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Beginning tomorrow n very marked
_ phango will take place In the mako-up and
Contents of TUB OM ut.v KVIININO HER. Up
to tills tltno tlio evening edition has ropro-
fluccd the bulk or the dispatches , local news
| md nil the editorials that appeared in the
Inorning edition , to which was added the
later current news of the day and brief edi
torial comment on local a flairs.
Hereafter the two editions -will ho dis
JLInclivo in every respect. 'Tho morning oil I
lon , as heretofore , will contain the full As-
pociatcd press dispatches. Bcnnelt cable-
brains , commercial news , political reviews ,
correspondence , latest city news and editor
ial discussion of thu issues of the day.
Tun livKxixa Bur. will bo made as much
ns possible nn Omaliu paper for the homo
mud the family. While it will contain nil
B.ho latest news up to the hour of going to
Aiross , the general news will ho boiled down
Smd local news will bo given greater scope
IV largo portion of the paper will bo of a
iltcrary character short stories , crisp ami
X"icy miscellany , departments devoted to
subjects of specialintercst to women , applied
Hclenco for mechanics , and matter relating
to worldngmcn generally.
I The editorials in the evening edition -wll
ilio limited to topics of local interest , ami
piolitical discussions will bo excluded , ex
cepting In the midst of a campaign.
I Now features will bo introduced from time
jto time that will inako TUB KVKNINO BEI
ilnoro popular than ever. On the other ham
iTnnMoiisiso Bun will remain as it is , the
greatest metropolitan daily west of Chicago
"this side of San Francisco.
Patrons of Tun BEI : residing in this city
will llnd it to their nil vantage to take footl
editions , which , including TMB.jPnNiiAY Bmt
'i-9-- ' -5 " .rCarrior nt 25 cents a
ivcck.
GniSTNA remains even in Nebraska , a
lilnco to which elopements uro mndo
1 just as it is on the Scottish border.
Tni ! naw state administration in Kan-
BaB will omit the inaugural ball from the
tcoromonios. ! There's nothing like Kan
sas populist simplicity.
COTTON continues to bo Icing in the
speculative inarkotand is the only staple
in which the market shows any uncom-
, njon activity. Millions of bales nro
chanjjincr hands every week , but the
Inoculation does not help the producer.
[ JLn spite of a abort crop the prleo shows
sao upward tendency.
THE news comes from Boston of the
finding of Volnoy B. Gushing , the Into
prohibition candidate for governor of
Malno , who had left his homo some two
weeks ago. Drink caused his downfall
nnd disappearance. Only ton years ago
Jih' . Gushing , who is a brilliant , brainy
man , was nn Unitarian minister in Iowa.
UNDER the "sweating"system in Chicago
cage 1 cent apicco in paid for finishing
vests , and the poor women who are com
pelled to resort to suuh work to keep
loody nnd Boul together uro suffering
Jjlttor privation. Two of those wretched
fvoinon who work together have stated
that by toilintr all day and fur into the
.light they are able to earn $1.50 per
ffcolf between them. There are various
reasons why the "awontlnc" system
ought to bo suppressed , but the maker
of clothing whu will grind poor wpmou
down to such wages ought to bo obliged
to work under the system u few months
fcoforo it is outlawed.
TllE statement of Miss Lillian Russell
that aho was offered tliu privilege of
posing for the Montana silver btatuo of
justlco to bo exhibited ut the World's
fair upon the condition that eho should
pay $5,000 for the advortisatnont which 1
it would give her is supposnd to moan
that Miss Ada Rohan , the gifted actress
who has posed for il , must have paid
that Bum. This is denied by Minn
Rohan's friends , but she , herself , de
clines to talk about the nmttor. It is
not easy to understand why Miss Russell
refused , and on the ether hand it is
dlflicult to baliovo that Mlsa Rohnn uc-
coptod such terms ; but it is ul ions I
cortniu that those Montana people uro
-thrifty.
TDK lynch law sentiment is still strong
in Mississippi and the Winchester con
tinues to bo popular na a moans of dis
posing of objootlonablo pooplu. A mob
of 500 cill/.ona in purbiiit of u man who
shot another in u tiimrrcl is reported
from CarroUon in that state. The pur-
roiora nro friends of the' man who wae
billed , and judging by their numbers he
ttnust huvo boon a general fnvor <
lito , though ha was tbo aggressor
in the quarrel by which ho lost hU
life. The Jaw is too slow to suit
those reckless southerners and soldotr
pots u chnnco to deal with offondora. II
ia chiolly this disregard for the dignit )
of the law and this readiness to appeal
to armed force that retard the , pros
perity of many porUouu of the south.
lOATtt ) OP TRADE
Tlio consensus of opinion among the
attlvo buslnoan men of Omaha Is thtxt
.ho . lioanl of Traunna now o-ganl/.od la
of very llttlo practical use for promoting
ho cominorctul InteroJU of Omaha.
