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No ii rormt from thin rate. rWe ahall make no deviation from theae ratea to anyone, and advertising auenta will tavern theniaelve acoordlnirl v. Addrex all orderatn AMKIilCAN iTHUSHINO CO.. lilts Howard HI.. APVWKTiHINn Ip'T. Omaha. Neb, a A MVHIPA H IA THE CHAMPION OP ALL PARTIOTin OHDItKa TBI UKOA" Or HON! JANUARY 4, 180.1. The management of The American Is spending annually about IS.000 00 for upbuilding the principles of Americans who have pono to sleep. Do you not think it a little of your duty to assist in this work? Have you sum-crim-d or nald vour subscription? Think this matter over and see how you stand. The commotion which the political lawyers are trying to stir up against Judge Scott in Omaha does not strike the average citizen very hard. Jurors and witnesses who attend the courts uniformly agree that he Is a gentleman and a scholar, who knows how to be fair and courteous, and to deal out jus tice with an impartial hand. There Is an old saying that a dollar saved is a dollar made. This is a.' true today as ever It was, and the way to save a dollar and seventy-five cents is to pay a years subscription in advanco for The American, add 25otolt, and tfei one cloth bound volume of Fifty Year in the Church of Rome. Regular price of the book is (2.00. Read our advertisement on page 6. SOME OPEN QUESTIONS. To Wilher P. Seavey, Chief of Police of Omaha, Neb., Dear Sir: An anxious publio would like to know what has become of those blankets thirty five pair which were purchased for the use of the policemen during the Smelter strike? Why are they rot at the station? Could they not be used by the men on "dog watch?" Do you know whether any of them Afbelng used at the home or homes of any man or men connected whh the police department? Is it not your duty to know where those blankets are? Have you within a year drank in toxicating drinks fn the old Tivoli gar den at Ninth and Far nam on Sunday, with a select crowd? Did you ever accept a present from the proprietor of said joint? Did you name it Fritz? Did It die? Did you get another in its place? Did you notice that a police ofticer of New York had lately been sentenced to a year in the pen and to pay a fine of 1,000 for accepting . presents a few baskets of fruit? Do you remember ever having ac cepted "presents" while chief of police of Omaha? Did we tell the truth about you one year ago last July when we accused you "Of accepting "presents" from M. F. Martin, in the shape of house rent, pro visions and the use of a boat? If we did not why have you not had us arrested for criminal libel? Have you winked at some law-breakers, and assisted in breaking other laws yourself? JOHN J. JAMES. Death has removed from among the large company of patriots in this com munity one whose knowledge of the evils of Romanism was begot of actual Tl T 1 . . 1 . . j was born in Philadelphia the 10th day I of June, 1827. He resided there during the days when Rome made her murder Vus assaults on the Protestants the Cnownothings in 1844. He was in the hickest of the fray, and some day when re hsjmore time and can do him and Je sVect justice we will write an ac Aunt of his experiences in those mem-i-able days as related to us by himself. Viend James removed to this city in S2 and has resided here continuously nce. His death occurred December i 18S4. Yllanlr arl VArtioATnAnt nnttnoa tn T?A- mTax Sales can be had at The EiUCANtflice, 1615 Howard street ' V I EWHO HELP and Women Who Have Already Answered The Appeal Made in It. half r 1 rou lb Sufferer of Western Vbratla. the They follow ing )crn have notifle us that they have delivered goods to the stale relief eommlhslon in aim we to our appeal: Mm. Win, H.lt.T. two liana of rlothlnic. t iiaa. Howllwr, one sack of Hour. W hile the following pcivons have sent to this office the following amounts In cash: . T. I., Hwlglit, in H ii l(Ml T M I'-.t'lil.-aKO. " Mauler V, Iluia. t lilratto, Ill 1', II. K , Unuilni, 111... I. W TO AMERICANS. Have you ever been hungry? Have your children shivered and cried from cold and insufficient clothing? Ilavoyour provisions remained uncooked for want of fuel? If any of these things have happened to you then you know the suffering which thous andu of citizens in Nebraska are 1 i 1 all unaergoing today. All over that state men, women and child ren are almost crazed by want, while in some instances children lave died of starvation. Many of theso suflerers are members of the A. P. A.; all are a portion of this great human family. In thousands of homes etarva ion stares the inmates in the race, and the death rate from this cause will be simply apall ing in the very near future, unless our friends lend a help ing hand at once. For that reason we call upon our liberal, patriotic, unselfish, humane, christian American citizens to extend whatever relief lies in their power. Such things as old clothes, sacks of grain, potatoes, beans, dried and smoked meats, flour and meal are especially neoded. If you have anything in this line which you can spare, mndle it up, take it to the ex press office or railroad oflice and ask them to carry it free to the chairman of the Nebraska relief committee, W. N. Nason, Brown