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OCTOHK.U u, i..
I!cm h ath; s 1h"hH4 devotion to
Hiiiil Hililli-s pur.tlna MtUtiV politi
cian. ON the question of tliut Allied
ranli.ni, tho Philadelphia Hum and
Mimicapoli 7'ii.i art) out of joint
TliK continued altaika of Senator
George F. Hoar upon tha A. 1. A. will
not Wild to It-nethoo hU official carter.
Nashville Americana have reason
to feel proud of their splendid victory
lust wick. They took everything In
night.
A NEW patriotic order tho Amor lean
I,ag u li ait hot n cstabl Ishnd a t i I am 1 1 -ton,
Ohio. Tho first lodge start with
fifty charier member.
TliK A. P. A. cave taw gang in Nash
ville, Teon., a tioechawo for their po
litical liven. Wonder what they think
of the strength of the order now?
Thk addreis of James K. Hardle at
Washington LUll, la thin city, last
Friday nliht, was very slliuly ationded.
Socallsm socm to have very few de
votees in Omaha.
New York 8 Tammany la composed
of Human Cut hollo and hypnotic!
Protectant . Omaha' Tammany la
composed of Hosowattv and hi mal
odorous ent ninisfi.
Qukky: Why do the Ob loago dallies
"exchange" with tha Omaha lrf If
they want to find out what la really
going on In Omaha, ahoy should ex
chango with Thk Omaha American.
Many members of tho A. P. A. were
present on A. 1. A. day In Si. Louis.
They returned with many pleasant rec
ollections of tho great city and as being
satisfied with the result oblainod by
the cession of the Supreme Advltiory
Board.
Simply because Judge Scott, candi
date for ro-aVHlon, in tho lncidoatlat
discharge of bus judicial duty, sent
Rosewatcr to jail, the latter seeks to
exhaust the v.cabulary of villllcition
In attempta to bosm'reh the character
of that functionary.
TUK Democrats of Indianapolis, who
recently succeeded in electing their en
tire ticket, have taken tne right steps
to caforce the laws. Tho people will
applaud any party that re it ens Its
pledges so long as they stand for gcod
American citizenship.
FROM tho Supremo Counoil of tho
VV. A. P. A., which met in Denver last
week, tho cheering hots comes that
the order Is growing rapidly In the
United States. Many noble women are
enlisted in the work, and promise a
great hat vest during tho coming year.
Iris reported that Gov. Qreenhalge,
the Republ'can candidate for governor
of Massachusetts, recently assorted
that he would rather be defeated than
elected by 100,000 majority from the
votes of tho A. P. A. We'll see whether
the governor will profit by such an
assertion.
Seekers of office In ancient Rome
wcra white togas, which wore emblem
at'c of the purity of their intentions. It
was from this custom that w derived
our word candidate from candidus,
white. White togas would harJly be
come tho cacdida'es whom Rosewatcr
has seen fit to place before the people.
Draper, In his "Conflict Bjtwcon
Religion and Science," says that: "The
vilification which was poured on Lu
th r and his doings was so bitter as to
be ludicrous." The vilification which
Roscwater rains on men who are in
open revolt against him and his doings,
is generally either ludlcr jus or foolish.
A FRIEND writes from Joplin, Mo.,
that the A. P. A. is growing there in
fact, booming. Tnere are over fifty
applications for membership now pend
ing. There are from three to ten in
itiated every meeting night. Some of
the friends are talking of starting an
other council in the eastern part of
the town.
Candidate Broatch has not yet
called a meeting of the Ministerial As
sociation in support of his ambition to
be chief mogul of this municipality.
Omaha Lee, Oct. IS.
No. But Rosewatcr did invite into
his sanctum sanctorum the city's lead
ing ministers, and each olergyman who
responded was solemnly catechized as
to why he did not aupport his (Rose
water's) paper. It is said that the
doughty oppugner of progress found
out the reason.
TIME FOR ACTION
Tim lino lia now arrived bn
every American til '. -n In tho IVy '
Ou alia and County .f Doiilaw should
c)ioom whom ho will support a', the
coming election.
Those cit; 11 ho believe In purity
in m!itici, aim are opMed to Row
water dlcUHon, to brlh ry mi I - 1 r i -I'.i
li In the eoi.il nr t of t le fTair f the
city anl the c iiiiity, ul 11 t Le.itale
to place the r 'l of dUap r.iral upon
the l; kel wh en that ci rrupt Kemiti
lican hI itio-I matiipulati r Las MuldU d
m the I) iiiiKTAtlo (arty llii yenr.
