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OCTOBER 12. ISM.
Evkkyhuuy should attend the open
mooting to be given by Council No. 24
Saturday night.
We have a few McKlnley souvenir
badges left, which his admirers can
have at 10c and 25o each.
Peoria, 111., has a colored A. P. A.
council of about 250 members, and our
correspondent says, "there la not a
traitor in the ranks." Good.
I'iCS IX. In 1804 eald: "The Roman
pontiff cannot, and ought not, to recon
cile himself to or agree with progress,
liberalism and modern civilization."
The annual session of the Supreme
Council of the World, W. A. P. A., will
bo hold In Denver next year. Its ses
sion for this year was held In Chicago
lost week.
The A. P. A. Is growing rapidly In
Iola, Kas. The council was started
some six weeks ago and has now over
120 members. The leaders expect to
have a mom1 ershlp of 600 In a few
weeks.
WHAT we need in congress are states
men who are patriots in the highest
sense of the term, men of moral
stamina, who will not bo turnod from
the path of duty to their country by
the Jesuitical advances and Intrigues of
a foreign ecclesiastical power.
The Catholic Standard, of Phila
delphia, publishes statistics which show
there aro more Roman Catholic in
the saloon business than all other peo
ple, whether they have any church
preference or not. , This is a bad show
ing, but it is commendable for them to
acknowledge It.
Evangelist J. V. Updike will
preach Sunday night at the First Chris
tian church cor. Twentieth street and
Capitol avenue, 'aklng as his suhject
"The Strength and Weakness of Cath
olicism." The pastor, Rev. T. E.
Cramblet, extends an earnest invita
tion to everybody to come and hear Mr,
Updike.
C. L. Chaffee Is making a campaign
in behalf of the Republican ticket, such
as was never made in this county be
fore and if one can judge from what
people are saying it is going to be a
winner. Mr. Chaffee is ably assisted
by Secretary L -wis and the entire com
mittee in his efforts to elevate politics
and conduct the campaign on conserva
tive business principles.
The fact must not be lost sight of
that Ed. Smith, the Democratic nomi
nee for county attorney, is the especial
pet of the Roman Catholic wing of the
party. If elected he will oppose the
collection of taxes asses;ed against un
improved church property held for
speculative purposes. The laboring
men, and the businessmen for that mat
ter, can reduce their own tax bills by
insisting that every other piece of prop
erty bear its portion of the burdens of
taxation. A county attorney who will
owe his election to the influence of the
Roman church would not dare to insist
upon unimproved church property be
ing taxed. Defeat Smith and elect
Baldrige.
Bishop Matz, the Roman Catholic
bishop of Colorado, remarks in his
October pastoral that the A. P. A. is a
"monster, 11 and says that "it i sectarian j
bigotry, which, led on by a set of
faratics, bids fair to outdo the followers
of Cromwell and the mnniacs of the
French commune." He also states
that the Roman Catholic church in
Colorado is passing through ah appal
ing crisis from the effects of the A. P.
A., and urges Roman Catholics to vote
for men who are above prejudice, party
passions and sectarian bias. We under
stand this to be a part of politics which
the A. P. A. is fighting for. He fur
ther states of the A. P. A. that "it car
ries the constitution of the United
States in one hand and the Bible .n the
other." We would ask, what more do
honest people want?
CHtfcRN FOR MAJOHSI
IAnt Wedn.eday aft. rnoon and cry
ing Edward IteewaUr, editor of the
Omaha 11", Kke to Urge and eu
thuitic audience in the beautiful
city of York. Ills sHtH h was directed
against Thomas J. Major, the Repub
lican candidate for governor, and a
tulneman of that city, who was here
Thursday morning buying a Urge bill
of goods of Allen Bro , the wholesale
grocers, came to our office and related
what he had seen with his own eyes.
According to his report, the audience
was largely in favor of Majors, yet they
were kind enough to greet the Ike with
applause when he was introduced.
From that moment until he reached
the place where It became necessary to
mention the name of the Republican
nominee everything was as quiet and
orderly as a Methodist prayer-meeting.
Hut as he uttered "Tom Majors," as old,
bewhiskered citizen whom everybody
in the town knew and respected, arose,
swung tils nal annul tils head, anu
proposed three cheers for Ton Majors.
