The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899, April 26, 1895, Page 4, Image 4
J. THE AMERICAN tatrrrd at rlt1l" a Mid ! niallrr JOHN C. THOMPSON. ooa. W. C. ktLl.t-Y. Hti-tam lUniufr ITHMMIH WJKkl V BV THK 1IEE1CAN rUELISHlSG CCKPAKT, OI H Yx ItiU lUward siwl, Omaha, Vbra-ka. THK AMIKKAN Hl M. KS Ho r-1 fiirwi. n,li N-h K.nmii . w; Mrwt huM('lly. Mo. KaNim 4. Ui t Kudnlb Miwl, flil. .v III aiuul :, iv y.ti.. From and afu-r March 15, I ..', agents will kave no authority to receipt lu our umo for momy eo.hvU'd on ubcrlp tlon. All receipts will be sent from thin offlco. If )ou want to hold u re sponsible, be sure to retain the official receipt. Am Kmc an Pi'hi.ishinu Co. The people of Lincoln Jo not want to ovorlHk this little Item, taken from the Hiirhl- IkraUl of Omaha: "Police Matron Evans of Lincoln yesterday brought a girl to tho Homo of the Good Shepherd at South Omaha." Tint latter part of lat week wo re col vod an Invitation to attend the wi d ding of Lieut. Col. J. W. Clarke and Mis Harriet M. Hurns, which occurred Wednesday evening, April 24, 1M)."i, at 80 West George (street, Chicago. We were unable to be present, but we wish tho colonel and his handHOtnu and ac complished wife a lontr, contented, and prosperous voyage iion the matri monial sea. Wk still believe we havo mucU to be thankful for, and are thoroughly con vinced of tho fact when we ivad such Item a thl from Houghton: "More than 100 French Cauadians, nearly all married men, have already left for Vomer, Canada, whore Father l'aradls 1 founding a Catholic colony of French Canadians from tho Unltod State. The families of these men will follow In about six week." l'lUVATK letters from Supremo Pres ident Traynor contain much valuable Information regarding tho progress of the A. 1'. A. movement iu the south. Tho people of that section seem to be as earnest and as anxious to preserve tho free Institutions of this country as we of tho north. This Is a suro sign that the animosities of a third of a century ago are gradually but surely giving place to fealty to the re-United States. What did Gov. Waite mean when ho told the middle of-the road Populist women "that henceforth he would not have anything to do with those whom ho recegni.ud as the worst enemies of the people? Rather would he go. at the spring election, with tho men who had given a pure administration to the city of D.-nvt-r and win his way to vic tory without tho so-callod Populist parly?'' Tho men who gave to Denver a pure administration were members of the A. P. A. who hsd dominated the Republican party. The circulation of tho 7'e mutt be dwindling at a rapid rate, if it editor finds it necessary to call in the I'rott sl ant clergymen and ask them why they do not endorse tho policy of his paper. Probably this will account for Lis dis continuing his attacks upon the A. P. A. The vicious thing should bo driven into a corner and kept there until It learns to toll tho truth, and until it ceases to libel n en it cannot use. A self confessed llbeler should not be al lowed to lay down a code of morals for as intelligent a community as this. A UOL'T a year ago we called atten tlon to the fact that a fellow under Pat Joyce, at the Erie Freight house on Fourteenth and Clark, had gone around with two Roman Bisters and In sisted on each man contributing to them a certain amount or signing a paper agreeing to pay them a given sum. This year John Roach, a checker in the same iretgnt House uudor tne same man, performed a like service. When will the Erie tak.j notice of these things? Joyce should be given to nn derstand that neither his time nor that of the men urder him Is to be spent in soliciting alms for the whore of Baby lonthe church of Romo Come, Rosey, don't be down in the mouth. Probably you can yet pull the wool over the eyes of the Protestant clergy before the next election. Try it, any way. Organize a christian cltl zen's league. Put Tukey, or Williams, or some other antl-A. P. A. in charge of it. Turn its Influonce In favor of your non partisan, independent, citi zens' law and order, anti-gang noml nees. Respectable people will bite. They like to be humbugged! Particu larly by a man who seeks to slur the I I . . m . oi mis country, men get up sonal rights leagues, wide opsn and liberal societies. These will Hhe rounders, the Romanists and Njninded. Turn their influence your liberal, broad-guage 1, ticket and you will sweep tell you, old man, there's We're in this fight ell turn every vote to the line. Keep riptive order. are with you. her now. -4 8C t; ROSLY'S LATEST MOVE. Lat year R nwater left the Repub lican arty to fitfht Gov. Major. Thi year he pnpoe to tay out of the arty and flrftit the party nominee, thin ad mitting In aJvam-e they will men whom he cannot control. He ba