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A 1iri!7OT7n A w A WEEK, EEKsPAl'EK. "AMERICA FOR AMERICANS." We hoid that al' in. n arc A uericain who Swe.tr All, elunce to the United SlaU without a mcnul reservation In favor of the l'.v PRICE FIVE CENTS Volume V. ' OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FHIDA Y, IT.BIUWUY 1, iS'.tr,. Nu.MBKR 5 CHE NOTES AND COMMENTS. ins pope now knows how it is himself to have to pay a tariff to get a thing into a strange country. Aa is ciiange bays: "yyiien the pop.-B en cyclical turned up in the custom hojse last eek it was asse-a?ed $" und-jr the Wilson act." If this had been the soul of a dear departed, think of it, the tariff would have gone iuto the pocket of the church. The editors of the country weekly are not infrequently mural cow ards, but there are some who are fear liss to a decree bordering on foolbardi ness, and risk their bread and butter to stand up for principle. Of this latter class it might be well to class the north Nebraska E'igle nieu. They recently said: "The editors of the E'ltjk are neither one members of that glorious American organization, the A. P. A's, but our sympathies are with them and all caused by the actions of the Human Catholics of thiseourty." It is such work that forces thousands of men into line. An Omaha paper says Lizzie Ba30iuglon, a pretty 10 year old girl, wai rescued from a house of Ill-fame, and will be sent to the House of the Good Shepherd for reformation. Sond her to the House of the Good Shepherd to reform? Great God! What a place in which to ask a girl to reform! Why the average House of the Good Shep herd is worse than a prison. Why not send her back to the bagnio to reform? It would have to ba very bad if worse than sworn testimony shows Home Ro man Catholic institutions. Poor little Ltzzie, she does not know the trials, the tribulations, the drudgery and the abuse that is yet to fill her life. A dispatch from New York, dated Jan. 2b', says the American guard is born. Eight hundred boys from the public schools of this city, attired in the Uniform of the soldier and carrying on their shoulders the Remington rifle of the National Guard of this state, Friday showed the chief magistrates of the neighboring stales what they could do in the way of forming a reserve corps to the already established military de fense of New York. The drill was held in the Seventh Regiment armorv. To night Carnegie hall was taken poPes'sTonY of by the amateur soldiers and their friends. The speeches were made by Lleutenent Governor Saxton, General John S. Wise, Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania, General Swayne, and others. A telegram of regret was re ceived from ex-President Harrison. The guard is now an assured fact in the school of this state and an a ttempt will be made to introduce it into the schools of all other states. Wk made mention some weeks ago of the repeited murder of Swedes in Chicago by Irish Roman Catholics, and said there would be no relief for our good-frietds until they ceased vot ing to keeppthat disreputable class in positions of public trust. It would wem that that, expressed belief has had at fcfff'ctln at least one quarter, for Judge Horton of Chicago has ordered the re incarceration of a Roman who is on trial for the murder of Swan Nelson. The Iribune, in reporting the occurrence, says: "Ex-Police Officer Healy, who with ex-Policeman Moran is on trial for the murder of Swan Nelson, was yesterday locked up in the county jail by order of Judge Horton. Healy has been at large on a $5,000 bond since the trial began, but yesterday the evidence grew so strong that Judge Horton de prived him of his liberty. Moran was locked up several days ago. Healy was much surprised when he was locked up. He declared that his bondsmen were perfectly good and he didn't think the case wa6 any stronger against him now than it had been." The right of petition has for centuries been considered an inalien able right of all classes of citizens, but that right is never recognized by the dignitariesiof the church of Rome. A dispatch from New York, says: A dep utation of Catholics from the Rev. Dr. Burtzell's old parish, the Epiphany in this citj.waited upon Archbishop Cor rigan last evening and presented a petition asking most ro.