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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1893)
AMERICAN i ami mtrfit VlM I MS HI. OMAHA, NIHUASKA, I l;ilVY, ms;l l;V s I v...; UNCLE SAM IS ASI.EKP. n Vim H a I u nnd do No., for 1ht H. ion We Vi'po to Kwp Keen Kind UM We Afoot the Wboli Country. You I'HII H' hott soundly In' sil!'(l h) tedying this )iolui-f. All around him BIN' mi'tvt files. II i nation! Capital i overrun with the minion ol the js'e. They are in every wala uf lif (111 every avcnueitud imv they Iih by fulsome Mattery, blinded him to their ivii! intention it nil purKoH, and ho has l n lulled to sleep by their protes tation., of loyalty, tin y slyly creep Into bin presence and lvmovoiall tho treas ure they can carry away, destroy, by anriullmcnt or repeal, all measures not approved by the, hierarchy In general and the iMipo of Home in particular. Their sequestration iof treasure hu.s t)i'en ueeoniillHhed with ho much dex terity, ho much under t ho cover ol fair lions, and so near to the satisfaction of the legislators whom these same sly manipulator! have selected to represent him (Uncle Sam tin; people) at Washington that he has only recently comtiu'iiced to realize how he was being' duped. To Illustrate: There has been appropriated from tlio treasury of the United Sta ten (from Uncle Sam's Havings, yours and mine) during the. last eight. years the enormous sum of $,'i,7f7, it'll for the education of the Indians, Of this sum the subjects of the popo of Rome rocelvod $2,:)UM10 those of the United States and JesuB Christ a little more than one half of that amount. We take this Information from a tract, Issued by tho "National Lp",guo for the Protection of American Institutions," over tho name of James M. King. It might not bo out of place to quota tho Jrjolo tract IHjrpadH, n . rtp -. "The prohibition of sectarian appropriations by the national and state governments Is one of the foundation principles of the "National League for the Protec tion of American Institutions," Tho league has put forth earn est efforts in its protests and ap peals to the LI, and LH. con gresses, and with some measure -of success, tociirtall the sectarian appropriations for Indian educa tion, with the view of finally dis continuing such appropriations as perilous ami unconstitutional. The league has seconded the patriotic efforts of the commis sioner of Indian alTalrs to Intro duce the public school system among the Indians, arid Its ap peals to the missionary boards of the various religious denominations receiving government aid for Indian education have In al most every I nslauee been favorably received, giving good hope that In the near future most of the religious denominations will with draw from this unwise and unconstitu tional partncnihlp, Learning that misleading statements are In private way being circulated concerning the history of the relations of the national government and the Indian department to the churches In the matter of Indian education, the league gives to the public the absolute facts. Tho United States govornmontcarrleK on the work of educating the Indians primarily and chlelly through public Institutions organized and managed by the Indian ollloe ot, a strictly -ion-parti-san anil non-sectarian blsls, All the superintendents, teachers, matrons and physicians fur these schools are in the chissllled service, and are appointed on the certification of the civil service commission. It Is Impossible to apply to them any partisan or sectarian test, they being appointed solely upon the merits of their examination. For some years the government has also appropi lated from the public treasury money to various contract schools. The present commissioner of Indian affairs entered upon his duties July 1, MH(), and awarded the contracts for the four succeeding years. Tho commis sioner was opposed on principle to the policy of appropriating money from the public treasury to sectarian uses, am' gave public notice at the beginning of his administration that ho would not make contractu with any new schools. He has steadily adhered to this policy, although numerous applications have lieen made by various religious bodies for the authorization of new schools. At the same time, he announced that, although he was opposed to the policy jsv I t. If !. n !i i- it nig . any tn IMS'K i to Snomir t . t i i I i it i ! itli iliS'r 4 '. nj'lliiiiil.illi"!) Iitil th !. 