Show OUR OCK PC bli C schoot tho the so seventh ft on of 0 the iho forra tresta on ilia ho licau PIRt rapport of our public school otwool reia reads as follows I 1 i alio publio school system ot olt uio he eva tat nl of the ilia american lis jo sta u gibe clr bulwark of md blui ft TV to 1 adl T r meat to tolar the or of the tho united sic the ibo ol of publio funda or for ilia bongot of any or I 1 s andor sectarian control this so EO t truly ruly expresses liep sentiment that its ili reading in IQ the coa contention convention elicited prolonged op clauro it was road a ccone arcond time on of 0 the ana w WM a second timo time heartily cheered very on na wisely tho the democracy mabb this 1 I a political issue to bo be fought in ia iho 1110 present campaign ana nl in their platform aaa adopted bcd at t st louis haro bays tho the following to say on the satie ct berard trel and tin can barl def tt reca but bat by tossing il 11 the iho controlling june odthe elections and lifting it above I 1 lio le I 1 f woride M doum ellb thoo iho bobco tco fi oldin golla nl in rower mk to smother it ayleet tho falso inno with which aby sectarian strife la in mp ct to lo the lii public ot of which the h maw bad support lappart belcoe to ilia stated an mil which the democratic Damo armo party parly bu bas C berthed from their suit is u to alved to malain without partiality part lilily or preference for or any dy elm sect or creed ud lad W hout coder hating bating from the treasury fuary tr E abe false fl june IUM by w which they tek ach to light anew the dying bemben bers of abc eec tiofil joe 4 haic re a to ie tho the speciousness of 0 such or is u apparent oo on tho the our eurdna faco it 16 i I 1 known down to a U that thai tho the catho calbo lio lie church is ia oppose to our oar pabio babool system on the ground that it is u godlef and the cath olio priests in this r V demand that tho the youth of that religious sect loot 1 shall beall be schooled anier the auspices toi pioci of of tho the church and nd in ia now non york during tho the mi ot of the tweed ring minious mill loua or of dollars in moncy and dd reil real was diverted from the public use and bestowed upon the 1110 catholic hierarchy to them to educate the youth of 0 their lhoir own owa flook dock such a practice is ia mons macoln ma to our oar ail if the catholics hato the right to a share debiro of the public school fool 83 33 also aleo have tho the episco criaco and it if a Is id undo made for lo 10 the th ol of this list het sect the tha methodists methodist the iho nod tho the Bi bibliss hirota have aa equal right to loa a laroi butare ln roi r nor Nori is albis this all la in asoy of 0 it ir cities and rural settlements ments a tor for eian eleLa elbode cat in whose breasts a love IOTO of their native country its iti lac gugo its ill literature and its achievements chieve ments ia till strong if an equitable division diris foo of tho school fildi fiad is to bo be mado made to 6 tho the different religious with ao an equal show of justice jas tico these people could and would claim thit that it be divided according accordi Dg to dumber among the differ ent and where would woula thu this segregation stop instead of angioi oan feeling behag first cret and all absorbing lad a devotion dt to american interests and nd institutions welding all our diverse population into one whole wo we should grow into a weak and unwieldy con congeries geries of diverse nationalities and intolerant religious religions sects who would always le be at estifo with each other and ana who wool donld at no distant day tall fall to pieces as the ancient goccia to a foreign conqueror weakness brought rought Ij about by chronic internal into roil dif aiji asension groat gnat struck a chord chora which thrilled through the nation i when at DOS des moine in september list last ho he argued in ia behalf of 0 our public school system irke ibe free school paid caid he be ilia is tho llo promoter of that intelli gonci which is ia to preserve us as t freo free nation it we are to bavo bare another contest in ho be near future of our oar national lis I 1 predict that bit the dividing line will not bo be mason and dixon dimont Dix ont but bat bi b tween patriotism patrio liem and intelligence or on one tide side gal and superstition ambition rod and ignorance on oa tho ollier oilier lot us begin hi he added with statesmanlike by guarding against every enemy that threatens the perpetuity 0 free aco republican tion L lt t ni 6 labor lor for streater be burily of free rea thought tree free speech pure porn morals religious conti continents ments rod and equal rights righta and to all men of nationality color or religion A word lilly fitly tootoo im solomon is u uka like apples ol of gold in pie pic turca ol of silver and this word hordof of the presidents ws was fitly spoken it called the attention alt calion of the iho comale y to t iho daneck lac nicci our oar if guy any diversion of the be cauca tiong and to sectarian uses be il lowed and the universal recognition ol of uio of president grinst gra ill 8 timely together with the iho expression of the abiding sliding interest felt by every true ruo american in III our admirably admira aamir blo ablo system alfrord ed cd ati lonco lonce to all that tbt notel ing the corruption anil and degeneracy ot ol 01 the IOTO of and devotion to lo the perpetuity ot of our mi inabit ounce luro lurn as aj warmly in the A lill I 1 reft today to day as at any timo time in a oar past history the republicans in ia their platform plat lorm pron iho public school system of the several states stales tho the bulwark of the american republic rud acil that it only my be placed beyond all U danger da liger they recommend an amendment to 10 tho the of iha fit united states slates forbidding the application of boy any public 0 fandi or property tar for tho the ben clit of any or under sectarian matrol the demon ropy of st louis bouli condemn Ws lua as ai desi designed gued to enkindle sectarian wata rilin wife in respect to the iho publio gc hoole JIS so in earlier dayi day they condemned ony any agitation of thi ill a sky eliv I 1 cry question as a false alae isiom designed I 1 to erlin dlo sectional grifo on a do I 1 mcatic this thi a 8 baltzg balt Bg tig your byci when badger sleeping Ble serenely when tile volcano is ij about to belch forth fort forthie hii is not only p political 3 it is ia tacal dacris tur for pit every usaa that filial a strong sectarian feeling exists in ia op position to our oar public ec hooli Is and the rin rua oily folly of now yet yolk k may bo repeated repealed by timeserving ledida fares or 1 41 boards ot of control rol in ia other pla ofis let us begin by guarding guar dim against every acry enemy which threatens threaten the tha per hadity acta ity it fit free republican A constitutional amend abood meet im in us 03 to occurs the in of our babool system 9 R aicon COD eirnel Rna is ii Tipp tippery cry to P protect the 10 lo freedom or of find nd ol of tl diio 0 o pre crib se and to a keep our homes tiered sacred from ilia enforcement ora tax was law tho alio of sectarianism m lies lica those vho aho fear to 0 o avira tart this thia great peril who in their to 16 malo mako toles at the coming election would aloes over every evil every tion lion of public welfare in the ono one ab b dothro to gain power but the count ry has four months to ponder div orar cribe alio claims bailhe 61 the two livo parties and weigh the loveral ac 4 of I 1 upon which they wado wago bo abe COD J 06 I 1 anil and la a disinterested and dd unbiased ol at this agli WO we declare i stitt hot this and disingenuous elar important question will redound with great to the Domo oratio patty party we war to I 1 as we U as for 0 9 MCC mca |