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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1894)
c , . , v . s'-"""""-""" mmmm THE AMERICAN G3 FATHER OF THE A. P. A. I if 'i 1 i!i til I All) I Iff (( ll tl.(. H t tlt l tWnt I'uMU nhmU W-tr Milo4 fcj J.nttlt, Tl.. .-it nn I'ivIh I i i n iii - l hoi It. InilriiX U Iln ii mt! it? the Ami U lli AwKi'liliiiitt, Ibul i Which l l Hn lii.ti Mil ti-nr Hc t'. limn lit ln' Inn ii A imtit i ji nl tiu (iii 4 nl i tiling ii (, tl Amws Ul ion 'itl w ho Im. k tip li IiIca wilh WiU Km) iMniiiv, v.-n loam ago, Mmh It, :. i,i j I'. lloWitu CAllnl A W.i'Hinf Hi hi. law ofll.v, In (In. foil i.h U, nn. I cUblUhed till order. Til ill' I lie e.l,'-. elllii; up to the f.itnmlrtiliin n( t he principle eiiilstdl. d In the A I', A , II will I... nooewMir) In ghe a biographi. ill sketch of It father, Henry F. Dowers wan Unit In Hull I more, M.I., Augn.1 12, Mi, III father 1 th in. lutnl. r HuMirhtn, Hint hl mother n nittlv of Muiichus .lis him) of English parents. Hi. iiiotln't' nunc of a family of tins most titilvnt religion enthusluMs. Out' of her uncle, NcIhiii Uooil, w as one of till" CO Wl nkor of Or, Coke In establishing Mollunl i f t i i in tlir United Slates in the early days of the ropuhlio. Thomas llurton. of Newark, Del., tho great Huptlnl clergyman, was another uncle; while yet unol her uncle, William Haker, wan a minister of tho Church of England, hut subsequently renounced that creed Mini Imcnnio u Hu man Cutholic, She was a daughter of Captain Lewis, famous In the annals of Enland't hintory, llnwor'n fatlicf wiih a Jfraduato of tho imhlio hchoolw of (Joi many and nerved IiIh tliiio in tho Ger man army, vMu to tho rank if llou tenant, Younp Howci'M had wurcely roachod '-ho apo of II yeai-H when ho wan loft liOWKHS, KOIINOKIl OK TJIK without a father, that )iiront having taken pannage on a Hteainer for (ierinany which wan wrecked In tnld-ocean, and all on hoard went to the lioi.loin. Thin loft him tho only Htipportof IiIh mother, and from thin time forward for tin; next thirty yearn ho experienced more of tho downn of life than foil to tho average youth of that trlod. Ho had never been Imddo of a ne.hool Iioiihd, for It wun alleged that th Jexulu had control of Maryland, mid had mib"oiicnUy aliol Inhod all the public, mdiooln. With no education whatever, and only II yearn old, ho wan confronted hy the tank of caring for lilinndf am) mother. Hut ho had been taught to work, nnd tho next nine yearn of hln life worn frpont In a blackHmith and machine Hhop, ami working at tho carpenter' trade. At tho ago of 17 be could not tell tho tlmo of day from the clock, Hy the time he wan W yearn old, by dint of hard work ami frugality, ho had naved nulllclent money to bring him and hln mother wont, They came to Clinton, Iowa, landing at Oo Witt, April I, JM,17. M A K I H A I' AIIX'IIK OV KAItMINO, Thin country wan then new, the Chic ago and North wenteru railroad having boon hullt only an far an Do Wit. Voting Howem niiw hln only hope lay In farm ing, and accordingly took up a pleco of land and commenced. For three yearn hu toiled almont night and day, hauled tho product to Oavenport to market, and endured tho hardnhlpn of tho new country. Ho made a falluro of the ven ture, I'oor crop, cxcchmIvo ralnn, and other mlnfortunen overtook him, and he gave up the farm and removed to Do Witt, whore he. engaged In cabinet making. During all theno yearn he had boon denied the privileges for get Ing an education, and at the ago of !!.') wan barely ablo to read. Hut ho per aevcred, and hln nparo moment were lined In ntudy and receiving toachlngn from hln mother. At tho breaking out of tho civil war ho cnllntod, but nhortly before bolng-niUHtered Into tho nervine bo wan Htrkkcn down with typhoid i , . i , i m-. K n'.'l t"' ' ' ' ' ' t , . I . . I ' U i 1 ' t l ' ! I I n'l 1 . iiltiN I in, 1, .'ii,' w n ii In i S, I. ll'lHUiil I ! t' ' ! 