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H AMERICAN THE AMERICAN Sotrn-J at IVnioitW wo-ona-rlM wttr . THOMPSON. .oTO. KFl.l I V. Huiinr Kuurr, ITBLlsiHKO WKKKLV BV TUB UEEICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, liUJ HOWMI TUKKT. OMM, NB THE AMERICAN OrKU 'KS. tfltS Howtr-l Ktrwl. liuiKhn, Nob. KMn Hi Miilu Mnt Kiu "It J. Mo, Kimuii 4. Kut Kautlolpb Mrtnl, Clil- MV "I- .. - BW.OO Voarv JrKlly In tlt'unoo. C JULY 12 !!.'. Patriotism and not ba allies. acerdotalisra can William III. I Ueorj of Navarro the Orangeman'a WHEREVER Protestantism la In the ascendant, the refinements and atuenl tie of civilization re effulgent. The Loyal Orange Institution, being everywhere composed of loyal men, la ono of the great bulwarks of Protostant Itm OUR country U inenaood with grae 5unkcio, lu uiv prcsoneaof which do Protestant freeman can afford to be tacit. THE poor dupes who composed King Jamoa II. 'a army bad about an clear a conception of tho nature and scope of civil freedom aa have the Digger In diana. Thk very peace and pormanance of society require the maintenance of Protestant supremacy throughout the length and breadth of the American Republic. THE papal flag ahould nover bo per mitted to be displayed, eWn on speolal occasions, on the soli of the Unltod SUtoi. It la the symbol of foreign subjection. William of Orange and hla con frerea did noble work for the cause of Protestant liberty on that memorable July day In 1600, from which datea the rise of the Loyal Orango Institution. Genuine Amerlasna. every soul of them, discountenance the recognition, in any manner, of the Irish and papal flags,, which signify robellion and treason against the Government of the Unltod Sta'ea. IT is thahlt bird that flutters. The senior Simwater has nursed the bottle of political dictatorship ao long that he goes Into spasms when tho people take the management of public affairs Into their own hands. The senior Slmwater's price for sell ing out the Republican party and abu log the Protestant people f Omaha is just $2.OO0, and Roman CtUholtc Count Creighton has been asked to foot tho bill. Will one of these men dare to deny the charge? THE American Protective Aasocla lion is prohibited by its state constltu tlon from endorsing candidates for pub lic offtoe. The by-laws of local council subjoct members who would bring per sonal or factional polities into the order to severe penalties. The 12th of July is a day of which every member of the Imperial Anglo- Saxon race should bp esp slaliy proud; for the battloof the Boyne was a valiant and righteous congest for Protestant ascendancy, which is always a reces ary coidttlon of civil and religious liberty. We are in leeipt of a neat, clean and perfect little paper printed In Spanish, called "El Anclano," printed at Mora, New Mexico, and for a Protes tant paper it is a Pea warmer. The Rev. J. J. Gilchrist Is at the helm and has for h a leader the 17 verse of 1st chap, of Romans and ia full to the brim with slaps at the Roman Hierarchy Long may she live. Harry Hunter has carried hla game of deceit far enough. Citizens who do not wish to ba misrepresented In the columns of the Omaha Bet should shun him. The American does not wish to injure Mr. Hunter, but he will have to find some other employment than that of acting as sub-Jesuit to the man who would assassinate the char acters of men whom he cannot use. A member of the Roman Catholic church who can read the English lan guage can possess a Protestant Bible 'providing the same is printed in Lt- In," and a number who can neither read nor write can own one printed in Eng ish, without committing a mortal sin, And, cow comes the latest from his holiness? on the Tiber, which permits the working man and bis family to eat neat on all special fast days except Friday. What a glorious thing It for the thousands of Rome's dupes, who from weakness caused by fasting, have cot been able to earn sufficient to pay Peters' pence, and purchase wafergodi and i their usual amount of rum, What a great blessing for those poor. who have no money with which to buy bread, after paying for masses to re lease the poor souls from Purgatory and yet some people contend that the Holy Roman Catholic church is not liberal ROSEWATER S WAY TO REFORM. There waa never a better oportun!ty cffrtd Protestants to exe-cim their faculties of thojght than la presented to day. On the one hand, they have Mr. Rooewator abusing and vilifying men because he aayatbey are dragging religion Into polities for the pur oe of depriving a portion of our citizens of certain Inalienable rights which are guarautoed by the Constitution and laws of our common country. Oa the other band, they have Mr. KoxewaUT supporting the only party that has ever thought of dragging religion Into politics the only party that has ever attempted to