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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1892)
AMERICAN. 4 ! timmrtr. VoitMK 11, 4 n-t,tf hMn alFnd m f u ft Ifc r. i-t r r IK mil OMAHA, NKHKAHK V, F"W.Y, NOVIMIU K I, lv.. Nt vnm It TIS TIME TO CHOOSK tM Ml H KNOM VOU wt to all litctio to ronttoM or ium. ft (.'.''ul In four i.tntlnnt, Put tltul.'lf WHrn tw Mtt lit y Hi t tl-! Tim lime lift arrived when we, American., are railed upon to I'hihw between Hut nominees of the several iioHllcal parties. "o mi; to measure Ihetn, iml by their business onl illi'ii- thins, not liy their sts-iul standing in tho community, not by the sUoof their bunk account, lint by tho measure of loyalty to our country and very one of her free Institutions. Thut Is to Isi the ioli' test. i If u candidate believes In free ss-ooh, and that Homo shows herself lo lie un enemy of thin country by jh;i constant .attempts to ubrhlgo that constitutional (jnn ririU?o, he will receive Just fair treutment ut the hands of all utVl true Americans. If ho believes hi ono unscctarluii pub lic school system for tho education of all child roil between the ago of five and fourteen, and that no money should bo appropriated for the maintenance or upbuilding of any Hoctariu Institution by either the state or national govern munt, ho will not bo opposed by any loyal citizen. If ho believes priestly Interference in politics Is dangerous and that the pope must keep his hand out of our affairs of state, Americans will gludly support him. If he believes chii'' )i propurty should not bo exempt from taxation, and would push a bill through the Btato legislature, taxing the same, his vote would be materially increased. The moiiHiiro, from today forward, with thousand!) of voters in Nebraska will cease to be a man's loyalty to the republican party, to the democratic, Independent or prohibition party, but mill be hiH loyalty to our Institutions. lfo must believe in restricting lm migration 'r not prohibiting It. He must believe in ono vote for every dtt,on, and that vote must be cast without Intimidation and must be hon estly counted. Unless he does believe In those things ho Is not a (It man to support for any position within the gift of tho people. Some of tho nominees do tiot believe In all these things, or, If they do, the lnll notices which surround them are such that they have been swept from their moorings and carried far out upon tho political sea where they are flounder ing among papal bulls, encyclicals and decrees and decisions of papist pre lates, until their own Individuality Is lost and they personate and become sponsors for an element which has no right to recognition as citizens. You may Imagine your party leaders are free from the corrupting Influence if Humanism, but they are not! They all truckle to that power, And It becomes our duty to deter mine who is the least under Houiuu Influence. Without stopping to Inquire, and In your y.eul for party success, you will probably say the nominees of your par ty are least under the thumb of Home Let us Vo about this. Who are tho ptcsldontlul nominees? (Jrover Cleveland, democrat; llenj. K. Harrison, republican; ,1, II, Weaver, Independent; John Hldwoll, prohibitionist. Individually (jrover Cleveland Is as pure and patriot o as any man nomi nated, yet if he Is elected to the United .States presidency who will dictate the policy and tho appointments of his ad ministration Would It bo (Jrover Cleveland, or would It bo Homan Cath olic Tammany of New York? This, friends, Is something for you to think alMiut. While you are thinking about that ask yourselves who filled a major ity of tho otilces who was your post masterunder his administration. Wore they not In tho main Homanlsts? Have you any hope of changing the complexion of the appointees If Ho manlsts dictate their appointment? Think well of theso questions, then cast an unprejudiced ballot. So much for fl rover Cleveland! What shall we say of President Har rison ? Wo can truthfully say