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TOLERATION,
As Understood and Prac
ticed bu Roman Catho
lic Laumen,
Their Uca or it is so Different to What
Protestants Belicyc It To Be That
We Cite the Case of
MR. J. T. LYONS,
, An Anti-Roman Catholic
Lecturer Whom Ro
mans Mobbed in
St, Joe, Mo,, Because He Un
dertook to Expose the
man Machine Upon
P THE PUfiLIC STREET, BUT SOME
Of tho Faithful Dwiplo of the
Old Man on the Tiber
Storm Him,
The Bloodthirsty Mob Chiwei Him Through
ih SlrtHii Shouting "Hang Him,'
But H Mintgui to Ecpe.
ROME'S MODE OF ARGUMENT.
.Some American In Omaha have had
it nllghc tanto of Human Catholic lolnr
ut ii , but what they have experienced
hit boon like loving mother' caronn
when compared with what J, T, Lyon,
of Jauenvlllo, Winoounln, w com
polled to undergo In HI. Joe, Mil., Iunt
Motuluy evening, It noom Unit J.yoiw
had been delivering noine lecture
agalnnt tho Human rhurclr or wanted
to deliver nomebut wa unable to
HOUUI'U II llllll tllf NIIIIMI ri'llHOII Of OlIllT,
Tim report telegraphed over the conn
try doe not ntate why ho we refund
nceon to nil tlm hall, but It I pre
mimed that It wa but a repetition of
tho unlawful deal given Itiiv, Charlo
Chlnlquy nt Knoanabu, Mich., n nhnrt
llmo ngn, Onu thing in certain, when
Mr, Lyon could not get it hull, tin bit
Ilovod ho lud it right, nml dlil have
tlmt right unlit nuoh tltius ai a minim
of the law emrolned hU authority and
orderud him to move on, to uddren tho
crowd which had congregated upon
the nldewalk. Ho wm ceiellng that
right of free npeeeh, when unm Uoitntn
threw it rwk which nlrtick him end
knocked him down. Ai tin ncramhlcd
to hi feet ho drew it revolver, threat
nlng to nhoottho next limit who throw
A Htono. IiiKinutty there wm it perfect
nhowcr of rock. Mlnnouruut alway
lke k dure, which Mr. I.yon, proba
bly, wa not aware of when he gave It,
or he would hove kept hi head nhnt
on tho nhootlng question, and allowed
action to apeak plainer thitn word,
Hul Ik got fluntntted, mid forgot what
to do, no I unload of doing tho right
thing, ho did tho very wornt, which ho
realized nlmont n noon a Iho mlntnke
wa made, and whim ho rcully.ed It, ho
endeavored to tmcaqo tho conequonccn
by running, ami probably a fleet pair
of leg prevented him from utretohlng
hemp.
There I nothing In thin further than
thl one Idea. What I'rotoatant
would throw a it on n and atiike a
upeaker, were lie heaping all the Maine
known to tho mohI debaned mind, up-
on all rrotimtanti. I'rotcntanta praotlee
tolenitlon. Hoinari CitthollcM praotlee
Intoleranun.
rim vounoAi asvjsct.
During tho hint few week quite a
largo number of ollleo aeeker have
turned themelven Iooho upon thin eom
muiilty. Many of tbenu'men have re
oolvod, on fiifjit.f oonawloni, the up
port of their party and their friend for
the portion they nought. Homo of
thniu wero mi(Kienful at the polln,
white othera were not ao fortunale
Thone who went down In defeat aeem
even more teniioloun even more mm
loim to reelevo a nomination than
Uiomo who fed a term at the public crib,
and are button-holing all men with
whom they are acquainted, and linking
their mipport In tho coming oentoNi
In one way of looking at It thU U all
right, In another, It l all wrong, No
man tdiould wUh y twlee jeopnrdl,e
the luecetiM of hU party for the name
poNlilon. He ihould aeo the iieeeNlty
of retiring from tho raee, leaving the
Held dear for new men, who will prob
ably not have the name obniiiolo to
piui'mount, Itealile thexn la another
clinn of ofllee neekern who ahould get
in out of the wet, We refer to tlione
gentlemen who are up for something
every election. You know who they
are. 'J bey are the fellow who manage
to get their nit me connected with
everv elective and appointive ollleo In
which a vacancy ooourat who would
accept n portion a Janitor In a public
building or a nomination fur tho olllce
of governor with equal Inward exalta
tlon, and outward aangfrold. They
are the pent of every convention, the
nightmare of, every delegate. They
are the men whom the public ahould
nave from themaelvea, To elevate one
of them to a poidtlonof tru4 and honor
would lie doing him an InJiiMtice, for
there are certain temptation whleh a
nail public official that every man U
not Htrong eniugh to remt, and thene
men would luolt tho trength.
