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THE AMERICAN THE AMERICAN Kntrivd l I'ostotti.f -nd-cl mmilfr JOHN 0. THOMPSON. 0.TO. W. C, KKI.I.KV. Kii"lnf Manatrr. tn iii.isiu i wkkki.v ity thk AMERICAN FUEL1SB1NG COMPANT, OITKFt 1(115 Howard Mrwt, Omaha, Vlr. TIIK AMr KU AN Or H'KS ltl!l Hor. Street, Onih. V-h Koom . : MluMrl h City. Mo. KiNiiii 5. K4 Hiwdolpti t-l" CM- ago. 111. APKIL IWi. Notice. From and aftor Marc h 15, agenU will kavc no authority to receipt in our name for money collected on subeerlp tion. All recipts will be sent from this office, If ou want to hold us re sponsible, bo mre to retain the official receipt Amkkican Pi iit.isiiiNti Co. Tax ation of church prorty should bo tho slogan In future campaign. SruiNi;riKM, HI.. A. so the iir say crallc. wont antl-A. 1'. 11 wont domo- WlTll irt;.),MK,0OU worth of untaxed church property in Illinois, how can the lioman church sustain her pica of jiov ertj? Goveknou Majoks In nearer to tho hearts of tho jieoplo than any other man In Nebraska. Hosewator's laHt defeat can bo laid at his door. All honor to Tom Major. THE best friend tho A. 1. A. had in tho legislature was Howard of Sarpy. Ho kept it before the people continual ly, and they grew curious to know what thosj mjstie loiters represented. TilK ladies of tliiriield Circle invito hII O. A. H. members, their families and the Sons of Veterans to attend the funeral services of Comrade Ilon.ii. April 10, 1S!5, to bo held In tho annex to tho Continental. The imt-llcmld of Chicago pub lished a complete list of property held by religious and benevolent associa tions In Cook county, the aggregate value of w hlch was J100,000,000. Not a dollar's worth of it was taxed. Missoum'S legislature has boon call ed to meet in special session April 211, 180.1, lor the purpose of enacting a fel low servant law, a new registration law, a law against lobbyists, a new school text book bill and a subway bill. Rosewatkk via Siineral, ha an nounced that "the tight has just begun." They have been defeated fairly, and the new law cannot fall to prove bene ficial In ridding the city of the present rotten board, which has been a menace to the laws of the state. To tho legislature aud senate of Ne braska, Ti anks, awfully! To tho Doug las county delegation, Thanks, more awfully! To James Allan, Dr. M. O. Illeketts, Herman Timmo, Gus Harto, and Senator DUk SiuUn, Thanks, most awfully! Vtu shall not be forgotten. THE fire and police bill received the earnest, active support of such men as Captain Palmer, 1 W. Birkhauser. Judge Felker, T. K. Sadb.irough, II. L. Burkttt and other representative citi zens who were not members of the A. P. A., but who favored the t nfoicement of the law. Hold on, M r. Kedelll- to your job, of cours ! Few, If any, respectable till zens want you to go. Though Pose water says you must go, don't bo In a hurry. He lost his w and of control in Lincoln Widuosd.iy last. It Is thought by some that it was wafted away by a breath of the "only bigot from Sarpy . , It is reported on pretty good author ity that Mr. Rosewater promised to have Scavcy end Mostyn discharged from the police force within thirty days if tho legislature would defeat the fire and police commission bill. In other words the gang was willing to saoriuee its friends in order to aceoxpiish its purpose. The theatrical aaeregation which injected into its performance tho pic turts of noted presidents, must have been amazed at the reception of the picture of our present executive. When it was thrown upon the canvas a num ber of persons hissed. We hae not been able to learn whether Charlie Conoyer or Jim McShano were present or not, but as they are the only fellows who have been disappointed in Cleve- land we suppose it must have been some of their Roman brethren who intuited our president. AT the beginning of this session of the legislature of Nebraska we were frequently informed that E. Rosewater intended to commence impeachment proceedings against Judge C. R Scott Later on we noticed that E. Rose' water's brother was to have been placed in full charge of the public improve r.ents in the cltv of On aha. Still later we hear that E. Rosewater has con tracted for the defeat of House Roll No, 139. But, alas! Soott was not Impeach A: V.. Rose water's brother was not , placed in full charge of the city im provements and E. Rosewater did not Afpat ITouse Roll No. 139. How the mlhty have fallen! Poor, old Rosey, by any other name you would be as sweet to Nebraska Republicans. A GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY. The passage of House, Roll No. 1 3! j . . ii. .i i. over Hie veto oi Viovernur imnwini see Attorney Gem rat Chun-hill and 'apt, Kuwll, commissioner of public anil and building, under a grave re- ponaibllity. A niU-tep la the appoint ment of the memb.r of the new board fire and Htliee commissioners for which that law provldi would ruin one of the greatest porUal factors In Itie Slat of Nebraska, a factor which con tributed In no small degree to theirown eleetloo last full, and which has as iu nolo aim the purification of the halls of state, from the city hall of the munici pality to tho national capitol In Wah- ngton. Tho enemies of that factor have icralded tho news all over the slate that House Roll 13'.) was an A. P. A. measure. 