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REV. FATHER YORKE AND GENERAL MORGAN
The Clergyman Now Turns
His Attention to the
Army Officer.
TRIED AT CHATTANOOGA.
A Court-Martial Found the Gen
eral Guilty on Three
Charges.
VERDICT AFTERWARD MODIFIED
Father Ferguson Addresses a Metro
politan Hall Meeting on
"Modern Patriots."
W. W. Foote and Major Sherman have
not held a consultation as yet to decide on
the selection of a third person to finally
pass on the points of contention in the
public controversy between the Rev.
Father Yorke and the Rev. Donald M.
Ross.
Mr. Foote was at his office for a short
time yesterday. He came over from his
Oakland home to attend to some pressing
private business. His health is not the
best. He declined to be interviewed on the
subject of the controversy.
"I have not seen Major Sherman, the
gentleman selected by Kcv. Mr. Ross to
represent him in the settlement of the
question at issue, ' r said the eminent law
yer yesterday. "In fact I do not know
Major Sherman. When we meet, however,
and cave a consultation, I may be able to
decide on what steps shall be taken in the
matter. As yet Ido not know that I shall
act at all.
"Now I do not wish to enter into the
spirit of this controversy at all. Ido not
wish to criticize anybody else and do not
relish being criticized myself, except when
it is in a spirit of justice. My duty, as I
understand it, is to act as judge in a, mat
ter of dispute over certain questions of
Catholic teaching between Father Yorke
and Rev. Mr. Ross. Both sides will sub
mit their proofs and then the judges will
decide the juestion and that will be the
end to it. 1 certainly hay no interest in
the matter one w y or the other, except to
weigh and consider the evidence as sub
mitted tjy botn sides and render a just and
honest verdict accordingly.'"
The sup}>orters of Rev. Donald M. Ross
are going along with the preparations for
the big mass-meeting at the Mechanics'
Pavilion the second week in February.
Father Yorke submits the following re
pjy fee General Morgan's letter published
m The Call yesterday :
December 17.
To the Editor of the San Franrixeo Call— -Dear
Pin: The Hon. Rev. General T. J. Morgan, D.D.,
lias been moved to correct certain severe *e
rlections m?idc by me on his military charac
ter. He complains that the matters of which I
spoke were "purely personal" and -'had no
possible relation to the public, questions" which
were discussed at Metropolitan Temple.
Allow me to state, Mr. Kditor, that if the
matters on which 1 spoke wen purely personal
I should willingly apologize to the Rev. T. J.
Morgan, D.D. I do not believe that a discus
sion of the purely personal character Of any
man is seemly in a public controversy, ana "l
imagine that the introduction of an opponent's
private affairs would but hurt my own cause.
In dealing with the Hon. T. J. Morgan I ap
pealed only to the public records of a public
court and to the public acts of a public official.
The Rev. General Morgan came to this City
and lectured for the A. P. A. He stood sponsor !
for a society which is organized to proscribe !
his own companions in arms and to refuse i
even the lowest office in our public schools to !
the daughters of Sherman, Sheridan or <jrant.
His former position and his military title lent ■
a certain air of respectability long wanting to
the Metropolitan Temple meetings, and in his I
lecture he gave on his own testimony his per- i
sonal experience in a war which he claimed j
Roman Catholics made on him.
Confronted with this phenomenon it became
my duty to satisfy my mind on two points;
first the value of the military title claimed l.y
General Morgan, D.D., and, secondly, the value
of his word when offered as a proof of facts.
My investigation did not go outside the public
records of this country, and the results of my
inrestigations appear to have pained the Rev.
Hon. General T. J. Morgan, even on the other
edge of the continent.
1. The value of the military title claimed by
this patriotic gentleman I deduced from the
fact that, he had been arraigned before a gen
eral court-martial convened at Chattanooga,
Term., on March 25, 1805, on three charges,
the violation of the fifteenth article of war,
conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentle
man, and conduct prejudicial to good order
and military discipline. From the records of
this court I stated that the specifications ac
ensed him of signing false muster rolls, of run
ning round the country with petitions for his
owr promotion, of suppressing petitions for the
Eromotion of his subordinates, of attempting
ribery, of opening letters addressed to others
and of conniving at the unlawful disposal of
the property of the United States, to wit, one
Government mule. I stated that on each
charge and on each specification the verdict
of the court was "guilty," and I stated that the
sentence ran: "And the court does therefore
sentence him the said Colonel T. J. Morgan,
Fourteenth United States Colored Infantry, to
be dismissed from the service of the United
fctates."
In opposition to all this, General Morgan
comes now with the plea that these proceedings
"did not at the time they occurred affect my
standing as an officer and a Christian gentle
man in the least degree on the part of those
who were familiar with all the circumstance-.
The proceedings of the court were reviewed
and set aside by General James B. Steedman.
I was restored to duty, and retained my con
nection with the army until my resignation,
■when I was honorably discharged."
In answer to this plea, I beg to state that I
know nothing of General Morgan's standing
among his friends, but I do know that his.
statement of General Steedman's action, while
not an assertion of falsehood, suggests the
thing that is not. The ordinary reader would
be led to believe that the higher court had
exonerated General Morgan and that the
retention of his standing was due to such
fxoneration. Such is not the case. I copy
from General Steedman's order: "In the fore
going;case of T. J. Morgan. Fourteenth United
State;- Infantry, the court having found the
accused guilty of the first charge— violation of
the l'jth Article of War— had not the
authority to change the sentence as prescribed
in that article for such offense, and its failure
to conform to the requirements of the above
article in sentencing the accused is nn error
fatal to the proceedings and findings of the
court so far as relates to the first charge."
For this technical reason General Steedman
was compelled to set aside these proceedings.
When we remember that the error of the court
was on the side of leniency— prescribing a
lesser sentence than that middown in the law
—we can understand that there is but cold
comfort for the Rev. lion. General T. J. Mor
gan, D.D., in the fact that he escaped on a legal
quibble.
