The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899, November 29, 1895, Page 4, Image 4

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THE AMERICAN
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4IERICAN PUBUSHIKG CCMPiKT,
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THE AMFKU AN UKKH'KS
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t.Na Vtnr. MlriWIr Ailvmneo.
KOVF.MUKK 2t. lmtt.
Kkki this Iictln mind: The A. P.
A. is not a trlUn order.
IK'v f.Mnlt ril kt rivt-lit election in
Maryland I ft bucket to OormanUm
Now is the tlmo to gamine well
Into the character of the men seeking
admission Into the patrlotlo orders.
W11.L tho party who borrowed D'Au
blgno's "History of tho Reformation"
kindly return tho tame to IhU office?
Within tha lat twontv-slx month
more than 20 councils of the A. P. A.
have been ore anlxed In the SUte of
California.
MEAsrUKStif political reform which
ttre feasible and viable luunt have the
active supjwrt of intelligent and loyal
Protestants.
Titf KK will have been many a fervent
thanksgiving thli week throughout the
Republic for the recent glorious victo
ries over the ltoman hierarchy.
Tom Sherman, Jesuit, tn a speech
at Minneapolis, Minn., October 23, 1895,
said: "I aru a disbeliever In mixed
marriages." We would add: "Or any
other kind."
ONR of our friends at Atchison, Kan.,
writes us that that city and tho county
in which it is situated went the same
as the rest of the country last election
day Amerlcanward.
Befork another Thanksgiving we
wish to record the fact that the patriots
have chosen ft Congress a majority of
whose members are in thorough accord
with American prinoiplos.
The A. P. A. the new Grand Army
of the Iiepubllo Is pledged to perpetu
ate the principles of our patriot fathers.
We have drawn the sword that shall
remain unsheathed till alienism is for
ever banlched from our shores.
WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL.
Tbankgiinf Day bas gone a
and there is nut one of us but what had
much to bo thankful for. If it was o
fur a superabundant of this world'
roods, then It was IwrauM we had bad
sufficient to keep the IwOfe'S of hunger
from the Uttlo ones we love.
Nodmbt lusny have suffered great
hardships line lint ThnkglvSng
D.y, and no doubt many retire will mf
fi r before another day I set apart for
peroral thank-elvlng, but this shouid
not have prevent- d each and every one
r in from rtturnhiir to the Great
Architect of this universe our sincere
and heartfelt thanks becaum suffering,
dlfteasc, want and death had not been
more renoral, and peace, prosperity
and happiness less universal.
God in His infinite wisdom does
thlniri mil for hllu Ha mav visit
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uimo thote who believe la Him tern
miriri riirtri and hardahlos. it IS
merelv to Impress on them the pleaure
of success and the contentment derived
from DlentY which Ho wlllbustow uon
them lavUhly at a later date. Through
Ills intervention those who are suffer
ine mav be made whole: those io need
may be visited with plenty, and those
who are in doubt may bo led Into the
lliiht
Boliovlnir this, it was our duty to re
turn thanks to God for nis many blofs
Ines. and Ills continued guidance, and
beseech Ills constant assistance In the
vears to come
We of the A. P. A. had much to
ful irratoful for this year. But for the
help received from on High, victory
would not have perched upon our ban
ners. Mortal men couia not nave
overcome the odds against us. For that
reason we, of all men, should have
found pleasure lo giving up one day
entirely to thanksgiving.
HAS BEEN A SUCCESS.
The Bonton Daily Standard, which
was started in .March last, now issues
five editions dally, vis., the morning
edition at 2 and 3: .10 a. tn., and the
evening edition at 3, 5 and 6 p. m. It
has on its editorial staff no fewer than
1 oolletre graduates, Harvard loading
with 6, Wesleyan coming next with 3,
Boston University with 2, and Vale,
Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Amherst,
Dalhousle. Dartmouth, Bowdoln, Vas-
sar and Wellesley with 1 each. Among
other recent additions to Its staff are
Rev. n. Dorchester, D. D., late U. S
Superintendent Indian schools; Rev,
Fred novey Allen, the noted art critic;
Miss Frances E. Sparhawk, the essay
1st, and George C. Lorimer, Jr., the
o-lfted son of the famous Tremont
Temple pastor.
