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4 THE AMERICAN THE AMERICAN CntcrrJ at rotm u ivobiI-cIiumi wHr JOHN C W. C, THOMPSON, KKl.l.KY. Huilno oiTea. MiBUrr. I LBLIMIIKI) WFKKLY BY TDK ilLilCAK PUBLISHING COMPANT, luU Uovakd Sin hist. Omaha, Nk. THK AMEKK'AN lm'K8. llonl ClrwU OiiikIih NiU. H.mi Vt fir,-l hun.rnl'ltj, Mo. Km &. Kt fc lUml.ilph DlrwU Oil n.v. III . flir.OO a Vrnr, ifrloly In Ativnnco. A. -. ' ; JUNK H 1M6. DOES THIS MEAN YOU? If It doc. pleawi Rive the following your kind Attention. ThU l offered In a mot kindly jet firm spirit: There Are many persona who Are Able to pay their subscription to Tub AMERICAN who Are In rrtAr. We At A matter of business Ak thAt if you Are one of thAt claxi thAt you tend A portion of the Amount, If you cannot tend All At thin time. It takes money to run a pA trlotle pApt r a well a Any other en terprise. As a matter of business, think It over, And respond At once. The re cent hvAvy mini Iiavo assured our fArmer friend a good crop, And we trust they will respond to this call for A portion of what ihey owe, a we have been very cany with all our friend during the hard time, carrying; thou tAndi of dollars whon we wore really Able to carry but a few hundred. OPEN the convents And nunneries. Tins Is a pretty good month In which to pay your subscription. The Masonic Grand Lodge was In session In this city this week. THE school board should elect A com petent man as superintendent of school buildings. OUR friend James IlAyncs requests us to state that he left tho employ of the JUe voluntarily. Do NOT boast, but "baw wood" until after the election Is over. It Is better to llek your "chops" After you have eaten the 'possum than before. State Aid to sectarian schools Is re pugnant to the American sense of juBtloe and fair play, and Is, moreover, An Imposition on every loyal citizen. ------" Teachers In our public schools should bo absolutely free from sectarian bias, and should possess liberal views concerning the province of education. ECONOMY, uuder the RosewA'er re gime, mcins the pensioning of Homan ist Jaok Galllgao, and the discharging of A number of young ladles employed In the public 1 brary to make up the deficiency. Will Stolll be the next pope, and where will he live? Are the questions In the minds of a few. Lit the good pAtrlotlo work In Washington go for ward. Satolli may be Able to catch the American spirit If be soon learns English. The county statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 181)4, show a total expense at the poor-farm of $42,140 45; but, of this Amount, $21,884.13 was for repairs, Including the rebuilding of the north wing ai d the tying together of the walls of the south wing. The Ac tual expense of maintaining and operat ing the plant, including salaries, gro ceries, fuel, meat, etc., was $20,2.56 32. The Item of repairs is another relic of the O'Keeffe-Rotewater regime In Douglas county politics. From July 1, 1894, to April 30, 1895 (ten months), the total operaiingexpenses were $10,444.51, the repairs tor the same period being $3,622.31. With An lucreAse of About 25 pAtlents, the rate of expenses per month was reduced in 1891-05 a compared with the previous BscaI yeAr. At pres ent there Are 128 patients At the hospital- The members of the school board should njt jump whoa Rosewater pulls the string. They should remember why they were elected. It was for the same reason that Mrs. Peattie and the other Democratlu nom'neos for the school board were defeated. It was on the issue as to whether or not the people endorsed the retirement of Miss Crow ley. The Arnolds Are p jrsonal friends of the editor ot The American, and many of the friends who Are opposed to Miss Arnold's re-e'eetlon occupy the same relation to us; for that reason we have not taken a hand in this contro versy, but if the board drops Miss Arnold It can say that it stands squarely on the platform on which it was elected namely, no Romanism in the public schools. Everybody knows that the men who were elected last fall were branded throughout the campaign as A. P. A. 'a, and everybody Also knows thAt the A. P. A. is unAlterAbly opposed to Romanists teaching in the public schools so long as their popes, their bishops and their priests brand them as "sinks ot iniquity," as "God less," as "immoral, "as "radically in- iquitious," as "degrading, " as "vicious," as "a social plague," as "dangerous," and when they refer to our teachers as ''education quacks." Rose water can fight Protestantism under a pretense of being fair to Rome it he wishes, but the people still do the voting. WILL ROSEWATER ANSWER? For aeveral weeks THE AMERICAN has been making terlous charges against Edward Rosewater And his satellites, but aside from A putative effort At a denial made by Messrs. Sim water about two weeks Ago, they hAve treated the moat serious