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Plilnliiuy, IdMiinln .'onllriiMl to liln lionm
In St. Anno, III., by mlrkttowi.
TlIK Citlormlo ( 'atholie, of lMiivor, In
tliti IntfHt Uoiniin tit liullti mlilifiitltm
U rojolmi IxMMHiw tbti miinli'i'orit of
Mayor Miller liiivo not boon eonvielod.
It iflooful wllbirlul twkoit up about, otio
Imlf wliimn. "Ilo lmnfliH tH't, who
IriijiIin liiHt." Wo iiihv Iimvo u t'liiintH!
t luuifh yet.
Titi'.Hii 1h h impor down In Howton
which iltioH yi'iiinun wrvlco for Hn rmin
try. H Ih tbo American (HlUrn. Jimt
now It In rnlMliiy "HotTotdorvli'd fund,"
This uho to which thin funil will bo put
U oxplnlncd to tho contributors. Pun
not tho roii(br of The American
woll that fmul?
TlIK HtivliiK of tmui tlmn 2,(ltK) which
county dork HiiCKott tnmln In tho com
pilation of tho (llllmjiu'nt lax 1 Int would
HiM'tn to bo HUlllolont pr'iof that tho
voter knew what tboy were, about
when they rcpiiillaU'tl a Hoinan and
elecU'd mi Aini'i'lcaii. The mini Hived
by Mr. Kaokett reprinfnt omi-third if
t lie total eiiHt of muk lnf tip tint lint liiHt
Vf.ur1. iiiwl uSiii-l n!f itf tint eiikt of llio
vwh for th in'f'iit year." A ur
loti i p'lbtn! amy mk wbai. lieiMinio of that
2,0uti Iftniyi'Kf, unit wa will anHwor, It
went Into the' pM U t of tho popo'a
tnlnloiiN.
AKTKit cltflit yearn ImprlMiniiiiinit in
tho hoiiHO of tho (!(hmI (f) Slieppard of
Vanhliitftoii. I). (J., MIh Ileiirlnttn
nilllioill in rcnu'ii'ii mi hit iiruiimr nun
frlotidH. Him Hcciirod ber freedom upon
A writ of lialieiu uorpim ixNued by Judtfn
liradley. The younjf lady wiih afraid
to Hay till o wan detained In tho Koiuiin
institution UK I n ft ber will until Juile
JlrKillev BMMured htr that he would Hon
that hIio wild proteetcd If him dimlrod to
leave. Tho mother MiiHrlor mild n)m
wan not detained nulnt h r will. Tho
court found kIio wan nnd ordered tier
releiote. Koinan CBtbollcn of Oinnha,
on of your (buiKbti'rH may bit treated
tho Haino iih MImk Hanford. Awuko,
and nave your daiiibU-ra!
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ONK of the IwMt printer In the city
of Omaha In Mr. (Joo. I'". t'omntock, who
ha been eiriiloycd In thin ollleo for
nearly it your. Ho in ntcady, noUir and
indimtrioimand o qutet that you never
know what 1m Intend to do until the
job U diiiii!, Tho tii-atcut and mimt
quietly I'xemited pleco of work wiileh
ho ever did wanconcliulod luntTuemlay,
I)ecetnler 27, 18H2, wlmn couiity Judjo
Kllor InhihhI a marrlajfO lleenito and
Joined him in wedliH'k to Mix Ella
Uraeey, . Mr, PomMm k in a pleaxant,
wee, ir faced little woman of a minny dla
poHltlon and will inako (jeor(f a (Toin
Rtid devoted wlfo, Atnontf Mr. Com
atck' laio olrclo of frioridn notio will
wlnh him a greater ineuauro of happl
tier than the lxiy with whom ho ha
worked in thU olllce, and tho editor
with whom lie htm Ix'on jieiMonully ao
quulnted hIiico hl arrival in tho clly.
