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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. "AMERICA FPU AMERICANS." We bold that all men arw A nericans who Swear Allegiance to the United Slates without a mental reservation la favor of the Pope. PRICK FIVE CKN1 8
Volpm V. OMAHA, NEUASKA, FRIDAYTaUGUsY UO. 1895. Noii35"
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KOXAMSTS SUPREME.
ifxtuuibridge Ancestral Hemes Losing
the (karat t l'ere.
Southbbidcie, Aug. 13. It may not
be news to the people in this vicinity
but it will surely be bo to maty in th
localities in the state to know that the
people of this fair village are living al
most a completely under Roman Cain
ollc domination as if Southbridge were
located in the most Romanized portion
of Canada. So complete has the power
of the Romanists, both Irish and French
become in this town, that It now
amounts to both a political and com
merclal boycott on Protestants. If
there are places tsbe (riven to workmen
in the factories and two men apply for
them one a Romanist and the other
Protestant the chances are that in 999
cases out of 1,000 the job is given to the
Romanist, and by a Protestant era
ployer at that.
Southbridge Is slowly but surely be
coming depopulated of its old Ameri
can f rotestant inhabitants. The ma'
jority of these are the descendants of
the families of sturdy pioneers who came
to Worcester county shortly after the
first landing of pilgrims at Plymouth
Rock. They are to the manner born
but are now leaving their ancestral
homes in the Qulnnebaug hills to begin
life anew somewhere else, crowded out
by an alien race who are not only rob
bing them of their birthrights but also
pulling down the altars of their liberty
and trying to despoil and destroy their
institutions.
So absolute has the power of the
frocked priests of Romanism become in
Southbridge and other portions of the
Qulnnebaug country, that they dictate
to both the Democratic and Republican
parties who they shall and who they
shall not nominate for office, and neither
party dare disobey the commands ot
their cassocked masters or they go
down in signal defeat. It is slowly but
surely beginning to dawn on their
minds that what their Catholic mas
ters desire and have been working for
is the complete mastery over them
in their lives, their property, their free'
' dom of conscience and thought.
The public schools are practically un
der the control of the Catholics, and as
fast as possible they are Romanizing
them. cTbe Southbridge Public Li
bNiry,f containing T? 000,, volumes, aud
second to none in the state in point of
excellence outside of Boston, is abso
lutely in the control of Catholics, and
is run1 by Roman Catholic employes,
the Protestants having been worked
out, one,by one, until there are none left.
Ths work of j Romanizing the books is
also going on, an4 instead of compelling
the French-Canadian population to
send tbelr children to schools where
they can learn the language of the
country, they are kept in the French
schools of the Roman Catholic Church,
where English is not taught, and then
the public ifunds'are used to pack the
public libraryiof an American commu
nity with Roman Catholic books,
printed On French, for Ihe reading and
further. degrading of these aliens.
This is alleged to be the work of the
priest of fthe i-Irish Roman Catholic
Church, Father J. B. Drennen, who
has succeeded innbeing made chairman
of the ipublic library committee. Not
only has he put many books printed in
English, written by prejudiced and
partiali. Roman Catholic authors, and
published-'under the sanction of the
pope and other prelates, which means
that they have superintended the writ
ing of. them as well, and that they
cannot be-! Impartial. One of these
books, entitled "The History of Henry
VIII.: or, cSchisms in England," is
filled i with Roman Catholic doctrine.
As near asrcan be learned, the Protest
ant members of the library committee
have submitted tamely to Father Dren'
nan's dictation without a murmur, aL
though they knew his desires to be dia
metrically opposed to the desires of the
founders of the library. Indeed, the
ProtestanCpeople of the town openly
accuse the'other members of the library
committee'of laying in with the Irish
priest for political purposes.
The board of education is composed
of nine members, four of whom are Ro
man Catholics. Although they are in
the minority, enough of the Protestant
membersialways vote with them on all
questions which they want put through,
and in return receive Catholic support
in the.primaries and at the polls. Su
perintendent of Schools J. T. Clark
almost; always acts with the Roman
Catholics, although he is a Protestant.
As an illustration, some months ago a
French boy in one of the schools re
fused to rise when the whole school
arose to repeat the Lord's Prayer.
