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H AMERICAN. THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. An impartial Statement of Its Origin and Purposes Ameri- cans Who Support It Should Do So With Their Eyes Open. SAMOSlvT I IX Wjjitever Its Purposes the Roman Catholics are the Controlling Spirit Jesuit W. A. L. Gibbon's Threat That He Would Defeat Prot estant Principles and the A. P. A. With the Municipal League A LARGE BOODLE FUND RAISED TO DIVIDE REPUBLICANS. The American desires to bo entirely fair in the discui-slou of the Municipal League of Omaha. Whatever seeks to Improve government, in any depart ment, is worthy and will receive the support of the American Protective Association, whose object is the up building and perpetuation of the Amer ican system. Whatever tends to dis integration in that system will meet with disapproval and condemnation, and it makes no difference what pre texts or schemes are offered as a mask to cover up the real purpose of the promoters. Last spring there was organized the Municipal League of Omaha. The plan of the league was previously dis cussed and agreed upon in the Samoset Democratic club of this city. One of the conditions of membership was that no one who was an active worker in the Republican party should be per mitted to become a member of the central council, now called the "inside ring" by those who are familiar with the workings of the institution. An other condition was that no member of the A. P. A. was to be allowed to grace the inner circle of the league. The importance of these limitations to the organizers of the league become ap parent when the constitution is looked into. In that document it is declared that the central council shall consist of twenty seven members "to be selected by the organizer" and two delegates from each ward council. This body is the dictator and arbiter of all vital questions. It thus appears that in this land of representative government we have had introduced into our midst an institution essentially dictatorial with a cential power, self-constituted and self-perpetuating. George W. Doane was elected president and Gregory J. Powell secretary, before any of the ward councils were organized, or repre sented, and these gentlemen have con tinued to serve to the present time. The different working committees were selected at the outset from the original twenty-seven, and they remain the same today. So that practically the representatives sent by the ward coun cils are mere surplusage, having very little voice in the management of the league. But, strange to say, very few of the Roman Catholic politicians who ' were present wnen the central body was organized, allowed their names to be selected as members of the central body. Why? Because that would have exposed their plan too early. The spontaneity with which this body came into being, rising up like a spectre from the ground, would have challenged less attention if the member ship of the central power had been somewhat different from what it was. In the list of names is found several Roman Catholics and a Jesuit, and yet in its published literature it is declared that the league is non-partisan and non sectarian. No active Republican, no A. P. A! But many active Democrats, all haters of the A. P. A., several active Populists, and a president and secre tary both opposed to the A. P. A. Is it to be wondered that a "scheme" was suspected? Can any loyal citizen con ceive that an organization controlled by a Jesuit could be non-sectarian? Could an organization made up of a number of defeated oflice-seekers and active Democrats and Populists, and a few luke-warm Republicans, with no A. P. As., be a non-partisan body? Let us see. Judge Doane, the president, ran for congress two years ago, and Dave Mercer defeated him. The judge has nursed his feelings in a becoming manner, but in various ways it has been learned that he blames the A. P. A. for his defeat. Guy Doane, in his im petuosity, has proclaimed it from the house-tops that the A. P. A. must be "downed." Gregory J. Powell, secre tary. What of him? Well, he was a candidate for the school board a year ago, and being on the ticket of a minor ity party, was defeated. Still the A. P. A. must be blamed. There are other gentlemen in the central council who have grievances, feeling that they have been injured directly, or else labor under a sense of oppression because some friend and political ally has failed to reach the goal of his ambition. We refrain from mentioning all the names. There are gentlemen there who, for the first time, have hazarded their barks on the political seas. They will know more when they get through TI - IH5 SAD1 lK Nor do wo now with to go ia detail Into another aspect of the central body, to wit: The intimate relations which some of the members bear to the man agers of some of the great corporation interests of our municipality. Time will develop these matters, so the peo ple can judge for themselvos. It is Interesting at