block, Omaha, Neb., or to the secretary, Rev. Ludden, Lincoln, Neb. These men are at the lead of a relief commission, which has been created by the governor. Your assistance is earnestly asked in behalf of our drouth- stricken friends. If you would rather send sup plies to us, direct them to our Omaha oflice, 1615 Howard street. If you do that we will endeavor to see that the goods get into the hands of deserving people, by and with the assistance of our friends living in the burned-out portion of the state, or wherever else suffering and want prevails. There are 50,000 people read ing the papers published by The American Publishing Company every week. If each one will send us by mail four-pound packages of flour, beans and meal we will be able to keep starvation from the homes of 500 families until the first of May. How many of you will do this? It will cost you but a mere trifle. Look at the iigures and see if you cannot economize enough to spare this amount: Flour 06 Bsans .20 Meal 12 Pcstagc .24 Total 72 If you do not care to bother doing up the goods in three four-pound packages, you can send the amount in cash to John C. Thompson, care- American Publishing Company, 1615 How ard street, Omaha, Neb., and he will acknowledge receipt through these columns, by publishing name or initials its the con tributor shall directs together with the name of the town in which they live. Besides this, we will publish receipts from those to whom goods have been delivered. In all cases where money is received, goods will be purchased. No money will be given to applicants for help. By fending money, one third more relief can be afforded, as the postage will be saved. There are Masons, I. O. O. P., K. of P., M. W., W. of the W., A. O. U. W., Orangemen, A. P, A., and christians of all denomi nations suffering for the bare necessaries of life. To the mem bers of those fraternal and patriotic orders we appeal for help on behalf of their destitute brethren. Shall we appeal in vain? Who will be the first to re spond? Be sure you get the address right. Will our readers in the drouth- stricken section forward to us at once the name of some reliable person' in their community who would be willing to give the necessary time to ascertaining who are needy and deserving, and who would act as local dis bursing agent? THE DROUTH SECTION. From every section of western Neb raska we have received letters which convince us that want and suffering are being endured by many deserving fami lies. From the number we will produce two to convey in a mild way the exact needs and conditions of the people. In neither is there a plea for assistance, only a plain statement of facts, more eloquent than anything we could say, and will no doubt disabuse the minds of the most skeptical that want is not stalking about on our western acres: The first one reads: St. Paul, Neb, Dec. 29, 1894. John C. Thompson, Eq.: Editor The Amer ican, Omaha, Dear Sir: Your kind notice requesting me to remit $2.00 the amount due you was duly received. nave naa value received. The cause you are fighting for, God knows is to be commended, and you can't fight It with wind, but how I am going to send you that amount, that I owe you at present God only knows. Two years the 4th day of April coming I left Omaha. The first year was very dry but I managed to raise enough to live on. This year I stood and saw the hot wind and dry weather destroy all my crop and I could barely get enough for my little stock for the winter. We are living on as near nothing as it is possible, for every thing Is cash. We are burning green cotton-wood for fuel, but can Reep my family from freezing alright, but how I am going to keep my family from hun ger until we can get another crop God only knows. And truly, Friend Thomp son, it was anythlngbuta merry Christ mas, for us, it will be anything but happy New Year. I will send you the amount as soon as it is possible for me to get it. Very Resp'y Verdegrie, Neb. Dec. 22, 1894. Your letter asking me for $3.00 I owe you was received some days ago, but I am unable to send the amount. As wrote you in a former letter I was hailed out last year and burned out this sea' son. I like your paper, but unless you can send it without the money until I can raise a crop you will have to stop It is almost Impossible to get enough to keep my family from want just at present. I shall send you the three dol lars as soon as possible, for I believe the cause you are working In is right. Very Resp'y MR. WE A DOCK AGAIN. His Bill Before the rostofflce Committee of the House. House bill No. 76(56, introduced by Mr. Weadock, of Michigan, July 9th, 1894, is now before the house committee on postoffices and post roads. It is a proposition to amend Section 3877 of the revised statutes by adding to that section the following: "Any newspaper or other matter of the second class which advises, abets or suggests tne commission of any offense against any law of the United States, or any state or territory, or any country with which we are at peace, shall be excluded from the mails." This is an insidious, Jesuitical attempt to abridge the freedom of the press, and Is the most impudent and nefarious scheme yet devised for suppressing, by