deprive an American citizen of any of the rights guarantied by either the lawa or the Constitution. They have Mr. Rosewater as the avowed supporter of the only church party in Douglas county; ai the de fender of every unmanly act ef men who do hla bidding without queatlon; aa the do'amer and detractor of every man who will not stultify himself and become hia abject and willing tool; as the aponaor of disreputable and danger oua demagogues; as the apologist for every low, mean, corrupt and untrust worthy official; as the alder and abe ttor of boodlors; as the associate and boon companion of the worst and most law defying classes; as the consort of dive keepers and gamblers, and as the champion of every questionable meas ure which tends to Increase his hold upon the vicious and corrupt element of our population. Mr. Rose water entered no word of protest when hla Board of Fire and Police Commissioners discharged, with out a trial, twelve capable and efficient police officers i olely because they were considered members of the A. P. A.; in fact, he endorsed in his editorial "nows columns" the attempt to Romanize the police department of Omaha. Suppose the commissioners who are appointed next month follow the precedent which bis board has established, and discharge all the men whom they have recently placed upon the force, what will be the result? Mr. Rosewater will howl "re ligious persecution," Intolerance and bigotry. It has ever been his policy to do the very things which ho chargea against the men whom he is opposing, and up to this time his game has worked like a charm. That it will not be so successful in the future wo are quite confident, for the people are becoming aware of hla duplicity and his double' uallng, so much so that the citizens' movement which ho attempted to or ganize, for the sole purpose of return ng the disreputable and lncpmpetont Romans to power, has proved his Wa terloo. Let us look for one moment at the men who have been dismissed by his board and those appointed by it. We are personally acquainted with Starkey Halter, Flint, Kirk, Dimes, Story and Wllbor; and we know no more honett, honorable, upright and capable men wera over clothoJ with police powers AgatnBt them no man Rosewater In' eluded can truthfully say a word Thev were the cream of the force. We were also acquainted with Acting Cap tain Slgwart, and we challenge any man to Bay one word derogatory to his character or that will bring Into ques tion hla ability, efficiency and capa bility. Their sole fault was in being Protest tnta. Wa also know, by repu tation, most of the new appointees, Tnelr recommendation was, with three exceptions, that they were devout Ro manists. One of them has a record that smells to heaven. That one A. Keysor, the ex patrol conductor. wiio has ben re;eatedly charged with making improper proposals to at lea- one respectable woman. In fact, we saw tho nflllavlt in which she swore that he had offe ed her a certiin sum of money if she would allow him to have criminal Intercourse with her 16-year-old daughter. We understand that this man' Keysor was married at the time. If he was, had he accom plished his purpose, he would have been liable to the law on two counts- rape and adultery. Think of Mr. Rosewater s reform B ard of Fire and Police Commission ers appointing sucn a cnaraoier as Keysor after discharging such a man as Slgwart! Think of their appointing McMahon to succeed Protestant Jim mle Kirk; of a Murphy in the place of Protestant Flint; of a Gorman in the place of Protestant Starkey, whom the B.e lied about and abused last night; think of discharging a Wilber to make room for McCauley, and of discharging Halter, who was all but cut to pieces in the discharge of his duty, to make room lor uarameuo, tae utts press man. Think of all those fourteen Ro mans in the places formerly filled by Protestants. Think of this act of Mr. Roeewater's police commissioners, and tell us who is organising a church party in this community. Tell us the organization of the A. P. A. was effected any too soon to keep this city from being as thoroughly Romanized as was Chicago under John P. Hopkins We might take up and trace the eventful years which rounded out the life of the Prince of Orange, from the day of his birth, November It, 1&0, until the day of bis death, March S, 1702; or we might depict the hardships, deprivations and sufferings of hi loyal subjects during the long years of their struggle against Roman encroachment and aggression, when men, women and children suffered de.itb by starvation rather than be under the dominion of the pope of Rome, acd for the purpose of perpe'.uatlng Protestantism in the earth. We might tell of the Crimea which Roman thugs and supercilious Protes tants have committed every twelfth day of July against the men who honor this day which