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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1892)
r. E AMERICAN, .I'MK II. OMAHA, NKH., TMUUsnAY, KKHHUAHY 4, mi Ni miu u A MOCHA 8 TlttA TlO!f. f wi week ago we published aii open IMIItti.11 Mil. I 1 . . . - I I v llio tmnkncM ruaniiirer send a copy of Tub Ambhican containing same to f that gentleman by registered letter. Tho following lny tin) card which always accompanies a registered letter, was returned to this office, hearing tho signature 'lllehard Hcannoll," which wo hold as evidence that tho hiHhop re ceived a marked copy of TlIB Am Bid CAN containing tho alxivo mentioned "ojsm letter." Up to thin tlmo Hishop Hcannoll has studiously uvoldod and continually ig nored tho question therein propounded. IJy IiIh action ho has certainly given Protestant ample cause for concern! lug that tho Iloman Catholic church low and does an wo havo and aro charging It with doing. IJy his silence ho low certainly 'awakened .now thoughts in many conservative Iloman Catholic minds, and will, no doubt, drlvft many from a church which places a premium ujMin licentiousness and crime. His conduct will, wo believe, cause many to do a a lady of our acquaintance has already done cause them to Hover tholr connection with tho "church and cause thorn to declare assho does, "It In all plain to trio now; I can see where tho priests would lead us, I havo been a Iloman Catholic all my life, arid have four boy whom I Intended to bring up in that faith, but since I havo been reading your paper, listening to tho questions propounded to mo by my father confessor, and noticing that bo often apiicarod to bounder tho Influence of liquor, I stopped going to mass, and shall never allow a priest inside of my bous) again, You aro doing a good work. A great many women whom I bavo known as devout attendant have said they intended to corny out of tho church, I tiollevo what appears in TllK AMKUCAN is true, arid this belief is shared by a good many people in Omaha, I know the church controls tho political actions of her members, At the last election every I toman Catholic in Omaha was supposed to have received written instructions as to bow bo should vote, I know some did, Isicauso they made the statement that if tho I toman Catholics failed to carry tho last election their churches would 1st closed, and they would not Is allowed to bold services or go to con fession," That Is bow one lady who was raised altornan Catholic fools, and we ven ture the assertion that nearly all of you bavo a friend who Is wavering, who Is almost ready to step outside of tho church; yet bow many more would shako tho shackles off If they could 1st shown tho true Inwardness of tho Jes uitical scheme that Is being worked not only here, but throughgut the coun try' A Jaw more refusals to answer civil questions or discuss the theologies and dogmasof the church will suffice to drive intelligent jstoplo out of the church. As to tho assertion that Jtomuri Catholics were instructed bow to vote, we havo also the word of a christian lady whoso hired girl Is a I toman Cath olic. A few diiys Istforo election this young woman apjrearod Is-foro tho lady for whom she was work itig and Informed her that her father bod received a letter telling him how to vote, and which said if tho Iloman Catholics failed to carry tho election their churches would 1st closed. The lady told her It was not so, that they were mistaken; and, slow that time, has called her attention to the fact that the churches kin still open. What, mere evidence do yew want that Home attends to tmith the jmi it It'iU and spiritual affairs of her dvixs? Wit A T IT MKASS, Tho supremo court of the United States has decided that James H. Hoyd Is a citizen and that ho Ineligible to any olllce within the gift of tie; coplo of Nebraska. As wo did not vote for James E. Hoyd and as we never considered that Mr. Thayer had any right to hold beyond tho day set by law for tho expiration of his term of ollleo, wo shall not shout ourselves hoarse over tho victory of the Omaha man, neither would wo havo died of grief had tho supremo court taken a different view of tho case. This decision makes James E. Hoyd tho unchallenged standard liearor of tho democratic party in the state of Nebraska at the next election. It makes it absolutely necessary that tho republican nominee bo chosen from somo point outside of Omaha; and yet if that Is done you will find certain re publican loaders, who carry (?) tho voters of Douglas county in their pockets, lighting from the day tho nom ination is made until tho evening of tho eighth day of Novomlstr for tho demo cratic leader. J jut there Is a new element In Doug las county politics which cannot Isj de livered this year to either a Iloman or a J Ionian sympathizer. It holds tho key to tho situation, and whoever gets its support is almost certain to carry this county, Without its support no man can Is) elected, and for that reason tho republican leaders (?) should -lie ex ceedingly careful In their selection of a candidate for governor, and for mom Istrs of the electoral college. The salvation of the republican party depends largely upon democratic blun dersIt dojierids equally upon tho nom ination of clean, staunch Protestants. I'oIItics will not cut half so much of a figure hereafter, as honesty of pur- jkiso and integrity of principle. Ho- eauso a man has always been a repub lican will bo no endorsement If ho Is unsound ujsm tho vital questions the Americans hope to solve; If ho Is luke warm in support of the public schools; or If ho recognizes as citizens those who boast of being Iloman Catholics first and citizens afterward. A demiwirat who toadies to tho Jesuits will 1st slaughtered In this county, with as little compunction as Is usually dis played In hurrying a republican ticket. The state should liear this fact In mind. No enemy of our public Institu tions should lie nominated. No man with such a reputation can bo elected, Loyal Americans want none but Ameri can citizens on gtiard-1, e,, 1'rotestants, THIS FIIWNDH SOCIAL CLU1I Will give another brill next Thursday evening In Washington hall. Those who attended the other hop will bo glad to know they aro so soon to enjoy another rare treat. Taking tho other us a criterion tbo danoo tho 11 th Intft,, will bo a c Juto success, because you canapf k4)n any person who at tended th$7rmir one away, and they aro sure to bring tholr friends. 