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Volume V.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 189.1.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
A correspondent of Pine Bluff
Arkansas, January 26, 1893, writes: "A
friend in Cincinnati, Ohio, requests me
to write you a strong appeal for lltera-
ture for free distribution among the
colored people of Arkansas, where the
Catholics are trying to swallow up the
people wholly. Iam state missionary
and am co-operating with the A. P. A.,
but I am, and they are, too poor to
purchase literature, and I appeal to you
in the name of God to send us all the
matter you can to help us in our struggle
against the inroads that Catholicism
is making against us. You know why
better than I can tell you. Your co
operator for untramme'ued American
institutions."
Lincoln, Neb., furnishes a re
freshing bit of news. A friend in that
city sends it in in the following shape:
"On the 23d of last month, a boy 10
years old named Ed. Aleer was arrested
by the police of Lincoln for stealing a
lot of brass and destroying property to
the value of $125. The boy was taken
before Judge Wurtzburg, the county
judge for Lancaster county, where he
plead guilty. The boy's mother said
she could not get him to go to school,
and stated that she paid for the clothes
the boy had on with money she earned
washing. The judge then interviewed
the boy as follows: 'Ed., do you go to
your duty regular0' Ed. replied, 'I do.'
The judge then inquired, 'When was
the last time you confessed to the
priest?' Ed. answered, 'Last June.'
The judge, 'If I let you go, do you think
you can behave yourself, and go to con
fession regular?' Ed., 'I do.' The judge,
'You can go.' This young McAlcer is
the leader of a gang of young toughs,
and has been before the court on sev
eral occasions, and is known to be one
of the toughest young rascals in town.
Mc Aleer's partner, who was not a Cath
olic, was sent to the reform school last
November, and a warrant Issued for
McAleer at the 6ame time, but he
dodged the officer until January 23,
when by watching his home he was ar
rested after midnight when sneaking
in.
Coming as it does from an
Independent or Populist paper, the fal
lowing article is worthy of careful
perusal ar-d ithoi'ghtful consideration
by every member of the legislature of
the state of Nebraska, It is 60 near
our own idea that we feel tempted to
appropriate it en .ire without the cour
test of a credit, but as that is the mean
est andmost contemptible thing an
editor can be guilty of, we refrain from
giving beLt to our-inclination and allow
the Platte County Argus to reap all the
credit. TheAryus says: "The Austral
ian ballot law Ehouid be amenued so
that no judge nor anyone can help fix
another" man's ticket. The law pro
videe a sample ballot, a booth, pen and
ink and five minutes' time for the voter
to prepared Isiballot. After months of
discussion in the newspapers and
around the familyhearth-stones of the
merits and demeritsof political parties,
principles and candidates, if a voter
can't fix his ballotit is because he la
too ignorant to be trusted with the
right of suffrage. The 'crimes of the
heelers, brow-beaters and bulldozers
around the polling! places have been
transferred to .the judge of election,
who is selected to fix ;tickets. For in
stance, at a certain polling'placein this
county there were a class of voters that
were bought upi by the precinct man
ager. These0men .would go into the
polling place'and ask for a certain judge
to come into the booth and fix their
tickets for them. This would be done
of course. Aftersome half dozen or
more of these cheap slaves had had
their ballots J fixed, the judge would
walk outside and have a little conver
sation withithe precinct manager, and
then returnjto.his post of duty. In a
few minutes the'precinct manager and
one of the .slaves he had purchased
would step aside and wind up the deal
according to contract. This clearly
Illustrates how it is not only possible to
buy up the purchasable votes, but the
splendid way in which the buyer can
keep tab on his purchases and pay for
only that which he gets. By repealing
that clause in theJAustralian ballot law
which allowsia judge to help a man fix
his ticket, it would take out of the
hands of the venal vampires a floating
purchasable vote of about 15,000 or
20,000."