TiiKttK wan mimlo, mirth and lauh
wr in Central ball, 107 ninth Four
teenth treet, butt evenlnif, In that
hall at that time, hatt MHMeaibled tho
rnemlwm of council No. H of tho Amor
lean I'rotcctlvo ANHoolatlon, together
with their wlyiw, dttujfbUni and woot
hearta. It wa tbo flrit open meet
ing of tho BoaHon and wait well at
tended. Speeches wcro made by a
number of Omaha' leading citizen,
nonga, recitation, eHuay and bintru
ni en till rmmlu Inter poraod, and rounded
out tho evening' pleatturc. Kvcry
btnly who attended doclaro they novor
had a bettor time, and tboo who did
not attend aro consequently upbraiding
thomwdvefi for thoir netrbict. Council
No. 8 1 alwayii in tbo fore rank. It
wa No. 8 which marched to The
AMKMCAN olllco in a body ono year ajro
and gave thrco chcora for tho victory
won. . It wa tho amj council that
oHned Its treamiry when tho Miller in
vctlgatlon wa utarU-d and voted and
paid WO. 00 into tho Miller Fund. It is
mado of the ritrbt kind of fituff. Long
Jive No. 8. Success to every ono of it
member.
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no ntMtiitle ii -n or i'otie for thtdr
ill'iii'i'( and Ho loipl fael lliai mieb
melhod bvi ii'it nlly obtained to an
alarmiin: intt iii, Uotii'iitf pi lum taeia
e IdeuiK Hint llielr oltj-H l l to dlvldf
ami ivrriipl Atni ilean mnllinent and
drill our etvllli'atitm back lo a cbmUli
era that dlsgraeena inure IwrlMiroopand
IblK ial apt. It l Imldly aiiiviiimi'd,
With IK! lillitftble ilt llllll. I It'll tin vote
of the A. P. A. In Ne'iraitka, at the
eelH elect inn, were (K'Oli-tly mild to the
hltflieft bidder, reeardle of partlnn
altlnttle. With I ho lurid llaine of
burning Pat hollo ehurehe, bliHMly rlol
and hell Itorn iiHitiiwtlniitloii tlll fi-oidi
in the mliiiN of many of our jM'ople that
were the direct romilt of Knownothlng
Intnleraiiee, hatred and oIhiiIhIiiiom, it
I inoiit tnaii palng alrnngn that a
hhnlliir orgiuilatlitn, In the light of
thiiHK dbtgraeefiil event, nhould lt foal
ered and eiieoumgeil until It iM'oome a
llieliaellig power III the lilllil.---,t(A inarm
ffninV,
We can readily ee that Mr. Mo-
now that aound a little lloinan IrUb
Mr. McArthiir Ih not aeiiuulnted with
tho IiihIiIo working of tho American
Protective Aoclallon, generally hail
ed a the A. P. A. If ho wa ho would
not iniiko tho charge that men were
tracked becaue they would not alllllato
with it. No man I oHtraclaod because
ho Ih not a member, or beeauo be, to
it ho Mo'a own wonl, doe "not alllllato
with them," If ho I not aupported by
tho order for an olllco after lxdng nifin
Inated by ono or tho other of tho politi
cal partlo tho fault i not with tho
member of tho aHoehitlon, but with
hluiHelf. lis Is either an avowed enemy
of our free InHtltutlon, or ho chwely
allied with tho element that wIhIio
their overthrow that tho men who con
Htlluto the incmlmi'Hhlp of that aocl
atlon bnllovo it unaafo or ill-ad vlnod to
place any reliance in hlui iih a public
olllclal. Ofcoui'Ho thl 1 not nl way
tho reanona notahlo exception to tho
general rule 1 found In Joo Hartley
who ran on tho republ lean ticket for
tnto troamirer hint NovcmlKtr, Ho wa
Hot endorsed almply Ijecauno hi oppon
ent Mr. IJeckman wo a Kwede, which
nationality coiiMtltute a largo percent
of tho loyal AmerlcaiiH of thl atato.
Mr. Ileckninn aecurod tho endoremont
over Mr, Jliirlley moro a a recognition
of a friend of that nationality, than a a
thriiHt at Mr. Hartley for hi political
aoclatl.iu. Ono of tho cardinal prin
ciple of tho A. I', A. I to tako earn of
men who will pledge thomolvoH to, or
aro known to bo In hearty Hympiithy
with the movement now making to per
otiiiito our free liiNtllutlon; todlcoun
tetianco tho candldiicy of all men who
aro directly or Indirectly In yrnpathy
with the movement of tho Unman
Catholic hierarchy to aubvort thin gov
ernment of tho United Ktiite and erect
upon it ruin a thoncruiy; to oppoao
I he election of any man or any et of
men who declare or Indlevo that "they
aro Ilomun Catholic f1rtand Ameri
can citizen afterward," a IlomanlMt
havo boldly declared thi tiimdvei for
the lat quarter of a century, Thl ban
not lten done Hccrebdy hut openly to
tho knowledge of men In every miction
of tho United HtaU'H, You know It and
your neighbor know It if you have
taken tho pain to read, and havo had
tho ability to remember. Hut, for fear
you may plead tho b:thy act and ay
you cannot remeiula'r of an lntance we
will cite you a few. No longer ago than
lat Hepteinbor, In Newark, N. J. at a
convention of German Human Catho
lic, ex-Alderman Hrudder, a member
of tho convention gave vent to that
Identical acntlmoiit. Hut It 1 not nece
ary to go all the way to Now Jorey
for an example. You can Uip off at
Cincinnati, Ohio, where Dlahop Oil
tnour lived and there you will bo told
that ho gave vent to tho ame language.