al ready entered Into a combination with Smyth and other RomanU'.s to mo the Jackwmian' U whip the A. P. A. Wo do not know how many Protetnt Democrat Smyth and his Roman col leagues cn deliver to Rnewator to pull his chestnut out of the fin-, but that Iiowe water and the Romanists have entered into an offensive and defensive alliance coming events have already dU-lonod. We are Informed that party line are to bo obliterated this fall, aud that tho first move toward that end will lw a mass meeting, either the lat of May or the first of June, in the Coli seum. We gathered this much from a conversation which was carried on by three men who were taking dinner at a resUui ai.t recently. One of these gentlemen said he got hi Information from Rosewater while the other de clared he had just talked with Smyth, and that Smyth felt pretty well satis fied that they had the A. P. A. down. We shall see, what we shall see, but Republican throughout the state should not be deceived hy the attitude of Kosewater at this time. It Is In line with his conduct ever since be entered H)lltics in this state. He Is not and never was a Republican. Here Is a part of his record: REITHLICAN3 OPPOSED HY HOSE WATER. Loran Clark, for stale treasurer. P. W. Hitchcock, U. S. senator. Frank Walsh, congressman. James Laird, congressman. Church Howe, congressman. L. W. Coin,, district judge. L. D. Richards, governor. D. II. Mercer, congressman. T. J. Majors, governor. Amasa Cobb, justice supreme court. J. W. Kller, county judge. C. L. Chaffee, councilman. 1). 11. Wheeler, councilman. E. P. Davis, councilman. A. L. Strang, for mayor. Geo. A. Ilunnott, sheriff. John L. Webster, delegate nat. Rep. convention. W. J. Broach, mayor. C. R. Scott, district judge. John M. Thurston, U. S. senator. AS TO REV. IRVINE. The Knights of Labor did a truly graceful and honorable act when they passed a resolution of confidence In Rev. Alex, F. Irvine, after he had been assailed by Omaha's great character assassin the Omaha Jke. But how must the sneaking cowards who wrote and gave space to the slanderous articles, how must they feci after re- celvlf g such a scathing denunciation from a body of honest laboring men The Jke had no excuse for its malignant attack upon Rev. Irvine. It had been assured hy Don. W. II. Alexander and two other eminently respectable gentle men that there was not the least foun datloa for the things which it intended to publish. Yet, in spite of their as surance, the contemptible "what its-It" gave the sensation space. .Why? Prob ably because Rev. Irvine published an eight-dollar notice in his paper instead of the Ike. Or, it may have been be cause Rev. Irviae went before the grand jury and testified against Rose- water's pet, Seavey. At any rate, the ghoul could not let a respectable man alone. Rev. Irvine must remember that it is a mark of respectability to have the V assail him. It never says anything against a man it can use. The commun ity will love him for the enemies he has made. hile we write this notice we have bofore us a large bunch of letters from the very best business men of New York city, who unhesitatingly, and without a single exception, speak in the highest praise of the character and worth of Rev. Irvine, and we are at a loss to assign a good and sufficient reason for the publication of anything which would eem to reflect upon him in even as untruthful a paper as the Omaha lite, unless it was it thought he was an A P. A. and an Orangeman. TO THE SUPREME COUNCIL, Before another issue of The Amer ican is perused by its thousands of readers, the national council of the A, P. A. will meet in Milwaukee, and be gin the transaction ol business of the utmost importance to every citizen of these United States, regardless of the fact that he may not be a member of the order, and for that reason we desire to say a few words to the men who have the destiny of the order in their keep ing, but without any desire or thought of dictating the policy of the organiza tion: First, we shall commend, in the warmest terms, and without any Inten tion of injuring the chances of any gentleman who my be aspiring to the office of supreme president; we say we shall commeod the presiding officer of the American Protective Association for the work he has done, and for the splendid Eervice rendered our order and our country. In spite of the most un precedented depression; in spite of the millions expended by the subjects of Rome, in spite of the opposition of the daily press, in spite of the apalogetic tlitude of certain gentlemen filling Protectant pulpit, he ha carried the n'.ItnonU to and planted the principle of our order In tbu farthest and most remote part of the country; he ha met apal abuse with unanswerable argu ments; he ha sacrificed hi bus!no and neglecU-d hi family in the dis- harge of w hat he considered hi duty. 