J. The value of General Morgan's word I
learned from the proceedings of another court
martial. This was also held at Chattanooga,
and the date is March 14. 1H65. Lientenant-
Coionel H. ('. (orbin of the Fourteenth United
States Colored Infantry was on trial for cow
ardice and oilier capital crimes. The specifica
tions were based on reports made by Colonel
Morgan, which reports may be studied by the
curious in any of our public libraries, in the
"War of the Rebellion— official Records of the
Union and Confederate Armies," vol. xlv, part
I, series 93, page 537.
The result of the trial was that the court
"most honorably acrjiiHted" Corbin. The
Chief witness against him was the Rev. Mr.
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Morgan. He swore to every detail of the
charges without hesitation or qualification.
Two of the principal company officers did the
same. The defense swept away the whole case
for the prosecution and left the Honorable T.
J. Morgan and his supporters in the position
of having sworn falsely. The court put on
record the statement concerning these two
supporters that one of them was "guilty of
misrepresentation and falsehood' 1 and that
the other was "guilty of falsehood." Concern
ing Morenn himself the court added the fol
lowing to the record: "The court takes this
occasion to animadvert upon the uncharitable
conduct of Colonel T. J. Morgan, Fourteenth
United States Colored Infantry, toward the
accused. Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. Corbin,
during the trial, ana his unoflicerlike conduct
while giving his testimony for the prosecution
by attempting to take memoranda of the evi
dence so given until forbidden by the court."
In his letter to you, Mr. Editor, the Rev.
General Morgan mentioned nothing about this
second court-martial, the records of which
show what value is to be attached to his word.
He appeals, it is true, to his subsequent pro
motion. Permit me to remark that soon after
tt-ese courts-martial Rev. Mr. Morgan resigned
precipitately from the army. He possessed
sufficient influence to procure a courtesy title
at a time when courtesy titles were easy to ob
tain. H.s title of general proves frothing be
cause it is worth nothing, just as his word
proves nothing because it has been discredited.
I have not time to go into a detailed account
of General Morgan's record as Indian Commis
sioner. As he states, a light was made aguinst
his confirmation, but the fight was made by
men cf his own party and of his own creed.
The delivery of the Indian Commission over to
a brace of preachers and the brutal manner in
which these preachers proceeded to trample
on the rights of others created such indigna
tion that in a Republican Senate it took the
personal intervention of President Harrison to
pull his nominee through.
General Morgan speaks of the attacks made
upon him by Catholics. If he had spoken of
the steady hostility displayed by him against
Catholics he would have been nearer the
truth. You may remember, Mr. Editor, that
during the second administration of President
Grant it was decided to try the experiment of
civilizing the Indians through religion. This
experiment wus proposed by Parson Newman,
now a Methodist Bishop. Through his influ
ence the good Methodists g»u the lion's *hare
of the reservations, to the infinite and voluble
disgust of the other sects. The contest was
waged so warmly that for the sake of peace
the Federal Government introduced the per
capita system. The various religious bodies
were invited to invest their iunds in lands
and schools and the Government promised to
pay a certain sum lor each Indian educated.
This policy was not initiated by Catholics and
the Protestant bodies took advantage of it
without any scruple.
Soon, however, there was a change. The
Catholic church began to outstrip her com
petitors. The Indians nocked to her. As she
had more pupils she received more money and
the Congregationalists and Methodists, as
they stood in their empty schoolrooms, raised
the warcry of "Rome's Hand in the Public
Pocket."
Our dear friends, the preachers, could not
explain the Catholic success. They put it
I down to trickery and they resolved to cut off
j the supplies. Accordingly they besran a cam
! paign against the contract system and it was
j to carry out that campaign that Morgan was
i by church influence pitchforked into the In
! dian office.
The advent of Morgan was marked by a viru-
I lent attack on the Catholic schools. On the
strength of the invitation of the Government
various private societies had invested much
capital in land and schools. To break the con
tract system at one blow would mean the con
tiscation of sojie two or three millions of dol
, lars belonging to United States citizens. Of
j course it was the duty of those interested in
I the Indian schools to resist this wholesale rob
bery. This resistance is wruit Mr. Morgan calls
; Roman Catholic attacks on nim. That we had
right and justice on our side is evidenced by
the fact that the administration was compelled
to restrain Morgan's freebooting tendencies
I and that now the contract system is in process
i of extinguishment by means which will give
j justice to all concerned.
General Morgans wholesale war upon Cath
olics in the Indian service has been already
ventilated in the papers. I may confine my
self to saying that neither Republican politics
i nor meritorious service in the war nor any
! other consideration availed to keep a man in
; the employ of the Indian Commission when
■ General Morgan discovered that he was a
Catholic.
Such, Mr. Editor, is the public record of the
I Reverend Honorable General T. J. Morgan,
: D.D. He may nave, as he says, associated with
i men of high Christian principles and with the
i most eminent living soldiers: still, this does
! not change the facts of history nor the char
j acter of ueneral Morgan. I am sorry to say
' that his late performances lead me to'the con
\ cmsion that he still retains the unlovely traits
i he manifested when, thirty years ago, at Chat
! tanooga, he tried to swear away the life of a
| brave soldier on a base.'ess charge. Yours
I truly, Pkter C. Yorke.
POSTSCRIPTCM.
The Rev. Dr. Case retired last week with
I more haste than dignity from the columns of
I The Call to the safe seclusion of his pulpit.
| From there as from a watch tower he levels his
eagle eye against the man of sin and lifts up
his voice to protest against the errors of Rome.
I "Cry aloud and spare not" is his motto, and,
i like the priests of Baal, he measures the
efficacy of his petitions by the strength of his
lungs.
Dr. Case has evidently given up the study of
i statistics. Figures are dangerous things, and
; they turned so badly on Dr. Case that he is
' more than ever convinced of the motto that
children and fools should not play with edged
I tools. Accordingly he has turned to the science
of philology, and has enlightened his congre
gation on the origin and~ meaning ot hocus
I pocus.
I might say here that Dr. Case's account of
| theoiiginof hocus pocus is as antiquated as
I the doctor hiniself. No respectable pnilologer
of modern limes holds that there is any foun
dation for an explanation that smacks of the
] slums. Let me remind Dr. Case that the words
which he undertakes to ridicule are the holiest
and most solemn in the book which Catholics
and Protestants reverence alike.