They were given with a will. The old
man sat down, put his hat in his lap,
while his face was wreathed in smiles.
Mr. Buewator proceeded. Again he
had occasion to say "Tom Majors," and
again that bewhiskered individual
arose and proKsod three cheers for
Tom Majors, which were given louder,
if possible, than the others. The
speaker, who is the ouly Simon-pure
Republican In Nebraska, looked nettled,
but he is a tenacious, persevering fel
low, so he took up the thread of his
speech where it had been broken by
the cheers for Majors and proceeded.
A chamber of death was never more
silent that the York opera house was
when the editor got his hair to lay
down and bo quiet while he proceeded
with a speech that was being punctured
with applause. He spoke for a time
and steered clear of "Tom Majors," but
just as the old citizen In the first row
of seats was growing restless and nerv
ous, the speaker jerked out something
about corjKiration tools, railroad domi
nations and Tom Majors. In a minute
York's old, time-honored citizen was
on his feet, his hat was whirling about
his head, and he was proposing three
cheers for Tom Majors. The vast aud
ience of, men and women wearing blue
ribbons on which was printed a picture
of "Tom Majors, the Next Governor,"
inspired by the example of their fellow
townsman, arose as one person, waved
hats, handkerchiefs, canes, umbrellas
and fans, and fairly raised the roof off the
building as they gave three cheers for
Tom Majors. When quiet reigned the
speaker took occasion to say that If
they valued the fair name of their city
even if they all intended voting for
Majors they would keep quiet, stop
cheering for Majors and allow him to
finish his speech. From then on until
the close there was no demonstration,
yet those who read the editor's account
of his reception and the speech he de
livered would never have known that
York city and county was going for
Tom Majors by an overwhelming ma
jority. Yet that is what we are told is
going to happen in "November.
"WHO PAYS THEIR CAMPAIGN
EXPENSES?"
Chicago, 111., October 4th, 1894.
Editor The American Dear Sir:
Being in deep sympathy with anything
which bears the name "American,"
and as I understand the Independent
American Citizens' Party are, accord
ing to their platform, pledged to every
thing American, I would like to ask
you, Mr. Editor, through the columns
or vour valuable oaoer. two Questions.
viz.: Where does the Independent
American Citizens' Party secure the
funds for carrying on its campaign?
Ana wny does tne independent Amort
can Citizens' Party use the Chicago
'iv.-. -u n - r. .
official organ?
The reason I ask this. Mr. Editor, is
owing to the very conflicting rumors
wuicn have been circulated regarding
the Independent movement, and in jus
tice to yourself, and to all American'
loving citizens, I request the publiea
tlon of this letter in your next week's
issue, along witn your answer to the
same.
1 am heartily in favor of an Independ
ent movement, and Over my own signa
ture ao not Hesitate tr say that 1 would
do all in my power to advocate the
same, so long as it 'ras conducted hon
estly and fearlessly.
1 rusting you will furnlsn your read
ers with the desired data, I am respect
fully yours, JOHN ANNAL.
We are pleased with this letter,
Pleased because it shows the sentiment
which pervades the hearts of thousands
of honest American citizens who are
seeking the truth with regard to the
Independent American Citizens' Party
and we are pleased because it affords us
an opportunity to disabuse their minds
of the impression that Democratic
money is paving its campaign expenses,
or that Democratic papers are its official
oruans.
The first question Mr. Annal asks is
"Where does the Independent Ameri
can Ultizena t'arty secure the funds
for carrying on Its campaign?" From
the candidates on its ticket, from the
men and women who organized the
new party and by private subscriptions
irom men in sympathy with the move,
Neither its managers nor any candidate
upon its ticket has accepted nor will
they accept money from any other
source. They are not conducting
boodle campaign. That is one of the
things they abhor one of the things
ttwy condemn and one of the things
they will not resort to. They are con
ducting a campaign on conservative
bus'.nrt methods. They do ut propose
to buy a vote; wither do they propose
to allow theo'tier fellows to buy one if
they can prevent it. The candidate
chip In when a hall is hired and boar
the expense, while the Sjekx'r who
appear and dlacuss the issues of the day
do so without asking, expecting or re
ceiving any compensation for their
service. Nearly every man who has
done auy work for the new ticket has
don.' so "without money and without
price," and what few of the army of
worki-r have boen paid for their er
vieea, must admit they have been poorly
paid for the work done. But they, like
the others who havedonated their time
and their services havo not been work
ing for the paltry sum the committee
was able to pay them for distributing
campaign literature or for circulating
petitions for signatures; they have boen
working for principle working to lay
securely tho foundation which will elect
a Protoetant as mayor of Chicago next
spring, who will not feel called upon to
discharge men in official positions
simply because they belong to the
Masonic order, or because they are
members of patriotic orders. This
move is to redeem Chicago from Rome
rule, from gamblers rule, from saloon
rule, and from the influence of harlotry
and thieving. It Is to be in favor of
the home, of American liberties, and
against anything and everything which
tends to jeopardize the purity of the
first or the perpetuity of the latter.