4 t,i,f .,i I 'I I - ( li, i l tv! I 1'iinh l. ll.l V l iti I r-11u.l, i.l Ihi I,.' il."!.l ! t '! i'i ii lo'i'li ti- ! vn. Ili i nli (-ml !i,fc t,il rot vi I'tMxi't n, 'I t.tnitit I r ii i t'i' i iiifiiu'iii. Willi ft ii of l , .-..l 'tk h li) Mi-init. hill iu it j f ,u ol II lii im I h for M ,i'Hi, him) In' 'iin,tnni d 0 nl I 'nn b'iiihiii 1 . Not loud fi.-i ,i Hli'i'i'il I l'i t1i.v of tin- iliik f (hi' IKMII" Hill! ! . tl Inl It llllll' ill I' ll)', H'lll fl'llnw illk' tltla In' K.'l ' I III A MllliUl rHll'ilj III tlnMIMIIIIJ HH'OI.I' T' liflillS I n ""2 Ii.' w flii l. il nvotd.'r of t 'iin Inn inniily, hii.I Inn yi'iun Inter r eliil.'il hy one of th" liir(;i'l umjorltliis ever plven a eandiilnln for oouiily olll.e, O'loli. r 2 lsT(i, lni nmrrleil Minn K-mnik V, t'rii(oid, n imlivo of Ohio, hie died In OiTH. In Js77 Im wan nilmlltel In the Iowa Imr, The nit me yuir he oi,'nei up a law olllee In thin i'lltV, and while aetively ennnied In the pui'Mult of IiIn rolctidoii eoin inatided a I; rjfo ami luerallve praetlon. He win olio of the iiiohI wil)ht after lawyer in Clinton county, lie wan ad mitted to irai'lleo in the Miireino court In 1H7H, and In the United SUlon circuit and dtotrtet coiirU In HHi. Kroin l-STH lo H82 he held a cn'i'lill eoinmiHMion if alde-d(-eHiii) on (lovernor (iear'n MtalT, with rank of lieutenant colonel of cav alry. Until 1MS7 he followed hU chosen profoHHlon. Hut through all theno years ho had npent in jotting IiIh edu cath n tho thought lilled h in mind of tho inlnfortuno of hi onrly dayH, when ho wiim deprived of mdiooln whon ho moHt needed thom, ind, to quote bin own language, In answer to an lnterro- gallon an to tho cannon which led up to tho founding of tho A, I', A. UNCOKTUNATK INTOfJCKANCK. "Heelng around mo no many men and women who had received tho benefits of an early education and knowing the din ponitlon of tho bloiarchy todentroy the public gehooln, I felt a deep Internal in their preservation, wi that coming gen oration might not nulTer an I had by reaMon of their ahnenco. I therefore wont alxmt formulating nomo plan by which 1 might iiroiiHo tho people to a danger that I believed menaced the grandest ol all our public Innlltutlonn. Akin to thin wan a nee in lug dlnponltlon, or at leant wan apparent to mo a I viewed It, a denlro on tho part of cer tain nationalition dominated hy tho nainu power, directed ami guided ap parently by tho niiriio band, to attempt to control and direct tho political ma chinery of thin nation, Thin combina tion of seeming aggrennlon from nn ciMdeHlantlcal power beyond thoconlinen of thin government led up to the forma tion of thin organization." COUNCir, NO. 1 IH f-HTAHMHIIKII. Ho, In tho early nprlng of 1H77, an organization wan perfected In thin city and Council No, J wan CHtaldlnhed with' a healthy tneinberMhlp, Encouraged by tho nueeenn of tho first local society, Mr, Ilowcrn started out to found thorn In tho principal cities to how tho seed. Two other Iowa cltlen worn visited and round In established, Mr, i lowers then went to Chicago, and there entabllshod Council No. it with a largo member ship, all thin time spending bin own money and working without compenna tion. A head council wan noon estab lished, and ha Immediately went Into that an Its president, which olllco bo held for six yearn, directing tho work of spreading tho teachings of this now organization and devoting much tlmo of his own to tho same work. Tho Immediate- success of tho order far ex ceeded Mr. Howirn' expectations, and It gavo him fresh courage and zeal, and U ill t , 1 I.Hrl -. J-l A. 1'. A. II, ii'l,m I s-V'IV i J . I ( I ) , ' l l. -!K " I 'I . I n 'I Hie I vjt uli.rti , ' l m if. ,' .1.1. ill I l,-i A 1 ! 1 I i ii I m'( ii M li' Hiik in flit Hi. i ii l!it vUlinn, lint i it i tllit!tlnte I f , iH,1: 'Hit ilHIIHHW tHit' (mini. l,ii' nn I lie Siil-jivt n li tlntf ,i U,, ii,' in kmi s i nn rI K k,iik !,nt I Uitie H.-'t he iml'i.n! lo n.vi I he nfliiv i l hu ll I 'n',' m ,ii I ah ili li m Hi ofli.v i I II I iiii fiiln rn J'l ItHilVM, HHI. HI" illl.. MIS. liii.