Nor 1 it alwolutely neceary to go to
Ohio. Wo havo a man hero In Omaha
who ha been repeatedly honored by
tho electors of thl city and county who
onco ald tho aamo thing. uod tho
Identical language that we quote ltvo
barring tho word Horn an. Ho live
hero today and a little over a year ago
acknowledged, in a public meeting,
that tho "little editor'' told tho truth
when ho ald ho had once mode a
peech In which tho language quoted
hud been ued.
It i bocuue of tho prevalent idea
amon; Itoman Catholic that tho law
of tho church aro above the law of tho
Rtatc that ha caued American to
band together for tho better protection
of tho institution which cont an untold
amount of trcaure and tho live of
thouand of our mont loyal and pat
riotic citizen, i ou ay they do not
do that. We nay they do. Wo can
HUHtain our position by thulrown word.
To do ho wo will quote tho word of
Leo XIII. He aid, January 10, M)2,
in hi encyclical letter, "when tho law
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It in mi.l it-1 r v l'il Ann i lean bo are
tinibd liyethor In pnvent furlher
pi b ully intii feremit In aftalr ol tle
llttwean )ii fgartl a man a a friend
who L lirM tlit Plumtiild the lltllh -tlint
ihnwi ilean-r lhn your own llfo
a iv obhH't of morn and conlintt?
Anothir filing that b a maile Pint
elaiit Aittei lenim inpieloii of Ibnuan
Cat linl leu U IIikI llit.y ld!i'Vi the Me
can almolve them from all oatb-lhat
thtdroath of alleglimee to thl country
1 worthle If Ilia old man o;i theTllter
boiih deelarv, urnKhrtlm, that they
weiv rtdliivotl from an oath voluntarily
taken. What manner of men are Ihene
whoeomo In tho gulm of frleiidhlp and
at a word from a hlnttphomouNly ploiiH
fraud would ilenert tho government
which had alTorded them an asylum
when they were Htarvod out of other
IuiiiIh through the avorlctoiiH ileinaiidH
of their prloHtHj' Aro they AmerlcaiiH?
Pan they Iki clt lnen? Should they bo
entitled to a vote? Can they nervo two
motery
We aro pleaned to hoo you drag
that old Knownothlng keleton out of
lUcloHot. Any article agulnt tho A.
P. A. without a reference to it would
be Incomplete. In fact, people would
not believe a writer wa ceimurlng the
latter organization If ho tailed to liken
It to tho former. Hut, let iih lxk Into
thl Knownothlng cry a moment. Mc
nay it terrorized cities and villagoH
during It rolgn. That 1h aimply a mln
atatoment. Homo terrorized cltloa and
vitiligo during the Knownothlng re
gime not tbo luttor organization.
Certainly that wa a few minutes
before our time, but wo havo met
Hoveral people who wore member
of that organization, havo road a littlo
authentic hUtory, and find able to Hot
our friend MoArthur right before tho
people of thl Htulo, Ho .also ayH!
"With the lurid llamoH of burn lrig"( Ro
man) "Catholic churchoH, bloody riot
and holl-born aHaHliiatloiiHHtlll frenh in
tho mind of many of our people, that
were the direct result of Knownothlng
Intolerance, hatred and claniilshnes,
It I more than paing titrurigo that a
Hlmllur organization, in tho light of
those disgraceful event, should bo
fostered and encouraged until it be
comes a menacing power In tho land."
Now, Mo don't mean all ho ways, if hoi
doe ho Is simply Ignorant of fact.