The teacher, a young lady, born in
Southbridge, of old Puritan stock, or
dered the boy to stand, and he refused.
He then attacked his teacher, bit her,
struck her ln'the face, wounded her in
the face with his nails, called her vile
names, spat In her face and nearly
created a riot. Supt. Clark, instead
of sustaining the Wacher by expelling
the young hoodlum, let him escape
judgment by ruling against her, and
further humiliated her by allowing the
young ruffian to remain in school seated,
while all the other chiMrea were on
their feet repeating the Lord's Prayer.
TALKS WITH LEO.
Cardinal tilbuons Reports a Pleasant
VNit With the Pope.
New York, Aug. 23. After an ab
sence of fifteen weeks, Cardinal Gibbons
returned from Europe today on the
Campania. When the boarding officers
reached the Campania Cardinal Gib
bons waseeen on the upper deck talking
to Bishop Foley, of Detroit, and Arch
bishop Riordan, of San Francisco, and
several other clerical men who were in
the party.
Cardinal Gibbons said: "My visit to
Rome had no special significance, as it
is customary for us to visit the holy
father every eight or ten years, or per
haps oftener. I had several audiences
with Pope Leo, the last one being on
June 29. The holy father, although a
little more stooped, looked much better
and stronger than when I saw him last,
eight years ago. He is a most remark
able man for his age, which is 66 years.
His faculties are unimpaired and he is
wonderfully bright. He generally con
verses in Latin, French or Italian; he
speaks very little English. He takes
deep interest in America and Ameri
cans, and frequently expresses his ad
miration for our political institutions.
He sent no special message to America
through me, nor is there any reason for
his doing so at the present time. He
wrote me a beautiful letter, re commend
ing summer schools and commending
the Roman Catholic University of
America, and referred to the opening
of several chairs in the university next
October, in this letter he spoke very
hopefully of tbe future of the unlver
sity, and mentioned the coming Roman
Catholic congress to open next October
in Washington."
The cardinal said that he enjoyed his
trip very much and that he had felt his
health greatly benefited by It. He left
Rome July 2, and traveled by alow
stages through the Tyrol, Bavaria,
Wurtemburg, Baden, Holland, Bel
gium, France, England and Ireland;
When asked as to the standing of the
Roman Catholic church In France, the
cardinal said: "While I was there,
there was some friction between the
Roman Catholics and clergy and the
civil officials, owing to the levying of
an extra tax on ecclesiastical institu
tions. I do not know whether the mat
ter has been settled or not, but it will
not be necessary for the Vatican .to in
terfere." The reporter then asked tbe cardinal
if he had heard of the Sunday-closing
crusade In New York. "I have read
about It," he replied, "but have not
paid a great deal of attention to it. I
have the pleasure of knowing Mr.
Roosevelt, and think a great deal of
him, as he is a very sincere and
thoroughgoing gentleman. Shortly
before I left Baltimore I expressed my
self very freely In reference to the ob
servance of the Lord's day. I believe
that in the Interest of religion, in the
first place, that tbe day should be prop
erly observed in a quiet manner. It is
necessary for us to have recreation, but
we can have it without interfering with
thorough observance of the Lord's
day." The cardinal did not care to ex
press himself on the question of the
continental Sunday.
Criminal Carelessness.
If one man sees another in great dan
ger, and neglects to render him any as
sistance, be is guilty of criminal care'
lessness. So when a man ignores the
danger that his country is liable to, and
takes no interest in regard to it, he is
guilty of gross criminal carelessness,
Some people are so nearsighted that
they cannot see anything unless it is
close to their optics. So it Is the case
with many people who cannot see when
there is any danger pending, until the
calamity comes. Solomon says the
wise man foreseeth the evil and hideth,
but the simple pass on and are pun
ished. There are many simpletons who
laugh to scorn the idea that there is
any danger in the political encroach
ments of the Roman Catholics, who will
some day be forced to admit the fact
that they were mistaken. When the
cloven foot of the pope tramples on
their toes, then they will feel it.
Costa Says Ladies Disgraced Themselves.
GALESBUKG, 111., Aug. 26. The Rev.
