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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
One of our friends residing in
Falls City. Nebraska, writes: "Allow
me to ay that I fully agree with the
resolutions passed by the council in
Kansas. I have been interested in the
cause of Americanism for more than
fifty years, and have seen our mistakes.
I was one of the original men in IVnn
sylvania that started the old line
American movement, long before the
time of the Knownothlng. Our meet
ings were held openly, and it was at an
open American meeting in Philadelphia
that we received the Roman fire, when
many.. Ire wounded and young George
Schatllerwas killed holding the stars
and stripes. Then is when the Ameri
can men aroused, and the great Phila
delphia riots commenced. We went on
and after the Democrats and Whig
made their nominations for governor.
we, the old line ojen Americans made
our nomination. The D mocrats nomi
nated Wm. Bigles, the Whigs James
Pollack and the Americans B. II. Brad
ford. Bradford had a respectable vote,
but a large majority of our Americans
voted with the Whigs, and that hurt
us, of course. In time we were all con
nected with the Knownothings, and up
to 1805 had a ticket in the field. Since
that you know what has been done.
Now, my idea is this: For us, the A
P. A. and other American orders, to
keep at our work in all of the states,
and wait until 1890, and see what the
Democrats, Republicans and Populists
will do in their conventions, and if none
of them do what is sensible, then we
can call a convention of all Americans,
of all names and orders, and place
ticket in the field; but I believe that at
least one of the old parties will perhaps
endorse our principles, and then we can
vote for their candidate, and control
the administration. Of course, we must
also look to the election of congressmen
and senators. I believe, that wo can
control this country yet if we act wisely
and not go too last. Go slow and sure
is my motto. I was pleased with Birch
field's article; nJ)d think it was timely
and sensible. You young men who
are now at tho head of this glorious
movement should counsel and do what
is best. This is the prayer and wish of
an old American and friend.
Omaha lias a judge on the dis
trict bench whose ambition seems to be
to elevate the standard of American
citizenship by compelling foreign-born
applicants for the rights and preroga
tives of an elector to know something
of our co..'i try, something of its consti
tution and something of its Uws and
tie custo:ns of its people. The name
of that judge is Cunningham R. Scott,
ard bis position will be sustained by all
right thinking, liberty loving citizens.
A local paper has this to say of him:
"The criminal section of the district
court promulgated new rules wh ch
hereafter will govern all aspirants for
American citizenship. All applica
tions must be made between 9:30 and 12
o'clock on the first Monday of each
term, and upon every third Monday
thereafter. Applicants are required to
file notice of their intention for one
week, stating at the same time name,
age, residence, occupation, where they
were born, how lone they have resided
in the United States and Nebraska,
why theycHme here and what their
object is in obtaining papers. This
sworn statement is to be backed up by
the testimony of two witnesses in open
court, each of whom must be of co d
character, 21 years of age or over, a
citizen of the United Slates and an
elector of Nebraska, able to rend, writ-'
and speak the English language. They
must further show, the rule goes on to
state, 'that they are intelligent and
un Jerstand the principles of the consti
tution of the United States, the general
duties and obligations of citizens of the
United States, and that, they (irmly ad
here to the American principle, that
an American citizen's first and para
mount allegiance and loyalty is due and
owing to the government of the United
States, before their oath will be re
ceived in support of the application for
naturalization.' In addition to this the
applicant must 'state under oath, w ith
out evasion or mental reservation, that
if he is made a citizen he will give his
first and paramount allegiance to the
government of the Unite-d Slates and
to no other form of government, or
organization, foreign or domestic, ele
vise d or created by man cr men t:f any
name or nauiie whatsoever, before he
will be allowtd to take the oath of citi
zenship. The object and purpose be ing,
not to kee p geod men who are qualified
out of citizenship, but to prevent those
who are not truly American at heart
and principle, freitnjgetting in."
There are always small things
happening which, if preiperly investi
gated, show howjtree the charges are
which 'patriotic journals make against
the Roman church. The latest inci
dent happened over at Cedar Rapids,
Ia., and is thus told in a press dispatch
frtiiu that city uneier elate of February
3, lyx'i: "Considerable excitement has
be-eu caused here over a controversy
growing emt of the guardianship of
George O'Connell, a 7-year-old orphan.