No matter what their exact meaning may be,
they are full of tender associations Tor every
Christian soul. In whatever language spoken,
on whatever occasion uttered, they are the
last words of our Master, the words" by which
he wished to be remembered among men. If
Dr. Case had had a friend and had stood at his
deathbed end had drunk in the parting words
that friend had addressed him. would he not
lay them up in the inner sanctuary of his
heart and treasure them as too sacredfor com
; monears? When we Christians listen for the
I last time to him who is our friend above all
j other friends, and in the very hour his agony
begins receive from him these words he calls
I his testament and his memorial, sh.all we be
less reverent, less careful of that sacred de
posit? Shame on you. Dr. Case, to treat thus
the dying words of your Savior. Even were It
true that libelous tongues had corrupted the
sacred syllables, common decency should have
restrained you from encouraging the blas
phemy. Judas, who betrayed the Lord, had
still the manliness to be ashamed; Pilate, who
condemned him, still strove to save him. It
was only the buttbon Herod without a re
deeming trait in life or in death who mocked
him as a fool. Shame on you, Dr. Case, that
your years have not brought you knowledge
enough to doff your cap and bells in the very
supper-room of the Lord. P. c. Y.
POSTSCRIPTOf.
Why do the heathens rage and the preachers
devise vain things? I see that the Methodist I
ministers have met and resoluted against Mr.
Ross and myself for betting. To tell you the
truth, Mr. Editor, I am not surprised at any
thing that might happen at the Monday
menagerie known as the preachers' meeting.
As in all gatherings of old women gossip nnd
scandal abound. The garrulity of Mr. Bovard
hus already got him into trouble, and I do not j
wonder that a blackguard who could accuse j
respectable ladies of Alameda of drunkenness
should accuse me of gambling. Let me
inform these reverend scandal-mongers, once
and for all, that ray offer to pay ,SIOO to char
ity is not a wager. It is a tax on mendacity
and a prohibitive tariff on reckless assertion.
If the Methodist ministers should adopt this
measure their meetings would give more edifi
cation, and Dr. Bovard might not every Mon
day fulfill the Scripture which saith": "He
roareth on the hills iike a bull of Bashan and
brayeth like a wild ass of the desert, and no
man regardeth him." P. C. Y.
"MODERN PATRIOTS."
Father Ferguson Makes Some
Striking Comparisons With
Them.
Metropolitan Hall never held a larger or
more enthusiastic audience than that
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1805.
which gathered last evening to hear Father
J. P. Ferguson's lecture on "Modern Pa
triots," delivered under the auspices of the
Young Men's Christian Union. Gallery
and auditorium were simply packed, even
the aisles being occupied.
For an hour and a half the eloquent
speaker drew striking contrasts between
tne deeds of the Catholics in behalf of the
establishment of civilization and liberty in
the United States and those whom he
designates as the "Modern Patriots." His
glowing tribute to the valor and patriot
ism of those Catholics who, in the past,
upheld the cause of freedom in thi3 coun
try met with frequent and enthusiastic ap
plause. He spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: When I chose this
subject — "Modern Patriots" — it was before
J"a£her Yorke began his investigations out at
thaJ; institution on City Hall avenue and Mc-
Allister street, aud I had no idea these patriots
were so fearfully moaern as they are. The
Rev. Donald McCallum Ross, who declared his
intention in August last, is not by any means
the most modern of them. There are many
more like this reverend gentleman who are
eager to become naturalized and assume as
soon as possible the role of patriots. Patriotism,
as you know, is engrossing just now a large
share of public attention. The organization
known as the A. P. A. claims a monopoly of it.
They deny a vestige of it to Catholics. Now, in
refuting the calumnies that have been thrown
broadcast by this society, I will not, as its
members do, draw on my imagination for my
facts, but simply state what is patent to any
man who brings to the study of this question a
Rev. Father Ferguson Addressing the
Audience.
[Sketched by a "Call" artist.]
! mind devoid of prejudice and passion. Our
I cause is not so weak that we have ever found it
: necessary to bolster it up with lies and misrep
resentations. We might, to aid our cause, imi
tate the tactics of our enemies— distort facts,
deal in diatribe, invent charges and circulate
gross libels about them. That we cannot do.
In this contest with bigotry we will win by
fair means or we will not win at all.
One of their leaders, when the spurious
I character of their encyclical was exposed.dc
i clared that there was nothing wrong in such
| action, and endeavored to justify it by claim
; ing that all was fairr in love or war. Catholics,
i he asserted, had an equal right to do the same.
I Washington Gladden, the eminent Ohio di
; vine, pointed out the unique villainy of this
\ subterfuge. There was, he said, no provocation
' for war in the first place; taey were not justi
: fled in waging it, and it was the most cruelly
| unjust and intamous of all wars. But it is not
I by employing means of this kind that we look
for the success of our cause. The opprobrious
terms they have seen fit to apply to everytning
i Catholic would perhaps justify a similar style
! of rejoinder, but they shall be treated witii a
I consideration they don't deserve. The plain,
; unvarnished truth must be our only weapon.
There was a politician miming for Congress
down South just after the close of the war.
. He addressed a large number of his constitu-
I ents one evening and pointed out to them the
j great benefits that not only that particular dis
i trict, but the State in general, would derive if
j he were chosen to represent them. The bene
; ficial effects that were to follow his successful
i election were many and great. But he wjs in
, terrupted by a voter who cried out: "Look
, here, you. We heard you prophesy before.
! We remember you; you were down here just
I before the war and didn't you say then, on
. that very platform, that if we went to wnr we
I would lick the durned Northerners with pop
j guns? You're no prophet."
Things looked very bad for the politician, but
i he was equal to the occasion, and gained his
j election when he said: "Well, I admit I did
i say we could lick the durned Northerners with
; popguns, but hang them, they wouldn't tight
j that way." Nor will we fight the A. P. A. that
j way. We have an abiding faith in the justice
of our cause; an equal confidence in the final
j triumph of a more enlightened and liberal
; spirit, and the complete overthrow in the
i future of fanaticism and intolerance.