'or I lie so rva-oos, and for those er- Ices, we believe the order could do ltr sold no great r honor than to re-ele-t him to the p Itlon he now occupies. He bus prort n himself honest, tlVicient, trustworthy and cafe, and there U no necessity for swapping horse while we are causing the stream. When the final battle has been won, when an American president oecuple the white house, win ii an American congress and an American senate make American aw for American cltieni, and when the dally press cease to pander to Rome, then and not till then, should a change be made in the supreme presi dent's office. The next thing we shall suggest will be the selection of a man from the south for secretary. Mr. Beatty is no doubt an efficient officer, but wo believe it the part of wisdom to cement the north and south, the east and west, as closely as possible, and there is no better way than by distributing the officers over as much territory as jxissiblo, with the understanding that each man chosen to a supremo office Is to work incessantly, untiringly and witho.it reward for the advancement of the order. The coming year is to be the most Important one in our history. The presidential question will hinge upon the attitude of the can didates toward the A. P. A. Should one of them have a predilection for our order, he will be marked for the slaughter; while he who is most pliant, is the most subservient to the will of the hierarchy, will receive tho support of Rome. For that reason, the presi dent and secretary of tho national council of tho A. P. A. should be men of wide cxicrienco, far-sighted and awake to all the tricks of the Jesuits, and we believe none are better qualified to fill the two most lmortant positions than Supremo President W. J. II. Traynor of the north, and Green Clay Smith of the south. The next thing we would suggest would be the careful, dispassionate dis cussion of the question of a new party. No one realizes the necessity for the organization of such a thing more than tho editor of this paper; yet he questlous whether this is the time to take such an advanced step. It has been truly stated that Rome works within the two o!d parties, and that she bus been uniformly successful, from this it is argued that we should do as she has been, and is doing, if we would become a power. Personally, we do not favor such a plan, but that may be, and no doubt is, the most politic thing to do at this time. It appears to us that If Protestants would take an active interest in politics and not leave the primaries and caucuses to the tender mercies of the pope's Irish, the necess ity for the A. P. A. becoming an inde pendent political factor ia politics would be obviated. We hope the su preme council will not procted to a settlement of this grave question with out giving it careful consideration, for there are splendid arguments both for and against the oi ganizatlon of a new parly. Aside from this, we do not th'nk our opinion on subjects which umy come before the supreme body will he of either interest or benefit, but we do hope the delegates from all over the country will consider well what we have said about supreme officers and a new party. WAS HE ASSASSINATED? There aro vague rumors and ques tionings since the death and burial of the great journalist, Tames W. Scott People are saying that his death was too sudden to have been natural, and hint that the black-ccated villains who nlanned the assassination of Lincoln encompassed Scott's death. He was known to have been an ardent anti Romanist, and but a few days before his death had written an editorial in de fense of the taxation of church property, of which he had that day or a few days previous, published a list which re mained untaxed in Cook county and Chicago, the value of which aggregated $100,000,000. The editorial referred to read as follows: "A LETTER TO THE CHURCHES. "Brethren: When the Lord was go ing about teaching, certain of the Pharisees sought to ensnare hij speech. Tell us, they said, what dost thou think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Ciesarornot? But he said: 'Show me the coin of the tribute.' And he said to them: 'Whose image and inscrip tion is this?' They said to Him 'Uv jar's.' Then He said to them: 'Render, therefore, to Ctesar the things that are C;esar's.' "Caesar, brethren, according to the prince of Denmark, albeit imperious, is dead, and turned to clay. While Ca;sar lived the church had little reason to pay tribute to the state, for the chief care of Ca'sar was to persecute it. "You, brethren, owe allegiance not to Crcsar, but to the state. If it were the law that tribute should be paid even to the persecutor of the church for such measure of benefit as