Father Costa aroused a storm of disap
proval among the Ancient Order of
Hibernians yesterday by attacking bit
terly the Ladies' Auxiliary of the order
ust organized here, declaring women
had disgraced themselves by joining a
woman s organization. This condemna
tion was extended to all woman's
lodges.
1 Cl.EIMiYMAN ARRESTED.
Twa Stories Tuld uf an Early Sunday
Episode.
Rev. M. I. Kelly, said to be a Catho
lic priest of Nem ark, N. J., was arrested
at 2 o'clock yesterday morning at Six
teenth and Nicholas streets by Patrol
man Thomas on the charge of being
suspicious cburacter. He was tuken to
the police station and locked up in the
boy's cell, from which he was released
a few hours later on bond secured by
tbe clergymen of St. Phllomena's Ca
thedral.
The story told by Father Kelly of his
arrest was that he arrived in the city
on Saturday after a long journey, and
was physically exhausted. He had
come to this city So visit a sister living in
South Omaha, and married to a busi
ness man at that place. Having been
abroad during tbe summer, he bad de
elded to conclude bis vacation with this
visit. Having registered at the Midland
hotel, Sixteenth and Chicago streets,
he retired about the middle of Saturday
afternoon, and shortly after midnight
awoke, feeling quite nervous. He
arose, and decided to walk about the
streets In the fresh air.
lie had gone up Sixteenth street,
until he met Patrick Enrlght, the block
watchman la that vicinity. Enrigbt
accosted him and demanded his busi
ness. Father Kelly says that he would
have had no hesitancy in tolling his
business to an officer, had he known him
to be such, but he did not know, that
Enrlght was an officer, and feared that
the watchman intended to hold him up,
and refused to answer. He says that
Enrlght called him an Impostor and
left him, returning a few minutes later
with Thomas, who not only called him
an impostor, but a dead beat, and placed
him under arrest.
The officers tell a widely divergent
story from that of Mr. Kelly. He first
attracted the attention of the North
Sixteenth street men at 4 o'clock on
Saturday morning, when he approached
Patrolman Carlson, stated that he had
just arrived in the city on a delayed
train and asked for a hotel. He was re
ferred to the Midland, where he regis
tered as the last guest on Friday's page,
During Saturday afternoon and evening
several bottles of whisky were ordered
by the recently arrived guest and were
fntto his room. About 1 o'clock Sim
day morning he went into the office and
ordered sent to his room a woman. The
request was refused. Then Mr. Kelly
went to the Union hotel, farther up the
street, and there, it is alleged by the
proprietor, asked for a room which
should contain a woman. He was not
accommodated, and then he walked
farther on up the street until he met and
engaged in conversation with a female
street-walker. Watchman Enrlght
then came in and engaged Kelly in the
heated conversation which later led up
to his arrest.
Mr. Kelly, upon his arrival at the po
lice station, was very wroth, and de
manded that a telegram be sent to the
Archbishop of New York. Hedcclared
that in all of his travels, even in Russia,
he bad never been treated in such a
"monstrous" manner as being locked
up for simply walking on the streets.
It so happened that the sergeant and
each of the five policemen at the station
were Catholics, but the prisoner took
occasion to most roundly score them as
A. P. A.'s, and in conclusion he several
times angrily repeated, with forcible
gestures: "I defy you." Omaha World
Herald, Aug. SCth.
Since putting the above in type, this
priest has had a trial in police court
and has bean acquitted of the charge.
Editor.
A Very Serious Matter.
The undisguised partizanship dis
played by the Associated Press In its
accounts of the trouble at Omaha is
perhaps the most serious phase of a con
troversy which In Itself is a flagrant
instance of lawlessness verging upon
outright anarchy.
The main features of the now famous
war of the Omaha boards are in brief
as follows:
Under a law adopted several years
ago It devolved upon the Governor of
Nebraska to appoint the members of the
board of police and lire commissioners
of Omaha, while, as a matter of fact,
the appointments have been dictated
by a local Republican boss, who for
many years has been acting the part of
a pooh-bah in Omaha, and the state as
well, to some extent. The last legisla
ture amended the law, vesting the
power of appointment in a board con
sisting of the governor and two other
members designated by the act. The
new law was alike distasteful to the
Omaha boss and Governor Holcorab.
