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    THE AMERICAN.
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Volume IV. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEITEMIIER 21, 1894.
PRICE FIVE ItHJ
NUMBKB 38.
ROME IN WASHINGTON.
Always Alert and Aggressive In
Securing Legislation and Pat
ronage For Her Benefit
Our Sation's Capital the Headquarters of
the Best Organize, Wealthiest And
Mont Dangerous Jesuit Mission
ary Force in the VI hole
World.
Washington, D. C. Sept 15,
When Dr. Sunderland declared from
his pulpit in the First Presbyterian
church of this city that we, aa Ameri
cans, could not afford to have the func
tion of our government paralyzed by
j the decree of a foreign and usurping
I potentate, and that the Roman papacy,
whatever might be the professions of
its more liberal adherents, was an or
ganization palpably irreconcilable with
the spirit of our institutions when he
denounced the Jesuits as an order of
men harbored among us, who had been
at one time or another expelled from
every country under heaven but our
own he planted good seed in good
ground, and the Protestant people of
the capital began to reflect and to in
vestigate. The result has been the or
ganization of a bureau of correspond
ence here for the purpose of furnishing
to all Protestant newspapers in the
country reliable and timely information
concerning the status and movements
of the Papists at this center of political
activities.
If the battle with the papacy is yet
to come, and if it may be even now at
our doors, as Dr. Sundorland and thous
ands of other well-informed and con
servative men believe, it is time to
pause and consider the strength and
strategic position of that institution bb
compared with our own, and In doing
so we shall find that It has gained pos
session of nearly, if not quite, all the
strongholds which command the public
mind except the Protestant pulpit and
the free school.
In and around this capital, we find
numerous popish seats of learning, with
hordes of Instructors, mainly skilled
Jesuits, and thousands of students, all
being trained for the higher walks of
life arid lor ffieprlesthood. 7
Georgetown college, established in
. 1778, had last year 100 instructors ana
650 students, Gonzaga college, estab
lished in 1821, had 11 instructors and
141 students; St. Johns col'ege, estab
lished in 18G5, bad 13 instructors and
160 students; the Catholic university of
America, established in 1889, had 13
instructors and 30 students. The last
named is the national university of the
papal church, and is confined strictly
to post-graduate work. All these are
within the District of Columbia. The
total number of instructor they employ
is 142; the total number of students last
year was 981.
At Baltimore are St. Mary's Semin
ary, established in 1791, and having last
year 11 Instructors and 245 students;
and Loyola college, established in 1852,
which had last year 11 instructors and
219 student.
At Emmettsburg, Maryland, is Mount
St. Mary's college established in 1808,
and having last year 30 instructors and
198 students.
Besides these collegiate establish
ments, there- are numbers of others,
such as Carroll Institute, St. Rose's In
dustrial school, the Academy of the
Visitation, the Convent of Notre Dame,
St. Dominick's convent, and St. Vin
cent's school, all within the District of
Columbia. The rnumerous parochial
schools, moreover, lend increased
strength to these higher institutions,
while to meet all this mighty educat
ional force, the Protestants have prac
tically nothing but the common schools
of the district.
As to churches, the papist are equally
fortunate, having sixteen magnificent
church edifices, tne finest structures in
the city, except the government build
ings. They are the church of the Im
maculate Conception; Holy Name of
Jesus; Holy Trinity; St Aloysius; St.
Cyprian; St. Ann's; St. Dominik's; St.
Joseph's; St. Mary's; St. Matthew's; St.
Patrick's; St. Paul's; St. Peter's; St.
Stephen's; St. Teresa and St. Agustine
negro Catholic church.
Among other' institutions owned by
them and conducted, of course, in their
interest, arerProvldence hospital, the
establishment of Jthe Little Sisters of
the Poor, the nouse of the Good Shep
herd, St. Ann's Infant Asylum, St.
, Joseph's Asylum and the Industrial
' Home school.
Taking thejwhole arch diocese of
Baltimore which includes the District
of Columbia and those counties of Mary
land lying west of Chespeake Bay, we
find a Romish population of 235,000,
with 150 churches, 47 chapels, 60 sta
tions, 22 orphan asylums, 90 parochial
schools, 6 hospitals, 4 ecclesiastical
seminaries, 8 colleges, 10 acadamks for
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young ladies, 2 foundling asylums, 2
asylums for colored children (see Sad
ler's Catholic Directory for 1894, page
73.) Here is perhaps the best organized,
the wealthiest and the most dangerous
missionary force in the whole world.
