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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FIJI DAY, XOVKMHKK It;. ISO."..
Nl'MHHU 40
THE AMERICAN
MORE ROMAN CHARITY
It Works Hattie Dugall Six
Months at the Wash
Tub, Then, When She Is About to Become
a Mother, Instead of Calling
a Physician,
Tuey (art Her Off to the Cuunty llos
ltal and Leave Her In
the Yard.
The inhuman bide of the Roman
Cutholio nun was never more thor
oughly expotel to view than it was
thin (Friday) morning at the County
Hospital.
Read this short story, then toll us
what you think about those good ti
ters: Something like six months ago Miss
Hattie Dugall wont to the House of the
Good Shepherd, where she has worked
like a slave ewr since,
Last night she was taken sick, and
the ''sisters" bundled her into a car
riage, hauled ber to the county hospi
tal, dumped her in front of that institu
tion anil drove away.j They had no
permit for her to enter the hospital,
but the officers, seeing the girl was
about to become a mother, took her in,
and thirty minutes afterward she gave
birth to a healthy child.
Think of a place claiming to te a re
ligious institution accepting the fruits
of a girl's labor for six long months,
and then, at the hour when she needed
friends, taking her to a county hospital
and leaving her to gain admission as
best she could.
Out upon such institutions! Out
upon such sisters of charity! They are
hells on earth and demons at heart.
BOYCOTT A l'AI'ER.
The Gang Cannot Use the Aurora Made.
So Try to Kuin it.
Aurora is the political hub around
which revolves a wheel that is rotten
and worm-eaten from tire to skein.
The component parts of this wheel
represent about all the elements of so
siety known to the arts and intrigues of
a wily politician, and in each succeed
ing campaign, as one revolution fol
lowed another, new strength has been
added to this monstrous power with
money when possible, or Intimidation
if necessary until to-day any man,
newspaper or business house that raises
a voice against this iniquitous circle,
he or it is placed under the ban ostra
cized, as it were.
At the present time the great jug
gernaut car metaphorically speaking
is being drawn about by the gang of
henchmen to crush the life out of every
one who dares to exercise his rights as
a citizen; and there are tc-day in the
city of Aurora people who fear to pub
licly express their honest convictions,
lest they lose trade, their position or
social standing. These are the condi
tions, brought about by truckling poll
ticians who have sacrificed the rights
of the common people by catering to
almost everything vile known in the
criminal category.
The Blade seems to have been a
special target ever since its support of
the Citizens' -ticket last spring, and
the latest attack is to circulate the re
port privately, and insinuate through
the columns of the evening paper now
edited by two of the men who were on
Senator Evans' stuffed legislative pay
roll, and which paper is hacked to-day
by the following men, not for lovo of
party, but through cowardice fear of
the element that the Post caters to
politically:
A. J. Hopkins, congressman and
would be governor;
. Ira C. Copley, state central com
mitteeman; Frank Hanchett, ex-state s attorney
and would-be congressman;
M. O. Southworth, county judge;
C. I. McNott, master in chancery and
ex-city attorney;
M. E. Plain, "city committeeman;
H. L. Krahl, candidate for county re
corder; FYank Harral, supervisor;
D. K. Set t, mayor;
Major Sill, board of public works
superintendent;
John C. Murphy:
whoso namesj are on a mte for $11(0 in
the bank of the First National, that
the Blade is an. A. P. A. paper. This
charge is mude.'with a view to forcing
the business .men to' withdraw their
patronage, hoping to suppr. ss the put-
JNkpW I f m mill
UJCCLK SAM Unless our loyal sons are imbued with some of the spirit of '-(, Columbia, when they jjo to the polls next No
vember, you need not be surprised to see me kneeling before that deputy pope, a candle in one hand, a crucifix in the other and my
old lips puckered ready to kiss his
llcation by boycotting. It is true the
Blade has given news matter relative
to the American Protective Association
as well as the proceedings of t.s lae
stato legislature, which no other paper
in this district had the courage to pub
lish. The A. P. A. question is as much
of an issue in this country today as
any other political movement, and the
Blade will publish all important notes
regardless of party or ecclesiastical
creed. A. P. A. money is not running
the Blade, nor has the Scott gang got a
dollar Invested in this enterprise.
Merchants who advertise in these
columns do to purely from a business
standpoint. They recognize the Blade
had a following of over 2,uu0 voters at
the city election to spy nothing of its
country readers who buy clothing and
otht r necessaries of life. Their trade
is worthy of consideration, and the
shrewd' business man seeks it in all le
gitimatc ani honorable ways.