commemorates Protestant victory over papal intolerance, but when we h id done, we would have told you only what you know. For that reason, we shall not review the past, but shall content ourjelves ith wishing the Orangemen, their wives and children and their friends a pleasant and profitable time the 12. h, and a wider, if possible, dissemination of their principles. The senior Sirawater stated publicly Tuesday evening that he would like to meet some of the leaders of tho A. P. A. ia debate. The American knows of a number of gentlemen who would be willing to meet Roman Catholic Count Crelghton's hired man. It is doubtful, however, if riot and blood shed could be avoided ia a large mass- meeting filled with Roman Catholics who ate pantln; for the blood of those who are opposing the Roman Church party in this city and county. The treatment of Dr. James Bruner at the so-culled citizens' meeting last Tuesday evening is a sample. It was a disgrace to a civilized community. The demon stration by Roman Catholics at Savan nah, Ga., a short time ago, and at East Boston on the Fourth of July, prcve the intolerance of the pops's emissaries. It is generally couceded that the Sim water contingent is desperate, and no means will be spared to save their fail ing fortunes. Mr. Rosewater has raised a religious issue in this campaign; he is determined that the Roman Catholic Church party shall be returned to power, and he should be Ignored as a social disturber. The same reason which impels The American to offer this advice controlled the founders of the A. P. A. in making the order se cret. The blood of Lincoln and Carter Harrison murdered by Roman Cath olics cries out and admonishes tho people of Omaha not to be ensnared It there is to be a debate, let it be in the columns of the Omaha Bet and The American, and not in the presence of a mixed audience such as would attend do not think ao, anJ that they fear to go near lest soma of the sm:ll may atay ia their clothes. TUB vicious attack upon ex-Policeman Starkey by the Omaha JUe was aa uncalled for at it waa unjust. We have interviewed the neighbors living around Mr. S arkey, and they all agree in say ing that Mr. Starkey has all along said that If his wife desired the aervtoea of a priest she could have them. But the trouble Ilea j ast here: Mrs. Starkey had left the Roman Catholic church, and bad concluded to unite with the Epis copal church presided over by Rev. Llwyd in fact she would now be a member of his church bad he remained in the city instead of going away on his vacation. The attitude of the Ike toward Mr. Starkey is not the attitude of a metropolitan secular paper but that of a Roman Catholic church paper. There was no truth in what it published aside from the fact that a Roman priest called and was refused admission, but that refusal was couched ia the most gentlemanly language, and was the re sult of instructions from the doctor. The senior Simwater charges that some bad men belong to the A. P. A., anl that is the reason why all of the 8,000 members in the county should be Ignored! How about the boodle r An, tonio Scalze, signer of the citizens' movement, who advertises himself for sale to the highest bidder, and who states that he knows nothing about political principles and cares nothing about them? How about the boodler W. S. Shoemaker, another signer, whose record smells to heaven, and who Is being denounced by the Demo cratic World-Herald' These are only samples of the Simwater crowd. The chief boodler is the senior Simwater, whose price is $25,000. Dare be deny it? Ed. Simwater and TomTallon have been appointed to hang around the doorways of the A. P. A. councils and get a list of those who attend. The Ro man Catholic Young Men's Institute has partially completed It) arrange ments for the fall campaign, and among other details one of its members T. J. Fitzgerald, an editorial writer on the Bee, is to try to shape public opinion so that the interests of the hierarchy will best be promoted.. The board of Fire and Polico Com mise loners have demonstrated to the people of this city the difference be tween a bod v under the control of E, Rosewater and that prodded over by member! of the A. P. A. so ftr as t 1-e-atlon Is concerted. Because the Board of Education hesitated to enter into a contract with Miss Arnold as superintendent of musio, the Bte raised a great howl bee tuae she was to be set aside on account of her religion, but when the Board of Fire and Police Com missioners discharged twelve of the most competent Protestant men upon the police fo.xi without cause and without a trial the Bee sustains their action. And now that the places of those Protestants have bem given to R'.nnan Catholics, we presume the Bee will still find perfection in the acts of its commissioners, now do the Protestants like the Romanizatlon