, In order that a full under
standing may be had of Rome's work in
her alleged"charitable institutions we
republish this article from the New
York Daily World, withoutcomment, as
it speaks for itself: "Five-year-old
Georgie Bach man was taken by his
father on New Year's Eve from the
Morgan avenue branch of the orphaj
asylum attached to the church of the
Most Holy.Trinlty at Graham and Mont
rose avenues, Brooklyn, E. D. The UJ
was suffering from inflammation of the
throat, and hit body was marked with
bruises. lie alleged the bruise had
been inflicted by one of the lay sisters
who had charge of his ward in the
asylum, and that she had also, at
punishment, washed him in a tub of
cold water. Georgie' brother, Peter,
nine years old, who is still In the branch
orphan asylum, says be saw Lav Sister
Klta beat George with the handle of
whip about a foot and a half long and
half an inch in diameter. He also tays
he saw Georgie taken towards the bath
room, and when he returned he com
plained that he had been put in a tub
of cold water. Francis Bachman, an
employe in the -Havemeyer Sugar
Works in Williamsburg, is the father
of the two boys. lie and his wife are
devout Catholics, and for some time
past have attended the church of the
Annunciation in North Fifth street.
Thev have two other children. Two
months ago the mother became de
ranged, and after sending a short time
in a hospital was taken in charge by
her sister, under whose care she still
remains. The family was broken up,
and while relatives took charge of two
of the children, Georgie and Peter were
sent to the asylum adjoining Holy
Trinity. They remained there until
the Friday before New YearV, when
they were transferred to the branch
asylum in Morgan avenue. Sistor
Polycarp, of the first-named institution,
says there were no marks or bruises on
Georgie's body when he was trans
ferred to the branch ho. se. lie had
been at the latter place less than four
days when his father had him removed
to the houso of a relative, Mrs. John
Miller, of No. 149 Frost street. The
father said to a reporter oi the Worbl
yesterday: "I called at the asylum the
last Sunday in Docetnber, and my boy
was brought into the reception room.
He was shaking and trembling, and
kept saying over and over, 'Papa, papa,
take me home.' I asked his brother
Peter what was the matter with him,
and he said Georglo had committed I
slight offense and Sister Rita bad pun
ished him for it. The next day I made
arrangements with my relative, Mrs,
Miller, to care for the child, and
brought him to her home in a carriage.
In washing him we found dark marks
and bruises on both legs and on the
right arm. He was also suffering from
pain in his throat. I called In Dr. Bjc?,
of Graham avenue, who examined him
He said the child had inflammation of
the windpipe, and that he bad appar
ently been ill-treated. The doctor
made a statement in writing to this
effect, saying that the bruises looked as
if they might have been made by kicks.'
In the presence of the doctor, Mr.
Bachman said, he pointed to the
bruises and asked Georgie, 'Who hurt
you there?' to which the little fellow
replied, 'The sister.' Later the lad
was taken to St. Catherine's hospital,
where he repeated his statements, and
died a few hours later. A cavity filled
with puss was found on the bjv's left
side, which was to have been operated
upon yesterday if he had lived. Dr.
Judd, the house surgeon, said he
thought Georgie had consumption. The
cause o1 death was given in the certifi
cate as empvaemia. John A. Koecbel,
a relative of the Bachmans, took the
written statement made by Dr. Boes,
alleging ill-treatment, to the orphan
asylum a week ago yesterday. It was
read to Lay Sister Rita, and little Peter
was sent for to confront her with h's
statement of what he had seen. Sister
Rita herself went to fetch him. When
brought in, Peter said he had not seen
Sister Rita strike his brother, thereby
contradicting what he had previously
stated to his ather. When the father
called the next day Peter told him that
the sister had warned him not to repeat
the charge against her, and that he
had contradicted himself for fear of
being beaten with her stick. Dr. Boes
declined to discuss the case when a re
porter called yesterday, but Sister Poly
carp admittec receiving the statement
from him telling of the bruised condi
tion of the child's body. 'I can't account
for it,' she said, 't have known Sister
Rita several years, and always looked
upon her as a gentle person in the care
of children. Wed;d all wo could for
the little boys here before they were
transferred to the branch where Sister
Rita is. I tried to build them up, but
they were so homesick that it kept them
back. They did not seem to get used
to the place, as some children do. When