-pect fully that Dr. Burtzell be given again his old charge. The Archbishop, it appears, interrupted the ;Cbairman before lie present d the petition with the dry remark that he had not known there were 30,000 Catholics in the parish of the Epiphany. The Chairman admit ted in reply that the number of actual parishoners, including men, women and children, might more accurately be estimated at 20,000 than .'0,000. His Grace was evidently nettled by the action of the committee. He read the petition without comment and said, stiflly: "Your i mission is ended. Good night.'' A nember of the deputation ventured to txpress the bop.' that his Grace was not t ffer.ded. In reply, ae his visitors were h avit g the riom, the Arcbbishep tick up the let'iiion and u iv it in two p'eees. A msi'atcii fruri Lansing, Mich., says. "At the suite election in Novemtrer last the voters adopted an amendment to the constitution to the effect that none but full fl dged Amori caa citizens could exercise the elective frauchise. Heretofore a foreigner who had declared his intention of becoming a citizen six months prior could vote at any election. AV.o-ney General May nard has written an exhaustive opinion upon the subject, in which he holds that even though a voter may have ex ercised the elective franchise in No vember last he is not iicees-arily a qualifioJ elector no. The opinion in substance is a s follows: "No male in habitant of foreign birth now residing In this state can vote at any election held hi this slate until he shall become a citizen of the United Spates, and any such inhabitant of foreign birth who may have been a qualified elector hist November cannot vole next spring un less he shall be by that time a citizen of the United States; provided, of course, that he docs not came within the express constitutional exception, viz., a residence of two years and six months prior to November 8. !!, and his having made a declaration of his intention tfj become a citizen of the United States t io years and six months prior to said date." The dispatches contained the following from Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 20th, "At the stables of the Cross line on Kent avenue, Green Point, the situ ation was more serious yesterday than ever before. Rev. Father O'Hara, who has charge of Green Point parish, spoke to the new motormen and conductors who were taking out the cars. He beg ged them to leave their cars and join the strikers. "Come on men, act like men and join the strikers. They will take care of you," was his oft re peated request. At this several men jumped from the cars amid cheers from the onlookers. Big crowds congregated in the vicinity of the stables and the tracks were obstructed with barrels, bjxes and refuse. A good deal of stone bwk5 w done b-v the mob,-- iU.nf. the efforts of Father O'Hara, who fre quently entreated the men not to use violence. The police charged the mob with their night sticks, and the crowd fell back. Father O'Hara received a letter from Mayor Schiern sent by a special messenger. The mayor said that if the disorder at Green Point did not cease he would at once send the mi litia there. On receipt of this letter Father O'Hara went out on the street to induce th5 crowd to disjierse." Well, well wonders will never cease! Hetty Green recently , decried the decline of patriotism, and spok-3 in behalf of labor! What next? The (tress dispatches say: "Hetty Green, the wealthiest and most mysterious wo man in America seems to have; changed hv tactics and now instead of fleeing from importers as birds of evil omen 6he seeks them out and insists upon pre senting her views to the public through the press. The investigation into the affairs of tne executors of her father's estate was up forj ffjjly, but was post poned for a weet. e).,j sooner had this been done than Hetty Green made a swoop down upon a bevy of reporters, and in spite of the protest of her lawyer she ordered them to take down her re marks. She said: 'I am successful be cause I believe in God and keep his commandments. There is not a day passes that I don't do a good deed or help somebody, and I'd help any of you young men if you needed it.' The young men looked expectant, but no one said anything. 'It took the world 400 years to appreciate Queen Isabella of Spain,' she went on, 'and it will take pejple 400 years to appreciate and understand me. I was until recently intensely patriotic, and I would be yet had I an opportunity. But I tell you that the wealthy are' -becoming the an archists. An attempt is being made to betray this country into the hands of its enemies. It will not be very long at the present rate before English and German money sharks will come over and sell us out in a bunch at sheriff's ssile. Just look at the way things are going. A few men have recently been couvleted of stealing from New York bankers and sent to jail. A police cap tain goes to Sing Sing for blackmailing a fruit dealer out of a basket of peaches. Now look at Brookh n. Seven thousand men are strismg tor tne wages noccs sary to feed themselves and their fami lies. They have my sympathy, but they will lose. Why? Well, because the street car companies issued $.'10,000, (fcrO worth of bonds for the benefit of a few money sharks, and ink-rest on these bonds must be paid. It is a shame and outrage. I5ut it is only one of Ire many instances. This e' umtry bus few pa triots, and is going to ihe dogs.'" A FRIEND writes lis from Val entine. Neb., as follows: 'lu the last issue of, your pt r there Is an article on the 'Mexican War Deserters." 