Without disparaging the efforts that
mvo bcpn made from time to lime bi
ts board of directors and secretary to
mike the board tin influential factor in
bthnulutlng commerce nnil industry by
the location of now jobbing houses , the
establishment of now mills and fac
tories and the mnintoimtifio of nn
open grain and produce market , it
ins long been manifest that life
iionrd has been a failure in Its most
essential functions. .Its usefulness and
influence have boon almost entirely con *
lined to the reception and entertainment
of ui.-UiiiL'uishud visitors , junkets to at
tractive tourist und health resorts anit
\n occasional advertising soiiomo. Out-
fldu of thcsa features and the collection
ol tents from the Cluunbcr of Commerce
building the board hnH been for yea-s a
do id letter. Its meetings have boon
sliinly attended and the members who
nro most prominent in trade have turned
their backs upon it and ignored it.
Tills unpalalablo state of facis Glares
the board in tlio face and must bo dealt
with at an onrly day , not or.ly for the
enko of Omaha's reputation , but as n
nmttor of vital concern to the mercantile
growth of this city.
The Omuha Board of Trade can only
bo made a true representative of her
commerce nnd industry by a radical
clmngo in its directory and policy. The
board must , if possihlo , enlist the live
business mon and make it ? intluonco felt
wherever the commercial supremacy of
Onmha Is nssallod or her rights us a ship
ping and jobbing ccntor are abridged ,
either by discriminating railroad tolls
or by favoritism to competing points.
The now directory should bo aggress
ively active. It should not bo content
with collecting routs and circulating
second-hand statistics. It should con
centrate its influence and remove every
barrier and embargo that keep people
residing in tributary territory from
trading in Omaha. It should organize *
nnd maintain a freight bureau with a
man at its head who knows the ins nnd
outs of railway tralllc jugglery and who
will fight tho"baltlo of Omaha and not
merely bo : i tin can to the railroad hog.
With buch a program and the earnest
co-operation of all the business men
the Omaha Board of Trade can exert a
fnrroachinjr influence toward pushing
this city on its race toward the 00,00 (
population quarter-stretch.
/ ; MUST 'CLOSE Tin :
A house divided against itself cannot
stand. A community embroiled in
jioetarian contention and turmoil cannel
grow and prosper. Everything that
tenets to divide a community into war
ring factions and arrays neighbor
against neighbor must seriously retard
its material progress. Nothing so cm
bitters mon toward ouch othotns a foui
engendered by. religious fanatics and no
explosive , not even dynamite , is so
danccrous as rolSp'sJj-jnrxna. ' wTth
politics , . . . -
" "if THE BKE has a self-imposed mission
t is to help build up Omaha and con-
ributo toward the development of the
fast nnd varied resources of this mag
nificent state. The bitter and rolent-
oss roligio-political warfare that has
> eon In progress in this city nnd state
or tno past year is to bo doplorod.
ivory intelligent man nnd woman ifl-
.erosted in the future prosperity of Ne
braska and her metropolis cannot fail
to ronlizo that a continuance of this
sectarian feud would cause incalculable
damage without corresponding , benefits.
To rake up the cmbors of religious
latred and fan the llatnos of bigotry on
cither aide seems to us suicidal if not
criminal. The cruelties of the inquisi
tion or the horrors of St. Bartholomew
cannot bo condoned , neither can the
burning of witches at Salem , the perse
cutions of dissenters by the Puritans
.iml the Connecticut blue laws. Lot the
dead past bury its dead. In the repub
lic founded by Washington and saved
by Lincoln there is no place for Intoler
ance or social or political ostracism by
renson of creed. There is no dancer
from an invasion of America by the
popo.of Rome and there is no danger
that our next president will bo un
Orangeman.
If any serious wrong or abuse has
crept into our system of government It
can and will bo eradicated by the force
of that patriotic sentiment which has for
more thana contary sustained our free ;
institutions and the rights guaranteed'
to each citizen by our national constitu
tion in the face of audition , consplracioa
nnd rebellion. The safety of America IB
in the political equality of her citizens ,
regardless of race or creed. So long UH
the ropublio rests upon this bedrock of
liberty there cnn bo no serious danger
or monaco to its existence and perpetua
tion.
In conformity with its time-honored
custom to permit a full and free discus
sion of questions that ugitato the public
through its columns , Tins BEK has given
considerable space to the deplorable
Catholic and anti-Catholic controversy.
The debate has now progressed fur
enough und its further continuance
would in our opinion bo detrimental to
the public interest. Wo thnreforofaervo
notice upon all concerned that wo phull
decline borenf tor to print any further letters -
tors on this subject Wo slncorolv hope
that the agitation will cease und that our
citizens of all creeds will join with ouuh
ether in every entoiprlso that tends to
promote the pubUo welfare ana lot
Omaha nnd Nebraska loava the religious
war for the Canadians , Mexicans aud
South Americans.