This Government, as you know, was founded
by men who experienced the evil effects of in
tolerance. To escace it many of them fled to
this country. That persecution from which
they fled was not Catholic. The Puritan of
Massachusetts, the Catholic of Maryland and
the Quaker of Pennsylvania, sitting side by
side in the first Congress, decreed that on the
shores of the New World freedom of worship
and liberty of conscience should find a perma
| nent home. They declared in language plain,
strong and unmistakable that no one should be
discriminated against because of his religious
belief. You know well.how they embodied that
principle of religious liberty in the Nation's
laws. No religious test should be required as
a qualification for holding ofliee in the Re
public. You know how Congress still further
accentuated this principle by adding the four
: teenth amendment at the close of the Civil
War: "No State shall make or enforce any
law which shall abridge the privileges or im
munities of any citizen of the United States."
You know furthermore that the first article
adopted by the Legislature of the great
State of New York as early as the year
1777, and which is the organic law of all
the other States, declared "the free exercise
and enjoyment of religious profession and
worship without discrimination or preference
shall forever be allowed in this State to all
mankind." These extracts from the Federal
and State constitutions prove how hostile to
the American idea of justice and liberty is the
prosenptive policy of these Belf-con"stituted
protectors.
These lodgeroom patriots ignore altogether
the constitution of tbe United States. That
constitution was drawn up by men whose
patriotism was unquestioned, a patriotism
that was tried in time of need and not found
wanting. The constitution of the A. P. A. was
drawn up by men whose claims to exalted
patriotism ire the subjects of ridicule and jest
to all intelligent Americans.
Deaf to all cries of distress that go up from
one end of the country to another, unmoved
by the misery which meets his gaze
way he turns, the A. P. A. raised a leligious
issue and kindles again in hitherto happy and
peaceful communities the fires of sectarian hate
and discord.
The A. P. A. would have the American people
turn irom the consideration of financial prob
lems and join with him in a crusade against
his fellow-citizens. The orator of the A P
A. bids the American people turn from the
discussion of the tariff, the silver question,
the labor problem, and listen till he tells them
something about Rome's red hand and the
dreadful plots of the Jesuits.
w ho are those men who now arrogate to them
selves the responsibility of saving the American
people from evils which even they themselves
do not believe to exist? For the most pan SortU
of Ireland Canadian Orangemen, who left their
country for their country's good. These have
drawn recruits from tbe ranks of reconstructed
rebels, copperheads, Droken-down politicians,
who think a public trust is a private snap;
lawyers without briefs, like Quitzow: physi
cians without practice, like Dr. French, who
knows as much about medicine as he knows
about the Magdalen Asylum and whose time is
divided between trying to down Catholics and
getting his Rose on the police force. They
have received large accessions, too, from the
ranks of clairvoyants, mediums, fortune-tellers
and palmists, with a sprinkling of native-born
Americans, the descendants of those who in
the revolutionary period took to the woods
and tall timber when the colonies threw off
their allegiance and waited there till the cruel
war was over before they ventured forth again
to advertise their love of freedom.
The Orangeman, though, was the first man
who sprang it on the American public. The
Orangeman alone among all other types of
Humanity is incapable of mental expansion.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, does it not seem
a little incongruous for these British subject s
or who were such a short time ago, to come
and pose as the protectors of our institutions,
and to rob Catholics of their rights under the
constitution? Every honest American must
know that the permanency of our civil institu
tions requires and demands the recognition of
the individual rights of conscience.
Now the leaders of this party have gone all
over this country with a fine toothcomb to find
evidence that would convict Catholics of har
boring views hostile to the republican form of
government. They failed conspicuously to find
any.
The best men in the republic— keen-visioned
statesmen from Washington to Lincoln—appre
hended no danger from Catholics. They never
questioned their loyalty, but that momentous
discovery was reserved for the thick-skulled
Orangeman from the North of Ireland and the
flaxen-haired Norwegian from the Baltic.
Will Americans be deluded by this bird of
evil omen, ever perched on the fences of
bigotry and intolerance, and whose fetid
breath has blighted and blasted every com
munity in which it hns been permitted to
breathe ? Are tho^e unnaturalized firebrands,
many of whom still owe allegiance to that
power which Senator Zach Chandler said the
other day we would yet have to fight, are these
the licensed ones to dictate to the American
people the policy they shall pursue toward any
olass of citizens?
Down in South America there are brush vine
creeners that cling to the mighty giants of the
forest. At h'rst they are harmless, Dut in time
they garotte and stifle and choke and utteriv
destroy the forest giants that had braved the
storms and tempests of centuries. The A. P. A.
parasite would prove equally destructive to
any Government which wouid allow itself to
be embraced in its deadly coils.
The A. P. A. would unchain again the tiger
of intolerance and by fomenting sectarian hate
deluge earth once more with blood. They
would by creating distrust and arousing race
and religious hatreds finally disrupt the Union.
The work of this organization is apparent
everyday. Jn this very City men have been
approached by its members and pressure used
to compel them to discharge their Catholic
employes. Girls, the only support of aged
mothers, have lost their situations because
they professed the Catholic faith. The
daughters of men who fought and bl*d for the
Union have been turned out of the public
schools by men, who, acting as trustees in
America, have only recently renounced their
allegiance to England. What are we to think
of men calling themselves Americans skulking
around business houses to find out the
religious complexion of the employes and plot
ting for their removal?
It was Catholic enterprise. Catholic genius
that devised, planned and carried to success,
the great scheme of the New World's discov
ery. It was Catholic gold that equipped and
fined out that little fleet. It was Catholic
sailors who maimed it, and when it unfurled
its sails to catch tho breeze and sailed out of
that far-off Spanish port it sailed under the
auspices of a Catholic King ana Queen, and it
was followed over the unknown seas through
unknown perils by the prayers ana the hopes
of a Catholic nation and a Catholic world.
Our religion, we might claim, was the first
that entered the borders of United States terri
tory. There is not & foot of its soil that has
not been trod upon by Catholic pioneers. Five
years before the Pilgrim Fathers landed at
Plymouth Rock bark chapels had been erected
in Maine by the fearless pioneer Jesuits— the
Imperial Guard of the Catholic church, the
old guard that dies, hut never surrenders.
