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MAY 3,
S50 REWARD.
I will pay I') rwward for tbe arrest
and conviction o( the party who U
levying blackmail upon men about town
under threat of cxpolnf their ahorV
comings through th oolumna of this
paper. John C. Thompson,
Kdllor of Turn Aimcn
Scan NELL, bishop at Omaha, hat
(rone to Kome to kls the pope 'a too.
Thk people of Lincoln do not want to
overlook thla little Item, Uken from
the World-HeraM of Omaha: "Police
Matron Evan of Lincoln yesterday
brought a girl to the Home of the Good
Shepherd at South Omaha "
We are glud to have Mr. Nlion'a of
ficial statement that be owns the con
trolling Interest in the ItUer-Ocenn.
There ban been a wrong Impression
abroad for some time. People will now
have confidence In the utterances of the
grand old Qtxan.
Writing from Cairo, III., a friend
says: "Tito people of this city are
eager to subscribe for your paper. It
Is the beat one published. We all like
THK Amkhican. There In nothing
radical or abusive In it. It geU better
every Issue Please send sample copies
to the following gentlemen, leading
citizens, and staunch adherents of the
A. P. A."
A FRIEND at Minneapolis writes:
'You may put me down for two shares
In the new dally, and if I can arrange
matters satisfactorily before they are
,all gone, will want several more. Pa
triots in every section of the oountry
should throw in their dollars and help
start a dally paper In the center of
the country. We must prepare for the
campaign of '0(1. Let us put none but
an American on guard."
TUK alleged Vlear of Jesus Christ
has Issued another encyclical this
tlmo to tho cardinals. Among other
things ho says: "Even If the temporal
power hus not been attained, tho pa
pacy has arrived at a situation enabling
It. when the opportune moment shall
come, to dictate conditions, and tho
sarno calm, prudent line of action will
conduce still further to that en if fol
lowed unaltered."
One of tho best mon in town physio-
ally mado an assault on our old friend
Samuel MacLeod last week, and met
with a surprise. Sam spankid him
with his open hand, as he would a baby,
advised him not to Interfere with me
chanics while they were at work, and
told him to go into court aud restrain
the man who had hired him (MacLotd)
to make repali s on the property he
clalmoJ. The man who assaulted Sam
will feel heartily ashamed of it when
he thinks It over.
IlKKE is a pointer for Messrs. Church
111 and Russell: Information has reached
this t.lllcu that the governor will unite
with you in naming the new board of
fire aBd police commissioners for Omaha
if he is given the right to name one
man without balloting on him. The
further information reaches us that
Ilolcomb, In deference to the demands
of Rosewater, has consented to name a
Roman Catholic. The reason given for
naming a Roman Catholic is that Mr.
Rosewater wants a man on the new
board who will keep that body in a con-
tin ual turmoil, and bring It into dis
repute. .
One of our friends wants Rosewater
to e'ate whether he (Rosewater) left
Rohemla in seemingly undue haste.
The same friend desires the same Rose'
water to state whether it was because
the same Rose water's name was at
tached to a thing and in a place where
it had no right to be. That same
friend wants to know whether the same
Rosewater ever legally changed his
name. Will Mr. Rosewater please in
form our, inquisitive friend? We cer
tainly cannot. It may be that he has
Mr. Rosewater mixed up with a family
of ragpickers in Bohemia who have
the same name. How is it, Rosey?
Since giving out the Information
last week that Rosewater has made a
tie-up with the Romanized wing of the
Democracy of this county, we have
been placed in possession of additional
proofs that the charge was true. F. J
Lung, the man whom Treasurer Irey
beat two years ago, is chasing around
town trying to induce prospective can
didates of German extraction to refuse
a nomination on the Republican ticket,
stating that it will be an A. P. A
ticket and be fought by Rosewater
Lang says that Rosewater has prom
ised him the nomination for county
treasurer on Mr. Rosewater's non-par
tisan ticket
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.