-nlltV Mr Ho. iH n. i !j U f.N'l lull i.ii'.' I dimity Aii.l, lilli' hi i')i in ink ti And Ati'tuiil III. Ill mi. lh Hin id it.Ntit h uiti.tr, l!n-H U In llii in a -ri'ilne one cmuiioI full In ib-lii l. II u il -m tuii'l Is ijiiiet nnd he in never inoi-e N'i fi-elly conleiiVi'd IIiaii Alien MiAii'.t Iii hi on en?y llhrniy iN'Ailing. Murli of linn' W t-p. nl In this luiiiiin-r, i'f'ci(tllj In lite eieniujjs, lie l inner found hi his oiK.e After il o'i'I'H'k, bill he n.'Ver k,"'b lo I" d until It.-i- miilnnjlil. Tne enntiiiiinu I mid struggle in h is curly iniinliisHi has tuade him si uipnthctle to a iniu ked degree. Mme as h pii!tiiue than anything else Mr. IIiumtk has delved Into g.'oloy, mincfuliigy and coucliol igy, rihI how has one of the llu"st col led inns of spec imens in this part of the statu, it Is valued at M.ooo. His lino mineral col lection wan presented to him by l'rof. lianas, of Sun I'Yanolre i, at that time stale geologist and superintendent ol mini s of California. 1 1 is couchnloglcal ei licet ion lstlieglftof different Irlends, adib'd to a splendid showing of locnl speclnu ns. "For the last sjventcen years Mr. llnwers bus been tho head officer of one of t'linton's most successful building associations, has crved in tho city council, and held numerousol lior olllco. He bus lately received achalletigo from Ignatius Donnelly to moot him in Chic ago on joint debate on the question of tho A. P. A. A ritOlKSTANT 1IUSHMAN. Tho American rrolccllve AHsoi'lalhni and (lie Irish. Cmc'AdO, 111., March 12. The pres ent danger that confronts tho Human Catholic church In this country Is one largely of I'm own creation, and owes Its origin 1o tin linen upon which It has run the party with which It mainly affiliates north of Mason and Dixon's lino. The active element In the Catho lic parly in this country Is iiiiques Ion- ably tho Irish. JliaJ race takes to polities with the same avidity and the same case that the newly Hedged duck ling takes to water. From bin Infancy tho Irishman Is n politician, hut there In this difference between his action political on both sides of tho big pond; that In Ireland, with the solitary ex ception of O'Coniu II, ho has always had l'rotestant loaders and has followed them Implicitly, whilst hero the l'rot estant Irishman In the democratic party must always take a back neat, In a struggle between a Catholic nation anil a l'rotenlant power, Hiieh at that between Ireland and England, the Irishman wan shrewd enough to son that It aided bin cause Immensely to have a Protestant an its mouthpiece; hence the life work of Edward Fitz gerald, Hubert Emuiett, Wolfe Tone, tho brothers Hheares, Mitchell, Hmllli O'Hrlen, Isaac Hutt and Parucll. The i lsh Catholic In Ireland ever trus'ed and followed hln Protestant brother and tho trust wan never betrayed. In this country however the case presents a far different aspect. Hern tho Irishman Is, to use tho vernacular, "on top." Ho hold olllco, from that of constable to congressman, ami, disre garding tint services rendered to his unhappy country by his Protestant brother, convert his "Inlloonco" Into a close communion. For I defy the best- Informed Irishman In America to point to a single Irish Protestant In the democratic party who holds high or even mediocre office who In not at least nuirrle.d to a 1 toman Catholic and hav ing his children raised in that faith, I enclose my card herewith, not for publication hut an a proof of good faith, and that the statements I am about to make are veracious, I belong to the "ruling nice," was born In tho garden of Ireland, the magnificent golden vein. Am a Protestant, as have my fore- fat hom been since the founder of our stock lied lo that country after the fatal field of Nasby and the death of Charles I. Many a Hiinday have wo hitched up our buggy and driven to the little l'rotestant church four miles distant, passing on