Tlio reerrd of Cobirn, of Catnpb II, of
Win d, of IleUeley, and of nearly evi ry
other n iiiilnoa f tho "Rff 1 m" out lit,
is as blat k an 1 as daruiahle as Is the
record of lltwewattr hlme'f Tbey
wcrechostn fur tho mile reason that
their cartMiis ha 1 been lad, so that if
they succeeded In an election they
could the 1111 ra easily Imi whipiK'd into
lino to do the bidding of tho Roman
church at the dictation of tbe aroh-ooii-p'raUr
an J Kilillcal trlcksttr who
Is said to have contracted to def -at the
Uopuhlli'in parly for a conbl Juration i f
20,000.
The good citizens of this city and
county can, wa believe, be rolled upon
to defeat tbeobjjcta of that allegnl
bargain and sal).
The good name of the city and county
depi nds on their action.
If they allow R isewater and his nol
aomo running males to win, it means a
roturn to the muthoJs employed in
county and city alTlrj prior t j Janu
ary, 1S!)2, when the county and city
treasuries were Kiotod of hundreds of
thousands of dollar! by the moo who
are now among the leading lights In
tho "Reform" movement.
Di you want to return to a regime
thatisloadeJ down with rotten-block
pavements, a county hospital deal, a
Thirteenth street grading job, and a
Douglas addition blunder which has
cost tho tax-pa ers of this city and
county a halr-iullllon dollari, and will
cost thorn a half-million more before
they are through with thorn?
Dj you want to go back to those days?
Answer with your votes.
AN IMPORTANT MEETING.
In all probability tho recent meeting
at St. Louis of the Supremo Advisory
Huard of the A. P. A. will prove to be
the most Important that has ever been
held by any official bjdy of the order.
The public has for a long time waited
for Borne expression from an authentic
source concerning the purposes of the
order. Tho action of this board has
presented to the people at large a com
pact set of resolutions, which aro meet
ing with plaudits from every honest
American. Those who aro not con
nected with any patrlotio Bociety, who
have the advancement of good govern
ment and pure politics at heart, speak
of the platform ai one which has been
needed for years.
It lakes a wise man to build up fame
and fortuco, but any fool mty Inherit
that which his father hath built, and
the American people aro too often will
ing to be gulled by a name, no mutter
by whom it is borne. This applies to
many who seek fortune and political
offices. Take the man who is capable
by virtue of his own deeds, (for they
must needs be honest), and judge him
according to the good or bad these
deeds have recorded. By doing this
you will lend great aid to the poor boys
who must roly on their brains and hon
esty for promotion, and you will make
eJucation a laurel wreath well worth
winning. Honor will then be that
which is gained by honest exertion,
and will fill your country with men of
tho greatest integrity. It is the duty
of eery nation to cultivate this mode
of winning honor and not to perpetuate
honor inherit 3d. The bulwark of
every nation is honesty, and honesty
should be the goal of honor, which is
commonly called fame.
One of Rosowatjr's alleged versatile
young mea declares that Judgo Scott's
judicial conduct Is proof of the scrip
tural assertion: "All men aro liars."
Better read up on biblical lore. David
did say: "I said in my haste, All men
arc liars." The Chatter-Box of the
Omaha Bee say9 a great many things
in hate, especially about American
citizens who refuse to mako haste to
fall down and worship Vice-Pope Rose
water. The American thanks the stranger
friend who each week sends a list of
the names of persons to whom he de
sires sample copies sent. The money
for the papers always accompanies the
order. This is one way to help the
cause, and is successful in securing new
members and new councils. Emulate
the friend's example.
Government by Rosewater is an
anachorism "Something foreign to a
c juntry or unsulted to local conditions."
IN an editorial the St. Louis (lUt
Ikthoiat ay:
Th A. I. A. hacarrled Niuhvtll.
U the ie nativUt ptrty fiing I be an
tlrofig In tin mu'.h b lu tfr."l progen
It ir ul forty )t r ago a.? The Knuw
n. I'.ing it American party carrUil one
i-t4ie In tS,t, mid thl was Marylund.
Toe IV-nUiil onal Union pary, which
i-i iiii-t. il of the m-imim 1 if the Know
lothing ")! Whig partus, though
Witt out ' h'j former' pntM-iip'.ivt't'n td.
carried Virginia. Kentucky ami Ten
iiiwi' In l'iit The Repuli.lcaii would
he lml to m.' the A. 1'. A. give a giMJ
ill a df at lent Ion to oull.cn pohll.-r.
