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JUNE 7, in&.
DOES THIS MEAN YOU?
If it do, pleaxo give the following
your kind attention. This t offered in
a roost kindly yet firm spirit: There
are many persona who are able to pay
their ubcrlption to Tuk American
who are in arreart. We a a matter
of business ask that If you are one of
that claw that you tend a portion
of the amount, If you cannot aend all at
thla time. It lakes money to run a pa
trlotlfl naorr aa well as any other en-
terprlse. As a matter of business, think
i. ..- ..w.n.l t mutfi. The re-
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cent heavy rains have assured our I
farmer friends a good crop, and we
-.. .v,.o -in Mimnd to this call for
a portion of what ihey owe, as wo have
hnen verv easy with all our friends
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during the hard time, carrying thou
sands of dollars when we were really
able to carry but a few hundred.
OrKN the convents and nunneries.
This Is a pretty good month In which
to pay your subscription.
Vrt r. i :itt21. nan mlurtA ftnV lawful OP
logical reason for tho perpetuation of
the papacy.
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An Amerlcsn Protestant, unless he
abhor, contemn, anathematize and op
pose popelsra, has no plaoe In the field
of patriotism.
TuK real reason why the Roman
Catholics anathematize our public
schools Is not because they are godless,
but because they are jiopoloss.
Have you paid your subscription for
The Amkkican? If you cannot pay It,
don't noclect to call and see us. We
will always be glud to see you.
It Is eratlfvtng to note that Amer
ican papers and maga.lues are spring'
ing up all over the United States,
eaual in quality to the bost of those
under the old regime.
THE attorneys for the Douglas add
tlon claimants have made a demand
upon the board of county commission
ers to provide for payment of the judg
ments recently entered sgalnst the
county. And, while the tax-payers foot
the bills, the Slmwater aggregation is
plotting for a new lease of power.
It will not do for Roiey to deny that
he wanted to be eleoted as a delegate
to the National League of Republican
Clubs. Every one acquainted with his
methods knows that be was a candi
date for the ulace. notwithstanding the
fact that ho kicked himself out of the
Dartv laet fall, and is now plot Vine to
betray and destroy the organization in
a t
D.mglas county through the Inslrumen
tallty of the R miau hierarchy and a
so-callel cltlzins' movement, but
Rosey failed, while Tom Majors suc
ceeded In being unanimously elected
But this is an off yer!
IF tbe H ond-lleraii oorreo ly re
ports the Slmwater meeting of Wednes
day night, those representatives of the
Municipal League who attended did
not fall over each other to join tbe
Slmwaters in their fiht against tbe
A. P. A. Count Crelghton should
have teat W. A. L. Gibson and C. J.
Smyth from the league, and then the
Roman cause would have made better
headway. There Is no difference be
tween the professed aims of the Mu
nicipal Lesgue and the declared prin
ciples of the A. P. A. on'y the latter
does not admit that our city's business
can be trusted to the Roman Catholics,
who are trying to build up a system of
their own right in the midst of us.
The friends of Americanism in Hia
watha, Kan , gave au open meeting to
their friends last Wednesday night,
and had a royal &ood time. The coun
cil at Hiawatha Is one of tho strongest
in the state, considering the size of the
town, and numbers among its members
many of the most resf e jted and worthy
citizens. It is the Intention of the mem
bers ol the association to give an open
meeting in the largest hall In the city
Ma the near future, and invite the en
tire population to attend and listen to
a lecture by a man as prominent In the
A. P. A. work as Rev. Joseph Slattery.
At the last meeting they were ad
dressed by Rev. Mr. Savidge and sev
eral old soldiers, and by John C.
Thompson, editor of this paper. After
the speeches were listened to, the en
tire assemblage repaired to a vacant
store, where the committee on arrange-
ments had tables spread with choice
vianda. Our visit tn Hiawatha was
made extremely pleasant, and we shall
always entertain a warm feeling for
every man with whom we came In con
tact. May Hiawatha Council continue
to grow under the guidance of its pres
ent efficient officer.
ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT.
Th attitude of the Omaha in tbe
Unit 1m addition afflr, that will cost
thli county la the neighborhood of
$.".00,000 before It U settled, Is onl
continuation of its old policy, dating
back to 1HSS. Lttut week we challenged
the Simwater aggregation to show that
it ever ald one word against the action
of the O'Keeffe combine la the board
of county commissioner with respect
to the Douglas addition affair. We
have aMcrUMi that Edward lCoewater
and the Omaha lnatel were responsible
for the Dougla addition blunder, be
cause It wu through tho lnfluenoe of
that paper that ed ilmeral and "Hon
est" Dick O'Keeffe were folstod onto the
pay-roll of Douglas county a publlo
official.
