THE AMERICAN.
ROSEWATKR'S REFORM AGGREGATION
A Plain and Dispassionate Statement of Its,
Origin, Its Aims and Its
Purposes.
Tho Nominees, with Few Exceptions, the Very
UiiMUtr of tho Population of
This Great City.
A Little Light Let in on Some Very Dark Places
for the Benefit of tho Public
in General.
Early lat spring wo announced that
EJard K -i''ir would do all In his
power to ili fi ut tho Republican party
In t is fall's campaign, and we believe
that prediction has bee protty gener
al'y provel true by every move, ho has
md.
At the time of milking that charge
we were In possession of conclusive
proof that ho was at thai tlmo, and wat
to continue ti be, the champion of tho
Roman action ot thU community; and
every one of hi acta has demonstrated
tho truthfulness of the Information on
which wo bated tho charge.
At th At time the now are and police
bill wan pending lHforo tho legislature,
and It him been openly charged that
there were thousand of dollar plaeed
In Rosewater's h anil a to bo used In the
defeat of that measure. It la known
that ho was a moat persistent lobbyist.
He wa there day and uiht. Stories
were rife to the effect that he was
V) ' i'l ""l) tbe friends of every meas
ure, questionable or , meritorious. It
In known that ho bogged some mun to
vote against the bill, that he threat
ened others with exposure through the
Bit If they dared vote, contrary to hli
wishes.
A representative fr im'tbe southern
part i f the state Bays ho was approached
by an emisiary of Edward Rosewater's
and ou rod money to vote against House
Roll No. l:i!, commonly known as tho
Ore and police bill, and Herman Tluuno,
in the presence of his wife, was offered
so v oral hundred dollars If ho would con
tinue to be sick and rofusa to go to tho
oapltol and n glstor his Toto In favor of
that measure.
Yet, In spite of this record, this cor-
ruptlonlbt, this boullo dlsponsor, and
political blackmailer, seeks to foist
upon the people of this city as officials
some of the most Immoral and corrupt
men known In the community. And
hols doing It under the guise of Re
form. It Is fitting, however, that Edward
Rosewater should head a movement for
reform which has tho approval aud
support of such dlsreputablo tnounto
banks as KJ. Simeral, I'M. Koggen, and
men of their ilk. It Is fitting that be
should want to elect to ofliclal posi
tions such characters as Helsley, as Co
burn, as Swobe, as Guy Doane, and as
Wood and Campbell. Ills filling that
he should support, In addition tothese,
a Dinuter of bankrupts, who made
a failure of their own business, yet as
plre to manage that of tho most popu
lous city and county to the state. And
It is also fitting that he should have
the earnest, hearty co-operation and
support ot every Roman Catholic In
the city, since his success means tholr
return to power and to ofll je.
Hut the people are not blind or
Ignorant to either the animus which
prompts this fight by KJward Rose
water for Roman supremacy in this city
and county, or as to what will, be the
result if he Is successful in the coming
' election.
It has been an open secroi for a good
many months that the Ike was losing
money because of its fight against the
A. P. A., and it has been openly
charged that a purse of more than 120,-
000 had been mado up by prominent
Roman Catholics to enable him to con
tinuo his warfare on the only body of
men which was ever able to drive in
competent, corrupt and dishonest ofll
cials out of office.
And why is he doing this?
Because he has no use for any man
who will not do his bidding or who will
not tamely submit to his dictation. A
competent, honest, upright official ac
cording to the Rosewater dictionary is
one who will do the bidding of Rose'
water: any other man is corrupt, dlshon
est, incompetent, or a howling dervish.
No man is pure, honest or capable ex
ceptho bs ai abject tool of Edward
Rosewater, and the people, this year,
have an opportunity of saying whether
or not they desire men who are oapa
hie, efficient, and honest according to
the Rosewater definition, to administer
their affairs. Those men who receive
his support can be relied upon to fill
the bill of Edward Rosewater. Those
whom he opposes the most viciously
will be the men whom he cannot use.
This applies as much to the judiciary
u to the men who aspire to seats In
thoclly council. The man who receives
hi support mil -it forfeit manhood and
indepondcncejaml become his abj jet
slave.
These charges aro capable of proof.
"Honest". Hick O'Ketffo was a tool of
Ed Rosewater's. I lo was a member of
tho board of county commissioners when
tho county treasury was belr.g looted.