While the Puritnns of New England were dis
puting about questions ot religious belief the
Jesuits, Brebe I.allemand and others, were
traversing the principal rivers from Quebec to
Minnesota. Brave, fearless of danger, trusting
only in the Muster, they sought out and
preached the unchangeable truths of the
Catholic church to the warlike red men in the
heart of trackless forests.
They crossed the headwaters of the Hudson,
the Ohio.the Wisconsin, i.nd were the first white
men toiook upon the face of the great Father of
Water.".— the Mississippi. -Undaunted by no
peril they penetrated regions known only 10
the savages, and hauled their bircti canoes over
streams that now throb with the thunde: oi
steam engines and the industries of large and
populous cities.
Now, in answer to the baseless charges of
disloyalty that have been hurled at us, and the
misrepresentations on this subject that have
circulated, I might ask who are the men who
have built up this republic and made it the
great Nation that it is to-day? Has it been ex
clusively the work of one particular race or
creed? Did not Catholics take au honorable
and important part in ts development? Were
they not as active as any others in defending:
it against and freeing it from foreign domina
tion?
But coming down to a less remote period— to
a time within the memory of men still living—
in the late Civil War, when the integrity of the
Union was endangered, did not Catholics
respond as readily as any other citizens to
Lincoln's call for troops? Didn't they muster,
don the blue and hurry to the front when the
tocsin of war sounded? More than three
fourths of the troops mustered out of the great
•State of Pennsylvania were Catholics. New
York and Massachusetts contributed more than
half. The CathoHc church numbered more of
her sons among the volunteers who swelled
the Union ranks than did any of the sects in
proportion to her numbers. Shewouid have
been much stronger to-day had her sous been
less patriotic or loved America's institutions
less.
Their services in the time of their country's
need, as well as the deeds of those Catholic
generals— Sheridan, Shields. Meagher, Cor
coran, Ord and Kosecrans ("Old Kosy"), who
commanded in the Southwest— tell the story of
the Catholic soldier's loyalty, aud will be held
in grateful remembrance by generations yet to
come, when the memory of their traducers
will be buried in a deep and deserved oblivion.
Will Americans readily forget the famous
charge of General Meagher's brigade against
the blazing Southern batteries on Mary's
Heights at Frederlcksburg, when they left
over 1000 of their dead and wounded on the
field? These heroe* gave such hii evidence of
their patriotism as to call forth the praise of
even their hereditary foe— the London Times.
Are such men as these disloyal to the Repub
lic? Are the sons and relatives of such men as
these — great heroes, great soldiers, great
patriots, great martyrs — to be shut out from
every avenue of honor and profit? Are they to
be proscribed and barred from holding office at
the command of modern Hessians, who a
generation ago were subjects of that power
which UFed every effort five and thirty years
ago to drive tne American flag from off the
seas, whose gold Howed into the coffers of the
Confederacy under Jeff' Davis, and whose aid
on land as well as on sea enabled him to pro
long that great internecine strife which cost
tne North and South so much blood and
treasure? What proof have they ever given
of disinterested loyalty? Are not their hys
terical shrieks for "old glory— often in broken
English— always mingled with a cry for an
appropriation?
where were- those noble patriots when their
patriotism could have been of some service to
the country? Where was the tbick -skulled
Orangeman when the shot tnat startled all the
land was heard? Where was this latter-day
patriot when the fate of the Union trembled in
the balance? Was he down there in the South
exposing his adamantine head to the grape
and-cannister ball of the Confederacy? AVas
he down there fighting on gory fields, where
the shot and shell flew? No, he was not there !
He was far away on the hills of Ulster or "deep
in Canadian woods " putting an additional
coat of paint on the "little red schoolhouse."
Where were those other devotees of liberty,
the brand-new patriots in time of peace?
Were they down there in the cannon smoke
and hurricane of war, standing like so many
walls of brass against the storm of shot and
shell that swept the bloody slope of Lookout
iMountain? Were they facing death, not only
on the death-swept field of battle, but in the
gaunt and awful form of starvation, in the
hospitals of fever and pain, or languishing in
prison pens? No, they were not there! They
were somewhere else. Tney were far away
across the deep-blue sea; they were on the
shores of the Baltic— those half-civilized bar
barians — complacently gorging themselves
with white whale and raw seagull.
I will only say in conclusion that this or
ganized attempt to renew Old World fanati
cisms and race hatreds in this land of the free
will in the end be doomed to defeat. It may
succeed in its aims, but will eventually fail.
Bigotry is in its death throes. Advancing
civilization and the recognition of the under
lying principles of Christianity have drawn
its teeth. The world never moves backward:
the law of motion is a law of progress. The
fatherhood of God and the broinerhood of
man are becoming more and more widely
recognized.
When the true nature of this conspiracy is
disclosed ; when the mask is torn away and'its
true character in all its naked hideousness
lies revealed. Americans -who have a soul to
feel for the honor of their country, guided by
that inherent love of justice and fair play
which is the glory of the vast majority of
America's sons, will protest against the further
existence on its free soil of such a proscriptive
organization. We may with all confidence look
forward to the dawning of that day. The senti
ment of a common brotherhood will be re
stored. The new birth of liberty so confidently
predicted by Lincoln will not fail to dawn, and
this great Nation shaking off, as H did forty
years ago, the influence of this lower civiliza
tion, will go on to fulfill its high destiny.
A BABY IN PRISON.
Terence McCabe Thought the Child's
Mother Had Deserted It.
Terence McCabe, a grocer at 455 Clemen
tina street, called at the Southern police
station yesterday afternoon with a two
year-old child in his arms. He said that
Mrs. Dolan, the child's mother, had left it
with him in the morning and as she had
not returned he thought she had deserted
it and he did not want to have anything
to do with it.
The child was taken to the City Prison,
where Matron Gilmore took charge of it.
Last night Mrs. Dolan called for it. She
said she had been separated from her hus
band for the past six months and had been
working to support herself and child. She
had been in the habit of leaving the child
in the Day Home, but yesterday there was
a festival at the home and they would not
take any babies in. As she knew McCabe
Bhe went to his grocery and asked him to
look after it till she returned from her
work. When she did so she was aston
ished to learn what he had done.
PARK MUSEUM EXTENSION.
Contracts for Its Kreetion Awarded by
the CoiumisHloners Yesterday.