1 hey nave preuicn-u me complete disorganization of the jlloe nd (Ire departments, and insinuated that the present chief of tno 11 re depart ment would be deposed. The A. P. A. will probably not obj.-ct to fathering a bill which rids tho city f the services of such men as Coburn, and Hartman but it will object to bo- ng prejudged, and held resjionlsble for aeU not yet committed. Without attempting to dictate we sug- est that the first great care of Messrs. hurchlli and Russell should be to mo only bucIi men on the new board as have made a success of their private business, who have tho confidence of tho community, who are unpurehasable, nblased, and fair; who will bo Imper ious to tho vile slanders of the Ike and other Romanized papers; and who will i et out even and exact justice to every man, woman or child w ho may go before them. Tho men they name should un- citaiid that no man Is to be suspended from tho force without good and sulll- lent cause. If u Roman Catholic or an P. A. performs his duties faithfully ho should be retained, but If either commits a breach of discipline ho should lie immediately suspended, accorded a ull, fair and open hearing, and If found uilty punished as tho rules provide. Tho men they choose should bo such men as an ordinarily prudent man would entrust his business to. They might as well as not be pronounced members of tho American Protective Association for that order will bo hold accountable for all their acts. If such acts are com mendable the public will never bo ap- iscd of it through tho dally press, but if they are reprehensible the columns of those papers will teem with articles of condemnation. For these reasons we urge upon Messrs. Churchill and Russell the neces- Ity of exercising the utmost care in tho election of tha now board; for a hot- eaded, ill-balanced, vasclllating mem ber could do untold harm to the A. P. A. the thorn which sticks deep into the side of E. Rosewater pen butcher. Give us good, firm, able, conservative, fair, honest, upright citizens on the new board and you will have the support of the respectable voting element of this city. If you can t give us that class, or Gad b sake give the p sltions to mm who are known to be tools of Rosewater. THE ELECTIONS. Monday and Tuesday of this week the municipal elections were held in many of the cities and towns throughout the country. In some places the election was hotly contested, while in others hardlv a rioule of excitement was caused by the battle of the ballots. Probably the mot interest centered tho mayoralty contest iu Chicago. n that city each party nominated a gd citizen as lta standard bearer, yet clinging lo Mr Wcnter was the odium of the Hopkins regime, boodle ordln ances and broken promises, and the people, fivm the returns, were wise enough to look beyond the man and at the thirg he was expected to represent To us, Knowing as we did the intense feeling atror.g respectable people over Hopkins' unwarranted discharge of old, efficient employes, for the sole reason that they belonged to a cert iin secret order that had been inhibited by the opes of Rome for centuries, we say, knowing th s as we did, the result of tho election in Chicago is a surprise only as to tho plurality given Geo. B Swift, which will foot up over 40,000, The result in Chicago is extremely gratifying to all lovers of puritv, law and order, and must be discouraging indeed to the lawless class which has so long dominated the city. While there have been tome dis reputable men elected to office, yet as a who'e the people have good grounds for being satisfied. Swift will make a model mayor. He is qualified to fill the position and Is capable of giving the citizens a busi ness administration such as they have never had before. Probably the contest in the metropo lis of Missouri was less exciting, but the outcome was more unexpectea man was the sequel of Chicago's election For the first time in years St. Louis went Republican. They elected all the councilman and twenty out of twenty eieht delegates to the house. The A, P. A. entered largely into the contest. LAW AND ORDER WON. A very large majority of the respecta ble people of the city of Omaha were delirious with joy Wednesday evening when they heard that the