We are p'cite J to luforiu the (llitl
li iwrnit Umt thn'A. P. A. will not
lail t 1 give due altenti in to thetoulh.
Ili-nide IhU, the order will not let a
corner of any iUte pii-m its observation
We would not have anyone consider by
ibis that tho order will be turned to
ai j party. Tho A. P. A. Is non-parti,
n in formation, and we hope It will
always remain In thai condition.
A IiKt lsiON recently filed by the Su
preme Court of Illinois will be of great
Intercut to all rellgiouH, charitable, edu
cational and benevolent societies which
have erected business buildings and are
deicnding in whole or In part upon tbe
revenues received from renting stores
and c flics rooms. The court holds that
such buildings are sot exempt from tax
ation. The rase upon which the deci
sion is rendered was certified to the
court by Auditor Gore, who reversed
the action of the supervisors of Peoria
county exempting from assoesnient the
office building of the Peoria Young
Men's Christian Association. The au
ditor's decision was affirmed by the
court- This will virtually compel all
church organizations owning similar
property to pav their share of taxes.
One of the most laughable pieces of
biiom jiolitleal write-ups appeared in
the Kansas City 7iim of laat Friday.
The heading reid: "Cleveland is un
hurt. Report that he has been assas
sinated pronounced false. Sensational
rumors by wire. G rover Cleveland
said to have been killed this morning.
Tho whole country telegraphing Buz
zard's Bay for news. That honest town
asleep." This seems to be the only
way In the world left for tho supporters
of Grover to conjure up sympathy.
There Is not a boom on tho face of the
earth which can resurrect his political
carcass. As the poor Times is about as
bad a cripple politically and financially,
we have much sympathy for the pair.
Priest Flaherty, of Mount Morrif,
N. Y., has been convicted of raping
Mary Swoeney, a sixteen-year-old girl,
who was a member of his congregation.
IIo will serve seven and a half years in
Auburn prison for his dastardly crime.
It almost impossible to read a paper
without finding a crime of this char
actor laid at the door of some Roman
priest The Interests of society de
mand the abolishment of the celibate
priesthood. If the Roman church had
the Interests of social purity really at
heart, she would discipline her priests.
Satolli has no legittmato business
in this country. He has come here to
spy out the gojdly land and to forelgn-
Izo and poison the very atmosphere of
the Republic. IIo came not to totch
us "sweeter manners, purer laws," or
to reveal to tho people higher and
nobler forms of life. He wa sent here
to do political work for his mai-ter.
He has earnel his passports.
IN another column we publish Mrs.
Ella W. Peattle's statement of her po
sition. She Is laboring under a misap
prehend! )n: This paper does not at
tack Romanism as a religious organiza
tion, but as a political body which
would prostitute American liberty to
its own selfish ends.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil is send
ing out a very creditable dally news
paperespecially the Omaha edition
a ad deserve) a full measure of success
A Correction.
Omaha, Neb., October 16th, 18!5
Editor The American: Dear Sir:
You will favor me by correcting an er
roneous statement mado in your paper
erroneous in the sense it was used.
You set me apart aanong the list of can
didates for state offices, as a "Roman
ist sympathlzsr." nd you chosen to
class me aj you did one other person, as
"an antl-A. P. A.," I would not have
objec'.ed. I do not deny thai I sympa
thize with honest religious belief, but
I am further from Rome than many of
those who protest much. I am not by
conviction eve a a Christian in the sense
of accepting the story of the miracu
lous birth of Christ or his resurrection.
I suppose I would be called a Unitarian.
I am opposed to all religious interfer
ence in government, believing it dan
gerous to universal liberty. I am,
therefore, opposed to every form of re
ligious persecution, and when the
rights of Catholics are infringed upon
I resent it, not because they are Cath
olics, but because they are American
cltlzans, and entitled to believe as they
choose without suffering abuse, perse
cution or iniustice for such belief. I do
not sympathize with their Catholicism,
but I maintain their right to liberty of
thought and action. If it were the blue
Presbyterians who were being discrim
inated against, then my sympathy
would be for them. I stand, 6lr, for
liberty of thought, not for Catholicism,
Respectfully,
Elia W. Peattie.
IN 9FRRFT MFFTINR
111 O-Uil-I III UL. I II1U.
Advisory Board of the A. P
Mapping Out a Plan of
Campaign.
' my liei-t friends acknowledge the ame e her if i.ece hity a i e .