It has been charged that O'KeolTe was
cognizant of tho robbery. Wa havo
several times stated Unit Rosewater
was apprised of tho thieving, and was
requested to expose tho corruption, but
that Instead of protecting the tax
payers, as an honest newspaper man
would, ho declared thut ho could not
make the facts contained la tho affi
davits public because, If he did so, It
would defeat "Honest" Dick O'Keoffo.
And O'KeelTo voted to pay Rosewater
throe prices for publishing the tax-list.
It makes no difference bow corrupt a
man is tako Win. Coburn, for Instance,
or Tom Swobe, or Lee Helsley if he
will do Rosewater's bidding ho la a par
agon of business ability, Xt purity and
morality, while such a man as A. G.
Edwards, as Mel 11. Redfield, or S. I.
Gordon, against whoso official Integrity,
business ability or morality no man
dares utter a word, that man, that
whitTot and political strumpet, E. Roso
wator, brands as unworthy tho confl
donee of tho people.
Wo shall boo!
Luckily the people havo not yet had
tholr say; when they do havo it, they
can bo trusted to say what is right.
The people aro always right!
Some of them may be mistaken at
times, but as a whole they make no
ni it-takes.
They will make nono this year.
They wilt make none when they turn
down every man on the Democratic
ticket who Is not on either tho Populist
or the Republican ticket
Were It necessary to go Into detail
and enumerate the unpalatable char
acter of the Rosewater nominees, we
assure you that M. F. Martin, the erst-
whllo owner of houses of prostitution,
would bo an angel in purity when com
pared with Tom Swobe, Rllly Coburn,
Lee Helsley and a half-dozen more
whose names could bo mentioned.
Tho Cltizons' ticket is, to be brief,
male up of gamblers, fornicators,
drunkards, bankrupts, perjurers, crim
inals, and men who have been dis
charged from lucrative positions be
cause of their "knocking-down" pro
clivities.
Yet this man Rosewater, his aids
and confederates, not excluding or ex
cepting the members of the Roman
hierarchy in this city, know that nearly
every roan nominated on tho Reform
citizens ticket was entitled to wear one
or more of the above brands. Then
why did they presume to call it the
"Citizens' Reform party"? In order to
deceive the jieople. They proceeded
on the theory that tho people liked to
bo humbugged and the bigger tho
humbug the better they would be sat
Istled. We can say this masquerade
party by the "Citizens' Reformers" is
par excellence. If they can kick up
enough dust to obscure the vision of
the populace they will undoubtedly be
elected. But they can't do it.
Now let us see what these reformers
give as tho reason for their appearance
this year. They tell us It Is because tho
affairs of the city and county have
been mismanaged under A. P. A. rule.
We hurl this back to Edward Rose
water as a black, as a damnable lie.
We hurl it in the face of every ono of
his sympathizers, and challenge them
for the proof. Under A. P. A. in flu
ence this county and city were rid of
tho most corrupt ring that ever domi
nated them. Under A. P. A. rule the
county treasury, instead of represent
ing a deficit of more than $240,000, rep
resents a surplus of more than $325,000;
and this has been saved to the county
after paying the deficit handed down
to them from the O'Keeffe-O'Malley
Rush regime. It has been saved after
paving and repairing several roads
running into the country; after paying
Interest on outstanding bonds; after
paying the running expenses of the
jail, county poor farm, hospital, relief
store, and all the running expenses in
cldent to the county business.
To be plain, the A. P. A. took charge
of tho county business wren the county j
was In debt mora than 1210 (HO. It I at
run the county for three years. During
that time it has paid off the debt the
Romanist had sanded u(Mo 11, has
pii'd all the running exen-H-, and ha.
saved more than ')25 .OHO. Incxnte
t jnt men could not do that. Dishonest
men would not do It.
Hut there aril II -nry H illu and Jer
ome Coulter!
Certainly. No one coudoccs their
offense. They did wrong. Hat the
A. P. A. was not responsible for their
shortcoming. They did wrong nit
heeauso ihey were elected by the all of
tho A. P. A., but In spite of the wishes
anl tUt) teachings of that order.
Yet, if you please, who worked harder
to t ncompa4 the c!o:tlon of II snry
llolln than E. Rosewater the man
who nowcrlos so lustily for nformV
How, then, can be shift all the bltme
for the shortage In tho city treasurer's
office onto tho A. P. A., when he wa
click by jowl with tha. order In Its
support of Bolln, not only when he was
first nominated, but when be sought
and obtained a renomlnation and a re
election? This being so, how is tho
A. 1'. A. any more re-ponslblo for the
defalcation in the tre isurer's ffi e th n
are E. Rosewater and tho Omaha lluf
"Hut tho A. P. A. officials appointed
Israel Frank meat lnxeclor, and he
has gone wrong," some others aro fond
of saying.