The second question which Mr. Annal
asks is: "Why does the Independent
American Citizens' Party use the Chi
cago Time, above all others, as its of
ficial organ?" It does not. It has no
organ. That it does not, and that the
Titms does not consider itself the official
organ of the Independent American
Citizens' Party our friend . ill readily
admit if he stops and thinks lor one
moment. By referring to the files of
the 2Ymes he will find that it has boen
the party's worst enemy. While pre
tondlng to be friendly it has reforred to
the ticket put up by the Independent
American Citizens' Party as the "A. 1
A. ticket," as the "Sims ticket," and
in various other ways attempted to give
the movement a black eye. While we
do not think the designation of the In
dependent American Citizens' ticket
as the A. P. A. ticket would cost the
party a single vote, it is evident to us,
that the designation was made with
that intention; and the same idea was
ppermost when the same paper at
tempted to make it appear that the In
dependont American Citizens' Party
was a one-man party, and that one man
was Prof. Sims. 1
But it is not in the news columns of a
paper where men acquainted with jour
nalism look for an endorsement or a
condemnation of a new move. They
go to the editorial page; and in no in,
stance have we seen the Independent
American Citizens' Party endorsed
there. We have seen many cuts at the
Republican party being afraid of the
new ticket evidently made in the hope
of keeping Republicans away from the
new party.
The rumors which Mr. Annal refers
to were started by either Democrats or
Republicans for the purpose of injuring
the movement with just such honest
conscientious men as our correspondent
seems to be) and are on a par with the
lies usually sprung during a campaign
against candidates on opposing tickets.
In order to be fair with our opponents
we shall not resort, and the Independ
ent American Citizens' Party managers
will not resoi t to the methods employed
by old line politicians who proceed
upon the Jesuitical line that the "end
ustifies the means."
We are not fighting the Republican
or Democratic parties; we are fighting
for principle, and we ask all those men
who believe the encroachments of par
tisan politics upon that grand order,
the American Protective Association,
will eventually result in its disestab
lishment to come out to the polls and
cast their votes for the nominees of the
party which is built squarely upon its
declaration of principles.
If this answer is a little lengthy we
believe it is concise, and that it will
satisfy our friend who has been kind
enough to ask the questions. Should
any other elector feel disposed to ask
us any questions we shall endeavor to
answer them to his entire satisfaction
We endorse and live up to the principles
laid down by the Independent Ameri
can Citizens' Party, which appear on
another page of this issue, and to which
your attention is respectfully directed
THE prince of Monaco, who runs the
largest gambling Institution, or as it
should be more correctly described-
gambling hell in the world, recently
presented Pope Leo with a golden vase
said to be worth $30,000. A magnificent
regal gift indeed, notwithstanding the
source from whence it emanated, it is
not stated that Leo had any scruples in
accepting the gift.
McGregor council No. 62 of Indiana
located in Brazil, a city of 8,000 inhabi
tants, has a membership of 800 and will
have 1000 by November 1st. This is
good for a city of this size and in a Ro
man Catholic region.
Ex -Priest Slattery and his estim
able wife are doing good work lecturing
at Bir.ghamton, N. Y. His lectures
have been attended by large and appre
ciative audiences.
AS A1IM KI CLAIM
That the Trntperal Soirreignt; f the
IVp Is a Newwdtj.
The recent convention In this city of
German Cat holies Roman "resolved"
ca some things which set-m very
strange in this progressive ago of the
world. Among other things it resolved,
in effect, that "the social question" can
not be solved without the re-establishment
of the church in control of society.
In a not very remote past the church j
was the govi rning power in the world, I
with St. Bartholomews, the Sicilian
vespers, the Waldentlan and many
ther cru ltles, the torture chamber,
the fagot, and the stake, as the fruits
it bore, and the horrors of the French
revolution as one of the reactions
against its ruler. What guarantee
have we that, if placed in control of
society again, its future would be any
better than its past.
The convention resolved also that
parents have the right to choose their
own schools and teachers, and Roman
ists the right to establish and govern
their own parochial schools. If these
schools and these teachers meet the
standards established bv the whole
state, no American will dispute these
propositions. But they must meet
those standards, or they have not a
shadow of right to existence under the
protection of the state, nor can the vol
untary assumption of the burden of
supporting them be held to in any wise
excuse papists from other burdens im
posed by the state on all citizens alike.
Perhaps the most absurd and at the
same time the most insidious "resolu
tion" was that "the temporal sover
eignty of-the holy see is indispensable
for the true government of the church."
What does this mean? Does it mean
only the sovereignty over a little dis
trict Immediately around the residence
of the pope? Or does it mean that con
struction of temporal sovereignty
which of old enabled the head of the
church to interfere with the adminis
trative affairs of any papal country
whensoever, in the pontiff's judgment,
advisable in the Interest of the church
or its members? If the former, the
question is one exclusively for the king
dom of Italy, lithe pope should de
cide to emigrate to America and estab
lish his residence in this country, it
would become a question for the United
States, and whatsoever state he might
elect to reside in, and their decision
would not be at all likely to coincide
with the resolution of this convention.
If "temporal sovereignty" is to be
given the other meaning, and justify
the church in dictating, or even advis
ing, the political policy of any state, it
is as archalo and outworn and im
possible as the Ptolemaic cosmogony.
Astronomy can never again go behind
Copernicus, nor government lapse into
theocracy or ecclesiocracy. But how
ever it is a curious phenomenon that
such resolutions could be seriously con
sidered and gravely adopted by any
body of men in this last decade of the
Ineteenth century. They either mean
nothing at all, and so are more child's
play, or their tendency is subversive of
every principle of the civil state whose
protection alone enables these men to
meet and "resolve" in peace. AT. Y,
Advertiser.
Good and Pure Government.
The chief function of good govern
ment Is the preservation of liberty.
Wherever political corruption exists,
there liberty is threatened. The dis
semination of false standards of politi
cal morality throughout various metro
politan districts of the United States is
jeopardizing the cause of American
iberty and threatening the destruction
of the American republic itself. It is
chiefly in the large cities, with their
polyglot population, that misgovern
ment and injustice find encouragement.
There is no royal road to municipal
reform and urban defecation. It is
only by conscientious work, incessant
work, that our politics can be refocil
atod.
The growing disregard for law and
order and for the rules of common hon
esty on the part of large numbers of
both public officers and private persons
is one of the alarming signs of the
times. There ought to be a revival of
Spartan simplicity and Spartan sin
cerity in the midst of us. Laws founded
in righteousness and justice must come
to be our common rule of life. Those
who love good government and hate
political iniquity will prove their faith
by the manner in which they discharge
the sacred civic duties and responsibil
ities that rest upon them. Each elector
who shirks his civic obligations is
guilty of incivlcism. "To secure the
empire of the law not only over the
actions, but over the sympathies of the
people is the very first end of enlight
ened statesmanship, and the degree in
which it is attained is the very best test
of good government," writes the bril
liant and versatile Lecky in his "His
tory of England in the Eighteenth
Century," Voi. II., page 218.
yuailned electors who will not vote
should be disfranchised. Non-voters
are not constituted elements of the
American commonwealth. "Loyalty is
in tne .ngusn a suo-reiigion, says
Emerson. Loyalty is the test of good
citizenship in all free states. While
the American idea of loyalty may in
minor degree diverge from that of the
English, yet throughout the English
peaking world the cause of pure gov-
e-cment is enshriued in the heart of
every loyal clti'-en. A constitutional
ist's loyal'y and patriotism shine forth
at the ballot-box, around which the
moral forces of civil society must gather.
The moral grandeur and the exalted
patriotism of a free nation will find ex
pression at the ballot-box. But the
franchise should be restricted to those
who are competent aBd worthy to ex
ercise it. The bribable suffragans
must so far as possible and practicable,
be expelled from the body of the citi
zenry of America. The vicious, the
venal, the criminal, the inebriate, the
ignorant, have no more right to propag
ate their species through the medium
of the ballot-box. Citizens of character
and persons of principle should govern
the world. Mind, not muscle, should
teady the ship of state. "The true
greatness and welfare of nations de
pend mainly on the amount of moral
force that is generated within them,"
etlares Mr. Leek v.
Good government obtains wherever
the moral force of the community is
sufficient to overcome the force of the
immoral and the unmoral. The un
moral citizen, passive, easy-going, non-
civic, neglectful, careless, indifferent,
s not a factor in the political progress
of the age. The unmoral and non-voting
citizen, being a practical nonentity, Is
no more worthy to be counted among
the exponents and exemplars of politi
cal purity than the immoral and venal
voter. The consistently moral citizen
will exercise the sacred right of fran
chise. The supposedly good citizen
who will not vote, is an intransigent
and flagitious enemy of all good govern
ment, of all political reform and of all
patriotic principles. The free and en
lightened citizens of the American
republic must band themselves together
for the necessitous purpose of perpetu
ating the principles of liberty, freedom,
law and pure government, and for the
dissemination of popular education.
There is exigent need of associations,
societies and clubs for the maintenance
of good government greater need than
for organizations whose sole object is
the propagation of theories of morals
or theories of esthetics.
Adalbert Beach.
Kate Field Answered.
Kansas City, Oct. 4, 1894. Editor
The American: Miss Kate Field in
a recent lecture, referred to in the St.
Louis "Post-Dispatch" of September
16, and over her own signature, says
I deplore a movement that seems to
me to be unconstitutional." bne nas
reference to the American Protective
Association. I fail to see where or in
what way the question of constitution
ality can arise under our laws that may
relate to any secret society. That
clause in the constitution of the United
States that says no person shall be de
barred from suffrage or office on ac
count of religious opinions has nothing
to do with secret societies, and all well
informed persons know this to be a fact,
It is the ignorant and shallow-brained
Romanist who harps loudest on this
subject. At the time the constitution
was adopted as the paramount law of
the land, a peculiar condition of affairs
existed. We had the old Puritans, the
Free Thinkers, the Agnostics and the
infidels, so-called, all of whom had en
gaged in the war for independence, and
all were patriots, with Thomas Jeffer
son and Thomas Paine prominent
among them. That provision, then,
that we find in the constitution was put
there to prevent religious bigotry from
disfranchising non-christians and unbe
lievers in religious dogmas. It has
nothing to do with the individual opin
ion or rights to vote for whom you
please, but if a Cathullc, or Protestant,
or non-religionist is elected to office or
offers to vote, then the constitutional
provision referred to becomes at once
active and operative, and says you can't
deny this person the office or his vole
on account of his religious or non-re.
ligious belief. This question has never
been in the courts of the United States,
and would not for a moment be enter
tained by any United States judge. It
would be a silly proceeding. The A. P.
A. organizations have a right as such
to cast their votes against a Roman
Catholic for office, as the Clan-na-Gaels,
Hibernians, Knights of St. Patrick,
Jesuits, and other Roman Catholic
societies do cast their votes for their
own kind only. It is a common remark
among the ignorant to say: "The A.
P. A. is unconstitutional." iney are
only "poll parrots," and repeat what
they hear some poor fool say. All Pro
testant institutions of charity, reform
or learning are always glad to have the
authorities, the public, and the news
paper reporters visit them, and wel
come them. They take it as a compli
ment. Why do Roman Catholic institu
tions fight against it? Janius
Dulutli News.
Duluth, Minn., Oct. 9. McGolerich
who claims to be bishop of Duluth, is
about to preach a few sermons. He
will use these subjects: "Popes and
Their Persecutors." "Did Jesus Christ
Appoint a Head for His Church?" "The
Government of the Church Bad
Popes." "The Rise and Progress of
Heresy in the World." "What the
Church's Enemies Say of Her." "Mod
ern Persecution Its peculiar methods."
The A. P. A. will get a good sound
roasting of course. They get that
every time tho good bishop gets
'crack" at them. But "Mac" had better
deal with the "Bad Popes" very lightly,
as they were infallible and unable to
sin. If the A P. A. pulls through the
ordeal, readers of THE American need
not be surprised. We are getting used
to it. Zenith.
It has been understood that General
Mann was the choice, and would be the
nominee of the Independent American
Citizens party for the t fflee of state
treasurer, but at the last moment
when It was too late for the managers
of the movement to circulate a new
petition and place another man upon
the official ballot -he refLsei to allow
his name to appear on the ballot as the
candidate of the Indep. tdent Ameri
can Citizens party. While General
Mann is capable and would make an
fficient officer, his action in letting the
new party "told tne Dag wnue ne
goes on the ticket as an Independent
Republican will not enhance his
chances one bit. With this condition
staring us in the face we cannot see, at
this time, which one of the candidates
could be consistently supported by mem
bers of the Independent American Citi
zens party. But for the despicable
tricks practiced by the friends of Henry
Wulff we should advise his election
over a man who trifled with the confid
ence of the new party managers, and
deserted them at the lsst moment. As
it is, we shall keep our hand out of the
fight for a week or two, until the man
agers of the new party decide what is
the best thing for their movement;
when that decision is reached we shall
accept it as an honest conclusion, and
if in line with what we believe is for
the best interests of the A. P. A. it
shall receive our support. It seems to
us as though its influence ought not
to be exerted for Mann.
POLITICAL JiOTES.
Every voter should register this year.
Last year's registration will not count
for anything when you come to vote in
November.
The West Side Republicans propose
having a grand rally Monday evening
at their hall, Forty-Fourth and Leaven
worth streets. Several prominent
speakers will be present.
Boyd and Deaver are entertaining
their admirers in Omaha this week,
while Mercer is looking after his fences
in Sarpy county. As the campaign
progresses the congressional fight be
comes more interesting.
Jas. Allan is conducting a clean and
active canvass for representative, and
we believe his election is pretty gener
ally conceded. He has hosts of friends
among laboring men of Omaha, and
they know that they can depend upon
him.
Benson Place will be taken possession
of next Tuesday night by the Republi
cans. They will hold a big meeting in
the town hall, which will be addressed
by Judge Tipton, Attorney J. A. Wil
liams and a number of other noted
speakers.
The Republicans of South Omaha are
preparing for a big time next Wednes
day night. They have secured
Pivonka's hall, Twenty-Fourth and L
streets, and will assemble to listen to
speeches by J. W. Johnston, Thos. D.
Crane and H. H. Baldrige.
Clifton Hill Republicans propose to
have a love feast at Forty-Fourth and
Grant streets next Monday night. Hon.
E. M. Bartlett and Philip E. Winters,
together with a large number of candi
dates, will be present and address the
meeting.
There will be a grand rally of Repub
licans of the Seventh and Ninth wards at
the club hall, Forty-Fourth and Leav
enworth, next Monday evening, which
will be addressed by Hon. J. A. Wil
liams, Hon. A. W. Jeffri8 and Hon. A.
S. Churchill. Every Republican in
those wards should turn out. '
SEDALIA, MO., SEWS.
(From our Special Correspondent.)
The court house was filled Saturdav
rf
night, October 6, with the best people
of Sedalia to hear a lecture by Rev, D.
B. Ray, of St. Louis, on the subject of
"Political Romanism." Manv of the
weak-kneed Protestants were made to
open their eyes. Every sentence that
the speaker uttered was proven by
stern facts. Round after round of ap
plause greeted his remarks, showing
that our people appreciate the need of
the American movemant, and that they
are heartily in accord with the A. P.
A. in this vicinity. A sermon was de
livered Sunday afternoon by Rev. Ray,
in the Methodist church, on a similar
subject, to a large assembly of inter
ested people.
The members of the A. P. A. are
working with zeal in every part of
Pettis county, and American literature
can be found in almost every house.
Those w ho desire to subscribe for, or
buy a single copy or more, of The
American can do so by calling on B.
F. Shook, rojm 14, Ingenfritz building,
Sedalia, Mo.
Last Friday night some one paintod
on the pavement in front of the court
house, these words: "Lecture on Pol
itical Romanism tonight in court
house." The letters were about one
foot square. The morning following a
man was seen trying to abolish the
sign with ashes and lye, but he did not
succeed. They remained as plain as
ever.
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