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Tub loaders of the Brooklyn trolly
tttrike aro Romanists.
How are you going to celebrate
Washington's birthday?
The H)e'i lute encyclical Is a rehash
of former document of a similar char
actt r.
The snarl into which the A. P. A.
has worked Itself In Illinois is to be de
plored. THE state council of the W. A. P. A.
meet In Omaha this week and elected
olllcers.
Omaha's city council did the right
thing when it provided for a 7 mill
levy for school purposes.
DON'T forget protege when ordering
premium books. If you do they will be
shipjied by express at your expense.
James Allan is making a good
record a a morn tier of the legislature,
and the same is true of Dr. M. O.
Rlcketts.
It 13 not at all probable, but it is
possible for the fire and police bill, now
pending before the Nebraska legislat
ure, to be dufcated.
The World lkndd Bays the fire and
police conimlssloni rs bill has been re
ported buck to the house by the com
mittee with a unanimous recommenda
tion that "the bill do pats."
You may not be able to avail your
self of our great offer, but tome friend
f jours may lie waiting for just such
an opportunity. Mark our offer and
send the paper to an acquaintance.
A Roman Catholic said to a friend of
our's that he hud been opposed to the
A. P. A., but since he got such fair
and gentlemanly treat men tat the hands
of the ofllcials they elected, he was In
clined to think tbey ere a credit to
the oorr.tnuiiity, and that be would vote
their ticket after this himself.
Washington Council No. 1, of the
Jr. O. U. A. M., is arranging for a
mammoth celebration on the evening
of Washington's birthday, February 22,
The exercises will lie held in the hall
over the Boston store, corner Sixteenth
ana Douglas streets, and consist of a
speech by Judge Cunningham H. Scott,
vocal and instrumental music, and ad
dresses by other well known and reput
able citizens.
The Ike Monday evening of this
week published an alleged letter from
a supposedly indignant member of the
A. P. A., who repudiates some resolu
tions the Ike says the A. P, A. passed
and circulated as an endorsement of
Judge Cunningham R. Scott. If the
gentleman would attend his A. P. A.
couecil with the same regularity that
he goes in the back door of the Bee
office for Instructions, it would not be
necessary for him to repudiate any
thing because he never "seen or heard
or bucd. action." lne resolutions may
or they may rot be the work of the A
P. A., but if they are we rather opine
mat toe order will be able to bade up
just what it says. It carried this
county in spite of boodle, Rosewater,
the lkc, the World-Herald, the Roman
church, her priests and Jesuits and,
in spite of Count Creighton and Jesuit
Gibbons' Municipal League, and if
it says Scott deserves another term,
nothing but God himself can keep them
rfrom putting him on the bench. We
should like to see him nominated just
to see Rosewater fight. His tight
against Majors would not bs a circum
stance. Besides, we could afford to
lose one judge if the church would put
p 110,000 or $15,000 to encompass his
defeat. That amount each year will
oon deplete her treasury.
SENSATIONAL REPORTS.
There is bo longer any use in mom-
b-r nf this A. P. A. In Chicago attempt
ing to hido from the public the true
state of afialrs, Tor the dally pre as Da
already Informal the public In a very
sensational way, and in a very elabor
ate manner, of the exact stalls of A.
P. AWm. in Chicago.
The lnm' ifKirt N probably the
leant M-neatUmal, so we give Its account
of the trouble:
"Council No il of the American Pro
tective Association has ceded from the
ranks of the faithful, after denouncing
in unqualified terms the act of leaders
of thu ord r, on whom the members re
lied to stand by their obligations. The
scci'sslon movement, It Is said, has long
been browing among th members who
were dlwaiislied with the policy jur-
sued, and at a meeting of the council
held Thursday night It was decided to
take a bold stand and denounce tho al
leged wreckers of the society's peace..
Over liM) members of the association
were present, the meeting being held
at the corner of Racine, Lincoln and
Diveraoy streets. Tho discussion was
a spirited one, tho slate officials luting
classed by angry members as unscrupul
ous politicians who had violated the
constitution.
