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THE REAL ISSUE.
Rosewater and His Henchmen Have Driven
Politics From This Contest and
Injected Into it the Issue of Romanism Against
Protestantism, in Compliance With the
Edict of Jesuit Sherman.
There will not be a Roman Catholic
ote cast for a man nominated by the
Republican party.
Every Roman vote will be cast for
the men whom Rosewater supports.
The backbone of the Citizen' move
ment is the Roman Catholic Church.
All her dishonorable sons are shouting
lustily for reform. They all do it be
cause they have been ordered to do so
by the representatives of the Roman
hierarchy in this community.
The money which was used to buy
votes in the Democratic convention, and
which la now being used, and which
will be spent next Tuesday, comes from
the coffers of the church.
The World lltrald charges that
money has been contributed to the
Citizens' movement by persons living
in Lincoln, Kansas City and Baltimore.
Who in those cities would ba Inter
ested in having the reformers win in
this city?
Who In Lincoln but the followers of
Bishop Bonacum?
Who in Kansas City but the Roman
ists? And who in Baltimore but Jim Gib
bons, cardinal of the Roman Catholic
Church, and the highest dignitary in
this country, barring Frank Satolli?
No cno else is interested.
No one else is contributing money
and no one eke would contribute money
to place such corrupt men in office as
were nominated by the Reformers, and
who disgrace the Democratic party by
appearing on the official ballot as nomi
nees of said parly.
Already this city has been canvassed
by a number cf priest?, who have in
structed tne laity to vote the Reform
ticket, and the laity will vote as they
have been instructed, undtr fear of
eternal damnation.
There is no act which a priest can
not compel a memter of that church Jo
perform, none that a bishop cunnot ex
act of a priest, none that an archbishop
annot demand of a bishop, and none
that a cardinal cannot exactof an arch
bishop. This is susceptible of proof.
The World-Herald, June 5, 1893, pub
lished an address delivered by James
F. K. Hotffer, a teacher In Creighton
College, and a member of the Society of
Jesus, in which he admits that his
superior can command him even unto
death. His exact words were, ''unless
forced by my obedience to him who can
command me under pain of death."
Tom Sherman, another member of the
Society of Jesus, in his speech in Expo
sition Hall in this city, in May, 18113,
declared: "By a strange dispensation
of Providence it happens that a sol
dier's sen is also a priest, and, thnk
Cod, not a falle n priest. He stands be
fore you not because he chooses, but he
cause he is sent.'"
Could anything prove more com
pletely the abject slavery of the Ro
manist? Bis superior has but to say
go, and he goes; has but to say do, and
he performs. Think of it! They do
not act on their own responsibility, but
according to the will of their supe
riors. The negroes were never in more
complete bondage.
Jesuit Sherman, in that same speech,
said: "And I speak deliberately, and
speak in caution, you will drive the
Roman Catholics to unite and form a
political party of their own." In an
swer to that threat we said June 2,
1893: "You have simply made it neces
sary for Americans to do what you
threaten to do, and they challenge you
to execute your throat."
Rome has accepted the challenge.
The Reform movement to day is the
Roman Catholic party which Sherman
threatened in 1893 to organize. We
welcome it to a contest at the ballot
box, well knowing that the Protestant
people will make short work of it.
The truthfulness of the assertion that
the Reform party is the Roman Catho
lic party will not be questioned by any
intelligent man after reading the
anpeche9 made by Kosewater and ins
henchmen, or after reading the antl
Protestant sentimonts expressed edi
torially in the Bee. One has only to
read them to learn how grand, how
liberal and how patriotic the Romans
are, and how Illiberal, bigoted and un
American Protestants are who have
voted for the men who have btten
elected to oflice during the last four
years.
It goes without saying that the
Omaha lite, the organ of tho Roman
Catholic Church, and its editor have
been ei.deavorlng to befog tho Prot
estants of this community with the cry
that the A. P. A. were a religious
order, that it required a religious tout
for oflice and that it opposes Roman
Catholics en account of their religion.