legal enactment, whatever may be ob- jecMonable to the Roman hierarchy. There are several countries with which we are at peace which have laws against the profession or teaching of the tenets of the Protestant relicion, notably Ecuador and ot her papist coun tries in South America. Therefore, if any Protestant or patriotic newspaper of this country should denounce such laws, or advise, abet or suggest the commission of any offense against them, it would be excluded from the mails. I In effect, this infamous bill would make the laws of Ecuator the standard of judgment in this country, when any ining Inimical to Romanism appeared in any publication now admitted to the until as second c!as. Was the-e ever a more cunning or outrageous piece of chicanery? It is nifilluMi to say that Mr. Wea dock U an IrUh papist, and that his bill euiDodit' the manifest designs of hi spiritual masters, the jesuits. That it is clearly unconstitutional seems to be a matter in which he feels no con' cern. What is the constitution among the papirts? Or, as Tim Campbell ex prvasfd it, what is the constitution among fiends? lie gives the clew to his purpose in a recent Interview pub lished in the Detroit Free I'na. when he says that the government "should not permit its exclusive business of carrying the mails to any one seeking to corrupt the public morals." Mr, Weadock believes that our publli schools seek to corrupt public morals, He undoubtedly regards the laws of the hierarchy as the true criterion for de termining what does and what does not tend to corrupt the public morals lie would violate the constitution and his oath to support that instrument in his effort to protect the public morals, as such morals are Interpreted by his church. He would not and could not consistently admit of any other criter ion. He seeks to establish a censorship of the press upon the principle of the inquisition. I am not alone in this opinion. Even the New York Sun de nounces the Weadock bill as a move In that direction. It says: "Congressman Weadock is a Demo craiano. an Jrisn horn, we suppose his bill was intended to prevent the Jissemlnatlon through the mails of anarchist literature. Its effect, hjw ever, would be to establish a censorship not only repugnant to American ideas but also violative of the first amend mem oi ine constitution, which pro vides that 'congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of the press, lbe freedom of the press would not necessarily be abridged by the law ex earning irom the mails newspapers which advise, abet or suggest of serious offenses against the laws of the United States or of the states or territories. Whatever may be thought of the im policy of such a system of censorship, or of Its possibilities of mischievous and oppressive misuse, the section of" The type-written copy is so dim that we cannot read the next three or four words and becomes absolutely indeciph' erable after the word "mails", so we add our own conclusion and not that of the Sun. Editor. the bill which ex' eludes from the mails any newspaper or other matter of the second class which advises, abets or suggests the comml-s ion of any offense against any law of the United States or any sti'te or terri tory, or any country with which we are at peace, would be pernicious in the ex treme. But to deny, as Weadock would deny, the privileges of the postoflice to any journal which shall at any time advise or suggest the commission of any of fense against any law of any country with which we are at peace is so clearly unconstitutional that no argument is needed on the question. "Legislators who try their hand at establishing in this country any sort of press censorship, no matter how well intended, usually make themselves ridiculous when they come to specifica tions." This bill shows better than any other proposition ever presented in congress the true animus of the Romanist. They would not only adopt the cloture rule in both branches of congress, but they would also destroy the freedom of the press and nulily the constitution. It is well that our people are becoming aroused by such aggressions. The ap propriations to the sectarian schools which were so ably combated by Mr. Linton at the last session of congress, put them to thinking, and now Ameri cans are vigilant once more. There is still great demand for Mr. Linton's speech, a hundred thousand copies were ordered last week. That speech will be sent out hereafter as heretofore at the price of $2.50 per thousand: $1.50 for 500: S1.00 for 250; 50 cents for 100 and 25 cents for 50. It contains a great deal of valuable and timely information and should be read by every voter in the United States. The facts and argu ments which it contains bear strongly upon the subject of the proposed six teenth amendment to the constitution, which will be the leading issue in the next campaign. It can still be had by applying to Rev. Green Clay Smith, box 303, Washington, D. C. J. B. Sot Upon Religious Grounds. So far as we have seen, everything which has been said against the A. P. A. has been based upon the idea that the A. P. A. is fighting Catholics upon religious grounds. As a matter of fact, no such reason, as we understand it, enters into the motives of the A. P. A. members. It is upon political grounds that they are fighting the Catholics, for the reason that the Roman Catholic church is not simply a religious, but an oath-bound political organization or a religious-political one. It is the politi cal part of it which the A. P. As. are fighting, and not the religious. The Catholics themselves have forced the fighting by turning their church into a political machine, and by standing solidly together, compelling candidates and parties to agree to their demands. in every place where they have any large support they have managed to secure pretty much all the oflices. Exchange.. 