that ho has plaited his campaign In the hands of a Homanlsts, (certainly a perverted one) but a Humanist all the same. He ap pointed I'at Kgan as minister to Chile, and l'at Is a Homan, although down at Lincoln they do say ho does not allow the bishop to dictate his actions In any manner whatever, You might ask whether ho will re turn ICgun and whether ho will allow Ireland, through Tom Carter, to ma nipulate the appointments If he Is re-elected. Make this Inquiry honestly and fairly. It- utti t to jo ,t. if m..t i jitr iimiilij, rml hi t ii hitte tin i.l-tt I. M!V t(l (ltH lifc' h, lt .l p t )t!if In Mnn to do the miw1. .1, II. WmVit 1 tie' he I I'M bo llt. Hut lie lm ho t-tt r nhtiw if hHrg i het.-d pivsMent tlmnhm Mr. Ilid il, Mini he lit WO ln' lmhii , Wi'lH er limy, J"lbl,V lie will, emi j Culor di, Wjninlng mid Wellington, but if he dm' tlml ell he III sin pi i him- IW'lf. The fuel that the Weaver eh eturn aie ndorseil in two of the nwttt states by the demixTHU, would ludiestn that there is a deal planned by tho Homnii luts In isith pintles whereby Weaver electors are lo ts elected in all sttttes hentofore elanwd us ivimhliean by leunH'rulle votes, In the hope of throw Ing the election of the next president Into the house of representatives which is overwhelming demis'rallo and doinl nated by the Humanists, which, If stu cessful. would end in the flection of Mr. (Mevehind. That lsilng the game which Powder ly and llurrity, of l'ennsylviinla, have In all probability put up, It tmains for the American voter to say whether he will put his seal of approval upon the deal. While President Harrison Is not as staunch a Protestant as wo would like to see in the White House we bid love hi1- eUe,Hon would bo less a recognition of popery than would that of any other candidate (barring the prohibition can didate who has no show of being elect ed) and for that reason wo do not be llevo Americans can do bettor than seo that Nebraska casts her electoral vote for Benj. P. Harrison. On state olllcers we desire to say very little. Crounse, the republican nominee for governor, Is a clean, hon orable and conscientious man. Any American can veto for him with full assurance that he will 1 supporting an unswerving Protestant, Tho same Is true of Morton; but, of Van Wyck wo do not feel so certain. His main supporters In this county are Homan lsts, and If ho Is elected will wo not have a Homan catholiu board of lire and police commissioners? Mr. Colin says no; Mr, Deavcr, Mr. Kinney and other Homanlsts Intimate that we will. This Is for you to decide for yourself. To us the light for governor seems to have narrowed down to Crounse or Van Wyck. As an American you should be careful where you place your vote. A vote for Mr, Morton, under existing clrcuinstanc.es, means a vote for Mr. Van Wyck. Do you want Mr Van Wyck for governor? That Is the question for you to decide. For tho olllce of lieutenant governor we have already said whom we desired to see elected. Wo believe nearly every reader of TlIK Amkhihan feels as we do. Tom Majors has been accused of being an A, P. A. and the Homanlsts are fighting him on that account. This should be sufllclcnt to rally every Pro testant to tils support, There Is no doubt but what he will be elected, ()! the other gentlemen nominated by the several parties, with the ex ception or i', i"', ((Hull Ivan, for and I tor on me democratic ticket, who Is u Homan Catholic) and V, O, Strlckler on tho Independent ticket who Is be ing fought by the same outfit that Is fighting Tom Majors we have nothing but words of praise. The nominees for congress, except W. A.McKelghau, are all good, capable men. McKelghan should be defeated. Ills record Is bad. Unless we have been misinformed he drinks to excess, which would lucapaclato any man for legislative duties, llcsldcs this he Is credited with truckling to Home, See thut McKelghan Is not elected. In county and city affairs every man on tho republican ticket Is a consistent and loyal American. There Is