may have been combined with persecution, how much more I it not the law that tribute shall le paid to the slate, which not only doe Dot persecute any creed, but protects thtm all; and as a grievous at warrant the present in saying; even prevent you frcmerscutlng one another? "In the commonwealth of which you are part, brethren, revenue is necescary for carrying on organized government. You are sharer In all of gcod that pro ceed therefrom. The commonwealth asks not whether you be a Jew or a Gentile; whether your god be eastern or western; whether your cre d come from the Ganges, the Great Wall, tae Pantheon, the key of the fisherman, the closet of Calvin, the groves of Wtsley, or the forum of agnosticism. What the commonwealth demands is that each of you sheltered under the roof of the state, and each having tu own mansion, shall contribute a reason able share of the general cost of the ma-onry and the burden of keeping it running and in repair. The common wealth, solicitous that each of you shall be free to cultivate its own ideals and likewise to propigatj iU-elf in good faith to all contemijoraries, offend ins against none, and also that good will may abound among you, and that you shall Ihj helpful to all, so far as may be without taking too many questions, re mits from imM)bt of every kind the site of your buildings and all appurtenances you may place thereon, whether for religion or for charity. "Brethren, this is the frontier of in dulgence given to you. to one as to all, by the commonwealth. Whatever lands any of you may hold, whereon either now or hereafter private revenue in your own treasuries shall arise, must contribute their just share to the com mon weal; and from every tenement whence you gather profit for your pri vate or corj)orate purse, you must share vour gain with the purse of the people who maintain your rights and safe guard with their solemn zeal the charter of your liberties. Do ye render unto God all that appertains to Him and cease now and forever to withhold from the people the coin of tho tribute which bears the imuge and Inscription of the state. For it is fit that the churches should sot to tho people an example of truth and righteousness, especially in the payment of taxes. "Hark ye, brethren, finally, do ye this of your own accord, and, therefore, with grace. If ye do it not of your own accord in the name of Jehovah, the continental congress and the people of Illinois, ye shall have to do it whether ye will or not. Brethren, amen." A day or so later he again said, edi torially: "There appears to be no doubt in the mind of Attorney General Maloney as to his official duty in relation to the millions of money due Cook county and the city of Chicago from illegally ex empt property. "Mr. Maloney places tho blame, j istly enough, on the assessors, but he docs not point out any method by which the vast injury inflicted on the people can be corrtcted. The attorney general in timates tli at a tax payer might make complaint to him that certain church property, exempt from taxation, was us d for pecuniary gain, and that he might then proceed by mandamus against the assessor. "This may be a practical method for the future, but it does not appear effi cacious for the recovery of the millions now due. The people of Cook county have a right to ask the law officer of the state to go more deeply into this question. Fully $10,000,000 should be available to lay for urgent public pur poses. The sum is due the city and county treasury, and our legal proced ure is utterly inadequate if it does not contain a method by which the cash shall be recovered. "It may be that on more mature re flection Attorney General Maloney will change his mind as to the past delin quencies of assessors. The courts will act in cordial co-operation with the at torney general in any proceedings he may institute in behalf of tae despoiled taxpayers. Should tho attorney gen eral fail to find what appears to t im a lawful mode for initiating recovery proceedings, the bench and bar of Cook county owe it to the community to come to the attorney general's aid. Ten mil lions of money must not remain uncol lected. We want the cash. NOTE AND COMMENT. In another item under this heading we have introduced you to a man who does not believe in a literal hell; in this we shall introduce to you one who does not believe in a way station at which Romanists pay all their surplus cash to rascally priests to have the spirits of their dear departed released from. This skeptic, this non- believer in the existence of purgatory, is Rev. Feeman, of Marquette, Mich In a recent sermon he is quoted as fol lows: "In the evening he continued his criticism of certain doctrines of the Roman Catholic church, directing par ticular attention to the doctrine of pur gatory and to the practice of saying masses for the dead in consideration of a money payment. Mr. Feeman con tended that there was no authority whatever in the Bible for believing there is any middle state purgatory of the dead. This doctrine, he said, was the invention of certain heathen philosophers and was brought into the church when it became popular. The council of Trent, in 1V'J, finally made belief in purgatory and in the iffieacy of txi a mm.