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2 4 T H E A sl 1"C A IXJ A s Llonal s THE AMERICAN. Kntrred kl St4(H a MVtif'liuMi tattler 40MN O. THOMPSON, Ioitoh W. C. KKLLKV. HuvinrM Uuurr. C. 1. i'hooh, - - AwKHt Kdu.ir ITHLIs'ltED WFrKLY BY THE AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, OFFICE 1015 Howard MwU tiUBSTKirTIOJi KATKS. ubacrtytloo, IVr Yr (2 On Ml kloiiili I ui . Thtw Moulin SO UTAH1AILT III AnVAMC. MINlKTIttll HALf RATE. C'Ll'B KATKS I Oopt one V c,u J II sn 10 l.itn " ' I s on " " i as The kIioto ruin to clulw r good only wlirn full niiii.U r. And cl for iue, ae Ctimny inlT. Ki'iiiit by ilrHft. upr or pnmiffl'" monry ontrr, payable to Amkhican 1'I'hi.ihhimu four ant AHVEKTISINU UATKS. tr nonpar!)'! linn iwr month I .H5 - I Ini'li p-r tnoii Hi .. , 4 i ' v liirlim wt month I"V 4 Iticliiui pr tnoiiili 1K0 jl lin li iM-r in h ifi l " Miiu-b . 1 milium, S.W Urn' M.wi Ki'mliim iioiIcimi 1 ceiiU ixr line, m-l. ru'li liiM-rllon. Kor mvUI mu'i for Iiime aiitnrtimtuia, wru.Mo i im amkhican i lk LIMIIKU !'., Advertising lvpurtuiolit. tVTnt Aukhican in mm iiampiow or all i'AHTIOTlU OHllKKll-TH UHUA Of IONl SEPTEMBER 21, mi. Henry county, Missouri, now has 500 member of the American Protective Association. Romanist Cakey will Mud Anierl can Churchill a hard man to overtake in this your of our Lord 18U4. One vote for each and every Amerl can none for unnaturalized aliens, criminals or anarchists. Hon. Gkokuk V. Covkll and Hon. C. N. Powell, are Booking nominations aa Btate senators. TiiK establishment of a patrlotlo bureau In Washington, D. C, la a move In the right direction and will supply a long felt want. TllE sieech of Representative Lin ton, of Michigan, on the Indian appro priation bill would bean excellent cam paign document for circulation. According to the liu'fat American there are over three hundred employee of tho treasury department at Wash ington who are too illiterate to sign the pay-roll and consequently have to make tho sign of the cross. The true standing army of tho United States the only ono on which wo' can rely for effective or useful service in tho future is the great body of teach ers In our common schools, academies i alleges. Edward Atkinson in t2 .jVwiber Forum. Six millions of dollars went from the city treasury of Boston last year Into the hands of Roman Cathollo office holders of that city, and yet there are FroUstanta who maintain that this country has nothing to fear from the encroachment of Homo. Better late than never. Chili, Paraguay, Uruguay and the Argentine Republic have abolished tho parochial schools and established non-sectarian public schools. This is a move in the right direction, and will tend to lessen vonio's pernicious influence in those countries. The Grand Army of the Republic at the national encampment held at Pitts burg last week adopted a resolution urging the teaching of patriotism In tho schools of the country and placing a flag on every school-bouse and In every school-room. A committee on patriot to teaching was also added the standing committee. ON tue second page of this Issue will be found the full text of the declaration of principles, tho platform and the resolutions adopted by the independent American citizens' party, September 12 X . , ... cart-iui perusal oi me same win re pay any American citizen, and convince him that Chicago Americans have re turned to first principles. May the new party live and prosper. Ot'R friends In the Sixth ward are fortunate this year in having two gooJ men out for the school board. Mr. Deeg&n and Mr. Froom are the gentle men being pushed forward by their friends. Mr. Deegan Is employed in the U. P, headquarters, and Mr. Froom is the associate editor of this paper. A man who has labored on this paper needs no Introduction to the Sixth ward republicans or the friends of the public schools In this cilv. The only simon-pure republican paper of this city goes into convulsions because Eon. T. J. Majors attended the re-union of old soldiers at Bennington the first of this week, and was seen in company with Mr. Herman Timme. Now why should not Mr. Majors asso ciate with Mr. Timme? Timme is a representative German and a republi can. Probably the editor who hates Majors also hates the Germans, or is afraid he cannot hoodwink them into voting as he wishes and desires to have it understood that & decent man cannot associate with our German