of the police force? Would not their property and t leir lives ba j tst ai s tfe if those Prot estants had not been discharged by Mr Rosowater's hired men? To make an issue against the Amer ican Protective Association is to make an issue against tho system on which the government was founded. In prin ciple there would be no difference be tween an issue against the Masonio or der, the Odd Fellows and the one which the Sirawater crowd is trying to bring into the campaign. THE seniof Simwater complains in his Roman organ of politicians who will sell out for $10. If they would only be stiller in the back and demand $2o,000, as the senior Simwater oas demanded of Roman Catholic Count Creighton, they would then be respect able citizens. ORANGEMEN'S DAY. It might b3 well to review the causes which led to the establishment of Orangemen's day if there were those who were ignorant of its significance, but Americans are too intelligent to be ignorant as to why It has been set apart and commemorated by the sturdy ele ment of Protestantism. Speaking of the star-chamber meth ods, what do the people think of the manner in which the presett major received his nomination? Ed Ros water sat up all night, before the con vention, in his editorial room, and car riages were kept running to all part of the city bringing delegates to the Bee office, where acompact was entered into, and the city convention had noth ing to do but ratify the job. Tnat con vention carried out the will of one man. Would It have been any worse if a ma jority of the same delegates had gone into a caucus and agreed upon a line of action before meeting in the conven tion? The caucus is an institution to be criticised most severely when the other fallow holds the whip hand. So long as the people of Douglas county have to contend with the Doodling, un scrupulous methods of the Simwater gang the caucus will ba used to defeat them. The Sim waters have not yet answered our charges as nude in this paper some time ago, but are attempting to justify their sell-out to the Roman hierarchy which requires them to abuse men whom they have heretofore supported. by saying that an egg may be good to day but bad to-morrow. Rosewater, by his silence, stands convicted in this community of shielding public plun derers, as far back as 1887, whereat we are constrained to inquire, Can an egg that was rotten in 1887 be a sound egg now? The unanimity with which the people are keeping out of the so-called citizens' movement indicates that they IOLENCE OF A ItOMAN MOH Continued from Page 1 White street, where it came to a cheer ing end at about 3:20. 1 he men on the float were not disturbed at all at any time, and were for quite a while oblivi ous as to the exciting events benind item. HOW THE scrimmage began. The rear of the procession, fully half mile away from the nearest police, bore the burden of the trouble. When ne profession had wound its way into Meridian street, a handsome barouche, ran four white horses, trailed it. O 1. Emerson, H. E. Roberts, Mrs. O. C Emerson and Mrs. F. J. Campbell wore a dress that an artist might have called yellow, but which the angry crowd considered orange. Saratoga street had been traversed by most of the procession. Nearly all had passed when a hot little fight took place near the corner of Brooks street, The trouble arose from the interchange of insults between certain Charlestown men in line and the roughs in the crowd A couple of toughs made a dash at the line, were promptly knocked down and a free fight ensued. That part of the line left on Saratoga street broke up in confusion, the march ing men hurrying back to the scene of confusion. A number of revolvers were drawn. It was evldeat to every ob server that many of the marchers were armed. But no shots were fired. Soon the fisrht simmered down, and that part of the procession reformed The sucftle, however, had focused the fiehtincr element of the crowd at this point, near the corner of Brooks and Saratoea streets. Hisses were louder than cheers. At ten minutes past two the barouche at the rear of the procession reached this congested point. Toe apparently orange dress provoked hoarse shouts and hooting insults. A drunken woman reeled from the crowd, following the carriage with coarse remarks directed at the occupants of the barouche. She even laid hands on the side of the car rlage. A bystander pushed her away She set up a sbrlll cry. In a second the jeering mob broke into action. They downed a gray haired man in a rush. One man stood over him with a wicked black jack The fallen man twisted aside, receiving the blow on his shoulder. A mighty roar, and the mob was surging about the barouche They tore at the top, they grabbed at the lady la orange. Even the two gentle men cried out In fright. Ju-l at tbia point Albert E. Andrews of Everett, resplendent