7 TllK TKSTll CALL. Having ospospd the blasphemous as sumptions, and the libidinous com munication of Al?ltUVt.AH( VtNKKMMtOM as now AirrnoHizF.n Ast Hi:qniir.i, by the church of Uome In the United States, ami on lsith continents. And having made these disclosures Inmost of tho largo cities on this continent, and recently in Omaha, a Lincoln and Nebraska City, Nebraska, and at Council Muffs, Iowa, and having been denounced, and cursed by the priests of Home, for so doing, wo hereby ntt ITIANTLY challenge any accredited Homaii priest, bishop or cardinal on tho continent of America to dlsprovo tho books and facts disclosed In our private lectures to men. Now let this Issuo )m accepted, or for guilt and shame, let tho Iloman clergy cease their slanderous communications, and let penal enactments suppress the Ilomlsh confessional as a prolific source of crime and debauchery. J, O. WllITB. Council HlulTs, Iowa, Nov. 2(1, 181)1. I'll kick should be a licence Inspector appointed, People aro robbed un mercifully by hucksters, and wo ven ture that not one-half of tho "short measure" crowd pay a cent into tho city treasury. An ordinance should os passed raising tho licence feo to ten dollars per month. This would pro tect legitimate business men, and rid tho city of a lot of disreputable Indi viduals who imposo upon defenceless women in the suburbs. TllK city attorney has sulllelont help. What do tho people pay a city attorney, an assistant and a prosecutor for If it Is not to collect evidence and look after tho legal affairs of tho city? While tho city council Is lopping off understrappers in other departments, why not apply tho pruning knife to tho city attorney! office? There Is plenty of room there for reform and retrench ment. TllK city council claims It will, by consolidating offices and cutting off un necessary superriumnrarios, save tho tax payers tho snug sum of nine thou sand dollars, Wo hope tills will lie so; yet It may riot 1st so. Incase It does not It may prove an expensive experi ment, However Wo shall wait and see, arid If things turn outasthoooiiriollmori hojH) they will, we shall 1st tho llrst to cacord them full credit. Tiik board of education had boiler examine the Kcllom school. We understand tho specification culled for paper under tho floor, and that It wa not put there, aV 4 simply becauso the superintendent ol building neglected his duties, by being a Incut several days, attending to private business. Thin should bo looked Into, WHAT do you Protestants mean? There was a deficiency in tho Presby terian hospital fund last year, There was an overlap of several thousand dol lars in tho fund of St. Joseph's hospital, tho Helmut Catholic institution, We noticed ninny Protestant names nmong the donor lo I tie bitter, How utAtiy of them gavrt to the Presbyterian, the McthmlUt or Immnniiel hospitals? Homo no lunger rub", gentlemen, so oenm' your truckling, ami stand by your colors. A Heavy Lots. Few men will ever sustain n greater loss than 0. Jl. Devrles wns called upon to bear lust week when an All Wise (led released the soul of his wife from Its mortal prison and phmcd It nmong tho chosen and elect who will reign with Him until the end of time. A purer woman, a more devoted wife and a more devout christian could not havo been found In Omaha. She was lnnocenco, truth and charity not Its essence, but its very life, and, living nolghhor to tho famfly, and knowing her disposition and daily life, tho loss ot Mr. Devrles conies homo to us with unparalleled forco. Ho and her parents, Mr.' and Mr. Samuel Cottier, will have tho sympathy of a largo circle of friends in this tho most unhappy week of their lives. RELUME A TTOKNE F5. Iliu'lii'lei' k Kulcy. imil New Vo U Ufc, Jlicrki'tpfldKc lnclicni'll(i At Cl'iifiiol,, 4lfl New Vers l.lfe. Can', J. W 20:1 Hoard of Trade, Mler, .1. W.. l!oinily ,lii(lf?it. Jcllrcy & Klcli. Z (I. M. Niillonnl hunk, Hi Wis J, W H.lficolw block. , Heel l Col. (J, It. JIlHlrleUuilKC, KcoM, 10, II., 4 IS New Vers 1,1 fn. Wolrol !, K. 1 m darker block, When you need an attorney (tall on one of tho above, and to!' tbtm you saw their name In this paper, TlIB Sheriff of Douglas county says he would place notices of saloinTliB Amkkkjan If tho attorney did not, ob ject. Our friends who need the services of an attorney are requested to look In another column and see who send their sheriff sale to this paper. If Prot estant attorneys have placed a boycott on Tub Amkuioan wo hope our friends will see to It, that tho same Is removed. N or wrriisTANiMNO tho fact that there are several republican applicant for the position, wo feel, and wo know a great many member! of the American Protective association feel as we do, that the appointment of any man a street commissioner other than ,1.11. Wlnspear will show that party leader do not real le tho magnitude of tho American movement. TilB Lincoln Call Is red hot, for Tom Majors for governor, Ifliolng llrst In the Held Is any ail vantage the, lieuten ant governor has the Held at a disad vantage. Hols an avowed candidate, while our own Dr. Mercer and the other statesmen in tbo state aro waiting on their friends. I, C, HAaiBMrK and J. U. Kaley have concluded they could attend to tholr legal business to bettor advantage by having an office together, and to that end they have established headquarter tttlOO.'! and JOOl New York Life build ing, Home people think John Hush did not, try to make Pat Mullen street com missioner, but you did, didn't you John? if i 1 3L