fellow citi zens without losing his dignity. BRYAN d CANDIDACY. mat w . J. iirjn will no tne cbolce of l)th the jiopul-U and the democrats In the next leginlature for the posltioo of United StuU- senator very few peo ple will attempt to controvert. But that should not be so. Bryan should not he folU4 upon tho people. His record at Washington does not justify the blind enthusiasm which hi words prt'duce. While there as congrtMwman from the First congressional dletrlet he accomplished nothing that would iiene- Ot his constituents. He did act, how ever, In way that should cause him to 1 censured by every American citizen no matter what his ollt!caI affiliations. He voted to appropriate over HOO.OiH) of public money for sectarian uses. Voted to place nearly half a million llars In the hands of alien I toman Catholic priests with which to convert tho Indian, not Into good Anu.tcan cl'lzens, but into obedient Roman Cath lies. And this money was voted out of tho national treasury without any war rant of law, and contrary to the wishes of a largo majority of the people of this state. lint, ibis is not tne only reason we say Bryan should not be the choice of the democrats and the populists in the next legislature. Wo have a better one. He is to be the champion of ecclesiast ics, otherwise we cannot account for the presence In this city of a horde of Roman Cathollo priests a few days be fore the domocratlo primaries, for their secret meeting at night In the base ment of Crelghton college last Tuesday evening, or for their activity in going from house to houso Thursday after noon while the domocratlo primaries were being held. This is not guess work with us. We saw it with our own eyes. Besides this evidence we submit a list of the delegates whom Bryan states were for him for United States Senator, more than two thirds of the number bear Roman Cathollo numes. Tho list as published below except that from tho First ward, and Bryan claims throe f them is the sunse one which ap peared In Mr. Bryan's paior, the World Herald, accompanied by tho assurance that they were for Bryan. And the worst part of it seems to be that the majority of them have been olocted. Tho following is the list referred to above: FIRST WARD. Owen Slaven. John Powers. D. Shanuahan. C. Conoyer. C. II. CotTner. J6hn Murphy. E. P. Million. George Bortrand. J. T. Couor. E. Whalen. II. J. McKenney. SECOND WARD. L. J. Plattl. Loo Ilerdman. A. P. Spltko. H. Elselo. A. Sloup. J. Sullivan. James Sllghtam. Sol Hopper. Peter E. Elsasser. Charles Hlnz. Fred Bloemer. THIRD WARD. Ed Rothory. Tom Murphy. D. Cosgrove. Gus Carey. John Reeves. John O'Connoll. Pat Horrlgan. Martin Shields. Pat Ford. Dick Burdlsh. James O'Donnoll. FOURTH WARD. C. H. Brown. P. C Heafey. R. C. Jordan. II. Rosenzwelg. R. V. Montague. T. J. O Brlen. Jeff W. Bedford. Samuel Rees. W. S. Shoemaker. C. C. Crawl. J. C. Morrison. FIFTH WARD. W. P. Barton James Daughton. I. J. Dunn. Thomas H. Dailey. Richard Lawless. P. H. Meehan. . A. P. McKenna. T. F. O'Brien. P. E. O'Donnell. Dr. S. R. Patten. John Leahy. SIXTH WARD. George Tieiney. John Reed. W. H.Chadwick. Joseph Sherry. W. A. Page. L. H. Parker. Jacob Riner. Charles A. Tracy. J. E. Reagan. Ed P. Smith. Dan B. Honin. SEVENTH WARD, A. Waggoner. Alma Jackson. A. Murphy. J. B. Huse. William Ackerman. P. Smith. James Schniderwind. M. Hogan. II. J. Farmer. J. D. La0oure. John Dennis. EIGHTH WARD. II. C. Miller. J. II. Schmidt. John McGorry. W. F. Wapplch. Barney Boyle. James P. Connolly. W. R. O'Shaughnewy. P. E. McKillip. J. A. Leaney. J. A. Connors. John McGreale. NINTH WARD. C. W. Bryan. John Hoe. F. W. J. Hart. Joel West. M. W. Payne. J. B. Kitchen. C. J. Smyth. George W. Ames. Ed Welch. C. L. Smith. P. W. Uirkhauser. SOUTH OMAHA, FIRST WARD. Ben S. Adams. Sam Gosney. Clint Morgan. J. M. Tanner. Second ward. James W. Lowry. John Flynn. James Holub. Thomas Flynn. third ward. C. M. Lyons. P. O. Connor. Barney McDermott. Patrick Curtln. r or several years we have attempted to convince decent democrats that they were being dominated by the Roman- ibis oui wey cave ooen arraid to take a Btand against that pernicious influence, and mon f respectability with """go business interests in this city, hare been turned down by the saloon loafers and ward heelers. Shame upon the democratic pat-li't I Are the illustrious namos of Jackson, of Jefferson to be razed to those of