this time to know that W. A. L. Gibbon, Jesuit Roman Catholic, is rejKirted to have said that he would use the Municipal League to defeat and destroy the A. P. A. In this work he has some able lieutenants, notably C. J. Smyth, Roman Catholic manager for Bryan and Holcomb, and member of the Ninth ward league; also T. J. Mahoney and the entire active membership of the Samoset club. How is it to be done? Facts are at hand which tell the story, and the truth of history must be vindicated. Last Friday night the central council of imperial power met in secret session. The "dickey birds" that nestled be hind the pictures on the walls tell a story of surprising interest. It was agreed that a ticket thou'd be Indorsed, but very little progress could to made until the A. P. A. came up for diecus 6ion. And the A. P. A. had no friends there. Samoset had decreed otherwise. So when the question of a school board came up, is it any wonder that a mo tion was made to indorse the whole Democratic ticket the Roman Catho lic and all? Some one with a scruple of conscience and an eye for business, sug gested that it might be said that the league was not non-partisan in character if it took the ticket all from one party. There were several good names on the other ticket and the Re publican ticket was above reproach. Then came the rub, and the subject of the Republican candidates was laid to rest with the quiet remark of Lyman Richardson that it was reported that they "are all A. P. A. and that don't go here!" And then the "dickey birds" won dered what was the matter with Ly man Richardson? Surely he is not a Roman Catholic. Surely he wants to seethe "bulwark of the republic," our public schools, protected from the In sidious foe of Romanism. But the fact remained that Lyman Richardson, In a moment of factional spite, had struck at the movement which must succeed in saving America institutions, or they will never ba saved. Well, the ticket for the school board was completed by striking off Mr. Mul len and substituting Mr. Gilmore, a Roman Catholic, and the august cen tral council threw itself back in their chairs and felt that a good job had been done because Samoset had been placated. But before we leave the school board question allow us to call your attention to two very amusing things. You re member the central body of the Muni cipal League endorsed Jonathan Ed wards as a suitable man for the city council he was nominated for the school board. It also endorsed Rev. T. E. Cramblett as a competent man for the school board. He was nominated. Now, do you find either Rev. Cramb lett's or Mr. Edwards' name on the school board ticket it has endorsed since the nominations were made? Oh, no; they were Republicans! The whole Republican ticket is said to be A. P. As.! Samoset endorse an A. P. A.? Never! Samoset endorse a Republican? Well, we guess not. They and the league are "agin" the Republicans and the A. P. A. And won't they make them sweat? Oh, my! So much fo" the board of education. Now, let us see what it has done for the Republican party and the A. P. A. in the endorsement of councilmen. How do we find things down in the First ward? The local branch, before the nominations were made for the council, endorsed Tom Lowry, a Roman Catholic Democrat, and Jonathan Ed wards, a Protestant Republican, for the position. Edward? was not a candi date for the council, so the league's en dorsement went to Lowry, and as there has been no effort to set that endorse ment aside, does it not naturally follow that Lowry is the favored candidate in the First ward? In the Second ward the Samoseta were assured that Flynn would have no trouble in knocking out his Protestant opponent, so the league was advised that it need not show any marked pref erence for the Roman Democratic nom inee of that ward over the Protestant Republican. In other words they had the pins so arranged that they had a "dead rr.orUl cinch and didn't want Iheiu "monk yeJ" with. In the Third ward Mr. MoAndrew, a Roman Catholic. ws playing an un even game with Sol Prince. It would never do for Sol Prince to get back Into the council, and m J. R tJelty, Kvpuh lican, was indored on a Citi. in ticket to divW'e hi vote and ini-v.r thtj elec tion o' MeAndrews. In the Fifth well that was a knotty question. In that ward a Roman Cath olic had lyn nominated ou the Demo cratic ticket, and Samot't wanted him elected. Hut the Itepuhllcan nominee wtu! too tron?. How would they break him down? Who was the man to divide his voU? It would not do to roininate a Democrat on a Citizens ticket; not at all. The quest Ion was to find a Republican who could carry the lH-moeratie vol.1 that would likely go to Saunders. And the solution was found when A. T- RecUr ame Into the Ev'-d. In the Sixth ward C. L. Jaynes had received the Republican nomination and Geo. Tierney, Roman, the Demo cratic. The great Sixth ward was liable to elect Jaynes by "W or KK majority, and that would never answer the purtoe 01 Siituosti. n no could bi st divide