The Park Commissioners convened yes
terday for the purpose of opening bids
received from various contractors for the
erection of the Punt Museum extension.
The contract for the brick work of the
addition was awarded to Thomas Butier
and the Pacific .Rolling Mills the contract
for erecting the iron roof which is to be
placed over the structure.
Work will be commenced immediately
by the contractors upon the building, and,
barring unforeseen delays, the extension
will be completed within three months.
Jaros Hygienic Underwear for ladies, for gen
tlemen, for children, for all places, all the
year. Morgan Brothers, 229 Montg. St. *
Death of Mrs. Fluhart.
Mrs. Nancy Jewell Fluhart passed away at 2
a. m. yesterday at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. H. H. Luse, with whom she had resided
for a long time. Her death was attributable to
age rather than any disease. She was born
May 10, 1810, and was the mother of six chil
dren, Mrs. H. H. LustN Mrs. S. Stur?es and Mrs.
W. C. Collins, of this City; Mrs. Wyman of
Missouri, Mrs. J. Balmvin. wife of Dr. Baldwin
of the University of Texas, and J. H. Fluhart,
editor of the Centennial News of Ohio. The
funernl will take place from 18 Essex street
this afternoon.
Office draughts don't bothet wearer of Jaros
lygienic Underwear. He is protected from
iimatic changes. Morgan Bros. , 229 Montg. st.*
California Slate for Koofg.
A short time ago it was announced that the
officials of Fresno County proposed in the con
struction of the new courthouse to use an East
ern slate for rooting. Yesterday Assistant
Secretary F. 11. Dingle of the Manufacturers'
and Producers' Association sent a letter to the
Fresno Supervisors requesting that California
slate be used. The claim is made that the Cali
fornia product is superior to that of the Eastern
quarries.
A suit of Jaros Hygienic Underwear worth a
barrel of cures. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg. st.*
Did She Bolt Him?
The preliminary examination of Eva Starr,
the variety actress, on the charge of grand lar
ceny was commenced before Judge Conlan yes
terday. The coruD'ainiiig witness, N.Feldman,
tesuried to being with the woman in Seeba's
saloon on Kearny street Saturday night, and
having $200 in gold coin and a gold watch
valued at £50 stolen from his pockets. He be
lieved the defendant robbed Him. The case
was continued till to-morrow.
.laros Hygienic Underwear the one under
wear that is comfortable; absorbs moisture:
keeps folks well. Morgan Kros.. 229 Montg. St.*
Baptist ITnion Delegates.
The Baptist Union W. C. T. U. held its
monthly meeting at the First Baptist Church
yesterday afternoon and elected three dele
gates, Mrs. S. W. Carrigan, president of that
organization, Mrs. Lewin, its secretary, and
Mrs. Hodgson, its treasurer, to the Women's
Federation for Public Good.
They are bound to last, our patent flat open
ing books. Mysell-Rollins Co., 22 Clay st. •
Chinese to Be Deported.
Four Chinese were arrested yesterday under
the McCreary act for deportation as ex
convicts. Their names are Gee Fun, Wong Ah
Moon, Suey Ah Tze and Chun Too, and all had
just finished terras at San Quentin. They were
taken before the Federal court and are to be
deported. _^ __
NEW TO-DAT.
UNDER
Tropical Suns
xrows the most powerfully curative ar-
ticle of the vegetable kingdom— Peru-
vian Bark. It forms the most active in-
gredient in the famous
Peruvian Bitters
• pleasant, palatable remedy unequaled
In the world to restore the appetite,
stimulate sluggish digestive functions,
dispel malarial poisons, promote quiet
nerves and sound sleep, replace wasted
tissues-in short, to make the weak
strong and shield the well from disease.
MACK & CO.. San Francisco. All
druggists and dealers*
NEW TO-DAY— DRY GOODS.
HOLIDAY GOODS ft
A CHOICE DISPLAY
SEASONABLE NOVELTIES! |t
We invite special attention to our ex- ;; iv. -
ceptionally large and complete stock of,v'--
NEW GOODS, especially imported for the Ji- ■'■■■'
HOLIDAY TRADE. . C . :
NOVELTIES IN COLORED DRESS FABRICS,
NOVELTIES IN BLACK DRESS FABRICS,
NOVELTIES IN COLORED DRESS SILKS,
NOVELTIES IN BLACK DRESS SILKS, 1;
NOVELTIES IN LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS,
NOVELTIES IN SILK HANDKERCHIEFS,
NOVELTIES IN LADIES' NECKWEAR, :
NOVELTIES IN FEATHER SCARFS,
NOVELTIES IN LADIES' HOSIERY,
NOVELTIES IN LADIES' GLOVES,
NOVELTIES IN LADIES' UMBRELLAS,
NOVELTIES IN GENTS' NECKWEAR, -
NOVELTIES IN GENTS' GLOVES,
NOVELTIES IN GENTS' HOSIERY,
NOVELTIES IN LADIES' SKIRTS,
NOVELTIES IN LADIES' WAISTS,
NOVELTIES IN LADIES' APRONS.
The attention of our customers is re-
spectfully directed to above goods.
NQTE. — Our store will remain open ."•/.
evenings until Christmas. : :f.
1892 • tk J^amf^L.
• 11, 113, 115. 117. 119. 121 POST STREET.
RAILROAD TRAVEL.
VERY LOW RATES BY RAIL
PORTIjAJJD, OR.
FRiDAV, Dec. 20, and Every Fifth Thereafter,'"
Leave from S. P. Co.'s Ferry landing, foot
of Market st., at 8:00 p. m.
©X.OO— lncluding Berth in Pullman Tourist
«]P Sleeper. .>--._-..
....ALSO....
: First-class tickets, Including. berth in <n»"1 A. OO
Pullman Standard Sleeper, <Jp J.U .
SPECIAL NOTICE.
•This train will not stop to deliver or take on pas-
j sengers at intermediate stations, nor will tickets be
| sold or baggage checked to such points.
SRT Through Tickets for Puget Sound
I Points on Sale at Reduced Kates.
I For further information apply at
613 MARKET STREET (Grand Hotel
Ticket Office), San Francisco.
' RICHARD GRAY, T. H. GOODMAN,
Gen. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agt.