1 ( Kill-Hi CM, lrrl vlnJ ..- k ii itvmtr v .i n Hiti-li ! ' bl tin- IJiieimi "1 !n In1 at V iii , unc In !' Piv'.y l, i mn. Mi A'lui.jiH rmit , i.iie . f the l"ii, i,,t in Ni tttt t'mviitin, une by tin- ', 1 ii nil the ii ,-t HnH, uml tw.i ! lie' KpimniNt-inn til MUiixmhiIm. The whim! nl l'i)' IjiU.', forni' tiv . m i li .l on k n ciiiili-net whiiiil t'j tie' IJninsn t'Hlbo.leiii, in n buildiiii; ' loiitflng to tin giiM rtinii'iit, ami w hen tin- training ehuol i stablUbeii by the Inilinliotti.i' at the I irt tulon. d inill lry sist of I'oit Tottcii, the silerV sehiHil was made it part of the govern ment school, hut the sisters wore re tallied as teachers under government niy. ( ne small llomiui t'atholle day school In New Mexico, which was practically u failure, has Is'en discontinued by the Indian ofllee. No other changes what ever have Is'en luiulo In the Roman Catholic schools. An Inspection of the table will show that during eight years, out of a total of .'1,0(17, It'll a warded to contract l!ti ! fl L-L ... m.ii schools, WeTMI.-IKI were given In the j Roman Catholics, The amount awarded to the Roman Catholic church the last year of the hut administration was $,'H7,ril2, while tho amount given to that church during each of the four years of the present, commissioner's term of olllec has been considerably larger. The table belowexhiblts the amounts set apart for various religious bodies for Indian education, for each of the llhcal years hhi to IHD.'l, Inclusive, mmmn$ 'il'sj.itil"!! ,i" : ti. v 'fit " 7 il?. "5- 8" ri tt- : 71 m ,?, - 4 3 : is Li ; ! 3 7 , -'3.' 5tialS I i it 4 f i &iMmmhmiiitiifUU; iff 11 ( (If'i t iWrlfn, niHUu null Nfliii I .. - '. ' - i i " IV iitiUBn'li-nt Ui . ( ,.t ., .. . . ,1 i1 I I tl i- iimt,iiii'ii. i !'( lit. hull i l'li.'M, tt in Uvll liilt lmll '111 t. '! !..,- Jutiii link unit )i i uliS,B !i.Ui I !. iiinnl ,!;.!, ,i II,,' iriiiiti- 111! lit K tMUli liit ttl" HI1 , t Ki)lil'., (hi lb. lldlll,,' .tlllll ,l', l'i! An ilipi 1 to I nt the I ri !; w i!l !.,m tlidt tb.-w v,t n linh t. r Hie ciititmet wIiiniU lime K-. li ins ii l',b mi pi'tiiU!j, , Thi,l,e liM". 1i II ii t n.lv , rspitt. , t.niibinij (.MMWtli in luiUhi'iipinl.m )ui ! t"g the ll thoi- y - ivgntiliug th. ' i ntiii- nmtl r of appinpiintioii of pub- niiiuej" for M-etiii inn uc, hieh ism ceiled ly is principally the work uf lite national league. Thotlmv great ile uominat ions - the M.-t tio.l i-l lt;iplist ami PiH'sby li'i'ians- have publicly con demned it, ami Hums' hnls'en it radical change of sentiment in the saute direc tion among the t'ongregitlionalists and the Kpixcopiithtus. The Ituptlsts have never drawn any of this money, and the Methodists have now entirely abandoned it, and while the Komaii Catholics receive for the current year over Wti'.t, 01 N I, the Presbyterians get, less than $:I0,0(H), the Cong regal Ional ists a little more than $2.i,(HKI, and the YV t(.. lit tit a ru rl!f!.it,rrtt t:.t.rt((-f i I , f ?7rr, - 'ifZ - - it ut 1 n I L i -' it - I'" 1 t IP J t I 1 I ' ' - ' ' ' Kplscopal laus only Hill). Out of the total set, npurt for all contract schools :.2ri,HHl-tlie Roman Cal holies are to receive the current year frl(ill,r,'!o. This statement Is made, not for the purposes of controversy, hut In the In terests of fairness, truth and justice. Most of tho Protestant churches have eiiiior wiuiuriiH ii or are inning sieps withdrawing from this partnership with the national government based upon sectarian appropriations for Indian education, and we trust that the Roman Catholic church will take alike course, and