Then there I another cla of men
out for office to whom a word may not
bo nld ami, They are the gentlemen
who have allowed their friend to
mention thi'lr name to other friend
In Imlgfl room and council halt. ThU
I alright If not carried loo tar, but no
man ahoul t eipeet to pti'l the Vole of
any or ler to hlnmelf, if thereby he
work an Injury to the aou!atloit. A
aoolatloii, generally, are nut for tho
building up of any one man or any not
of men; neither can they be lined for
an opponlto purport. Wo II ml, not nil
frequently, good men who nland out
nlde the pate of every church,, and
what la true of tho churche I equally
true of all necret aocletlen. Therefore,
It behoove tin to look with jualoii eye
upon all attempt to folnt canldate
unon any tlekct, and upon all attempt
to hnvo them folnted upon particular
ticket. No good citizen will allow
hi candidacy for a contain ponltlon to
become no exciting a to forget that
the people are tho "lat, nupremo and
Una! Judge a to" who ahull hold the
reign of government, lie will llnteu
to the voice of hi friend, lie will
not Jeopardl,o the Interent of the city
for hi own aggrandizement. The pre.
cut condition of affair In thin city and
county I duo to the fact that the men
Nought thooillcoH IfiMlead of the olllce
necking the men, Let un bear that In
mind, Let un be American, linn In
the belief that a "public oftloe I a
public trut,' not forgetting tho nov
crelgnty of tlm people. And when thin
I remembered, many men who are
ohanlng the dolinlye ahadow of a public
office, under the mlntaken belief that a
public office I a private nap, will give
up the ohane and thereby make room
for a more available man, No true
American will atand In the way of the
nuccen of hi partv, No American
will contribute to the nuccenn of the
enemy,
Were American tike Homanlnl there
would not be a half d wen of them
pulling for aomo amall olllce, You
will notice the Roman never have
more than one candidate for each olllce,
They nee that each name they present
get (di tho ticket, Of coume they are
naudwlched In on neveral ticket, but
when the vole are counted they have
all been elected, rogardlen of the mind'
wllchlng, 1 It not a fact that when
ever two Human come up for office
the JoHult look the field over and de
cide who nhall make the racoF That
hint been done In theprenent campalgnl
One month ago there were two Human
candidate for count y clerk, today there
I but one, WhyP We leave you to
annwer the quentlon, and after decid
ing that Junt think If no mo American
had the power to nay who nhould bo a
(m ml id ii l e for a certain olllce, what a
roar thone free H innn would emit,
Hut you nhould remember, the only
fremlom known In the llitnan Catholic
church, I the freedom to OHKY, To
do different to , 'he priont nay
would get them ; f' ''W
vote an one man,
While we are on thi nubjeot of can
didate we denlre to reprint an editor
ial from Tuenduy evening' Hue, which
meet our approval and read a f!-
loWNI
The tatpaylug l!leu of Omaha ami
I hMlgtrt county IllUit gel together ro
gardlen of party for muiu il protection
tit the Impending cnnipnlgn to oii4 the
boodler and tuvciti'i from power.
They canuol atlord liny longer to re
main ludliferenl to the fuel that till
city and county Ihvii been In the ctutch-
of fraiichlnnd corporation and con
tractor on public work, It may be
dlltlcult to track and convict dMiommt
Cotincllmen and corrupt olllebiln, but
every Intelligent eillieen known hatour
local government I rollcii to the core(
It I an open necret that men have gone
Into the council without a dollar lni"e
managed to accumulate haudnome for
tune In a few year on I'MHI a year. It
I a mailer of common notoriety that
almont every proportion that goe be
fore the council i met with the que,
tlon, "How much 1 their In It for uPH
.Street are graded and Improvement
are made not where the work J moM
needed but where It will improve Urn
property of apeculdlor who ar willing
to dlvy. Knormoii mini have J'ceu
filched from the pocket of tupuyer
and voted nw-iy Into the coU'er of the
varlou corporation, Olflce have been
created for barnacle and political Milk
er and nalarlc hare been raiNie) mil.
of all priportioii to the nervieo ren
dered, We are now running a city
government wl',h comfy machinery
fitted for a eity of urn, una population,
Taxation ha become Jmoat iinbeMriible
and Inventor have beni kept away,
The nupreniM duty of tho hour I to
renciie Omaha from the hand of the
ring-tor and boodler. Thl can only
be done by a Concerted effort on the
part of taxpaylng eltl,efi and work
Ingmem who denlre fo restore confi
dence and have public Improvement
fund expended for honent labor Hon
oty I not confined to party or creed,
We munt root out l'ic boodler, In
compete'it and birmmle and elect
from among (he candidate of all purlin
the men whone record and reputation
are the bent guaranty of good govern
ment, No man mti honent ly nerve two
water, No man can be nafely (runted
with the management and control of
cltf or count tiffidr who ha a cor
poration fttrlfig tied to him,
In the local ciimpiilgti The Mee will
Niipport no candidate whone nklrt are
not clean, and no man who- I known
to be a tool of corporation or eulnpaw
of contractor,
To gut the bent reiiltnnd renciie our
city from the elutohe of boodler and
Incompetent the bent citizen of nil
parile mint come to the front and
accept riomiriMtloii for ponitiou that
require bimlne capacity tied fidelity,
We cannot hope to have good govern
ment union our mont prominent IhM
worthy cltl,en are willing ti nacriflne
their private Interent to the public
good, We want men of flrt clan ability
In the council, In the Hoard of Oouniy
Oommlnnloner and In every municipal
and county oftlee
If the Heal Klnle Owner' aHcfnlion
will take the Initiative toward making
the taxpaylng voier upon carididatnn
that enj y public confidence they will
do more toward reviving the demand
for reel emte and fhe lovatmerit of
oat
noltiil lii Omaha enterpil than any
titer project that ha yet received
otf
their nupport.