SOUTHKRN PACIFIC COMPABIT.
.(PACIFIC nun.)
| TrnlH* leave .-mil arc duo to arrive nt
SAM ritANClKt'O.
leave — From November 20, 1395. — ' areiv
~^B:3Oa Haywards, Nilcs and Way Stations, . 10:1 5a j
7:00a Atlantic Kiprefs, Ogdcn and Kast;. 8:45» !
7:00a Eenicia, Vacavillo. r.umsey. Sacra-
mento, and Rcddins via Davis 7:15p
7:30a Martinez, San Ramon, Napa, Calis-
toga and Santa Kos». 6: ISp
8:!IOa Niks, Sun .lone. .Stockton, lone,
Sacramento, Marysvillc 1 . Red Dlufl
nuil Sundays cxccptcd Oroyillo 4 : 1 .1p
•8:30\ Peters au<l Milton «T:lsp ;
O:OO.v .san Lcandro, Hay wards 4: Way St'ns 1 1:43a
0:OOa Los Angles Express. Raymond,
(for Ycsomitc), Sauts, Barbara
and I.os AiikcUm.. ................ 4:4."Jp .
O:OOa Martinez and Stockton 10:45a
l«:OO.v San Lean tiro, lljywsrd3 and Niles ... 1:45p
1 2:00.\r San Lcacdro, Haywrrtla A Way St'ns 2:45* |
1:00r Miles, San Joso and Livcrsnorc «:!•"**. .
•l:OOpS;cran]ent() Kiver Steamers..... «!i:OOp !
fl:3op Port Costa n:id Way Static f7:45p
3:00p San Leanciro, Haytvard3& St'us . 5:45p
4:00p San I.ca-jdro, Hoy wants & Wayßt'ns «:45p
4:00p Martinez, Kan Ramon, Vallojo, \- V
Napa, Calistoga, r.i Verauo anil
Santa R05a....... *:ISa
4:««jr Bentoio, \ Esparto, Woodland, , • j
'"> Knights Laiuliug, ..,'. Marysrille, ' '■
Ororillc aiul .Sacramento 10:43 a !
4iS9pN]Jcs, San Jose, Livennore and ' ■ ,
Stockton 1...".. 7:15p !
5:00p San Leindro, Haywards & Way Sfns 8:45p
8:30r New Orleans ICxprcr3,l''resiio,Bakers-: :'r '••:
(iel<l, Santa liarl>nra,l.o9 Atigclcs,
Demint', El l'a"0, New Oilcans and
Ea5t.....'....: 16:45a
3:30f Santa .Fo Route, Atlantic Express
for Mojave nrnl Y.axt ............ 10:43a
S:OOr European Mail, t>£<lcn and Kast.... 9:4»A'
O:(M)p Uaynnrdn, Kilcauiul Han J05e. .... 7:15a ;
17:«(>i- Vallcjo.'. 17:45p
7sOOr OrCßOii llxproßS, Sacramento, Siiiryu-
ville, -UeiMlng, Portland. I'iigtt -
Bonn A awl East 10:43a
7:OOp San Leandro, liayvrarda & Way Sf 113 1 0:5Op
O:O»p BanLcanuro,ll:iywards&r»"ay6tns jtl2:ooA
"Sunset UubSMH," Fresno, LO3
. Ansel c s. El Paso, New: Ork oiis
. - . andEait... §l*:43p- 1
ttllilß.* ganT.gaiKlrnllaywnrdfi&AYayr.t'nw ?:13a
SANTA <IH Z DIVISION (Xarror, (Jange).
»il!>a NeTvaiK-,«]eiittitille,Siiii.l.:s.!,Feit<)ii^ ! ~"~
- BonUlcrCreek,SaiitaC'rnza:id Way •
Stations ......."."....;...."... sss«i
•2:13p Newark, Ocntcrville, San .lose. New
Ahnajon, Fcltoii, )V)iilder Crick,
Santa Crta and Principal Way '
5tati0n5.. ...... .v. •! 1:2oa
4:13 1« Newark. San .1.'.i0 and I. us <!al<;s.... 9:30a
:45p Hunters' E^crrsion. Ban ceo and
: " Way 5tati0n5 .. .;.'...... ::.•. ....... }7;20p
COAST IH VISION (Ihiitl jfcTftwnsriiil Sis.)
6:43a San .losi> rihl Way SSuuioii* (New ~
\__; Almsdcii Wednesdays 0n!; ),...... 1:43f
S:l3a San Joso, Tie.i rinos, f-iaiiu Cruz,
Paciiio Grove. Paso Ilobleo, • Sau
: Luis Oliiipo, Giiadalupenuil Prin-
■ cipal Wny Stulioiis ......;.. • 7:03p
IO:4Oa San ,los« ami Way Stations .. 3:OOp
11:1.1a Palo Alto and Way Stations 3:30p
"«:3Or «an Jose, Oilroy, 1 Trcs linos, Sauta " , ■
. Cruz, SaHnas, Mont erpyumlPacitlc
tjr0v0 .::.:;..?:.. .;.:..'.;*....;'... *io:IOa
•3::«>p Sau Jo3e and Principal Way Stations ' !»:I7a
•4:3Oi> Han Joso uml \V y Stations.-.. . . : . . . •H:O0a
, 3:3(>i' Sau .lost) 5tati0n5......... *N:J.«i\
G:3Oi* San ,1033 1111.1 Wuy Stations.'.. StflSA
i11:43i- Ban .losunii'l Wny Ktnt.mnw.-.. .;..:.■. tt:4.lp
CREEK ROUTE /ERRY.'
Prem SiN IRIKCISCO— Foot or Market Street (Slip 8)—
•7:15- 9:00 11:00A.M. Jl:00 *2:00 {3:00
•1:00 J5--00 ' •6:Cop.m.- .- ;■
from OAKUHD— Footorßro»dw»j.— ' ' *6:00 8:00
10:03A.«. t!2:00 ♦1:00 ; $5:00 ' »3:CO . $1:00
*3:ooi'.M. •-.-■-'■■ , : . '. .■■- -- :-'. ■- ■-.;
- A for Morning. • •■ ■- P for Afternoon. •
* Sundays exempted. ' . .. ■ 1 Saturdays only. |
" -.■"'>-} Sunday* only. " ■■ ' .