Will bo tell iih where there in a
greater display of clun nlnli tu'Hw than In
tholloman church? You cannot belong
to a single one of It necret societies
unless you aro a Ilomun, You cannot
belong to tho Hibernians utile you
are Irish-born or of Irish parent and
not then unless you havo gone to mass
within a year prior to making applica
tion, and unless you are capable ol
bearing arms! Why thl latter quali
fication? Why do they have an armed
body within tho Itoman church? Why
do they have their Jesuits, whose hands
aro necking with tho blood of Lincoln,
with that of William of Orange, with
that of Henry the Eighth? if the Ilo
mun church I a religion body why i
It her prleNl and pre aro boasting of
Harrlon' defeat? If sho 1 so chrl
tlan, why aro more than (JO per cent, of
tho murderer, tho thieve, pauper,
lunntlc and prostitute member of
that InHtltutlon? No, no! Tho menac
ing Hiwer I not In tho A. P. A. It 1
In tho Hoinan church. The menacing
power wa not KnownothingUin, but
Homanlsm.
To put tho caso a it really was wo
aro compelled to place the blame where
it rightfully belongs on the Itoman
Catholic church. At that time, a to
day, it raised it cry of Intolerance, of
bigotry. It went even farther. It made
it absolutely dangerous for men to
join a Knownothlng order. Tho father
of a friend of our joined tho order in
New York. He had Jut completed a
number of largo and costly farm build
ing when thoy wero fired by an in
con da ry, Tho building, together with
stock, grain and machinery were acorn
pleto lo. In 1811 the Knownothlng
wero holding an open meeting in a pub
lic part of Philadelphia when a body of
Itoman Catholic who were concealed
In a largo brick building fired a volley
into tho crowd. Men wero wounde'd
and killed, and before twenty-four hour
tho city of Philadelphia wa ablazo
with the light from burning Itoman
Catholic intltutlon. Itoman Catholics
wero shot wherever found In vaults,
In boxes, under pile of wood, noon the
Htroets and In their home. When Ito
man churches wero broken Into, their
basements searched, hundreds of guns
wero found stored away. These were
appropriated by tho frenzied Know
nothings, and tho workof extermina
tion continued until there was not a
man who would admit he wasamembor
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of tho then despised sect. In our search plans, its adepts lend to each other mu
for Information on this question of tual support, and incite each other to
Knownothingism we have failed to find dare and do evil,
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Ther !'' another thing which b
I loyal American tolhinMng. Il l
br mii.Uiil ft tti t.) fc tin it I iif fiw h
by tin' Hitman church. Pni' )eh Is
a ooii!ltutiin1 iiat-antii', yet Ibr
drunken minion of Home lei tioopr-:
lillllty a lo ivlclil It eerelo.
They have within the lal eighteen
month ntoblied Hev. Pha, Phlnhjuy
In iCseaiinba, Mich,, Rev. and Mrs,
Slattery In Keokuk, Iowa, T. P. Ion
In Cameron and Kt. Joseph, Mo., and
Cheyenne, Wyo., and Hev. J. I!. W hite
In Muscatine, Iowa. They have shown
their intolerance ami hatred for all our
Institutions, even going so far a to de
clare, through Mgr. Caiol In Chicago,
that the day wa not far distant when
Itoman Catholic would refuse to pay
their school tax nnd would send a bullet
to the breast of the collector a quick
a tho click of a trigger, and that the
order would coiiio from Home, and lie
obeyed as coming from Clod.
Such Hentlment as these are not ex
pressed by loyal citizen. Such deelara
lons are not made by men who aro
American citizens (Irs and whatever
conscience dictates, afterwards.
The charge made by Mr. MoArthur
that tho association vote was sold dur
ing tho lust election to tho highest bid
der bus not the least semblance of truth.
It is but the Idle vaporing of political
soreheads who wanted the other fellows
endorsed, but could not control tho acts
of tho convention so set up tbo cry of
boodle. Americans, as a rule, are not
boodlors. There may bo some who are,
but as soon as they aro discovered, ex
pulsion follow.
And, now, before wo close let us Im
press upon you this truth, wo do not
oppose tho Itoman church asa religious
community, we do oppose it as a politi
cal system, if you are a Roman Cutho
llo worship God as you please, but do
away with tho idea that you aro bound
by an oath only until such tlmo as tho
pope sees fit to absolve you from It; do
a lias been done before, and give your
father confessor to understand that you
take your religion from Home, but not
your politics, and you will find no op
position among Americans. We aro
opposed to .tho Itoman system not to
Roman Catholics.