Pending a settlement eif the guardian
ship in the district court, Jueige Burn
ham last Thurs.lay directed Miss
Theresa O'Connell, h s aunt, te take
charge eif the 1k) She came te this
city, where F. Ilearne, w ho has ear d
for the boy part of the time since the
death of his parents, attempted to take
the boy from Miss O'Connell. She re
sisted, and the scuttle that ensued re
sulted in the arrest of all the parties.
When Mr. Ilearne learned that Miss
O'Conne ll had a right to the boy, he
relinquished claim to the toy und all
the parties were released. The boy
has but little property, and just why
there should be such a spirite d cemtest
for peissessin Is nut quite plain. In
connectiem with this case Miss O'Con
nell and John J. Maddock, the latter a
brother of the bey's di'e'e ased mother,
are insinuating an action in the district
court against the Rev. Fathe r Sullivan,
of St. Patrick s catholic church to re
plevin the body of Mrs. Kllen M
O'Connell and the casket in which she
was buried and all its contents. Kllen
M. O'Connell, who died January 4, was
or had been a Roman Catholic in her
religious faith. Whether she aban
doned it or not is not publicly known
In any event, Fathe r Sullivan declined
to accede to the request to oHlciitc at
her funeral, presumably on purely eo-
clesiasUcal grounds. It will no re mem-
bered that the services of the Rev
Thomas E. Green, of Grace Episcopal
church, were procured upon that occa
sion. It was rumored a': that time that
Lawrence O'Toole, ef J avenue West,
the sexton of the Catholic cemetery
near Kenwood, had been instructed not
to permit the burial of tho body on th
O'Oeiunell lot. wtiieh is deeded to and
owned by the O'Connell fa mil v, and
that there was to be an interruptiein o(
the obsequies. Happily for all parties
concerned, a scene of this ch a Meter
was avoided. Mrs. O'Connell was
buried on the O'Connell lot and it was
presumed that her ashes would rest in
peac. But it wasnert'oordaim d. Two
or three weeks ago miss l tieresa
O'Connell and John Maddock, brother
of the dead woman, discovered that the
remains had been disinterred without
authority from any erne e-ompetentund r
the law to order a disinterment, and
had bren transferred to and buried in
the potter's fie Id, or uncons' cra'ed peir-
tiem of the Catholic ce metery. This
abused the indignation of Miss O'Con-
ne 11 and Mr. Maddeek, who comulted
Colonel Clark for legal action. The
sexton of the cemetery was summoned
and asked by whose authority he dis
interred and reburied the body of Mrs.
O'Connell. He replied that he had a
permit todoso, and when closely pressed
he admitted that Father Sullivan had
given it to him or ordered him to do so.
An action against Father Sullivan and
the sexton to replevin the bedy is be
ing instituted, anl if the body is not or
has not been reburied in the O'Connell
lot from which it was tak n this action
will be pressed. Miss O'Connell says
there was no authority whatever feir
removing the body and that in law the
surviving relatives have the absolute
right to insist upon burial of the re
mains on the lot owned and paid for
by them. The controversy may become
decidedly intcrest'ng beforo it is con
cluded. The replevin easo will prob
ably come up for hearing in the course
of a week.
The long threatened suit of
Prof. Walter Sims against C. P. John
son, the state president of the A. P. A.,
has at hist been filed. A Chicago paper
nys: "Clarence P. Johnson, president
of the American Protective Association
eif the state of Illinois, was yesterday
served with a summons in a $25,000
damage suit while he was temporarily
rejourning in the; city, a guest of the
Saratoga hotel. The plaintiff in the
ense is Prof. Walter Sims, the A. P. A.
lecturer, and the suit grows out of trie
difficulty which oecurrvd last month at
the annual state convention of the
American Preitective Association,
which was held at the Masonic ball em
Twenty-second stieet. Prof. Sims, who
president of Council No. 72 of the
order in this city, whs a delegate to the
(invention, but a faction which was
ppored to him refused him admittance
to the lit'!!. Prof. Suns file d a bill of
chancery in the superior court asking
for an injunction restraining his enem
ies in the convention from depriving
him f his rights as a delegate, but be
fore he ceulei secure the injunction the
convention hastily finished its work and
adjourned. Prof. Sims now brings suit
in the simo ceiurt for damages at com
mon law for the tnatme-ut which he
received. The suit is against the asso
ciatiem, which is a corporation, and
President Johnson, as its head, was
served with the summons. The attor-
ne-y who filed the suit is KJwln W
Sims, a sen of the plaintiff. Mr. Sims
said yesterday that sine-e the action of
the convention Council No. 72 und other
branches of the order have withdrawn
and a reorganization lson foet. He ssid
the action of the asstviatlon threugh
its convention was clearly UK-gal and
his client has a gexnl claim for dam
ages." The agitation now going on
for the ' re-opening of the gambling
houses in Omaha will not meet with
ublic .".;iproval. The pe-oplo do
not, dee-lares the (hnuha Anwrivmi,
want crimen committed within thiscity.