charges ever printed from cold type, w th silence. This is the Attitude of Home when driven into a corner, from which there is no possible hops of escape; and it is not surprising that these deputy Jesuits should adopt the tactic of the organ ization wbco Interest tbey have undertaken to protect. However, it is not our intention to burden our columns with Additional In stances of the corrupt practice of Ed ward Rosewater and hi select cotorle of friends, unless he answers what we have already laid at hi door In such a way as to make it nooessary for us to cite other cases in order to retain the confidence of the people. In such an event one we do not In the least antici pate we shall make some dry bones rattle in a way thAt will surprise some Interested people. The charges we have made, and which we Invite Rosewater to dis prove, are: First, thAt he is Always guilty of do ing Just what he charges the men he Is opposing with doing. Second, thAt he never says a word Against a corrupt official so long as that olllolAl Is ot benefit to him, or will do his bidding. Third, that he is responsible for the election of "Honest" Dick O'Keeffe a county commissioner. Fourth, thAt he is responsible for the election of ed slmeral as county At torney. Fifth, that he Is directly responsible for the Douglas addition blunder, which will cost the tax-payers of this county $500,000 before it is finally cleared up. Sixth, thAt he was placed in posses sion of the facts regarding the "job" At the county hospital, hut refused to ventilate it because, as he stated, it would defeat "Honest" Dick O'Keeffe for re-election, and O'Keeffe allowed him three times as much for printing the delinquent tax-list as was charged and collected by another paper. Seventh, that by refusing to warn the tax payers of that "job" he was as guilty of defrauding the people as any one of the gang who perpetrated the fraud. Eighth, while opposing the A. P. A. because it is a secret, oath-bound politi cal society, he has attempted to organ ize a counter movement; has met in secret, and exacted from each attendant a promise of secrecy. Ninth, while Abusing men through the columns of his detestable liwrt for daring to wait on the legislature to urge the passage of a fire and police bill that would place the members of the board of fire and police commis sioners beyond his control, he was lobbying against the passage of that measure and in favor of some of the most Infamous measures Introduced, yet never breathed a word about E. Rwewater, lobbyist. Tenth, that he offered to sell stock to the B. & M., and to run a railroad organ. Eleventh, that Count Cretghton told a prominent citizen of Omaha that be tween $7,000 and $10,000 was wasted by tbe lobbyists, under Rosewater's di rection, in fighting the fire and police bill. Twelfth, that while pretending to oppose corruption, he Is an adept in every branch of dishonest, corrupt and unclean political methods. Thirteenth, he opposes only such men for a re-election as have not been his abject slaves and his most willing tools. Fourteenth, he Is a self-confesred libeller Fifteenth, he 1 a jall-lird. Sixteenth, he is so devoid of common decency and principle that he cannot desist from abusing and defaming man even after he is dead. Seventeenth, be is a double-dealer, a hypocrite, a dissembler, a knave, a rascal, a. coward, a poltroon and sneak. Eighteenth, he fighti the A. P. A. because, as one of hh own employes has said, John Crelghton makes him fight. With these charges standing against him and his satellites, where is the necessity for others equally as grave being made? Will the citizens of Douglas county follow the lead of this trickster, or will they tell him, we will have none of your corrupt methods hereafter in Douglas county affairs? THE ISH TRADE8Y. The tragedy which was enacted in the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Ish, on South 29th street, in this city, last Sun day night, will not soon be forgotten by either the Ish family or the public While the great Book says "thou shalt not kill," we believe a righteous And a just God will not bring in thAt com mand against a man who slays the be ing that has defiled his wife, ruined his happiness and blackened the fair name of his child. Men hate to imbrue their hands in the blood of their fellow-men; they con demn others who do it; yet we believe there are times when a man is justified in shooting another down a he would a dog, and that time Is when a plan 1 deliberately laid and calmly executed, which robs a wife ot her virtue. The testimony of Mrs. Chappel before the coroner's jury showed conclusively that ber husband set about the ruina tion of Mrs. Ish, a young, a beautiful, and a lovable wlfu, wl.h the same cold blooded determination a characterized the conduct of Neal when he set out to murder Adam and