'1 lie A. 1'. A. in Memphis.
The Commercial-Appeal, whose editor-in-chief
Is a prominent Romanist,
has this to say about the A. P. A. in
Memphis:
"The American Protective Associa
tion was organized in Memphis last
year, and finding congenial soil grew
rapidly, until now it numbers among
its members a majority of all the
Protestant church-members of Mem
phis There are now several councils,
all in a flourish irg condition, and one
women's council recently started, with
a prospect of several more in the near
future. The first cour.cil instituted in
the city is known as No. .'!!; it eon
tains the largest number of members
and has on its list some of the mcst
prominent citizens of Memphis law
yers, doctors, eftieials and representa
tive business men ard meets every
Monday night in I. O. O. V. Hall. The
next is No. 4.'1, and known as Banner
Council, as its officers are all active
workers and perform the Initiatory
we rk without rituals, having memo
rized their parts. It has also the best
attendance and usually the most candi
dates, and are proud that they have a
large number of ministers upon their
roll of membership. No. 41 is a hard
working council and meets every Fri
day night at the corner of McLamare
and Mississippi avenues. No. 40 meets
every Thursday night on Iowa avenue,
Ft. Pickering.
Would Burn the House. 1 1
During the trial of Jtlm Flynn on a
charge tf thieatening his wife in the
local police coi rt Saturday, Ann
Ruirke, thfl boarding mistress of Mrs.
Flynn, testified that Flynn had threat
ened to burn her house because, an A.
P. A. boarded there. Flynn was found
guilty and put undo." IL'OO bonds to
keep the peace. He appealed. Lowell
(Mass.) Herald.
big toe. He thought it would
KOMVX IDOI.AI KY.
Slattie Crowned iii New Orleans with a
Kiadci.i 1 JmjIiI.
New Oulkans, Nov. 10 This morn
ing, at the historic Convent of the Ur
suline Nuns, the statue of Our Ltdy of
Prompt Succor was crowned with a
diadem of gold and jewels whose in
trinsic value is many thousands of dol
lars. The occasion was rnndo one of
great pomp and ceremony by the promi
nent Catholics of this city and state.
It win very much on the order of the
leceat celebration in Mexico, and is
really the first eeremony of its kind.
that has evu taken place in the United
States. The utatuo Is about four feet
high, and is a beautiful piece of wood
carving, representing the Virgin Mary
holding in her arms the infant Jesus.
During the early part of the present
century, when the ranks of the Ursu
line Nuns were thinned out by yellow
fever, and the question of the owner
ship of Louisiana was In doubt, the su
perior here wrote to France and asked
for recruits for the order. Among the
number who offered her services was a
sister who was refused permission to
leave France. She was in a great
quandary, and, finding this statue in a
garret in the convent where she was at
the time, she dt.emcd it a divine in
spiration, and made ;i vow before it
that if she could secure permission to
come to New Orleans she would en
deavor to have incorporated Into the
principles of the order the worship of
"Our Lady of Prompt Succor." She
wrote to the pope. Ho grantel the
permission. She came, bringing the
statue with Ler. It was set up in a
niche in the Uraiilino convent. It is
claimed that shortly after its arrival
thetavingof the convent from a de
structive fire is attributed to the devout
prayers before it. The greatest mir
acle attributed to it is the salvation of
the city of New Orleans from the inva
sion of the British forces in 1815, when
Andrew Jackson, with a small force,
defeated the British about a mile below
the convent grounds. There are other
miracles alto attributed to the statue.
The ceremonies to-day wero con
ducted by Archbishop Jannssen und
Bishops Heslin, Meorschaert, Defoster,
Gallagher, Dunn and Vertaguer, and a
hundred priests. It was done with the
sanction of the pope, under a decree j
from his holiness, giving his blessing;
and appointing Arehbishoo Junnssen
papal delegate to conduct the cere
mony. There were lO.ooo people prts- !
en!. The croA-ns were sub.-cribi.-d for!
by all the Catholics of the ei'.y and
were purchased by a committee of j
women headed by Mrs. YV. H. Staufer. 1
Mormons Allied With Uepuhluans. 1
The Republican party carried the I
election in Utah on Tuesday by the aid j
come this year, but the A. P. A.
of the Morn.on hierarchy and a heavy
price was paid for the party victory.
The Republicans of Utah elected a
MOiiuou governor; they elee'eJ a Mor
mon secretary of state, a Mormon state
auditor, a Mormon state treasurer.