The right, privilege and emolu
ment of American cltlnohip should
be of so great a value a to render their
hreiowal upon every noo, without
rrgard to but fltoe4 or his abiiliy to
properly appreciate them, a matter of
common concern. Already we nave
placed the ballot In the bands of the
Ignorant horde that ha come to us
from pope-curaed and priest- ridden
countries and it 1 dlreck! against our
own lnW mU and the interest of our
country whenever those Interest are
thought to be in conflict with tba inter
est of the pope and bis church. Shall
we go farther, and advertise to the
world that cllltenihlp In this country
U of so little value that we are roady
and willing to bestow It upon whomso
ever applies? Shall we continue to In
vest the pope's Ignorant Irish, hi
Ignorant and vicious dagos, and hi
ignorant, vicious and murderous Huns
with the power to cast a ballot, even
when we know they do not realize It
sacredness, and when we know they
vote, not their own convictions, but
those of the priesthood? Shall we give
It to the Indian, who has no conception
of the needs of civilization? To the
Chinese, who have no regard for moral
ity and no belief In the Doity? If we
do, we might as well say to the old
world: "We are powerless to resist
you now, for we are rendod by internal
dissensions and divided allegiances, and
if you want the pick of our most choice
acres and our most prosjwroua marts,
this it your golden opportunity."
As we said, the bestowal of the rights
of citizenship has already gone too far;
yet in some sections, namely, California,
the practice is to be extended, as may
be seen by this article from the Avieri
can I'atritrt:
A now point in the Chinese question
has been raised. The sons of Chinese
parent born In this country, as they
have become of age, have boon recog
nized as citizens by birth, and as their
number has been quite small they have
been permitted vo vote when presenting
themselves at the polls, without ques
tion as to their right to do so. At the
last eloctlon In this city, however,
about fifty of them cast their ballots,
and now a canvass of the city brings to
light the fact that the total number of
native-born adult male Chlnoso among
us is nearly, or quite, 2,000, with, of
course, a continual increase. It would
seem that nothing is to be done in the
mailer but to permit them to register
and then to vote, the same as other
native-born citizens. It is claiming,
however, that a way to prevent, or at
least to check, this sort of thing has
been discovered. It is held that the
wearing of a queue by a Chinaman Is a
mark of allegiance to the Chinese em
peror, and unless an American-born
Chinese will consent to renounce that
allegiance by cutting off his pigtail he
cannot bo recognized as a citizen, nor
allowed to vote. Ti e question will, of
oouise, have to be decided by the
courts, though the position taken with
reference to it appears to be altogether
reasonable, and the principle involved,
thst evidence should be given by each
American-born Chinaman that he re
pudiates all claim of the Chinese em
peror upon him, In order to receive
recognition as a citizen is certainly just
and right.
"The discussion of this matter brings
up another one quite analogous to it
we had almost fald the same one, in a
somewhat different form, butone which
1b of far superior importance" to us, be
cause of its greater magnitude, and the
Increasing, not to say alarming, dimen
sions it Is assuming. It Is well known
that every member of the Romish
church, whether native or foreign-born,
is taught to believe that each of the
sacraments, such as baptism, confirma
tion, penance, etc., Imposes upon the
recipient a spiritual stigma, or mark,
which brands him as a subject of the
pope, like the mark burned upon the
ox or heifer of a cattle king, and in
submitting to be thus branded he yields
to the claim of the holy father, ac
knowledging the allegiance represented
by the stigmata he is made to believe
that he bears. Now then, as the pope
not only lays claim to temporal as well
as spiritual sovereignty, but claims to
be supreme above all kings and princes
and other earthly rulers, it is a ques
tion if this equivocal or divided alleg
iance on the part of 'his people,' who
are enjoying all the rights and priv
ileges of American citizenship, should
not be made a subject of searching in
vejtlgatlon, with a view of deciding
just what course of action in the prem
ises is the proper one. We have no
use for any American citizenship 'with
a string to it,' and such pigtail allegiance
as that under consideration, whether
offered by a Chinaman or a Romanist,
has no place in our republican system."
port of a grand jury, and they should
ascertain the popular public opinion of
"Chief Stavcy. lie may be all right,
but the people were tired of him a
chief of police.
THE NEW DAILY SCHEME.
In answer to repeated requests we
have finally consented to undertake the
Ut.k of starting a DAILY AMERICAN In
Omaha. ThU would be an easy thing
to do If people were to act as they talk.