1 was a 'private in io:upang G, Fifth Unite'd State's Infantry and Col. lMey was a private in company K of the same regiment. We were stationed on the Rio Grand river, in front of Mata moras, building Fort Brown. Deser tions were frequent, and General Tay lor had picket guards stationed along the river to prevent, if iio.-sible, these desertions. The guards were instructed to shoot any one attemp'ing to cross the river. Rlle'y deserted and organ ized a company of artillery, of which he was appointed captaio. He, with his battery, was captured at Monterey, and was allowed to march out of the city with his battery. A great many of the boys of the Fifth Inf intrv your humble servant with the rest taunted Riley as he passed through the streets with 'Hello, Riley: you got away this time but we will get you the next time.' At the battles of Conlieras and Churu busco there v.-ns a regiment of desert ers from the American army called the San Pa trie I (St. Patrick) Guard-. Riley was the colonel. Tl.i'y were sta tioned in a church at Coatreras. Twiggs division fought that battle, and Worth's Churubun'o. We captured the Utter place before Twiggs did Contreras. When these deserters were routed they had to go through the Fifth In fantry to gut to the City of Mexico, und e gobbled the entire outfit. They gave as their reason for deserting that they would not Dght against their re ligion. The reason that Riley was not shot was because he and several others were desert :rs before the declaration of war, which was after Captain Thorn ton's squadron of Dragoons were cap tured. I was sentinel over Riley once while he was prisoner, and the ladies in the City of Mexico used to come to the prison daily and bring him clean clothing and the best of provisions that could be had. These men were ali tried by court-martial, and all who were deserters before the declaration of war, we-e sentenced to receive fifty lashes and be confined until the ter mination of J.bp, war, and then to be drummed out of trie service of the United States. The others were shot or hung when the castle of Chaupult jpec was captured. None of them were ever restored to duty. As c-ur name take stated in his article, whatever became of any of them after the a I never learned. I make this statement be cause I was a member of the same regi ment as Riley. From what 1 know of hiraldon't think that he would have visen to the rank of corporal in the United S ates army. Long life to you and yours, and The Amkrican, is my wish." Yk, (lods! Americans think of this! An exchange says: In this nat ter of audiences with tile pope there are substantially three grades. The one easiest, or rather I should say least dif ficult to obtain, for none is easily ob tainable now. is admission to the cor ridor of the Vatican, where the pope is taking his exercise. Those so admitted are at most permitted to kiss his hand as he passes and receive his blessing, but with no opportunity of communica tion. Next to that comes the honor of oeing present at the pope's mass, re ceiving the sacrament from him and afterward kneeling at his feet and hav ing a few words of conversation. This kind of reception is, of course, not for Protestants, though some are occasion ally permitted to bo present. While, of course, the pope says masseveiy day. these receptions do not take place every day, but only at intervals more or less frequent, perhaps on an average twice a week, and the day is not fixed till the night before, when a notice is sent by a special messenger from the Vatican to those who are on the favored list. The number permitted thus to be present at the pope's mass is limited to twenty live. The mass is celebrated in the small private chapel, and those who are permitted to "assist," as our French friends would say, are in an adjoining room on benches looking through the folding doors. The gentlemen are in full dress, the ladi 's with veils. There are usually among them some nuns, a priest or two, and then members of the Catholic laity, with, as I have said, occasionally a Protestant. After the pope has said his mass he makes his thanksgiving, while another mass is said by an ecclesiastic. After the close' of this second mass those who are pres ent go up in turn, their names are given to the pope by a chamberlain, they kneel at his feet, and he says a