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    THE AMERICAN.
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THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.
An Impartial Statement of Its Origin and Purposes Ameri
cans Who Support It Should Do So With
Their Eyes Open.
SAMOSET IC
Whatever Its Purposes tha 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,
(Iteublifched
The American desires to be entirely
fair in the discussion 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. Oue 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 bad introduced into our midst an
institution essentially dictatorial with
a central 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 Ui 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. Whj? 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 office-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 hli 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 inthe 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 IIC tVIJI HI
from last week.)
Nor do we now wih 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 themselves.
It is interesting at this time to know
that W. A. L. Gibbon, Jesuit Roman
Catholic, Is reported 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 Iloleomb, and
member of the Ninth ward league; also
T. J. Mahonev 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 lmjerial 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 thata ticket should be indorsed,
but very little progress could be made
until the A. P. A. came up for discus
sion. 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
tlon 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 Richardsou? Surely he is not a
Roman Catholic. Surely he wants to
see the "bulwark of the republic," our
public schools, protected from the in
sidious foe of Romanism. But the Let
remained that Lyman Richardson, in a
moment of factional spite, had struck at
the movement which must succeed in
saving American institutions, or they
will never bo saved.
Weil, the ticket for the school board
was completed by striking off Mr. Mul
len and substituting Mr. Gilmore, e
Roman Catholic, and the august cen
tral council threw itself back in theii
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
ciual League endorsed Jonathan Ki-
wards as a suitable man for the ci y
council he was nominated for th
school board. It also endors d llev. T
E. Crarablett 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 th
league are "agin" the Republicans and
the A. P. A. And won't they make
them sweat? Oh, my!
So much for the board of education
Now. let us se 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, towards was not a canji
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 Samosets
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
ere nee tor t lie unman Democratic nom
inoeof that ward over the, Protestant
Republican. In other words thev had
the pins i-o arrangul that they had a
dead mortal cinch and didn't want
them mnk yed 'with.
In the Third ward Mr. MeAnurewis
a Roman Catholic, w play in? an un
even gam with Sol IVwrw. It would
never do f.r Sol t'riiKvto Kq- haolt in'o
the council, and to J. R Golty, Repub
lican, wrts indorsed on a Oliz.-ns ticket
o divliV hi vote and iuuro the elec
tion o' MeAnJrew.
In the Fifth well that was a knotty
question. In that ward a itomitn i. am
ine uad n n nonrnai u on ine nunni
cratic ticket, and Samow-l wanted him
lected. But the Republican nominee
to i string. 11 w wo ild they break
him down? W ho was the man to
divide his vow-y It wou'd not do to
nominate a Democrat on a Citizens
ticket: not at all. The question was to
find a Republican who could earry the
Democratic vote that would likely go
to Saunders. And the Holuti'in was
found when A. T. Rector came Into the
field.
In the Sixth ward C. L. Jayneshad
rect iv.-d the Republican nomination
and Geo. Tierney, Roman, the Demo
crauc. The geat Sixth ward was
liable to elect Jayots by .00 or NOO
majority, and that would never answer
the purpose of Samoset. ho could
b. st dm ie the vou. was me question.
When the name of Mr. Gould P. Dietz
was suggested it was thought he might
succeed, and so Mr. Dletz was Indorsed
on the Citizens ticket. Thus another
sacrifice was offered up to his country.
The Indorsement! thus mde will no
doubt bo officially made public before
election. In the meantime the ward-
heelers of the Roman Catholic church
are straininir 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 thata large boodle rund
has been rais.-d to help the league
nominees. Jim ureignton was uiscus-
sing the local situation on rarnam
street Wednesday afternoon and seemed
quite jubilant over the prospect, say-
Mir: "We nave got tne u a a. i-. a.
down for once " Why was Cretghton
so confident? Perhaps he knew of the
amount of boodle that had buen placed
at the disjKisal of the candidates put up
as aids to the Roman Catholic nomi
nees of the Democratic party. Take
for Instance the Sixth ward, wnere the
Dietz organiza'ion has hud $0 placed
at its dl-posui to uiviuo tne jiepumiuan
vote. On Thursday morning, October
2."ith, 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 himSSOto pay
the bills, and Baying that was the
amount apportioned for that district
one-tenth of the whole. The com
mittee also assured him that if he
needed more money he would be sup-
olied. Plattner is said to be treasurer
of the Municipal Leasrue boodle fund in
this ward and Plattner s son Is Dietz s
book-keeper.