Yet it will not be impossible, even if
they do not, for there are thousand of
patriot who are anxious to have the
news anxious to give the Protestant
preacher a fair a hearing as is ac
corded to Roman priest and Itinerant
lecturer of the Jesuit Sherman stamp
who will respond to our call for sub
scribers for stock to enable us to estab
lish a Daily American.
We have consulted with our friends,
and they have suggested this plan:
Increase the capital stock of the
American Publishing Co. to 1150,000.
Divide Into 10,000 shares of 115 each.
Begin business when HOO.OOO has
been subscribed.
Each stockholder must be a sub
scriber. Subscription price of the paper, first
year, will be tlO; S the second, and
whatever the directors decide there
after. The management of the company will
be placed in the hands of a board of
directors, who will be elected from
among the stockholders, by a majority
of the stock represented, at the regular
annual meeting.
The Indebtedness will not be over 40
per cent, of the capital stock at any
time.
If you want to help establish a Daily
American, fill out and return to this
ofllce the following blank, keeping this
statement as our part of the contract:
AGENTS WANTED. -
Under this heading, in the Chicago
Tribune of April 27, we find the fol
lowing: Wanted The agency of ready-selling
standard lines of merchandise; contract
ors' and builders' material a specialty;
seven years' experience; best of refer
ences; correspondence solicited. Ad
dress W. S. Seavey, commercial agent,
chief of police, Omaha, Neb.
The firms which may be intending to
place their business with this man
Seavey should look, up- his record in
Omaha. They should read a late re-
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REDELL'S APPOINTMENTS.
ThU paper has been disposed to re
gard Chief Redell a a man who knew
enough to heal the differences in the
fire department, and make It one of the
best In the country; but In the first part
of that supposition we have been griev
ously mistaken, and It may be that later
on we ahall be compelled-to admit that
we were mistaken even as to the last
part of such supposition. We have been
forced to this conclusion by the charac
ter of the appointments which he has
made this week.
For some time he has had under con
sideration the appointment of a number
of lieutenants, and the first of this
week be announced his selections. Of
the fifteen men chosen eleven are
Roman Catholics and f ur are Protes
tants, none of the latter of whom are
members of any patriotic order. In
companies where there was but one
Roman Catholic employed, that Roman
Catholic was selected for a lieutenancy.
This seems strange to us. It will seem
strange to the electors of this commu
nity, and it is more than probable that
people will view with suspicion the man
in whom they have heretofore reposed
complete confidence.
We are sorry to see Chief Redell
tying up with the Irish Romanists.
This community has long since repudi
ated them. lie certainly knew this,
unless he is totally blind, which he is
not. And as he has made his bed with
his eyes wide 0en, be can sleep in It,
and when he awakes and finds that
people have long since grown tired of
Roman Catholic domination, and are
censuring him for replacing them in
power, ho can reflect upon his short
sightedness and his gullibility.
The men he appointed as lieutenants
are:
Hose companies No. 1, P. II. Demp-
sey; jno. z, Jerry suuivan; sso. 9, J.
Simpson; No. 4, C. II. Pringlc; No. 6,
P. McGulre; No. 7, M. Dineen; No. 8,
J. J. Ormsby; No. i, M. Mulvihill; No.
10, G. H. Head; No. II, J. C. Daly.
Rook and ladder companies No. 1,
T. Ruane; No. 2, Joseph Laux; No. 3,
N. S. Nelson.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
Roma Has a New Book For Use in
Her Schools.
It Pretrnd U (ile the Keal Ol.Jwt f the
Flntt Amendment U the I'. S. t-ktltutlon.
TO BE CONGRATULATED.
Jul it a Puvnn dismissed the bill ves-
teeday filed by Mary Donohue and
Mary Gaughan against Kllzabeth Cool
ing, the mother superior of the Servlte
Sisters' Home, to obtain an Interest. In
the property at Kedzie avenue and Van
Uuren Bireet. The court held that the
complainants were not entitled to an In
terest, as it was not shown that they had
ever paid any. sums of money which
would specineaiiy indicate a particular
interest in the property. The home
had been conducted for the benefit of
poor children and their education, and
the court presumed tbat the intention
was that the lunds received went to
support the institution as well as pur
chasing tbe property. Exchange.