It has been stat-ad that there were
more than 110,000 copies oi we nrsi
The system of sewerage in use In Ibuo printed ftnd sold, ana wai ever
many large cities is a crime against lnce tho Standard presses nave oeen
the oominff venerations. No common- xea to weir luuesi cPu.,. -
I first Issued as a morning dally only,but
the water supply. Cremation should "hen e management saw how eager
.,i -m K.t nt au,., the people of Boston, of Massachusetts,
. ... r I XT r 1-,1 l faif nf tha vhn
country, were for a straight Amerlctin
naoer. they added other editions, and
they have proved us great a success as
the morning pacer.
The Boston patriots have set the
oaoe for those in other progressive Am
erican cities, and it need not surprise
tie enemy if the example of tho Boston
contingent is not speedily emulated by
patriots in other cities. Already we
have ft very good start toward a dally
in the way of stock subscribed, and if
the friends of true American principles
will do their part and subscribe lor
shares on the terms proposed in an
other column, It need not be very long
before The Amkuican Is able to come
out every day in the week-
How long shall the omnivorous west
be led by the effete east.' inere is
ample room In Chicago, Kansas City
and Omaha for a pure American paper,
and they are needed to fight your
battles In 1890. Remember, you are
not asked to put up any money until
the full amount has been subecrioea,
and then but one-half the amount you
have asrroed to riek in the venture.
Shall wo have a dally paper which
voices American sentiment, which can-
of all the refuse matter.
We have notlcsd in two of our ex
changes the flat-footed declaration that
the A. P. A. is not ft political organi
zation. We cannot agree with thorn
It may not bo a parti zsn political or
ganization, but It certainly is a polit
ical organization. Don't make that
mistake again, ploase.
There is nothing in the principles
of the American Protective Association
contravening theConstltutioh and laws
of the United States. There is nothing
in the principles of the Young Men's
Institute contravening the constitution
and laws of the Roman papacy. On
which platform do you stand?
Some man as honest and as loyal as
Congressman Linton will receive the
support of the A. P. A. for President of
the United States tn lSlMi If the Re
publican managers want to elect the
next chirf magistrate, they will have
to nominate a man who Is acceptable in
every respect to the A. P A.
TWO A. P. A. JUDGES.
Cunningham R. Scott of 0mha and
Jjhn B. Stone of Kajisas City,
Missouri.
Ilotk Fearless la the lllwharire of the
Duties W bieh the Teuple Mate Called
Them U 1'erfurm.
The Cathollo church was the
first to break the shackles of the slaves!
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WThat a violent wrench the truth got not be subsidized, and which will dare
thatt me Tom knows it was Romanist xeu we iruwi.-
Chlef Justice Taney who declared the
negroes had no rights which the whites
were bound to respect. Don't try that
again, Tom.
Now la the time to move. Don t
ait and be the last man in the deal
Bo the first. Fill out one of the blanks
in another column, send it to this
office: then save 25o a week to meet
vour navment. If all who read THE
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American would do that, the nrst day
of next July would see ft patriotic daily
The Omaba High School challenged
the Minneapolis schcol to an oratorical
contest ana the latter backea aown. a
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cnaiieojfe vo ueuver oas oeen utoiiocu. i - ,
Th rimnha nratnn hv onlnari A ronil. I DBPer in the CitlCS mentlOneQ
tationof which no school seems to be We realize that during these hard
anxious to deprive them. Ike, Nov, t3. jme8 there may be some men reading
And yet the Bet howls against the The American who cannot lay by 25o
cnttnnl Kiicf. Vvoonua If a noff1unt I sank maolr Kill thorA Urtt hundreds and
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The Bee brand of consistency is a rare thousands who can lay by from 60q to
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jewel.