'Under the cover of patriotism, It was
said, the leaders had used the order as
a mere political machine for their wn
bene lit, and lawful delegates had been
denied rights In the state council. The
action of council No. 72, which had sur
rendered its charter on January 21, was
unanimously Indorsed, and at the con
elusion of the meeting the following
resolutions were prepared and unani
mously adopted :
"Whereas. We believe that tho
American Protoctivo Association in
the stato of Illinois is controlled by a
clique of unscrupulous politicians, men
whose H)llcy is rule or ruin, and,
"Whereas, la our opinion its odlcers
have wantonly violated from time to
time tho obligations and constitution of
the order and have encouraged others
to do so; and,
"Whereas, It appears that under the
cover of pretentious patriotism and love
of American institutions theso men are
using the order regardless of the rights
of American citizenship as a more po
litical machine by which to secure to
themselves and their professional
political henchmen pelf and offices; and,
"Whereas, Much trouble has been
occasioned thereby among councils of
the order, friends whose patriotism and
love of American principles are above
suspicion have boon subjected to perse
cutlon and denied in a most wanton and
barefaced manner their rights both as
American citizens and members of the
order; and,
"Whereas, Prof. Walter Sims and
other delegates were denied their
rights in the state council which con
vened on January 23 in this city; and,
"Whereas, These friends have found
It necessary to apiieal to the civil
courts for protection from the unlawful
acts of tho partisan clique which con
trols the order; and,
"WLeras, By the machinations of
these men and their confederates in
the supreme body, the ordi r is being
diverted from its avowed objects; and,
''Whereas, Efforts made at great
sacrifice by devoUd members of the
Older to reform these abuses and un-
American practices have utterly failed
to accomplish the desired results; and,
"Whereas, To further cintlnue in
association with the order would de
mand of us the relinquishment of our
American manhood and self-respect and
the abrogating of our rights of free
$1 ecch and reputation; and,
"Whereas, Council No. 72, of which
Prof. Walter Sims ia and was at that
time president, did at its meeting on
January 24, by unanimous action, sur
render Its charter and declare its
independence of the ring-ruled state
council; be it therefore
"Resolved, That council 42, of the
state of Illinois, hereby approves of
and endorses the action of 72, and joins
that council in surrendering its charter
and declares itself independent of the
stat j cDuncil of Illinois; be it further
"Resolved, That a committee be ap
pointed to convey greeting and word of
our action to 72, and also to confer on
our behalf with that council at its next
meeting regarding the best mode of
procedure for the maintaining of inde
pendent action along the line of non
partisan American principles; bo it
further
"Resolved, That a copy of these reso
lutions be forwarded to the supreme
and state councils and to the press.'
"A meeting of the body formerly
known as council 72, American Protec
tive Association, was held at 3838 State
street last night and steps taken to. form
a new organization. State President
Johnson and several of his followers
tried to gain admission, but were denied
it. It is said that under the rules of
the order any seven men can save the
charter, and aa the old council has
money in its treasury, its members were
anxious last night that the Johnson
crowd should not get a foothold. Coun
cil 72 was the first lodge to secede, and
will probably be a sort of temporary
senate for the new body it is seeking to
create.
"A breach of very considerable mag'
nitude has appeared In the ranks of
the American Protective Association,
and a complete reorganization of that
dy along new lines Is anong the
probabilities of the near future. A con
vention of the sccoders has been called
U meet In Chicago February 12, and at
this convention the future of the organ
ization wil probably be decided.
'Trouble has bm brewing in the
organization tver since the devclop-
Bii nU which occurred during the cam
paign of last fall. It transpired during
that camwlgn that certain officers tif
tho asx Utlon were trying to deliver
tho organ'atlon, lug and bargas'e, to
the Republican arty. While the a-
socUtltm 1 eornMed largely of repub
licans, there are many within its ranks
who are op(osed to having thelrorgan
ization made a side show to the g. o. p.
'This feeling of resentment Uoll
definite shape about a week ago, when
the statu council met here. Prof.
Walter Sims, who has stood for the in
dependent element In the association
and has led the fight against the men
who are trying to use it for political
purposes, was denied admission to the
council on a technicality. Then the
storm broke. Last Thursday night
local council 72 surrendered its charter
and last night council 2119 followed suit.