Gambling is a crime. And if it becomes
necessary for semo man to force the
public eitlicials to do their duty, the
editor of this paper will take the initia
tive, and net only secure evidence
but will pro e-cute every jiorson found
engaged in operating, working in, or
patron'zlng a gambling house. To the
end that this city may not bedls2 raced,
and her young men and boys surrounded
by temptation, we appeal to christian
pe opleand law abiding citizens to unite
with us In our determination te ke-e-p
thiscity from entering into a partner
ship with gamblers, to tho ruination of
sennebody's boys. We call upon the
county attorney to do his whole duty in
this matter, and upon the councilman
to remember their oaths of office. The
majority of the people believe in law
and order, and if the officers whom they
elected 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. Ix:t us have
no licensed gambling. What say you?
Thei:e has been a great many
charges made against the church of
Rome to the effect that she kept arms
secreted in the bas.-ments of her church
buildings and convent subexils, but we
have never seen the charge borne out
by facts. The Lowell, Mass., Jhruld,
however, seems to hae got hold of a
piece of evidence? which cannot be e'on
tnverted. It says: "For the better
informal ion of those who accept with
out investigation the assert iems ef
priests and prelates that papal institu
tions are not, in many cases, arsenals,
we reprint the following from the S,in
Francisco Ucrithht: Some weeks ago
St. Mary's ce liege, in Oakland, was
burned down. Some seven hundred
stands of arms were found in the base
ment. After the fire the guns were
piled up like cord wood in the campus.
After a few days, during the night they
were hauled away and stored in the
basement of a B mud way music store.
Preitcstants would have thought noth
ing of this, for they rest secure in their
stiength of number.--, well knowing that
papists dare not bring on an uprising
such as they instituted in various cities
of Spain and France srme two hundred
years ago; but last week the Monitor,
the Roman Catholic organ of San Fran
cisco, stated that it was not true that
any guns were in the building. We are
amazed to see a religious journal state
a deliberate falsehood, for there were
hundreds, if not thousands, who saw
the guns.' Papist schools should have
equal privileges with Protestants, but
suspicion is aroused when there is a
disposition te hidethe facts. The time
is fast coming when a state board of re
gents must be appointed to examine all
soheiols s minaries, nunneries and con
vents.'"
The leal fight belwe-n the Polish
Catholics and Bishop Scannell for the
possession eif certain lots and church
property is h irg waged before Jueige
Ambrose this week. Jueige Baldwin
appears for the Poles and C. J. Smith,
the Romanist, for Scannell. The pub
lic has r.l ready decided tho case and it
has not been in favor of the bishop, but
the court may Jitter from the people-.
Intehkst in the American cause is
on the increase in Nebraska. We have
had twei calls for an organizer since
Feb. 1, which have been forwarded to
tho state president.
The legislature eif the state of Ne
braska has under consideration a meas
ure that is eif vast importance to every
taxpayer in the state. The bill is the
or. e introduced by Senator Richard
Smith and provides for the taxation of
property not aeti-aily Used for church
purposes. It is said a move is em foot,
hacked by the church of Rome, to en
compass the de'eat of the measure, be
cause she will be mulcted of thousands
eif dollars annually, in the shaie eif
taxes. Tha the 'avor shown churches
has be-en abused no one will attempt to
deny. That the majority of the church
members believe this neme will attempt
to controvert, and that it is high time
church and state should be fee ever
divorced e very American will admit.
Therefore to se-eure the enactment of
that measure into a law becomes the
bemnden duty of every member of the
legislature. The property held by
enure nes, exempt Ireuu taxation, as
shown by the last raiisus is liiSl.tis?, HXi.