bill provid ing for the appointment of a new board of fire and police commissioners had JAMES TIIK 111 I'llKSI.NTA I IVK WHO t ATI! i.UKU TIIK been passed over tho governor's veto in both branches of the legislature. The reMrts from Lincoln show that tho en thusiasm of the supporters of the bill new no bounds. Hats were throwu In the air, handkerchiefs wore waved, hands were shaken and cheers rent the air whenever a representative or sena tor recorded his vote for the measure When tho result was finally announced thoy broke forth, law-makers, friends of the measure and ladies, in an inspir ing song to tho tune of "We'll hang Jeff Davis on a sour applo tree," substl'ut- ng the name of Rosewater for that of elT Davis, after which everybody ex cept the "it" made a rush for tho train. Tho success of this measure means much for Omaha. It means that law and order will prevail. That corrupt police ollloluls will be deposed, and that the worst barnacle and political trickster that ever infested any city will bo shorn of his power. It moans much for the law-abiding people and equally as much for the liquor dealers, probably more to ths latter class than tho former for hereafter there will bo no trlbuto for political favors xacted of them. THE REAL FANATIC. Tho Platte County AryiM usually a very fair pajer, seems to have lost its head last week. It said: Tho A. P. A. remr.antof Omaha, un- er the pretense of taking the board of tiro and police commission of Omaha out of ptlltlcs, are trying to besmere this department or their city govern ment with more political dirt and filth than was ever before dreamed of. Their line of procedure is vory narrow, and their success means tho beginning of a rule of fanaticism. Tho grand jury which recently sat in Douglas county, which was an anti-A. P. A. body, censured the board of fire nd police commissioners for retaining corrupt men in charge of the police de partment. The A. P. A. has not and is not mixing in the fight. Individual members may be opposed tonn mbers of tho present bjard, but the association has not taken any action either iu be half of or against the board as a body or against the individual members thereof. This paper has opposed tho present board. It will continue to op pose it. Not because they are members of the Roman church as every one is a Protestant but because they have per- itted the grocest violations of the laws found upon our statute books. They have established a regular rate sheet for the commission of crimts punishable with lines and imprison ment. They have retained at the head of tho police force of Omaha a man named Seavey who has accepted pres ents (some people call them bribes) from M. F. Martin the lessee, owner or agent for nearly a score of houses of prostitution. These men are all Pro testants, not one is a Roman Catholic, so the A. P. A. issue has no business to be injected into the question, and would not have ben, had not lvotewater thought he could hoodwink a couple of Rjman Catholics who held seats in the legislature. If striving to purify the city of criminals by compelling tho board of fire and police commissioners to enforce the laws which are upon our statute books, is fanaticism, this paper pleais guilty to the charge of being a fanatic. But while it pleads guilty to that charge it will in time state that the most unscrupulous, vicious, fanati cal, unprincipal sheet published in Ne braska is the one presided over by the contemptablo piece of a man who essays to be both a Jew and a Bonemian. It will stoop to anything, go down to any depth to gain a point, and insinuate when it dare not tell the truth. To our mind the man who hounded Frank Walsh to his death, who persecuted James Laird while he lived, who ma ligned P. W. Hitchcock until his light went out: who defeated Church Howe and elected a Democrat; who played traitor to L. D. Richards and elected James E. Bojd; who slaughtered John Peters for P. D. Sturdevant, who de feated L. W. Colby and elected J. II. Broady in the First Judic.&l district; who recently defeated Thomas J. Ma jors for governor, and who drove Geo. A. Bennett to an untimely grave; we say the man who did these things; who has been a traitor to his friends, who has through his vile sheet traduced his ALLAN, OMAHA t'lHK AMI I'lil.K K 11)1111 peers, such a thing has no right to a place among decent men, and should bo consigned to the political oblivion its unmanly course entitles it to. Let Nebraska Republicans follow the lead of men who are their superiors in intelli gence, their equals in loyalty to their country's free institutions, and not that of a person who never had a generous Impulse or a manly Inspiration during all the years that this country has offered him an asylum, from the pauperism and ignorance of