This Is not literally true. Frank was
appointed by a board dominated by
Rosewater and bis present associates
in tho Citizens' Reform movement. If
there Is any oil lum to attach because
of Frank's conduct, it must attach to
tho Rosewater crowd. Besides, the
witnesses against Frank, who were In
tho employ of Rosewater, were an un
savory crowd. One of them obtained
pos-osslonof Matron Cummlngs' ring,
In some mysterious manner, and pawned
It, then jumped the town. Hut It Is
with that class of rasia's that Rose
water always surrounds himself.
The secretary of tho Citizens' Re
form movement, one of Rosey's most
intimate associates and advisers, has a
record as full of holes as a skimmer;
yet ho is shouting lustily for reform.
He ought to go back to Canada and
work up a reform movement whero he
Is better known, and whero it is said
the officials would re pleased to shake
hands with him. Unless we h ivo been
misinformed, County Superintendent
Hill has a letter from a gentleman who
knew tho secretary across the border,
In which some very lurid and flrey
things are charged against said secre
tary.
Closely allied to the fa'.her of the
Citizens' Reform League and his sweet
scouted secretary is Jim Crelghton,
he of rotten-block fame, now honored
with tho presidency of the Third ward
branch of the association; TomSfflft,
tho Roman fathor-inlaw of ono of the
editors of tho Ike; Ed. Walsh, of
county hospital notoriety; A. A. Key
sor, who is treasurer of tho Idlowild
branch of tho league, and who has
been repeatedly and openly aeot-ed by
this paper with having been charged
by tho mother of a girl under lawful
ago, with having offered said mother
the sum of $f)0 for tbe privilege of hav
ing illicit criminal intercourse with
her daughter; Leo Helsley, famous for
his want of legal learning while acting
as police judge, or who violated his
oath.of office by rendering a decision
contrary to law and precedent in order
to win the friendship of the Romanists
of this city; Tom Swobe, who, as the
proprietor of the Midland Hotel, per
mitted gambling to be carried on there
unless all reports are false and
whose liaisons with his female help
was for years a matter of common
notoriety, one of which liaisons ex
Congressman Connell and ex-County
Attorney;-Parke Gotdwln are said to
have strained their legal ability in un
tangling for the festive Tom; J. S.
Deltrlck, a Romanist who declared we
ought to be killed for publishing The
American; Ed. Moriarty, who has
been convicted of forgery, and who
was suspected of leading the mob
which hanged the negro in 1891; Wm.
Coburn, who leaves his home and goes
on periodical drunks, lasting sometimes
for two or more weeks; W. I. Kier
stead, who received an invitation from
M. F. Martin, tho owner of houses of
prostitution, to visit Camp Comfort,
and only refused to accept it after we
had condemned Seavey for associating
with such characters; John F. Coad,
who has been openly and publicly
accused of attempting to bribe the
South Omaha delegation to vote for
Coe instead of Frank Johnson; the
First National Bank, which is accused
of paying Frank B. Johnson $2,50 to
get oft the Democratic ticket, so that
Coe could be endorsed, in order that he
might be elected and be able to pay the
paper notes which said bank is said
to hold to tbe amount of more than
125,000; said bank is also carrying the
Ojnaha Bee for a good many more thou
sand dollars than it wants to, unless
President Kountz has been misquoted
to us; the Roman contingent, with John
Rush, John A. Crelghton, the priests
and tha bishop at the head to direct,
besides every saloon-keeper, every
gambler, every thug, and every
prostitute Is giving their unqualified
endorsement and thoir hearty support
to the Citizens' Reform candidates. If
there U any doubt a lo this assertion,
take tha drlegtte to the lateD mo-
t-raiis convention and K k up their an
tecedent. It gin with Pat Ford, take
in Pal O'Hearne, and a whole rewi
n ent of leaer light, and wind up with
EJ. I lot In ry and others of their Ilk.