Having attempted in vain to prevent its
passage, the governor calmly decided
to arrogate to himself the prerogative
of annulling the law, which he was
sworn to uphold and enforce in common
run an other laws or me common
wt alth, but a the other members of the
appointing board chose to do their duty
the gubernatorial strike was of no tf
feet. 'A new board of fire and police
commissioners km appointed in accord
anco with law, and the bonds of the new
commissioners were presented to the
city council for approval. Meanwhile
application was made to Judge Hope
well, who, It la commonly believed
oweTlils appointment to tbe pooh-bah
of Ociaha, and lives some seventy miles
nor' 4 of the city, for an order restrain'
lngvihe .new council from approving tbe
boots. The ideo was compliant, and
teloVaphed aa order as applied for to
eve,- member of the city council. Of
co(t4e, no attention was paid to a pro
ceeding so unheard of and altogether
unprecedented. The bonds were duly
approved. Judge Hopewell went
through tbe farce of summoning the
refractory aldermen before him to show
causa why they should not be punished
for contempt of court, but knowing that
his telegraphic dispatches were utterly
dev hi of legal authority he beat a hasty
and .uimlliating retreat, confining him'
self ly6 the delivery of a laughable loc
turo.'
lathe meantime the old beard had
made preparations to hold their posi
tions and the publlo property In their
charge at all hazards, evon going so far
as to convert public buildings into verl
table fortresses. Howevor, the danger
oi a violent clash has been averted, as
unikr the terms of a compromise the
old beard Is to remain In possession of
tbe oilloes until tbe supreme court shall
bava passed upon the matter.
Such in brief are the outlines of this
singular war. A law has been annulled
and trampled upon by the chief execu
tive officer of the state and other public
officials, including the police force of
Omaha. That this Is a grave matter
goes without saying. And what is the
justification alleged? Yes, forsooth,
the new law, it is said, is an A. P. A.
measure,. the majority of the newap
pointing board A. f. A. men. the new
fire and police board an A. P. A. cove
riel As If it were material whether
these allegations are true or false. As
well toight a Democrat, or a Populist,
or a Prohibitionist defy laws upon the
plea that they were enacted by the Re
publican party, or fcice vena. The law
uovern
or Holcomb and 'other
auarelilblS'iii yublie officc-ia Nebraska
have set at naught is an act of the peo
pie. Whether the people took counsel
of the American Protect ve Association,
or some other organization, or no or
ganization, makes not the least differ
eoce. A law is a law, until it is re
pealed, and must be obeyed unless an
archy prevail.
But however deplorable may be the
lawlessness at Lincoln and Omaha, tie
attitude of the Associated Press In the
premhes is a matter even more to be
regretted. From the beginning of tbe
controversy and during all its phases
this news agency has sided openly with
the law-breakers. Its reports have been
as violent partizan as any of the Omaha
anarchists could wish. But they have
been accepted by the press as bona fide
news. As far as known, the Chicago
Evening Journal is the only paper that
has entered a vigorous protest against
this disgraceful prostitution of the press.
The Americun press is the strongest
governmental and controlling force in
the country. It is not to be denied,
however, that the reports of some of
our news-gathering agencies are notac
cepted as gospel truth as generally as
might be desired: For Instance, it is a
common belief, that the Associated
Press is operating under sectarian in
fluences and that its reports are colored
in the interest of certain church bodies.
This suspicion is probably more wide
spread than some of our contemporaries
are inclined to believe. Whether it is
well grounded In fact or not, it is calcu
lated to weaken the power and influ
ence of the press. That it has been
greatly strengthened by the anarchistic
coloring of the Associated Press reports
from Omaha needs no demonstration.
Hundreds of thousands of law-abiding
American citizens have read these re
ports with utter disgust, and accepted
them as conclusive evidence of the rank
sectarian prejudices of the great news
agency which has chosen to feed such
stuff to the reading and thinking public
as legitimate news.
All right-thinking people must and
will admit that this is a very serious
matter. A press which feeds lies in
stead of facta to the people is even a
greater danger to the public peace and
welfare than passing local waves of law
lessness and regiments of law-breaking
governors. Chicago Skandinavian-
If you want to learn something of the
"high life" in the capitol at Washing
ton, youshould get a copy of Howard's
"If Christ Came to Congress." It Is
told only by the Union Iublishlng Co.,
1615 Howard street, Omaha, Neb.
Price 50 cents.