Out in the Seventh ward the Muni
cipal League endorsed Geo. N. Hicks,
the Democratic aspirant for the council,
before the nominations were made; and
that endorsement stands toduy 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
D.-mocrat who will vote as the 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 Leatrue 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 Itoman
Catholics who turn everything to the
advantage of their church. They are
trying to use the livery of heaven to
serve the devil in. We yield to the
spirit of prophecy to say that the people
of Omaha will n "trany this essentially
partizan and morbidly sectarian scheme.
PROOF POSITIVE.
The Photograph of I hp I Isli lletter
1 hnn an Aftldivit.
In these days of sophisticated ad
vancement no one bciieves a fish
story unless the proofs are at hand.
A Chicago artist who is much given
to angling malres p -rio Ileal visits to
Wisconsin lakes an 1 invariably brings
back large and terrifying varus re
garding his catch, l-'onu.-rly one of
his favorite yarns was that he pulled
out a black bass that seemed to be
eighteen inches long, mid just as he
was taking it in over the side of the
boat it got away from him.
One night at his club he related
how he and a man from Milwaukee
went out before breakfast and got
over P.'O pounds of croppies.
"What became of them?"
"Well, we ran out of ice ami had to
give them away." which explanation
was greeted with derisive laughter.
He brought horn ; once a Ion f pine
stick on which were two notches, in
dicating the length of a pike taken
one evening just as the sun went
down, and which lasted the camp
three days.
"Anybody can make a couple of
notches in a stick." said the skeptics.
It is very trying. He would return
from an expedition full of enthusiasm
and large claims, only to meet some
alleged friend who would take h'ra
aside ami ask, seriously: "Now
between you and me, did you catch
anything?"
Finally, driven to an extremity, he
adopted the scheme which gave him
reputation. He painted on a screen
the picture of a small house, such as
may be found at any fishing camp.
Against this screen he would hang
a six-inch fish, the average size of his
catch, and would then take a photo
graph of the fish and the background.
According to the photograph the fish
would reach from the eaves almost to
the ground. The length would be,
apparently, anywhere from four to
six feet.
When thev hoot at his claims and
discount his narratives he says:
"Gentlemen, the camera tells no lies.
Here is a photograph of the monster,
the largest ever t iken from the lake.
Sec for yourselves."
Ak your friends to read JTtiE AMER
ICAN.
HISTORY MADE BY LUCK.
Xsay NotaMa t nita II im Mrrarrad
Merauaa f Trivial II ivnlnga.
Pr Lafferty.of New Orleans, recant
ly delivered a lectin.- eu "l.ee'it Lack
f Luck." The i1.h-i.m- t ,1.1 how two
English snobs, at a restaurant In
Paris, by their siiei t- drove Murat out
of ftervice as a w.i lei- and through
this accident Mural Uvinne marshal
of France an 1 Uinif of Naples,
Sample of lucky a vl.lenta were
numerous in ancient mid modem his
tory ami there were also many
amples that went to show how man)
of the ancients believe iu pood luck
or good fortune. Napoleon had lost
Waterloo through thi- mere accident
of briuging on an attack of sick head
ache through eating onion and lamb
against the advice of his physician.
In 18H6 a quarrel between ('oukling
and IMaine decided the presidency of
the United States many yearn after
ward, when lilaine ran against Cleve
land. Abraham Lincoln, after being a
member of congress, desired to secure
a clerkship in Washington, but he was
defeated by Justin llutterfleld. He
was disappoint 'l, but had he not been
defeated ho would have spent his life
In obscurity instead of becoming pres
ident of the 1'nited States.
Oliver Cromwell whs once on board
ship bound for America, but he was
taken back by a constable, and the
result was that ho became onu of the
greatest men Kugland ever knew.
Ulysses llrant 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 preat silver mine, the "Silver
King," ha l been discovered by the
lucky accident of a prospector throw
ing a piece of rock at a lazy mule.
":( p. m. at Omulin H:l" a. in. at
Chicago."
The new vestlhuled train running on
the "Northwestern" east daily
HOME'S SENTIMENTS.
Protestantism has not, and never can
have any rights where Catholicity Is
trium pliant. Cthvlk llevicw.
"The state has no right to educate!
and when the state undertakes the
work of educating, it Is usurping the
power of the church. "Jiixltop MfQuuid
"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 totho state." (JlkoUc World.
Rev. J. Hogan, of Kansas City, Mo.,
says: "That the sacraments 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 bo 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." Cuici.wafi (Jlhtli c
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We are Catholics first and citizens
ex t.ItLihnp Gilmore.
"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."
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to a cJ.i(f t to CathollcH wlio w-nd their
rhilrtrt-n to public mhwtls. Father
Walker.
"I)o you M'u-ve thlB country will eve
htroma Catholic? U changed to the
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will eoino to jmnh? Soon, very noon, we
reply, if eUtlttticn l3 true." Catholic
World.
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lie morality an told by tho oie: "A
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