The school board owes it to the par
ents of the school-children to that
none but competent men are placed In
cnargeoi we ecooois neaiea oy sieam. I . , ., - , ..in u
. , . , , . . . be recoenized in the next campaign as
Practical engineers should have charge fc power8not be ignored,
of those buildings, and then accidents I a re vou with us?
$1.00 each week, without missing It,
for such a purpose.
Take this Question up in your coun
ells, appoint committees to solicit
stock, go to work, agitate, and we will
buildings, and then accidents
such as that which occurred at the
Omaha View School will never be
chronicled. In addition to this, Mr.
Banker should keep a stricter watch
over the a en under him. and, if he
finds one Incompetent or negligent, he
should immediately . make a report to
that effect. II he fails to do this, he
will be held strictly accountable by the
The Dartizan press and the party
bosses are busy selecting candidates
for the people to support in The
oeople themselves will expect to be
consulted next year, and they will not
support any man who has any leanings
toward Romanism. This might as well
be understood before the conventions
We take pliaure in publishing this
week the biographies of two widely
known members of tae A. P. A.
They are both lawyers by profes-
ilon, bah judges by election, and
both as fearless, uncompromising and
determined h any men who ever lived.
One Is Judge Cunningham R. Soott, of
Ornaba, the other Is Judge John B.
SUtne, of Kansas City, Mo.
John B. Stone was born December 5,
184i, in Marlon, Perry County, Ala.
His early boyhood was passed in his
native county and at Sol ma, Ala.,
here he received a liberal education.
Ha enlisted in the Confederal army
at the atre of 19 years as a private in
Company A, Fourth Alabama Infantry,
and participated in nearly all the great
battles of the war. First and second
Manassas, Chlcamauga, the battles of
the Wilderness, the seven days' battle
around Richmond, Spottsylvanla, and
numerous other engagements of less
notoriety. He was a true and brave
soldier. He was seriously wounded at
the second battle of Manasea?, and
again at the battle of the Wilderness.
For meritorious conduct in the latter
engagement, he was promoted to the
captaincy of Company I, Sixty-Sooond
Alabama Infantry. In the last battle
of the war he was taken prlhoner and
confined at Ship Island for two months.
At the close of the war, Captain Stone
settled In Selma, Ala., and engaged in
mercantile pursuits, where he was
elected city clerk and tax collector in
1809. In 1874 he removed to Dallae,
Texas, and engaged in the real estate
business and became one of the leading
citizens of that city. In 1879 Mr. Stone
titmnorarilv removed to Colorado to
engage In the mining business, and
while there was, in 1881, united in
wedlock with Mrs. Mary M. Kester, a
daughter of Joel Haley, an old Union
soldier who belonged to Company I,
Third Arkansas Volunteers.
In 1884 Colonel Stone located in Kan
sas City, where he has lived ever since.
He has been engaged in buying and
selling teal estate, on his own account,
and has been vory successful. He is
one of Kansas City's most substantial
citizens, hontst, Incorruptible, and gen
erous to a fault. In the summer of
1894 the A. P. A. started out to cap
ture all the conventions that were held
by the different political parties, and
the first that foil a victim to our polit
ical powers was the People's party con
vention, held at Independence in Au
gust, 1804. There we nominated John
B. Stone for presiding judge, he being
a member of our order and one In whom
we believed we could trust. We then
laid our plans to capture the Republi
can county convention, which we ac
complished in September, 1894, and
placed Colonel Stone on their ticket
for presiding Judge, after one of the
most exciting political fights that ever
took place In a convention. The fight
was so bitter between what was called
the straight Republicans and the A. P.
A. that It took from Wednesday morn
ing at 9 o'clock until Thursday morn
ing at 8 o'clock to name the ticket.
When Mr. Stone's name was placed in
nomination, such a howl of protest
went up from the straights and Romans
in the convention that we doubt not
the Imps of satan smiled when they
heard it. But when the straights sub
sided there came ft shout from the A.