i is native country. What if he does apply tho goad, is it not as uc-Americau as is every one of his acts, and in keeping with the education he has received? Is it not the emblem of atryant? And should it not open tho eyes of true Americans to the fact that an unscrupulous, designing editor should bo shorn of his power? We who know Rosewater best know he would abuse Rjmanism as loudly as he does the A. P. A. if he thought It would serve his purpose. IN another column will be found tn open letter from C. T. Beatty, state president of the A. P. A. of Michigan. We give this letter space solely because the dally papers, after publishing charges against Mr. Beatty, have not si en fit to vindicate him. Such acts as this plainly show that Rome has charge of tho dily press and tho news gather ing associations, and that she pounces on every Item roll .'ctingon the integrity of an official of the A. P. A., yet neg lects to give him tho benefit of a denial -backed by substantial facts. We have no longer a free press. April 3rd, 1W5, at Lincoln, Neb, oc curred a meeting between Generals Rosewater and Waterloo, and Rose water had his neck stepped on good and hard by his adversary. Perhaps it was alright, but the boys should be more decorous when attending a (politi cal) funerah The ladies of Garfield Circle will give a sociable April 11, 1S9 , at Mrs. Ellett's, 1017 No. Sixteenth St. All soldiers, their families and the Sons of Veterans cordially invited. Admis sion lOo. Judge Clementson the Republican candidate for judge of the supreme court of Wisconsin, who was supported by the A. P. A. ha- been elected. c. t. heatty's answer To Slanderous Hcports Circulated by Sect'ilers From and Trailors to the American Protective Association. Editor P. A. Before and during the A. P. A. stale council held at Saginaw in the early part of this month, certain rumors attacking my integrity as an officer of the organization reached my ears and were eventually immediately prior to my re-election as state presi dent of Michigan, bo it said), given to the press for publication. Believing that the reports were but of local inter est and having unlimit -d confidence in the wisdom and justice of the memb.-rs of the state council to vindicate my character in the eyes of my patriotic constituents, I refrain from giving any cheap no oriety to those who have proved enemies alike to myself and traitors to the order, by replying to the slanderous attacks upon my honor and integrity. I was fully convinced that the on slaught upon my reputation could ema nate from but one source from the offi cers of the new anti-A. P. A. organiza tion, whose avowed mission it is to disintegrate our grand order, and the character of the attack further con vinced me that Mr. Gammage, formerly of Lansing, Mich., the vice-president of the so-called new order, now of Chica go, was the person from whom the re ports emanated. Subsequent events have confirmed my susp.cions in all of these respects. It was not until re cently that I discovered that what I imagined to be merely a local matter, had been most assiduously circulated over the length and breadth of the laud by those whodesire to destroy the order, and thus the duty has been forced upon me to make known to the world at large the charges made against me and my complete vindication by the A. P. A. of Michigan. The first slanler circulated against me was that I had confiscaU'd certain funds belonging to the slate council This charge was moel overwhelmingly refuted by an examlnalUm of the record and account of the state body by the txecutive board and the committee on finance. To each delegate was.ivenan lu-mlzed statement of many paires of every cent received and expended dur ing tne past year and the reports of both committees were unanimously adopted. The secon i charge against me was that I had received Jii.Oul from Col. Bliss, of Saginaw, during the last gub ernatorial campaign for alleged A. P. A. votes which I was u ;posed to have delivered. This falsehood has been widely circulated throughout the press, but I regret to have bt-en informed, the emphatic denial of Col. BMss to the falsehood has been as carefully sup pressed as tho slander has been made public. The reply printed in the lktaiit Jmir nulo' March I t, was as follows: Saginaw, Mich., March 11. Spe cial. Col. Bliss emphatically denies tho payment of (HiOto Charles Beatty or any one else to secure the nomina tion for governor. "We had a number of men working for us as individuals," said Col. Bliss today, "but there was no deal with tho A. P. A. or any other organization, and 1 do not now Know how many, if any who worked in my behalf, belonged to the ore'er. I do know that George Dewey, one of the state officers, worked against me at the Owosso