our wuy the Impos ing Itoinan Catholic etIIIWe, with Its thousands of worshipers standing round Its stately portals, many of whom respectfully saluted "tho magistrate" an my father drove by. The parish priest, tho scion of an ancient Irish family and a graduate of a continental university, was of ten an honored gin st at our table, and when an a child In my littlo donkey phaeton I would pass his presbytery, ho would come out In his Cannock to greet mo and give mo a cor dial benediction. Tlmo rolled on, and tho whirlpool ofisdities drew mo Into its vortox. I chose tho side of my country an against the side ol my creed I . ii-.i I i!lv li ., fi , ft ! i . ! . .' , Si':, " I . i..,- M i . i ; ! ' " 1 .1 T: ( I n . i .. . ., i,i , ; I- - A i, 1 1, i , "" l'l . t, !' 1 I j, 1. " .1 I ' 111.' t'l! ' l' h I i lt u I '.' t I I "" 9 H.f I ( . I K I I t I 'l!"sl I,, i I f . .'(. , I '! !l ,,) I j,.'in, ! j Mir,li . ,ti II, t i f Sin' 11, I,? , V,, u I V tnit iti, ii,i n', a.I, i iv.i ) "II!,. .,t-, 11,,. , ,v iv i .. it !. In! H i, h.'l In ;,;t' I i , " Ii, . r. t!,i ,n,i II, i In l it,,.(, ; lii ,, inrl.l (jtluit u';n to.l pll 111 'ei Itml t Iii iii )K til ilh in., l,i li.nl h ihtit"tl In tv i ti nni tli .1 III. tilt' 10 Hum) iMi.il, kj ni , n. pimil vii' OMipjs.t lh, .lc iAk. Mil ( t.i til.li ,vt, i,. tii- Im tvd At iiil im1 by ivamiii (it ley -t i .1. And tiii'm's-m nf IIiiwIIiai Ai'ii' ii.,-n mn, d to Hie ll.sl toiii I "emitted A issl CtlhnlHi g nn, "m-iit in' with le i ns..ii ." I wnniil lsii. I little show of I'tn b'-iiij; A, I liiltli .l III 1 he'll Win'll I UvNtliit A cllu n 1 ti-Aiiied wiih lli' tit'imn'1 at io iMirlj, In which I still Is'lung, and that put ly made u-e of lue in tunny i-nin-imigns, in which (was nUn.i foist...! up ni lite public ns a I pi 'nl IrUlt' American, my t-d'u'iiiinii, coupli'ii with tint naturally Ibieut tongue of m conn Iryilleli, lielng found t'.scftil to the liMili'i s. Hut a put on I ,'iojutok, it ml a "good fellow, well done," Wits all the rewind 1 ever received or iXn'i'l to re ceive, for 1 am far from a millionaire, nnd have t wife applied for minor oilier under the municipal government only to see men who were well oil and noedoil not the office receive what would have Is'cn to me it welcome hoon, but these men had a church and adcllulto nation ality behind them, and Alderman 'Hilly," Commissioner "Micky," or "Father I'lin," saw them through. Once or twice, when I was getting too near lo what. I sought, inutferlngs of "deputy" cuiiiinenci d to II y round, and were repeated by men who know my record In Ireland, and know well that as tlm last person lo quarrel with any mn by reason of his creed, but I whs outside the fold, and should ho kept so at all costs, even at the cost of false hood. Like the colored brother In a "Texas Kteer," 1 have come to the conclunlon that "olllco seek In'n mighty poor busi ness," and have long since quit the pursuit, but I give my experience, without a thought of malice, for the beiiellt of the enlightened members of my natlomil fy and parly, and to point, even In a linking and Imperfect man ner, to one of the rocks abend upon ivlilcli they are drlfilnur In this latter end of tlio nineteenth century. An Irish Protestant, In Ititvr Ocean, ., A I'lihlr -Tim Child and the Klllen. Hv luisv Mao, A great many yearn ago there I ved a giant named (leorge. lie wan very sttong, and whenever he met a stranger ha would pick a light with him, If Ceorgo sueconded In thrashing the stranger ho would compel him to he hln slave, These slaves be placed on his farm and made iheiu work for him, Many of tlm slaves married, and some of them bad largo families. These families Coorgo located at different place on hi farm and let them work there nubject t bin orders. Every month tho fathom of those families wont to George's house and had a meet ing there, At these meetings Ceorgo presided and all the fathom had a vole. Tho object of the ineelliign was to de cide