not a single exception from State Senator down to tho last name on the school board ticket. On tho democratic tick et Max Meyer for Senator would Isi a safe man, as would also the nominees on the independent ticket; but W. N. IiuhccHtk should Isi defeated, The Americans have tried him and found him wanting. Ho was elected by their votes to a position on the school board, then cast his vote for the retention of Charles Conoyer us secretary Conoyer being a Humanist. On the legislative ticket nominated by the democratic pasty (J eo, W. Ames, Henry Morrow, John Nordwult, Hobt. Withtull and W. S. Wltton, would not he objcetional to the American Patty; while the In dependents have placed but two gen tlemen on their legislative ticket whose sympathies we have lsien able to ascertain, Those two men are .1. Anderson, of South Oumh'i, and ,f. 11, Klnkead of the Ninth Ward. They would be acceptable If indorsed by the A. P. A. All those men whose names do not appear above, who are on either the independent or democratic legisla tive tickets should be defeated. Hither Kaley or Mugney would make a !. eMii at i. ii . e !..! .( ftn !.. iii t nil'M ,,) by tti.- V, P, A In cit) a ''aii the i, o fii hm nunii listed but thlKi' Hu ll h.i Wimlit le in thihat av litsh'e to A met I ' " ! Tin - Uinwil illthe Mth,j ill the SeXitilh ami I tuovlilll j esn, i t SMS Parker III the Ninth, aim hate Hi-n lioiiiliiMtvd for the tnuinil The ili.t-" fttilcii(s hate only .isslrieh til tin I'liurtii, Prtiiiel luitT in the Neveiith and t 'huivhiil Parker who Is sUnen the deiius i alio ticket, Anlnt them men, tn the republican ticket, have !sell lit lei capable men, lt.llllel II. Wheeler In the Fourth, C. Spec lit in the Sixth, ('hits. I,. Thoiuus in the Seventh mid Chits, J. Johnson In tin Ninth. For Is hi rtl of education theilenusTiits offer but two acceptable men. Lander and Hicks, while the Independents offer an equal tiumls-r in the persons of (i. W. lill'wster Ulid HeV. Shields. Kvery man on the republican ticket can be depended on to uphold the pub lic sehisils. Henry Llvosoy, C. C. Stanley and Wm. Olniwtead would make gisxl com missioners. There will be a number of men placed upon the ticket by petition. One of those men will 1st L. M. Anderson. He will Ik) a candidate for the school board. He Is a democrat. Ho should bo elected. Wo know what ho Is ho is un American to the core. Vote for Anderson. ROMANISM. What is Romanism? Protestant Americans make a great mistake when they recognize popery as Christianity orachrlstlan church. The only true and logical position to take Is that it Is an aiitl-clirlsllan and antl republican institution. As a religion It is mainly a modllled Homan pagan Ism, Its distinguishing features can be traced back to pagunlsm, It is a system of Idolatry. It Is Idolatry, for It offers prayers and adoration to created beings, Its votaries bow before likenesses of created things and beings In tho form of pictures, statutes, old bonci ar,d coals, Tho Idolatry Is even worse than that of the old Homaus, as well us that of India and of China today. The priest by saying some words over a wafer made of Hour and water, changes It literally Into Christ, and then It Is eaten. A Mohammedan philosopher, who had traveled extensively, remarked that the queerest people ha met with wore those who one minute created (hid by mumbling some words over a wafer, and the next mlnnto ate lllm. Is It not as plain as anything can bo, that popery being a system of Idolatry Is not worthy of tho name of Christian ity? This was tho position taken by Luther and Knox, anil the ground for It Is Just as strong now as it ever wus, Combined with this are deliberate frauds and wickedness of the blackest dye carried on In tho mime of religion, Horace Maun, the Illustrious educa tional reformer, In speaking of the de velopment and ascendancy of popery, wrote most truly; "The glorious Ideas of Christianity were used to frighten men Into submission by Its terrors, and not to Inspire them with