We now propoao to go further, and
charge that a
full talemoat of tbe
robWy of the people In connection
Ith the excavation and grading at
the county hospital wan presented to
Edward Rosewater In 188S, and that
every allegation wa ubstantlated by
proof showing beyond a question that
the treasury of Douflas county was be-
Ing plundered to tbe extent of thousands
of dollars bv rascally contractors who
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were In leaguo with "Honest" Dlok
O'Keeffe; we charge that these matters
were brought to the attention of ha
ward Rosewater as editor of the Omaha
llee. and that tbe said Edward Rose-
water refused to publish them for the
reason, as he stated, that they would
defeat Dick O'Keeffe for a third term,
he being then a candidate before the
Deoole for re-election. And "Honest"
Dick O'Keeffo was a Democrat and
Rosewater claimed to be a R. publican
No one knew the facts better tban
Edward Roeowater. but did he raise
hi. i voice to prrfag the Poopler Neve !
servant and tool. Dick O keeffe bad
given him the tax-list to print at two
. 1 I 3 1
or three prices more man womu oe
charged by other paor8, and Roeo
water protected and defended him at
the expense of tbe people. Will any
one claim that Rosewater was Influenced
bv anything but boodle, which was to
oome out of the county treasury
Dut this Is not the only instance
where Rosewater has shielded rascals
In office who were doing his bidding,
and If it ever becomes necessary to un
cover any more of his pets the public
may rest assured that we have the proof
to back up our charges. We have lived
In this community too many years and
bosn too closely connected with Its poll
tics not to know the runways of Roso-
water and hit1 dishonorable and dis
reputable associates, a thing they will
learn If they persist In vilifying and
abiiBlnar nion simply because they will
not do Edward Rotewater's bidding
The doors of tho state penitentiary still
open Inwardly, and It may not be too
late for them to welcome some members
of the aggregation that looted the
treasury before the American Protect'
Ive Association came into prominence
and enthroned purity, honesty and
capability in tho high positions of state
And now, Is It any wonder that Rose-
water, rotten to the core, should
rail
against men who have been placed
In
charge of the county buildings through
tho influence of the A. P. A., the only
power that has ever made an honei
and successful effort to give the people
a business-like administration? Is it to
be wondered at that this deputy Jesuit
and tool of a count who gets his titl
from the pope of Rome should raise
sectarian issue when there Is no sec
turiaa issue, except such as the Roman
hierarchy and Rosewater himself
makes in order that they may blind the
people and again loot the public treas
ury?
ROSEY. HOW WILL YOU ANSWER?
To the Editor Dear Sir: You will
I am sure, excuse me for taking up your
time. If, however, I am worthy of
two and one-half Inch editorial In the
Omiha Ike, certainly I am entitled to
hearing, and I rise to ask what, in the
name ot hoi esty, the city engineer In
tends to do with 141,000 in repairing
the Eleventh street viaduct, as stated
in the Ilee's editorial of today?
Mr. Editor, that bridge only cost
$89,000 when new. Any bridge engl
neer will Ml you that, If a track were
laid over it on stringers, barring
one little street over the B. & M. rail
way, a locomotive could cross In perfect
safety. What is going to be done with
$41,000? "Why is the viaduct closed?
Can any man tell In my judgment,
there are not many who know why it Is
closed, and they will not tell; but they
will hold up to the people that the
reason is that it will cost $41,000. Mr.
Editor, that is a monstrous falsehood.
It will not cost one-third that to put a
floor on the Eleventh street viaduct
worthy a bridge in a Philadelphia park,
and it can be put in a goad, serviceable
condition for less than $5,000, one-eighth
the amount asked for in the .Bee's
editorial, and claimed to be the city
engineer's estimate. An egregious
blunder has been made by some one. It
makes little difference who made It to
the suffering tax-payers who paid their
thousands on the original cost of the
structure, only to nave their houses
sold for taxes, while the viaduct is
closed by a gaming lot of political
sharks in public places.
The good common sense of the people
of this city can be trusted, and they are
awake. They will soon know that the
TH EE AMERICAN
Eleventh street viaduct can be opened
to them for leaa than $j,0oo, a surely
a they now know that tbey have been
out race J by their servant for these
arc under a masquerade of tbe truth.
ery respectfully, Alva J. Grover,
Engineer In charge of the Construc
tion of the Eleventh and Sixteenth
treet viaduct.
