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c AMERICAN. Wu IV. I'JMENT AM) Nl.'NM (JUARUIX. Sioux Falls I'nrlxli Torn Up Over ilw Dissensions find Itlrkcrlngx, Sioux FAr-iS, H. I)., March 10. This city, iitul particularly tho Catho Ho element, I very much stirred up over tho tanglo which the local jn-IcHt, Father Nolan, and Mother Superior Rtanlxlaux of tho parochial school arc in, Tho trouble dates back to 1881), and wax at tho beginning of a financial nuttiro. During tho real estate boom of that year tho Catholic church hero purchased cnlonxivu property Interests, which have Involved the church In debt and It members In an unpleasant row, At that time, upon the recom mendation of lllxhop Marty of this dio cese and tho mandate of tho Ilalllmoro convention, a parochial school wan established here and Mother Stanislaus of thrsUrsiillrinurdorof nuns and several sisters of the same order were placed In charge. At fJ rut nearly all of tho children of local Catholics were writ to the school, but later when the expenses of the school became a hiirden to the patrons, who hail to pay their propor tionate share for the support of the public schools, an effort wan made to have tho school abolished. This was tho first visible evidence of the present trouble. The sisters, of course, wished the school continued, an did also Illsbop Marty. The priest wan among the op ponent of the school for other than financial reasons, Mother Htanlslaus then made an effort to get tho priest ro moved, and this but widened the breach, rind the cam) then stood priest and parish against bishop and sisters. Finally Father Nolan ordered several families to take their children out of tho school, which wax done, Mother Htarilslnu about thin tlmoentIO to Father Nolan for church purpose and it wax rcfuxed, Thux the matter stood until January 2, when Father Nolan and tdeven representative memberx of the church went to the blxhop'x resi dence, when tho sisters were present, and preferred charge against their moral character and conduct, naming several Instances which they wild were of perioral notoriety, Mother Stanis laus denied every allegation and ex plained every tale, The bishop told the priest and the men who had come with him that their chartfc had not liecn MiHtalned and that the xlxter should carry on their school ax before, On February M, from the altar, Father Nolan denounced the school and the sisters, Of the latter he said: "These women, wearing the garb of holy women, are not such, They are not competent to teach In any school, There are some novices there, arid for them I am very sorry, but the others are unlit morally to Instruct your children and I forbid you to send them to their school." Mother HtanUlaus inked the bishop toexoncrato her and compel tho priest '9tlSHi t Olf'i'MJ to retract. Tho bishop refused and Mother Htanlslaus left at unco for Washington and till tl more, where she told her story to Mgr. Hutolll and Car dinal Gibbons, Hhe arrived homo Fri day with the following, which, she claims, corrieii from Hatolll; "The Ursa lino sinters of Hloux Falls, of whom Mother Htanlslaus is tho superior, are authorised to continue their private school and to receive pupils thero n, providing they have the authorization of the ordinary, The s'lld school of the Urxallnes In Kloux Falls is recom mended to the zeal of the reverend paxtor ami to the Interest of the faith ful In general," The sisters who claim the archbishop dlxpatohcd a peremptory order to Father Nolan, instructing him to with draw his accusations aiilnxt the char acter of the nuns, to re-establish the parochial school and to support ft. Father Nolan refuxes to comply with the order until the church authorities !..... I.. A I. Im I....... ., 1 !..,.( uttv.; ii-m 1i II IF. l)nt.l Nil niffi I I II' ' I'li'lll ly , the parish Ix supporting the priest In mis matter, it is expected that a priest from some other diocese will he sent here soon to make a full survery of the subject arid report to Archbishop Hatolll, A meeting will be held to morrow evening by the members of the church to decide on what action should he taken, MA VH ItOMK III (Jevcriiinciit I'mployos An Dlxinlxxeit for Ncctiirhin Ifcaxeris, Wahiiinuton, I), C. March fl. The following has Juxt appeared In the Kmrihitj Nrm of this city. This paper Ix considered one of tho most conserva tive of Washington. What Is going t.) happen? The people are all astonished, Are the Jesuits losing their grip on the secular pri'sx? NKW Yokk, March 5, The Ilev, Madison 0, I'eterx, during the eoure of his sermon last night at the Illisimlng dalo Keformcd church, said: ''Tho facts I give you now are furnished by an old resident of Washington, who knows what lie Is talking ahout, fglve publicity to these facts not for the pur pose of stirring up religious bigotry and awakening partisan feeling, but only that Americans may know that Homarilsm here, as in the old world, Is a political machine and that It will ally Itself with any party that will further its interests, "Itomanlsm has I2,0K),IKI0 worth of property In the city of Washington, largely secured In thirty years, two thlrdsof ((.contributed by Protestant-shy n systematic begging from govern ment employes and from government appropriations. Nuns and sinters of charity make monthly solicitations for money, frequently during business hours, contrary to the plainly posted rules, If the clerks In tho