.Mayer Walbrldge VUIconie the Mrni-'CPU.J, An intelligent Catholic is ju-t j Fr m the tnnor f he committee's ro
Im'I tit M. l4uK a American jlike any other intelligent mmi He ' port, and from cUt.-u.eiU naio by
( iti 'lis. j think for himself atid bis con-vience l ' meoirets, it npcar that ti e m ioa
j In his own ki-ej ing. Tne object of this : of Ueauviaory hoard was to cete
The Advluory Board of the Ame-ican
Prot.'itlve Association convened in
Druids' Hall, Ninth and Market streets,
yesterday morning, says tbe SL Ixiuls
1!liilt-lkiitirrit of Oct. 1.1, but trans
acted very little burliiess. An organi
zation was effected and subcommittees
apixiintcd, after which an adjourrment
was taken until 10 o'clrck a. m. to-day.
The real buoinen of the convention is
yet to be done. The sessions are held
in seerei, anu on., sue., ui.iter g.veu
out for publication as Is deemed advis-
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able by tho press committee. Supreme
President Traynor, who was not ex
pected, agreeably surprised tbe mem
bers by appearing just before time for
calling the meeting to order. He oc
cupied the chair. Before the board,
which consists of two members from
each state, went into session, the hall
was filled with members of the order
and others, drawn there by a desire to
hear the speech-making which was
down on the program as a preliminary
to the real business of tbe day. A few
were no doubt attracted by curiosity,
but the majority wore the badge of the
order acd manifested real interest in
the proceedings. An address of wel
come was delivered by Mayor Wal
bridge. Among other things he said:
"I welcome you to St. Louis, not be
cause you are A. P. A.'s, but because
you are American citizens, and tbe
genius of our government demands that
your voices shall be heard in this great
composite whole."
Henry F. Bewers, of Clinton, Iowa,
founder of the order and Its first presi
dent, responded very briefly to tho
mayor, expressing thanks for the wel
come. He was followed by Mrs. Allen,
president of the Woman's American
Protective Association, who made an
appeal on behalf of woman suffrage.
The association will not have accom
plished its purpose, she taid, until a
free ballot was guaranteed to every
American citizen, regardless of sex or
creed. She was heartily cheered by
the ladies present, some of the men
joining in the demonstration of ap
proval. Judge John B. Stone, of Kansas City,
one of the leading Missouri members,
also spoke. Ha referred to the growth
of the order in his town and denied
that it was the creature of any political
party. He Is himself a Democrat, but
will work, he says, with any organiza
tion to defeat a candidate who acknowl
edges a divided temporal allegiance.
After the orations had been deliv
ered and a brief season of handshaking
and introductions bad been indulged
in, the hall was cleared of all persons
not entitled to sit la the board. The
mayor bade good-by to his new-made
friends, the ladies were courteously es
corted to the street, and other non-
members of the board were politely re
quested to withdraw.
The A. P. A. was never more secret
In any work undertaken by it than in
that now in hand. The chairman of
the press committee, himself a news
paper man of long experience, posi
tively refused to say who the members
of the subcomrajtteas chosen are, and
further, refuses to give the name of the
presiding officer of the board. It Is
pretty well understood, however, that
the national president will be made ex-
officio chairman.
The advisory board is by no means a
. . n . ..a 1 . 1
new idea, une nas exisieu in eaju
state ever since before the Milwaukee
convention, and, according to the press
committee chairman, the results have
been so satisfactory that it was deter
mined to create a central body of na
tional character.
A visitor from Kansas City said to a
reporter of the Olobe-Demoerat:
"Our position may be defined almost
in a nut?hell. If one of the great par
ties ignores and the other recognizes
us, we will without doubt throw our in
fluence to the one that takes us into
consideration when drafting its plat
form and nominating its men and the
other recognizes us, we will 'straddle'
the issue, we will find whether cither
candidate isdlreatly or remotely under
Roman Catholic influence. We will
defe it any man whose Americanism is
thus tainted in the slightest degree. If
the rec jrds of both candidates are clear,
we will as individuals vote our regular
party tickets."
"Butsuppose the records of both men
are 'tainted,' as you call it?"
"That is a contingency that will not
arise."
There are a large number of visiting
members of the order who are here in
no official capacity. They are drawn
by the meeting of the advisory board,
and by the fact that yesterday was A.
P. A. day at the exposition. Nearly
all wear the button of ftie order, and
most of them have a miniature Ameri
can flag attached. The local councils
have a number of committees whose
duty it Is to look after the comfort of
visitors.