CHEER FOR MASONS.
Though Opposed by the Pope They
can Rely Upon Brother Masons,
Tho following letter, preamble and
resolutions will bo read by our brothers
of tho craft with no small degree of
pleasure.
SAN FllANC'IHCO, Cau., Dec. 10, 181(2.
Dear Sir and I Jrothcr: At the close of
tho Graod Lodge of Sorrow held jointly
by tho Masonic Veteran Association of
tho Pacific coast and Gethsemano Chap
ter of Hose Croix, No, 6, of of tho An
cient and Accepted Hcotlsh Rite of
Freemasonry, at tho Musonlc Temple,
Oakland, on Sunday evening, Decem
ber IHth, the following action was
taken:
Hro. F,dwln A. Sherman, .'J,'t, as
Wise Master presiding, presented tho
following Preamble and llesolutlon
which after being re ail, were on motion,
unanimously adopted by tho said Chap
ter of Hose Croix and unanimously con
curred in by a rising vote of thl Ma
sonic Veteran Association.
Fraternally yours,
Edwin A. siikkman,
Secretary of tho Masonic Veteran Asso
ciation of the Pacific Coast and Na
tional President of tho Masonic Vet
eran Association of tho United State.
1'KKAMIIMC AND JlKHOr.UTIONH.
WltKKKAH, it ha been recently pub
licly proclaimed to tho world through
the public press, that a now decree bus
oocn declared from tbo Vatican by Pope
Loo XIII, against Freemasonry and
Fremasons In general, and agalnt our
brethern In Italy In particular, a fresh
warrant for perecutlon and a now
declaration of war against free govern
ment and the rights of conscience, re
viving tho bull of Clement XII, In 18.'I8,
of excommunication, confiscation and
sentence of death, against Freemasons,
without hope of pardon; and re-declared
by every successor to tho pupal throno
to tho present Popo Loo XIII, who In
1884, in his "encyclical letter Jlnmumi
Gtnm (or the Human Race) suld:
"Now therefor by tho cxamrdo of our
predecessors, we have decided to pro
ceed directly against the Masonic Soci
ety Itself, against their whole teaching,
their plans and habit of thought and
act, so that tho poisonous strength of
that sect, may bo moro and more
brought to light, and that this may
avail to check the contagion of tho
dangerous plague.
"Haughty on account of Its former
successes, tho sect of Freemasons inso
lently erects Its head, and It audacity
no longer seems to know any bounds;
united to ono another by tho bond of a
criminal federation, and by their secret
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tlm t ailit.Ue t'vtti'iiHi (ii.in ihw la,
and ftvtn lttt a.!ii,liiUti ftil.tn i.l a iiton
( ; and lh iimwijtM if. K thi y Ihlttk
thai ft htilo l!i. !!, In. ine.Ululttl
iniLI,!., ,tf n.t!tut an,) ,vit ,l itf
Pn rhtiivh. And
Will tu adopting lt,e laiitfiiatfi of
our lalelifftiidPonimaiitb-r, Rn. Albert
Pike. In hi ri ply lo tho wild "encycli
cal letter of Pope I"0 XIII: "Nuft helv
In tbo world, ban Prtvinawmry fyr
Mnsplnil agalnsl any government en
lltled lo It ohfillcmv, or to men's it
si't, Wherever now there I a couatl
tutional government, which resisi't
the right of men, and of the jmoplo,
ami the publle opinion of the world, il
I tho loyal upmrter of that govern
ment. It ha never in any country, !oen
the enemy of the Js'iiple, the suppressor
of scientific truth, the stiller of the
God-glvon right of free inquiry, as to
the groat problem Intellectual and
spiritual, presented by tho universe
tho cxhorter of confession by the ruck,
the burner of women, and tho exhumed
hodio of tho dead. It has never been
tho enemy of the human race and the
curse and dread of Christendom. Its
patron saints have been St. John the
Haptlstand St. John tho Evangelist,
and not the beautified chiefs and pion
sters of tho Inqusition.