Dorathy Jones for a few hundred dollars' worth of plunder. And what was Chappel's excuse? That the woman was young, was in love with him and was rich. And how did he soothe the qualms of his own wife's conscience? lie told hor be was doing it all for her sake; that Mrs. Ish wanted him to elope with him; that he was go ing to have her get all the money she could from ber husband and give it to him, and then he and bis own wife would go to Buffalo, N. Y., and she, foolish woman, ceased her protesting. But such things have an ending. They cannot always drag along, and when the end comes, the community Is shocked, and for a time the rakes who prey upon the virtue of other men's wives slink off for fear that they, too, may meet a much-deserved fate. And so it was with the. Ish liaison. Chappel went to the house once too often, and as a consequence was carried away a dead man. The testimony at the inquest all points to the fact that Mr. Ish did the shooting after catching his wife on Chappel's lap with her arms about his neck, while Chappel's left hand was under Mrs. Ish's clothes. No sane man would blame Jimmle Ish for shooting Chappel. Is there a husband who loves his wife, who be lieves her pure, who would not do just what Jimmle Ish did were he to see with his own eyes how grossly he was wronged? If there Is one, he is not fit to be a husband, much loss to be a father. Yet, what shall we say of Mrs. Ish? That she was base and depraved? To an extent, yes; and yet there was excuse for her part In the tragedy. She was young, Inexperienced, susceptible to flattery, fond of company, and alone much of the time, with little to do but to amuse herself and her child, and it is an old saying that the devil always finds mischief for Idle hand to do; and in this Instance he seems to have been personally supervising the job. Yet, since the end has been reached, and Mr. and Mrs. Ish are arrested for murder and manslaughter respectively, there is little for the public to do but to await patiently their acquittal, which is bound to follow, unless the jury is composed of libertines and rakes who may fear to discharge them 'lest it be taken for granted that any man might kill one of them should he catch them in a similar position, or because the evidence adduced differs materially from that alrerdy heard. BULLDOZER ROSEWATER. This paper Is inclined to second the World HerM in the controversy pend ing between it and the Bee as to whether the governor appointed Messrs. Brown and Deaver at the dictation of E. Rosewatir. The American will say that it has been Informed by what it considers first class Populist author ity that the governor did appoint both L'rown and Deaver at Rosewater' ear nest solicitation, if not at his actual dictation. We have It from a gentle man who claims to have seen a letter from the governor's private secretary, in which the information was given out, that the governor had decided on the members of the Omaha Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, had signed their commissions, and would be in Omaha and deliver them in person to Messrs. J. B. Kitchen and Cohen (a Populist). It is a well known fact that the Populists who waited on Gov. Hol comb were not in favor of either Deaver or Brown in faot, they oautloned the governor against naming Deaver, and he agreed to weigh well their objec tions. But when Rseater showed up and demanded that the labor editor of the Bet be named, Holcomb left his party advisers in order to evade the ItiMcVs sting. Had the governor dis played as much independence in the selection ot the members of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners as he did when he vetoed the beet-sugar bill, we could have commended him, because he vetoed that bill even after Rose- wa'er threatened to follow him through life, declaring that "their roads parted the minute he refused to sign the sugar bounty bill, because his Rosewater's word had been given that it would be signed," and up to the time that that veto was read Rosewater had consid ered himself Governor of Nebraska. Rosewater's inability to handle the governor at that time did exactly what the wily editor predicted it drove all the beet-sugar fellows over to the sup porters of the Fire and Police bill, where a combination was formed which paved the way for the passage of both bills over the governor's veto, and that, too, in spite of the deliberate attempt to buy votes against the Fire and Po lice bill, evidence of which can be produced by the editor of this paper if the rascal who edits the Omaha Bee under a cloak of reform, while resort ing to every mean, low, corrupt and vicious practice known in politics from attempting to coerce public off! clal into acting contrary to their honest convictions to levying tribute on the dens of infamy In order to raise funds to carry on a boodle