"It is a mistake," declared tho secre
!Ur'' lUr' Dr- I,UDD' of noton- "u
;UJ((Mwe vo re ,ing a war on
individual Catholic, or that we an-ume
; thai all Catholic are blgo's. Some of
; the stanchcit sup.mrter of our sp'en
did yttni of public schxil in New
1 KnirlanJ are Rumaii i'atholicr: mime of
order is to fih-ter pure Americ minn, to
ret ent attacks on our pub le schools to
make country acd tho love of country
tbe first consideration in all politic-1
affairs, and we believe our platform U
broad enough for any citizen to stand
on who acknowledges no other political
allegiance than that he owes to the
slate."
Tbe ritual of the order has undergone
so many changes recently lhat it is
wholly unlike what it used to be.
.- chmnge, wer( maJe neccJ(,Hry b
, . nuhlicti((n of H BW.PHt W(irk .
1 -
few months ago.
A pleasant incident of yesterday was
a presentation to Vice-President Jack
son of the Supreme Council from tbe
resident members. They gave him a
handsome gold-headed cane as a token
of their regard.
Memhersof the board attended the
exposition lust night in a body.
It is understood that one of tbe sub
committees apjiointed yesterday will
have in charge the selecti m of a na
tional headquarters for tbe next cam
paign. A strong effort will be made
by local members to establish such
headquarters in this city.
Notwithstanding Mrs. Allen's impas
sioned appeal for the rights of her sex,
there is an evident reluctance on the
pa-t of the male members to admit
women into full "fellowship." They
are not permitted to join the regular
councils, but have separate councils of
their own wiih a different titeal.
There is no woncan member of tbe ad
visory board.
October lGth the reporter rep3rted
the next days proceedings as follows:
"Everything that was done by the
board during its entire session is con
tained in this document," said Rev. Dr.
J. B. Dunn, secretary of the Supreme
Advisory Board of the American Pro
tective Association, when seen last
night after the adjournment of that
body. The document which he handed
to the reporter reads as follows:
To the Officers and Members of the
National Advisory Board of the Ameri
can Protective Association: Yourcom
mitteeon plan of work and resolutions
beg leave to submit ths following re
port: We recommend that an executive
committee be created, composed of 13
members of this board, the chairman,
secretary, treasurer and vice-president
to be officers and nine members to be
appointed by the chairman.
We recommend that the advisory
board, through the executive commit
tee, collect all possible reliable infor
mation concerning the views, affilia
tions and record of all presidential and
vice-presidential candidates, and "pos
sibilities" in the political parties, and
after collecting and formulating same,
to furnish the information to the ex
ecutive boards of the states, to be by
them dlssiminated amang the subordi
nate councils and advisory boards of
their jurisdiction and to the councils of
the ordtr where superior councils are
not organized.
Resolved, That the board advises
the members of this order to vote for
the nomination to office on party tick
ets of the party they affiliate with, and
to vote for the election of candidates
only who are in thorough accord with
and will, if elected, support the follow
ing principles:
Reduction of immigration, to debar
all undesirable persons, extension of
time for nat uralization, and educational
qualification for suffrage, the mainten
ance of one general nonsectarlan pub
lic school system, no public funds or
public property for soctarian purposes,
taxation of all property not owned and
controlled by the public, the opening
to public official inspection of all pri
vate ichools, convents, monasteries,
hospitals and all institutions of an edu
cational and reformatory character; no
support given for any public position to
any person who recognizes primal al
legiance In civil affairs to any foreign
or ecclesiastical power; public lacds
for actual eetllement by Americanudti-
zsns only.
Resolved, That this order demands
the thorough enforcement of all exist
ing laws by legally constituted authori
ties. The only true American remedy
for existing exils is to be sought in the
courts or at the ballot-box.
Tbe doctor said that nearly all of
yesterday's session was devoted to a
discussion of the committee's report,
which was finally adopted. He was
not authorized to say who constituted
the executive committee. Some time
was taken up in the scle3tion of the
nine members who were appointed by
the chairman, the aim being.to secure
such, a geographical distribution as
would give a representative to each
section of the country. No other &tand
Ing committees were appointed, the
doctor said. There was some talk
about creating a finance committee, but
it was finally agreed to vest its func-
tions ln the executive committee, which
iK'vensuchoe-sasmay refeeJful
j for tie aecemp Uhaeit of the puroies
in v:e. Accoidi-g to a I scoouUs,
er'e ;t harmony pievai 'ei during the
n ee ingof (he trd. No tia e or place
j in fixe J for auith-r iiice'.irig, bit tha
' re re urv will call tl.c n.e ti e 's to-
' a am to make ti e organuat.ou a po-
ct factor in the text p esitieatial elec
tion. It is understood that no lniie; ea
dent or disutdiie y A. .P. A. ticko.i is
tjbcpUeei in ti e lie d, but that tbe
vo.es f the oriier will le tuned, so far
as possible, in lavor of candiua s t
le.lei by the len ers of tl.eordo-.