thus Protestants and Roman Cath olics, by enlightened and patriotic united action, will be able to avert the peril and put an end to the content ions incident to tills phase of the union of church nnd state." So much for the way In which they have acquired possession of so much of the money which should have gone for other purposes and In other channels, Now let us see what they are doing toward annulling or repealing laws beneficial to this government. In the first place we understand and you believe ' the constitution of the United States guarantees free speech, Ordinarily the guarantee of the United States means Just what It says in this Instance it, does not, else we would not so often see it set at defiance by the minions of Leo XI II who have been sent here for the express purpose of electing papist or their tools to posi tions of prollt and trust In this country. Probably you think I hey do not set at dellance this guarantee, but they do. We remember that in August, IS'.il, they tried to mob Rev. Chas, Chinlqiiy in I'eanaba, Mich. We also remember that In Oetolier of the same year th. v attempted to mob T. F, Lyons in St. Joseph, Mo., and made a second at tempt on his life in Cameron, Mo., only a few duys afterward, but the al tempt was frustrated by the effective use If will! Mmml jj IM,.1-. m , ,c,. . Ii Imi in f i l) U ii..!, U,oM nh i,pt l.t (.mi t,i hi. in riiiiniiH, Vin,inii is-t i in i. mi, li st t!ni win " r 'i!w,l tn (I... is itd t mi.) . t. IIIHIl. il lllilllli. I III l I, h III' (Hi w,i 1 1,.-Ii tk't'i i tt t. instil itid I oh "' .:i l . i ii,. i tl.nMli.- i-nm,' unit,! U't ,1 line ntl, iiipt. tt l.i niiih Mr siiil !i- ,U. sinll. I J to Kiiikns, l.iwii. mid Won!. I lmi (ton., mi niily lur tli ImtuiiHl.' iltM-liMi t;.! .f nil eld limk. I nlii. li Inld ln two .it tin' i, Minn-. U e ; mUi i.-hi. inln-i-ilmt lhi nmc n et n ' .null. il Unit i.-m rul.le niinil. r i.f ibe liiKis'l, IJ.-i . .1. t i. White, in MhwiiHih', In a, no lunger ago 1 linn the 2.'ti.i of tti'lolsT, Ivrj; ! loiiiw llii'V rein nli il theolti'llse ill Waukegan. III., Hilly laitt nioiilh and were amed and ahet led by the mayor who lr.'siiei an order for bidding the exercise of free speech to Uev. White: nor have we forgotten the treatment accorded t Jen. I'. liudolph In Lafayette, Ind., the evening of January -ii 1 If Kome ilis's not want tube charged with being opposed toour gov ernment why dis's she constantly abridge the right of five speech? Why does she mob these men before they have been heard? Why does she not listen to these lecturers and then say, '. - t , r ? tt:. --, , , 1 1 ! t ff 1 1 J H L I f Ul-q.H Ti ' - ' -K - ' :) "Sirs, you have misrepresented to this audience this portion of our doctrine; we deny this charge which you have laid against us; there Is no truth In 'his, or foundation for that; you cannot produce proof to substantiate this, facts " II not warrant that statement and iitory refutes this one." Hut no, you no not, do milt., W lien fl lecturer lip- 'pears In one of your strongholds you immediately set upon him a drunken mob. He Is assaulted with sticks, .tones everything capable of being wielded or hurled - and Is driven to his hotel If not entirely out of the city, And during these disgraceful disturb ances Uncle Sam sleeps on, all unmind ful of the storm that Is brewing, Ignor ant of the mighty feeling if unrest; of distrust of the element Mint Is swarm lug our shores, carrying the Impress of haying been dominated by priests, terrorized through superstition, and being Ignorant ton high degree, For this there must lie some remedy. It .must be one that Is swift and sure, and but one presents Itself at. this time the iijunrmil miiiiniiti uf tin pon must he ili itinl tin riijlit of frn nrhixt . No man should lie allowed to cast a ballot who cannot read and write the F.ngllsh lan guage. He should understand our form of government or he should not lie allowed to participate In the selection of ourollleers, or vote upon the adoption