The latter council also adopted a vig
orous set of resolutions setting forth
tho reasons for Its withdrawal, and
elected eight delegates to represent the
organization, which will meet he-e
February 12,
"One of tho members of council 2'JU
gave the following history of the causes
which brought about this action, and
also gave an outline of what is Intended
to be accomplished at the convention.
He said:
" 'There is a large element in the
association which was completely dis
gusted with the action of 6omo of our
chief officers In the campaign of lait
fall. We found that we were being
made a side-show to the Republican
party. Many of tho staunchest Repub
licans in the association were bitterly
opiosed to anything of that kind. The
association never intended to be made
subservient to any political party. Its
object originally was to foster a spirit
of American patriotism. We wanted
to keep alive the truo Bplrlt of Ameri
canism in absolutely divorcing all re'
liglous influences from politics. We
believed that this influence was being
exerted in politics to the detriment of
the best Interests of the country, and it
was our prime objoct to break it down
It was our aim to fight this Influence no
matter where we found It in. The gen
ulne members oi the association were
and still are absolutely non-partisan in
their aims for relorm.
"We found that wo had made several
serious mistakes in organizing. We
decided on secret work and wore con
scquently exposed to all the wild sus
picions of those who look upon a secret
political or reform organization as a
dangerous thing, where all sort of
plots are concocted against the welfare
of society or some part of it. We in
curred parti jularly the enmity ot the
Catholic church, as a whole, when we
really did not deserve it. '
'The bona fide members of the organ'
ization realize that there are a great
many good Catholics, men who might
be calkd bigots so far as their creed is
concernoi, but who believe just as we
do on the Questions of the relations
which should exist between the etiurch
and the s'ate. buch men are our
friends we have absolutely no animos
ity against a man on account of his
religion per ee, and we have nothing
but animosity for the man who mixes
up his religious belief with politics, no
matter what his religion may be.
"To set ourselves right on these ques
tions we intend that the meetlngsof the
new organization shall be open to the
public, and the public cordially invited.
We Intend, too, to make a rule that the
officers of the now organization, when
they accept a nomination for office or a
political appointment, must step down
and out of their places in tne associa
tion. These and several other minor
points will constitute the features of
the changes we intend to make.'
"Several of the councils have ex'
pressed their intention of withdrawing
from the state and national organiza'
tion and joining in the movement which
will start with tne convention oi r eoni'
ary 12th."
OCR old esteemed friend, Rev. J. G.
White, writes us that he was able to
be in attendance at the state council of
Illinois. We are waiting for the day
when the grand old man will be able to
take to the lecture field again, and rap
Rome as he alone can rap her.
Because the A. P. A. of this city is
not making a great big blow about
what they are doing, the Romans have
become alarmed and are saying they
are working up to some new political
move. That is probably true. Wait
and see.
The Wilson bill has been ot some
benefit to the country. Five hundred
Italians who have been working in the
sugar refineries of Louisiana have re
turned to their homes in Sicily and
Italy, and many more will follow.
When you subscribe for or purchase
a copy of The American, bear in mind
that it is an independent American
paper the organ of no man or set of
men. and of no association. It is the
organ of its editor.
Tuesday, February 12, is the an
nlversary of Lincoln's birth.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Supreme; President Traynor is After
the Gridiron Club,
YVIiirb Knler1aiiiel Satulli, Iteprevuta-
the' Tom Heed and nrailuel at Its
Annual Dinner,
On Saturday tight la-st, January 2.1,
the Gridiron club of this citygava
banquet at the Arlington Lob l. This
club is composed of newspaper men en
tirely, and is the princ.'.j a! press club of
Washington. It gives adicner annu
ally, to which tho favorites of the or
ganization among the public men of
U'O country are invited. At Its last
dinner Mgr. Satolll was the guest of
honor, and Messrs. Weadock, of Michi
gan, and l nomas is. lleeu, oi Maine,
the most con-plcuous non-clerical
guests. Mr. Heed, In allowing himself
to be thus sandwiched between Satolll
and Weadock, give credence to the
rumor that he is the candidate of the
clericals for the presidency, and that he
Is willing to take Weadock as his run
ning mate.
