxiliary, A. o. H.
w. c. Stieger. A. J. Hoffbauer, st. An
| toniuS Verein.
Mrs Mary f. Higgins, Division No. g.
| Ladies Auxiliary A. 0. H.
]. G. Higgins, Division No. 2, A. o. H.
Daniel Kennedy. Thomas Tracey, Pat
rick McGrath, Division No. 7, A. o. H.
William F. Markoe, Catholic Truth So
ciety.
Frank Hafner, Joseph Jacobv. ST. An.
! toniuS society.
Sch. Schlitz, St Leo's society.
| Lorenzo ]. Markoe Catholic club
White Bear MINI.
Mrs. Mary Burkard, Miss Martha FL
| lott, Sacred Heart Court No. 549 w. c.
| o. F., White Bear, MINI.
The federation adopted copious ex-
| tracts from the recent letter of his hol-
| mess, Leo XIII, which he had declared
his desire should be accepted by Cath
olics, as his last will and testament to
them. The words of the holy father
! pointing out in eloquent language the
| evils now affecting society, the almost
| universal persecution of the church
and of his dearest children" the
members of religious orders, making
| out he true means Of applying a rem
edy for those evils, and pleading as il
| with his dying words to the faithful
throughout the world to draw closer
| together in unbroken ranks that they
may rise like an impregnable wall
against the fierce violence of the enc
mics of god,' were taken as the prin-
ciples of the new order and received
| with reVerential enthusiasm.
One of the remarkable features OF
the meeting was a stirring address de-
| livered by William Markoe, who
| though eighty-two years of age, spoke
| with eloQuence and vigor on the IacI
of straightforward American methods
in dealing with religious questions il
the Philippines. s..,,.s-s .5.a-,.-..
Officers Elected e..~ss -...-
The following officers have beer
elected:
President, Lorenzo ]. Markoe; first vic,
president, Ansel M. Ritz; third vice presi
dent, Mrs. F.. McNally; secretary, M F
Kahn; treasurer, ]. F. McNally.
The federation decided to publish {
memorandum on the friars in tn,
Philippines" as explanatory of it's at
titude and action on that question, a:
| follows:
Friars In Philippines.
The members of the religious orders il
the Philippines were forcibly torn from
| their fiockS by order of AguinaIdo the die
tator, marched as prisoners from place t,
place and huddled together as common
criminals for eighteen months, subjected
to shameful indignitfes and refused per
mission to celebrate the holy sacrifice O
the mass, at least two of their numbe
being permitted to die from exhaustion
and il-treatment and without the consola
ton of receiving the last rites of tn
church, and the remainder finally maxim;
their escape upon hearing of the ap
preach of the American troops. The,
have ever since been refused permission
by the American authorities to return t
their bereaved f1ocks, upon the pretex
that their former parishioners would no
receive them back again. thus being vir
tually confined as prisoners on parole i
the city of Manila, with permission t
leave the country altogether If they s
elect. But the fact remains that, imme
diateIG upon their escape from the thral
dom of the A.uinaldo government, tn
people treated them with reverent an
the aged and infirm religious, and did al
in their power to make them comfortabl
. and to facilitate their happy escape from
confinement.
Nc Charges Are Made.
The clamors of certain apostate Cath
olics and members of the Katipunan can
not justly be accepted as the voice Of tn
. Catholic Filipinos, and it is very strik
. ing fact that no one has yet had tn
courage to come forward with a specifi
and particular charge of immortality O
wrong doing against a single member Of
religious order in the Philippine islands
For some reason, best known to them
2 selves, these who clamor for the expulsion
! OF the religious orders have deemed j
wise TO confine themselves to genera
vague and indefinite charges of lmmor
3 atty, of such a nature as to afford n
! opportunity for defence to the individua
members of these orders. Such charge
: cannot be accepted by our national gov
t eminent as worthy of notice, or as snffi
Gent reason for depriving these religion
of their prescriptive rights in the islands
Despite the fact that these religion
come from Spain, the American govern
ment would deprive itself of its stronges
support in maintaining peace and tran
guilty in the islands by removing Their
therefror1. as their religious rule an
catholic discipline require them to incul
cate submission, and obedience to 9TH
powers that be- and in this course the
would be upheld and seconded by the hol
see with all the plentitude of its author
ity, just as the clergy of this country, al
though from many foreign countries, ar
always. found on the side of the govern
ment in the exercise of it's legitimat
authority over our citizens, and In main
tanning peace and good order.
References-Record of the captivity O
Spanish Friars in the Philippines by on
Of themselves; in the Dominicana 70
March, April, May, June and July, 1907
San Francisco Cal.
The Taft Commission and the F'riars
Mess. of the Sacred Heart for June, 1901
/ p. SAT; New York city.
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