P. A. that no doubt made the throne of
the old dago on the Tiber tremble.
The fight was on, and for four long
hours the political maneuvering was
kept up, but the Romans and straight
Republicans went down, and John IS
Stone was nominated on the Republi'
can ticket. Then the question began
to be asked by politicians and the
newspapers, What is John B. Stone's
politics? Here you have a man on the
Rannhlloan ticket. What kind oi a
campaign will he make? Colonel Stone
answered them soon after entering
upon his campaign. In every speech
he made he prefaced his remarks with
"Gentlemon and fellow citizens, I am
the candidate of the A. P. A. of Jack
son county. I am a member of the A.
P. A., and If elected I promise you that
no Roman Catholic will hold office in
Jackson county after I am elected if I
can prevent it; and I further promise
that the robbery of the people oi wis
eountv bv the infamous gang that has
hflnn running the affairs of Jackson
county for the past thirty years shall
be Btopped. I believe In running we
business of this county on old-fashioned,
honest American principles, and u you
elect me as your presiding judge, I
promise you that it will be done." So
far as lay In his power, he has carried
out every promise made by him. The
first thing he did was to fire the gang
of Irish Romans who had been living
off the Deool6 of Jackson county, Mis-
ri for vears. drawing fat salaries
for dolnir nothing save what they could
do In a political way to keep the gang
in power.
of abou sixty positions to b filled,
Judge Stone got the appointment ol
seventy-five per cent, of the men, ftnd
in every place he filled he put in an
American, and he had the backbone to
appoint two of the boys who helped to
whip the Roman gang la the riilb
ward April 3, 1W1 one as night-watch-man
of the court- house and the other a
county carpenter. Judge Stone on the
22nd of February, lX, placed on the
c urt hoje the American Dug, the first
time in the history of this county tha
the American flag ever waved from trie
court-bouse. Judge Stone ha also in
stituted reform In the affairs of tbc
county which will save hundred ot
thousands of dollars to the tax-payer.
He has had J. B. Keshlcor, the gang
marshal of the county, on the rack for
some time, making him explain to the
court what became or the nign-prtcto
preserves and porterhouse steaks, rib
roasts, etc., that Mr. Kshleor has been
charging the county for and claiming
that he fed the prisoners on. Mr. kesh
lcor failed to explain satisfactorily, and
Judge Stone refused to pay his bills.
The judge has also been making life a
burden to Tommy Crittenden, the gang
county clerk, who holds his office by
virtue of the expert work of the ballot
box suffers and repeaters of the Second
and Ninth wards. He has been paying
political debts by keeping a gang of
political parasites In his office as clerks
and deputies, but Judge Stone said:
"No, Mr. Crittenden, you can't play
that game while I am presiding judge
of this county; you have no need of all
these men; I will just dispense with
somo of them," so he made a motion
that the court cut off the pay of four of
Mr. Crittendoa's employes.
Judge Cunningham R. Scott is a na
tive of Wayne County, Ohio. He read
law with that eminent jurist John Mc-
Sweeney, in Wooster, in said state, and
was admitted to the bar by the supreme
nnnrt nf that Ntste in IW Afterwards
he was eltcted and served one term as
nroaecuting attorney of Williams
County. In 1860 be removed to Iowa,
lccatin? at Anamosa, Jones
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JUDGE CUNNINGHAM R. SCOTT.
where he was appointed, In 183, oy
Onvomor Wm. M. Stone, and twice
elected, as district attorney of the then
Eighth Judicial DUtrlct, comprising
seven counties.