Ford, O'Sbaughnessy, Smyth, O'Connell, Connolly, McGreale, O'Brien, IlorrI- gan, O'Donnell, and.IIeafey? God for- bid. Yet today It is the Irish, long live tho Irish 1 TO OUR FRIENDS. Some members of the A. P. A., either never learned the principles of Tie order, or else they have soon forgotten them. This has beta proven true in nearly every large city where the ordor exists, and Is the result of one of two foreignisni, these principles. We as things, the slip-shod method of deliver- sert and are ready to prove our asser- Ing the secret work, or a preconceived idea on the part of some candidates to enter the order and use it as a stepping- stone for themselves or their friends to a position of trust and honor, falling in which they become disgruntled and rush into print, exposing the order to the malignant hatred of a Roma-ruled press, The place for business, political or otherwise, of tho A. P. A. to be dis- cussed is not in the newspapers, and those members who think otherwise be- long to one of the two classes above re- forred to. The work of the A. P. A., Its membership and its committees are not things which a member can disclose with Impunity. They are things which he is bound to keep to himself, falling to do which he becomes liable to expul- slon. J ust at the present some members of the American Protective Association in inicago, li one can Deueve the daily papers, are rushing into print con- aomning inis man lor this action, and that one for that, seemingly unmindful of their obligations. To us this seems entirely out of place, and were we a member of the councils to which those gentlemen belong, it is quite certain they would, have to explain in secret wieimcuonsinpuouo. uecause a man is doing ail in his power w iorwara me interests oi the I J .1 . uemucmuo ucKeus among tne memoor- tocrats is an unknown quantity. In ship of the A. P. A. Is not sufficient stances have occured where men huva reason for him being branded through the public print as a traitor to the order to which probably not one hun dred men know he belonged, The same is true of the man who is attempting to further the interests of a republican candidate, and what is true of the gen' tlemen who are urging the claims of their partisan friends, is equally true of those gentlemen who step outside the pale of all parties, organize a new one after their own idea, and place in nomination a ticket which meets their approval. It is an American privilege which we all enjoy, and which all have a right to exercise, with none to molest or make them afraid. That being so Mr. Gestefeld had a right to do all in his power for Henry Wulff to even swing the A. P. A. vote as one man to him and the republican ticket if the other members of that order were so timid that they feared to maice a move. ijiKewise Mr. Kichard- son, Mr. bims and Mr. Kelley had a perfect and a legal right to attempt to Induce good citizens members of the A. P. A. and others to join them is forming a new party and in placing a ticket in the field, even thoucrh that new ticket defeated every one of Mr. Gestefeld's friends. They hod that right by virtue of their American citi zenship, and that right is one which the principles of the A. P. A. uphold. In this country no man is accorded rights and privilege under the law except such as every other man is en titled to, and our advice to our Chicagi friends is "keep your political fights out of the papers; goto your council halls ana swear anew your allegiance American laws, and when you leave them, let it be with a determination accord to each other all the right and privilege you demand for yourself." WANT HIS NAME. We have in our possession a copy of a letter which was submitted to the Itikr-Ocean for publication, bearing the names of Charles Relnich, Leo J. Rich ardson, A. W. Slaught, M. D., C. B. Jones and J. A. Winters, in which thev requested the Ocean to name the "prominen tA. P. A.s" whc.ln an article under the caption of "Repudiate the Ticket," charged them with giving to the nmes the names and addresses of tho advisory board and the letter which Mr. Gestefeld is said to have addressed to the councils of tho A. P. A. They state that "those name and addresses were committed, as a sacred trust, to the keeping of but two men, Mr. Geste feld and the secretary of the board," and "whoever secured them must have taken them from a register in the pos session of either one of these men, and