A MUMNtJ OlTIUIiE.
Nebraska Fire Department Turn
Ihe
Hon en Salvationist.
As Is wellknown, the fire department
of Nebraska City, Nob., Is headed by
and composed almostentlrely of papists,
and therefore the following press tele
gram will not surprise any one save a
sleepy Protestant:
The Salvation Army of this city Is In
trouble. They were arrested Saturday
night, July 27, and subsequently re
leased because no charge could be
brought against them. Being unable
to suppress them by process of law, the
city last night endeavored to drown
their ardor. When they appeared on the
street headed by "Joe, the Turk," the
fire department came up, attached a
hose to a hydraat, and thoroughly
drenched the Salvationists. All of tbe
citizens denounce the performance.
While papists riot, murder and de
stroy in one city; in another mob and
intimidate; In yet another boycott and
threaten, and In this last caso use the
powers of the city to humiliate and dis
perse a body of well-doing and peace
able citizens, it is little to be wondered
at that patriotic orders grow apace and
thrive amazingly or that wldo awake
American citizen refuse to believe that
the papacy is any wiser, charitable,
kind or tolerant than she was in the
middle ages or than her canons declare
her to be. There is no use cutting the
claw and filing the teeth of tbe beast.
She must bo destroyed utterly before
freedom of conscience and action can
ever be assured. l'atrulie American.
The Religions Press and the A. P. A.
All American citizens sustain a two
fold relation in life. The first has re-
pec t to individual responsibility to
God, the church and to humanity. The
second relates to -personal relations and
obligations as citizens to civil govern
ment. We will here notice only one
single point, the relation and moral ob
ligation of ministers and conductors of
tbe religious press as citizens of this
Republic. If we understand It, they
are no more at liberty to surrender or
evade the obligations as citizens than
other men, and in fact their very rela
tlons to society give them increased
power for good in all the political de
partments of tbe "science of govern
ment," as Webster defines politics. It
would doubtless be better for politics,
better for the church and better for the
nation, if the religious press would stand
out boldly and publicly for true putrl
otic principles in such a time as this.
But we believe that the religious
press has never given this subject much
attention, and therefore It does not re
alize the terriblo encroachments the
papacy has already made upon the
civil Institutions of this country; for if
it did, such profound silence upon the
subject would seem to be almost Impos'
sible, but that as citizens, the cor, due
tors of the religious press would flame
out by speech, pen and press in solemn
tones of warning, and do it now before
it is too lato. Just consider tbe perils
which are now upon us, growing out of
the fixed purposes of the Pope of Rome
to subdue this country to himself, and
for this purHse he has already, through
Jesuitical intrigue and priestly dicta
tion, secured the control of the United
States army, the navy, the Congress,
especially the senate, consequently the
Presidential appointmeuts; Washing
ton D. C, being now more Roman
ized than old Rome on the Tiber, many
of the state legislatures, our large
cities, and most of our great dalles.
Now, If this ba so, as we have reason to
believe it is, what more is necessary to
arouse to patriotic action the religious
press and the ministers of the gospel In
meeting their obligations as American
citizens?
Now, then, we are glad to say to the
religious press and to everybody, that
tbe American Protective Association
offers us relief in the midst of our polit
ical perils; then let all patriotic citi
zens, all haters of papal oppression and
all true lovers of their country rally
around it, as a God-send to help save
the nation from the galling yoke of pa
pal despotism.
The nature and aims of the A. P. A
snoum oe wen understood, it is not a
political party, but it Is the embodi
ment of true patriotic principles, work
ng through political parties, and of'
ten dictating the nominations and
electing its ticket. Hence, we would
recommend to every citizen especially
the religious press, to study its litera
ture, to subscribe for its periodicals and
help in every possible way to save our
land from the clutch of Rome.