4 .'! SAX MtAMIMO LETTER. It OnUIn Striir Sentiments and Pat ent Troth. San Francisco, Cal.. Dec. 2. 194 -Editor The American: Modern ' Democracy and the Roman Catholic church is one and the same thing, al though the Roman hierarchy are mak ing a feeble effort to convince Protest ants that such is not the cae. Of all denominations on the earth at the present time, the Roman Catholic church, for dishonesty, for strategy, for deception, for the ruination of countries, can take the prize. Our prisons are always full of these slaves to the pope; some are being exe- T,!!'! u,vuuUS yuiv citizens in the community, who, if . ,. - . justice was done, would be confined in prisons or electrocuted. Yet this very 2? "!? 17 ,th-lir -..u uD .. uu -..w, in many of our cities, if not all, are in the majority. No wonder there Is so much crime committed, as they are , , . , ' f. ,, graduates of the Roman Catholic church and made such by the hierarchy. Now, in the face of all this, the cloven-footed beast (the pope) not being content with this great army of crim- inals, has commenced his attack on our most exemplary citizens by interdicting the Masons (long ago), and just now the Odd Fellows, the Sons of Temperance, and the Knights of Pythias, and in his next encyclical we may not be surprised to hear that his dupes are to use every means in their power either to exter- minate Protestants by giving them a dose of slow poison (of which they pride themselves of having taken about three months to produce fatal effects, and which the Jesuit wing of the Roman Catholic army are experts in adminis- tering,; or oraers may he given to drive Mr. Creed, you are not known by, and the so-called heretics out of the United had nothing to do in making and ap States and then import the "dago" proving this constitution; yet, you in pope to the city of Washington to trude yourself and Rftv It u ni.. supply the place of the president. It is a disgrace that there are so many who call themselves Amerieans who will bow to Rome. This class are non- entities, and the only use their bodies could be used to advantage would be to manure the soil. They are mongrels -half Protestant and half Catholic, una tning the American patriots will be obliged to learn (and the sooner the to it. Now let us look at your "creed better), and that is to be united. All and see what that Ba- vm, secret societies and the Protestant churches should all combine and fight the Anaconda, the Roman Catholic church, and not quarrel with eaoh other. If our country is ever lost It will be because the Protestantchurches and secret societies did not do their duty. If America should be captured by Rome, England would be the next to be attacked; and if Rome should Conquer, then Rome would rule the world and heretics would be used as candles. So, timid Americans, hurry up and unite with the Roman Catholic Church. it, there will be no peace until you do eminating from the action of the attrac one of the two things either unite tion of gravitation and revolution with the Roman Catholic church or which you call "God the Holy Ghost." drive the Jesuits out of the country You have made of these "three laws" and all others that belong to the pope; and be sure that they do not get con- trol of the army and navy before you begin, because if they get the control first, they will say, "now we are ready these "three laws" organized them for all heretics, and will give you all selves? By admitting thev are Ond. the grape and corrister you want." It is understood that the pope's tools have already secured "Mare Island tion of the United States: It recog Navy Yard," and Californians know for nizes three branches: these ar certainty that the American patriots have been fired upon at that place by the pope's Irish. American patriots, how much longer are you going to en- ure such insults without resentment? Readers of The American forget that tnere are lour classes of Jesuits the jesuit priest, the political jesult, the jesult who is to carry out orders (like liooth, who assassinated Abraham Lin- coin,) and the jesuit who manages to oecome a servant to the wealthy Frot- estant and to gather all the business secrets, etc., he possibly can, so as to repori, w ueauquariers. ii.acn one oi these jesuits have a mission to perform, brevities. Now, Mr. Creed, you make a God of Since the organization of the A. P. the "law8 of the universe;" the consti . in the United States. th Roman tution recognizes these "laws" as a A. Catholic party and Jesuits are melting away like an iceberg floating towards the tropics. While traveling about