ito.ins ,
The ilrr-t stuto congraas over assem
bled in the interest of good roads opened
in Indianapolis on Tuesday. The im
provement of public highways was ubly
Usou333d and a grout variety of views
as to the bast methods to bo followed
were presented. The ouo point upon
which there was entire unanimity was
Iho pressing need of u uniform nnd of-
Ajctlvo system of road building to tukc
the place of the present worthless plan
The National Loug-ui of GooQ.RoaOa
was represented by General Roy Stonr
of Now York , ita vice president and
secretary , who read un ublo paper it
vhlch ho strongly ndvooutod n national
iyste-in which ho bo\lovoil \ could bo os-
ablhhed by a general organization of
.ho friends of road Improvement , nnd
the co-oporntlon of the national , state
nnd local authorities. The plan of the
caguo is to combine the efforts of nil
ntorostod in the reform , and It does
lot propose to interfere in any way with
local or stuto organization. In Iho dis
cussion which followed. General Stono's
paper It was shown that the vlows even
of those who are actively interested in
road improvement nro as yet very much
unsettled. Some bollovo in a national
system , some in state and others in
county supervision , while still others
think that the present plan wonld servo
the purpose if it were effectively en
forced. This'convention of public road
enthusiasts , in fact , afforded abundant
proof that such conventions tire needed
ns a moans of crystallizing public senti
ment into a form thtit will bo effectual
when legislation is nt length risked for.
What is true of the roads of Indiana
is true of those of many ether states.
Some of the western slates in particular ,
owing to the mallow quality of their
soil , can show as bad roads as any that
wore described in the congress at In
dianapolis. The same urgent interest
that called that body together should bo
the cause of similar nesamblngos olso-
whore. In those days little is accom
plished in the way of important reforms
without agitation nnd organization , and
in the case of n re-form of such magni
tude as this the agitation may need to
bo continued for years. It was by this
means that England began more than
100 years ngo to build up her present
magnificent system of public roads.
Hur ro.ul system was then similar to
ours of the present day , but
when it was taken out of local con
trol and n substantial turnpike plan
was adopted it only took thirty years
to build 30,000 miles of just such
roaas ns the people of the Uiiitod'Statos
are beginning to demand nt the close of
the nineteenth century. The conditions
are different in this country , and the
$20,000,000 annually expended to main
tain the highways of Knglatul and
Wales would not bo laid out on the satno
number of miles hero. That it pays to
expend money liberally for this purpose
is shown by the experience of Encland
and Franco for ninny years. Prance has
150,000,000 miles of hard roads and pays
$18,000,000 annually for keeping thorn in
repair. Tlio money goes back into the
pockets of the people in numberless
ways.
It will not bo oisy : to reconcile the
American people to the expense that
must necessarily attend the carrying
out of a public roads system bo widely
different from the wretched ono to
which tnoy have so long boon nccus
totncd. The reform will move slowly
at first , but will proceed rapidly
when its benefits begin to bo appre
ciated. There has been talk of holding
a public roaas convention in Nebraska
similar to that of Indiana. If all the
et-itos would do this the Interest of the
SGplS iu' the ! ) ! ? j&1 ? WP JJ Ivj niilpi-
nod and the day of definite action
vould bo brought nearer.
A A\IT10XAT , 1IOAIII ) OP 11KA Vfll.
The opinion expressed by President
larrison in his annual message that
ho whole subject of quarantine roguln-
ions should be taken into national con
trol and adequate power given to the
oxccutivo to protect our people against
iluguo invasions , has boon very generally -
ally acquiesced in. It is not questioned
that quarantine rogulntipns should bo
uniform at nil our ports , nor can there
30 any doubt that the president is right
n the view that mirier the con
stitution such regulations are plainly
within the exclusive federal jurisdiction
when and so far ns congress shall logis-
ate. It would bo manifestly absurd to
assume that th's most important matter
of providing ngalnst an invasion of con
tagious and infectious diseases must bo
loft entirely in tbo control of the states ,
for the obvious reasons tint such an ar
rangement would render uniformity ot
regulations almost impossible , a proper
vigilance on the part of all the states
would bo difficult to secure , and indiffer
ence or carelessness by the authorities
of a single state might render worthiest )
all the efforts of the others to exclude
diseases.
The necessity of establishing n na
tional system of quarantine being con-
codcd , the next question is'as to the
host method of accomplishing it. A
movement toward Iho solution of this
question has already boon made in con
gress by the introduction in the house.
of representatives of u bill to create n
national board of health as a bureau of
the Treasury department. This measure
provides that the bureau shall consist
of a commissioner of quarantine , a
commissioner of sanitation , and
a commissioner of vital stalls-
ties , who shall constitute an executive
commission , and that there shall bo nn
advisory commission composed of the
surgeons-general of the army and navy
nnd of the marine hospltil. togelhor
wilh nil officer of tha Department of
Justice. Thu duties of those officials are
implied in ihoir lilies. The bill forbid *
merchant ships from foreign ports to
enter any pirtof Itio United Swiss ex
cept in conformity w.lth Iho rules osti-
Wished by the commission , tlio penalty
for a violation being a heavy due. II is
also provided that vosjolb clearing for
an American port shall bo required to
obtain a consular bill of health , which
is to bo a purl of the ehlp'd papers.
The general plan con to in plated by
Ibis measure is practicable , though in
order to insu.-o iU lining absolutely
offcctlvo it ought to provide nuro fully
than it does for the complete supremacy
of the Icdoral .authority. Any legisla
tion on this subject thai loaves anything
for state authorities to do will inevit
ably provide a way for conflicts and
difficulties which in an exlgoncy might
bo found very embarrassing to the work
to bo dono. If u national board ol
health is created its powers should bo so
clearly nnd broadly dolioeil tint there
could ho no misapprehension or conten
tion regarding thorn.
