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THE! AMERICAN n.wtm'.vjT. Th Roman Orfsn, edited lj ayo'ttg gentleman h tritely drifted Int.i t lt riiy. rUwi nil h memlters of the A. I A. with hi rhu'ipi unsrehKt and t ti New Orleans in it ll a. As the mem- Iters of thorn MsocUtlons are generally admitted to ImvA leen drawn I irjjrljr from I Ins Roman church, wo ara will ing lo admit llin truth of nil M the Roman mouthpiece has stated dtrogn- tory of their morals nnd their method, Imt w hen It says Protestant ran gel n low ns thorn debased pillars of Uomnn Catholicism, we desire to enter n niihl TtrotoNt. Tho members of tho American protective Association are neither criminals nor slugccrs. Their objects have been repeatedly set forth In those columns. They believe In law and order. They believe in every man worshipping (Jod according to his own idea They have not committed an overt act during all tho months they havo been btimled together. Can as much bo said for tho HomansP They will not commit any, and if any Cath olio buildings aro burned before election tho blanio will bo placed where it right , fully belongs on Roman Catholic shoulder. Tho members of tho Anier lean Protective Association admits the right of Roman Catholics to havo their srjeret societies their Ancient Order of Hibernians, their Catholic Knights of America, their Knights of St. Tat rick, their Knights of tho Red Hraneh, and a score of othors. Whllo they ad mit the right of tho Roman Catholics to have these societies, they claim for thomsolvoa tho same prlvllego and tiio same right. They cannot see where It Is any more treasonable for them to swear allegiance to the state In which they live, to tho country wliero they have made their home, than It Is for the Romans to swear allegiance and In tho face of that oath boldly assert In their national convention In Hufl'alo the i!.'5d doy of September, In the year 1 Kill, that "before I am n Hernial!, IIKKOIItt I AM AN AMKIUCAN, I AM A CATHOLIC." They cannot see the consistency of tho charge that they are lawless, when they go to and from their business, their meetings and their places of worship, without creating a disturbance; when they are assaulted and mako no resistance; when they are threatened by a mob, yet make no com motion; when abused and vlllilled, but never return rt word; when their move. nioiitu are spied upon by Roman Cath olics, yet tho spies go unpunished; when they aro boycotted, Intimidated and brow-beaten by loud mouthed communicant of the Roman machine, yet say nothing In return. We say they cannot seo the consistency In tho Roman charge, and unless the citizens of O.naha aro more short-sighted than wo give them credit for being, the Ro man sheet will have a hard time Ing the Protestants of this city believe a palpable untruth. The American Protective Association believes In every man enjoying all tho privileges guar it ntow! by tho constitutions to citizens It will hold up fioso principles as long as blood Hows through their veins, and all the misrepresentation of the Roman mouthpiece and tho Roman bulldozers and sluggers will not change their determination one Iota. We do not ask to bo let alone. If the Roman church does not mix religion arid poli tic, thu ptvi.rr wav fr W t c Uno tho public U to rv holding p.ditioAl meetings every SumMv nftcr noon In St. rhllomcnu't hU on Ninth nnd Howard; they should stop pslng resolutions nt those meetings which declare they will not support for ofllee sny in au who will nut miIuciIImi to their principles, (W A. I., Oihhon's resolution of Sunday. Sept. yo, s) If they want Piotentant to believo politics! shysters nro not manipulating the Roman Vnto they mul reform, nnd ehango their meeting places. The priests are slick, but they ought to havo foreseen that political meetings held In church properly provis the close nllianco of tho Roman church nnd a IV, ili'i of Htato. WATCH FOR HIM. A certain individual whose deserip lion tallies with that of a Mr. O'Neill of our acquaintance, Is going from one place to another In the city declaring that ho Is a member of the A. P. A., and that he was tired from tho U. P. because ho had tho courage of his con viclions and Informed his boss that ho was a member of iho American Asso ciation, If tiio gentleman Is tho Mr. O'Neill with whom we aro acquainted ho Is not a member of tho A. P. A. but Is a member of tho Roman church. You had better do very little talking outside of your halls to strangers claim ing to bo members of tho order. Tho town Is full of spies three priests be ing necessary whero one answered the purpose two months ago. llKLHLEm DECISION 8. Ilelsley holds that It Is not disturb ing tho peace for one man to knock another down In the street. He also holds Dial it is not disorderly conduct for one man lo assault it peaceable elf I-y-oti on the street and knock him down Into the gutter, and also that there Is no Jaw In Nebraska by which ono man may bo punished for committing an assault and battery on another, when the party assaulted does not resent the blow. Traveller. (io to North Sixteenth Street, HAlMiKNr, For Fine Roots nnd Shoes. 5 5 a f 7 M 3 ST -5 fn p B A U "da el " W 8 S 1 aMMMMMMMMB AMERICAN CIGAR FACTORY, lOO l IT. 1C OT., Black & Newstrom, Props A CARD OF THANKS Ooorgo A. Dennett desires to extern his thanks to tho Western Recorder for the free advertising It has seen lit lo give him during the last few weeks Ho says he can hardly take euro of ft I tho work that conies to his blacksmith short A Romish journal declares that a census of tho Roman Catholics Is be Ing ix.kon by Dr. Carroll, of Plalnfio! N. J. who has been itsslirned to that du ly by tho general government. Why Is this done for tho Romanists aloneP be cause Dlalno Is premier and the power behind tho throne. American Monitor Protestantism has no nrlnclnlo or consistency. It was the creation of a drunken, thievlnir and lustful mob. n.n.1 consequently must always act as the mob dictates Omaha Roman Catholic Organ. TIIK Im manuel Hospital !M th St. and Ames Ave., O 2v .A. II A. , IT ZJ 13 . Board and Nursing $5 Week TREATMENT FREE. tir Hpeeliilly 'Loyal American 5 Cent CIGAR 5 Cent. BOM MAOK BPBQIALTr. ORDER YOUR JOB WORK of Tins Amkmcan. 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