the city we have noticed the pictures of Washing- ton, Lincoln, Grant, and other patriotic Americans painted in front nf salnona. presume the object is to attract crowds to those places. Why do they not paint the picture of the pope of Rome, some Roman Catholics or Jesuits who have made, themselves popular among their species by the assassins- tion of some of our most popular Amer- lean patriots, commencing with Lin- coin or Garfield? Well, I suppose it is because the saloon-keepers have more confidence in American patriots than they have in the pope of Rome or any of his dupes. Our theaters formerly were run by American and English actors, men of of experience and are set down as talent, but many of them have been axions. or self-evident truths, in the hooted off the stage by the pope's ser- New Testament, from which our Con vants when a piece was put on that h dLfe they did not like; but since the stage has fallen into the hands of the Irish, we have but few tragedians and corned- ians though we are occasionally treated to a feast, by listening to American, I German and English actor. The - Plece now played are generally weakly na love-slclc ones-or full of low tuI- fc""t'' F'e tnat would not stand the "I AUI1 - . m 01 ""Pen "that line. Let I D patriotic actors wake up - K. .... M1 Place "P"n the sUge a - V1""10 P'y would be sure to araw crowded houses showing the dif ference between Romanism and Protes tantism, and if the pope's Irish don't like it let them stay away or If they Insist upon disturbing the theater, put American, patriotic policemen on guard instead of the pope's Irish. Our "Godless" Constitution. Individuality means the equal respon- each lD"vtduaUn contVast to that of the associations, of societv fraternitv r.virtin T . iraterniiy, corporation, creed or Insti- tute, indivi.1.,alitr I, h.,... .... trted ln PW the donstitu- tlonof the Unlted state8: .We th people of the United SUtes, In order to (orm . mrtPA TOr. t , . , .a -cokiioi, .t . . na establish this constitution of the nni s,ata n. Am... 6,ng . ailWpiw ' ,t ' " uatly, and this collective individuality means "we." There is no preference given in the signing; there is no dls- tinction given in those who do sign; every citizen signs on his own responsi- bility. This constitution t.h,,a and approved is the paramount law of the land. Nothing can exist here unless sanctioned by "we, the people of the United States," as expressed In our duly approved, signed, sealed and uttered constitution: 11 amwif civil or ecclesiastical, is set aside abol- i8hed. In the United States no society fraternity, corporation-civil or eccle lastical-creed or inat.it.,, virtUe of the constitution. by that I understand you mean it Is a heathen document. That the Constitu- tion of the United States does not recoirnlze "the Creat f n the author of th Uwa f tf. "in whom we live and move and have our being.' As this is your main charge against the constitution, it is the most important ohinr.tlnn in the Trinity, which you denominate "God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holv Ghost." t,i,, God." You say that this "Trinity" is that as you recognize it, it is God Let me ask, are your deified "laws of the universe" God? Certainly, your "Trin- ity" deifies the i.W W universe," and the science of th him- has demonstrate that. th0a.Y. laws" are: l8t-Th.i.t,..,tin( itation, which you call "God the Father." 2nd-The revolution of bod- pa fn ariana utV, 1,V, It-. a ... -- I'.-.-., nuiVU JUU Lail KJUQ in Son. 3rd The electricity or Ho-ht which are the motive power of the universe three Gods. This is vnnr creed. This is your sacred my6terv. Now, is it right to consider or believa you say they did. Now let us look at the ConRtitu. First, the legislative: second thA executive, and third, the S judicial.' These correspond to the "three laws " which are the motive power of the universe, and these "three laws" or departments are the motive power of our government. These are the truest expressions of the "Trinity" or "Three Laws," whose author is the Creator of the universe, "in whom we live and move and have our being." Here wo see practically our constitution recoir- nizes "the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man," by patterning our eartniy government after that of the heavenly government. forn for a government. You, Mr. Creed, dl8card a "Creator of all things," and because our constitution recognizes a refkwr 01 things," and also be ileves ln the fatherhood of God and lne Drotberhood of man," you term it "Godless." If you wish future genera- rlon8 10 conslder yu intelligent, you oe"er 1uu 'aing, or reform your creed- Bett'" still, do away with these trceus OI mystery, a it is valuable, wn' notiak-eout a patent on it? There's our Pa'nl 5 where every loyal AmeMCai citizen records his mystery Pr Invention. The American Protec- tIve Association have 500,000 of these "delations of mystery. There you will find thelr honored names recorded ,'.fame'8 eternal carnllt,B r ound " "UT s " munon8 OI these icvciauuus wman lntneuioie, many of whicb hav t.h a. your "creed," take out a patent on it or relegate it to the shades, where it 'onP8. and thereby write yourself an 000 Be an individual man. N. A Lit