what wan best to do for the general good of the farm. For some reason Ceorgo would not allow the father of the youngest family, which was named Merrlka, to attend these meetings, The family very naturally objected to working, wit hout having some say In tho manngoment of tho farm, and they dually revolted, They wore success ful In tho revolution, but the larger portion of the family were killed, At the commencement of the revolution a child had been horn to thin family, which they named Lo I Sortie, Lo llertlo grew rapidly and noon wan a beautiful young woman, When En II-rile wan a little child she used to play with a boy called Poo Hleak, Thin hoy, PooHIoak, had watched Lo Hurtle grow and had learned lo love her. Poo llloiik was an ardent wooer and noon he wa wed to Lo Itertlo. The union was a very happy one. They had one child, which they named Merrlkan Poo Hleak. Ho was a beautiful child and gavo promise of being a creelt to his parents. The child grew and thrived and Isicaiuo more beautiful every day When the child was three yearn old nomeone made It a present of a tiny little kitten named (Jerome. It was a pretty little thing and was so soft ami velvety that tho child was charmed. Tho child nourished and raised tint kitten and protected It from othnr animals, One day when the kitten had been hounded and chased hy all the other animals about tho farm the child took tho kitten and placed it In hi hnsom to shelter It. Lo Hertle had a good friend named A pa, who saw the child do this. A pa said, "Lo Hortio, don't you know tho kitten has daws?" She laughed and said, "Ccromc is tho last thing In the world that would hurt Merrlkan Poo Hleak." A pit said no more but went his way In silence. Lo llertlo thought no moro of his words an she considered him somewhat of a .1 I .'. :,1 M fc V Sit i -1 fc i , . m - fa, i , . -., I , t , l,-., . .. i -. t t .i n i.- v. n H il ' I k I I .,, ,!,!, j 1,' ' ' . -'il tt,l- V, . ,. I ( .1.) H ' it I :. ( l ,',. .. M I; I 1 '.i fc , I . W in,- . t, i i si inn am, i l,-,f t -. .,., jtl4 I. . ! t . , .1. ! .illt. : -,K.,.,i.i i luif l . It,, .,,.!, i,, ,v,, , , , HI- M il St, l ! i ) n''':, i.i,i,t n- ,Si,.-,4 H.e 1, i'. i-V'l ,,t II.,- ,,,,t,', H i.i.e IMi'v II ti,;. U.tltlt,,' ....-ii ! i m!- -tili'i, a til I lull j j HIUM II II 10 . I, Whj I Apt, I ihiIm II 1a ii In hii M. 1'AlliiliV Hsl In ln.lintiM.liv IMHIMIMI Ih, Ind , MaivIi I'l I II.' f.i tstig Is I, i it the Cnlhuiic of ),U e,l V sn.l tin-tin iiils-i i.f l)i A P. A. Is K iMiuliig exiivillegly billcr. U Is ssiil Ibnl theiii aiv Itnw T.itiltl iiieinls-i nf the A- IV A. In tidiiinsils. It cnie In light n.ly that IimuIiIh .n St, Ptt rick1 Otiy Is lweeii (he llils rninit and Die A, P, A was iinrivwly aierletl. The 'net that I iiplHln I niili.'ll did iml ha ttiinituind of lite platisin of ilnt Unit led the parnile ban can..'.! souii' cuiiinienl, and when lite i-eann tsi-nme kitiiwu it iniidit a si'iisiii inn turning the pullet'. It ban been the rule In silice cirelcs for the night captain to lake charge of the hic..iiii ilnv parades, and he has Hie selection of detail. When It lieeanie known that Camplsill would llitve charge of (lie police tint lliiior nlaus and other Irish societies protested Multilist him. A mceling of the olllccrs was held and it was decided to ask Nuperlnteudeiit Powell 1.0 select Some other officer. Maurice Donnelly, county recorder, who was grand marshal, was appointed to call on Superintendent Powell, Don nelly said there were reasons why the Irish societies did not want Captain Campbell In command. Superintendent Powtdl explained that It was the custom for tho night captain to have charge of day parade, Donnelly replied that ho would havo to dispense with the police In tho parade If Captain Campbell was In charge, I To asked tho superintend ent to lead tho men or detail any patrol man, sergeant, detective, or any mem ber of the force, and it would be satisfactory. Superintendent Powell