convention, and I am told other A. P. A.'s did the same. I do not care to stir this matter up. Some one is do ing some tall lying, but I cannot see how there is any way to get at tho n at ter. 1 paid only the legitimate expense of legitimate workers, and you may de pend I did not drop it in ifii lKW chunks or even $1,000 rolls. I am very little acquainted with Beatty, and the same is true of Gammage. All who know me in politics knojv that I do not believe in the me'hods charged in this matter. One thing is certain, lam not mourn ing the loss of any r,000, and I am not making any kick about being held up, and I can only see tho hand of jealous and mischievous soreheads in the scan dal " What credence the members of the last state cour.cil of Michigan placed in these reports against me may be gath ered from tho fact that not only were all the chief officers of that body re elected to office but the following reso lution w3s unanimously adopted imme diately before the adjournment: "Whereas, we, the officers and mem bers of the state council of the Ameri can Protective Association of the State of Michigan, reaffirming the sacred principles of this order, founded as they are upon all there is of constitutional liberty, freedom of thought and action in human affairs, social, political and ethical, and, believing that the life of this Republic depends upon the pru dent, wise and deliberate action of tho officers and members of this association throughout the state; therefore be it "Resolved, that we forever stamp with tho seal of our unqualified con demnation tho traitors, Sims and Gam mage, who have made a false and malicious attack upon the state presi dent of Michigan, C. T. Beatty, and have attempted to deliver our beloved order into the hands of our enemies. "Resolved, that we, as an associa tion, cause the names of Sims and Gam mage to be written upon the dark pages of history with those of the Juaases, Catiliiies and Arnolds, despised of men and forgotten and condemned of God. "Resolved, that within thirty days after tho adjournment of the state council it shall be the duty of the state president to embody these resolutions in a suitable circular and promulgate the. same to all the councils in this jurisdiction, and that our state prrsi dent be further directed to rtqiu st the supreme secretary to cause the same to be circulated among all the councils wheresoever organized throughout tho civilized world." The fact will boar notice that both Sims and Gammage were well known members of the order and, until re cently, residents of Michigan. The character o' Mr. Gammage may be better determined upon the evidence of Sybrant Wesselius, who had charge ol the Piogree end of the gubernatorinl campaign. An interview published in the S iqinaw News of March 15, reads as follows: Grand Rapids, March 15. Sybrant Wesselius, who had charge of the Grand Rapids end of the Pingree gub ernatorial boom last summer, says he had an experience with the A. P. A.'s a few weeks before the state conven tion. It was reported that Pingree's barrel was on tap in his office, and one day Gammage, who is making the pres ent exoosure. came in and after same preliminary sparring demanded $300 in consideration of the A. P. A. support. Wesselius declined to negotiate, and Gammage became so insistent that it was almost necessary to throwhim out of the office. Wesselius says he did not have any money to throw- to the birds and declined the proffer." Mr. Wesselius is persjnally unknown to mo and I have no reason to doubt the honesty of his assertions nor can I con ceive of any reason but his sense of fair play in his making them. After these evidences as to the source and character of my traducers it is scarcely necessary for me toass-.'rt that tfee Blis story like the -mi-appropriation" scandal is a ma'ic.ous slander aimed at the order ovi-r my shoulder to the end that tho one might bo super seded and the credit of the other de stroyed. Yet another slander, aimed at one whoso fair reputation and integrity should be the care of every loyal citi zen, has been sent over the wires to all the princiiml cities per press dispatch service. The following letter sent by me to the pretsof Detroit and published only by the lMtroit Juarual of March y, hart presents and refutes the cal umny: Editor Journal My attention has just been called to an interview with ex Congressman Weadock, of Bay City, which appeared in the Djtrjit L'rt ning JVVi's of last Friday, in which Mr. Wea doek states that he saw the manuscript of W. S. Linton's speech on the appro priation of money for the Indian schools, and that interlineations had been made therein. He further stated that such interlineations were made by me and that he recognized my hand writing. This last statement of Mr. W