of constitutional amendments. (Jive us this kind of protection and Rome will soon cease shipping her Ignorant horde of paupers to our shores, (ilve us this kind of Protection am it will he an honor worth striving for to lie an American citizen. Refuse us this and the life streams of this nation will soon become so corrupted, so full of disease, that one after another they will clog cease to do their duty. Then w ill the dissolution of this government be swift then will the grainiest republic over constructed by man totter and full. Hut this is not the only way they have ti II liuH ,(( tl'flniftUM' I ,,( .m.l Hu.n,j iMAt'iiti- - 111 N . mi k'n Hh j n ,m (,kI r nun i !.i t ll.i il. 1 11, I l.ttl lt I III' ", lii I,' M li.ki!., wlii. tilt.. y Imiii p, iil. iu! f,tili., , H ll V HI H,fc , I. Il l lllllil t lie pll . lit I lllli' w i Hell ..f the iihiIUi tin I n wiiiii bne Crtlii.d inuipl. te eoiilrnl uf the ti,iiv , I. m. lit ami I liable tlii lll idii. aHuiinl iii.,iUtuH.iii and hate In j n. t , Nr to i hi I men who an. favor timiiHf.! the tinman Cat Iodic il.i'hlin ; t.. I,,- right kind of ait .ilueal lonal aar.guar bianebuf the pni.eiili.Ml ; lull ,n t, wlmwlli thro ainiind the ihiiiim. of study. Tills 1 notably so ill j public wh.MiL the rltfht kind of safe- iH i iain M etinnn of limn We rem. in- j guanls. To American wouhl say: N r lepiiiiting an article, nimv than a j Work more for what you believe is y.-ar ago. upon thi hImih,. of the Inwn I ight, and talk a little as sn.ible M'hool law, and know it bad much In do with I he ii'Hidl of eleel ioiii. ill a number of cities. The American (ample atv a jealous s'ople. When they have eii'itled an tnsiiiutlon which has given the satis faction, which hits proven as Is'iiellclal, and has expedited the traiisillliou from ii nation of moderate learning to one of unequalled education as has the public school they regard with suspicion all elToris let them be made by whomsoever- to establish a rival system of learning, and afterwards move for a division of the school fund. Against no other system has this feeling of sua- veil i iit ; v. u "i"" piclon been directed with the same as surance that It was well-founded, as against the system fathered by the Roman Catholic church. The pro moters of that system have at divers times characterized the public schools as "godless," as "slnksof Iniquity," and as a place from which nothing hut rakes and vicious, Immoral, people graduate. These charges have merely acted as a boomerang, Men who had graduated ' from these public places of learning, loving the truth, the liberty and the morality taught therein, took up the light In their behalf and won a signal victory, by driving Jhe Roman hie rarchy from the position It had so long occupied its an open and avowed eiieniy of the public school system. True It Immediately assumed it more deadly and, to It, a more advantageous posi tion In the hack ground where It could wage a guerilla warfare, and make its advanee more Insidious, and none the less determined. This hist plan Is In conformity with the views of Arch bishop Ireland, and diametrically op posed to those of Archbishop Corrlgan If we have Jaen able to properly diagnose the case. Of the two plans of warfare no lover of the state schools would liesitHte long in makingacholce. Without an except Ion they would say "We prefer Corrigan's (dan; wo can see, sometimes, what we are lighting." Hut, while the friends of the free schools have won, temporarily, a vic tory over the haughty, domineering sect which owes primary allegiance to the pope of Rome, there have been times when they met with serious de feats. One notable instance was when the Romans succeeded in repealing the Hennett law in Wisconsin. This law was a coinpulsary educational measure, very similar to the one in force in Ne braska today. The emissaries of the pope secured unot her deplorable victory in tho last election in Illinois. Hy the dispatches sent out from the state capi tal it appears that they have captured ii.j iii uf K.tH liimn hii uf tin. '! hi i , !ililU, Hint Hit lijfi.iliin U ( i'Iiim.' lull ii p. tli m hi ml III 111 IM III (iHNV III that dlt.' I-.HII tlii .