This is the celebrated case to which
we referred the 2oth day of May, 1894,
and we are pleased to hear that the
court has held to the same opinion that
we expressed at tbat time.
There Is no doubt in our mind but
what there was a gigantic conspiracy to
legally rob Miss Cooling of her prop
erty. The real party was not Miss
Donohue or Miss Gaughan, but was
known to Miss Cooling and the ladies
associated with her, and they are to be
congratulated for having the courage to
fight the great octopus whose greed
for riches seems to be insatiable. We
hope they will always keep their prop
erty out of the reach of the Roman
archbishop, and in their own individual
nanus.
Miss Cooling and her assistants run
the only Americanized parochial school
we have ever been in. It is filled with
mirth, and musio and laughter. It Is
not a prison where young girls are mal
treated and abused. If we thought it
was we should censure Miss Cooling
and her associates for being inhuman.
So long as they stand up for their
rights and do not abuse those in their
charge, we shall be their friend, and we
shall wish them success whenever they
resist papal authority.
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COL. A. A. Eohekt, an old and re
spected citizen of Omaha, was found,
one night this week, lying in his yard
with two bullet-holes in his body. One
ball had passed through one of bis
lungs and the other through hia heart.
His friends believe it a case of murder,
as he had had no trouble of any kind,
was in good health and enjoyed the
most pleasant family relations. It is
stated that he heard a noise in the
back yard, and that he armed himself
and went out to ascertain what was
wrong. A few minutes later two shots
were heard, and, as the colonel did not
return, his wife became uneasy, re
paired to the yard and found him lying
dead on the ground. His body lay about
thirty feet from his revolver, two cham
bers of which were empty. It is be
lieved that he had surprised some
thieves, and that they overpowered
him, turned his weapon on him and
fired the fatal shots.
Of all the passions that tyrannize
over tbe heart of man there is ncne
more ruinous to the person himself
who is under its dominion none
more fatal to bis repoeor more at
variance of humanity with the recog
nized virtures of humanity than
ambition. Its victim is more to be
pitied than a lunatic. And yet it is
the passion most commonly to be
met with in men of every degree.
Whenever it becomes conspicuous,
and leads us victims to deeds of in
justice, ingratitude, perfidy and tur
pitude, breaking out into overt acts
against peace and good order, t'ue
offender should be dealt with in a
summary manner. If lie is a mem
ber of the American Protective As
sociation, it becomes the dnty of the
order to investigate his conduct; and
if such conduct is calculated to in
jure the order or any of its members,
it fhould be condemned at once.
I have just read a remarkable book
entitled "An Explanation of the
Constitution of the United States of
America, prepared for use in Cath
olic schools, academies and colleges,"
by Francis T. Fussey. A. M., and
ishiied by the Catholic Publication
Society company, of New York In
his preface the author says: "There
is no thoroughly good text books on
the subject, tho principal one that
we have seen being not only super
ficial in its treatment, but containing
several "rave inaccuracies." This
is rather hard on Story aud Cooley,
but it must be true or a papist
wouldn't have said it. These errors
and inaccuracies, however, seem to
relate mainly to the First Amend
ment. On the subject of this amend
ment I quote from pages 135-C, the
following questions and answers:
"With what subject does the first
of these amendments deal?
" ith restriction on the power of
congress.
"What are the subjects of these
restrictions?
'Keligious liberty, freedom of
speech, and the right of assembly and
petition for redress of grievances.
The words are: 'Congress shall
make no law respecting an pslablish
rnent of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof; or abridging
the freedom of speech or of the
press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble and petition
the government for a redress of
grievances.'
"What is peculiar about the 're
ligions liberty' part of the article?
"That it had its origin in religious
intolerance.
"How was this.
"It was proposed on behalf of New
Hampshire, which did not want its
religious condition at that time to
be interfered with.
"How does this state stand in re
ligious matters?
"As the most intolerant m the
union.
"How do you know this?
"By the fa.:t that down to our own
time it has refused to allow Catho
lics to hold office on account of
their religion.