This charge is absolutely false, and
Rosewater knows it to be so; yet he
will reiterate it every day until elec
tion is past, in the hope that Protes
tants will be misled and, through the
spirit of fairness, cast the'r votes for
the disreputable characters he has
forced upon tho Democratic ticket. In
fact, he proved it to be false last Wed
nesday evening when he showed by its
own documents that it was simply a
political organization.
There Is no excuse for any man in
Douglas county being misled by the
miserable apology for a man who is
now the head and front of the so called
Citizens' Reform movement. They all
know him. A trait jr first, then a
raper, and God only knows what he
will bo next. But it will be anything
for Rosewater.
For more than a fifth of a century he
has published a newspaper in this city,
and there is not a man but what knows
he has always played upon the passions
and the prejudices of bis renders. Ho
never reasons. Vilification, slander
and abuse are his stock in trade. The
reputations and characters of other
men aye, the reputation of this crar.d
city are smirched if that apostle of
bogus brand of reform finds it will
serve his purpose.
He has hounded some of our boa citi
zens to their graves.
Aye. and as a (thoul would do.
Hits drugged their pulseless, lifeless frames
From their untimely tombs.
lie could not let them rest in peart'
Where Ills vile slanders
And his groundless Innuendoes bad placed
them.
Hut, with the demon stamped upon his Ish-
maelitish cast.
Has draped them firth and libeled them,
our sacred dead.
Sueh has his life work been.
To-day no hand meets his In friendship.
No heart with pleasure throbs
When mention of his name Is made;
No face is radiant with a smile
When hell's own son In him Is n.ef,
Against him raised Is every hand;
In his defense no one will enlist,
While tongues which sing his praise are
bought;
Bought with his gold, or silence of his pen;
Yet he expects all men to think
As he has thought,
And vote as he will vote,
Because he tells you that
The A. 1. A. Is other than itls.
If religion has been injected into this
campaign it has been through tho ef
forts of Edward Rosewater and the
members of the Roman church, for the
sole purpose of creating political capi
tal. It is an old trick of both those dis
reputable characters to commit an act
and then charge it to the opposition.
The Church of Rome has always been
in politics; she always will be. She
has always resorted to trickery and
employed the vicious, the corrupt, and
the ignorant to do her dirty work.
Priest Phelan, himself a Roman Catho
lic, and editor of the Church Progress,
of St. Louis, makes this admission.
The priest at Kearney denied that
he had and that the church had gone
into politics In orJer to get a Romanist
appointed as postmaster of that city,
but W. E. Annin, the correspondent of
the Lincoln (Neb.) State Journal at
Washington, D. C, hunted up and pub-
lihed those telegrams, which were sent
in 1893:
Kearnky, Neb., May 21. Hon. W.
S. Bissell, Postmaster General, Wash
ington, D. C: Report from Washing
ton that J. Thompson Is not appointed
postmaster at Kearney. We hereby
express our regrets, and if the appoint
ment of Crocker is not yet ratified would
urge the competency of Mr. Thompson.
Signed J. A. Bruen,
Xtotnan Catnolie Castor.
Kearney, Neb., Mav 21. Hon. W.
S. Bissell, Postmaster General, Wash
ington, D. C: We request that the
appointment of tho postmaster of
Kearney be held up until the claim of
J. Thompson, Jr., can be properly pre
sented. Signed ,..,
, , R CODDINGTON & SONS,
J. M. OSTKI.U,
J S Mt Kkan.
Fi.t:uMiMi .V KiKri.EU,
J. 1C. ItoM.INiiwWOKTH .VCt.,
K. Walkkk tN s,
A. Saniss.
IIakhis a Fhkkmam,
Wl I.I.I AM DAHiMrKTY,
J. Y. IIOIIKKTSON,
J. S. SlMKKOUO,
F. K. Bkemku.
It i useless for tho Church of Home
to deny that oho has always been in
politics, and that tho A. P. A. was
started for the purpose of drawing her
out.
And It Is equally useless for Rose
water to deny being corrupt, anJ what
Is true of him Is also true of many of
tho men who are actively supporting
his movement. One of them, a lawyer
who is active in his opposition to Judge
Scott, and who was himself once a
senator, gave a senator in tho lust leg
islature an envelope containing money
in the hope that his vote would assh-t
In defeating Houso Roll No. I.T.I, which
was then under consideration. That
senator remarked t j a friend of ours:
"Itosewater's money is as good to mo
as anybody's!" It Is a well known fact
that that particular Reformer, by a ju
dicious casting of his vota while In the
senate for certain measures to which
the people were antagonistic, succeeded
in securing a clieutago which precludes
any fear of his ever needing assistance
from the county. Theso Reformers are
a thrift set.
