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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1891)
THE AMERICAN. THE AMERICAN. Telephone VII. tn1!x tl V t Omh f, . Swon.J d'rrivR, u .1 a 4 u ejr. r fUor a. FI!HS'UII' HN, ix K.U YKAH. "'"A'nKKIVA FOH AMKNIVASb" W Held H (Vie-oni A.iw.t n V t.l Swear Al trginc to 1t United Sutci Wdhotit t MrnUl Ni-wtvstion in f tK Prvi fc. .... ... - - ADVERTISING RATES. 54 Inch, tow Ihm J Mo, f ch lMi $25 OC j; .. .. 1 3 00 14 n 7 00 I 3 50 i ' 55 SPECIAL RATES ON 6 MONTH CONTRACTS JIa'VkKKLY PllHUCA HON. BOL if AT A 1.1 AW'tjS Ni7';s: JOHN C. THOMPSON, Ed'r WALTER C. KEllEY, Manner. The Wuo murk ncro-, tliu nuinlM-r will tll how ninny niiiiilliH you are Ik'IiIikI Willi your nnnscriit ion. 8 12 9 lO 11 Receipts tclvtm it cheerfully for !!." renin lis ror (w.uo. OMAHA, THURSDAY. N )V. 5, 1891 Tiikkk ii I'd not ho many llomitti sym pathlzets now. Mike Maui, cum now Rurally nit on the Roman o npso. The president of llm Cliin-nu-Uaols oun continue to work In Jaw. Ouit olglilh-pitgo cartoon liiHt week wan well timed iiml appropriate. Omaha will now havo "Homo Rule' in spite of tlio Irish Romanist. Tiir.itK tiro not no umny Wank Ho manlsts" to day ns before tho but lit). Hooii.kmm received nn iinmlstak able set-back at tlio hand of tlio people. Mil. Rush, Tiie contract was too big. TiiK "Hand-writing on tho wall" bettor understood by tlio Romish cor poratloti to-day. , Tiik A. 1'. A.' woro out In forco. Tbo pink "memorandum" wits wull understood. Tub success of (Jno. I. lloml I a handsome compliment to nn old and ropceled ci'lzen. Tiik Jib department of Tiik Amku ICAN I well equipped for all kind of commercial printing, The Irlnli Romanist will love tho country bettor now, cinou ho ha dl. covered bin weakness. Tiie ladies In mmy precincts gavo their assistance In selecting member of the Hoard of Education. TiiK pope's emissaries cm not fall to nndci'stand the sign of tho lime. The .American people are Citizrns Fihst ! ,r"Vt! '7 (jKOUCiK Mavoi-Klk(;t of and Imlkvo In God iiihto.nl of tho priori. Tiik host ylctorlt uro iIioho that nro loiiHt bloody thoMO that, though anliicv cd by tho hand, arc matiago.l by the head. Kx. Tiik AiniTloin pooplc lovo their country belter than tho pope, and do not roeognlzo that Individual an being Muporlor to tho Deity. Tiik School Hoard will bo American to tho core, and our public nchool.1 will bo well protected from tho encroach ment of tho KoihuiiImIh. TllAT tho pooplo of Omaha daro to Htand for America, tho Slur and Stripe and tho I'ublio School.", wan proven by the return from tho election of Tuesday. They arc American lirri, lari and nil tho time, VViiH.K enlliiiHiiiiin U at tho highest point it will not bo amis to call atten tion to tho fact that wo will have an other election next year. Doti'l forget that ""Igllanco I tho prlco of liberty." Tine Australian ballot yriem may have It objection able feature, but It nevertheless give tho American voter tho right to east hi ballot without the nHirianco of tho ward bummer, and tho ytem will grow In favor every year. Ik any of our ubseriber In the clly Omaha do hot receive their piper hereafter by Friday evening they will confer a favor on u by reporting the niatt?i to u at once, Wo aro revising our llst.i and will endeavor to eo that Tub Amp kk an I delivered promptly and on time, Tiik recent political battle wa not mo much between the old purtlc us between the riralgl.t-nut liberly-loving American and the HoiiiIhIi corpora tion. Tho outcome lmply mean thai tho Hcntimout of American people Is In favor of tho complete and tin tl divot ce ment of Chinch and .State. ;; 1 '; a. r. BEMIS, tiik City of Omaha. THE ELECTION. No man can honestly claim this a republican victory In Omaha and Douglas county. Politic cut no figure. No man wn elected because ho wa it republican; no man wa defeated bo cause ho wa a democrat, but all united, democrats and republican, to purge tho city and county government of men who were In cahoot with con tractors and tho lawlew demerit. It was tho good citizen against the