campaign dares to attempt to disprove this charge. Just before the governor visited Omaha to deliver these commission, It became apparent that Mr. Cohen was to be one of the commissioner, and Rosewater sent for bim. When he went up into the den of the cormorant be was assured of the support of Rose water If he would do certain things in return. Mr. Cohen, who Is an old sol dier, having served several years in tho late war, told the octopus of the Ike that he was an American, and if be secured the appointment he would be the tool of no man This answer did not please Rosewater, for he has no use for any man unless be can manipu late him, aad that he found he could not do with Cohen. These charges Edward Rosewater dare not deny; for we knjw where to put our hands on the men whom he has attempted to use, And those who have contributed the boodle for his campaigns. ROMAN BIGOTRY. A Roman Cathollo paper, the Colum linn Catholic, in an editorial says: "The insult to the Catholic people of Kansas City by the management of the Decoration day parade in giving the A. P. A. a prominent place in the pro cession, bore fruit. Many Catholic veterans would not join In the exercises, and the lookers on were not numerous. Compared with former Decoration day celebrations, this lastone was a failure." Nothing can prove more conclusively the Roman hatred for Protestants than this. The reference to the A. P. A. in the article is undoubtedly applied to the members of the Jr. O. U. A. M., who were filling the rites of their order by assisting to honor the country's noble dead. As the A. P. A. took no part in the procession, the Roman paper judged the Juniors to be A. P. As., because of the emblematic red, white and bluo bunting which they wore. While the Juniors, as American citi zens, have the right to celebrate, they never questioned who formed the parade. The Roman paper says that "many Catholic veterans would not join in the exercises." Is this bigotry or a disloyalty to the American flag? Have not American citizens a right to parade in the streets of their own coun try? Is It not honorable to swear by the Constitution of the United SUtes, and to support it? Is it not more honor able to swear to support our country than to take the oath of a Hibernian, swearing allegiance to the pope above even the country where we reside? In fact, what has been proved more cor rupt than the dogmas of the Roman Catholic church? Every turn depicts t ie despotism which would arise if that body gained control of this country. To further illustrate this assertion, we will quote from the same column a part of another editorial, which reads: 'It is impossible to conceive litera ture more obscene and degrading than that which fills the columns of the A P. A. press. And yet these foul-mouthed editors are permitted to run at large, retailing obscene jokes and millclous lies at the expense of respectable, gen uine Americans." Does this imply that free press, free speech and lloerty would survive long after Roman Catholic predominance? If these papers retail obscene jokes, they bear the stamp of Roman manu facture; and further, what is more filthy: obscene and damnable than some of the class books of the Roman Cath ollc priesthood? We quote, for in stance, the works of Kenrick and Peter Dens, which are classed as "theology," and only a small part of the obscene literature called "theology." To read either of the works Is enough to turn the stomach of a hardened criminal Will any of your church read before an audience of men the works mentioned? We cannot print them in English, for they are too vile. This cannot be denied, for the works can be secured. If the statements are "malicious lies," why can they not be proven otherwise? Why cannot the Roman press produce other argument than that used above? Do you expect to convert by calling people liars? Does your church ad no vate such language in church papers? Is not such argument found in all Ro man Catholic papers and period ica's of today? In the very paper above men tioned, and, in fact, in the same column as appeared that which is herein quoted, we find these lines: "Do not speak of the faults of others, nor reveal what you know to their dis credit, for the slanderer is looked upon with distrust, and is feared by every one." Does this apply only to those who are members of the Roman Catholic church? Does your church advocate the secrecy of evil deeds where they are injurious to persons and the state, or only when secrecy will prevent the disclosure of A certain creed? Is harmful to speaK the truth and expose fraud? WHY NOT? The Eximiner has maintained that an Englishman would be appointed chief of police. We hasten to congratulate the English people on so able a repre sentative as John Miles. We are proud of Mayor Thompson's appointments. Mr. Miles Is a good citizen and a