Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1894 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

object in such speeches, and that is to provoke outbreaks au d assaults b' the people thus sh amefully attacked. We vould counsel our catholic friends, ho woven to refrain from that sort of retri* butio". As Benjamin Franklin said, it is easier to endure the in* suits of a chimney-sweep than *o get rid of the dirt you would get on you while whipping him. We publish elsewhere to-day an article from the Western Christian Advocate, the organ of methodism of the Mississippi valley, which puts this matter in a very sensible and Christian waj\ It is to be commended for its earnest rebuke of these common and public liars these defamers of Christian men and women. It is not piotestantism that is making this fight So far as it is an attack on the catholic church it is made by irreligion. The men who are engineering this movement are not religious in any sense. It is a political movement and it is directed against all fors eigners. We quote again from he report: “He admitted that£tbe republicans were encouraging the A* P A., but said it was to get their votes. Also that McKinle was v lected in Ohio because he got the A. P. A. vote as against the catholics, and that the republican party wou d succeed elsewhere in the same way. He said the democratic party obeyed the will of the pops and call on all patriots to stand bv the A. P. A. He made a v:gorous attack on the secret ballot system of Indiana—that it had no effe#t with "he catholic, as he was comt elled to tell in the confessional how he had voted. That every catholic congressman and senator must confess everything at least once a year, which confession is sent to the pope, who looks over and direefs all the acts of the said legislator." There is no room for question that thh movement is now being actively fostered by republicans in this state and th ; s admission of the fact by Sims ought to open the eyes of the few democrats who have been induced to join it.- Indianapolis Sentinel.

From the utterances of '‘Prof.” Sims, quoted above, ne judge the A. P. A. lectures have all the same sterreotyped peech, as the same statements were made by Rudolph at this place. We note, with pleasure, thet Mr Banta, the well and favorably known agent of the Dayton, Ohio, Nurseries is making his annual rounds of this and adjonin counties. Mr. B. has been making this route to the past seven or eight years and has made an extensive acquaintance. He is highly ess teemed and his mode of fair dealing has made friends of all with whom he has come in contact.

TWO HITS ABOVE THE BELT. Last week we cited an instance of Roman catholic intole 'ance as exs pressed by the villainous conduct of a mob. Catholics wou’d not be human were the not to resent some of the graver imrmtatious pm upon their prie 4 hood by itinerant anti catholic lecturers. We do rot blame them for it.. We object, only to lawless and violent modes of test* living their offense. There are better ad effectual ways. This is one: Last week Archbishop Ireland and the catholic clergy of Minneapolis absented themselves f'-om a temperance demonstration because a baptist minister, who had made himself intolerable to them, was assigned a place on the program. “v e have no war to wage on any protestant minister,” said Father Cleary, “but we do decline to sit on the same platform with a man like Merrill, to whom no po*. sition or condition is sacred Take Merrill’s speech on New Year’s night, in ' Inch he used villainous language toward Mgr Satolli, who has gained a reputation for tact, j culture, and refinement on both j continents-a rapn who strictly I minds his own business To gain ' uotoriety on Buch a basis is shamej ful, and Merrill needs a severe and | public rebuke. The time has come i when all decent people, regardless jof creed, should turn their backs ! the vilifi’r.” j If Mr. Merrill, speaking for the A. P A,, said what is attrinuted to him, -eW-respect would compel anv catholic priest to pursue the oourse 'adopted in the Twin Cities: 1 “It (the A. P. A.) believes that