few words to them, enquiring usually some thing about them, always manifesting great interest in Americans and also in children, who are occasionally pre sented. The poH! speaks French very I lie uik-8 mn fii-iu i.ngnsii. j tie third kind of reo ption granted by the Hx is the private' audience. This, though rare, hn Ixvonie of late years with the holy father's increasing age, more mid more rare, exct pt, of course a It is granted to those having business with the holy father. Bishops from abroad a--e thus always received. Bat even priests from a iroad are received with difficulty. Til k agitation now going on lor the ie-oKiilng erf the gambling house- In Omaha will not meet with puirue approval. The p. ople do not want crimes committed within thiscitv. wamniiiig is a crime. inu ir urn-comes necessary for some man to force the .....1.1!.. I. . ,.... public officials to do their duty, the editor of this paper will take the Initia tive, arid not only secure evidence that will proeeute every person found engaged in operating, working In, or patronizing a gambling house. To the eni that this city may not be disgraced, and her .voting men and boys surrounded by t -ii 1 1 :t itlon. We appeal to christian people mid law ahiuin,' citizens to unite, with us in our determina ion to keep this city from entering into a partner ship with gamblers, to the ruination of souicixidy's beiys. We call upon the county attorney to do his whole duty In this matter, and upon the councilmcn to reniernlrer their oaths of office. The majority of the people believe In law and oider, und if the officers whom they electe.l will not see that law Is observed and order maintained, we shall be the first elector to declare our opposition to their re-election to office. Let us have no licensed gambling. What say you? To defeat the Fire and 1'olico eomuibsioner bill Is the height of Rosewater's ambition. He does not want to see a change in the perxoiniel of the board of lire ani police commis sioners, because he is reported to have sufficient strings on a majority of the member to make them jump when he speaks. But the friends of t he measure, those who believe the laws of Nebraska raska should be enforced, should know this 'act the retention of the present board in power means the 0enlng of the gambling houses, and the retention upon the police force of corrupt, vicious and incompetent men, many of whom it V -'lived CT9 not citizensof ti United States. The opponent of this of meas ure, Mr. Rosewater, is pursuing a dif ferent course from that usually pursued by him. Instead of going to the mem bers of the legislature personally he Is sending such men as John Bauincr, John Rosicky, John B. Furay and men of that ilk, who claim to the members of the legislature to lie hostile to both Rosewater and the bill. He rends two or three men down each day, who run up against the m- rnbeis aecidently and during an informal conversation give j vent, 'O their dislike of Ro-ey and their ! opposition to changing the law govern ing tne appointment oi the lire ana po lice hoard. This may fool some of the nn rubers from the outlying districts but it will not fo.il the men who rend the papers and realize that the city of imaha, under the present board is abo it to be handed over to the thugs and gam oiers. l lie people o! this city want that bill to become a liw. They don't want open, licensed gambling. Will the members of the legislature give us relief or will they fall into the trap laid by the gamblers? SIMS AMI THE A. I. A. rn'Mih'iil Johnson Sends flic Delegates Home to Kscapc an Injunction Sued (bit by the Professor. The Chicago Herald says: President Johnson, of the Illinois or ganization of the American Protective Association, adjourned the state con vention yesterday morn'ng one day earlier than the convention call con templated, while a bailiff from Judge Payne's court was rapping at the door of the convention hall. The bailiff had a writ of injunction to serve on Presi dent Johnson and Secretary Newton; also a summons commanding them to appear in court and answer the allega tions of Professor Walter A. Sims. This was the culmiration cf the tight between Professor Sims and President Johnson, which arose during the late political campaign. It may end in the complete disruption of the A. P. A. in Illinois and the formation of a new order. Professor Sims was one of the chief promoters last fall of the Independent American Citizens' party, which polled several thousand votes in Chicago. This party was in effect the A. P. A. under a different name, at least it was intended to bj. But it received no sup port from President Johnson and the other executive heads of the state A. P. A. organization. It was openly charged