departments do not pay money over to the nuns they lose their positions. Jlomanlsls can f M 4 MM Inert 4 OMAHA, NKHUA8KA, A pi'ICAL HT. 1'ATKICK'B DAY I'AKADJC. get In odvanco tho civil service exami nation questions. Protestants dismissed, it Ix a well known fact of tho clerks dismissed the Protestants preponderated, whileof tho new appointments tho majority are Catholics. A short time ago In the bureau of printing and engralng twentV'one promotions were made In one day, nineteen of which wore Catho lics. On pay days in the pension bureau, as the clerks receive their pay, they file out between two nuns with box extended. It Is needless to say that tho commissioner of pensions Is a Itoman Catholic, so also his first assistant, and the chairman of the house subcommit tee on pensions U of the same faith, "Hlx government clerks, flvo of them old soldiers, were lately reduced In pay, ranging from ,'SOO to WM a year, and their reductions iveri to six other per sons, tlye of whom were Itoman Catho lics, In this particular room nine tenths of tho clerks nro Itomanlsts. A recent Investigation showed that one- half of tho I.V) clerks In a certain di vision of (lie arglcultural deportment were Jtomunlstx. "To bo an American seems to be ax much a dfrqualiflfatb.ri for ofhVo in Washington ax in New York, In the land office there Is but one chief of a division appointed under Harrison who retains his present position, and he Is Komanlst. Jri one division In the print ing office where there are fifty clerks th ere are forty IComanfxtx. In one room In the treasury of eight clerks, four are Ilomanfxls, An old clerk In tho agricultural deniirtmerit refn.eil give to tho nuns; he was discharged, ! and this In the land of tho free," Peckham's Protestantism killed him, "It was notorious during (U-n, Jlose crans' time that the clerks had to pay money regularly to tho priests and nuns, Tho court of appeals of tho dis trict of Columbia, organized this yr ar, may be said to ho entirely Catholic. Chief Justice Alvey Is the son of a Koman Catholic mother; Judge Morris Is a Jesuit lawyer and Judge H, Hhcp herd is also Itoman Catholic and a Komanlst, Hormtor White was ap pointed to the supremo court-of United Hiatus, Peck ham whs defeated by Humanists because of his pronounced loyally to American Institutions, Do you wonder that patriots are rising up all over the land, rising by the millions, to (nit down the Intermeddling by foreign allied ecclesiastics with our home affairs? "Just a word loyally-ax long as Col. Own go lillss acts as Archbishop Corrl gun's adviser and republican leader at the same time tho republicans of New York will not vote, Tammany Hall and the Catholic church .ire one, and Its legal adviser cannot bo the leader of republicans." C. Horn. I'ahl for Praying In a iVitMenthirj. Dut.UTii, Minn., March 7. Fditor Your correspond of Thk American: In i(r4 lti h 4 KlilHAN, M ;t II " i'u, "mH. ent has Just received a copy of a recent Issue of tho lnjid Amirlmn In which a Htillwater correspondent Informs us that a Homan Catholic priest receives $f;0 per month to hold semi-monthly services at that prison, ity what rinht or power does this priest gain such authority? Of course Home has tho greater portion of tho convicts In the penitentiary. liuteven allow this she has no right to draw a salary from tho state lo leach sectarian doctrines even though it lw In a jail. The state should begin It economical work at Htillwater, thereby save Wto a year on priestly services. We do not need them, Other denominations, I understand, send their ministers to preiK-h to prisoners but they receive no salary, and why should Home? - Would Tax ( hurdles, NKW YOKK, March YL Numerous reasons were given by Itcv, M, 0, Peters last nfght In his sermon at the Hloomlngdale Koformed church why church property should bo taxed, f said In part: Tho census of l,!Ki has reported the alleged value of church edifices, the lots on which they stand, and their furnishings as W0,W7,IW, This does not include the value of pur soriages, colleges, orphanages, land, etc,, of which the various churches hold probably 700,bW,i'H's'i more, (Jeneral Orant, In his famous message to con gress In 187,, wax probably not far from right when b said: "In J!KKi, without check, It Is safe to say this pro;erty will reach a sum exceeding ,'f)uO0)0oo,. (Ml," Tho census of I8!K) shows that tho Catholic estimate of tho value of their church edifices alone is ! 8,,'!l'J,r!W, This does not include schools, convent, real estate, or mercantile property, so called church projerty, A very care ful student of the Catholic church In this country says she ha now -WAbOO,-000 worth of property. Without taxa tion confiscation will be Inevitable, Iot Americans take warning by the fact that certiorated religious wealth became at one time so great in Knglarid and In Franco, Italy, Hpain and Houth Oermany that it crippled their re sources, paralyzed Industries, arid pro duced ambitions which were only alle viated by wholesale confiscation, Mexico and many of the Kouth American republics had to seize the property of tho church. Fo-ir-flftb of the Protestant clergy and the Pro teHant people are In favor of the taxa lion of all church projH-rty, and the other fifth will be as soon as It gets in formation on the matter, itcnjiimln Franklin said; "When a religion Is good It will support Itself, and when it cannot support its f i, ml Cod dis s not