bum mer element, It wa the taxpayers against tho taxcatcr. It was a move ment of reform and embraced men of all Minnie of political opinion It wa a movement for good govern merit, in against iniHtnanegemont, incompe tency and, In tome cumo, disboneoty. Tho movement that wrought tho un expected change was not one of mush room growth, but was one which had been started and foriored month ago. It took on now life when drunken Komimiri assaulted American citizen lmply becauHO they had attended an A, P. A. meeting; It was given a regular boom when Police Judge Ilelsley made hi memorable de cision agalnut law and order, and when Juhn 'F. Doyd allowed a mob to take a prisoner from hi cu tody, and deprive him of hi life, with out any show of resistance, and when Mayor Cushlng, In the face of public sentiment, placed men of ono political faith In charge of nearly all tho voting precincts in this city. While thoro may not have boon any desire on the part of the olllolal to thwart justice, to deprive a man of a constlutionnl 'right or to pervert tho election returns, yet people looked with suspicion upon their act, and took the liit opportunity to give them a merit ed rebuke. Th remit ttf lh idoellon wm mrt MirprU to lhi member of lh Arorl emt order. They knew wht It would be. They knew jul how many tot would Iw polled. Hut the Ilomnn did not, and they went up nnd down this city bullying rvery man hom thy thought belonged to the American order; they Blundered and vlllllled tho best citizen of Omaha, and as a conse quence they are to-dity out In the oold. The election has demonstrated ona thing. It has settled tho querilon of Roman Intollerance, and showed to foolish politician how they have boon gulled heretofore by tho Irlah Roman 1st., who have claimed to carry this community In their pocket. The Amkkican Is well satisfied. Its friend aro satisfied, and the commu nity will never regret endorsing our stand. AN OBJECT LESSON. The lecture at Mussor's Opera House Monday evening entitled "The Super stitions of the Church of Rome," by T. F. Lyons wa well attended. Mr. Lyon I tho young man who delivered a serio of lectures In IhU city ft few week ago on "Roman Catholicism" and who HuhHcjuontly wa reported to have been killed by a mob In St. Jo seph, Ho scorn well and cheerful and hi young wife and bubo do not seem in the least alarmed. Ill lecture last evening consisted chiefly cf quotations from standard Roman Cathollo books, together with hU childhood experiences n parochial school. In no respect could It bo considered abusive or severe. In the beginning a challenge va extended, and ample opportunity furnished at the close to any ono who might try to refute any statement of the lecturer. Hut no one present seemed prepared to enter into an Intel- ectual discussion, however, In the hall way and oulsido of the entrance door a mob had gathered, prepared to an swer tho speaker with Jeers and cursoa with revolvers and stones. Some time beforo the close of tho lecture an effort had been made to quiet tho disturbance but no ollicur present seemed Inclined to think it til duty to interfere. As the gathering dispersed and Mr, Lyons and his wife passed down the stairway tho mob followed, hooting and hissing a ho quietly passed up Third street to il hotel. About a block from the opera house they began to hurl stones at him and a shower after shower fell ono stone struck him on the right arm rid letting a severe wound. At thl Mr. yon turned and tired three shots, one taking 'Hcct and making a flesh wound dies that wo sung more than two thousand year ago by the waters of Jabylon, and wept. They record our triumphs; they solace our iitllietlon. Great orator are tho creatures of pop ular assemblies; wo were permitted only by stealth to meet even In our temple. And as for great writers, tho catalogue I not blank. What are all the school men, Aqulrm himself, to M tlmonidesV and in f tr modern philo. ophy, all cprlng from Splnnai! Hut tho passionate and creative gonitis that I the nearest link to divinity, and which no human tyranny can destroy,