If this eneirmous amount were assessed
at 5 pe-r cent it would yield the sum of
l,403,43,"i 51. In some slate tho levy
would be but little more than that,
while in Nebraska the levy would ex
coed that amount. It naturally follows
that the several states contribute, an
nually, over thre-e and a half bil ions of
dollars te the supHirt of the churches,
and we have not one state) cnurch but
scores. General Grunt in a message te
congress in IS75, said: "The contem
plation of mo vast a prepe-rty hold by
churches without taxation, may lead
to sequestration without constitutittnal
authority and through blesidshe-d."
President Garfield made use of lan
guage very similar to thate-mployed by
General Grant, in a message te con
gresi) at a later date. It Is urged by
some that if this bill bee-omeis a law
tho Republican party will lie wre'eked
forever in this state'. We stand ready
to say that if the bill dt-s neit be-eomo a
law the people will de-maud an amend
ment te the constitution, and will tax
nil church property, lieforo two year
roll by. If the churches know when
the-y are well olf they will net interfere
in legislative matters when they think
their interests are being encroached
upon, anei as a silent yet earnest pro
test against the exemption of church
property, we pe)int to the new constitu
tion of the stato of New York which
was adopted by a majority exceeding
50,000. The people have suffered long
They have been patient. They show a
disposition to suiter yet a few more
years, hut we cautiem tho churches
against an unseemly interference with
tho will of the people.
IN ILLINOIS,
MciiiImts or the A. 1'. A. anil Kind red
rgiinlu( loti-s to Ite Sillily of Con
spiracy. Springfield, 111., Jan. 31. Repre
sentative Woolsey (dem.) of Winnebago
county, today intrexiuced a bill In the
house, the object eif which Is to wipe
out too American Protective Associa
tion and kindred orders. The bill has
created more talk than anything of a
political nature that has occurred out
side of the senatorial election. It was
referre d te the committee em corpora
tions, of which Murdock of Knox is
chairnan, and may never b.i heard
frerti ?agaiu, although Mr. Woolsey
promises to make it lively for the Re
publicans if they attempt to dodge the
issue presented by his me asure, which
in brie-f declares members ef .he Ann r
iean Protective Association te) be guilty
of conspiracy against the laws of society
and the constitution of Illineiis, and
punishable by a fine of not less than l.'iOO
nor more than $2,000. Tho bill in full
is as follows:
"Section 1. Organlzatiems, coror
ations, associations and societies fonr.ed
and working as secret societies for social
and beneficial purposes (not for pecuni
ary profit), shall be beidies corporate
and politic by such name stated in the
certificate; shall be persons capable of
suing and being sued and bo governed
and controlled as provided for under
"An act conce-rning corporations not
for (Kcuniary profit, approve d April 1,
1S72, in force July 1, 1S72.
"Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any
corporation, society, asseiciation, or feir
any peren or persons to organize or
become members of or partie s te any
society or organization, g: cretor other
wise, that requires or obligates any
pjr .on or persons to Utke oath eir make
affirmation that will in any manner
whatsoever ostracise, separate, or lie to
the pecuniary, social, religious, or ier
semil disadvantage or iibe-rty as defined
In the constitution eif this state or of
tiic Uuite.l S!a'es to any person or per
sons whomsoever.
' Sec. 3. Any violation eif any or all
of the provisions of this- ae.-t slial! be and
is hereby declared to be a conspiracy
against the laws of society and the con
stitution of this state and of the United
Sta'es, and any person who may be, or
may become, engaged in any conspiracy
or take part therein, aid, or advise in
it- commission or in any other manner
attempt te) carry out the sane-, eir be
!o,is.'s to or forms soeh an organization,
shall b- punished by a fine eif r.ot less
than $.100 ;;or meire than i2.0oo.
"SEC. 4. In any indictment or in
formation feir any off- use named in this
ae t it shall be sullicie-nt to state the
purpose and effects o' the conspiracy
a id that the accused was a member of
ami acted with or in the pnrsuune-e of
it, without giving its name?, or descrp
tion, or stating how eir where it was
coated.
"Sec. a. Any pe-rson giving informa
tion to the projier piMsecuting officer
whereby a eonvie-tion is had shall be
exempt from the provisiems eif this act
and shall tveeive one-half of the fine te
be imposed, the balance to lie paid into
the county treasury of the county
where the conviction is secured.
"SKe !. Whereas, an emergency ex
Ists, therefore this act shall bj in force
from ami after lis pas-age-."