Nor are these the only shinir g lights
In tha Reform move moot. We find Con
stantino Jo.iehhn S.nytb, who was un
ib ; 'o auer the logic of that grand
old M. tn. il t id tor, W. J. Shank;
Timothy J. Muhoney, woo, as county
altori.ey, asked tho poJco judjjo to dis
charge two Romauists charged with
murder la tho first degr e, after they
tal been positively identified; John
R it-h, wh deola ed h was a Ho nan
dit'iolic li st and a litlzeti afterward;
I'al Ford, Jr., who h been sentenced
to several years in tho penitentiary,
and who is now out on t ail awai' irg
the action of the supreme court; bettidc
a c uplo of ttiousatid other lloininisls
with recoid qnally -hady or minus
ro ords of any description.
Wo orght go on arid enumerate all
the racal in tho commupity, and you
would find them all i lent U d wl h the
Citizens' Ro'orm movement. True, all
tho men identifitd with that movement
are not of th) ragtag and b iht4.il va
riety Ed son Rich, John J. Points and
K. R. Dulllj aro clean, capanlo and
honest men, but they are in awful bad
company.
Thi i ought not to escape your mind:
Do you want men in ofll :ial positions
who will bo tho complete, tho abject
tools f E. Rosewater? If you do, vote
the Democratic ticket.
Rein-ember, tho election will decide
whether this community is to bo domi
nated by Rosewat:r and Romanism, or
whether honest American principles
aro to rule. The question is: Shall
the disreputable elements in both the
Republican and Democratic parlL-a
dominate this city and county, or will
the respectable, law-abiding citizens
participate in their government?
And notv, in conclusion, allow us to
call your attenti n to tha German edi
tor of the O.naha Jk;t, who furnishes
two columns twice each week for the
edification of Germans wh are unable
to read tho EagliBh language. Wo
shall not givo our opinion of him, but
will quote tho opiulon of tho paper
which is now employing him. Of him
the Omaha Bee of October 31, H94,
said: "Max Ad'.er has enjoyed a
speckled career, covering many years.
He was at on i time an e litorial writer
on a sectarian paper at Cleveland, O ,
and afterwatds boeamo associated with
August Speis on tho ArUi'er Zeitung,
the anarchistic newspaper ihatdidso
much toward inciting tho Haymark.t
riot, and which culminated in the
arrest of every man connected with
the publication."
A llotnunist In Antipodean Politics.
From our Australian correspondent
wo have the following screed in tbe
form of a "leaflet," which was first pub
lished in an Australian piper urdor
date of July 3, says th.3 American Tyler.
It clearlyhows that the same animus
governs the Romanist, whether in
America or Australia. In tho latter
country tho battle is waged furious'y,
and has taken some such attitude as in
Manitoba. It also shows that the pres
ent contention is not confined to any
one locality, but is a move all along the
line the world over. The following ex
tract from a business letter of an Aus
tralian representative will serve to in
troduce the antipodes' "roorback":
Penrith, N. S. W., Aug. 19, 1895.
Dear Bro. Brownell: Enclosed I am
sending you a leaflet circulated during
a recen t poli tical election in th is colony.
It is very seldom that the Romish
church adherents tell you in such a
direct manner what they really mean;
but in this instance "Catholio" has cast
asido the snake-ln-the-grass style usu
ally adopted by the papists, and dem
onstrates In no uncertain way what
they would like to do If they could.
To the Editor of the Express: Sir
As a member of our church, I hope you
will not deny me the privilege of, first,
expressing my own views, and, sec
ondly, of advising my co-religionists as
to how they should vote on the occasion
of the coming general election.
In the first place, then, all the voters
In the electorate, as well, indeed, as all
tho voters through tho colony, must
know that ever since Sir Henry Partes
refused to oblige our priests and bishops
In the matter of our schools, we, as
Rin-.an Catholics, have been against
free-trade and against the free-trade
Dartv. and have always voted for pro
tection. Therefore, whether ho pro
claims himself a free-trader or protec
tionist, Is nothing to us. &tiu, as tne
end always justifies the moans, if Sir
Henry supports protection ha may be
useful on our side in the interests of
our church, for we, as good Roman
Catholics, must ever remember that
whatever party serves the interest of
our church is the party we must sup
port, and in this coIodj- that is tho pro
tectionist party. There is no use in
trying to shut our eyes to the matter,
protectionists aro the members of our
church: we are now about to try our
strength. And the free-traders are all
the English church people, all the
Wesleyans, Methodists, Presbyterians
and members of the different sects, all
of whom are opposed to our church.