I ordered them to be transferred I sent
word of their home-sickness with them,
and asked that they be given special
attention.' At the branch asylum in
Morgan avenue the World reporter had
a long talk with little Peter. 'George
was sick,' he said, 'and broke one of the
rules. Sister Rita came in with a piece
of a whip'handle about a foot and a half
long and half an inch thick. She struck
him with it about three times and he
cried till he went to sleep. The next
morning she took him to the bathroom
I could not see what happened there,
but when Georgia came back he was
shivering and trembling, and told me
the sister had put him In a tub of cold
water. I only saw her punish him
once. When Sister Uitatook me down
the day that the questions were asked
she toid me at the head of the stairs to
say nothing about the beating of
Georgie, and I was so afraid of her that
I obeyed. I told my father next day
that I had been frightened into contra
dieting what I had told him.' Sister
Rita denied to the rciorter that she
had ever struck Georgie. 'It is true,
she said, as Peter has elated, 'that be
broke the rules. I told him if he did it
again I would punish him. I should
have done so if I had not seen, when I
took him up, that he was too ill to bo
punished. It Is also true that I took
him to the bathroom, but the water I
placed him in was warm, and not cold
Asked if she had a piece of whip handle
such as described by Peter, with which
she inflicted punishment, Sister Rita
replied, 'I have several sticks. Some'
times I use one and sometimes another
you could not keep order here at all
with all these children if you did not
inflict coriwral punishment.' Sister
Rita said she did not believe the pun
ishmcntsthe administered left marks
or bruises. She had never looked to
see."
The American Patriot, of San
Francisco, in an article upon ihe rela
tionship of the public schools to the
republic, recently said: "The relations
of the public schools to the republic is
close and vital; for republicanism means
the sovereignty of the people. It is a
government 'of the people, for the
people and by the people.' It mean
free thought, free speech and free
press, free religion and free education.
The public schools of this country are
the palladium of our liberties and the
aegis of our civilization. They are the
poor man's friend; they bring to the
cottage and to the hut, as well as to the
mansion and to the palace, the choicest
treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Most people are poor, and with the
masses life is a perpetual struggle.
Popular education becomes a boon be
cause it puts the poor man's boy in
possession of this sovereign power; it
lifts him from a low plane of ignorance
to the high level of equality wifh the
rich man's child. It develops his rea
son, stimulates his imagination and en-
lightens his conscience. These schools
are also the rich man's opportunity,
and give to the wealthy the privilege
of helping the poor. The best gift to
an earnest and ambitious boy or girl is
a liberal education, a practical educa
tion, which will prevent poverty and
crime and render the Individual inde
pendent and self-reliant. It has been
demonstrated that it is cheaper and
better to build school houses than alms
houses. It is believed that the social
Ism of culture is the antidote for nihil
ism and anarchy. Our public schools
are the 6afe-guards of liberty. A free
people must be an intelligent people;
ignorance and freedom are incompat
ible; popular government must be
maintained by universal education. Our
public school system is the best means
ever yet devised in human history for
the education of the whole people.
These schools exist for the many and
not for the few; for the masses and not
for the classes. If American Institu
tions are to endure, the bencficient
works of the public schools must be
maintained. These schools are like
wise the nurseries of a genuine democ
racy They belong to the people
knowing neither caste nor distinction
save those that arise from merit and
scholarship. In the.-e halls of popular
learning, all meet on a common level;
the rich, the poor, the high and the
low, the aristocrat and the pauper.
There is no recognition of race, creed,
color or social distinction. In these
schools merit alone wins. Equality is
the watciword which become at once a
spur to the rich sluggard and an in
spiration to the humble child of the
poor. These schools are thoroughly
American. They are, perhaps, the
most distinctive product of American
civilization. In them a common lan
guage is taught. Race and class dis
tinc Ion give place to natural character
istics; natred and suspicion are
obliterated and old country traditions
are supplemented by a new patriotism.