which had no right to be out of their possession." In concluding their article the gentlemen say: "Now, Mr. Editor, we want fair play Give us the names of the so called prominent A. P. A's, and we will point out the men who have been Instruments of the republican partv in the olot which has been hatching. As to whether their reward is to be money or spoils of ofllce we cannot say, but that some potent Influence has driven them to act as they have done Is quite evi- aeni. n is an oia auage "that every rogue believes every other man to be what he is himself." This is the only way in which we can account for the reckless charges that are made acainst us and the independent American citi zens party. We are charged with hav lng democratic money, a thing which is false. It might not be so far from fact were somebody to charge these gentlemen with having republican money. "Evil to him who evil thinks." We do not say that this is true, though It would not be a more heinous offence than to attempt to lead men who want to be true to their obligations, where they would be compelled to break them. An A. i A. is non-partisan. Ills prin- clples are one flag, one people, and true Americanism. He cannot stand by parties that ignore, in order to cater to tion, that no man who has become a member of the order can support either of the old parties, since they have both denounced the order and Its principles, one openly all over the country, and the other secretly, in some parts and openly In others. Neither party has dared adopt such principles and plat- lorm as that which was endorsed at Central Music hall last Wednesday night and this platform contains the principles and unfolds the objects of the A. P. A. Had either party done so and manifested a willingness to live up to It by the selection of out and out Amer. lean candidates there vould have been no occasion for tho birth of anew party. It Is however, born and growing, and destined to grow until It has American' lzed municipal, state and national poli- tics. As we have stated already, all we ask is fair plav. If vou want to see justice done regardless of consequences let this explanation, honestly due us and those with whom we are associated. appear in your paper." President Morsman of the Pacific Express Co. is evidently unaware of the manner in which William F. Bechel and his man Friday, prevent the men working under them from exercising their rififhts as American citizens. Freedom of political action among the employees under these two Dolitical au. " men been dismissed from their positions in the company's service, simply because they took an active part in politics that was opposed to what they or the parties who control the political action of these two worthies, were after. Very plain hints have been made to other employees that if thev took anv Dart in politics contrary to the lines laid down hv th auditnp unri Ma man ptri that at the very first opportunity their services would be dispensed with and thet could so elsewhere and look for a job. We feel sure that if Prsidf-nt Morsman and the directors of the company were cognizant of the fact that these tun mo.n am tumi tv, headquarters of the corDoration into a regular political "joss-house", that they would take the necessary steps to miti- gate this injustice to the employees. In a free country like America no citizen should be deprived of free political oc- t.lnn. And nn nrnnrat.inn n i these days of close competition afford to incur the ill-will of the public through the unworthy actions of any of its officials. What a hollow sham and mockery, justice is turned into, when controlled by the Roman hierarchy, if one is to judge from the following facts. Two lecherous pri nts of the Roman Catholic church one charged with se duction under peculiarly atrocious cir- cumsUuicc, the other with rape. Both tf them escape the punishment that. had they been other than priest of that church, should and would have been meted out to them for their crimes, The cse we rt-fer to are those of Prieet Leydon of Aurora, Illinois, and Priest Connolly of Duluth, Minn. In Priett LeydonVi cae he ha succeeded in el lencing Stessia Cuming the unfortun ate victim of his lust, and the criminal action against him for seduction has btn dismissed. In the case of Priest Connolly, he was sentenced to the pen! tentary for twenty year for the crime of rie committed on Nellie Hannon, one