Now, will not the religious press give
a little more attention to this subject,
and closely ally Itself with the millions
of patriotic citizens who are now band
ed together in one association to work
and vote, not against the Roman Cath
olic religion, but against the political
intrigues and the determined hostility
of the papacy to our free Institutions,
and even the life of tbo Ik-public? This
patriotic movement has nothing to do
in the choice of political parties or
with party methods, but It has to do
with the question, Shall the United
States 1x3 ruled bv patriotic Americans
or by the Pope of Rome? This question
should be answered by the prompt ac
tion of all patriotic citizens as tbe only
hope of saving the country in this time
of eminent iwrll. None are better
acquainted with the true condition
of things than the Roman priests, whs
have been overheard to boast that thc
would have this country in two years j?
It was not (or the A. P. A., and no won-'
der, for the politicians and beads of de
partments are' becoming Romanized
very fast; and it is said that today the
Mpo has seven hundred thousand sol
dtors In this country, who are secretly
armed and drilled ready for action at
any time when the word to strike shall
go forth from the Vatican. Hence, in
view of the perils of the hour, we are
unwilling to believe that the religious
press will not do Its full duty, both pub
licly and privately, in rescuing this glo
rious Republic from .the mighty grasp
of the papacy. J. G. P.
Frank M. PI x ley.
With the passing away of Mr. Frank
M. Pixloy, the cause of Americanism
loses one of its ablest and most earnest
advocates.
If there ever was a man In this
country who had the courage of his
convictions, that man was Frank M.
Pixley. It Is an easy matter nowadays
to pick up a paper that Is fighting on
the same lines that Mr. Pixley paper
did, the Argonaut, but when the Argo
naut was first published It stood almost
alone in the great field of journalism.
It has seen the rise and fall of a good
many papers which were somewhat ot
the same nature, but the Argonaut
never faltered in its career.
Mr. Pixley was the Inveterate foe of
Romanism. No man who ever wielded
a pen for a newspaper could see more
clearly the danger which menaced this
country from that source than Mr, Pix
ley. V
' Week after week for twenty years he
hammered away in a style and manner
so convincing and so unanswerable
that, although often attacked by those
who were opposed to him, they were
compelled to retire lgnomlniously from
the fight. During the pas few years
the Roman Catholic Aeiipapers have '
learned to leave tbe Argonaut alone,
for they found out that no man they
could put forth was a match for Mr.
Pixley.
The Argonaut has been the means of
keeping alive the principles of Ameri
canism for years, and to Mr. Pixley can
be given a large share of the credit for
the wave of patriotism which is sweep
ing over the country, and which
threatens to drown out all the political
ambition which ltomo has regarding
this country. San Francisco American.
Burled with A. P. A. Honors.
Allen Bush, who died Saturday after
noon, August IS, from wounds received
Friday night in a bar-room brawl in
Louisville, Ky., was buried Sunday
afternoon from the residence of his sis
ter, with A. P. A. honors. It was
probably the first funeral of the kind in
the south. Bush vwat a leading light
In one of the east-end A. P. A. lodges,
and when he died tbe lodje at once
took charge of the funeral arrange
ments. The coffin was wrapped In a
large American flag, the small flag
Bush had worn at lodge meetings was
pinned upon his lapel, and all of the
lodge members present wore their little
flags. Brief services were held in the
house before the draped coffin was
placed on biers on the sidewalk. All
the lodge members, probably 100,
passed by with bared heads and bowed
over the remains. At the Eastern
cemetery there was no cremony be
yond the members bowing over the
grave. The neighborhood where
Bush'e sister lived is largely Roman
Catholic, and while there was no
troublo over the A. P. A. ceremony,
there doubtless would have been had a
man instead of a woman made certain
remarks. As the remains lay in the
flag-draped coffin a young Roman Cath
olic woman who was standing near a
lodge member, said: "A man will
never stop at purgatory with that flag
wrapped around him. He'll go below
purgatory, sure." ' Stop that talk, or
you'll get put out of here," the A. P.
A. man said; and she kept Quiet.
How Would Tou!
We wonder how soms of our delln
quents would enjoy life working for a
man or firm who only paid once in five
or six years. Study this matter care
fully, resolve to turn over a new leaf
and may the Lord, in his great mercy,
prolong your lives until you can say to
the world that your paper has been
paid for for a year in advance. limits-
dak (Pu ) Observer.