With the t xception of the two last and
least important offices on the state
ticket the attorney general and the
superintendent of public instruction
the Mormon Church d mande.1 and the
Republican party surrt ndi red every
state official. HmUm I'art.
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The Schools Protected.
The Seattle American Protective As
sociation ebctil all three tchool di
rectors last Monday. A large vote was
polled, an unprecedently large number
of women taking part, atd all candi
dates on the Amcrii an ticket were
elected by handsome iniijoriiio. Thoto
who had charge of the Citizens' cam
paign attribute the A. P. A. victory to
perfect organization.
A telegram and a le tU r from C. U.
Daly, of Seattle, gives a full account of
the battle, and relates a number of
amusing incidents, one of which we ap
pend: During the afternoon a Catholic
priest camo to the polls, and with a
'God bless you," voted a ticket handed
him by an A. P. A man without read
ing it.
Chilberg, Wells and Mrs. Thomai
are the now directors.
G. A. Leavht and Mrs E. Fifield
were elected school directors at Ta
coma, on the 23, by a practical')' unani
mous vote. Thev were nominated by
the A. P. A. Very little interest was
taken in the election. Porllumlcr.
Freeze-Out.
The lit raid is informed the Cronins,
the Ilynds, the Cunnca, and all the
rest of the old-time gang wero pro
moters tf the political labor federation;
that its whole tibjett and purpose is
political control in Morris, and that
this has for weeks been the talk, ex
cept when it was the purpose to get
some Protestant or member of the A.
P. A. to join. Af;er enough or these
had been gotten, a gereral strike was
to te declared, ar.tl then the Tam
manyites would go haeK and freeze the
A. P. A. members out, fiilina their
places with ttelr ward-heelers, who!
have boasted they would work for .10
cents a day to get ev 11 with them A. ,
P. A's. Nice scheme, but it was sprung
a little too quick. Morris I'd.. II' raid, j
Dominates anil W in-.
The A. 1 A. was prominent in the
elections in Omaha and in Massachu
setts, and has tien.onstraled again
where it is j rope rly used for good pur
poses it dominates and wins. .V-mV
era i'f.
was on guard.
Ill VYVAT1I I IN LINK.
Home Made a Flghl, hut Americanism
Won.
Hiawatha, Kan., November 11.
KoitouThk American: Council No.
.'17, of Hiawatha, Brown county, Kan.,
Is still 01 earth, and extends words of
congratulation to the Omaha boys and
all along the line to Maryland and Ken
tueky, on account of the victories won
in the last t le ition. The tight Is just
commencing for 'iMi. Guard well Amer
ican interests, and guard well the nom
(nations for President. Nominate a
food A. P. A. for President. Put a
plank in the platform against building
up foreign industries and favoring the
restriction of fo e'g i immigration. 1 t
us pro'ett American industrhs by a
high-protective tariff on all American
products, and what w do not produce
put on the f rt e list. Foster t he indus
tries of America and create a demnnd
for labor, and a de na;d for labor Is a
sure preventive for strik Every man
who belongs to a labor un'on should
continue to vote for American in ere-ts.
Wo will soon gain the day.
I wonder if Colonel Uobf-rt G. Jrg 'r
soll recollects the time when, in a po
litical speoeh, he declared that he
would believe there was a hell when
Kentucky went Itcpiibiican? I hope
his ft rmer view has been eh inged, for
old Kentucky Is now on top. Tie; solid
South is no more. The erth trem
bled in token of the e:omirg change.
The change came, and j y and glad
ness seem to be with all true patriotic
citizens. The Lord said: "Go work In
my vineyard; there is plenty to do."
Work has logon: the blighted fruit
is being culled; the vines are being
pruned; the fruit is of a higher grade;
the filthy gutters are filled; the disin
fectant has done its work; the microl.es
are few and weak.
Hiawatha has a fljurishlng A. P. A.
council, which cuts tjuit.i a figure in
each election. Ten of the city and
county offices are now filled by n. em
bers of the A. P. A., and the incum
bents of the remaining offices are good
American citizens. We have no kick
h re. Kveryltr.ng runs smoothly on
election day, and we had but little au
noyanci' on ta ic is day this vear. A
few Romin and Romanist sjmprtthi
I zers tried to run the Fourth ward, but
the bette r class of citizens ea'leJ the
sheriff to qui -t the disturbers, and har
' mony soon prevailed. The Fourth
warti elected patruuc delegates, who
did their work well at the convention
and nominated oar man. One of the
defeated candidates made the remark:
"Thcd d A. P. A.'s nominated him:
now let's see them elect him.' Thank
God, he was elected! A better or truer
man than Simon Fras'er, elected as
sheriff, could not "In? found. We all
hope he will so administer the affairs
of UieottiK! ui to r licet credit UHn
himself and uMin the men who elected
him.