of his parishioner but was recently released on ball by appealing to the su preaie court against the decision. The prosecuting attorney has now decided not to proceed any further with the case and consequently Connolly goes free. Thus two lecherous crime-stained priests are again let loose on the com munity to practice their devllsh deeds under the cloak of their religious call lng. Why Is it that a priest of the Ro man Catholic church cannot be con vicicd ana punished the same as any other criminal? Echo answers, 'Whv?' In our issue of last week we com mented on tho removal of J. F. Cant well chief of the Youngstown, Illinois police, this was an error as regards the state, it was Youngstown Ohio. Mr. Cantwell'a friends are making a great roar over his dismissal, as they claim hi dismissal was brought about by the fact that he was a Roman Catholic. We would refer Mr. Cantwell and his friends to the report fron St. Louis, in the columns of this issue, where it is claimed that over two thirds of the po licemen summarily discharged the other day in that city, were dismissed because they were alleged to be mem bers q the American Protective Asso ciation, a Protestant patriotic order. We could also refer Mr. Cantwell and his friends to the action of the Board of Fire and Police commissioners in the city of Omaha rco., In discharging recently fifteen members of the police force, ten of whom were Protestants and the only charge against them be ing, as far as they knew, that they were Protestants and that they were supposed to be members of the A. P. A If John F. Cantwell was removed from the position of chief of police because he was a Roman Catholic, the action of the Board In removing him was justifi able. Any man whose first allegiance Is sworn to a foreign ecclesiastical po tentate should not be entrusted with such an important position as that Chief of Police. of The hierarchy of the Roman Catho lic church have made the announce' ment that it is the duty of pastors to look after the spiritual welfare and in struct lor the sacrament of those of their parish who attend the public schools. This declaration that pastors must give religious instructions to Catholic children who attend the public schools puts an end to a system which has been in operation in some parishes for many years. Children in these parishes, who attended the public schools instead of the parochial schools were not given religious Instruction. The disposition ol funds collected for the benefit of the "down-trodden' Irish has resulted in another split among the home (Rome) rulers. Believes He Is an Enemy of Organized Labor. New York, Sept. 5, 1894. H. H Boyles, Omaha, Nebraska Dear Sir; as one who is interested in the cause of organized labor, I notice that Wil liam J. Bryan is a candidate for United States senator in Nebraska. He has very smooth way of presenting his theories to the people from the plat form, and is honest enough to state his convictions. The workinsmen here who heard his speech at Cooper Union last teptemDer iioudj regard him as opposed to organized labor, for he used the following language: "Labor organ izations may sustain for a time the price of labor, but ultimately the wages will have to come down. The monu' facturer will be obliged to lower wages or discharge his men " As he was advocating tariff reform the only conclusion that can be reached is that the enactment of his ideas into law would result in lowering the wages of working men. As we have enough enemies of organized labor in the United States senate, I write this letter hoping that it will arouse my fellow workmen of Nebraska to prevent them from Increasing the number. Fra ternally, H. J. HUTTON. Member of Carpenters Union of New York City. Traveling Men For Majors. The following resolutions were a- dopted at a meeting of the executive committee of the state traveling men's league held In Lincoln Sept. 11 Resolved That we use our continued and constant efforts to defeat the pop ulist ticket and "stand up and be counted for Nebraska." Resolved That we recoernize In T. J. Majors, republican candidate for gov ernor, a constant and consistent friend of the traveling men, and we believe that by making for his election a spec ial effort we are standing' up for the best interests of the state. Resolved That a copy of these reso lutions be engrossed upon the records of this league, and copies be given to the