They buy votes in a Democratic con
vention, in the Nebraska state senate,
in the Nebraska house of representa
tives; they attempt to coerce the Ne
braska supremo court; they try to do
feat for district judge a man whom
they know they cannot use; they at
tempt to foist into oflice the most
vicious and corrupt portion of our citi
zenship; they hold laws passed by our
legislature to be of no binding force or
effect until the supivme court declares
them constitutional (aud this is tho
doctrine of tho Roman church no law
Is binding unless It conforms to the
laws of the church); they send out lying
retorts about our city, injuring its
standing with foreign capitalists; they
started an insipient rebellion against
legally appointed officials and placed
armed men, more than eight-tenths of
whom were Roman Catholics, In charge
of the public buildings; they dis
charged more than a score of Protec
tant police officers and employed in
their stead more than a score of Roman
Catholics; they choso fifteen lieuten
ants on the fire department, and eleven
out of the fifteen were Roman Cath
olics; they employed men to sweep tho
streets, and a large majority of them
were Roman Catholics. In short, this
Reform movement is a Roman Catholic
scheme to obtain control of the city by
placing corrupt men in office who will
do Rosewater's bidding and place the
various departments of the city and
county governments under the direc
tion of incompetent Romanists.
You had Rome rule before the A. P.
A. took part in politics. Your county
was robbed blind. You had it in the
city to which the rotten-block pave
ment stands as a monument.
Christian men and Christian women
should not be misled by the political
claptrap published In the Bee. Rose
water has supported openly or covertly
all the corrupt men who have ever
been in office. He has appealed to the
prejudices of the Romanists, and ex
pects you to assist him in his nefarious
efforts to place this city and county In
the clutches of the worst coterie of
political hacks ever nominated in this
county. Had he gone through the
burnt district combed it with a fine-
tooth comb he could hardly have
caught a more corrupt set than he
took out of tho Republican party and
crammed down the throat of the Demo
cratic party. The question for you to
settle next Tuesday ! whether Roman
ism and Rosewater shall rule this city
and county.
Arc you for purity or for boodle?
The former is represented by the Re
publican and Populist nominees on the
county and city tickets; the latter by
the Reform ticket, which stole the
livery of the Democratic party to serve
Rome and Rosey in.
As we said above, Roecwater was a
traitor to the Republican party first, a
raper of tho Democratic party next,
and if he is successful next Tuesday,
God only knows what he will do after
that.
Pope Will Stay hi Rome.
Rome, Oct. 24. Rumors of the con
templated transfer of the seat of the
papacy to Avignon, France, have been
revived, but aro lot believed here.
Politicians when asked about It recall
the story of a plan formed by the cardi
nals in 1878 to hold the conclave to elect
a new pope outside of Ita y, whereupon
Signor Crispi, who was uen minister
of the interior, declared that onco the
cardinals and the pope wentout of Italy,
the government would occupy the Vatican,
LOYAL AMERICANS, AWAKE!
Fathers Fitzgerald of Auburn and Mur
phy of recumseh have been suspended and
ordered by Bishop Boracum to pay Tin-:
costs of court and RKPAIR TO THF
"RETREAT OF ST. JOSEPH HE
NOIT," near Montreal, for revolting against
Bishop Bonacum in KS92-3.--Vorld-IIerald,
Nov. 1, 1895.
In another column we print two charges
which the above item proves to be true that
the Roman church sets its laws up as bind
ing above the laws of the state, and that the
church authorities can make those under their
charge do any act they wish to have done.
The priests have made a house to house
canvas instructed the laity to vote the Citi
zen's Reform ticket, and to-day (Friday) the
Roman Catholic churches have been filled
with women who have been receiving instruc
tions as to whom they should vote for as
members of the Board of Education.