There may bo objection to creating a
bureau of this kind on Iho BCOTO of tlio
expense , bul no partisan consldoralions
will or should enter into Iho discussion
'of the proposition. All thn people , with
out distinction of party , want protection
ngnhut plnguo invasions. As to the
cost of providing"iioh protection it
will undoubUnUypnha largo , for there
would have to bo a Humorous force of
agents and Inspectors , but for tno purpose -
pose of safeguarding the country.ngalnst
an opldomlo of cholera no expenditure
can be too groat. Uv.on a Ilolnian might
bo expected to concVilo this.
11KTTKR THA. ) ' . COIMXIZAT/OiY.
Aii effort Is boln jnado in Georgia to
intoiost the negroes' in a great project
of emigration to Africa , nnd many of
the preachers of that race are present
ing to tholr congregations highly col
ored pictures of the improved condition
that awaits those who seek homes in the
dark continent. There are no
agents at work among the col
ored people ns heretofore when
similar emigration schemes have been
sot on foot , but the eloquence of the col-
orca ministers appears to bo doing its
work. The alleged discrimination
against the negroes on the railroads In
Georgia has stirred up much feeling
among thorn , and an order issued by a
stroel car company In Atlanta assign
ing scats to the colored people him added
fuel to the lire. Recent political events
have also had something to do with the
prevailing fooling of discontent among
the colored people of the south.
Past experience in negro colontzutlon
in Africa has not boon such as to cffor
much encouragement to the present
movement. Within a year past some of
the most hopeful of those who have UOHO
to the dark continent expecting to find
It a land flowing with milk and
houoy have returned with entirely
chanced views. No doubt the
colonization idea is fnbcinnting
to the ignorant because it seems to offer
a remedy for all the evils which they
now suffer , but as a mutter of fact the
condition of the colored people is not
likely to bo improved by such n means.
They might gain civil rights , but they
would lobo nearly everything else. Ed
ucation and industrial training will do
more for the colored man right here in
the United Slates than all the African
colonization schemes.
G1VK TllK I'UOl'LK A U1IAXCE.
The action of the Central Trnlie ( as
sociation ut its mooting in Chicago on
Thursday was not such as to afford
much ground for the liopo that the rail
road companies will make any impor
tant reduction of faros during tlio
World's fair. All of the roads in the
territory embraced 'by the association
wcro represented , aud after a
discussion ot the 'subject two com
mittees wcro appointed to make
recommendations. Ono reported in
favor of a 2 cent fate for round trip
tickets on regular trains from the prin
cipal points'to Chicago and return , and
the ether recommended a reduction of
rates only for special excursions , to bo
agreed upon by the lines directly inter
ested , and that the regular tariff rates
bo charged on tntins equipped with
sleeping or parlor cars from points east
Si illS ? stern bonntfVv.of . the associa-
ion. These reports will bo consiuerou
jy the managing olllcors of the various
incs next week.
Tbo position tnkon by the Central
Trafllc association on this subject may
doubtless bo fairly nssamcd to be that of
the rato-makors generally. The public
las been led to expect that reductions of
some importance would bo inndo in consequence -
sequence of the immense rmssongor
jaainess assured for the months during
which the exposition will bo open ; but it
now appears to bo a matter of doubt
whether any cut whatever will be
made from the regular rates oa
desirable trains. A reduced rate for ex
cursion trains is of no consequence ; the
railroads have always conceded that ,
and as a rule those who have patronized
such trains have not made anything by
their investment. It pays the com
panies to make a reduced rate if people
will consent in consideration thereof to
bo handled like cattle. To bo packed ,
and jammed , and suffocated , and side
tracked , and subjected to delay and
worriment generally is too often the
fate of the excursion train passenger ,
and during the exposition these evils
will bo far more prevalent than usual.
Why cannot tlio makers of railroad
rates look at this question from a ra
tional point of view. The railroads
would make money as well as friends by
giving the public a first-class service at
greatly reduced rates during the
World's fair. The regular rates , or
oven a slight reduction from them , will
not bo paid by many thousands of poor
people who would find the moans to go
to Chicago next summer if a reduction
were made in proportion to the magni
tude of the traillc. A reduction on
tickets good for two or throe days on
occasional excursion trains will not by
any means satisfy the pooplo.
THKJIE is perfect willingness on the
part of the taxpayers of Douglas county
to provide for the paupers who may
rightfully claim relief from cold and
hunger ut the ox'ponso ' of the county ,
though there aroi ; always some who
ubusu public charity ; when people of
thla class flock in fftim other elates to
bo on red for here itj $ time to draw Iho
lino. II appears tWil muny uro now
coming here Irtifo South Dakota
to enjoy our hospitality for the
winter , and if their stnlomonln
are to bo dopoiidod upon they
are oncouruprod to done by the oflluiuls
of the counties from-1 which they come ,
This practice shouliJt' bo stepped by
proper slops on the part of tlio Douglas
county authorities , t is an old trick
thai bus oflon boon. > vorknd , aad this
county has paid out nianuy every winter
for the support of paupers thai should
have boon taken cure of olsowhure ,
Douglas counlv lias not a very great
number of dependent poor , but she has
enough. It is time to restrict this kind
of Immigration.