the vote? was the question. When the name of Mr. Gould P. Diet, was suggested it was thought he might succeed, and so Mr. Dlctz was indorsed on the Citizens ticket. Thus anotiier sacrifice was offered up to his country. The indorsement! thus made will no doubt be officially made public before election. In the meantime tho ward heelers of the Roman Catholic church are straining every effort to make the scheme for dividing Republicans suc ceed. While professing to be a move ment to reform municipal politics, it Is already known that a large boodle fund has been raised to help the league nominees. JimCreighton was discus sing the local situation on Far nam street Wednesday afternoon and seemed quite jubilant over the prospect, say ing: "We have got tho d d A. P. A. down for once." Why was Creighton so confident? Perhaps ho knew of the amount of boodle that had been placed at the disposal of the candidates put up as aids to the Roman Catholic nomi nees of the Democratic party. Take for instance the Sixth ward, where the Dietz organization has had $SK) placed at its dirposal to divide the Republican vote. On Thursday morning, October 25th, a committee representing the league and Its candidates called on Milk Inspector Bruner, and asked him to hire the workers In the Tenth dis trict, offering to give him (so to pay the bills, and saying that was the amount apportioned for that district one-tenth of the whole. Tho com mittee also assured him that if he needed more money he would be sup plied. Plattner is said to be treasurer of the Municipal League boodle fund in this ward and Plattner's son is Dietz's book-keeper. Out in the Seventh ward the Muni cipal League endorsed Goo. N. Ricks, the Democratic aspirant for the council, before the nominations were made; and that endorsement stands today Mr. Hicks is the league's choice for council man, and it will attempt to turn down that old soldier, the old tried, true and honest Charles L. Thomas, so that a Democrat who will vote as tho Demo crats dictate may sit in the council chamber for the next two years and dole out pap to the "only true church." But why need these details be pro longed? What more evidence is wanted as to the purpose for which the Muni cipal League is being used? The well meaning members of that body, of which there are a few no doubt, have simply been made the cats paws of the Samoset club, which is dominated by Roman Catholics who turn everything to the advantage of their church. They are trying to use tho livery of heaven to serve the devil in. We yield to the spirit of prophecy to say that the people of Omaha will not ratify this essentially partizan and morbidly sectarian scheme. STOP THIEF! An Injaxtice to the Song Writer of (he Patriotic Revival. Whekeas, Some persons have been publishing and vending my copyrighted songs contained in my book, "The Sing ing Patriot," and never have gained permission from me in any way, I de sire to inform them that any one print ing or selling my songs are liable for damages, and unless it is stopped the strong arm of the law will be appealed to for aid. This does not apply to the councils and camps using my songs or odes. I take it as a compliment that the patriotic orders have sent out over two million copies of my "Little Red School House" songs and nearly twenty thousand copies of my book. They should get my consent, and at least state from what books the songs are taken This Is all I desire in the case of the odes, but stealing and selling my songs by the thieves must cease. Patriotic papers please copy. O. E. M URRAY. Leo's Star Reporter. New Youic, Oct. 20. Some time ago it was rt ported that Father Ducey was attending the sessions of the Lexow po lice investigation as a star reporter for the pope, and that Father Ducey's re ports on the investigations of Tammany Hall methods were forwarded with promptness and dispatch to the papal authorities at Rome. Later an indig nant denial of this report was cabled here from Rome. The denial, however, appears to be of little avail, for this week Father Ducey is one of three clergymen who are attending regularly the sessions of the Lexow committee. He always comes early and remains until adjournment, following closely the testimony and the incidents of '.he pro ceedings. None of the reporters, in fact, could give at the close of a session a more accurate and complete account of what has been done. He is an apt judge of human nature. As a witness goes upon the stand Father Dueey puts on his glasses and studies the man's face critically, after which, with the picture clearly hxed in his mind, he leans back comfortably in his chair and listens. Ask your friends to read -The Amer ICAN. iMONMsrt:T nit. .m.i.v.w. !'