It is against the rules of the Gridiron
club to publish any of the utterances of
its guests at these banquets; but "as a
compliment to Mgr. Satolii," there was
special dispensation in his favor,
whereby the entire oration was sent
out to the public for the needed en
lightenment of the American people in
respect to the functions of the daily
press. In this oration Mgr. Satolll
quotes largely from the Civilta (Juttol
lica, the Jesuit organ of Rome, and
makes many sage remarks concerning
conscience and other matters which are
supposed to be peculiar to the Romans,
and concerning which tho pope's legate
has professedly come over to Washing
ton to Instruct benighted Americans.
Mr. Reed is said to have been very
much edified by these remarks, which
were read by the legate's secretary, the
legate himself being unable to speak
the English language. No doubt Mr.
Reed will also be edified next year by
the votes ot the men in the national
convention of his party, who can speak
English. This Gridiron dinner of New
England goose, Ita'lan vermicelli and
Michigan mole mny, in its sequel, prove
to be more fatal to its participants than
the famous London dinner did to Mr,
Wilson, of West Virginia.
On Sunday night, January 27, the
Rev. Dr. Byron Sunderland, pastor of
the First rresbyterlanchurch,dellvered
a sermon on tho Roman question, in
which he showed that It was the most
vital and important question that has
vexed the world for 1200 years. He
will preach another on tho same sub
ject next Sabbath, and, it is to be hoped,
will keep up the agitation until the
flunkies of the legate here realize that
dinners and dispensations for Satolll
are calculated to generate fire and
brimstone, as well as champagne head
ache. I will endeavor to procure a
copy of Dr. Sunderland's masterly ser
mon for publication in all the patriotic
papers of the country; for it shows that
there is life in the old tovn yet, and
that the spirit of John Knox has not
perished from the earth.
Folljwing is Satolii b address, as pub
lished in the I'oi-t, January 27:
' From Aristotle to Montesquieu, tho
renowned author of 'L'Esprit des Vols,'
learned men have divided the functions
of government into classes the legisla
tive, executive or administrative, and
the judicial which are la truth but
three activities of one and the same
power which Is vested In him who has
the care of the people and represents
them. No iv, however, an adequate
division of the powers of government
would have to include a fourth elemen
and this is public opinion, exercising
its activity through the organism of
the public press. It is, consequently
a great pleasure and honor to me to be
with you this evening, feeling, as I do,
that I am surrounded by the repressn-
tatives of the fourth power In the great
est and most glorious of modern repub
lics a republic emulous of the glory of
those of ancient times.
"A half century ago, one of the prin
cipal periodicals of Europe, the Civilta
Cattolica, at the beginning of its exist
ence, said: 'It happens naturally that
in those countries where journalism is
in vogue, it comes to be a true, perhaps
even the supreme social power. It be
ing received as an axiom that public
opinion is the mistress and queen of the
world, this public opinion has r.o other
means of making itself felt, nor organ
for Its manifestation more efficacious,
than those of journalism.' And Bryce,
in his admirable work on 'The Ameri'
can Commonwealth,' declares: 'In no
country is public opinion so powerful as
in the United States; in no country can
it be so well studied. Yet
opinion has really been the chief and
ultimate power in nearly all nations at
nearly all times. I mean the opinion
unspoken, unconscious, but not the less
real and potent of the masses of the
people;' and it is the public press which
has the most general and efficacious in'
flue nee in constituting, moderating.
kecoine alive and modifying, when
necessity requires public opinion.
"It is a question whether laws depend
from the Bocial dispositions of the peo
ple, or whether the social dispositions
depend from the laws. In my opinion
the dependence 1 mutual; and conse
quently the legislative powt-r cannot
hold itself independent ' or Indiffer
ent to the popular opinion which mani
fests itself through the press. In this
connection ills iuu-rtstint' to note the
teaching of the celebrated Isidore of
Seville, concerning the ne-cessar char
acteristics of ail human laws. He sais:
'"A la w.ll hie th r.ughly reason
able only when it Is in conformity with
r ligion and g ah1 order, and promotes
public welfare. It mud be a proiier
la i, jKissible, bo'h naturally and con
sidering the customs of the country; it
n.ust bj fitting the cir. -instances of
time and place; it should be Deeded
aid useful; it should be clear, too, con
taining nothing which may give rise to
cavils on account of its obscurity; it
should buntfil no private interest, but
should be enacted only for the common
good of the people at large.'