in the yellow and blue uni'orm of the Roxbury Horse guards, stood on the sidewalk. His tall boots were spurred, a bright yellow plume of horsehair waved from his helmet, a heavy cavalry sabre hung at his aide. ne bad ridden all the morning la the escort of Mayor Curtis and had just re turned from putting up his horse in the stable on Northampton street. His father, Mr. Henry Andrews, lives at i'l Saratoga street, together with his two married sisters. His father, an acknowledged and prominent A. P. A. member, was in the parade. His brother-in-law, Robsrt Kenneiy, was one of the marshal's aids. He himself is an avowed member of the A. P. A. His duties with the horse guards prevented his participation in the Suho il House parade. He bad just returned to his father's house, and had left there to walk down to Lis sister-in-law's house in Marlon street, where his wlfj was spending the day. "Help! help! Won't that soldier help us?" cried the frightened ladies in the carriage. A big milk-can sailed through the air, striking the driver on the high seat. A shower of old boots acd small stones followed. Andrews heard the cry. Without a moment's hesitation he drew his heavy sabre and rushed into the melee. The crowd turned on him with a mighty yell of 'Down with the cursed Orange man.' The yellow plume was a spark to a powder mill. Yelling, pushing with angry rough ness through the crowd, came three men to the rescue of Andrews. One of them, a young man in a straw hat, with side whiskers aud a mustache, brand ished two self-cocking revolvers. What he yelled was drowned in the roars of the crowd, but a moment later his two revolvers spoke sharply. It is very probable the pistols were loaded with blank cartridges, as no one fell. One other revolver came t) the aid of An drews. The third man wielded a heavy cane. But the crowd was irresistible in its frenzy. Black jacks, stones, fists, all were used to drive the cavalryman and his friends down Saratoga street. Once they gained a temporary foothold on the steps of a little store, but the crowd swept them off. It was a desperate fight. Andrews's cut and battered hel met testifies to the many blows he re ceived. ' Twice he was knocked down, but he quickly recovered. His sword ever flashed above the heads of the mob. The crowd made a determined stand, and the three policemen coutd do little but defend Andrews. One of them was sent back for help. The other two faced the music cooly, in spite of sho v ers of stones aud blows of the men who surrounded them, trying to drag them off their horses. They struck few blows with their long clubs, contenting them selves with plunging about on their heavy horses. , 'Cover that alley and I can escape.' panted Andrews. The alley was beside his father's house. The two officers forced tbeir rearing horses onto the sidewalk. Andrews darted unJer the borses, down the alley, leaped a fence In the rear and made his way into his father's house by the back entrance. For ten minutes the two officers kept back the mob of several hundred frcn led men, hoarse with cries of 'Lynch nim,' -Kill the officers!' 'Curse the Orargssmon!' S'.ones flew thickly. Someone in the crowd fired two more shots, or it may have been fire-crackers. The two officers were in a critical position. The mob grew bolder, seized the horses' bits and tore at the officers. After this the police spread out and guarded the whole procession, which disbanded on White street without further rioting. At 3:30 six mn, who had marched in the procession, members of branches of the A. P. A. in Cambridge, Brookline and Rjxbury, were on their way to the ferry. By this time the news of the fighting on Saratoga street had spread. Both sides were at fjver heat. The six men marched in close array on the sidewalk. A hooting mob fol lowed in the street. Angry taunts were exchanged, the rancor growing, till finally blows passed. At this the dismissed paraders jumped back against the wall of the Atlantic Works, pulled revolvers and opened fire. Ten or twelve shots were fired. At least six of tbem took eff .-ct. John E. Wells fell on his face, shot through the heart. He never spoke agam. Patrick A. Kelley, bending over him, was shot in the head. Four others were wounded. The mob fled before the bullets. Police appeared on the scene and aided in disparsing them. John Ross and Harold G. Brown were arrested for the shooting. The rest escaped in the confusion. Rain fell in torrents. Black dark' ness came on. East Boston was in ferment. The news spread to Boston and the excitement was intense. But the rioting ended .with the coming the night." . UEV. HKXKY TO OUANUEMEN' (Continued from Page 3.) tantism waa partial, anarchy is general; the former la relative, the latter is ab solute; the oae protests against some thing a, the Utter against everything; but both are a protest against authority. Hence the love of the anarcolst for namea which. Indicate the subversion ' of authority, as the titles of their pub lications show. Revolt, Insurrectionist, Tocsin, Reawakening, Liberty, Inoen diary'a Torch, Corsair, Revenge, Rebel. These are a few of the favorite titles they have chosen for the'.r periodicals. "Tee agitation of the 'anarchist' ia only one of the many forms of the agitation of the anti-Christ. Ia fact, the names differ but little. The spirit of anti-Christ li that of opposition to Christ, that spirit which has mani fested itelf ever since the Babe was born in Bethlehem. It is the duty of every man to oppose the spirit, by at taching himself to Christ. 