New-York tribune., 1920-03-09

DenOunces
Anderson
Continues from ssss one

sent the abuse heaped on the Catholic
| Church because the Archbishop Of New
York dared to disobey the mandate of
the leader of the Anti-Saloon League
by non-attendance at his meetings.
Abuse always confounds the abuser.
"My sole anxiety is that single
person, in or out OF the Catholic
Church, may be possibly deceived by
this sinister figure in American poll
| tics. sower Of strife, who sinks so
low as to play the un-American role of
brewer Of bigotry.
"Let me say most emphatically that
the Catholic Church is not affiliated
with any political organization, local,
| state or national, much less is the
Church in conspiracy to contravene,
directly or indirectly, the law Of the
land
"No honest man. no matter what he
may otherwise think OF the Catholic
Church, believes the Church to be an
enemy Of law and order.
II repeat my public statement of a
former occasion that the Catholic
Church breaches and practices con-
scicntious obedience to every law and
does not discriminate in favor of one
more than another. The Church
further demands that law be obeyed
whether we like it or not. Not go
Mr.. Anderson, who presses and stresses
the Eighteenth Amendment because he
wants it observed and is. paid for so
doing. He seems but little concerned
about other fundam entail laws guar
anteeing personal liberty, protection
against unlawful search and seizure,
religious freedom. free speech, free
press and free legislatures.
"At time when every sane, con-
structive and conservative force and
element in the community should be
working for united America, it is de-
plorable--and discouraging, too-that
any man should be permitted to foment
dstrust and breed mischief.
Warming Against Dissension
"Woe to him who, in these critical
days, sets ahame Industrial, social,
racial or religious dissension! Better
for America that he had never been
born"
To the ministers Mr.. Anderson said
that it was those members Of the
Catholic Church who had allied them
selves with the politicians and liquor
interests in their fight against pro-
hibition to whom he had referred in
last weeks statement, and added: 1--WE
are not afraid of the wet, Catholics,
/ or the wet Protestants or the wet
| Jews"
~ have voted twice in three wears"
he said, "for Cetholic Democratic can
u'ua1es Tor The Assembly because they
we're right on prohibition. believe
That most Catholics. even though not
personally in favor of prohibition
stand for upholding the prohibition
law, not because it is prohibition. but
because it is the law"
lie declared that ''if Catholics as
clflzens,. or the Catholic Church as
such, wish to bring about the repeal
or The prohibition amendment, that is
.helr privilege. But if that is their
intention they should not complain
over .belng compelled to work in the
open" ''''-
The records and figures Of the Anti
opened to the public's gaze: but in case
an investigation by the State Legis-
.ature 'naterializes there will be moth
lng hidfen Mr. Anderson said yester-
aay. re added that ne did not pro-
+ pose 20 tell the business of the Anti;
Saloon League to its enemies"
The books of the organization, show
ing records Of its affairs, he said, were
nos open TO the public, and in his ad-
dress to the Methodist ministers few
moments later he said that I'VE have
been expecting an investigation for a
long time and shall welcome it,"
In answer to questions as to whether
the Anti-Salocn League had used i'm
proper methods for gaining support in
the prohibition movement, he answered
"No."
The Anti-Saloon League leader made
bitter attack upon "this poor, pitiabie
preacher upstate who is attempting to
discredit our work. But we can do
more discrediting than he can do We
! have the proof to show that this
preacher who is attacking me and our