love, Kccles- lastleal forgeries changed the truths of j heaven Into the lies of fiends, and forced tho counterfeits Into circulation until they became a common currency. Indulgences tocommltt crime has a prlec-curreiit, like stocks In a modern market, and any man might buy license to sin, according to his means, from the cheap peccadilloes of murder and rape, up to the enormous and costly wickedness of striking a priest. The many mansions which Christ said were In Ills Father's house, were sold like human habitations, though tho title of the purchase was defeasible, being for feited by any freedom of thought, or any exposure of canonical Iniquities. Hell was the preordained doom of all men and women who would not pur chase a tenement In heaven by the pay ment of money, or surrender of virtue, The warrior and prlestdlvlded Isdwecn them the empire of both worlds." Humanism being such a system should coolvo no recognition as a christian sect by the churches or by the state, If this view were properly recognized, time would not bo occupied In discus sion about grants of money from the? stale treasury to Carney hospital, or any other popish Institution. Hut there Is another very Important aspect of tho subject. Homuntsm is a political syNtom, and as such Is directly antagonistic to our American five in stltullons. Milton writes of it thine 'Popery Is u double thing to deal with, and claims a two-fold power, eoclcsiastl- raland political, both usurped, and the one supporting the other." The pope claims the right to govern the world by canon law, which Is placed ubove all constitutions and statute laws. The United States constitution and thut of Massachusetts must bo nractleullv j aj, and K t.i IK I 1.. K. aii,,,!,,!,. v.e. rt.i.r 1i ! l1' 1 I L I I.' i 111 ft . II' .1 t I It, Hi. a-I4il. n mi..e. i.tle Hie -pc " " ' ' ' toec. duvet Ij iipn.ii to ourliii- K' ei !!H oi II, at ut the Jsnpt.., IVjs t J i an aiwumle ii.imulli, aitil t. t heiv "(.'l'-divnpiaey wgaii'M five- doii. In Ametl.a. Sat. Pean Mtli.mo th hUt.tfUit; " tiiaoually It U .aiue a Mi.H.aivi.y, will, ail U.e potter ol a tine tvtitialiM dt.ititulon J'he clergy Llvlr. pitsif, that t in Mlitnhy esn I the e.n,elul.iu that Call... lie pint mimed mi aW-dul.. tep.m ov-wr ihe L. ,jj,v (m ,ivlne, and thai tl In .hould not Ui fori-eil to build ami sup iitlii.is of h., n; imt Mtiislte.l with ruling j fl,,,,,,,,,,,,, Indivlihutl and imllounl ehsi- j H .eh.ml. mid Inilitutl.m. lin y eaii- pi i'uv. and Uin-i.llieni-. lti'. Is-cniue prtmv. and kiiii. Their nrucinl.-nt Ion Wioi coincident w Ith the Ihi.iuiIs of elu l tetulolli: they Were a second universal niiijjMtniey, txvivl.iug always n neal asserting, ami for a long Hri.sl po. seslng, sus'rior power to th" cull government. They had their own jurlnprudenee -the canon latv-eo-oi dlnatc wllh and of equal authoritf With tho Homan or the various cisies, only wllh penalt ies liillultcly more terrlll almost arbitrarily administ ed, and admitting no exception, not even of the gii.'esl temporal sovereign." Hero then Is an Irresistible reason or ground why our national and subordin ate, governments should give no eoun tenanco or make uny grants of money to support an iustltut Ion under t he con trol of the pope, and which Is directly host ile to our republican form of gov urn men t. What can be more evident or logical than this? Let none think Unit, Humanism has changed, The Infallibility dogma Is positives on this point. Pope Plus IX., deV.ai'cd: "The people are not the soiii'oo of civil power. Tho Homan v;hiuoiic cnurcii ami nor ecclesiastics hayo aright to Immunity from civil law. F.dueatlon outside the control of thi. Human Catholic church In mlani lia ble. heresy, " Mr, (lladstono in his vatl cit.dsm said: "That its Inlluenec Is ad vcwo to freedom In tho state, the fanr .. .. lJv hiiU the Individual." lie says fuilher, "To secure rights has been, una is (In.' aim of christian civilization; W -.est'roy them, and establish the re sin loss domluoerlnir action of a