by Professor Sims and others and proved to the satisfaction of every one who followed the matter closely, that President Johnson was in league ... .i i 1 1 . .i . ..... . t . , . . ... wiui fie I wi pun: lean leilers and was trying to control the A. P. A in the In teres, of the Republican part v. Sinn fought this attempt on the part of John son with all Lis Mwer. When the state convention of tho A. I. A. was called to meet in Chicago Johnson und his adherents boasted, it Is understood, that Sims would not be permitted to sit In the convention. It wa-i known that Sims intended to bring liefore tho convention the matter of Johnson's work In the late campaign and his effort U deliver the- A. P. A. vote to the Republicans. Tho conven tion assembled Wednesday for a three day session. Sims, as President of Council No. 72, of Chicago, presented his credv nlials as a delegate to the con vention. His credentials were not recognized as a delegalj and tho door of tho convention hall was closed In IiIh face. ProfesMir Sims said he would see about it. Professor Sims went liefore Judge Puyne early yesterday morning and a.-ked for an injunction to slop further proceedings In the A. P. A. i onventlon until President Johnson and Sue-rotary Newton should appear and show cause why Professor Sims should not lie per mitted to sit In the convention as a jelegate. The prayer of Professor Sims was heard by the court and forthwith a bailiff", with writ and summons in his (Kicket, started for the hall at i2- Twenty-secoud ttre'ct,, where tho A. P. A. convention was In progress. President Johnson and his friends had suspected what Sims would do and they were on guard. When a stranger climbed the stairway to the convention hall and Inquired for Mr. Johnson and Mr. Newton they were satisfied he was an emissary from the hated Sims. The bailiff could not Und where Mr. John son and Mr. Newton were. One man told him the way to them lay in one direction; another was sure they were In u different place. The bailiff huntjd without Euccess. Then he rapfied at the door tf the convention hall and was promptly told he mint give the pass word before he could enter. Tho pass word and the Limerick burr on his tongue were grangers. The bailiff tried the door. It was locked. Inside President Johnson and his friends were very busy. They had bar ricaded the doors against possible viol ence, but feared they might not hold against a 'determined assault. TheJ' took other precautions. All the abso lutely necessary business was rushed and matters that could lu left were tallied. Then President Johnson de clared the convention adjourned and left the hall by a sido stiirway to avoid the bailiff. The delegates came to the convention expecting to b; here all of today. Pr ofessor Sims was foiled for once, but he said last night he had not fin ished. He will pursue the injunction suit and it will be tried In February. The convention p -ocC'. dings will be quashed by coii'-t. Iist night Professor Sims' council, with 4(10 members, threw up itscbarter in the Illinois A. P. A. Professor Sims says other councils will do the sameand that a new organization will be formed. ' A call will be issued within thirty days," Profe-sur Sims said last nitht. "Tie new order will not b prescrip tive, but will be patriotic. Its work will be open, the only secret feature being the pas-word necessary for ad mission to a cojncil." Professor Sims is probably the best known A. P. A. man in Illinois. For two years he has been all over the west as an official lecturer and organizer of the order and his iulluer.ee in the or ganization Is wide. A Hail Iteciinl. Mi:. Pk.cci: Your church, as you must surely know, has a bad recjrd. Of course your church has had her record wonderfully mended by your assistants, but it will not stand the tost of unbiased investigation. We read the following from Larduer's History of the World: "The dukes of Sjioleto and Tuscany generally directed the election of the popes. Virture at,d piety were little considered in the candidates: political motives and female influence decided each election. The infamous Theodora ana her daughter Marozia disposed of the chair of St. Peter at their pleasure: nien boys were chosen: sj;:s succeeded their fathers : se-atuialn is vices d isgraced the heads of the church, and suiiil- suf- leree! shameful ueiths. Among the charges against John Nil were several which would disgrace tne most licen tious layman in the most hartarjus age of histeiry." 