OUR ANTI-MONOPOLIST.
One of tbe mot-1 senseless monopo
listic laws on the statute books of Ne
braska is that requlriug advertising
for liquor licenses to be published In
the paper having the largest circula
tion This feature of tbe law was en
acted at the Instance of Edward Rose-
water, who speot his time lobbying
with members and trading everything
to get it through. He has used tbe
club thus put In his hands without
mercy on the saloon-keepers and drug
gists of Omaha, as Frlu Miller, Ernest
Stuht and others can testify. Two
years ago Rosewater charged about $15
for the same amount of advertising
that Hitchcock asked $3.25 for, and the
Rosewater fire and police board ma-
lpulated the contest in favor of It
master. This year a combine was
made between Rosewater and Hitch
cock by which the former was to do the
advertising and pay Hitchcock, it was
stated, a given amount as hush-money.
Tho contest has now been transferred
to South Omaha, and Rosewater is
mercilessly pounding those saloon
keepers who have inserted their adver
tisements in the Tribune of that city by
order of the city council.
But this is only another instance to
Illustrate the want of consistency and
the greed of the editor of tho Bee. How
can he expect that people will have
confidence In his antl-iiionopoly profes
sions, in view of the charges standing
against him, and which were made in
this paper last week, that he offered,
during the Hitchcock campaign, to sell
stock to the B. & M. Railroad Company
and become tbe organ of that road; and
the charge, published this week, that
he refused to publish facts relating to
the official record of 'Honest" Dick
O'Keeffo, when O'Keeffe was a candi
date before the people seeking to be
elected for a third time to tho office of
county commissioner facts which con
nected O'Keeffe with a stupendous job
at the county hospital which cost tbe
people of Douglas county thousands of
dollars, a large per cent, of which wtnt
into the pockets of rascally contractors;
and the rean Edward Rosewater re
fused to expose O Keeffo and proto
the publlo, as his duty as a journalist
required, was because O'Keeffe had
been his tool and torvant in awarding
the pointing of the Douglas county tax
list to the Ike.
How can Rosewater expect honest
anti-monopolists to follow him when
his reaord of twenty-two years shows
him to bo the most despotic monopolist
in Nebraska?
Not satisfied to allow the people to
select their representatives, he is al
ways interfering with the details of
politics, and, worst of all, as soon as
publlo officials take their seats he
cracks his whip over their heads and
proceeds to dictate policies and ap
pointments; and when a man in office
refuses to bond the knee Rosewater d!s
overs, an at once, mat ne is a - cor
poration cormorant," a "venal vam
pire," a "howling dervish." Why does
Rosewater want to control the Omaha
Fire and Police Board? The brewers
and saloon-keepers and druggists of
Onaha have found out the answer to
their cost. The South Oanaha saloon
keepers are now finding out what It is
costing them to have had a dictator in
Nebraska politics who used his power
to enact the monopolistic law with re
spect to the advertisement for Hquor
licenses.
FOR JUST SUCH A PURPOSE.
Some of the Republicans of Omaha
want to organize a citizens' party in
order to defeat the A. P. A. 's. This is
an unnecessary work. The Democratic
party was organized for lust such a
purpose, and the Republicans who are
tired of having their party run by reli
gious prejudice can come with tho
Democrats and vindicate the right of
every man to worship God according to
the dictates ot his own consciencj.
World- Herald.
We did not know the A. P. A. was so
old as the Democratic party; but this
oracle says that party was organized to
defeat the A. P. A. We knew the
principles advocatid by the A. P. A.
were as old as the hills, but we have
been foolish enough to believe that the
order for the perpetuation of those
principles was of recent establishment.
However, we will not quibble about
that point, just so the principles are
not lost sight of, and are not allowed to
fall through the jesultlcal trickery of
spineless Protestants of the Rosewater-
Hltchcock variety; nor will we com
plain of those Republicans who are
foolish enough to believe that the A.