The political question Is o w narrow-
ing ilwlf down to Human Ca hulicUm!
or Protestantism. Which will event-
ual'y win tho day is the mot impur-
tint question (r us io this colony 1
Surely, we never will allow fie Protes- !
j
ttnts, Orangemen and freetraders to j
beat us. As an argument why wo
should all voto protect oi- at tbe com
leg election, only j Jst think how many
of our leading Roman Catholic breth
ren were in Sir G. Dib")! government,
suih as Mr. O'Connor, Mr. I ley Jon,
Mr. Slattery (whoso brother is a priest,
as I understand), and maiy others, In
mi aor offices. Is this not a good rea
8 in why we should support Mr. Chip
man, who is himself a g'X)d Rom in
Catholic, who has just married the
daughter of a good Roman Catholic,
Mr. O'Brien, with a brother a priest,
and all gooJ supporters of our church?
Moreover, Mr. Chiptnancan never do
much harm to the landed interest by
way if seriously supporting a land tax,
as his father in-law is one of our largest
land-owners and most liberal citizens,
and one of the best supporters of our
church in this country; therefore vote
for our Catholic friend, Mr. O'Brien's
son in-law. Wo need not argue the
point. But is it not a fact that tbe
ReiJ governmmt dies not contain a
single member In ci.h er tho upper or
ljwer house from gur church? Is it
not a la -t that at tho last general elec
tion our priests advised every Roman
Catholic to vote for the protectionist
candidate in the Interests o' the church?
Are wo concerned to put into parlia
ment any Protestant free trader, such
as tho present candidate is, who has
the confidence (I would say the audde
ity) to oppose Mr. Chapman? There
fore, my Roman Catuolic fellow voters,
let us s'.lck togother If we can get tho
big land-holders to join us, so much
tho better; their influence will go a
great way for Mr. Chapman, for they
a -e afraid of a land tax. And let us
place Mr. Chipmtn at the head of the
poll, in spite of all the Orangemen and
all the Protestants of this electorate.
Your co-religionist,
A Catholic.
The Hungarian Marriage Revolution.
Last and not least of the world's re
cords broken this year was the mar
riage record. The scene of this extra
ordinary performance was the Kingdom
of Hungary, and tho occasion of it was
the coming Into force of tho new Civil
M irriage law, on OcUberl. A week
or so before that date tho whole con
servative half of the na'lon seemed to
go marr aga mad. All good R)man
Catholics with marriageable children
made haste to get thoso children mar
ried under the old, orthodox dispensa
tion, before what tney regarded as the
goe'less systom of civil marriage was
imposed upon thom. Not only were
existing engagements cut short, but
many children who had not yet thought
of matrimony were urged to become
betrothed and then rushed on t3 mar
riage before the fatal date. Nor dll
tbo yourg folks, who generally cared
less about tho principle of creed In
volved than did their elders, fall to
make tho most of their opportunity.
They could wed the persons of their
choice, whether their parents likcMl
thom or not, and they could get any
dowries settled that they might ask
for. A single threat of not marrying
at all until a'ter October 1 was enough
to bring the sternost parent to terms.
So down to October 1 there was a per
fect epidemic of church weddings all
over Hungary.
That date marked no decrease in the
number of marriages, but a change in
their character. Indeed, on that very
day occurred the record-breaking num
ber. It was now the turn of the Liberal
hdf of the kingdom, which is really far
more than half. The rush for civil
marriages was no less than that of eccle
siastical ones had been. True, there
was do time limit within which they
must be made. But there was well
nigh universal rivalry to bo first on the
list In each town or city or province.
In some cases large sums of money were
offered for the privilege of appearing
first beloro the magistrates, and many
couples were at the registrars' doors at
daylight or before, ready to wait hours,
if need be, so as to be at the head of the
line. As in the former case, engage
ments were shortened In order that the
marriages might occur on tho first day
of tha new dispensation. There was,
moreover, a great rush of couples who
had long wanted to get married, but
could not because of differences of re
ligion. Under the civil law marriages
between Christians and Jews are for
the first time permitted, and of such
there have been many since the first of
the present month.
All returns are not yet at hand, but
at this writing it seems pretty sure that
the civil marriages are in the majority.
Certainly they have the record of tho
greatest number in a single day. In
almost every community the couple for
tunate enough to be married first un
der the new law had a lot of speech
making done over them by the mayor
or registrar, a public barquet, and a
serenade, given by exultant Liberals,
and the story of their achievement will
be handed down to their descendants
as a precious and patriotic memory.
Following close upon this adoption of
civil marriage the kingdom is also at
last enacting complete freedom of wor-
J .hip and complete civil equality of Jews.