In the uddie.te. niaee upon the fl Kir,
tbe growth aid pie ent stieagth of tt.
urn" was a topic to whica ic'e enc
was fiequeatiy made. It is claimed by
the s e ikers that several states can now
te swaged Ironi one of the great po.itl
cal parties to the ether through the
weight of the A. P. A., which helds
the balance of poer and is able to dic
tate ,o ic es. Rev. Dr. J. B Dunn of
Bos'.on, secretary of the advisory board,
tells wiiti muca satisfaction tQat tbe
sta e Rcpubllcai organization of Mass
achusetts has adopted a platform em
bodying neany all of the A. P. A. prin
ciples. It is announced that the order has
been planted in Denmark and SweJen.
POLITICAL MITES.
The mea nominated by the Republi
cans last Saturday for city officers are
all men of undoubted integrity and bus
iness qualifications, and tney deserve
success.
Our old friend Jesse White made
some very poiuted remarks when he
told the "citizens' convention" that ha
did not a-k fir nor would he receive a
nomination at their hands. Mr. Whit
was nominated by the Populist conven
tion for councilman-at large.
The action of a judge on the bench
in refusing to alio an attorney who
stands among the best of Nebraska's bar
from appearing as prosecutor in a crim
inal cate in which the peace and good
order of a whole county is to be pro
tected, will hardly be commended by
honest people.
The Reoublican Judicial Committee
have adopted a clcin, straight forward
plan of campaign for their candidates,
and they deserve the support of all
honest citizens. Every candidate for
judicial honors has the respect of his
fellow-men and they are men of un
doubted integrity as lawyers at the bar.
The voters of Douglas county do not
believe that self-confessed boodle rs ara
capable of reforming politics. Tne re
cent Simroggenwater conventions have
to some extent brought to light just
who these boodle rs aro, and on election
day tbe people will most emphatically
register iheirdlsappproval of such cam
paign methods.
One Simeral has been canvassing
among the business men of 'Omaha -in
the interest of the "Ro-e water-Citizen
Reform Ticket," but these same busi
ness men have not forgotten tbe treat
ment this city received by the scandal
ousdlspatchesseat by mo a of the ilk of
the Simroggenwaters during the police
commission bill fight a short time ago.
Judge Jacob Fawcett, one of the Re
publican candidates for district judgo,
is one of the foremost lawyers of the
Nebraska bar, and his ability is beyond
question. His services for his country
during the last war entitle him the
honor and respect of tbe comrades in
tbe G. A. R. He is a Methodist in re
ligious belief, and has been one of tho
foremost members in the work of that
church at Kountza Place in this city.
Judge Ambrose's letter to Judge
Dickinson as published in the Insect
will no doubt make some people smile.
We do not believe Judge Dickinson or
any other nominee had anything to do
with Judge Ambrose's defeat for re
nomlnation. That convention was not
made up of the kind of men who could be
bartered away by any one or two men.
It was at the so-called "citizens' reform"
convention that votes were bouzht and
sold like cattle at the stock yards.
The people through their representa
tives in the legislature make the laws,
and it is the duty of any executive to
enforce them. Should any law prove
unsatisfactory to a majority, the people
will lose no time in demanding and
enforcing the demand for its repeal.
Should any executive officer fall or re
fuse to obey or enforce any law upon
the statute books, he is not truo to his
oath, and the people by their votes will
demand his removal.
There is no man who is held in
greater esteem by the people of Omaha
and Douglas county than John Mac
Donald, the Republican candidate for
sheriff, and even though some may op
pose him for political reasons they at
the same time recognize him as a man
of sterling qualities, and if elected will
fill the sheriff's office with credit to
himself and the community at large.
He has been a resident of this city since
1869, and has hold during that time va
rious positions of trust. During the
last year or two he has been at the
head of the firm of MacDonald Bros..
brass-founders, of this ci'y
ine people
of Douglas county will make no mistake
by electing him.