This diocese of Baltimore is the head
center of the Jesuitical power on this
continent, and not only the Jesuits, but
theMaristsand Redemptorists, scarcely
less fanactical monastic orders are also
represented here in great force.
Now, if a little leaven leaveneth the
whole lump, is it any wonder that all
this mass of Romanism has made the
papacy stronger here than in Rome it
self? Is it any wonder that the Ro
manists have been able to accumulate
$13,600,000 worth of proterty in the
District of Columbia, mainly through
the channel of congressional appropria
tions? Is it any wonder that the Indian
appropriation bill, the sundry civil bill
and the ilistrict appropriation bill, have
all become scandalous vehicles for con
veying public money to sectarian uses?
In this matter, the only remedy sug
gested by coogress, a remedy which
the papists will hardly allow to be ap
plied, is a national university. The
select committee of the senate having
that project in charge spoke of it in a
a recent report as follows:
"Among its members there would al
ways be moral heroes as superior to the
menaces of power as to the insidious
arts of the most skillful and corrupt
devotee of false gods men able to un
mask error and bold to stand for the
right at all hazards. The sacredness of
truth, freedom of thought, and freedom
of speech, will be the Inscription upon
its portals. It will be not a light-house
only, but a bulwark of liberty and a
watchtower for the nations of the
world.
"The proposed university is also a
patriotic necessity."
It is painful to realize that such a
scheme as this, so pregnant with great
and good results, is a mere mirage. But
the Jesuitical cabal, which holds the
balance of power at the capitol, will as
surely throttle it in all the future as it
has done in the past. The only hope of
successful opposition to the Jesuits lies
in their expulsion from the country,
and this can be effected only by sending
men to congress who do not place alleg
iance to party above conscience and
religious principles. It needs no uni
versity to effect this. It needs only an
honest, manly performance of the duties
UNCLE SAM: "This must have been a very silent hog !"
IRISH, in Chorus: "Why, sor?"
UNCLE SAM: "Because the still sow gets the swill."
imposed by citizenship in a Protestant
republic.
The workingmen of Washington cele
brated Labor Day for the first time on
Monday, the 3d Instant. There was an
imposing parade in which all the trades
of the city were represented, the num
ber of men in line being estimated at
7,000. Among the most conspicuous
leaders were Milford Spohn, president
of the lotal federation of labor, a Ro
manist; M. P. Canty, president of the
local conference, a Romanist; James J.
Deery, master workmen carpenters' as
sembly, a Romanist; George A. Traccy,
president Columbia Typographical
union, over whose company merrily
floated the green flag of Erin; and C.
G. Conn, owner of the Washington
Twits, a Roman sympathizer. In fact,
it was painfully noticeable that the
posts of honor and influence in all the
local labor organizations were monopol
ized by the subjects of Leo XIII. The
following, for instance, are the names
of the officers of Bricklayer's UDion,
No. 1: Wm. McGann, president;
Thomas Sullivan, vice president; C. G.
Hessler, recording secretary: M. P.
Canty, treasurer; John P. Healy, mar
shal; Wm. E. Branahan, assistant mar
shal. These names are very Buggestive.
They sound strangely like the list of
city officials of New York, Boston, Chi
cago or San Francisco, and indicate that
in the trade unions, as in the munici
palities of this country, the Protestant
element has been reduced to the ranks
by the more aggressive Irish papists,
who never forget Pope Loo's injunction
to make themselves felt as active ele
ments in the daily political life of the
communities in which they live. It
emphasizes t'ue fact, that the city of
Washington in tae arch diocese of Bal
timore, Is, from the foundation up,
dominated by Romish influence. It
helps to explain the singular circum
stance, that such influence is sufficiently
potent to secure, on an average, 80 per
cent, of the lower positions in the
various government institutions, rang
ing from chore women to appointment
clerks. It helps to show why this arch
diocese of Baltimore, with the opera
tive forcesot the federal government,
and of the municipal governments of
the district of Columbia, and the city
of Baltimore as unfailing sources of
emolument to its individual subjects,
and of subsidies to its corporate institu
tions, is the most prosperous ecclesias
tical corporation that has existed since
the days of Martin Luther. It helps to
account for the anomalous fact, that a
cardinal and "prince of the '.church,"
from his throne in the cathedral at
Baltimore, the capitol of this rch
diocese, directs the political, activities
of the capitol of the United States in
the interestof the sovereign from whom
he derives his title and his power; plac
ing the sovereign authority of this na
tion, as legally constituted, in practical
subordination to that of his foreign and
usurping master. It is humiliating to
regard the capitol of the United States
as a mere appendage to the arch dio
cese of Baltimore, but that is its true
relation. In effect, the sceptre has al
ready departed from America. This is
no exaggeration. The papal legation
here and the cathedral of Baltimore
are co-operating in the work of under
mining our republican institutions.