TllK work of the Btata relief commis
sion , apart from uU consideration of
charity and humanity , , has produced
good practical results flu ring the pubt
year in increasing Iho agricultural pro-
ducllon of Nebraska. The value of
grain raised from seed furnished by the
dtato aggregates $7.010,181. Possibly
the system may bo t > ubjcct to some
abuses , but it cannot bo doubted that
upon tha whole it Is valuable.
run nur.KiKn's IIMW ,
OMAHA , Dec ? , 10-To the Editor ot TIIR
With your permission t will say a few
words through the columns of TUG line rela
tive to an article In Its Sunday Issue , en
tilled "The Hellgtoas War , " by T. W. Black
burn.
That title surprised me , ns t was not nwjirc
of the existence of anything of the kind la
this city , except that which Is prevalent
every where throughout Christendombetween
the multitudinous Christian Reels , ns to
baptism , traiisub.stautiatlnn , the Trinity ,
original sin , the real Sabbath nml n thou.sand
nnd one others , which quarrels , or disputes ,
nro , at least , bloodless , If not entirely harm
less , and to which wo are all so much accus
tomed that they excite la us no other emo
tion than that or pity for the stupidity of the
trilling wranglers.
My surprise was Intcnsltlcd on learning
that this religions war had assumed such
proportions as to make it imperative lhat
Mr. Blackburn should enter his public pro
test In order losta.v the seething , sanguinary
billows raised by the church militant in our
usually quiet , peaceful elljv. nnd the query
presented Itself ! Who Is this doughty
knight to whom such a debt of gratitude is
duo for his timely Interposition to call oft the
unleashed dogs of wart
He may not bo "n prophet , nor the son of a
prophet. " but ho assures us that ho Is a Pro
testant and the son of a Protestant , nnd
what seems of more Importance than all
else the son of a Protestant minister and
that he married the daughtcrof a Protestant
minister , none of which matters of family
history ean be of great public Interest ( however -
over much they may redound lo the honor
and glory of Mr Blackburn ) except in con
nection with the gre.it public service ren
dered this city by bis timely protest.
Ho says , "No Ca" tholio has appealed to mo
for sympathy or suggested that I should say
n word in his behalf , ' ' which docs not seem
to me at nil strange , as the Uonian Catholic
priesthood Is , to bay the least , as well edu
cated as Mr. Blackburn , and generally bet
ter trained in polemical theology than he ,
and consequently more capable of defending
their peculiar religious svstem , but It ex
hibits in strong light Mr. Blackburn's mag
nanimity in thus voluntarily and. without
solicitation , gratuitously championing a re
ligious system which brands all Protestants
ns heretics , their marriages as invalid and a
system of concubinage , \ \ lib all which that
implies , nad which has over boon the most
bitter , virulent and relentless enemy not
only of Protestantism but of human
liberty and equality since those principles
became manifest in its history , and since
Martin I-iither , shocked at the claim of
Home of power to forgive sin aud at its
shameless tralllc in indulgences , uttered a
protest that shook the whole papal system
from center to circumference , ami whoso
fructiferous power is manifest in the mil
lions of Protestant churches that dot the
earth all over in the grand civilisation , re-
splcndant in so many lands today , and in the
bright light of modern science which tlio
papacy cannot extinguish , and which its
characteristic conservatism can only hinder ,
but can never suppress ,
I most cheerfully concede generous motives
to Mr. Blackburn in the course pursued by
him , while at the same time I cannot exclude
from my mind the idea that that course
bears a very marked resemblance to the
dominant characteristics of the hero of the
story written by Cervantes , entitled "Don
Quixote. "
The incubus that rests with such crushing
weight upon the mind of this protesting
Protestant is characterized by him as an
"un-American secret political organization. "
lie is not as explicit as lie might be 5n its
designation , but , presumably , ho refers to
the American Protective association , com
monly known ns the A. P. A. , and in his
mind this patriotic society
Is conic to opo
The purple testament ot bleiMlIng war.
In some way very soon after the order became -
came established here suspicion was rife
that there was something in it inimical to
the Homan Catholic faith.
Its advent was heralded by no flourish of
trumpets. It was quiet , and orderly in all
things and at all times. It interfered in no
way with the rights of any. and yet Homan
Catholics climbed upon roofs , ascended lire-
Cs , "i"hiusted : all possible means to
look "in at windows firi-JJBl'SS tt ? retMiioiilcs
or to hear some jwrtloii of its ritual , tnat
they might discover some of Its secrets.
They assaulted and beat members on the
street when leaving a place of meeting. They
burglariously entered the house of the secre
tary of an A. P. A. society in Council Bluffs ,
in the night time , in his absence and that of
liis family , and stole the records of that
society , obtaining , thus , a list of its mem
bers , and on the next day , which was the
Sabbath , road these names on the stage of
the crowded opera house , giving the resi
dence and occupation of each. I was present
at that meeting' and , as the names were
read , Romans present shouted : "Bieott'em !
Bicott'm ! ' ' and during all this time not a
ripple of disturbance was raised by any
member of tbo A. P. A. , except when as a
name was called the owner of that name
promptly answered , "here ! "
When contemplating the manifold outrages
perpetrated by Romans upon members of
this unoffending patriotic American organi
zation , I am constrained to say with Macbeth :
Can such things be.