The Reformers in their speeches, and
the Bee in its editorials, laud the people who
believe in the doctrine set forth in the item
at the head of this article, while abusing and
vilifying Protestants who have had the man
hood and the courage to join an order that
opposes foreign or ecc'esiastical interference
in our affairs of state or with our grand, free
school system. Shall Rosewater and Ro
manism be placed in charge of this city and
county? Shall the women who do not send
their children to the
who shall act as members of the school board,
who shall employ public school teachers and
Jisburse school funds?
CALLS A l'ltlEST .NAMES
Hartinowsky Severely 1 1 and led by En
raged Itohonilans at Chicago.
To call a Catholic priest "flandaci,"
or "black coat," is, from the Bohemian
point of view, a deadly insult. A man
named Bartinowsky, an employe, it Is
said, of Editor Bartos Blttner, pub
lisher of iS'o(( A-, applied the epithet to
Abbot Jaeger at a meeting of thu par
ishioners of St. Procopius' Church yes
terday afternoon, with disastrous re
sults. It took two policemen to protect
him from the fury of his countrymen.
The fight occurred at an indignation
meeting held in the parish school hall
to (protest against the acquittal of
Editor Bittner, who was recently tried
on the charge of libeling Abbot .Jaeger,
of St. Procopius' Bohemian Church.
The meeting was attended by fully one
thousand Bohemians, and the feeling
against the editor of Sokk was ex
tremely bitter. Martin Holec, one of
the speakers, was dilating on the good
ness of the abbot and of his associates.
"Who has educated our children and
made them goed citizens?" ho asked.
"Who educated many of us here pres
ent? Who educated theso very free
thinking editors and taught them how
to write?"
Before Holec could answer his own
questions Bartlnowsky sprang on his
chair In the back of the hall.
"The 'black coats!' he shouted, "the
'black coats' taught them."
In an instant the assembly was in an
uproar. Men climbed over chairs and
struggled with each other In their
efforts to reach Bartinowsky, who was
already at the bottom of a heap of fight
ing Bohemians. Policemen Raggio and
Smith, who were in the hall, drove
back the crowd and hurried Bartinow
sky out of the hall, half the assemblage
streaming after, heaping abuse on their
countryuiau's head. Bartinowsky was
taken to the Canalport Avenue Station
and afterward released. It was said at
the meeting that Bartinowsky was
Public Schools dictate
hired .by Editor Blttner to cause the
disturbance, and that four other men
were there to causer, trouble, but were
frightened away by tho attack on
Bartinowsky.
Many circulars were scattered
through the Bohemian district an
nouncing the meeting yesterday. The
circulars were signed by a committee of
thirty-five -Lumbers of Abbot Jaeger's
flock, and protested against the state
ments of the trial published in the Bo
hemian papers. The circular was as
follows:
"The American Constitution guaran
tees to all citizens without rtgardto
religious connections certain natural
rights, among which is the protection
of reputation. All persons have the
natural and inalienable right to wor
ship God according to their own con
victlon. Liberty of thought is one of
the invaluable rights of Americans.
"Therefore, we, Bohemian-American
Catholic citizens, who have carefully
followed the criminal proceedings
against Bartes Blttner, hereby express
our dissatisfaction with the partial ajid
false reports published by the free
thinking press. Their chief aim was
not only to malign the reputation of
Abbot Jaeger, but they have also at
tacked our religious convictions.
"In the newspaper called Soft fc were
published attacks on the Bohemian
Catholic priests, accusing them of im
morality. The free-thinking press, to
protect Bittner, made it appear as if he
was being persecuted by the church.
We have implicit faith in the clergy
and hereby express our confidence in
them."
This circular caused great excite
ment in the parish and drew a big
crowd to the meeting yesterday after
noon. Vaclav Lala was chairman, aud
in his speech dwelt on the necessity of
uniting the Bohemians. Paul Slatinsky
and Martin Holec were the other
speakers. It was while Holec was
talking the fight occurred. When
order was restored tho members of the
audience, that remained unanimously
mloptl reMilutlons read by Pmnk C.