care to support it, so lis profcsxorx are obliged to call for help from the civil power, I am apprehensive that it Ix a bail one." I 'resident Oarfleld said : "The d I vorce between church and state ought to be M' . aim t f t.i. ,t ( fy,-, absolute, If you exempt property of any church organization you Impose a tax on tho whole community. With so much poverty and want In tho com munity, our magnificent church edifices, massive building for alleged charitable purposes on our most valu able sites, Hie a burlesque on Isith reli gion and charity. Tax churches and modest buildings will he erected where they are most needed, instead of build ing one great sfructure in a fashion able quarter, F.xemplion from taxa tion Is virtually slab' support, arid that Is contrary to our constitution," "-- -Apaism In Jersey, TitKNTON, N, J March 7. There was a lively scene In the house Ibis morning when Walter' bill providing for the display of the American (big on public school houses came up for final action. Assemblyman Thompson, who ha1 spoken Sgilnst It yesterday, told the house that Insidious com mun feat Ions have been sent to the foreign-born mem bers ifiiortunlfig them to vote for the bill. The request came from members of tho Junior Order of American Me chanics, who were trying to subvert), lie right of foreign' born citizens. It was time such organizations were de nounced, Assemblyman Walter interrupted to make the point of order that Thomp son's remarks were unparliamentary, hut tho speaker ruled that they were not, Thompson went on to say that several of hi relative hud fought In the wars of 1812, 1 8-W arid tho rebellion. "Yet these youngster of the Junior Me chanic think that I, and other like me, havo no business to le here, I want to say that they are striking at tho foundation of American lilsTty, The American Mechanlesand memlx-rs of the A, P. A, should read history and learn that the Moolch-frlxb and Irish from the north of Ireland (sire the brunt of tho battle fn tho dark day of the revolution when hope was failing." After i -x pressing hi prido In being of Irish birth, Thompson said that while ho revered the American flag, and would vote for tho bill, he wanted to express his opinion of the sham patriot lm and buncombe that has produced the bill, which wax intended to "put member on a jsde," Assemblyman Walters, in replying to Thompson, raid ho was proud to fa." a lie iii'st of the American Mechanic, "The statements of I he Camdcri mom Is r about the oigHiiititioii supping the foundations of government ar a lie on the face of them, and when he says the order Is handed together to prevent any one exercising bis rights he lies again," Instantly half a dozen m inU'i- were on their feet raising tho point of order, but Speaker Holt apparently could see nothing wrong and jM-rinitu d Walter to prwed and tell tho house that ho1 thought tha member unpatriotic who attacked bis bill, "I'd "like to ask tho gentleman question," said Mr, Thompson, "Do not tho oaths of that organization practical lyjdcelare that a foreigner has no rights which tho Mechanics aro bound to respect?" f Wider McF.wan raised tho point that tho discussion was getting beyond proper hound and Hpoakcr Holt so de cided. The hill was passed, Harrlgan, of F,sex, casting the only negative vote, Mr, Harrlgan says that since the house will riot do business with the constitu tional democratic senate he can not conscientiously vote for any bill. A I'a t riot lc ,ad). FaX Hivkh, Mass., March ft.. -In tho patriotic work I received those cir culars and have distributed them among the different orders here and s nt some to Providence, H, J,, nd Mime to Michigan to my brother to dis tribute there, Many thank for send ing them, Inclos'd pleas'! find order for ' for the fund for free speech. Fvery poron should lie Interested In giving to this fund and protect tho who will take their lives In their hands and go through the country exposing Ifornlsh hypocrisy and trying to lead the Catho. lie away from the confessional to the living Cod, I will close hoping sovei to site free speech established everywhere. Have you received any encourage ment or money from any of these orders east,. Please send mo an honorary member card, Mim. U, p, H, - - - Denies the ( liiirirr, A Kansas exchange h'cusi the American Protective Association" of Is'Ing a sisiiet.y conducted by republi can politicians for the purpose of lead ing the public away from considering the newt important Issues of the day, Tho editor of that pajx r is "talking through his hat," The prlnclplesof that organization are either right or wrong. H right they ought and will sucrsred. If wrong they are bound to fall, A society to protect Americanism In America Is right, ami wo claim that a man holding thosa prineipel is good enough Ut bo cither populist, demo crat or republican. In fact we believe that no man has any busbies to Isi a citizen at ail of these United I'late un l s he bt-lieves and I ives up to those pel nc! pies, lU nl) in: Ti ihum. ( I'opii lUl. ) - - HATTAN'isiA, Term., masons and the craft throughout thociuntry mourn tin; death of Major C-orge Connor which ooiMrred In that city March (), 101. Hrotlu r Connor had held all the highest office In all grand lodges and was tho author of many Masonic works, and was conceded to lie to the south what Col. Kdwln A. She-man Is to tho west the ja'cr of all other Masons In stlntof Masonic wisdom. -