And overcome us llko a summer's elouu
Without our special wonder.
Who commenced a boycott in Omaha ?
Surely It was not the A. P. A. , and , so far as
my knowledge extends , not a single assault
was over incited or perpetrated by a member
of the A. P. A. upon a Homan Catholic.
And now will the Protestant champion of
an organi/.ation that brands him and all
others of his faith as heretics , and worse ,
against whom the strongest anathemas of
that church are fulminated , tell us of ono
single belligerent not on the part of the A.
P. A. toward his dear friends ;
If I mistake not , bo has made no definite
or biicuitlc charge , but by implication the
trouble would seem to lie in the neighbor
hood of the elective franchise. I desire to
know Just what is the matter.
If ho is a democrat It would bo strange if
ho voted to any considerable extent for
republicans ; and , if a republican , the demo
crats for whom ho casts a ballot would bo
"like angels'visits , few and far between. "
And why { Because ho believes the princi
ples of the adverse party are inimical to
the best Interests of the country , and bulng
u good citUen ho votes as his conscience and
judgment admonish him Is for the best In
terest of his country yet there is no
war , no thought of any insult , or wrong , done
to a political adversary.
Is any wrong done a Catholic because a
Protestant prefers a Protestant to a Catholio
for onlco ? And can a Catholic bo blamed for
prcferlnga Catholic !
If the Catholics of this city resolve to vote
for no man for any ofllco who does not belong
to their church , Is It any of my business , or
have I any right to complain ?
If Protestants resolve- vote for none but
Protestants , should a Catholic object !
Whoever heard of a democrat becoming
embittered against a republican because he
voted for none but republicans , and can anyone
ono point to a republican who ascribed any
degree of turpitude to the proud boast of a
democrat that ho never voted anything but
u straight democratic ticket ?
It Is ouo of the dearest rights of the free
men of this republic , a right guarded by law
with the most jealous care , that they can
cast n secret ballot and express their choice
for public servants "without let or hind
rance , "
Mr. Blackburn says ; "I protest against
the reckless , relentless and unrcasonablo
warfaiu which i.s now being waged In this
city against my Catholic fellow citizens , "
With ucli an array of ponderous adjectives
preceding the word "warfare , " I regret that
ho gave us no light as to the manner In
which the recklessness , relentlessneHs and
unreasonableness of the warfare was mani
fest , us , in thu absence of such light , wo are
loft wholly to conjecture.
Two years ago the Catholics of this city ,
although a minority of the imputation , held
n largo majority of the ofllecs.
It is not so now. If that Is what causes
t he lachrymal tldo to deluge the cheeks of
Air. Blackburn , 1 c.ta offer him no consola
tion , as his follow Protestants in the interest
of fuir play and American Institutions
changed the program by the aid of that
American weapon , the ballot , .ujwii which
the members of the A. P. A. rely exclusively
for the salvation of this republic
A weapon that conic * down ui Mill
AH MiowlluUi'i full upon thu soil ,
As lightning dotIho will of Ood.
By the reckless exercise of their rights as
freemen they relentlessly elected a few tneu
to oftlco who were not Catholics , for which
unreasonableness they are execrated.
If that ii the burden of Mr. Blackburn's
gilcf it really seems to mo tha.t It would bo
better for him to dry his tears , take a more
optimistic view of IhoMtuutlon nml .submit
ns gracefully ns ixisslhlo lo the inevitable
It i.s believed pretty generally In the
Protestant world thnt CiuliolIclRin contem
plates UuMtlllmnto control of this govern
ment The whole I'atholle world Is making
a most desperate Mrugglo to restore tem
poral power to the | K > pe. I read the follow
liar In n Catholic pnpor :
"Heeent events In Homo have revealed to
the world the intolerable and harassing
posit Inn of the holy father , subject tothe
surveillance nnd enmity of the Italian gov
ernment. "
That would seem to ronflun the opinion
which has been vapidly gaining ground In
Protestant elrele.s. that the pope contem
plates removing to the United States.
I read ngaln from n Human source the fol
lowing ;
"It is time for the Catholic laity of the
United States , following in the wake of the
American hierarchy in the Ihhil plenary
council of Baltimore , to boldly nnd loyally
declare for the teinixn-al power. "
The allegiance of n Catholic to thla or
nay other government Is secondary nnd sub
ordinate to -nllegianee to the IK > I > O.
Catholicism has many secret societies that
nre military orgnnUntlon.s , thoroughly armed"
nnd equipped for service. I am Informed
that among these organizations urn the Hi
bernian Klllc.s. the Kobert Etnmett guards ,
tlio Knights of Father Mntliew , the
Knights of the Hod Branch , the Mnlla ami
the Olun-tm-Giiel , for membership In any of
which no Protestant need aptilv.
