The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899, October 26, 1894, Page 3, Image 3
r AMERICAN. AN AMERICAN PARTY. Patriotic Citizens of Chicago Form The Independent American Citiiers' Party. DwUratiou f Prim Ijilc, I'latform ant Resolutions Adopted at a Mnvt ton Tputioa Held lu IVutral Music Hall. We believe the time has come when all who love our nation and its institu tions and are true to its flap, in order to be faithful to their obligations as citizens, must take concerted action as a free and independent voting phalanx in the arena of politics, with a view to meet and defeat at the ballot box thotse 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 the overthrow of popu- lar government; that a military ec clesUsticlsm such as marked the mediaeval ages, supported by the Im perlalism 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 rightdoers, our sena tors are made afraid, our represent tlves are coerced, our constitution un dermtned and might, not right, has bo 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 peopled 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 tlons, 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 bossism 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 hone6t and loyal 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 no 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 desire.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 nunlngly 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 the' heroes who laid down their lives to protectthem and preserve us a nation and an unsullied flag, we should ariso in our might as one man casting oil the chains of pattir.ar.ship, and rebuke and punish the Hilltii-al wire-pullers, the treacherous ring bosM.' and professional boodlers who run the partican machines of both the democratic and republican parties for their criminal dishonesty, in the con ductingof public affairs. And, further, that the parties which they have cor rupted and demoralized should be rele gated back into that obl'vlon from which they have sprung at the people "i command. They have become the tools of a foreign and un-American balance of power which openly 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 aggrandizemen and dishonest gain. In them the peo ple have been blindly led to indorse ad ministrations and leaders who have bo trayed the sacred trusts bestowed ujon 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 OR 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 frn chlses 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 insti 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 tiKKVICK. Civil service reform should be extended to all grades of public service town, city, count v, state and nation. Fitness and not partisan nor sectarian service should be the essential tests, fide lty, efficiency and true Americanism the on y sure tnur of ottlce The spoils system, by which lucrative offices are duled out as a reward for un-American and ecclesiastical support to political part ies, Is a dangerous enemy to our institutions and Rood government. MONKV. Money should consist of gold, silver and greenbacks. AH 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 i 1(1 and upward, thus giving the people the same advantages now conferred by the gov eminent upon national banks. AH moneys Issued by the United States should bo a full legal tender for all debts, both public and private. 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 nou- producing money owners be anated in the Interest of the investors of capital in com mercial 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'uly sup plementing our free and enlightened Ameri can citizens in every line of Industry, and by their illiteracy and the superstitious, un-American influence which control them are becoming a menace to our liberal insti tutions. TRUSTS AND MONOPOLIES. fjThe concentration of wealth In the hands of the few means the impoverishmen 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, such as the sugar trust, the cordage trust, oil trust, the whisky trust, etc., whclh are designed to enrich the few at the expense of the many, and which are In their nature and results contrary to the spirit and genlm of our national Institutions; laws and government. TAKII-F. A tariff for protection, honestly adminis tered, is necessary for the encouragement of our Infaut liidustrli s. That the cuian.itous flnaut'lal renull cmymIuikmI by the frvqurnt partKan agilatlou and rhatigraln the tariff uay he avoided, th-re should tie appointed a Don partisan roiiimiulon oil tariff roiu.M-l of leprraentatlvc from the differru brant-lira of buxtueoa and labor, Iium) duty It ahull be to regularly r-x-oiniiiend to rou grvk u.-h change In tariff law as alii pre- M-rve and protect the people la contentmen and pronpt-rit . and maintain the govern im nt. and thtu take out of purlUnn politic this ei-oimiitlc iju tli'li m hit h ha no prope place there. n'Hi.ic riMK. Public funds, secured from the taxea and burden bearlug the heaviest upon the com iniiu peoule, are In-lng diverted from thel legitimate purpose and used for the corrup tion of political parttottu voters and political machine organUatlon. lty strong leglsla live action weahould demand of our publii- officers, who are entrusted with the pulill, funds, an huni-st and scrupulous rare of the people's money aud compel them to pay into the public treasury every dollar of Interest earned on ull such public funds. That ail religious aud sectarian coollici U twecn our olllens may tie avoided and public funds Im properly applied there should be no 