If the pupilsienter heterogeneous aliens
they emerge from the schools homogen
eous Americans. These schools are
the drill halls of character. They
furnish a foundation of broad intel
ligence. They foster industry, order,
neatness, punctuality, thoroughness,
respect for authority and obedience of
law. They develop a love of truth and
insist onifidelity of trusts; they awaken
self-respect, independence of thought
and beget the habit of reguUting the
life in accordance with reason and con
science. They teach the pupils respect
for the rights of others and regards for
the rights of property and the rlghU of
conscience. They awaken love for the
true, the beautiful and the good, and
reverence for law, justice and God. In
short, they develop v-. manly char
actera and tit their student for live
of honor and uscfulnew. To attack
tho,-e schools, therefore, is a most ser
ious and significant maUer; a problem
of profound concern to every lover of
American liberty and American lnstl
tutlons. That the assault has been
made by Romanism goes without ques
tion, and we are gathered as patriots
and citizens to protest against such
encroachments upon and infractions of
our national liberties. We are forced
to look with the gravest suspicions up
on any interference in our public school
system, that originates In the Roman
Catholic hierarchy and record our vehe
ment protest against the exclusion of t
history of the middle ages from our
schools, simply because it narrates the
actual occurrences of the papal church
during that period."
Tue Protestant OHernr of a
recent date contained these very pointed
allusions to the practices of the church
of Rome: "The famous and learned
Erasmus lived and died a Romac Cath
olic priest. In his old age the p pe
proposed to make him a cardinal, but
ho declined the offer. In Mr. Froudo's
new "Life and Letters of Erasmus, "
just published, there is a long letter
which Erasmus addressed t Lambert
Grunnius, in which his opinion of
Monks and Monasteries is expressed in
unmistakable terms Our modern
"Ransomors" may try to laugh at Prot
estant testimony as to the corrupt con
dition of the Monasteries of the Six
teenth century, but what will they Bay
to the testimony of this learned Roman
priest, who was in high favour with
the pope, and enjoyed the confidence of
many of the Roman Catholic sovereigns
of Europe? Erasmus writes: 'Young
men are fooled and cheated into joining
the religious orders. Once in the toils,
they are broken in and trained into
Pharisees. They may repent, but the
superiors will not let them go, lest they
should betray the orgies which they
have witnessed. They crush them
down with scourge and penance, the
secular arm, chanceries and dungeons.
Nor is this the worst Cardinal Mattco
sau at a public dinner nerore a large
audience, namirg place and persons,
that the Dominicans had buried
young man alive whose lather demanded
his son's release. A Polish noble who
had fallen asleep in a church raw two
Franciscans buried alive; yet these
wretches call themelves the represen
tatives ot Benedict and Basil and
Jerome. A Monk may be drank every
day. lie may go witn loose women
secretly or openly. He may waste the
church's money on vicious pleasures.
He may be a quack or a charlatan, and
all the while be an excellent brother,
and fit to be made an Abbot: while one
who for the best of reasons lays aside
his frock is howled at as an apostate.
Surely the true apostate li he who
goes into sensuality, pomp, vanity, the
lusts of the flesh, the sins which he re
nounced at his baptism. All of us
would think him a worse man than the
other, if the commonness of such char
acters did not hide their deformity.
Monks of abandoned lives notoriously
swarm over Christendom. These are
the true rpostates, and on them the
hated name ought to fall, though they
may still wear the cowl. Is it not
wicked then, my friend, to entangle
young men by false representations in
such an abominable net? Monks whose
lives are openly infamous, draw boys
after them into destruction. The con
vent at best is but a miserable bondage,
and if there be outward decency (as
among so many there must be some
undepraved), a knot which cannot be
loosed may still be fatal to soul and
body. It Is pretended that novices are
not admitted till mature age. Maturity
suflices for marriage, why not for the
monastic profession? Yet men have
joined at thirty, and have been aghast
at what they found. They have been
taken in by specious words. The or
ders talk of purity, as if they were
themselves pure: of obedience, as if
while obeying man they were not dis
obeying God; of irrevocable vows, when
no vows ought to be irrevocable. I do
not condemn the regularordersassuch.
If there are persons for whom the rule
is salutary, the vow may stand. But
the more sacred the profession, the
more caution must be observed in the
admission to it There must be no in
fluencing, no violence or terror. It
ought not to bind when a frightened
lad has had the halter forced upon him.