It Is said that the available mlltlnrv
strength of the Uoman Catholic church in
the United Slates is 800,000 well disciplined
men.
men.Tho Catholic church In Hie past has car
ried lire and sword and famine , and desola
tion wherever It has seen nn opportunity by
those means to reach the ascendant. It
murdered or drove from Spain over 1,000,000
of its host inhabitants. The .lews and Morls-
eooa. tolerant of each other's diverse religious
opinions , wrought harmoniously together
they established schools , libraries and work
shops. The valleys produced abundant
grain. The hillsides were covered with
luxurious vineyards , and from the Pyrenees
to Gibraltar , from Cape Ortegal to the
Claudnlqiilvlr , the land was resonant wllh
the sounds of productive Industry. Itoninn
Catholicism came , expelled those who had
made Spain a garden , nnd transformed It
into a desert.
Chambers' Encyclopedia estimates the
number of Protestants slain in France on St.
Bartholomew's day nl : w,000 andsavs : "Tho
pope celebrated the events of that day liv a
procession to the church of St. Louis , a grand
To Domn and the proclamation of n year of
Jubilee. "
Wint lias been , may be. History I.s con
tinually repeating itself. "Kternal vlgllaneo-
is the price of liberty. "
Ono word more. Mr. Blackburn says the
best citizens of Omaha are members of tlio
Catholic church. If ho had said some of
the host citizens of Omaha are menfbers of
lhat church I should not question it , but I
don't like to see that superlative adjective
routined to any particular class of religion
ists.
ists.I
I know many members of the Catholic
church whom 1 hold in very high estimation ,
iiirt whom I am pleased to consider my
friends. I have known some Catholic1
iiricsts , with whom I have been on terms of
intimacy , and whom I regarded ns among
Lhe very best and most conscientious of men ,
! nit 1 never believed in their peculiar re-
Hgious doctrines. Belief is not a matter of
volition , and 1 have the most profound re
spect for every man's honest opinions , however -
over divergent or antagonistic they may bo
to my own. EDMUXD BAUTLUTT.
Tlio ltn\cixo Vluw oflt.
OMAHA , Dec. 10. To the Editor of Tuc
Bni : : I am an Episcopalian by heredity and
by personal principle , hut stimulated by Mr.
Blackburn's noble example I cannot refrain
from expressing my disgust- the ignohlo
methods adopted by the American Protective
association in antagonizing the Koman
Catholic element.
I fail to see that any inimical antagonism
is called for , but oven lie it so it seems to mo ,
and to all Episcopalians whoso views 1 have
heard , to be a narrow and contcmptublo ad
mission of weakness that it should he felt
necessary to resort _ to the underhand work
ings of a secret society , the JeadcrlrsC "riiich ,
nt least in this section of the country , are nt
the present moment bringing those sects of
Christianity , which they profess to defend ,
into disgraceful shame and contumely.
It is time that Protestants should' enter a
vigorous protest against the enemy that i.s' '
la their midst. Mr. Blackburn in being the
llrsl to assure the Uoman Catholics that we
are not all secret enemies has earned the
respect and thanks of all sincere Protest
ants.
Is there any one of us who really believes
that because a person is a Uoman Catholic
ho must necessarily be vile ? Yet this is what
this orguaiftitloii would have us believe.
Whilst accusing them of every kind of self
ishness and evil principle these vcr.v Christ
ian A. P. A.'s ignore , or , what is more
probable , are utterly ignorant of the fact
that the Uoman Catholics the world overate
foremost in missionary work , In charity ami
in self sacrifice.
While wo are holding sensational re\ivals
and so on , making hysterical converts of
overnight debauchees , they are quietly
nursing tlio sick , giving meat and coal to the
poor and holding open the doors of their
hospitals to nil , whether infidel , heretic or
Uonmii Catholics. They give alike to all
charities , all churches wo have so many in
stances of it right hero in Omaha.
Mr. Kroora triumphantly refers to the
Inquisition. How very wearisome ! Tlio in-
qiution was founded centuries ago with a
view only to Christian welfare , although a
sadly mistaken ono. It wns the fanaticism
of an unenlightened and violent age that
brought about the cruel abuse of the powers
it acquired , and not the tenets of the church
Itself , ns these Intelligent A , P , A , ' woulf
have us bellovo.
Why speak of the Inquisition , however ,
when we hnve before us la comparatively re
cent times equally harsh instances of the
nhuso of Protestant iniwerJ U't Mr I'Yomn
read a reliable history of the English
Herormatlnn , of the time of Titus Gates
( who , by thebuv much resembled nn A. P.
A leader ) , of .ludge Jon'roys In England , ot
the persecution of Unman Catholics In
southern Germany. U will glvo him food
for relleetlon and probably enlighten his Ig
norance.
It is absurd to bring to bear such n fossil-
Iml argument ns the inquisition. It shows
the miserable weakness of Mr , Froom's IKI-
sltion , that ho has to go back to the Dark
Ages to llnd a Homan Cnthollo Iniquity on
\\hlch to huso his enmity. He should have
Introduced this thrilling reference nt the
time of the Columbus celebration ,
It is Iruo that \\o cannot accept certain
tenets of the Uomnti Catholic church , and
would nol have thorn thrust upon us , hut
this applies equally to every sect that differs
from another. Does that , then , Justify us In
forming secret societies that adopt the very
same methods that the A. P. A.'s. in their
iiisiilTcrer.iulo Pharlseelsm , nrcusa them of
practicing.