- t \ Monday. Thursday aud Saturday nights only. ■ .'•:
11Tne dnT^ kiv\ Sai.uniaya - S Kn-"'-v» ' "'1 Thnr'tlaTm.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
CEARLEB H. PHILLIPS, ATTORNJEY-AT I
law and ? Notary Public, 63S Market it, • ■ eppo
■lte Palace iiotfi : IKaidaao* 102U i'tU«W i r X«l»>
»acue&7tt, ■ v I
.■-.. ■ . r
RAILROAD TRAVEL: _ _ '_ '
SMFRMISCO&KORTBPI.
CMC RAILWAY CO. ;
; , Tiburon Ferry— Foot of Market St.
San Francisco to San Rafael. , ; ..
WEEK DAYS— 7:4O, 9:20, 11:00 a.m.; 12:31
3:30, 5:10, 6:30 p. m. Thursdays-Extra trl» • -
■ at 11:30 p. m. Saturdays— Extra trips at 1:60
'■ and 11:30 p. K. -
SUNDAYS— B:OO, 9:30, 11:00 A.M.; 1:30, 3:3(1 '
6:00, 6:20 p.m. \, '
San Rafael to San Francisco. ".
! WEEK DAYS— 6:2S, 7:55, 9:30, 11:10 A it"- *I"
12:45,3:40,5:10 p.m. Saturdays-Extra trip*
at 1:55 p. m. and 6:35 p. if. ™ • ' .
TO ?So. l e^2?iiK. 94ol 11:1 ° A ' *- : 1:40 ' B:4 * '
I Between San Francisco and Sctauetzen Park sam»
schedule as above. , •'■•'.. •
San Francisco. T _»._, San Arrive
San Franclsro. oct? 2& Sa " Franclsco -
Wkkk I Son- i >( , a 1 t f n } i s ; iou Sex- fwKUt* •
Days. | days. destination. DAYa> ] DAYa -.;
7:40 am 8:00 am Novato, 10:40 am; 8:50 am '
3:30 pm 9:30 am IVtaluma, 6:05 pm 10:30 All '- •'
6:10 pm 1 5:00 pm Santa Rosa. 7:30 pm ' 6:15 pi* '
~ • Fulton, •■ ■ •
7:40 am Windsor, 10:30 am
Healdsburg,
Geyserville, ' • •
8:30 pm 8:00 am Cloverdale. 7:30 pm 6:16 fx ■•
Fietai ' ""
7:40 ami Hopland A
|8:00am Uklah. 7:30 PM 6:16 FM •:. •'
7:40 am • 110:30 am '<■
8:00 am Guerne 7:30 pm ,
3:30 pm j I 6:16 pic
7:40 am 8:00 am I Sonoma ! 10:40 am 8:50 am
6:10 pm 5:00 pm and 6:05 PM 6:15 pm *
I . ! Glen Ellen. ' ,
7:40 am 1 8:00 am c phft - tono i 110:40 AMI 10:30 AM
3:3OPMi6:OOPMi Seba9to P°'- I 6:05 pm| 0:15 pm: . /
Stages connect at San Rafael for Bollnas. :
Stages connect at Cloverdale for the Geysers. . •
Stages connect at Pieta for Highland Springs*
Kelseyvllle, Lakeport. ■ -^ ~ ' ■ •' :* «
Stages connect at Uklah for Vichy Springs, Bias" .
Lakes, Laurel Dell. Upper Lake, Booneville, Green- •
wood, Mendodno City. Fort Brasrg, Usal, Westport, . •
Canto, Willetts, Calpella, Porno, Potter Valley, Jon* '
Day's, Lively* s, Gravelly Valley, Harris, Scott*
and EureKa. •. -
Saturday to Monday round-trip tickets at reduo«i . -
rates. ' • ."» ii .
On Sundays round-trip ticket! t* all points k» '
youd San Bafael at half rates.
Ticket Offices, 650 Market st., Chronicle buildings ' -
| U. O. WHITING, B. X. RTAN, • : .'.'- '•
-, .. . Gen. Manager. Pen. Pass. Agsafc' :.' • -
S Atlantic
Trains leave from and arrlvs •■' - *
T g| at Market-Street Ferry. '.. '
SANTA FE EXPRESS ; . :
To Chicago via A. & P. Direct Line • . ."
Leaves every day at 3:30 p.m., carrying Pullman .•• '• .'
Palace Sleepers and Tourist Sleepers to. Chicago- 1 -. -
via Kansas City without change. Annex cars tor .'••
Denver and St. > Louis. _:•'/■..
CHICAGO LIMITED,
From Los Angeles to Chicago. -, • ■•
Solid Vestibule Train Dally, with " Dining-cars, .'• "
under Harvey s manajrement. Connecting trains' ."
leave San Francisco at 9 a. m. and 3 :30 p. m. daily. ■
1 I The. best railway from California to the East.*' .
New rails, new ties; no dust: Interesting scenery; • • •
and good meals in Harvey's dining-room or dining- ' -
cars. •■■■.■ ■ ,-...
Ticket Omce— 644 Market Street, •
, . . Chronicle Building.
KORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD
(Via Sausallto Ferry)..
From San Francisco, beginning? October 27, 189».
WEEKDAYS. . .
For Mill Valley and San Kafael— 7:30, 9-15, 11:M -
a. M.; 1:45. 3:45 6:15, 6 p.m. , -
San Quentin— 7:3o, 9:16 a. M.; 1:46, 5:15 P. M.
Extru trips ior ban Kafael on Mondays, Wedneo> * £
aays and Saturdays at 11:30 p. m. " 1 4'
- SUNDAYS. - •
For Mill Valley, San ■: Rafael ■ and < San Quentin— *
10:00, 11:30 a.m.: 1:30, 3:00, 4:30, •B;{i
. p. m. *i>oes not run to San Quentin,
V THROUGH TRAINS.
7:30 a. m. weekdays— fazadcro and way stations.
1:45 P. M. Saturdays— ales and way stations.
•;00 a. m. Sundays— point Re/es ana way itaUoa%