Siiuhrml.t in which thry declared, as
Bohemian American Roman Catholics,
they iinWIered the artlcln In .W.fc an
tnxult to Bohemian journalism, a dirt
grace to American literature, a breach
of dtHHmry, and a gross abuse of tho
freedom of llic preis; that they con
demned and repudiated tho Improper
at'tlun of liberal antl Catholic journals,
ami that they felt all respect and con
fidence! In Abbot Jaeger and tho other
Bohemian srloHU whit tad been a
saili'd. Neither the abbot nor any of
his priest attended the meeting.
i'ltirtirjo 'lrttnt, (ktittxr SS
DKCI.AIUTION OF A MM MA It It.
Saj Country Will Take New Vork
ami Also Capture Washington.
Washington, 1. C, Oct. 15. Groat
Interest is shown hero in tbo Cuban
masa-mcctlng to bo held tho last of tho
month. The commit tee of arrange
ments say a number of prominent sen
ators and repri HcntativeN will l3 hero
to make sR:echcs. There were rumori
hero to-day that a Cuban agent, bear
ing letters of diplomatic authorization,
was on his way to Washington, but tho
rumor could not bo confirmed. Tho
K -n'inj Tinm publishes an amusing
story of the 'iorionco of a local attor
ney with a Spanish Legation oMelal.
Ho said:
"Not long ago I dropped Into Cham
berlln's ono evening, in company with
a South American minister. In ono of
the rear room we mot an attacho of
the Spanish legation, who Is now In
tho homo office at Madrid. We knew
each other, and while chatting and
smoking I began to chaff him a littlo
about San Domingo. He grew a littlo
angry, but contained himself. My
friend, who has littlo love for Spain,
seeing tho young attache lonltig hla
temper, joined In. The young Spanish
secretary Umt his head completely.
White with rage, ho roso to lis feet
and said: 'We have many scores to
settle with you Insolent Americans.
Some day the Spanish fleet will apoar
In New York harbor, aftor breaking
through your miserable defenses, and
will lay a levy of $."i(),0iM),tMH) on tho
city to prevent Its desti uctlon. Then
our army will bo landed, and beforo
you know It WaHhlngttm will be In our
hands. Our camp followers will sack
your capital We will t ike back Flor
ida; Mexico will step In and reclaim
Texas, lost by tbo Mexican war and
France will come in for her old i-ioulsl-
ana possonsionf. You can laugh, but
wo will humble you before many years.
We have hUh d your Insolence long
enough." "Ot course my frlond and
I simply roared," continued tho ntrra
tor. "This made the Spaniard angrier
yet, and it was some timo before wo
could calm him and escajH) pistols and
cotTco."
Will Mr. Itcatt v Answer!
Ciil(JAt:o, Oct. 22. EOITOII AMERI
CAN: I have been asked several times
about tho life-insurance feature that is
connected with th A. P. A.'s. Not be
ing a member of tho order, I could not
give an intelligent answer. From what
I could understand, the scheme Is to
place those seeking Insurance in some
of the old-line companies, the parties
manipulating the insurance feature
having made some arrangements with
some eleven of thos.o companies. I also
understand that t his U strictly Ameri
can insurance. If this is correct so far,
would you kindly enlighten me as to
who they are, as an old-line company
that is not controlled by Itomans is in
deed a curiosity. An answer will ebligo
several n alers of your paK;r, including
myself. Yours,
W. W. BKADI'OUD.
Tenanco for a Crimp.
A strango attempt t ) enforce medi
eval penanw ended In a row recently
at Blis'and, in Cornwall, near tho
Land's End. Two young men who had
assaulted a girl In the chutchj ard were
told by the rector that ho would ab
solve them if they would openly confess
their crime and distribute 10 worth of
bread at the church gate! as penance.
The scene within the church was Im
pressive; the rector admonished tho
culprits and forgave them in behalf of
the girl; tho guilty men, on their knees,
then confessed in a loud voico and
asked the congregation to pray for
them. When they went out with the
bread, however, the crowd jeered at
them and made a rush for the loaves,
which it irreverently ate with molasses
in the churchyard, hooting aad sing
ing.
Boys, trade with those who advertise
inTHK Amkricax, and you will show
that you mean business. Do not forget
thisl Now is the time to start.
Ye friends of liberty, arouse!
Tho cause of right at once espouse!
Gird on your armor for tho fight,
Then dare be true and daro do right.