Mr. Froom's assertion that n Honinn Cath
olic dare not vHo for a "heretic" Is too
ridiculous , too childish to call for rebuttal.
He does not believe it himself ; if ho does his
ignorance Is sn gross lhat ho had bolter for
ever have held his peace.
It Is not true that they capture every pub
lic onico ; but suppose they did , have wo not
the same means to attain victory the Amer
ican's pride -his frco vote ! If our voles
won't carry the ofllecs we have no right to
them , fore are in the minority and the
majority must rule.
The fact Is , Iho prime movers in Ihls or
ganization consist of disappointed oflco- !
seekers nml broken dow a politicians who
have failed to make a success la any
decent line of conduct , and the sooner
this is understood by all Protestants
tlio better. The position of a certain sec
tion of Protestants toward these leaders re
sembles lhat of laborers whoso delegates
have incited n strike the former half
starved and shut out on till sides , while the
latter are urging them on and fattening on
lliclr credulity.
Lot all Protestants give this matter care
ful thought and they cannot but conclude
that the A. P. A. , so-called , is nn uu-Amcrl-
cau organization , anil that it behooves every
decent Protestant lo raise his volco
ngainsl it.
If there are public issues to he fought out
between factions and parties let It bo done
openly nnd above hoard. Let them ho well
ventilated in the public press till they go to
the polls , and then let the bcsl man win.
I enclose my card. 1 remain respectfully
yours , Fanr.uoM.
.1 JWIH1KT OX11S.
Now York Tribune ; "Iliother , " says n
Gcoijsla editor , "don't slop your paper Just
lieeaiiso you don't ngreoltli Urn editor. Tlio
last cabbage you Kent us didn't agrco with us
elllier , but uuilUlii't ( hop you fioiu our KU ! > -
bcilptlon list on that account. "
lloston Transcript : lllcks Iliimfnttcr Is
bound torlMi In Ills piofovslon.
Wlclcs At any rule hu's got an nxecllcnt.
chance. Ko can't gut nay lower than ho Is
now unless lie digs a hole In tlio ground and
cia\\U Into It.
New Oilcans I'lcaymin : It. docs not follow
that the ocean sucll Is a high teller ,
Ilndgct : "Lot ns taUo cotton as an example , "
exclaimed an upto n tarilVdebater. "Or , for
thnt mutter , lot us take tobacco. Or , better
Mill , let us tuko wliUKyl" And the clinlr
immediately tlouluiuda lecess ut the debater's
expense.
Chicago Tribune : A llttlo leaven leavcneth
the uholo lump , but a great big 'loven muketli
the other fellow's caKe all dough.
I'lUsliurg Chronicle : A San Krunclsco house
Is trying to restore whaling In the southern
seas , but It cannot bo revived In thu public ,
schools.
Ham's Horn : It I.s haid fora philosopher to
understand why foot ball should bo culled
iihiy , as Ions ns shoveling coul Is consldeied
hard \\oik.
Harvard Lampoon : Kilenil It seems lomo
ihat 1 have seen something lllu that before.
What. Is that painting after ? Impecunious
Artist At piesuat It I.s after u purchaser.
A Canadian newspaper calls attention to a
fjl'i'sluifjiottlo iidvuitliuiaeut which concludes
with Iho"JiL
When the baby Is done drinking It must :
l > o unsci uned mid laid In a coolplneo under :
n tap. If the baby does not thilvu on frosli :
milk It should bu boiled. :
AN IIXI'I.AXATION.
.
Twas the smart boy doing the talking ,
Who of lovuruncu had a hick
"It must have been slippery walking
When the prodigal son went buck. "
"And why was It sllppury walking ? "
Hut thu small boy still was oadeclc
" \Vo nio told when his father saw him
That the old man fell on his neck. " _
TllK WAV W IMVKRS.
Kew Yet It Jfcrald ,
INTIIUl'AST.
A beaut Ifnl custom had lovers
In tbo diiys over which all pouts weep.
A coin they would bieak when parted ,
And each lover u fragment would keep-
Would keep It and deem It a token
With u message of destiny fraught ;
How Hllghl disunited thulr vuluo
Kaeh fragment unceasingly taught.
IN THU riii.siNT. :
Hut tholr favoi llo trick In tlio piescnt
Is mm that Is Imidly us sweet ;
IRKI ! ! with lojirot us I write It ,
They now bieak a bill when they ine.eti
They break It on concerts and biipporM ,
On operas , thuutuis , llowurs.
And Unit's why on the love ot the present
Kach bind who bus tested it sours.
Largest Manufacturers and Hot.Ulora
of olotulus In tno World.
Great fall
Of snow we had last week created such big1
demand for warm and
serviceable clothes
in
that \ve have had
about all wo could dote
to fill orders. The
v
"broken lot" sale is
'still going1 on with the
sizes a.little . more
broken , but the prices
are out accordingly.
The cut includes odd sizes in overcoats , ulsters and
suits for boys and men. You can save from $5 to
$10 on a suit and $10 to $15 on an overcoat if you
buy at this sale. Every one is a dead sure bargain.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Htoro open duliirday every eronliij till ID. till9. I ' SW. Cor , 16tli and Douglas Sts
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