1 tell you, Mr. IVcci, this is a bad record for a church which claims to be the only true church. Your aim is te have every b,xk taken out of the public schools in the United States which re llects any discredit uHn jour organiza tion, but it seems to me that you have undertaken a work which you will not easily accomplish. A change of peti tion from Rome to Washington will not change the ree'eird. Nothing can bo gained on this line, by making Setolll Miie. There must bo some fundamental change, and the n fundamental change must hi vory ra Heal or your "combine" Is doomed. . Al.KI'11. ( tl HOIKS AMI SO(l t I.I ST ( USII. How In (he llelgluii ( Imnibi r Kiolsln the Kesignaliini of lit l.nntslicrr. But ssklh, Jan. 20. Tho recent vio lent quarrels bc'.woe n thu Catholics and tho socialists In the Chamlicr of Depu ties culminated Friday In a violent scene, created by the Socialist Deputy Anseele, and l .eiiiun, a Catholic deputy. During the discussion of the budget of the ministry of justice, Ansoele raised the question of the laws for thu protec tion of tho working classe s, which laws, ho declared, wore disregarded by the employers. Eemnn Interrupted hlrn and was ealh'd to order for so doing, but In spite of this fact Eemari si Kin repeated his Interruptions and made Insulting remarks, declaring that ho regarded Anseele as a violent madman. He was again culled to order, and then Fenian asked leave to address the house. Tho president of the chamber was opposed to this proceeding, but the whole of tho deputies of the right supported the re quest, whereupon the president of tho chamber, Do Lantshere, resigned and the sitting was suspended amid a sceno of Intense excitement, during which heated words and threats were ex changed between the socialists an J the Catholics. l.isb'lil Why should any American citizen and friend of this country, be opposed to the A. P. A. and other patrlotio orders? Their object Is tho preserva tion of our free IriBtltutions, civil and religious liberty, or In other words, free schools, free press, free speech free pul pit, free Bible, and Paul says: "the word of (iod Is not bound." These prin ciples and rights are tho heritage bought with tho blood of our fathers and committed to our keeping. Shall we surrender them to the Invader? These principles are among the ina lienable rights of man. Rob him of these and ho is a slave. Take away a man's liberties as a moral agent, and you have robbed him cf all. Liberty to do right and enjoy all God given rights, is a fundamental principle of civil gov ernments feovernment is to.isecuro to men lluir rights, not to take them away. The design of our constitution Is to se cure these rights. An autocracy, an absolute monarchy, is not government, but robbery, a public blood-sucker, a vampire that takes the lifes blood. The object of the patriotic orders la equal right?, freedom with righteous government. Should not every lover of bis country come to the front and help save his nation from corruption and overthrow? S ime object to the A. P. A. and other societies having the same object In vb w, because they are secret organiza tions. Though I am not a member, I suiqiose there Is s ime si crecy in their management. Ordinarily, we can get along without secrecy, but in opposing the wicked schemes of the most secret siK-ietv In the world, popery and the josiiits some sicrecy and caution may lie needed. But the wh le purpose of the patriotic 'orders is well known, it is proclaimed without reservation. What thes i loeietics desire, is a full know ledge of their object, and when that ob ject is accomplished, they are ready to disbaad. Popery created thee societies by its attempt to destroy our liberties. Let us all be A. P. A,s and stand guard till Rome is no more. That day is ap proaching. "And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying 'thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down and shall be found no more at all." (Rev, 18, chapt. 2124.) The first grand signal of the ap proaching end of popery, will be the destruction of the city or R ime, the seat of the beast, the head-quarters of paganism and Romanism, the heathen oracle that sent out the sarecries by which she has bewitched and degraded all nations and made them "drunk with the wine of her farnieation." After the burning of Rome, will come the final struggle of the "beast aud the kings of the earth and their armies to make war W ith h .in that siit e)u the white horse." (Rev. chapt. 1721.) Tfiis is the end: the last conflict N;fore the millennium. After that A. P. A's wiil not be needed. Do we not know our enemy, po;H'ry? Yes. from cellar tei garret. Hut there are indifferent Americans that don't know and we want them to know. Read up friends, read the Bible and history, and you will know. Rome cannot hide her bioixly skirts and dark designs. Calvin. Amkrican women, native and for eign Kirn, must be clothed with all the prerogatives of citizenship. (live them the ballot. I