detailed Captain Mulgloy, an Irishman. Donnelly did not give reasons for ob jecting to Campbell, but the complaint wan made by the 1 1 Ibernlans that Camp bell In an A. P. A. When Hie police appeared on tho purndo grounds, Donnelly sent an aid to ascertain who was In command of thorn, and If Camp bell was, to request the politic to retire, Mem bora of the American Protective Association who knew of I lie objection to t he senior captain of the pollen force, wcro anxious to have tho superintend ent of police Insist that Captain l 'amp hell should lend the parade, but the superintendent avoided trouble by re versing tlm rule of the police depart ment, - iu:ri:.Ms nn; a. p. a. ( liarb n J. Wilson Answers a ( miiinunl. rallon I'l'oni T. Ii. IVnii, Cllli.'Aoo, Jan. 25, Editor of The Kccnimj I'dhI: I deslie 1 1 make a brief reply to an article which appeared In The KcndvK 1'nnt of the Ullli over tho signature of T, E, Fenn. The writer, like many of hln class, seems lo labor undcrgrcat and unduoexcltouient when ho discovers that the American people are at last throwing off the stupor whleb has blinded their vision these many your and are dually becoming aroused to the conditions which con front them today, Ho seems still more alarmed when ho learn that at last, men have been found who aro ready and willing to defend this government, hy their liven If necessary, again', any antagonistic stsdety, whether tliat so ciety ho noelal, religious, or political, hut ho has yet to learn, however, that neither the A. P, A. nor any other organization with which I am familiar attack or opposen any man or set of men "simply on tho ground of differ eiie.'s in their religion beliefs and life, as ho assert. Wo euro nothing for any man's religion, I.ot him believe what he please. Hut wo do most strenuously object to any political organization or movement manlpnlaU.il under tint mask and guise of a church and claiming amnesty thereby. Wo attack no man' religion, but wo draw tho lino when he nmken a political machine of It, and It's tho political end of the so-called Uoiiutn Catholic church, or tho Human ist party if you please, which wo de nounce. Wo fall to see why a man who believes ho should ho his own interpre ter of the Hlhlu would not make just as good a policeman a one who Is taught to yield bis mind and Intellect to a prelate, or why a woman who knows no higher Hlltlcal authority tliau thin government would not bo as competent a teacher In our public schools a one who recognizes first a foreign ecclesi astical power and then her country, and yet such appear to lie tho polluy of the Kotnanlst parly; otherwise how does Mr. Fen n explain the fact that ih per cent of the police force of this city, HO M'r cent of the lire department, (17 r cent (if the teacher In our public Hchoola ami a corrosonding per cent of all other appointive offices aro llllod by momlicrn of hi party. 1 . Ml ' ' i ... ,-1 t v. I i, ... , t. i 1 I ' i i I U . -I j ''"' ' 1 A e it." V IV 4, ft, . -i-l !. I ,ei .i i ... I- - . 1 .- (-! m ii. 'Iii i f.t lr lit i-v' e V.'l t ' ' It ii I t, I l - I I- . !, 9 . stt I '- p'1 ii- -n , ,1 - tHAa "I . 'I Ii - til b" , tit n !,fp ) in. ji), 1 iw. ,i!( ni ilH,. t -I : Nti I'- hi f.mh -t .in -.- ll ftt Ili l i i"is!iiii nl ltii t.s a i a. tii- tv.r.'l it,-.ii, i,' lii Wiih) ,. IV ll.i l b I'-ii, tt.i n .. lit l.i An -hiiti. hi. t V iti nf nlli is, n, ma biJ U.nn l-.iiii- ( lilt ,mi. ,a In tt cMiititiM s N,ilnitj i !!, ttlnit I. .l,-ii.'.l We, b.