P. A. opposes any man because he wor
ships God according to the dictates of
his own conscience, leave the party cf
their adoption and unite with one that
Is controlled by men who are trying to
use it to oppose an organization which
has as its corner-stone complete liberty
religious liberty, free speech, free
press, free schools, and the complete
separation of church and state. The
work of reformation which has been
commenced in this community through
the Influence of the A. P. A assisted
by the thousands of men who believe in
tbe cardinal principles advocated by
that order, regardlew of party affilia
tion, will not suffer or meet defeat be
cause of tre united efforts of our Ro
manized con tern porarlt-s. Tbe affairs
of Douglas county, since tho lncompe
tent Romans of the O'Keeffd, Slmeral,
Roach brand were deposed, have been
in good hands, have been wisely, judi
ciously and bocestly administered, and
reflect no little credit upon the gentle
men who are opposed by the Rose
water, Roggen, Slmwater aggregation,
which the World-Herald so rapturously
offers the freedom of the Democratic
party to. However, the Romans will
awake some morning to a realization
of the fact that tbe Democratic party
has ceased to pay tribute to the Pope
of Homo and his emissaries la this
country, and such reformers aa the
young Mr. Bryan and the joung Mr.
Hitchcock will advocate tbe principles
now repudiated by them but tenaciously
upheld by tbe A. P. A.
GREGORY POWELL AT CLEVE
LAND. Another hindrance with us la the In
troduction of the sectarian principle
Into our city government. I know no
more Immediate obstacle in the way of
good government than this. A certa n
element would disqualify a man of a
particular religious faitn irom noiaing
any oftioe, as tiough all that Is needed
to have honest, efficient municipal gov
ernment is to elect men to office who
believe members of that particular re
ligious communion should not hold
office, and that they themselves should.
If all that Is claimed to be true, it is
only curing one evil with another As
long as this secret, poiitico-irreugious
element is dominant in our city, tbe
day of good and efficient government
cannot come.
The above is taken from a speech de
livered at Cleveland, Ohio, by Gregory
N. Powell, a minister who occupies a
Protestant pulpit in Omaha. It is a
reflection of a complaint made by Mr.
Powell ever since he failed to receive
the endorsement of the A. P. A. for
member of the board of education.
The American believes, with all honest
citizens, that there is room for im
provement in the system by which our
city Is governed, but the experience of
the past teaches us that Jim Crelghton,
Pat Ford, Tom Lowrey, Dan McGur
kin, Ed O'Connor, Barney Shannon,
John Rush, Dick O'Keeffe, Jim Flan
nery, Ed Morlarty, Mike Lee, and oth
ers of that Ilk, are not the men from
whom to expect improvement. These
are the men under whom the sectarian
principle flourished in this city, and it
went to that extent that a shoveler on
the street either had to be a tool of
the hierarchy or one of its pledged
members. The mistake which Mr.
Powell makes is In assuming that the
objection to Roman Catholics is be
cause of any religious belief which
they may think they possess. They
are opposed because they are seeking
to virtually build up a government and
a school system of their own in our
country, and by gaining possession of
the municipal, state and federal gov
ernments, they expect to sap their vi
tality and to overthrow and destroy
our systems.
Mr. Powell ought to know that so
long as the Roman hierarchy is per
mitted to have its way, there can be no
hone of reform whatever. The Munici
pal League, in last fall's election, drew
tho line on American citizens, and in
all its doings the combinations of the
league were such that If It had had any
Influooce whatever and it might have
had if it had been fair they were so
shaped as to favor Roman Catholics.
When the league unloads such men as
John Crelghton, Douglas Addition
Doane, W, A. L. Gibbon and C. J.
Smyth, and eeparatos Itself completely
from the influence of partizan organi
zations like the Samoset Club, the peo
ple will begin to think that the secta
rian as well as the partizan principle
has been eliminated from its councils.
ATTENTION, PATRIOTS!
My friend of American principles,
this Is for you. To you also who may
be led by curiosity, skepticism or the
faithfulness of a patriot to read the
lines. All that can be asked of you is
that you read, keep in your mind and
consider the problem as you would a
hnalneaa transaction of importance to
your country. Do this ana counsel witn
those whom vou know to be lnte-ectea
in the advancement of American pnii
ciples, follow closely the thoughts pre
sented below, advancing that m ae
which Insists that the people shsll rule
As the patriotic orders are growing
to be orders of gre tt power, so m it-t tlij
patriotic press grow in slz. quality and
influence. Those papers which fought
for Americanism when you were com
polled to seek hidden places to meet
and counsel for your country should ever
be remembered and advanced. Those
papers which brave men maintained at
the c03t and risk ol their lives lor me
support of the noble cause, when the
great metropolitan press lougnt you
with their lies and corrupt influence
Since your American cause has gained
power, will you desert that which was
the cause of your own education, or will
vou support that cause? It is a plain
.i hnnnst ouestlon. Dissolve it in
your mind and answer to your own con
victions.
