The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-05-09

friars, have you had much opportunity
10 observe a. % thisi
A. Considerable. Prom my earliest
youth. With respect 10 their morality In
general. " udf such COMMON fhtn1 %
ses ohiidrCa of friars thaf no one ersr
pad any aiicHiioA 20 u or thoHgh Of
q, ard - depmred hdd the people bc.
come ~ fhs regard that ne woneA rho
uere misfrosscs Of fndrs really Ish great
pride IN u aHd had no compuncii0n IN
spouktsg of u. So general had fhis fhiag
become that " moV Be said that erca
nor the rule is for q frtdr % hare a
misircss and ehldrcH. and Ne rho has
NOT is TIC rdrc CTccpiioh, and v u -
desired fhdi ! girs names could cite
night nor 100 chadrcH Of fridrs
2. In Manila or In the provincesi
A. In Manila and In the provinces.
Everywhere.
q. Are the friars living in the islands
still who have had those ehildrcnf
A. Yes. and 4 can 0irc their Hdmes
" HcoessdTy, dAd I odH gtre the ndnes
Of the children, TOO. BeqtHHiHq rita
myself, nv mother p tie daughter Of a
FraHciscdH frar I do not dishonor my.
self by saying this, because my family
begins with myself.
From Testimony Of SeHor Nosario
ConstdHtinO.
2. What was the morality Of the
friarsi
A. There Was no morality Whdisrer,
aud the story Of the immortality uould
take TOO long 10 recount. Great immor.
diitg aud corruption. (I desire 10 say
here that, speaking thus frankly about
the habits Of the priests, the witnesses
would fear that they might be perse.
euted by the priests II IL should ever get
out what they were saying here.)
Judge Taft: don't expect to pub
lish IL. i expect 10 use Il 10 make a re.
port to the commission.
Q. Have you known Of the children
Of friars being about in BulAcani
A. Yes, air. About the year ls40
and the year 1880 every friar eurate in
the province Of Bulaean had his concu.
bine. DR.. joaquin Gonzales was the son
Of n curate Of Baliuag, and be has three
sisters here and another brother, all
children Of the same friar. We do not
look upon that as a discredit 10 a man.
The multitude Of fridrs rho came here
from 1876 10 1896 dnd 1895 uere on Of
the same kind, and 20 name the Number
Of children that they hate Uould take
up an immense lot Of space. There was
a case, for instance, Of the governor of
the province Of Bulacan land / know
whereof l speak, for / have practiced
law there for many years) who was
named Canova, and he was a man who
was very strict in the performance Of
his Official duty-an honest and an up.
right man. He endeavOred 20 put a
stop 90 the deportations by the friars.
and they combined and called upon him
in a body and asked him in a threaten
ing manner II he desired 20 remain as
governor Of that province. lie told them
to 60 TO hell; and they said: "Now,
IL you don't want 10 stay here, you bet.
ter ask 90 be transferred 20 another
province, because IL you don Z leave vol.
unfairly you will not remain here three
months longer" A very short time
after that he had to leave.
Q. Did not the people become 80 nc.
customed 10 the relations which the
friars had with the women that il really
played very little part in their hostility
to the friars, assuming that the
hostility did existi
A. That contributed somewhat TO the
hostility Of the people, and they carried
things in. this regard with n very high
hand, for " they should desire the rife
or daughter Of man, and the husband
and father opposed such advances, they
Uould eHdedrOr 10 hare the man de.
ported bg bringing up false charges Of
being a flibHSicr or Mason, oHd after
succeeding in getting rid Of the husband,
they rOuld, by foul or fair means. dc.
complish their purposes, and uiH cite a
case that actually happened TO U.s. IL