purely ctfff.Jttl power, Is the aim of the Homan polity." The late Mr. Thompson, secretary of the navy, In his work on the "Papacy and the Civil Power," says: "Mitring is plainer than that It the principles of the church of Home prevailed hero, our constitution wouh necessarily fall. The two cannot exist together. They are In open and direct antagonism with the fundamental theory of our government, and of all popular governments everywhere," The late Priest Hooker, of Now York, ono of tho great lights of popery for years In this country, declared: "In lINiil Home will have this country and p it. All legislation must la; gov erned by the will cif (Jod Indicated by the pope, Hdiicatlou must be controlled by Catholic authority; the secular arm and thopri.ss must ho under theauthor Ity of the church, even to war and iloodshed," 'J'h is system aim. to 1st supreme in our laud, and to un alarming extent It Is so especially In largo cities. Tho plan Is now to capture the great cities, and then will follow the ascendancy In the country at large, This Is some- times avowed. Let this take place, and we can anticipate the result from what has taken place and now exists where the pope rules, The points prove that Humanism Is an unmitigated evil lu Its workings, and Is therefore utterly unworthy of being regarded as a branch of tho christian church, I hero give an extract from a work written by tho late Ur. Wylle, of Kdln burgh, wllh whom I became acquainted whllouhroad. lie had not his superior In (ircat Ilrltaln as u nuiHter of the Ho- nilsh controversy, Ho traveled In Italy and spent much time In Home studying the system In Its workings and results, He speaks of Home as he found It while the pope was absolute, politically as well as ecclesiastically. Ho did not find the city to Isian earthly paradise, where the pope hud Is-en supremo for a thousand years, He found It as one expressed It, to Isi the "devil's capital." Ho writes: "If the pope bo Christ's vicar, his deeds connot bo evil. If Humanism Isi Christianity, as Its champions maintain, Home must Isi the most chrlsl Ian city on the earth, and tho Kouuins examples to Ino whole hunmn race, of Industry, of sobriety, of the tone of truth, and in short, of what ever tends to dignify and exalt human character. On the assumption that the Christianity of the Seven Hills Is tin Christianity of the New Testament,, Homo ought to bo the seat of just laws, of inllexlblllty, upright and impartial tribunals, and of wise, paternnl, uinl In corruptible laws. Is it so? Is Christ's victim model of governors anil Is the region over which he has sway re now iiod throughout the earth as the most proMs-rous region In it? Alas! the very opposite ot this '.s the fact, There ii not on the facj of the earth a i'j. i tn. i battvtt ut sti iylti!i i 1 1 1 i"iiii, pni in l It f n I'l.j iiHi ii'i'.ii j ,.,,,. ,,n ,.t i, taiiity. than tj. tW t . . I . . tL h , I . i ,v,Mt. ,t th.i Nen HitU. And no! .,,,!, ;. ti. ...... .ii ii.-i ; I'm; i ,Y, i ,, , iiiieli it tif t-tirUlinnit, or would tie ate her litowtnv. lull we Itn.l tli l j tiie pr,- u.v, ..it a (iltfsn'ie M '.. ami ' , ,,, tmmiw, ,.,tt iiy . ,.f ! the , .,.,,.M , f,n his of evil. ' Win n Ihe ,,),. w,., N,t,,,., ), t.-i v tieler I. newt illim-troiis. lie uv to ll.e Hi. nli of the Tils r. The Wiainii. which VoHaliv and hi. compeer, w ielded w IMi such tel l'lttc elTecl In the end of theln.t century were borrowed from Home, Now, why I. llil.? Klther Christianity I. to a nioht e I inordinary derive iIchI ruct Ive of till the tempi nil latere. is of man, or HomaulNin Is not chi lhi limily. I't no man delude h iiu self with the Idea that it is simply a iiliijiitti which ho Is admitting, and that the only change that would come would lie merely Ihe sulmtltutlon ol a lioinun 1st for a Protestant creed. It Is a Hfhoiir of ifiiY'rmm'nf; and its Introduction would bo followed by a complete and universal change In the political con stitution and government of the coun try. Willi the real character