Do you desire a daily American paper
which will furnish you all the news of
the day, or do you wish to abide by the
corrupt Romanized metrapolitan press
Take your choice, as you now have that
opportunity.
It Is with the above Idea in view that
we sek to fight the battles for Amer
icanism by placing in your bands a dally
paper which no power can corrupt A
paper equal to the best, which will
wince at no question where demands
arise for a right of American principles.
A r aper which will be bated on a stand
ard which is not to he found In the
metropolitan dally pre of today,
namely, truthfulness, fearlessness and
honesty; a paper which will know no
politic as Is classed by party ism, but a
stanch supporter of every American
principle dlctaUd by genuine patriotism
as is found in the constitution of the
United States of America.
In another column you will find our
plan of procedure under the heading,
"Tbe New Dally Scheme." Study it,
f nd lend your support.
As is known, The American is being
published for three distinct cities
Kansas City, Omaha and Chicago. In
the same m inner will the dally be con
ducted, giving the leading news of the
world, and of those cities mentioned
in particular. The paper will reach
you on the day of publication, as any
other daily paper.
Do you want a paper to fight the
battle coming in 1896? If so, buckle on
the harness and come to the front.
Procrastination is a deadly foe to every
cause. Remember this and lend a hand.
AS TO THIRD TERMS.
The history of Douglas county politics
proves that there is a deep-seatod feel
ing against third terms for any public
official. We think of but one Instance
In which the rule has been broken in
recent years, as applying to positions of
prominence, and that was when "Hon-
st" Dick O'Keeffe was elected through
the influence of the Roman hierarchy
and the Slmwater aggregation, in No
vember, 1887. WThen the American
constitution was adopted, after a long
contest with kingly power, it was a
protest against ''the divine right of
kings to rule" and against inherited
titles. To admit that a man can be a
candidate term after term violates the
spirit of our American system; and,
while the form Is changed, we still
have the substance of monarchy, and
that is repulsive to all true Americans.
The legislature has even disqualified
the treasurer from being an official for
more than two terms, of two years each,
and it is a mooted question whether our
federal judges should not be changed
at least at stated intervals, in the in
terest of a better administration of
justice.
It is reported that the friends of Dis
trict Clerk Moores have announced
their intention of running him a third
time for the office he holds, he having
already held the position for eight
years.
The American will not, at present,
go into the controversy that exists be
tween the board of county commission
ers and Mr. Moores over the question
of fees that are claimed to be due the
county. The work of checking up his
office is going on, and when the report
is finally made it will be subject for
discussion.
It is a matter of general understand
ing that Mr. Moores stated four years
ago that he would not be a candidate
for a third term; that If the party
would favor him with a t eiond term he
would be satisfied. The great precedent
established by the national Republican
party In declining to nominate General
Grant for a third term has become so
xed in the minds of Republicans gen
erally that It will be difficult for any
combination to be made in the Repub
lican convention to nominate Mr.
Moores for a third term especially in
view of the promise which he Is under-
wod to have made four years ago.
PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS,
The Romans have so long had the
public teat in their mouths that they
are appalled at the prospect of losing
it, and are devising and pushing new
schemes through the legislature in the
hope of perpetuating their grip on that
unctuous protuberance. The Chicago
Chronicle, has this to say about one of
their schemes:
No reasonable objection can be of
fered to the plan in Illinois for the re
tirement of public-school teachers after
twentv-Cve years upon what might be
called a pension but is really an annu
ity. The public is not called upon to
make any extraordinary expenditure to
assure this provision in their age to
faithful employes of the public-school
establishment. They themselves cre
ate the fund out of which, if they live
to a good old age, they will be paid
$600 a year, a sum sufficient to support
any prudent person in absolute com
fort. This fund is to ba raised by an
assessment of 1 per cent, upon the sal
ary of teachers. This will yield some
$60,000 a year, but, as no drafts will
immediately be made upon It, it will
be an increasing fund, since provision
Is made for Its Investment. If carefully
husbanded it will be a sufficient re
source, and it may be increased from
time to time by gifts and bequests.
'The arrangement is one which
merely makes provision which the In
dividual might not be able tomake for
himself or herself for old age and that
incapacity for other employment which
long service in the public-school estab
lishment involves.
"The bill was drawn and urged for
ward by Mr. Thornton, a Democratic
member of the school board. Essential
service was rendered both in It perfec
tion and in iu advancement by Mr.
