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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.
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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.