. M. ('. IVIerx toinparp III I tier, aitetn at ('wopcr la ion la IVNI and at Mate I 'land in I Ml I. Nf.w York, Oct. In his mtiuoii al night in littKiuiitifdale Reformed church the Rev. Madimm C. Peters drew a comparison between the Dr. McGlynn of and the Dr. McGlynn of 1MJI. In the remarks preceding hi acruion he said: "All Americans love Dr. McGlynn for tho enemies bo has made. Tito most vigorous opHtnenls of Remanent have never used the condemnatory words of 'the Roman niaehtnu' that )r, McGlynn did in l',t and Iv.n), wheu, to use his own W..H1., 'il.o maeljlno made the mistake of UK-rating him.' But Dr. McUiynn, the unfrockod priest in 1 ! and lS'JO, tho champion of Ameri can ideas ia an entirely different man In the restored priest of H14. In his address las'. Sunday at Prohibition Park Dr. McGlynn i-ald: 'The demand for public funds for what arc called nectar Ian schools docs not necessarily mean antagonism to American institutions. ' In Coojior Union, February, 1,H8!, in his lecture on 'The Public Schools and Their Enemies,' he said: 'Never be guilty of dividing your school .fund among the various churches and sects. You, In such a case, would bo guilty of destroying one of the greatest and most potent instruments for building up and maintaining one great, free, common nationality. A large part of tho zeal for maintaining these church schools comes from the clannishnossol foreign nationalities that wish to perpetuate themselves hero as if in hostility to our American nationality.' October 7, 1M44, Dr. McGlynn declares that 'this coun try Is in no danger .of jkj)o or priest,' and that there is 'no justification for the existence of any organization against Romanism as a political ma chine.' January o, Dr. McGlynn said: 'Tue poe In i polities has been the curse of every j nation. I must teach you to distinguish between the errors and crimes of the ecclesius.Ical machine and the ideal churchof .Christ. Nowhere is the church more hated than In these called.Catholic countries. There he (tho ecclesiastic) is shunned as though unclean. The sight of his shovel hat and sleek face at the window of a car empties the wnolo compartment and gives It to him alone. If ou want to see an absolute devotion to the church you must look for it where the church has become deprived of her wealth and benefactions, and largely freed from Rome's dominion and diplo macy. These extremely incredible, ignorant Roman diplomatists, want a man at the seat of our government.' Dr. McGlynn continued (18(H)): " 'The way to get anything from the Roman machine is to show your teeth rather than to be too humble. So long as Catholic people givothe pope to understand that he can do what he pleases with them, and to allow an archbishop in New York to forbid an American priest to make a political speech or attend a political meeting without first obtaining the consent of the Sacred Congregation of the Propa ganda, which does not know but what Florida is a suburb of New York, and Mobile a street In San Francisco, so long as Catholics let' the Roman ma chine, of which the pope is a mere puppet, do this, that machine will use Paddy in Ireland and Gorman Paddy and American Paddy as paws on the political chessboard, to be sold out at any time for what it can get in return. The archbishop doesn't want priests In politics because it is pouching on his preserves. It is a fact that he sent for a Democrat to assure htm that I had been prohibited from speak ing in the George campaign. This same aEchbishop asked me to go down to Washington to secure preferment for one of his friends from Cleveland. Is it not time for us to protest that it is no part of our religion to engage in adulation of a ioor old bag of bones, seventy-eighty years old, with one foot In the grave? Have no fear of me. I defy the malignity of Rome. I give them warning now that if they at tempt to hound me with the arts of which they are such masters, will expose them. I have only told things which politicians and well-informed people have known in the past, but I give them warning that I am full of knowledge of events the tale of which will make the country too hot to hold them. They had better let me alone.' "These 'gems' from Dr. McGlynn's patriotic mice are well worth admiring. Dr. McGlynn excommunicated and Dr. McGlynn restored show conclusively that there can be no such thing as free dom In the Romish church. October 7, 1894, Dr. McGlynn said: 'No one has muzzled me.' At these words he drew himself up proudly, says the re port. Now if Dr. McGlynn is not 'muzzled,' I will give $100 if he will de liver any one, or I will give him $1,000 for ten of his Cooper Union lectures, If he will deliver them in this church, word for word, as he delivered them in Cooper Union in 1!HJ. And we will give him as cordial and hearty a reec tion as he ha ever received from his warm-hearted parishioners of St. Stephen's. Sunday evening, January 12, 1890, Dr. McGlynn said: " 'If I could not do any better I would make my living at selling eanuta rather than go on my knees to Corrl- iFji-;'"' ',T f,(i . . i MV . 1-J 135, li.. -vfJH ; v, V f ;:, n i h f S rf 3 N'T i fut- THE Representative House Of the West . . NEARLY A Million and Dollars worth of Goods to Select from. 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