If this bill ever ceimes Ix-foro the
henise It will pnnoko a monkey and
parreit time. At le ast half the Re-pub
lie-an mt-mlie r of the general assembly
are members of the American Protec
tive Assoelatieiii. l'hey are outsieikcn
In their views, and se-veral bills now
be-fore the house bear the earmarks eif
tho order. One of the-se American Pre-U-ctlve
bills, pre-scnted by ltepreselita-
tive Halleie-k, of Will county, provides
that no se-hool hook shall 1ms cxiescel
eir sale which do 's not e-etntain on tho
cover tho picture eif an American flag
printed in the natural coleirs, and at
least four inches square in size. Sned
eker, of Jersey county, Is another one
of the red, while and blue bigots that
infest tho present le-glslature. He lias
introilucod a bill ceimK-lling the heilst
Ing of tho American flag em every
schoeil house io the state. These men
would disfranchise every Wiely who does
nor entertain their own narrow In-llefs.
Up in Rockford, tho homo of Repre
sentative Wool ey, a Catholic cannot
bo a member if tho police force or ob
tain any position whatever in the
municipal government. The republi
can majority in tho house- and senate
will naturally defend thoerdcrand o-
K)se Wr. Woolsey 8 bill, but It Will
worry some of them before It is finally
dlsimsed of.
TO AMERICANS.
Have you ever been hungry?
Ilavo yeiurchildrcn shivered and
cried from cold and insullicient
clothing? Have your provisiems
remained uncooked for want of
fuel? If any of those thintrs
have happened to you then you
know the suH'oring which thous
ands of citizens in Nebraska are
undergoing today. All over
that state men, women and child
ren are almost crazed by want,
while in some instances children
have died of starvation. Many
of these sufferers are members
of the A. P. A.; all are a portion
of this great human family.
liWhousands of homes starva
tion stares tho inmates in the
face, 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.
The following (icr.-ons have sent to
this office the following amounts in
cash:
Previously reported $142 K2
W. N Whitney, box of shees.
EXPENDED.
Previously reported 1114 2"
Nebraska Aroused.
The St ite Council of Neb-aska met
in Omaha January l."i, and held a vt ry
harmonious and profitable session. The
pro-pect for organizing new councils
aie mi very encouraging.
Gen. Custer, No. 9, was instituted
Dec. .", at H iveloek: U S Giant. No.
10, em 1) c. 20 at Omaha; John C. Fre
mont, Nei. 11. on Jan. S, at Fremont,
and Oto?, No 12, at Nebraska City,
Jan. 11. No. 13 will soon be. institu'ed
at North Platte.
Nebraska has been arousi d arid it is
new only a question of a little time
when it will b'- in line with the rest
of the new western states.
It is a little early to talk of the ses
sion eif t e national council which meets
in Omaha ne xt June, hot we wish to
say that the national officers, represen
tatives and all visiters can depend on
receiving a genuine western welcome.
Geo. C. Fi,.vroN
Omaha, Neb. S. C. S.
Why ean't the members ol the A. P.
A. in Illinois all give anj take a little,
and get back into line? Nei goev.1
will come of a division in the rank.-.
Everjbody wants to see Chicago go
American this spi ing. It won't gei that
way if this breach widens much more.
The order should not suiter at the
hands of its friends. Remember you
arc to fight Romanism, neit Protestant
ism or Preitestants.
Merit is Ksse-utial.
Consumers have a hahit of determin
ing by exp-'riinetit w hether an article
of food is pure, wholesome, convtni.mt
and e coneimie-al. Borden's Peerless
Brand Evaporated Cream poscscs in
trinsic merit. Will stand every test.
The 'apart and I he I'tihlic i IhmiIh.
ti It. It e in-si r
The papul hierarchy la the bitter a 'id
unrelenting fem of the American public
se-hool system. It is but jut to sny that
many of tho lay me-mlH iit of the Roman
church do not sympathize with their
spiritual rulers in this matter. They
ivcogni.o the grout benefits arising
from our s hoe 1 system and mean to lie
letyul to it. But in spite of Indignant
protests ef ivrtalu prie sts and bishops,
the puhiishe-d and oft-n m-hI- 1 ollielal
utterance- of the li-ade-rs of tills mighty
organization leave no room for (season
able deiubt that It Is the ir determined
puiise to undermine and overthreiw
If iewsililo this magnificent system of
fn-ose-heHils that I one of the bulwarks
eif emr republic. On every pos-dblo oc
casion they attiek It and tin-re Is no
ciislon in their warfare: Father Glea
son of Oakland, Cula., in a public ad
dress In this city, Aug. II, IsX'.l, de
clared our public school system te) bo
'dange-rous to the wedl-be-lug of the
eiommunlty, the parent of Infidelity, an
abridgment of our constitutional rights,
and destructive of parental authority."