-s fr the dead an article of faltb and erjoli e J it to be taught. The Rowan church taught, be said, that there were five different places to which the sou's of the dead went. The first was heaven, to which only a few very good ffiea were directly admitted. 'We who have read history,' remarked the speaker, 'cannot suppose that the soul of many of the 'infallible' po.-s went directly to heaven.' The speaker here digressed somewhat to praise the sanctity and virtue of certain CalLoiics, speaking particularly of Feenelon, and said that be had no doubt there were very many Catholics wlio were as good men as ever lived, aud whose souls cer tainly went to heaven, for 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Loid.' Tne second place was hell, to which all here tics and all Protestants went, accord ing to the theory of tne Roman church. The third place was limbus patrum, where were confined the souls of the antediluvians until Christ delivered them. The fourth place was limbus infantum, wh.-re went all the souls of infanta who died without bap. ism. The speaker characterized this as a ci jel and inhuman doctriLe, without justifi cation In Scripture and directly con trary to the words of Christ, who said, 'Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such is the kindom of heaven.' The fifth place was purgatory, whither went the souls of the great majority, or at least all who did not die in mortal sin. The duration of the suffering in purgatory and the character of that suffering were guaged by the character of the sin committed and by the ability of the lelatlves and friends of the dead to pay for masses tJ secure their re lease. Money, according to the doc trine of tho Roman church, would shorten the period of your father's or mother's, or husband's, or wife's suffer ing in purgatory. Therefore, if you would contribute liberally to buy masses you could shorten the pain of those dear to you. 'This,' said the speaker, 'is the Roman Catholic doc trine of the forgiveness of sin. This is the cruel and shameless traffic which that church sanctions and practices. Thus greed for gain is given an oppor tunity to practice up n the highest and tenderest feelings of the human heart. It is a heartks, cruel, thameles?, trafficking in human souls a creed of money of bargain ana sale. Jesus Christ said, 'He that believetb. in me shall have everlasting life,' and I will believe the words of my Lord and Mas ter against all the line of popes.' Tne speaker then asked any Catholics who might be present what assurance they had that the priest whom they paid to say masses for departed rela tives or friends performed the contract. That these contracts were not always performed was proved by certain scan dalous trials not very long ago in France. Certain Parisian priests had agreed and had been paid their price to say some hundreds of thousands of masses for tho dead. It being physically Impossible to fulfill their contract, they had employed a broker to sub-let parts of it to various poor country priests at reduced rates, instead of returning the money like honest men. But the broker had pocketed t ae money and the masses were not said. The purchasers learned this and law-suits ensued which brought out the facts of the whole shameless transaction.' " A SUGGESTION. When that mass meeting at the col iseum is held we suggest that it iin meditely place in nomination a ticket, and that the following eminently re spectable citizens be the standard bearers. For Clerk of the District Court. E. ROSEWATER. For Sheriff, ED. ROSEN WASSER. For Treasurer, DiCK SCANELL. For County Judge, EDWARD ROSEWATER. For Clerk, EDWARD ROSEN WASSER. For Superintendent Public Inst. CHARLES CONOYER, For Surveyor, E. ROSEWATER. For Commissioners, FATHER COLINARI FATHER MORIARITY. For Mayor, E. ROSEWATER. For City Treasurer, JOHN RUSH, For City Clerk, PAT FORD. The nominee for mayor should then be compelled to appoint the following gentlemen to positions: Attorney, C. J. Smyth; Engineer, E. Rosewater; physician, Dr. Rose water; Member Board Public Works, John B. Furay; Chief Police, Seth P, Cole; Meat Inspector, P. Welch. If this suggestion is not adopted we fear the citizens movement will prove futile in its opposition to the A. P. A No other men than Rosev and the fath ers can carry this county. We