and designs of popery before us, our duty Isevldent. We should treat it according to what we know it to be. ('anil mil Manning said, "The church is olthor the master piece of Satan, or tho kingdom of Ihe Son of Cod." It certainly is not tho latter, and must therefore be the first. Holng such wo should make no compromise with It, or glvo It any countenance. We should expose and oppose It In every laudable way. Let ting It aloiai will not answer. It must he attacked and killed. This Is the most thoroughly organized system of Iniquity on earth, and should not be handled with velvet, gioves, It Is no use to chop blocks with rii.ors. The pulpit, tho press, and the platform should disseminate the light that the people may bestirred up and prepared to act, All true Profes'lanls and Amer ican patriots should gird themselves up for a determined ami long fight against this gigantic enemy of our country. Let all grants of money to these Institu tions be stopped. Let the fact bo kept before the people that all collected by nuns or given otherwise gis's directly Into the hands of tho priests whoaru responsible to no one hut themselves, I'i very dollar that passes Into their hands goes to support thoni In carrying on their nefarious work, fct Ameri cans awake before it Is too late, Apathy and Inaction are highly culpable. Tho existence of this nation and the pro gress of christian civilization through' out the world are Involved In this struggle, i I'riif. John Moon, in jIAssi'itt's Ilirnld. , Mapped Out Their Course. The next aim of tho Ionian church, It seems from tho Pope's letter to New York bishops, will be to have Its jmui ple released from paying taxes for the support of public schools, In order to succeed In that they will have to colon- lzoafowstat.es by themselves. Here Is what the Pope says; Moreover, of all the lllshops of tho United States, whoso great devotion to this Holy Sen we know and have ex perienced In their visits to us, never has any one, without exception, seemed to hesitate in tho least as to tho !! trine taught by this Holy See, concern ing schools In which Catholic children should Iki trained. All denv that. "neutral schools" (schools devoid of all religion,) may be approved; on the other hand, all favor ''denominational" schools for countries inhabited y Cath olics and non-Catholics, that Is schools In which children are duly taught re ligion by those whom the lllshops Judge fit for such teaching. Hence, your chief duty, Venerable brothers, Is in union with the other lllshops of the United Ktatei to put In common your counsels and efforts to obtain that Catholic children do not frequent schools where religious Instruction Is altogether omitted, and there Isevl dent danger of moral perversion. Therefore Ills our earnest desire al ready made known to you by tho Sa cred Congregation of tho Propaganda, that in the forth-coming meetings of bishops, most serious deliberations lie held as to the best means to Isi adopted to bring this about. Moreover, wo desire that you should endeavor to In duce those who govern In your various states, and honestly acknowledge that of all things the most salutary to the Hepubllc Is religion, to secure by wise gislation such a mode of teaching as shall not offend the religion and con science of Catholics, who, equally with their non-Catholic fellow-citizens, furn ish tho means of education. We havo the conviction, bused on the fair-mind- " and pia.'ticjt pnul' n,v f ) our . .,..1 , I II.. t ' " ...... ..... , .,, j ''!"". M t Me us U - -.it 1 , H" tl.t lit t alte imiu l.tn alii p'.t ; .i, nfl. n.hi Ut the rhutt Si, and to iiiittiit' fi-i ly Hie in 1 1 111.. f that ' t ii H tl i -.! tn psj;sii hat lar t-m a HI. the 11,,'ltt of the ,..