eadoek in regard to slid interlinea tions is maliciously false. I never saw Mr. Linton's speech until after it was delivered and printed. Neither did Mr. Linton at any time consult with me, or to my knowledge with any member of the A. P. A. order, in regard there to. I was not in Washington at the time Mr. Linton delivered said speech or any other. I reached Washington the day before the bill appropriating money for the supjiort of the Indian schools passed the house, and my visit there had nothing to do with the measure pending in con gress. When Mr. Linton delivered the speech referred to by Mr. Weadock, T was in Saginaw. C. T. Beatty, State president of the A. P. A. of Michigan. A peculiar feature of these calumni ous attacks is that they are thrown upon the news market during the ses tion of the state council, to what end I leave the intelligence of the reader to discover. As I have stated, so long as I have cause to believe that the slanders against me were confined to local circu lation I could afford to leave to others my vindication, but now that the malice of the enemies of myself and of the or der has extended over many states, I undoubtedly owe it to the members in the great state of Michigan, whatever may be my personal inclination to ig nore the bark of the outcast curs who snap at my heels, to set up before the order at large a fair and impartial statement of facts. C. T. Beatty, State president of the A. P. A. of Mich igau. Out ortlie rsiiaMVay. The Denver papers give a short his tory of the thief and prostitute, Sap phira Lyons. Of course the woman is a Roman Catholic and is greatly com mended for putting her young girls into a convent for tho benefit of tho priests instead of having them ruined in the usual way. Denver Queen Bee. Laughing Babies are loved by everybody. Those raised on the Gail Borden Eagle Brand Con densed Milk are comparatively free from sickness. Infant Health is a val; liable pamphlet for mothers. Send your address for a copy to the New York Condensed Milk Company, New York. Ex-I'riest Arrested. Pine Bluff, Ark., April 2. J. W. Hicks, bettor known as "Dynamite" Hicks, an ex-priest, who lectured in tho opera house here last night against Catholicism, was arrested at noon on complaint of Father Lucey and others, on a charge of slandor. Jiotke to Xoii-Kesiili'iit Defendant. In the district court of Dotmlns county. Ne Iniiska. The .Mutual Investment Company, plaintiff, vs. Andrew H. l-'aulconer, et ill., de fendants. ,, ,, ,, .. To Andrew II. l'mili-oner. Helle M. l aul- roner and tleru an . auacu. uou-resmeui, defendants: You arc hei-bbv not Hied that on th2,tli day of Uetolier, ls'.H, The Mutual Investment Comuany. plaintiff herein, tiled lt,s petition In tho above entitled cause. In the district court of Douglas county. Nebraska, against Andrew H. Kaulconer. et al.. the object and prayer of which Is to foreclose a certain mortiraKe. executed on the 1st day of July, lsiil, by Andrew II Kaulconer and wife, upon the pmuerty described as follows: Lots five inland six (i i, block 1 bree CD. Ames Place, an addition to the city of Omaha. Dounlas county. Nebraska, to secure the payn cm, of one certain note for the sum of one thousand dollars iSl.imii .mil, due and payable Hve years after date; that there is now due and pay able on said note the sum of one hundred and twenty-live dollars 1SU.1.11O1 with interest, at the rate of ten (101 per cent per annum from the 1st day of January 1SH4. for hich sum. with interest from - plaintiff prays for a decree that the defend ants pay the same, and that in default of such payment said premises may be sold to satisfy the amount found due. You are required lo nn-wer said petition on or before the i;ilh day of May. lsn;. Dated al l imaba. Nebraska. April 2nd. 195. THE MUTUAL INVESTMENT COMPANY, Plaintiff. Hy B. V. Tiffany and W. II. Kussell, attorneys for plaintiff. Mutual Investment Co. vs. Andrew laul- coner, etal Doc. 47; No. l'.ll. 4-5 4 1'robate Notice. In the matter of the estate of Kastnus Han sen, deceased : Notice is hereby uiven that the creditors of said deceased, will meet the administrator ,.fu:,i(l estate, before me. County Jud'-eof Douglas county, Nebraska, at. the County Court Room, in said county, on thelst day of J une. 1-H.V on the Ut day of August, lsiij, and jn the 1st day of October. ls;C. at o'clock A. M e. en day. for t le purpose of presenting their claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. Six months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims and one year for the administrator to settle said estate, from the 2s th day of March, ISM. This notice will be published in The Amkki i an for four weeKs successively, prior to the 1st day of June. Is i5. , IUYINC! 1" HA XTF.lt. 4-5-4 County Judge. 1