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. THE LA II. ill ISSI'E. Labor existed prior to capital, and Is there fore Independent of capital. The coutlic between labor and capital will be closed only when labor emancipates Itself from the rule of professional agitation and machine poll tielans. Capital and lalKir are absolutely necessary to each other. The rlghta of each will ultimately be best served by an honest ballot, aud not by the aid of the bayonet Capital is the fruit of labor, aud Its surest safeguard Is In the loyalty of labor to iU fruits. There should be a system of ofToctlve legislation which will Insure by arbitration the rights of latxir and capital alike and secure Justice to employer and employe. UNITED 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 Del" 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 erumeut Is either good or bad according to the intelligence of Its people we demand that all nations, state and municipal nnn-sectar ian public schools and Institutions of learn ing shall be protected from all sectarian Interference, and that no sectarian school or Instit ute of learning shall at any time nor under any circumstances receive public money for their support, nor shall any sec tarian school or institution of education be at any tin c declared a public school for the pnrpose of drawing public moneys. PUBLIC CHAH1TIES. We demand that all institntlons of charity which receive public moneys must bo non- sectarian and under the complete control of the nation or state, and that no sectarian Institution of charity shall receive support by grants of public money or land or their equivalents. CITIZENSHIP No foreigner coming to this country should become a citizen until he has had 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 aclvlloreccles lastical 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, aud the Constitution of the state In which he resides. COUNTV AND CITY. The Independent American cltlxen'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 anJ 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 Ithlnthe 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 usl ness be sufficient ground for an action In im peaebment 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 places, 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 such patriotic associat ions 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 the patriotic newspapers throughout the entire United States. "No more cunning cllot was ever do- vised against the freedom, the happi ness, and the virtue or mankind, than Itomanlstn." Gladstono. THE JULIUS TOWER. It 4 out a In (ha MUMmi mt l.frmior'1 Wuw Ireaaur. The J u I'm H tmver, tint fur from Her- lin, contains the war treusiire of IM Ooo,ok) murk yielding no interest. TliU larje Mini, consisting of crowns and il.nihle crowns, is from time to time, without long notiev, counted bv two memlxr of the imperial debt committee. Kiitran.-e to the well guarded tower can only Im (rained if tlieso two liiemlx-r put their eonmli cuted keya in thu keyhole himultatio- ously. Needless to h.iv that there is alw.iys a gentry at the entrance lior. strict record is kept of the hour of opening and closing the tower. On opcniiijr it one enters ut once into tho rot u n. la, w here the shining r'O.Oisi.Oix) murks are htored. This vast hum is divided into twelve equal parts, eucli subdivided into ten ot hers of t he valiio of l.tNMi.ooo each. This l.oon.ooo is oguin distributed in ten bugs of o,o:tO murks each, two-thirds of which sum is in leu-murk pieces. When a revis ion is ordered tlio number of the di vision a ii. I t u bdi visions to bo counted is chosen at haphu..urd. Tor the counting a Kiiind of soldiers is ordered. As soon as somo of tlio lOO.tioo mark bugs are counted and found correct tlio war treusuro is considered to bo properly revised. The other lnrge funds those: of the invalids' relief and tlio fortification building fund are also overhauled by carefully comparing the coupon enacts, numbers, series, &c, with the original entries. Until the begin ning of the new reiehstag buildinir. this fund was also kept in the Julius tower. As soon as the work of count ing and comparing is finished the auditor's report is drawn tin and signed by botli functionaries the two keys are again simultaneously in serted in tho locks and tlio revision of the war treasure is concluded. The "counters" are drawn up in line and marched back to the barracks, the "committee" drive off In a cab and the "hoard" is left once inoro in that absolute quietude which every peace loving Teuton hopes it may enjoy for many years to come. "5:45 p. ni. at Omaha 8:45 a. m. at Chicago." The new vestibuled train running on the "Northwestern" east dally HOME'S SENTIMENTS. Protestantism has not, and never can have any rights whore Catholicity is triumphant. C tltolic llevkw. "The stato has no right to educate! and when tho state undertakes the work of educating, it Is usurping tho power of the church."7i.siop McQuaid "We are purely and simply Catho lics, and profess an unreserved allegi ance to the church, which takes prece dence of, and gives rule to, our allegi ance to tho stats." C'itolic World. Rev. J. Hogan, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "That the sacraments are to be refused to Catholics unworthy of the name, who in tho 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 Vtholic 1'ekqropli. "Foxe,s Book of Martyrs" should be in everybody's library. You can get a cloth-bound volume ol nearly 1,100 quarto pages for $2.50. It is worth double this price to any student of his tory. 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