In 1874 Judge Soott located in Coun
cil Bluffs, Iowa, where he resided until
November, 1885, when he removed to
Omaba, Neb. During his residence in
Council Bluffs, he was elected a mem
ber of the school board of that clty.and
was elected president thereof by said
board. In 1H.H0 he was selected by the
State Republican Convention as a Gar
field elector for the Council Bluffs Con
gressional District, and afterwards a
member of the State Republican Cen
tral Committer, wblrh ro'ltlon he beld
when located at Omaha. In 1891
Judge Soott a elee'ed on the R 'pub
lican ticket Judge of the Fourth N -braeka
Judicial Dlt'i-t for a four-years
term. Io 192 Judge Scott was elec'od,
at a Republican Congressional Conven
tion beld in Omaba, as a delegate to
the RoDublloan Pres'dential Conven-
r.nnntu. tion at MinreapMls, Minn. At the Re
puolicxn Judicial Convention held In
Omaha Oc ober 5th, 1895, the judge
was notnina cd for re-election to the
bt nrh for th i term of four years, com
mer.cing January 1st, 18U0, and at tho
election received the largest vote cast
for any of the candidates nominated In
that convention. The ccntest that fol
lowed that nomination, so faas Judge
Scott's cand dacy was concerted, was
one of the most hotly contested and bit
terly op; osed of any political contest
thst has ever reen fought in the Omaha
Jud c al nistric. For three yeurs tbe
Omat a iiee had unrelentingly, persist
ently and maliciously mil gned. tra
duced, vilified and lireled Judge Sco,t,
morning aad night, In every is sue of
that paper, and at times almost whole
rages of that sheet werj used to vent
the splfpn and malice of Its editor
asa'nst the judge; and vicious, virulent
and malicious press dispatches were
sent out from Omaha at the dictation
or suggestion of that editor in order to
defeat the re-election of the judge to
the district bench. Money was poured
out like water during the campaign to
defeat hi: re-election. At the Judicial
election the 5th of this month, in spite
of the Bee's opposltloo.Judge Scott was
re-fleeted one of tho judges of this ju
dicial district, running several hun
dred ahead of his ticket. His vindica
tion against the corrupt and false
charges of the Bee was pronounced, em
phatic and decisive.
Judge Scott is a thorough American
citizen, and as jadge of the court, fear
less, brave and uncompromising in his
devotion to the American principle
that every human being, without re
gard to his financial, political or social
condition, stands equal before the law.
WHITNEY'S
Cash Shoe Sale
WOMEN'S AND MISSES SHOES
At QOc to 75g on the Dollar.
We have several kinds of Women's and Misses Fine Shoes, which we are closing out, and we
will sell them at
Cost or Less Than Cost!
l alifs' $." 00 Shoe. Misses School Shoes
Ladies ..uu onue, Q() Jq jgM Jhe prke
French Kid vamps and fine Kid Strong and durable that always
button welts and turns, plain toes, Ladies fine doth top, button shoes goid at $1.75 we now cut price to
n welts and hinl turns, plain toes
$ii50 and razor patent lea tips. We put ijjil,f$5
them at one price ard they go at
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Sold at $4.00 $3.00 a pair $4 Women's Dongola Welts.
Ladles' cloth top, kid foxed, patent New goods, just received, A to E
leather tips, lace tan shoes, at e wide and sizes 2 to 8. On sale at
$2.00 School Shoes.
Women's durable Peb. grain :
83 Shoe for $1.50. spring heel button, C D and E wide, .
8izes2jto5,willbeclosedoutat Same hind in Turns, Picadilly
Broken sizes of lad ies clotb .top ,eathep
kid foxed, spring heel, button shoes, $1.50 midihs game Bizesand g0 at
closed out at . same price,
Ladies
3.00 Shoe.
button,
Fine kid, spring heel,
plain toes, at this sale
'Misses $2.00 Shoes at $1.25.
Misses cloth top, spring heels, B,
C & D wide, sizes 11 to 13 will go at
We have several lots of Ladies'
Fine Shoes, pointed and narrow
square toes, now go at
&125f$175, $00
ARCTICS AND RUBBERS
Best Quality and Lowest Prices.
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Wm. N.
WHITNEY, 1QZ SOUTH SIXTEENTH STREET,
In filling :he place with new men, out
people.
are held.