urge the utmost caution in every move. We have repeatedly said that Roman Catholics believed and that their church taught that persons not married in the Roman church by a Roman priest lived in a state of sin that the union was "filthy concubinage" and that the fruits of it were "bastards." In substantia- tlon of thi charge read thi item from the Omaha World lit r JJ of April 2i, I...: "Anna C. McGuvkm has dis missed her divorce c ase against Daniel McGdckia. She wanted a divorce on the ground of cruelty, and Diniel set up a defense that the couple were ntvtr married, alleging as his reasons that Mrs. MiGuckin was a Protectant and be was a Catholic, and they were not married according to the rites of the latter church, and that the marriage was a common law marriage.'- WANT A DAILY. The following cumbers of shares have been spoken for in the scheme to get up a patriotic daily paper In Omaha: Omalia, Nel shares. Ctili-Hiio. Ill 5m) itruntovtllf. Neb 10 Wtsoer. Noli T " Hood, lit 4,", There are to be 10,0x shares. Each share is $15, payable when 1100,000 has been subscribed. The capital stock Is to be $l.j0,0iH. How many shares will you want? Lot us have a daily. Some two weeks as;o we mentioned the fact that the inmates of the Roman convent and the priests at the bead of St. Mary's ave., until the colored fire men were located at the house opposite their place, had been in the habit of using the telephone belonging to the city and calling the firemen over for messages. The only mistake contained in the item was in referring to the fire men as "micks." They were all Prot estant Americans and assure us that they acted under orders from Galligan, the Roman chief. Mr. Robins says his connection with the petition was only to nave the old company returned. The Missouri legislature is in the throes of an extra session. ' A WELCOME To Father Chiniqiiy in Council No. 1 of ilia A niitrliMiii triti)j4ii'i A uauiat Lu April 17, 1S!.. Once more my falling eyes behold Fair Freedom's royal son. To Kladden hearts within the fold Before his race Is run : When foes assailed with fiendish strife, ,' To silence loyal speech' He stood resigned to yield his life For liberty to teach. Dark days the crowds In riot ran, I And murder's hands by nlKht, oui;ht out this patriotic man, j To quench his holy light. i Tliey sought the platform where he stood, J With insults and with arms. j Till hosts and terror were distraught. Hy fear aud wild alarms. i The rulers shrunk with coward fear, I Nor dared to raise a hand, While cries of "shame," from far and neal Aroused an anpry land. Then to the front the A. 1'. As. Poured out a willing Hood, Intent the wild assault to raise. And shield him with their blood. 'Hrave faithful friends," with joy lie crlei "Accept my heartfelt thanks; I "It Is a privilege and pride "To join your noble ranks." They bore him safe, through danger lines.i To distant lands secure; Tonight his face among us shines. The loyal, true, and pure! Isaac A. Pool. t neap itaies to i onus on tne r.ikiioru April i'lnl. One fare plus $2 00 for round trip. Minimum selling rate $7.00. Limit 20 days. Ston over on west bound trip. Ticket Office: 1401 t arnara street. Depot: 15th and Webster streets. The Dust. The "guns are on "em." The pulpit, the rostrum and the press have turned their attention to the.subjectof Roman ism. While the guns were pointing at the Roman Catholics because of the Knownathing party, the bosk "Uncle Tom's Cabin" although not written by a Roman Ca'.holic, was the tool they needed to causa the air to be filled with dust so that the Roman Catholic church would not hi seen. The north and south began fighting, and the papal church was proud of their wire-pulling, which protected themselves while they were plotting against the peace and prosperity of the people. Now the question arises, what can raise the most dust, so that these American papers and speakers will not see, and forget them? Let us push the "Tale of Two Nations," and have a fight between the United States and England. Then we will have sufficient dust, and will pay England for her treatment of Ireland. HASTINGS. The Magic Touch OF Hood's Sarsaparilla You smile at the idea. But if you are a sufferer from Dyspepsia And Indigestion, try a bottln, and b for you have taken half a dozen doses, you will involuntarily think, and no doubt exclaim, "That Just Hits It!" "That soothing effect is a marie touch!" Hood's Sarsaparilla gently tones and strengthens the stomach i and digestive organs, invigorates the liver, creates a natural, healthy desire for food, gives refreshing sleep, and In short, raises the health tone of the entire system. Kemcmber Hood's Sarsa parilla Cures Hood's Pills cure liver ills, constipation, biliousness, Jaundice, sick headache, Indigestion