Father George, of Boluth, Minnesota,
In an address In Siiie-rior, Wh., Juno
27, 1M2, sal 1: "The state? can have no
children of Itsown. Ithas ne) more right
te pay the bills for the public sediools
than it has the dewter and greicery Mils.
In the Catholic bcIkmiI room wo find the
emly true education. Tho anti-Christ-
Inns are against our schenils. Let us
stmd forour Catholic schools." Fath
er O'Sulllvan, paster of tho Cummlngs
Catholic church, South CMeago, III., In
a nowspaber controversy with Re-v. A.
C. Kelley, pastor of the Bapt ist church
in the same place, May 21, 1!H, while
denying that the Roman church was
oijis (l te our school system maile this
remarkable admission: "Catholics will
not abelicate their rights as parents nor,
like craven slaves, give over their
children, as the pagan Spartan, txxly
and soul, t ) a body of politicians calle;d
tho state, If we are willing te. give our
children to this Moleieh ef modern times,
why neit also our houses and lands and
money and laboi things of less worth
and e-htablish Bellamy's swhenioof sei
clallsrn at once?" What wondrous lovo
this man has for our school system may
be easily inferre d from this atrociou
utterance. In the Scptemlicrand Deje-e-mb:
r, IKiKl, numlier of tlie ' dlulic" a
Catholic Quarterly Review, William
Henry Thorut , thoeditet in a.kriielo
oa ' The weak e)lnts of parochial
schools," thus delivered himself: "You
can go on and arguo that the public
schemls, like the atone-ment, Is provided
f ir all and that the Catholic must take
its b-ne fits or fi-eh for themselves; but
you know in advance that theCathoiics
cannot accept your se called public
school miy more than ho cn accept
your notions of atonement: that he
simply cannot accept your crude, theory
eif education r of life, and yet, simply
because you are in the majority, you
fore:e him to pay tex-'s foi what he sees
and knows to he a mere secular, false,
pe-rnicious and evil syst. m of educa
tion." He refers also to "the Ameri
can secular, atheis ic, and mere soulless
mechanic, public schcol system of edu
cation." Toe F,(cmm's JnHf.ntl (Catholic) in
its issue of November 20, 1 (, says:
"Let tho pub ic school system go to
wnere it ca no from the devil." and in
Its issue of 1) evmb.-r 1 1, IMiii, it calls
our public schools "p'ts of destruction,"
"a devouring fi''e,".uid denouno the)se
trial come ur.de-r the hit! ie i:e-c of our
school ai.d declare.- they wi l be lost
'orevvr. In the Ilv-tm li'iVf a repre
sjntntivc of U Mm' wr.ite in l: "We
want to make our children good Cath
olics, which is the same is makirg tuetn
toed christians We- mu-t have positive-
christian schools with entire liber
ty, of religious instruction, even at the
expense of building and supporting them
and ti.ough we should em.ity half the
grand sehoei. buildings in Boston, and
give them to be sold at ;iu die auction
to the lrghest bideler." A Ca'hoiic
priest wrote to the B iston -to cirttsir
these words: "Catholie-s would rot bo
satisfied with the public schools even if
the Protestaut Bible !uJ every vestige
eif religious teaching were banished
from them. They will no' ho taxed
either for edueatii g the child rju of
Protestants, or for h:tviaLr their own
children educated in schools under
Preitestunt coutrol. ' (For ijuota'ions
from these; Bos'on papers tev Lansing's
Romanism and the Republic, pp. I'M.
It'el,) 15. shop Keano of the Catholic Uni
vcrsity at Washington in a public ad
dress in Central NK'sic hall, Chicago,
111.. April 30, 1N1, said as reported in
the public press eif that city: "The
bulwarks of religion are the- hemic, the
church, the school. All three should
be independent ard inviedato, free from
state dictation and cemtrjl.-' Cardinal
Antoneili, when the peipe's secretary,
writing to the bishop of Nicaragua said:
"We have lately boon informed here
t'outilliie'el OH piliie-