public press. Lf jde I'rf leu til fpm Lecturing. Springfield, Ma.,.Sept. T Sev eral hundred person wLovfited Cil more' opera house last night expect ing t j hear Evangelist Thoma Ley den' on the "Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Wa it a Roman Catholic Plot?" were disappointed. The door were locked, and D. O. Gilmore, the proprietor" positively refused to open the house for the evangelist and hi audience, giving a hi reason that Mr. Leyden had failed to situ re a license from the city authorities to give a paid entertainment. The evangelist claim that he offered to pay in advance for the use of the opera house and give a free lecture, but that Mr. Gilmore re fused because it might injure his busi ness. The local members of the A. P. A., under whose auspices the evangelist has been lecturing in this city, are greatly excited over the affair. POLITICAL MOTES. Hon. Thomas D. Crane who served In the last legislature la a candidate for state senator. Mr. Crane would be a safe man to put on the ticket, as the vote of two years ago showed he ran away ahead of his ticket. J. L. Kaley Is a candidate for a re- nomination. His record is the best ever made by a county attorney. Philip E. Winter, H. II. Baldrlge and Harry Brome are rustling for the nomination for the office of county at torney. They are all well-fitted for the place. Richard Smith is a candidate for state senator. If nominated he will make a great run. The country delegates will make a strong effort to have a state senator and a member of the legislature chosen from some, of the outlying precincts. Noyes for the senate and Tiiiiuio for the house are most frequently men tioned. South Omaha will present the name of Attorney VanDusen for the office of county attorney. He is a clean and able young man. The race for county commissioner is between Sabine and Stenberg. Albin Johnson of the Sixth ward is a candidate for the house. He will be nominated. Dr. M. O. Rickets, M. F. Singleton and Editor Barnet are all aspiring to a seat in the legislature. Editor Jacobson aspires to sit in the state senate. WHAT THEY SAY. Seward Blade,'. Tom Majors has been a plain everyday farmer all his life, while Holcomb, the pop candidate for governor, is an ex-Burliigton railroad attorney. Tilden Citizen: The nomination of Thos. J. Majors for governor is con sidered, by old soldiers, as a compli ment to them and they will see that he is elected this fall. j Lyons Sun: We believe that T. J. Majors will make Nebraska as good a governor as we ever had. He Is a plain man, a farmer, with a heart as big as an ox, and as honest as the day is long. Pierce Call: Jack McColl says: "I will do all in my power to help roll up a rousing majority for Majors." What Jack says is emphatically echoed by his thousands of republican friends throughout Nebraska. York Times: The republican state ticket is a clean ticket from top to bottom. It is composed of men every one of whom has proven himself espe cially fitted for the position for which he has bean nominated. They are hon est and competent men, every one Df them, and they will be elected. Lyons Sun: Tom Majors received the support of sixty-four out of eighty nine counties in the state convention and the greatest railroad county in the state did not support him. In the face ot these dry facts, what's the use of talking about Majors being nominated by the railroads? Sutton News: There never was a time when all tae candidates nominated by any party in Nebraska has given more general satisfaction than the ticket now presented by the republican party does, from governor down through all the state, congressional, legislative and county candidates. Such general satisfaction presages certain victory and large majorities. Beaver City Tribune: The Trihunr. is for Majors for governor and has been from the first. Majors is a square-toed republican, anddo.s not part his brains In the middle and his hickory shirt buttons in the back. He possesses char acter and capacity, and his experience in public life has been eminently credit able. He is energetic and forceful, and whoever knows him respects and ad mires him. Hurrah for e-allant Tom. Atkinson Graphic: Long the truth has been divined. That Majors Is the man Who always wears a hickory shirt No populist can tan. And whether striped, red or blue It matters not for that 'Twill make a pop hunt for his hole And scare a democrat. i: