XME AMERICAN 3 AN AMERICAN PARTY. P&triotio Citizens cf Chicago Form Th Independent American Citizers" Party. Declaration of Prhiriple, rutforn anJ Roolutiou Adopted at a Muss Con vention Held in IVutral Music Hall. We believe the time has come when all who love our nation and its institu tions and are true to its flag, in-order to be faithful to their obligations as citizens, must take concerted action as a free and Independent voting p" alanx In the arena of polities, with a view to meet and defeat at the ballot box those who, by the aid of partisan combina tions, have corrupted our municipal, state and national governments. We believe that a crisis Is upon us which threatens theoverthrow of popu lar government; that a military ec clesiasticltsm such as marked the mediaeval ages, supported by the im perialism of dishonestly acquired wealth, has gained control of our politi cal machinery and that It is being used for the aggrandizement of un-American institutions and to compel the recogni tion of the right of a foreign power to dictate our municipal, state and na tional politics. Our flag, too, is dishonored at home and abroad and our institutions are at tacked, our legislative bodies are cor rupted, our courts of justice are in timidated and used to clear the guilty and condemn the rlghtdoers, our sena tors are made afraid, our representa tives are coerced, our constitution un dermined and might, not right, has be come the predominating principle of the old political parties while that dan gerous trinity foreign to true American citizenship, the arch enemy of freedom and good government plunder, hypoc risy and sham hold high carnival with public trusts and divert from con stitutional channels an impoverished people's money. ONLY TRUE AMERICANS WANTED. We believe the time has come when in order to meet the danger that threatens our institutions America should be ruled by those who by birth or honest adoption have become citi zens and that none but those whose al legiance and devotion to our institu tions, constitution and flag are para mount to all other human claims upon them should be trusted on guard. We recognize the fact that there is an awakening abroad among honest citizens born of the spirit of patriotism which demands attention. Protection for American Institutions, for the na tion's flag and honor and for its educa tional system has become a living issue during the last few years, and as a con sequence a loud and significant call is being made throughout the nation by people who have heretofore affiliated with the various political parties for a purification of political methods, for honest and wise legislation and for the faithful execution of the same when it has become law. We believe the time has come when the American citizen who is true to the vital principles which underlie our sys tem of government ,must break away from the political bosslsm and corrupt ing intrigue which control the two old parties in national, state and municipal politics. These parties, which In the beginning of their careers served to a certain extent the great mass of the American people, because they were controlled by honest and Joyal men, have today become the dens in which congregate the political thieves and robbers who infest our national, state and municipal seats of government. We believe that partisan politics is undermining our institutions to such an extent that the virtue and morality by which only popular government can subsist are Jno longer known quantities among party leaders. This, the very foundation of American liberty, is dis appearing and the great governmental machine destined by the patriot fathers as a means by which our free and hu mane institutions should be perpetuated from generation to generation is being turned into an engine for their destruc tion and final overthrow under the con trol of unprincipled men whose ambi tion is greater than their patriotism. Nor is the condition less alarming when we take into consideration the fact that these men are backed by the criminal, vicious and illiterate elements of so ciety, mostly under foreign influence, which form a voting contingent suffi ciently strong -to demand and receive recognition. HOODWINKED BY BAD PROMISES. We believe that honest citizens, men who destre.to perpetuate a government of the people, by the people and for the people, have been grossly deceived and hoodwinked from time to time by cun nuningly designed platforms and fair promises made by party leaders and manipulators, which platforms and promises have alike been ignored and forgotten when they were no longer needed as a vote-catching bait. We believe that the time has come when, In justice to ourselves as true and independent American citizens and out of regard to the fathers of our in stitutions and with respect to the graves of the1 heroes who laid down their lives to protectthem and preserve us a nation and an unsullied flag, we should arise In our might as one man, casting off the chains of partisanship, and rebuke and punirh the political ire-pullers, tho treacherous ring hotft's and professional boodlers who run the partisan machines of both the democratic and republican parties for their criminal dishonesty, In the con- ductlngof public affairs. And, further, that the parties which they have cor rupted and demoralized should be rele gated back into that oblivion from which they have sprung at the people's command. They have become the tools of a foreign aud un-American balance of power which oeuly avows its pur pose to be the overthrow of our liber ties, and hence have ceased to be vir tuous and moral channels through which the true citizen can exercise his fran chise without the moral taint of treason. Furthermore, they have become instru ments by which their respective bosses have by corrupt means perpetuated their power for official aggrandizement and dishonest gain. In them the peo ple have been blindly led to indorse ad ministrations and leaders who have be trayed the sacred trusts bestowed upon them, and who have catered to a dan gerous and unconstitutional controlling power In whose interests legislation has taken place, to the neglect and damage of the true citizen. EITHER PROTEST OH BECOME CRIMINAL We believe that to longer suffer with out organized protest political sycop hants to reward themselves for their treason to our institutions by the dis honest spoils of office would be to en danger our self-respect and destroy our American manhood. Our knowledge of partisan machine political malad ministration compels us to either op pose and stand on guard or become par takers with the political criminals whose business is treason against the people's rights and liberties. We believe the present to be the right time and Cook county the right place in which to raise a standard rep resenting faith in American institu tions, purity in municipal, state and national government and protection to the magna charta of American inde pendence among the people, that they may gather about American principles and help to bring success to honest is sues by exercising their voting frvn- chises for the election of honest repre sentative men, whose love of country is greater than their partisanship, men who are pledged to stand by our lostl tutions and the principles which they involve, such men as would rat er suf fer defeat than gain victory at the ex pense of liberty and by conniving at treason, men who are Americans by birth or honest adoption and whose franchise can neither be bought nor sold, representatives who will repre sent the American people and not a foreign prince. We believe no standard will be more acceptable to the great mass of true American citizens who have in response to the call of patriotism thrown off par tisan shackles and hoodwinks than that which bears a name which expresses the independence of the American voter, and that is the independent American citizen's party. Platform. civil Service. Civil service reform should be extended to all grades of public ser trice town, city county, state and nation. Fitness and not partisan nor sectarian service should be the essential tests, flde'lty, efficiency and true Americanism the only Bure tenure of office. The spoils system, by which lucrative offices are doled out as a reward for un-American and ecclesiastical support to political part ies. Is a dangerous enemy to our Institutions and good government. MONEY. Money should consist of gold, giver and greenbacks. A'l paper money should be Issued by the government directly to the people in the form of national greenbacks and certificates of deposits Issued from a system of postal savings banks, In sums of $10 and upward, thus giving the people the same advantages now conferred by the gov ernment upon national banks. All moneys Issued by the United States should be a full legal tender for all debts, both public and prlvatfl. The purchasing or debt-paying powers of any dollar coined or issued by the United States should be made and kept the equivalent of that of any other dollar so coined or Issued. The Issuing of Interest-bearing bonds should be discontinued and bonds that are now out should be paid as fast as possible, and thus a system which increases the bur dens of the people in the Interests of the non- producing money owners be aDated In the interest of the Investors of capital in com merclal enterprises and Industries. IMMIGRATION. Our Immigration law should be so changed and Immigration restricted that It will pro tect our citizen laborers from the evil Influ ence and unequal competition of pauper and criminal labor, which, through the instru mentality of European propagandist societ ies and the subtle assistance of their ecclesiastical agents here, 'are rap'aly sup plementing our free and enlightened Anierl can citizens In every line of Industry, and by their Illiteracy and the superstitious, un-American lnflunce which control them are becoming a menace to our liberal Insti tutions. TRUSTS AND MONOPOLIES. LThe concentration of wealth in the bands of the few means the Impoverishment of the many, and as a consequence their enslave ment; therefore, the vigorous prosecution and abolition of all trusts now existing in violation of state and United States statutes is demanded, and the further suppression of all trusts and combines, sm.-h as the sugar trust, tho cordage trust, oil trust, the wbluky trust, etc., wheih are designed to enrich tho f(!W at the expt.-nse of the many, and which are in their nature and results contrary to the spirit ,and genius of our national Institutions, laws and government. TARIFF. A tariff for protection, honestly adminis tered. Is necessary for the oncounigement of our Infant ImlustrW s. That the calamitous (nsnt-Ul rroulu otvaatonrd by Ibe frruent pnrti.no agitation and 'linf la the tariff may I vi!i)rd. Ihrrw nhould b appointed a non partisan coiuinUniou on tariff couimkmh1 of rvurt-M-rilativr from tho dlfiVn-nt tiranclu of bu-tara and labor, tux duty It hll be to rrgularly r-oiumtnd to coo ftrm ou.-h changca In tart IT laws Mi will prr rrve and prunvt the pmple in oonU-tiliiu-nl and pnp-rlt) , and lalutala the govrrn int iit. and thus takeout of partisan polltlm thi rcomniiic guevtloo whh b ha no proprr place there. rt'at-ic rt-MM. PuMlo fund, aeourt-d from tho Ui and burden tx-arlng lh heavlmtt upon lb com mon proulo- ar lMing divvrU'd from their Irgltlmate purpoaea and used for the corrup tion of political parti-.au voter and political machine organizations. Ity atmng legisla tive action we should demand of our public officers, who art entrusted with the public funds, an honeM and acrupulous care of the people's money aud comiiel tin-in to pay Into the public treasury every dollar of Interest earned on all such public funds. That all religious aud sectarian cootllcM between our cltltens may be avoided and public funds be properly applied there should be do appro priation whatsoever of any public funds to any sectarian Institution of any kind what soever, and all church property should bear Its just proportions of taxation. THIS LAHOH 1HSI E. Labor existed prior to capital, and Is there fore independent of capital. The conflict between labor and capital will be closed only when labor emancipate Itself from the rule of professional agitation aud machine poli ticians. Capital and labor are absolutely necessary to each other. The rights of each will ultimately be best served by an honest ballot, and not by the aid of the bayonet. Capital Is the fruit of latior, and Ita surest safeguard is In the loyalty of labor to its fruits. There should be a yste m of otTectlve legislation which will Insure by arbitration the rights of labor and capital alike and secure Justice to employer and employe. CMTEK STATES SENATORS. In order to conserve the rights of the peo ple and Insure a continuation of a govern ment based upon the "Vox uopull, vox Iel" sovereignty of the people and keep them In direct touch with the legislative depart ment of government, United States senators should be elected by the direct vote of the people. PUBLIC EDUCATION. As the quality of a republican form of gov ernment is either good or bad according to the Intelligence of Its people we demand that all nations, state and municipal non-sectarian public schools and Institutions of learn ing shall bo protected from all sectarian Interference, and that no sectarian school or Institute of learning shall at any tlmo nor under any circumstances receive public money for their support, nor shall any sec tarian school or Institution of education be at any tln.e declared a public school for the purpose of drawing public moneys. PUBLIC CHARITIES. We demand that all lnstltntions of charity which receive public moneys must be non sectarian and under the complete control of the nation or state, and that no sectarian Institution of charity shall receive Bupport by grants of public money or land or their equivalents. CITIZENSHIP No foreigner coming to this country should become a citizen until he has bad a contlnu ous residence of not less than five years In the country, and has foresworn his former allegiance to prince or potentate who claim temporal sovereignty, be he a civil or eccles iastical sovereign, nor shall such naturalized foreigner be permitted to exercise the vot ing franchise until he can read In the legal language of the country the Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Inde pendence, and the Constitution of the state In which he resides. COUNTY AND CITY. The Independent American citizen's party pledges Itself that If Its nominees are elected the gambling dens and cesspools of vice which have been permitted to run riot under the reign of both parties when In power, In defiance of law and subllc morality, will be suppressed so far as It lies In the power of the county officials so to do. We believe a law should be passed which would compel the recognition by the mayor and chief of police of the complaint of any ten reputable citizens who at any time may charge that unlawful business of a criminal and de moralizing character Is being carried on within the city limits, and which would, in case the said officials refuse or neglect to Investigate according to law such charges and If sustained shall take measures to abate such unlawful and criminal business be sufficient ground for an action In I in peachment of either or both of said city officials. Whereas, It is a fact that at several of the state conventions of the demo cratic party there have been resolutions adopted denouncing all secret political orders, and especially the American Protective Association, and thereby in fact declaring that they were opposed to all patriotic orders: and, Whereas, The populist party in con vention assembled has also at different times and prices, by resolutions or otherwise, declared itself opposed to such organizations as above mentioned; and, Whereas,': Several leaders of the re publican party have by public utter ances expressed themselves as opposed to such organizations; and, Whersas, No political party, up to date, has in any way shown a disposi tion to defend 6uch patriotic associat- tlons by word or act; be It therefore, Resolved, That we, the Independent American citizens party in convention assembled, hereby indorses any and all patriotic associations, political or other wise, which have any or all of the fol lowing sentiments embodied in their declaration of principles, to-wlt: Protection to our constitution and laws. Protection of the stars and stripes. Protection to the free public school system of our nation; radical revision of the naturalization laws; restriction of emigration; absolute separation of church and state: no public funds for sectarian purposes and be it further Resolved, That a copy of these res olutions be mailed by our secretary to each of tho patriotic" newspapers throughout the entire United States. "No more cunning dlot was ever de vised against the freedom, the happi ness, and the virtue of mankind, than Romanism." Gladstone.) HISTORY MADE BY LUCK. Maaf Notabla retil. Hi fir-rarr4 ItrrauM of TrtrUI II tp niiiga. Ir. Lafferty, of New Oi lean , recni- ly delivered a lectur.t u ' l-ee'a I.acW of Luck." The dn.-t.ir I .1.1 how two English anota, at a ivsl-turaut in Paris, by their neer ttrove Murat ont of Mrvie as a wa ter ami through this accident Mural Ix-camo m irshal of Franca and kinir of Naples, Sample of lucky a -cl ients wars numerous in ancient ami imklern his tory an. 1 there were also many e I ample that went to slunv hovr many of the ancients believe in good luck or gotxl fortune. Xiimleon lia-1 lost Waterloo through thj mere accident of bringing on an attack of aick head ache through eatiiiir onion and lamb against the advice of his physician. In ISM a quarrel between t'otikling and Klatne decided the presi.lcncy of tho United State many years after ward, when lllaine run against Cleve land. Abraham Lincoln, after being s membea of congress, desired to secure s clerkship in Washington, but he waa defeated by Justin liutterfleld. lie waa disappointed, but had he not been defeated he would have spent his life In obscurity instead of becoming pres ident of the United States, Oliver Cromwell waa once on board a ship bound for America, but he was taken back by a constable, and the result waa that ho became one of the greatest men England ever knew. Ulysses Grant would not have been a military man had It not been that his rival for a West Point cadetship had been found to have six toes on each foot instead of five. The great silver mine, the "Silver King," had been discovered by the lucky accident of a prospector throw ing a piece of rock at a lazy mule. ".:4. p. m. at Omaha N:4. a. m. at flllt'OgO." The now vestibuled train running on the "Northwestern" east dally ROME'S SENTIMENTS. "The state has no right to educate! and when the state undertakes tho work of educating, it is usurping the power of the church. "Jiinhop McQiuiid Protestantism has not, and never can have any rights where Catholicity is triumphant. C tholic Jlevietc. "We are purely and simply Catho lies, and profess an unreserved allegi ance to the church, which takes prece dence of, and gives rule to, our allegi ance to the state. "Utholic World. "Catholic votes should be cast solidly for the democracy at the next election. It is the only possible hope to break down the school system." lokdo Cath olic Itevkio. "The Roman Catholics of the United States owe no allegiance to any prin ciple of the government, which is con demned by the church or pope." Tablet. Rev. J. Hogan, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "That the saoraments are to be refused to Catholics unworthy of the name, who in the education of their children patronize the public schools." Judges of Faith, page 103. "It will be a glorious day for the Catholics of this country when under the blows of justice and morality our school system will be shattered to pieces. Until then modern paganism will triumph." Cincinnati Clkolic Telegraph. "Foxe.B Book of Martyrs" should be In everybody's library. You can get a cloth-bound volume ot nearly 1,100 quarto pages for 12.50. It is worth double this price to any student of his tory. Send your orders to American Publishing Company. A Chance to Make Money. I have had wonderful success selling Dish Washers. Have not mane ess than trt anv day. and some days ilf. Nearly every family buys one. They are cheap, durable, and do the work perrectly. toucan wash and dry the dishes for a family in two minutes, with out touching your hand to a dish. I believe any lady or gentleman, anywhere, can do as well as I am doing, as I had no experience. Anyone can sell what everyone wants to buy. and every family seems to want a Dtsh Washer. Write to tho Iron City I)l-h Washer f- f.. rmsnurg, ra. iiiey win send you full particulars and help you as they did mo. 1 do not write mv exoerlence boastfnulv. but because I think It a duty I owe to others in inese nara limes. .maktha b We ares Catholics first and citizens ext. Itixhnp Gilmore. Education must be controlled by uatnouc authorities, even to war and bloodshed. valliolic World. DEMAND POND'S EXTRACT. - AVOID ALU IMITATIONS. PAIN Rheumatisrr Feminine Complaints Lameness Soreness Wounds FAC-SI Bruises BOTTLE BUFF WRAPPER Catarrh Burns Piles It will Cure. ffrfcsiMiMp! ALL Ail mm mm EXTRACT I Errors of Youth.! leiToa PcSililT, YDs:H!al ft Itis:rt;i:u. Lost iJitol BF YOUR 0N PHYSICIAN Mtuy inn. ft" ft rftx-tt -f TulMul iMiprti 4r -. hav v4iU fttHw4 ul tht ku mluoU li.r tfrwti i "w h s t i iot irttirr Jiwwi u4 rm mrm t-W -f t-tM'ltmi but II. -fill iHiiuif hit -atniv is-ii" t"H'it prrtw Jkr. T Wtt'H-t1' '1''! -iMtH ! 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I would a MKin admlniiiter nacrament to a dog to Cutholli's who wnd their children to iublic Hihools.--Father Walker. "Do you believe this country will eve" become tatholic? Is changed to the question; How noon do you think it will come to pass? Boon, very soon, we reply, If iUiit.cs be true." Catholifl World. . It Here lo a eclnien ol Iloman Catho lie morality an told by the Kie: "A lie told for the puriioM) of mlnlo-uling' the enemies of the Cutholie church, is not regarded as a lie by almighty God ' THE vs, Americanism burned while in the bindery. Nearly IS THE and Cattle Food Trial Order. will never be without A SANITARY NECESSITY.