" 'The reasons why Isidore assigns
the-e qualities for a good and valid law,
are plain. Human law is the guide of
life In socle' y, and proceeds from the
prior and higher life divine and natural
law. Therefore it ought to be proper,
conforming to the supreme dictates of
reason and to the government of Divine
Providence; it should likewise conform
to justice and to the capabilities of
those who are to be governed by it and
should therefore be framed according
to the state of civilization, according to
the form of government, and should re-
.spect private rights. It ought, more
over, to bo inspired by the considera
tion of the common need and utility.
And so we define law as 'an ordination
of reason enac ed and promulgated for
the common good by those to whom the
government of tho people is intrusted.'
If we consider each one of these neces
sary conditions we shall be coavioced
that the special work of the public
press to make thorn known rnd verify
their existence.
"Man, as a social being, has three
natural needs: The communication of
his ideas; Interest and participation In
the government of the state to which
he belongs; to be kept as accurately
and promptly as possible informed of
what goes on in the world about him.
Nothing better meets these wants than
the public press, xf man were left with
the faculty of speech alone, none of
these three needs would be satisfied!
Books are, 'tis true, a useful expedient,
but rather serve for general instruc
tion than for the practical knowledge
of the daily course of events, and may
fittingly be called the fixed press.
Periodicals answer the need better, but
not sufficiently, as experience proves.
They may be termed an intermittent
press. The dally or public press, a con
tinuous press, when well organized, has
the advantage of being fully proportion
ate to the social exigencies of the hu
man mind.
"The practical life, not only of the
individual, but also of the body politic,
is a syllogism, the major proposition of
which containing a general truth may
be found in tha book press; the minor
may be had from the periodicals; but
to draw the conclusion belongs properly
to the dally public press, which day by
day describes the social life in its min
utest details. And, therefore, just as
the conclusion of the syllogism contains
in itself all of the strength of the prem
ises, and is distinct from them, so the
public press contains all the force of
the general truths and of particular
applications, describing as Its proper
field that which is done in practical
life as well as by the governing as by
the governed.
"Society is an organized body. The
government is its head; its blocd; the
wealth which has its sistoli and astole
through the industry of the people;
morality and religion are its heart; the
press may well be termed Its lungs,
since it serves as the organ of public
respiration.
Or, again, I do not hesitate to say
that in the body politic the public press
has that office which in the individual
Is performed by conscience, and to de
fine It as the organ of social conscience.
In fact, what are the functions of con
science? To testify, withhold and in
vestigate, to accuse, to reprimand and
to cause remorse. All these things fol
low the application of what we know to
what we do, and this application is
threefold; first, when we have recog
nized that we have or have not done
something, and in this way conscience
is said to testify; next, when we judge
that we ought or ought not to do some
thing, and so conscience investigates or
withholds; and, finally, when we judge
that what we have done was well or
badly done, and then conscience ac
cuses, approves or reprehends.
"And is it not, indeed, the public
press which makes known the deeds of
society from day to day? Charles Dud
ley Warner declares that the purpose
of the creation of the newspaper is that
It should be a "Mirror of contemporary
life.'' 13 it not the public press which,
at the proper time, should make known
to the makers of laws what should or
should not be done for the common wel
fart? Can any one deny to the-public
press the right, In matters which con
cern the peoole. at large, to estimate
the value of public acts? And espec
ially does the public press act as the
public conscience since the mass of the
people think, speak and act under the
influences of impressions received from
their dally papers.
"Up to the Fifteenth century there
was no vehicle of intellectual and im
mortal light except the manuscript cod
icil for the few and monuments and the
spok-n word for the many; and, there
fore, it was more necessary than in our
times to have monuments, pictures and
statues, by the sif ht of which the youth
might be inspired to imitate the gener
ous and glorious acts of heroic men.
The Hebrews atthetimeof their great
est glory had their temples and tombs.