'What has been the result of the
(first) amendment as regards Catho
lics? "They have been benefited by it
throughout the entire country, and
even the most intolerant state of
them cannot much longer refuse
them full liberty.
"What other instance in the his
tory of our countuy has shown an
anti-Catholic movement to result for
the benefit of Catholics?
"The Revolution itself, which was
stimulated by anger on account of
the Quebec act.
'What are the restrictions on con
gress in regard to religion?
"First, that it shall make no law
establishing any denomination as
the religion of the state; and, second,
that it shall not by law prohibit the
free exercise of any form of christ
ianity.
"Whv do you say 'Christianity'?
"Because it has been decided by
the supreme court that Christianity
is a fundamental part of our con
stitution."
The pope' disapproval of the
provision contained in the First
Amendment is expressed no les
cleaily in hi latest encyclical, in
which he impudently ey:
"It would be very erroneous to
draw the conclusion that in Amer
ica is to be sought the type of the
most desirable status of the church;
or that it would be universally law
ful or expedient for state and church
to be, a in America, dissevered and
divorced . . . She the church
would bring forth more abundant
fruits, if, iu addition to liberty, the
enjoyed the favor of the laws and
the patronage of the public author
ity."
The pope and the jesuits are not
satisfied with liberty. They demand
the favor and patronage of the publio
authority in addition to liberty.
They demand that church and state
shall not be dissevered and divorced.
Hence it is that Jesuit Dellarbe, in
his book on constitution, misrepre
sents the First Amendment, and
utters deliberate and direct false
hood as to the doctrine heldjby the
supreme court of the United States
concerning the relation between
Christianity and this government. In
the Girard will case, the leading case
on the subiect, the court held that
Christianity is not a fundamental
part of the constitution, or, indeed,
any part of it.
The doctrine that any form of
worship except Christianity may be
prohibited, taken in connection with
the fact that Protestantism is held
by the papal authorities not to be a
form of Christianity, gives a clue to
the ulterior designs of the papists,
and furnishes an insight into the
motives for perverting in the minds
of their pupils everything bearing
upon religious questions. This book
is an infamous and criminal travesty
upon the principles of our constitu
tion. Its teachings are false, treas
onable and seditious.
Moreover, if the Revolution itself
was stimulated by anger on account
of the Quebec act, an act which made
large concessions to the jesuits and
other papist institutions, and it the
Revolution is an instance of an anti
papal movement, as this papist
school book teaches, what then be
comes of the great clamor about the
intense patriotism of the papists of
that period?
The Quebec act referred to is just
at this time an apple of discord in
the Britisli provinces; foimfng an
element of the school question which
has become a political and a party
question on account of the attitude
of Manitoba. There is just as much
patriotism among the papists of
Manitoba and Ontario now as there
was among the papists of Maryland
n 1776. The following press dis
patch shows the position of the pa
pacy at this time:
"Winnipeg, Man., April 15.
Archbishop Langevin, the Roman
Catholic head in western Canada,
caused a sensation during a sermon
in St. Mary's church here last night,
when he announced that hereafter all
so-called adherents who did not fol
low the teachings of the church in
the matter of education could not
be regarded as members ol the Ro
man Catholic church. This has an
important bearing on the Manitoba
school question, and means the ex
communication of certain Catholics
who have taken a stand against the
church and with the Manitoba gov
ernment in their determined fight ,
for national schools.
"It is reported that a special ency
clical from Rome has been received
by the Manitoba bishops on the
school question, hence the).mnounce-
ment by Archbishop Langevin.
"Archbishop Fabre has issued a
pastoral letter in which he commands
the clergy to keep silent when in
the pulpit on the Manitoba school
question, but recommends them to
express to their parishioners who
ask them the delight of the
episcopacy at the action taken thus
far in the matter by the conserva
tive government."
As to the freedom of the press
guaranteed by the First Amendment
Mr. Fusey is eilent. The reason for
this may be found in the following
statement of facts which occured iu
Montreal:
"On Nov. 11. J 892, the Roman
Catholic archbishop of Montreal,
published from the altar of his ca-.
thedral church, and in the other
churches ot his diocese, a denuncia
tion of the Canada Revue news-
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