Prut. etanUand Roman Catholic. Tn
Is ejected ono of the greatest politiMt
and social revolutions In lu history,
and Hungary, from being a stronghold
of the ultra-clerical reaction, is trans
formed into one of the mo-t advano4
of liberal states. .V. 1". Tribune.
Kead the Itiblc. Mr. lVcri.
Mr. PkiX'I. D,-4r Sir: I expect yoa
have read the Bible some, although it
iscla'nW by Romanists tnat you havt
in your colleges books "a darn sight
belt r thun the B.ble." These books
must be of great value, especially t
your followers If you will read II
Thess. ii., you will find something
ab iut you aad your church. In th
fourth verse we read: "Sj that he as
God, showing himself that he is God."
Now, Mr. Peeci, when we read what U
claimed of the Great Lama of your
church, "Alter Deus in lerra" "An
other God upon earth" we concede
that you are the nail that is hit on tha
bead. This would not apply to th
Mohammedans, because they are not la
the temple of God. You follow up lha
work of tho ap oetle Paul (although yoa
claim it is tho work of Peter), and you
go so far that you thrust out all tha
holiness and piety of the early Chris
tians, their pure theology and also
God himself, and claim tho pope is an
other God upon earth, as much as to
say: "Now, Mr. God, if you have aay
other business in heaven to attend t
wo would advise you to attend to it, for
we have our own god hero, and can
manage our own affairs here at home a
littlo better than any one as far off as
you aro." "whoso coming is after tha
working of satan, with all power ana
signs and lying wonders."
The best part of tho work of satan Is
in knowing bo well how to lie. Ho is
tho biggest liar the world has had any
thing to do with. There are some peo
ple who try to beat htm in this scienoe,
and they succeed very well, but hav
never yoi beon able to win in the race.
The Reman Catholic eChurch is be
lieved to bo trying to win in this race,
and are like him In theory, "lying
wonders." They are wonders aa lonj
as the lie is not known. Thus tha
amount of the wood of "the cross o
which Christ was crucified tho heads
of St. Peter, when iho was a boy and
when he was old tho little house in
which the motherof Jesus lived, which
is claimed to have been carried by tha
angel Gabriel to the place described by
the Roman Catholic Church th
feather that was plucked from the
wing of thoj angelj Gabriel the won
derfully preserved chair, claimed to be
that of St. Peter, although proved to
have belonged to onejof the emperors
of tho twelfth 'century the hollows
made in the stone that St. Peter hap
pened to kneel on tho power of chang
ing a turkey into a fish for the Bake of
convenience on Friday the power of
tne priests over souls a'ter they ara
dead; and much -morethat any careful
observer would say, most emphatically,
were llos. They would ba wonderful
if they werenot lies, but .they ara
wonders that some one has been lying
about.
Now let me make another translation
of this ninth verse, andjyou can taka
which one you Jmayiichoose. "Whosa
coming is accordlngHOjthe working of
satan in every power and signs and
wonders of falsehood." It seems to me
the strongest word in 'the verse is the
word "falsehood." Now, should we In
fer that this Is the reason why you d
not want your people to study tha
Bible? If it is, you have no right
whatever to claim that you are a Chris
tian church. It is the most manly
thing sometimes to "acknowledge tha
corn," and if you persist in making the
plea that you are not guilty you will
have the literary world sending literary
shot and shell after you, and you will
never have a moment's rest until yoa
say: "Gentlemen, we are off the track
and we will get on itagaln if you will
please loan us your jack-screws."
Yours, &c, Aleph,
Good) Advice.
The Medical Anna prints the follow
ing excellent advice:
"A man was seen, i the other day,
passing about in the halls of one of our
large public school-buildings of the
city, smoking a cigar. Hundreds of
school-boys were around htm at their
play, and three or four followed him
about. The incident caused some re
marks on the part of people waiting
for a car in front of the school. Who
ever the man was (he surely was not a
teacher), he should be kept away from
the public schools, or else caused to
postpone-his smoking for a more fitting
time and place. The tobacco habit
claims enough victims among our
young men every year without propa
gating It In our public schools. It is
bad tasto, as well as bad morals, to
condone the uso of either tobacco,
whlskyor'profanity before school-children,
and the board of education, which
has banished cigarettes, should also
pass a stringent regulation to prevent
the use of tobacco, whisky or pro
fanity on any of the school premises of
the city by all people whose own
good sense does not teach them better.
Moral sanitation of this kind Is as much
a matter of public economy as patriot
ism, and no one would question th
good done by the American ensign
which floats over every school-house In
the city.