Cra'u. a Democratic wemoer oi vno
mbly, and it will receive i
rithout
Demo-
niimtlon the signature of the
t
cratlc governor of Illinois.
"The public-school establishment of
Illinois is hacdsomely supported, and
in tbe main honestly and wisely admin
istered. The one reasonable criticism
advanced! a too great lavlshnessof
expenditure, a too ardent pressure to
enlarge tbe cope of education, even at
the expense of sufficiency of provision
in the primary grades."
LEO SPEAKS.
Chicago, June 3. Rev. Dr. J. J.
McGovern, a prominent Roman Cath
olic priest, whose parish i at Lock port,
111., has just returned from a visit to
Rome, where he had two personal In
terview with hi holiness, Pope Leo
XIII. Dr. McGovern said:
"In my interview of April 17th the
pope asked eagerly after affair In
America, which he la more familiar
with tban we are. He has made us, our
affairs and our government a special
study, and has a great admiration for
Americans. Ha is anxious to see our
government continue separate from the
church, and does not approve of Cath
olic mixing in politics, except as loyal
citizens. He does not approve of the
parochial schools receiving any state
aid or any public money, as it would
lead to incalculable abuses. He was
very much pleased to learn that hi
encyclical on labor matters created
favorable comment In this country."
Another cooked-up mess for the will
ing victim of Jesuitical deception,
totally unsupported by any authentic
declaration from the see at Rome, and
denied in every mention of our schools
by him and the resolutions of all the
hierarchical gatherings that have met
American soil since the Buffalo
meeting in 1861 to the present day.
What fools they think we Americans
are!
Rosewater'S Insect hisses venom
ously because the board of education
failed to re-elect Misses Arnold and
Evans as special instructors, last Mon
day night, and pretends to see the ear
marks of the A. P. A. in the refusal.
It quotes a member of the board, pre
sumably Mr.. Bergess, as bjlng opposed
to the retirement of the two ladies.
The editor of this paper has known the
Arnold family probably as long as Mr.
Rosewater's Insect, and he is prepared
to prove that Miss Arnold was, some
years ago, nominally, a Roman Cath
olic; but upon her return from Europe
her brother said she had experienced
change of heart. However, that has
nothing to do with the case. Efficiency
and competency are good recommenda
tions, but they do not always keep their
possessor in positions even in private
business enterprises; then how shall we
expect them to do more for a person
who works for the public In an official
capacity? A case in point would be
the retirement of Mr. James Haynea
from the editorial management of
Rosewater's insect. Mr. Hayces was a
competent, faithful, painstaking and
efficient man, but he was dropped from
the pay-roll of the Insect. Why? Some
people may affirm to keep peace with
Count Crelghton. Yet that claim may
be as groundless as the claim that the
P. A. demanded the retirement of
Miss Arnold. Some of tae members
may desire to see her supplanted, some
of them may want to see her retained,
but her retention or her dismissal will
not cause a schism in the A. P. A. The
P. A. and its friends, men and wo
men who endorse its principles, elected
the members of the school board, and
expert them to do what they consider
will be for the bast interests of the
schools, and they need not be afraid to
be censured by the Insect, which has to
pull a dead carcass out of a grave every
few weeks and punch it a few times
just to show how fearless it is. The
people will repudiate the black-hearted,
Janus-faced apostate this fall, for all
the Imps from the lurid region cannot
think up enough lies and abuse to
thwart the great will of the people,
after the exposure of his nefarious
meods.
Rev. Mr. Bowd, pastor of the Bed
ford Place Presbyterian Church, has
been tolling his congregation that they
had nothing to fear from Romanism,
yet Thursday night a gang of young
Roman toughs, after being filled with
cake left from a sociable given in his
church, assaulted Eugene Forrln as he
was holping to carry home a basket of
glassware. Gene had assisted at the
entertainment, and had offered the
toughs no affront, so Rev. Mr. Bowd
can offer but a lame apology for their
conduct. Rev. Mr. Bowd should read
a little ancient history and watch cur
rent events,
Now is the time the Roman Cath
olic church should "kick" against any
firm advertising in an American or a
patriotic paper. They should "k'ck"
hard, just like "bay staers." They
should boycott every firm that would
advertise a line. Then the American
people should pay them up with their
own medicine, and the Roman Cath
olic church would como to the conclu
sion that her name is Dennis unless
her members act like Americans.
Watch these columns for a Roman
convent sensation in the near future.