-Wi Vi-r, Aif ts A.ly sn.l willing f ir ah InviHiiinlniii aI any lone, Att.l A belt It -lisil llH'ls-s n ln.o Alld tll pllllll.' Ii,sslttt ' AW All of Otlf ti lie piii'iimi Alt.) elij. el we will ItAVtl lltolen.) tlf A IUi'llltl,.fslill of NO OiKt a- civ.lil'. n. b li I in oiiii eil..,l ui Mini, mil. And, Incident illy, white tlm legis lature Is cngiifc'i'il in tills kind of work we will furnish tlteni w'lh Ihe I Ileal, oat Its, iibj.s'ls, i't., if Ihe ( iitii-UA-Iwtels, llils'i-iiiiin Kill s, Cont I nun Lai rf'iitue, CaIIioIIc (liilerof FoivsUirn, Onh r of St. I'nirick, iU, which, no doubt, wttulil hori ify Mr. I'enn really. If spiuHi s'ruiillei should like to fur nish the reader of tlir Etriii'.ig I'mt with the oath of the Clim-na Caels. Mr. Fenn, however,l probably familiar with It and tlierefoio 1 should like to a.k him if he think (lie constitution of tho United Slate permit him to enter into an oath-lsiuiul conspiracy against a foreign neutral HiwerV Does lie still oppose the A. P. A. bocausn he think il oppose liis religion and yet approves of the objects of the Claii-na-(!aol In trying lo Inlerfero lietweon England and Ireland In behalf of tho latter wlienfbe principal difference Is ono of religion' Is hit aware that, should this society ever become strong enough to accomplish anything, the Hrltish gov ernment would havo a just claim against the United State for damage by virtue of tho namu International law upon which wo collected damage, from that government on account of tho "Alabama" episode during the late war. Apparently Mr, Fenn might prolluibly rolled on thh subject. America like a generous host, ban opened wide her doors, saying, "Coma all who will," reasonably supposing that all those who accept her hospi tality will, In their gratitude, conform tot lie liberal Ideas of tho IiohI, but In thin she ha been most woefully mis taken, They accept the Invitation, then presume to run the house, and, If strategy ha to be resorted to to pro- vent It, they denounce the html an a re ligious bigot. Ye gods, what a spec tacle! Apparently lucre In but one re lief: Shut the door on newcomer, and sltdown on those who a - already hero. Will she do It, Vt s, by the aid of tho A. I'. A. ClIAIU.KH .1. WilhiiN. The .Modern D. lilah. A I.Tim )N A, l'cnn., March l!l), IMIll. Editor Tine Amkuk.'AN: Through tho kindness of a brot her I wan permitted to see a copy of your paper a littlo while ago for tin! Ilrsl time. I call It, 'Koyal AMKUK.'AN." Would to Cod It wan, ami It ought to bo. In every Amer ican home. America Is a powerful nat ion, Samson was a powerful man, but Delilah put hi in lo sleep, cut off hln hair, and ho was taken captive. Tho Koiiutn church Is the Delilah that In putting Amor en to sleep, and Homo will take hercapilve, Take furcxamplo Archbishop Ireland, tlm great prohl- hliloiilst, a man who r.celve IK) (sir cent of all his money from the rum seller; a man who hears the rum seller's confession ami gives him tho sacrament, then shut tho eyes of tho American people hy talking prohibi tion. Oh! deceitful man that thou art! May 1 introduce myself to some of my western hrot hereby asking a few qnoa tlons? If Peter was the llrst kimj, which ho wan not, why doesn't tha pope of today marry as Peter did, (Matt. , 4); lllshops should marry, (I Tim. II, -); why do the priests purtako of the wine and not the bread, (I Cor, II; 2 1-2-1), why use latin, (I Cor, II: 18 lli)' Somu limit I will tell you what the church of Home did for mo and what ( 'hrlst has done fur me. CONVKUT. ( allinlh'lsm in Ireland. The last official census of Ireland shows that there are .'!,! lil,.'W Catho lic and 1,1MH,(I!MI Protestant. In that Island. Catholics are the most numer ous in tho county of Cork and Prole tanta most numerous In tho county of Antrim. Tho Catholic In Cork aro to tho Protestants as ten to one. Tho Protestants predominate In tho coun ties of Armagh, Down, Tyrone, Lon donderry ami Antrim. A littlo over "(J per cent of the (topultttion Is Catholic, 12 ier cent Udongs to tho church of Ireland and 0 per cent to the Presby terians. On Ton in Washington, Tho Americans were victorious at tho recent city election In Taeoma, Washington. We sec In this, signs of America' sons standing for their own, and tho time I not far distant whon loyal Americans will not have to step down to give room for recent Importa tions from the old world. Lafayette, Ore., Ledger, ll.-: V I , t.. h,