"It Is not when the powers of the
papacy are concentrated to crush the
Freemasonry of tho Latin kingdoms
and the republics of tbo world, that the
Masons of tho Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in the
United States, will, from any motive
whatever, proclaim that they have no
sympathy with tho Musons of the con
tinent of Europe, or with those of
Mexico, or of tho South American re
publics. If these fall into error of
practice, or Indulge In extravagance of
dogma wo will dissent and remonstrate;
but, we will not forget thut the Free
masonry of our Rite has always been
tho apostle of civil and religious liberty:
and that tho blood of Italian, Spanish
and other Latin Frecmusons, has again
and again and again glorified and sunc
tifjod the Implements of torturo, tho
scaffold and tho stake of the papacy and
tho Inquisition," and
Whehkas, "The 'father of his coun
try,' our beloved Brother Georgo Wash
ington and the other Masonic founders
of tho American republic in carrying
out tho principles set forth In the
declaration of liberty and independence,
and forming a constitution in accord
ance therewith, providing that: "Con
gress shall have no power to establish
religion or to prevent tho free exercise
thereof," against which tho encyclical
letter of Popo Leo XIII., In 1884 is
directly aimed as well as agulnst Free
masonry, and ro-u(!lrmi;dtln his recent
declaration made known to tho world
through the public press, therefore
bo It
Jlmolnd, That wo us Freemasons,
loyal to tho constitutional government
of these United States, to the roe In
stitutions and law of our country, as
good citizens, and faithful to tho prin
ciples of Freemasonry which have
fulion under the bun of tho popo and
the entire pupal hierarchy at Romo, wo
will maintain and defend tho sumo at
all hu.urds whenever they are assailed
by the enemies of free government, and
to which us our Masonic fathers did,
"we pledge to each other, our lives,
our fortunes and our sacred honors."
Jlmlnd, That wo extend our fullest
sympathy to our Masonic Hrethron of
Italy In particular, and to our Brethren
of all countries In general, where men
are condemned and persecuted for at
tempting to exorcise tho God-given
rights of life, liberty and tho pursuit of
happiness, tbo freedom of conscience
and tho right of ouch individual soul to
worship Its Creator and it God, un
fettered and untrummeled by any
priestly power whatever; and that as
Freemasons wo will encourago and sus
tain our Masonic Brethren whitherso
ever dispersed around tho globe, who
may bo enguged In tho defense of our
altars and tho great light of Free
masonry, and maintaining that liberty
and truth which makes us, and all men
free, and fouml In tho Word of God.
HeHolved, That theso resolutions bo
spread upon our engraved tablets, a
copy of tho sumo bo forwarded through
tho proper channels to tho secretary
general of our supremo council at Wash
ington, with tho request that they be
forwarded to tho supremo council of
Italy that our Italian Brethren may bo
fully informed thereof.
THAT portion of tho Roman Catholic
church which pretends to believe In
tbo public schools Is entirely satisfied
with the restoration of Dr. McGlynn.
They aro even glad that ho did not re
cant or apologize to Archbishop Corrl
gbn. But thoir feeling of joy Is not
Bhured by tho political boss and his
hungers-on. They cry long and loud
against tho insult to their chief; against
the conspiracy of Archbishops Ireland
and Gibbons and Drs. O'Gcrrrnun and
Burtsell, Ablie Hogan, Itev, Boquillon
und Mgrs. Satoli and O'Connoll. ThU
squabble may prove the truthfulness of
the old adage that "when rogues fall
out," etc.
out feasor imi ufetott
j I ( "':! '! I ft 111,.,, is! St.
, It- II P A . VI , l,i t.l an i.)m n i t 0 )j
j h U -,i It I.'! In H,f Pt!.., t. ,, i, n
).), I ,i m ,,f t, ,!.-,,,, m , ia.t.. ,j
It. it. H .i, ,t,i Mitt I'MH ., art)
j hliu al tt U ! k ii w ) aI h.t , ati tl.
ftlt.1 Ihal l jtt.l ftbat be Old MltiitUy
ltli?li! lie iMl lit I l, ami II nut mI
any tiling Put ltt. t.a.l ll. ti, .l i for
imi" lime. He ftfta Mtiifti ! by Hon.
A. H. Choc bill lt deSUeoi-d a tlr
ring ft.l,lrv um "PatrlotUm," Mr.