IliawHtl.a (Kan.) Council, N.. .11,
A. P. A., meets every Saturdny night
at N o'clock, In I. (. O. F. Hall, over
First National Hank. Friends of either
councils aro cordially Invited to attend.
Yours In F., I', and 1'.,
A FliiKNU.
.
Silence the Croaker.
KviTyl council of the A. I'. A., liko
other 'organization, has Its ''croak
ers," ;eph of the "j (ij yitll 8uii
stripe, men who cry "You can't do It,"
or, "If we do not win now we never
can win."
Some of these men ate fault-(ir.deru
by 'nature; I hey were horn so. Thin
clasH can tic managed when they aro
onee understood, but the dangerous
"croaker" Is the man who finds fault
for a purpose. Many tuiunclls havo
among their meinlerB men who en
tered for the purpose of making
trouble. Usually they aro hide-bound
partl'anw' men who would vole for a
yellow dog If It were on the regular
ticket. There men are positively dan
gerous In any council, and the sooner
they are "r-potted" the bette r ft r thti
order.
Stuiietime a fellow of this class may
Imv so shrewd that he will keep within
the constitution and do this so adroitly
that It Is 110 easy matter to defeat Mm
plans E In such rates heroic treatment
may bo excusable. Again, ho may bo
an apparently active worker, one who
Is on iiiot.t. of the special committee?,
especially if there he money to collect
or expend. This peculiar specleH will
often do much harm before he is finally
exposed and punished.
While these e vils may be expected in
any council, they need not be long en
durcd. If any member becomes a
chronic objector or "kicker," he should
be dealt with promptly and firmly. Ills
rights should lm respected, but at tho
Biiiue time he should he made to under
stand that the good of the order Is of
more importance than individual
whims; and should he show the marks
of a rlngster or tool of a rlngster, it
matters not what the political com
plexion may tie, tho more quickly the
council gets rid of him as a mum 1m r tho
hotter.
In tho A. P. A., as in all well order d
organizations or communities, the will
of the majority should prevail, and the
fellow who will not play unless tho
game is of his own eeltetion, should
not be permitted to play at all. One
of the first and most useful moves a
ounoll should and can make is a weed
ing out of the useless and mischievous
members. Silence tho croaker, or
make It so uncomfortable for him that
he will be glad to net out.. .Si renin Sue.
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Crisis Imminent in Canada.
OTTAWA, Ont , Nov. 0. Mutters are
not going very smoothly in the Domin
ion cabinet just now, and reports say to
night that the dissensions are 1 kely to
provoke a serious rupti i) over tho
Manitoba school case.
Several of the ministers are now
inxlous to avoid the intrcduetlon of tho
promised remedial legislation to the
Catholics of Manitoba in restoring
them separate schtxils until the general
evtlons a-e over, while, the unjorily
of the cabin' t ay tie y must slick tn
their pledf'e, although Jefeut at tho
nvxt session seems inevitable.
A letter was shown to day trom Lieu
tentr.t Govt i fit r Chapleau, whi m Sir
Maeker zie liowell is trying to induce
to cnte 1 his cabiret, in which Chapleau
says hob not coming in now to take
the chestnuts out of the fire for others.
Sovereign grand master of the
Orange order, who holds the position
of comptroller of customs in the Howell
government, says he will resign If
remedial legislation is attempted.
There are now six vacar.t scats in par
liament which will be DlUd he-fore tho
house meets in January, and these will
give the government an opportunity of
testing their strength in the country
and the popularity of their policy
which pro pi ses legislation in the Inter
est of the Roman Catholic minority
against the strong protestations of tho
Orange or Jo- and those holding ex
treme Protestant views.
Why It's Hi piildiian.
Kentucky went Uep ibiiean, tie' first
time in the history of the stale. Re
publicans claim that this victory is the
result of a change in sentirxent on the
tariff question. It was nothing of the
kind. Kentucky is a strong A. P. ..
stile, and the Democratic platform
read all A. P. A.s out of the party.
Down south most members oT this or
der Ixdong to the Democratic party.
This time they vi ted with the Republi
cans; hence the result. Fairhunj IU.1
i' .ir-('( r.
.OO Catarrh Cure or money re
funded W. H. Riley. 112 W. Madison
St., Chicago.