"With smooth dissimulation, skilled to)?ra;e,
"A devil's purpose with an aniiel's face."
Satolli Is Indefatigable in the work of
seducing our horde of purchaseable
Protestants in congress, in the execu
tive departments, in the press clubs, in
the labor unions, in every organization
which may Influence legislation, tha
public administration, or public opinion.
In the presence of this spectre, Protes
tants are timorous and slothful, while
papists are bold in denouncing "Know
Nothings." Americans dare not raise
their voices In defense of their own re
ligious or political principles. Even
such men as those who compose the
Maine delegation in congress, the read
iest debaters in that body, are silent
when these matters are broached, as
they were Indirectly in the discussion
of the Indian appropriation bill, which
Mr. Linton's speech of the 7th of June,
precipitated in the house of representa
tives; while men like O'Neil, of Massa
chusetts, an Irish papist; Timothy J.
Campbell, of New York, and T. A. E.
Weadock, ot Michigan, also Irish pa
pists; and Tracey, of New York, for
merly a member of the Papal Zouaves,
in Rome, are always ale,rt and aggres
sive, not only in securing legislation,
but also official patronage for the bene
fit of papists. To be a Romanist here
is to enjoy every opportunity for
worldly prosperity. There are more
Romanists in office in this town, with a
population of only about. 2-5,000, than
iu New York whore all the officers are
Romanists, with a population five times
as great; and the relative force of Ro
manism upon legislation and official
methods Is proportionately more in
tense. As bearing strongly upon the subject
of politics in New York City, I believe
that some facts relative to the arch
diocese of New York are pertinent In
this place. For upon the relation of
the papist church to the local govern
ment depends the character of the ad
ministration. The arch diocese em
braces the city and county of New York
and the counties of Westchester, Put
man, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Orange
Rockland, and Richmond, in New York
state, besides the Bahama Islands. Its
papist population at this time is about
800,000. Its working capital consists of
one cathedral, 211 churches, 61'ehapels,
49 stations, 1 theological seminary, 4
colleges, 51 academies, for boys and
girls, 8 orphanage schools. 9 industrial
aDd reform schools, 103 parochial
schools, 8 orphan asylums, 15 homes for
destitute and wayward children, 9 hos
pitals, 3 homes for the aged, 4 day
nurseries, and 2 fondling hospitals. It
has an operative forco of 543 priests,
427 lay brothers, and 2.3OT religious
women, (nuns, etc.)
The diocese of Brooklyn, comprising
Long Island, lifts h working capital of
120 churches, 17 chapels, 9 stations, 1
theological seminary, 2 industrial
schools, 2 colleges, 23 select schools for
boys and gir.s, and 131 parochial
schools. It has 217 priests to a papist
population of 2S0.0O0.
These two corporations, embracing a
membership of more than a million pa
pists, control probably 200,1X10 faithful
voters, who constitute the balance of
power In the United States, and who
have for years terrorized and plundered
the grt at metropolis. Last week a con
ference was hold there, consisting of
delegates from the republican county
organization, the anti-Tammany de
mocracy, the state democracy, the Ger
man American reform unioa, the in
dependent co'.'.cty orgRTitti"t and the
good government clubs, to discuss
plans for combined opposition to the
Tammany Irish papist power. Resolu
tions were adopted expressing the belief
that all the various forces opposed to
Tammany could be unified in a manner
and upon terms entirely satisfactory to
all the organizations represented in the
conference. It is to be hoped that sim
ilar movements against papist domina
tion will be set on foot at once in all our
great cities, especially in Chicago, Bos
ton, and San Francisco.