popu lar man, and will make a good official. There need be no fear for the efficiency of the department with such men as TV bo And Miles at 1U head. Butte Ex aminer. Why not an American? Is Mr. Miles still a subject of the queen? JR. O. U. A. M. TO MEET. The 18th of this month the National Council of the Jr. O. U. A. M. will con vene in this city in annual session, and It is expected that delegates from nearly every state in the Union will be present. The local councils of the order have made the necessary arrangements for the accommodation of the delegates, and have appointed committees to Bee that the visiting brethren are properly entertained. The president of the state council, Bro. W. F. Knapp, has spared no effort to make not only the member of the order In Nebraska feel that this gath ering of patriot will be the most note worthy of any ever held ia the state, but he has extended that feeling to the general public, and there will be a con certed move by our citizens to make the Juniors feel perfectly at home dur ing their short stay. The address of welcome will be deliv ered by Bro. Rev. S. Wright Butler, who has no superior as an orator in this western country, and those who hear him will certainly feel, before he has ceased speaking, that there is a great work before the National Council as well as before each individual member throughout the United States. Just what the Jr. O. U. A. M. are organized for can be ascertained by a perusal of their declaration of princi ples, which we publish weekly on page 7. True, all members do not place the same construction on the first para graph in the "Objects of the Order," and that should be remedied by the coming National Council. The Na tional Council should declare that the place of birth is NOT to be urged against a candidate for office so long as he endorses the principles enunciated by our order. It should also declare that It stands unalterable for the senti ment expressel in the second para graph of those principles, and that those who attempt to drag in the ques tion of nativity as a test for political preferment do so as individuals and not at the demand of the order. At the presett time our order is un ustly assailed by good Americans be cause of the fact that certain men have declared that the Juniors would not support this man or that man for office simply because he was not born in this country. Now, we repudiate any such clain; and we ask the National Council to speak in no uncertain sound upon this vital question. We do not think a man should re elected to office because he is a Swede, a German, or a native of any other for eign country. Neither do we think he should be defeated simply because he was born on some other soil than that of the United States. Competency. combined with loyalty to every one of our free institutions, should be the real tests. Will the Supreme Council set the order right upon this vital question? Aside from this, we have no sugges tion to offer to the delegates to the National Council; but we will, on be half of all Americans In this commu nity, bid you welcome, and wish that white winged peace and great wisdom may prevail while you deliberate. "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, good ness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law," declares the Book which Romanists are for bidden to read. The fruit of Romanism is hatred, envy, jealousy, malice, big otry, boycottery, covetousness, con tumely, cruelty, deceit, dishonesty, dis simulation, disloyalty, dishonor, greed, parsimony, veniality, lust, fraud, trick ery, chicanery, hypocrisy, falsehood, fanaticism, ingratitude, ignorance, Il literacy, immorality, injustice, intem perance, sedition, rebellion, treason, treachery, tyranny, cheating, swin dling, slander, blackmailing, backbit ing, vindictivenets, revenge, pel jury profanene&s, impiety, idolatry, fetich- ism, vanity, vulgarity, lewdness, sen suality, obicjnity, battery, violence, lawlessness, strife, thievery, uotrust- worthiness, and general cussednees. AT the Baptist general anniversary, recently held at Saratoga, the following was adopted: Whereas, It is widely reported throughout the public journals that in some portions of the United States, nrofessine1 Christiana, who havo onn. scientiouslv observed Ihn seventh at, of the week as a day of religious rest ana worsnip, ana wno cave, thereafter, on me nrst aay oi tne wees conscien tlouslv encased In lahrvr uhir.h l n. wise disturbed those desiring to observe . , Aj i . . , . . . mo uri uay, nave lor inis act been arresiea, nnea, imprisoned and sent the chain-gang; therefore, Evolved, That assuming the facts to to be as reOOrtod. Wft nnrnnet.lir i and solemnlv Drotest aanlntit. t.hta vlnlstlnn of the right of religious liberty, a right iur buo umense oi waicn our lathers have suffered imprisonment, the