Shame on a law which says that a vow
taken when the down is on the check is
of perpetual obligation!' ('Life and
Letters of Erasmus.' By J. A. Froude,
pp. loo lbs.) I'erhaps some of our mod
ern 'Ransomers' will not believe even
Erasmus, the friend of popes. But
what will tbey do with the subjoin
Ustlmony of one whom the present
Me, Loo XIII., has enrolled amongst
the beautified aainti in heaven? W
refer to Sir Thomas More, Lord Chan
eel lor of England In the reign of Henry
v III., who declared: 'Erasmus is the
dearest friend that I have.' More sup
ported Erasmus most heartily in his
attacks on the Monks of Lis time, for
he was well aware of the foul condition
Into which most, if not all, of the Mon
aterlea had fallen. The Roman 'Cath
olio Truth Society' have issued a full
paged picture of Thomas More, In the!
book on 'The English Martyrs,' and
underneath they have printed the
words: 'Blessed Thomas More; Pray
for us' (p. It!). Well, now, will on
'Ransomers' and the members of th
'Catholic Truth Society' listen for
while to what the man they pray to has
to say about the Monasteries of his
time? More wrote thus to a corns
iHtndent: 'Erasmus is the dearest
friend that I have. He moors, you ex
claim, at the religious orders. Why
be so sensitive? When he ridicules
your ceremonies, ho ridicules only the
superstitious use of them. Do not your
orders quarrel and abuse each other,
and fight over the cut and colour of
their petticoats, and set up their crests
as though they were seated on the sun's
rays? Yet the same men who think
the devil will have them If they change
the shape of their frocks, are not afraid
to Intrigue and lie. They shudder
they have left out a verse in a psalm,
and they tell each other dirty stories
longer than their prayers. Tbey strain
at the gnat; they swallow an entire
elephant. They live in the third
heaven, as if they were saints in coun
cil. They fancy themselves the holiest
of mon, and commit the most abomin
able crimes. I knew a man belonging
to a strict order not a novice' he was
prior of the house. He had gone from
wickedness to wickedness. Ho had
planned murder and sacrilege, and he
hired a party of cut throats The deed
was done. The men were caught
saw them. They told mo themselves
that boforo they went to work the prior
took them to his cell, and made them
ray on their knees to the Virgin
there. This completed, they did their
business with a clear conscience. I am
not holding good men answerable for
others' sins. Wholesome plants and
pDl onous planU may grow on the same
stem. . The worship of the Virgin may
do good to some people. With others
it is an encouragement to crime. This
Is what Erasmus denounces, and If you
blame him you must blame Jerome,
who says worse of Monks than Eras
mus.' (Froude's 'Ltfo and Letters of
Erasmus,' p. 138.)"
SuriiEME President Traynor
writing from Washington under date of
February 11, say: The results of th-;
late election upon the political parties
are becoming visible in the United
States senate. That body Is no looger
controlled by the Democrats, but it
does not follow that its action will be in
lino with Republican policies, for the
Populists hold the balance of power.
The Republicans and Populists will co
operate in organizing the senate; but
after that it is likely that the latter
will work on lines distinctly marked
out by the third party. The most un
fortunate feature of the new situation
is the Increase of the power of the
papacy, caused by the election of such
men as Carter and Elklns; the former
being a rank papist, and the la'ter a
Roman sympathizer. If Addlcks should
be elected In Delaware, there will be
another papist to strengMien the hands
of the Jesuitical cabal In the senate.
For this state of things the Republican
party is entirely responsible; and, what
ever may be the views of individuals In
that party respecting the patriotic re
form movement, the aid and comfort
which the organization has fiiven to
Carter, Addicks and Elkins, together
with the countenance given by Tom
Reed and other Republican leaders to
the presence of Satolli at the famous
Gridiron barquet, is likely to cause a
reversal of the popular verdict as ex
pressed last November. The patriotic
orders did not vote for Republican can
didates bocause they were R"publicans,
but because they were supposed to be
patriots and honest men. And now
that this illusion has been dispelled,
there Is no reason for the repetition of
such a blunder. The sentiment in
favor of an American party is rapidly
crystallzing. The name of Hon. W. S.