Let us have a new deal all round, for
It Is evident that the papists havo
stocked the cards on us, not ( nly In
Washington, but in every grrat city In
the union. Above all, let the Ameri
can Protection Association see to It,
that no.io are put on guard, but those
who acknowledge paramont and entire
allegiance to the stars and stripes.
Without envy, hatred, malice, or un
charttablenehs, let every American
stand by the flag of his country, and
the free schools of the people; holding
fast to the doctrine, that to compyT V
man to make contributions of n' A J
tor the propagation of opinions wticb
ho disbelivcs, is both sinful and tyran
nical. Let it be remembered that a great
deal of Information concerning the
questions at issue between our order
and the papacy Is contained In the do
cument now being sent out by Rev.
Green Clay Smith, (P. O Box 133,
Washington, D. C.) which contains
speeches by Mr. Linton and Senators
Piatt, Daniel, Call, Quay and Galllngor,
besides other imortant matter. ,,
A MOVE IS 'THE KHUIT DIRECTION.
Supreme Council of the A. 1. A. Will lie
u Transferred to Washington, D. C,Hu
Washington, D. C, Sept. 15. The
presence in Washington for the past
ten days of VV. J. II, Traynor, supreme
president of the American Protective
Association, has wonderfully stimulated
the growth of the order In this city.
Traynor has mado final arrangements
for transferring the supremo council to
this city. This will Iks accomplished
within a few weeks. Traynor believed
that as Washington is the national
political center It is the most appro
priate and available place from which
to direct work now being performed by
the order. A large printing plant will
be located here and ncwspaiers and
documents printed by the million. Mr.
Traynor says his own state of Michigan
has virtually been "Americanized."
He expresses the bollof that none but ,
those In sympathy with the A. P. A,
will be returned to congress at the com
ing election; Representative Weadock
of the Tenth district has declined to
accept a renomlnatlon because he con
siders his election Impossible.
In this city the organization Is In
creasing Its numerical strength. V-'--p '
in three weeks five now councils Java
been established In the DistrliV j
Columbia, making an even dozen In v
flourishing condition. From twenty to
thirty new members are being Initiated
into each of these councils every regular
meeting night. Colored men are act
ively engaged in organizing, and sev
eral councils composed entirely of that
raco will soon be ready for Institution.
Steps are now being taken to establish
a branch of the Woman's American
Protective Association hero.
The headquarters of the A. P. A. in
this city present a scene of great actlv- v
ity. Under the direction of the local '
advisory board hundreds of thousands
of copies of sjieeches delivered in con
gress on the Indian appropriation bill
by Representative Linton and Senators
Galhnger, Call. Quay, Daniel and Piatt,
are being sent broadcast throughout the
land. More than half a million copies
of Mr. Linton's remarks have already
been difctributed. An appeal to 118,000
Protestant ministers of the United
States has be?n prepared and is being
mailed to each pustor. They are urged
to preach sermons from their respective
pill pits upon the question of raising
public money for sectarian purposes.
Statistical tables havo been arranged
showing the extent of Mich legislation
in the past. General Green Clay Smith
of the Metropolitan Baptist church is
at the head of the bureau having thia
work in charge.
Local councils are now preparing to
make a bitter fight against Congress- .
man Meredith of the Eighth Virginia
district on the ground that he intro
duced in the house a bill appropriating
several thousand dollars of public funds
to Gonzaga college, a Catholic institu
tion here.
President Traynor has just gone to
Wheeling, W. Va , to institute a state
council, and especially to look after the
Second district, where W. L. Wilson is
a candidate for re election. The A. P.
A. expect to take a conspicuous part in
the campaign in that district. Prepar
ations to that end were made some
time ago, when Cardinal Gibbons,
Bishop Ryan, Richard Kerens and
oilier prominent Catholics met at the
home of ex-Secretary Stephen B. Elk
ins. It was then thought Elkins would
receive the republican nomination, in
which event Wilson would have been
given the solid supiort of the A. P. A.
Officers of the order believe that the
programme involving the solection .of
Elkins was abandoned because of the
sudden activity manifested by hat
body in the Second district.
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