- i j,nii,,t I,, !i but mf, r that ttie Aiinii.nii . I, in. lit of the pi hi i lat.. iwrl - e li. it mi guard bt-t i l.i tl.iti ila, It in n ).,ue a ti lib h.'V l an', id if V t he slum! what vou Intend to do, lieiitcui- tier "eternal vigilance Is the price of lilierly." thai "In unity there is strength," and Hint a "house divided against Itself will surely full." Prac tice what you preach. I to not, allow I nine, with her horde of Ignorant, au perstillous, deliverable voters, any superior advantages over other sects, so long as her dupes Isiast that they are "Koinan Cath'ilics first nnd Ameri cans afterward," and that "the poM.eaii absolve them any moment from any oath given to an heretical king or gov ernment." in short treat her as you would any oilier alien power. Do not et her override your liberties. Fellow citizens! It Is you who must awake! It Is you who must act! It is you who must say these appropriations must lie discon tinued! Will you do that? Dare you make tin: demand? The sal vation of the republic, the reten- , tlon of your liberties aye, your very livesdepends upon the stand you tak! Choose calmly, deliberately whom you will serve, and then stand llrmly for the right. - - The Bible a Forbidden Book. It Is well known that the Ro man Catholics to this day see with Ill-will the diffusion ol tho study of the lilble by laymen. Its . translation Into the veroculur was positively considered a crime. The bones of WyclllTe, tho first translator of tho Scriptures, were, years uftor his death, dug tip and burned by a decree of the conned' ol Constance. Here Is tho text of tho original decree, enacted at a council neld at Toulouse In 12-11, by which tld IJlble became a forbidden book In the Roman Catholic church; " "We also forbid that the laity should lie permitted to have tho books of the Old and New Testa ment, except, perchance, anyone should wish, out of devotion, to have the Psalter or tho Mroviury for divine services, and the "hours of tho blessed virgin," but let them not have the afore said books translated into the vulgar tongue," C, K. P. F. :.'! Thurtton For Senator, There seems butlitlo room to question who will succeed Sena tor Paddock, when we see Hon. John M, Thurston tho caucus nominee of the republican party. If sixty-t wo votes are cast solidly for him for a few days he Is sure to lie elected, Nebraska has no more gifted man than Mr, Thurston, and we question much whether his election will raise him any In the estimation of the multitude who know and respect him for his sterling qualities, his gmidness of heart and his sincerity of purpose. As an orator he bus no siiierlor, and few equals; as a citizen he Is brondmlnded. and as a friend, loyal and trustworthy. Ills elect ion would be a credit to the state, THE TRAINING SCHOOL. Its Socond Annual Commencement Exercises, Last evening Hoyd's new theatre was II I led wi li people who had gathered to listen to tin! second annual commence ment e.V't'lses by the graduates of the Omaha Normal training school. This school has been directly under the charge of Mrs. T. K. Sudboioiigh, and the manner in which her pupils ac quitted themselves lust evening spoke as much In honor of her ability and thorough training as in favor of the adaptability and relent Ivcness of her pupils. Space forbids extended notice of the well rendered program, - ' Everyone Should Attend. An entertainment and ball will Ihi given by Wasa Lodge No. 1 s;i, l. (), (). F., for the benefit of a sick brother, at Washington hull, Saturday evening, February I Ith, IMit't. Vou should buy a ticket and help swell the net priK'eeds as it Is for a good cause. Admittance "itl cents, Always on Hand. For Candies and California Fruits, call on Wm. Cutlin. ll South I'.th St. Cigars and Tobaccos a specialty. Money to loan at Dime Htnk, 1504 Far nam St. Savings