TheGre-eks had their U inple, statues
and pictures. The Romaas had their
triphic-s, columns and arches. Then
fol!oed the days of sah ols and uni
versities, which became '.he centers and
sources of knowledge. Fr.)m the inven
tion of printing In the Fifteenth cen
tury to the Eighteenth, books were
multiplhd and instruction facilitated
and generalized, and libraries sprang
up like so maiy temples of the human
encyclopedia. It was left for the pub
lic press to provide fully and universally
for the teaching of the masses.
"So great being the importance of
the public press, it is evident how much
those who labor in this ministry merit
the good will and esteem of the public.
I cannot agree with Mr. J. W. Keller,
who makes of journalism a mere trade,
and a poor one at that To me it seems
a life of devotion to high and noble
work, to the enlightenment and better
ment of mankind, bringing with it that
reward, richer than the mere accumu
lation of wealth the consciousness of
being a factor in the onward progress
of humanity. If, then, the public press
is a kind of priesthood, one can easily
understand that those who administer
It should be conscious of their high
office and conform always to the rules
of sacred duty. It may not be Ind s
creet in suggesting that over the door
of every newspaper building should be
Inscribed the words, 'Truth, justice,
honesty. Of all, for all.'
"And today, even In her treasuries of
monumental literature, can be read
without books the record of centuries of
civil, religious and moral virtues.
"From the day of my arrival in' Amer
ica down to the present moment I have
had every reason to feel pleased with
the press of this country, to conceive
the most exalted opinion of it; to ap
preciate its great importance; to nour
ish for it feelings of sincere and 'imper
ishable gratitude.
"If you desire to know my mission
among you, you will find it expressed in
the conditions enunciated for my favorable-reception
here, by a well-meaning
but misled writer in the Jorum two
years ago. It is 'to teach the Ignorant,
raise the fallen, to lead the"guilty and
penitent to the invisible and divine
Saviour, who alone has powerito for
give sin; to console the sorrowing, to
edify the believing, to promote right
eousness, liberty, sympathy and the
spirit of christian brotherhood through
out the land.'
"If you want to know what my mis
sion is not, you have it in the words of
this same writer, in which he explains
what he thinks it is. He asserts;that I
am here to further the claims of the
pope to 'a kingdom of this -world,' 'a
kingdom which embraces the whole
world,' 'all the kingdoms of the world
and the glory of them.' In1 my own
name and that of Leo Xill who sent
me, I repudiate any such purpose. And
when It shah pleasa the pope- to recall
me, trusting in the kindaess and recti
tude of the public press, as Samuel of
old, on laying down the government of
Isr;ul, appealed to the assjm'jled, people
to express their satisfaction ;or dissnls
factl m with his administration, so I
shall not hesitite to present to the
press of the country the record of my
labors and say, 'Judge mo.' "
While Mr Satolll, the Italian, who
is as yet incapable of interpreting his
conceptions into English, is pulling the
wool over the eyes of American journal
ists and uttering smooth sophistries
which too plainly indicate his Jesuiti
cal education, let us examine, upon the
authority of his master on the'Tiber,
what kind of journalismjithe Jpapacy
seeks to establish in the United. States.
In a letter, dated June 17, 1S35, Leo
XIII said:
"Such a duty (obadience) ' while in
cumbent upon all without exception, is
most strictly so upon journalistswho,
if they were not animated with the
spirit of docility and submission so
necessary to every Catholic, would
help to extend and groatly aggravate
the evils we deplore."
A writer for the Catholic W orld, July
18, 1870, in an article entitled, "The
Catholics of the NIneteenth;Century,"
shows us what would; become of free
speech and the freedom of the press in
the event of Roman ascendancy in the
United States. He says:
"The supremacy i-asserted ofor the
church in matters o! education Implies
the additional and cognate function of
the censorship of Ideas andi the right to
examine and approve or disapprove all
books, publications, writings and utter
ances intended for public, instruction,
enlightenment or entertainmect, and
the supsrvision of places of amusement.
This is the principle upon which the
church has acted in handing over to
the civil authorities for punishment
criminals in the world of ideas."
For fear that I should beiaccused of
raking up old decrees which may have
been superseded by others of more mod
ern date, let me draw .the'attontion of
the journalistic world to tho decree just
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