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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
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any tn IMS'K i to Snomir t . t i i I i
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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,
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t.niibinij (.MMWtli in luiUhi'iipinl.m )ui
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' 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
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lit tit a ru rl!f!.it,rrtt t:.t.rt((-f i I , f ?7rr, - 'ifZ -
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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
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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,
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"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
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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
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w i Hell ..f the iihiIUi tin
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