Linton as the presidential candidate of
the proposed American party, Is heard
on every ntnu. in lact, it is a com
parison of Linton's course with that of
the aver; ge public man of the times,
which lends strength to the new move
ment here in Washington, where until
recently the idea of a new party was
tabooed by the very men who are now
most active in pushing the programme.
I would not be understood as endorsing
either the scheme for a party or the
selection of any particular person as ita
standard bearer In case It should be or
ganized; but the reo ut conduct of the
Republicans In Montana, West Virginia
and Delaware, constrain me to look
with favor upon any propottiion tend
ing to dissociate the masses from the
treacherous leaders who are socking by
corrupt methods to allow the blood r
hands of Lincoln's assassins to grasp
and retain the helm of the republic for
whoso preservation he gave his life. I
am told that the motive which 'inM-bj
the Ron an Imp wturo to intrench it
self in the senate at this time is to bo
found In the fact that the senate holds
a veto power on the action of the presi
dent in respect to appointments. If
the papists can lay bands uiti this
prerogative, then the supreme court of
the United States, and all other federal
courts, will, as rapidly as possible, be
Ramanlzed. The army, tho navy, the
diplomatic and consular service, and
the entire civil service of the govern
ment will be brought under the control
of papists. Tho "advice and consent of
the senate," to which tho president la
bound to yield, will be practically tho
advice and consent, or rather the im
perative command, of the papal au
thorities; for the president cannot
budge one way or another in tho ad
ministration of his office without such
advice and consent." Nor would tho
houso of representatives be in any bet
ter condition than tho president; for
the senate has a veto upon their acts
also. In this view of the case, tho re
cent gains of the papists in the senate
are alarming. I am told that they now
have eighteen members of the senate
upon whom they can rely In any emerg
encymen whose voices, indeed, are
English, but whoso hearts are Roman.
These mon, in the present state of par
ties, are able to control our foreign
policy, as well as our domestic affairs;
for tho senate can modify treaties as it
pleases, and these men bold the balance
of power in the senate. Reciprocity,
under their direction would mean favor
itism to such Romish countries as the
South American states, and Injury to
such Protestant nations as England and
Germany. Both our commercial sys
tem and our monetary system would,
under their influence, bo kept in a state
of perpetual disturbance and Instability,
because the commercial nations being
Protestant, would suffer most by reason
of such a policy in this country. When
may we txpect to have wise and patri
otic legislation aiTi otlng money and
trade, If through' Romish influence our
public money Is to be made the means
of scourging not only our own people,
but all the progressive peoples of tho
world? An exclusively patriotic senate
is, therefore, in my opinion, the sine
ua non of national and international
prosperity. No other body of men on
earth exerts so powerful an influence
pon the material ink-rests of mankind
the world over as the senate of the
United States. Shall it be made a re
actionary force by filling it with the
puppets of a hierarchy whoso policy
produced the barbarism of the dark
ges? Let us purify .he senate, and
keep it pure, even though it takes a
new political party to accomplish that
end even though it takes a political
revolution to do it. No sacrifice can be
too great, if necessary to preserve the
purity of the senate; for that is the
pivot upon which our whole system of
government turns. Congress has just
passed a bill, which originated in tho
senate, reviving the grade of lieutenant
general of the army, for the benefit of
neral Scholleld, whose wife is said
be a Romanist. The Sundry Civil
bill, the District bill, and the Indian
Appropriation bill all carry this year
the usual subsidies for pajist institutions-
In this city Providence hospital
gets $18,000, and the six papist estab
lishments for doing missionary work
among the children of the poor get
sums ranging from $9, 000 down to $1,800
apiece It Is understood, however,that
the papist Indian schools will receive
10 per cent less than last year, unless
tho senate, ever alert in the interest of
Rome, should veto the action of the
house of representatives on that point.
The bill for the establishment of the
univetsity of the United States, which
as reported favorably by Senator
Hunter at the last session of congress,
has been pigeon-holed at the behest of
the Jesuit lobby, and will not come to
the surface again probably for many
years. The suggestions that such an
institution was "a patriotic necessity,"
and that its faculty would be able suc
cessfully to combat "the most skillful
devotee of false gods," was enough to
kill it, as things now stand. But I ho jo
see it make an issue in the next
presidential campaign.
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