ClmivMll know what pslt loMam l,
llii prat liiitl It during the late unple
anine.ii, and today fiil Ihe eftii'l of
mini otlnr nun" dUloyally, having
leen wounded a numta-r of Hum. Judge
Edmund M. BarlUtt titvii-h d Mr,
Churchill. The Judge never aaj any
thing unlet. It worth hearing, and
that w a the caw last Saturday evening,
He wa not to make them a long or a
set sjsi'ch, but lo perform a far more
ploawant duty. To him hail lven dele
gated the right to prevent to a loyal
American, a patriotic cltl.en, though
one of foroitrn birth, a slight token by
which he was henceforth to 1st reminded
of the high regard in which he was
held by the Junior order in Douglas
county. That American, that citizen,
was tho sheriff, the Hon. Geo. A. Ben
nett, and tho token of confidence and
esteem was a beautiful gold headed
cane. Mr. Bennett accepted the pres
ent and thanked the order in a few well
chosen words. During the evening sev
eral patriotic songs were sung and Mr.
Ijoo Forby recited a comical pieco of
poetry. Refreshments wero served,
after which tho meeting ajourned and
all wont home fully satisfied with what
they had seen and hoard.
Tuesday night of this week was one
of pleasure in tho council chamber of
Garfield council Np. 5 of South Omaha.
A rousing meeting was held. Members
from tho Omaha councils were present,
four m,en wero initiated, refreshments
served and speeches made. Members
who wero present say No. 5 is quite
proficient In tho secret work; and all
report that they had a good time.
Brother W. A. Howard will go to
Pittsburg, I'enn., next week, as a dele
gate from tho State Council of Nebras
ka, to tho legislative body of the order.
It Is understood there will bo a move
made all along tho lino In favor of a na
tional enactment prohibiting tho appro
priation of public funds for sectarian
purposes and in favor of restricting im
migration. Columbia Council' No. fl, w'as In ses
sion Tuesday night when tho fire broke
out in tho building adjoining thoir hall.
Tho meeting was hurriedly adjourned,
and a number of the brothers proceeded
with tbo work of carrying tho supplies
and regalia to a place of safety.
Itev. Foster, of Immanuel Baptist
church, Twenty-fourth and Blnny, will
preach a sermon Sunday morning, Jan
uary 1, lHO.'J, to the members of tho
Junior order. All are invited to be
pisent.
Next week we will publish u lengthy
letter from Brother Stephen Collins in
which ho sets forth clearly tho objects
of tho order, and tolls of tho work tlono
in Kunsus and Missouri.
A branch of tho ijniform Hank Jr. O.
U. A, M., was organized in this city
Tuesday night, Deeemlier 20, 18112.
Washington Council No. 1 is exper
iencing a steady and health growth. It
Is contemplating holding an open meet,
lng in tho near future.
Tho order Is growing rapidly in both
Lincoln and Plattsmouth.
QUESTION DRAWER.
II. FlkLKY. You can organizo an A.
P. A. council with seven men, but it
would be much better with twelve or
fifteen.
II 1 11 t f vim ni-n A mi.i'li'iiriH whv
did you not sign at least ono name to
your article? we aro nemior airam
nor ashamed to father what wo write.
A Fkiend in Nkhraska. We novor
publish article unles name aeeon- in
ies same. Tho name is not for ). .All
cutlon but to assure us tho contributor
Is relluble.
JOK ltHDMAN. Bechol would got our
support for tho presidency ol the city
council If he belonged to tho A. P. A,,
as ho does not wo favor Edwards or
Munroo for tho position.
Y. Z. If you want to chungo the
board of public works do something
sensible. Have a chuirman, make tho
city engineer tiio second man and tho
building inspoctor tho third, Leave
tho struct commlssionershlp us it Is.
We wunt no John B. Furay for street
commissioner.
Editor Our Jlojm. You will find tho
encyclical in another column. Tho acts
of ltomanlsts attest its authenticity.
"By their works, ye shall know them."
You are right, it Is "tho most startling
document" any man over read. Wo did
not bellovo in its authenticity until
Archbishop Fechan and Win. J. Ona
han Issued that cull which was pub
lished in too dally papers the 24th and
2fith of this month.
II., West Va. You can find tho oath
of tho Jesuits In "Nlcollni's History of
tho Jesuits." It is also found in "JJow
lines History of Romanism," book 0,
chapter 1, paragraph 7, and in tho
"Constitution Ol the society or .Iohus,"
part 5, chapter 4, and paragraphs 2 and
4 of chapter !i of the sumo work. Dr.
Joseph Jiefele, a Roman Catholic bish
op and others are authority for the "ex
treme oath" as published.