spoil ing ui meir gooas, stripes, exile and aeam itseir. In the battles for liberty of conscience, Baptists are always found in the front ranks. FROM the laudatory manner in which some Protestant ministers speak of Romanism, the unsophisticated might be led to think that tbe Roman Cath olics were a greatly maligned data. Are Protestant preachers so naive as to believe there can be any latent good in the Roman Catholic system? Prot estant clergymen ought to lnioroa themselves not only concerning that hlch Romanists did in tbe middle age, but also as to wnat itomanisis are doing in this age. Liberty is undoubtedly a growth, an evolution. Peoples and nations grad ually come to a realization of the Im port ince and t he necessity of a com pie te emancipation of the mind from the notions of government, jurisprudence and religion which obtained in meli a val times. Freedom of thought and liberty of conscience will have to be taught, as a natural and an inalienable right, in every public school of the United States. Should toe Jesuits leave the United States? is an important question. Some imagine there are none here. If the people wish to have them teat to other lands, let every one who is In sympathy with the movement get as much evi dence as he possibly can to prove that they are attempting to overthrow the government. If they are true to their past history, it can be done. The A. P. A. Magazine is another aspirant to fill a "long-felt want." It Is an immense, handsome publication, well worthy of preservation and bind ing. Nothing like it has been before attempted, and it is the very essence of fire, vigor and American intelligence. See the advertisement of the publishers In this paper, and write them in case you are dealing with newsdealers too bigoted to order a good thing for you. The father council ot the A. P. A, In Kansas City-"01d No. 40"-is still growing with its accustomed rapidity. From its membership several young councils have been started. The ap plications for membership are, on an average, as numerous as of yore. Last meeting ten were initiated. The larg est number Initiated in one night reached the 100 mark. The nuns are the assistants of the Roman Cathollo church and the W. A. P. A. are the assistants of the American movement. The nuns parade the streets for your nickels, the W. A. P. A. for your patriotism. Protestants have answered the calls of the nuns; will the Romans yield to any demand from the W. A. P. A? They say John Sherman's wife is a Roman, and when John had a position In Washington his wife the Roman- put 575 Roman girls, who go regularly to the priests and tell them all they know and can find out, in positions in the departments. A radical change in the departments at Washington would be very advisable. Men who can handle the pen properly are making their Influence felt in all parts of the United States, and we are glad to take note of this. Let those who can write, write, and let those who can speak, speak, that the two headed Roman what-is-it may go to Spain or some other of her friendly countries for sympathy and support. Colonel Van Horn, who ran on the Republican t'eket for Congress from the Fif.h Missouri district, last fall, against the Demo-Roman nominee, Tarsney, has commenced contest pro ceedings before Clerk Kerr, of the house. Van Horn was endorsed by the A. P. A., and was defeated through the gross frauds practiced in several wards of Kansas City. Great minds and great moralists are not indigenous to the soil of Romanism. All . the illustrious scholars and states men of the age are Protestants. Rome encourages neither scholarship nor statesmanship. She produces few poets and no patriots. Soience waits not on superstition. Philosophy receives no Inspiration from priestcraft. Culture contemns clericalism. There can be no greater humiliation to a free and intelligent people than to be ruled by an ignorant and bigoted Irish Roman Catholic. An Irish Ro man Catholic is unfit to hold any office even that of do-catcher. It is high time that Americans threw off the Irish yoke. We want home rule. The growth of the power of the Ro man hierarchy is something which the fathers of the republic did not foresee. Little did they dream, when they laid the foundation for the edifice of liberty, that an alien hierarchy would so effectually delay the completion of the superstructure. The pope inquires diligently after the appearance of the A. P. A. star in the west, and Bishop Keane assures him of its feeble light. But we think the pope is fearful the bishop is afraid of shocking him. The Life of Robert Ross, the martyr of Troy, N. Y., is now tor sale. The life of his murderer may some time be written by a "howley" priest. The abolishment of the papacy will be an unalloyed blessing and benefit to mankind. Patrlotio Americana will hasten it abolishment.