The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-11
BITTER ATTACK ON CATHOLICS

UN GAIHULlGS
 GUARDIANS OF LIBERTY COME
 OUT STRONGLY AGAINST THE
 CHURCH 5 IN ANfERIOA-coN-
 GREsSMAN HAYNES STARTS
 DISORDER.
 GEN. H. c. KING, BULL MOOSE
 LEADER, IS DISTURBED AT
 THE TURN, AND SAYS HE HAS
 RESIGNED.
 New York, Sept 11-There is no longer any doubt as to the attitude of the organization known as the Guardians of Liberty in so far the Roman Catholic Church is concerned. At the usual monday prayer meeting in the John Street church yesterday ex-Congressman Charles D. Haines, the Chief Guardian of the organi7a- ton, spoke and caused stir in the famous old church by making a bit ter attack on the Catholic church. ward Douglass White of the United States Supreme Court owed his eleva- tion to the fact that he was Cath olic; that the Naval Academy at An napolis ''reeked with Catholicism" that Major Gen. Thomas H. Barry, U S A. in command of Governors Isl- and, was another who was favored be- cause he was a Catholic, and that the time was at handsswhen every non Catholic should combat the activities of tfrose whose religion was Catholic.
 Near the end Of his attack Y MT. Haines was interrupted by an elderly man who sat well in front. He said his name was Applegate. and, added that he was in the publishing busi- neks- He is one of the regular at tendants of the John Street Church
 i've have had enough of this sort of talk shouted MT Applegate. and it Is time for it to stop. Who is this
 Bdfore- he could finish cries came from all over the chufch for MT. Alp plegAte to keep quiet. but he insisted
 s<what does he .mean by this talk of war. and blood between. those who are of different -eligions2e shouted voice was drowned in a chorus of pro- test from the audience.
 T am just as much of an American as Is this fellow,'' persisted MT. Ap-I plegate sI have just as much right to De heard- This is no place for such i stuff --as he is utter1ngs',R |
 Again the volume of protest drown | e7 his voice, and when for fourth time Mir. Applegate started to speak sonet sdy started the "Doxology'. and the meeting practically came to an end But the audience stayed, some of them surrounding Grief Guardian Haines and the othcrs MT. Applegate. ed out Guardia,l of Liberty literature. A recerssseofsO of officiai weekly publication Of the organization was the & princapal Pleos s+s of f,s4 Teaq1 masse cartoon captioned ''In Time of Peace Prepare which showed Pope Plus x holding with his right hand the dogs Of war, while in his left he held a whip. At the Pope's feet was the skeleton of a man. On the collar of one of the dogs was the word War
 On the back of the paper appeared a list of those who constitute thel National Court of Counseiqrs of thet given as members of this courts wereI Gen. Horatio C. King of Brooklyn, the Bull Moose candidate for Con- troHer of New York: Francis E. Clark. Lieut. Gen J. C. Bates. U. S. A. re- Burt of the Methodfst church, and Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, also a promi-i nent Bull Moose supporter, who, ac- cording to Gen. King. is responsible for the latter having at one time join ed the movement
 Gen. King said yesterday that as dians of Liberty movement really was he promptly rendered his resignation and stated indignantly that the use of his name was entirely una uthorized.
 Mr Haines said that the Guardiansi had organized in June of last year, and that they now had mem bership of more than 1000. GOO. and that among the million were between 5000 and S. 900 Protestant ministers and Jewish "a bbis. He said the organization was not one of bigots of fanatics, but that it's membership was represented | by such men as Gen. Bates, Gen. Miles Admiral Baird, MT. Clark, and Bishop Burt. He did not mention the l name of the Bull Moose candidate for Controller of New OYrk.
 He said these men were among the l first to sound the alarm They saw 1 the danger ahead to American liberty, and among other things banded to- gether to maintain forever a, complete particularly to protect the public schools from foreign influence"
 When Gen. King, the Progressive candidate for Controller, had his at tention ca.led to the fact that he was listed in the organ of the Guardians as a member of the National Court of CounseIors he appeared indignant.
 Gen. Sick1es got me to join,'' he said, but I resigned some time ago. Joined thinking it was patriotic tutions. and had no idea that 1t was a Fbitter anti Catholic organization. As soon as I found out what it really was I promptly tendered my resigna-I tion and you will favor me by stating that I am in no way whatever con have no sympathy with what you telld me Mir Haines said this afternoon"
 MT. Haines said yesterday that the Guardians of Liberty had over 800 lec- turers at work in the United States. and that the membership was increas- ing by thousands aiT the time
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