'Mid the fury of the storm cling to the 'Rock of Ages' and you will be saved. The Barque of Peter will roll, tempest tossed and weather-beaten, you may find it difficult to maintain your posi tion on deck, you may run a risk of being swept off by the waves, but cling to the mast, from which the Royal Standard flutters, the Standaid of the Cross, and 'mid the darkness you will be in the light, nor shall the enemy prevail." It will be of value to our readers who are Protestants to get this view of the fundamental differences between themselves and Roman Catholics; to see that the Catholic makes Chris tianity and Catholicism Identical, and Protestantism and anarchism one and the same. These statements are made in the face of the fact that up to date every bomb-thrower, dynamiter and anarch ist assassin has been a member of the Holy (?) Catholio church in good and regular standing. From a standard Romanist book, "Plain Talk About Protestantism of To-Day," by Mgr. Segur, we take the following: The book starts out by say ing that Protestantism alms at nothing except the complete destruction of the church of Jesus Christ. "In Protestant homes for little ones the children are taught blasphemy. It Is infidelity, and impious in its plottings with an archy and will lead the people to de struction. Protestantism is not a re ligion, but a negation, a rebellion, a cancer, and the arch-enemy of souls. Is a heresy. Heresy Is a rebellion against God. It is the greatest crime we can commit. A heretio can never be saved unless he has never had . a chance to become a Catholic. The, garbage of the Catholic church be comes Protestant?. In fact, Luther, Calvin and many others were suspended for their crlm?s. and sine 3 tien every bad priest follows them. They were the dregs of the Catholio church, and at once became ministers of the pure gospel." The strange thing about this is that following this statement is the question: "Why are there more bad Catholics than bad Protestants?" Is It not a strange question? Hia answer is: 'They put so much on the priest that he cannot carry It all; and hence, while Protestants carry no baggage, the way i easy. However," he says, "a good Protestant can hardly pass as a good Catholic, but a bad Catholic is always an acceptable Protestait. Prot;stants feast with pride on what the Catholics rejjetwith loathing. They hurry to tholr minister to get married to keep them from coming to the Catholio church, and those that do come are the holiest and bet men we have. Protes tantism is not a religioa, and Protes tants have no religion. They havero particular belief about Jesus Christ, saying he was a Jewish Socrates, ap peared to bs dead and came to life the third day. Soma do not even believe that Jesus existed, and Luther's refor mation denied the divinity of Christ. To be a Christian Is to ba a Catholic. Luther was a bad man . and Calvin was convicted of infamous crimes against nature and was publicly branded by the executioner." I dare not repeat to this audience what he said of Luther, Calvin and Zwlngll. No more than the confessions as written in their canonical law in French and Latin dare to be 'printed In America In Eagllsh, because of their obscenitv. The book further says: ""The Infernal spirit is the spirit of Protestantism. Freedom of thought is the seal of Prot estantism, but this freedom of thinking is simply nonsense. We have only to believe what the popes acd 'bishops be lieve, and reject what they condemn. The Holy Bible is not nor can It be a rule of faith. The Bible societies are plagues. A priest Is a priest forever, and continues a priest in spite of him self, and has the same power 'over our souls a9 Jesus Christ in forgiving sins or cursing sinners; but a minister is a man who has taken on himsalf the sin ful charge of attacking the .church of Christ, but the priest is .the mediator between God and man. Calvinism en tered France, and for morejthan a cen tury, wherever the Huguenot doctrine gained admittance, we bear nothing but rebellion and riot !and devastation. Protettantism has no martyrs, ; for a martyr must give up his life; In testl- ) I