(1, and orcai.il a next . i,i v with !l It. cluiy nf ( li.i-l.Hn vh toe. and lei. li.ii col tle Sin b e.in-lil, i stit.im w ill, we I ben-, It ad every limn in your emiiitry not u.e fur the I'd iicnl ion of their chil dren, The Public School. Mil in I-nit ' f.ii tt.iM' temple. n( 1 1 li ity kIiiihI i lt st'k nf our "Hfi-ly. ll.e Ihiih nf nt.r li.nil; TI.Hl Mti'lril M'l.ini) o V x I -1 , , ni. full fill lief. 10! If. All ll lll'. levill l.il'll W III .ll-llitnln In nave: l-'nr th. i-l.llili-rii hi w ii Ml. ui tl.i' stum, uinl I hey Kite Tin' (inly .ov .lm. Hint (lie mil Inn .luitl live, Then KDioil well lliese fii.ll.tHlii.frmn IiMiiim Hint iie. I'm ll.e flee iiihlli- m-IiimiI lnii.lt' lii.i'linr (if l.o.e. It' ll.' yi.ui' el..O'1-lii-nmi I.IIII.iin io.iI i'i.vi'I' ll.e liliiln, l.i't I lm cliln.i'. of ll.rlr hell, rhitf from oceiui ton. i.ln, Mow down ul your iillio-. urn I .liihii'. if. you in ii y, Mule' yemr iiioiiiIhc of li.'iiven scenru diiy liy cloy. ; - In year I pie. of wnr.l.lp niiiki' convert. from sin, And KiUliei' tlm million, of wiit.dcrcr. In. Viiiii- erned. ami your fullh de fetid n. your own, " Hut let niir I, lllle K.'d Si'liool lluo.e iil.itie, Hlioid liii.'lc from Its poi-tal., ilimi mil to In- Vllllt' The will Where tin. tielilus of tin cmplii) am In Ul. I ten Ni'hool. urn Ami'i'lcir.Kliiry unil pride, Which tin vundiil IiiohI .hall destroy or ill vide Tosnvu them from chuiKer, If llirniili'mxl at lu.t, lllll' till I Ion ll I IIiik .hull he milled lo tint Iiii.hI , Ami the n.'Iiih.I will remain thttprhh. of l.lm free, Out' lini'hi.i' of hope ll.t'oinch the axe. to he. The state Is siiprcinn and tlm rhiuvh must, recede, j The slate Kiniiils II. nchools, lei hold Its creed. the rlinri'h Call ti hull, priests and prelates, nor darn to assail 'I'll.' state, for the laws of Ihnland will pre vail! m I , Our limit's who fouht and tliT llinusaiids who fell. And died for our Hint saved our si-honl house as well, All hall our new union, hm n of love, not of hale, Tint slain and tlm school, not tlm church and Hm statu. -IUm.aioi. OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Extract! From the Slate and National , Prohibition Platform. From tho National prohibition plat form adopted at Cincinnati, .lunoSJst, We stand, uucxju I vocally for tho American public school and opposed to any appropriation of public moneys for sectarian schools, We declare that only by united support of such common schools, taught In tho Knjjllsh language, can wo hope to become arid remain a homogeneous and harmonious people. From the Massachusetts state pro hibition platform adopted at Worcester, Juno l!ud, IHU2: We believe the perpetuation of our free American Institutlo s depends largely upon the perpetuation of our free public school system, We de nounce all attacks on our public schools from whatever source, as emanating from a spirit un-Amcrlcan, unpatriotic, and hostile to our Institutions and our Institutions and our liberties, Wo are unalterably opposed to tho appropria tion of a single dollar from the public treasury for the; support of any sectarian schools, or other sectarian Institutions. NERDS HELP. The M. V,. hospital, hs-uted at 4111 south llnth street, which lust year cared for 3,'K) patients, and which today Is filled with sick people, Is in need of financial help. This Is an In stitution which every Protestant should feel a pride In keeping up. It Is ono toward tho support of which every Methodist, every A. P. A. and every memls-r of the Jr. O. U. A. M. and P. (). S. of A. of this city, county and state should contribute let tho amount 1st what It may. We will receive sub scriptions and glvo credit In these columns to all who will aid In this work. What will you glvo? Previously reported.,.., fill no ltohi-rt I'm wll . , i'u, I'latt.t lontli and Uo-k llluff '. turn lien. W, lleynold. in. - MILIEU FUND. Wo desire to acknowledge ho follow ing contributions to the Miller Fund Jhls week: K. s j u Ami-rli-an l'iil,i-n llii.loii 'i'i im U.M.I... 1 i.i I 1 1 1 1 1 1 ) 1 1 1 m . 7 -js A. I', I mi K- I" 1 il X r'remonl. W. N.C.... t'ii-h .1. II J. I C. Nil S ... K. J ,to im 1 uo Friends, wo want your assistance in raising funds to push this investigation. What will you give? Send In any sum you feel able to give. ,i t Mr