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VOLCII VI.
SNUBBED THE JESUIT
Members of the C. A. R, Re
fused to Attend Jesuit Sher
man's Lecture In a Body.
By Tot f Fertj-Elfht to Fr-A
One-Sided Report of the Attitude
f the Roman Church.
Bloominoton, 111., Dec. 27. The
Catholic of thii city announced
lecture entrtled "True AmericanUm,
by Jesuit Thomu E. Sherman, a son of
Gen. W. T. Sherman, as a preliminary
opening for the spring campaign
take place the last week In December.
The public announcement was in the
usual form, but the invitation
W. T. Sherman Poet, No. 146, of the
G. A. R., shows the same old Jesuitical
scheming:
"Father" Weldon, being too well
known as a political schemer, got
"Father" Burke to issue an invitation
to Dr. A. T. Barnes, commander of the
post and ex-chalrman of the Republican
county central committee, through
Hon. Ed O'Connell, ex-reprerentative
to the state legislature, for the post to
attend in a body.
To give this Invitation some weight
to the officers of the post, they,
the fathers (?), announced that they
would fgive them free tickets, but,
owing to heavy expenses, they would
be compelled to charge the rank and
file at least half price.
S3 far the scheme worked well.
Speeches were made by those whom
the priests thought they could control
and would be in favor of attending in a
body, but when a motion to lay the in
vitation on the table w made and
carried by a vote of 48 to 4, then sheet
lightning was seen to Issue from the
eyes of those in sympathy with the in
vitation.
The price of tickets had been placed
at from 50 cents to tl, but since the
post refused to attend the lecture,
posters, seen mostly In saloon windows,
announced that tickets could be had for
25, 50 and 75 ceuts, so that the opera
house might be filled and give them
good send off. " ,
The rank and file of the post revere
the name of Gen. W. T. Sherman, the
true American, as well as do the offi-
cers, and are ready to honor his mem
ory on any and all occasions, but they are
not willing to fall into the wily schemes
through the Influence of his Jesuit son
NORTHWOOD.
P. S. Since the above was written
conspicuous advertisements have ap
peared in the daily papers offering
complimentary tickets to all members
of the G. A. R. who would apply to their
post adjutant.
This very clearly indicates the des
perate extremes to which the Roman
ists and their political henchmen had
to resort to get an audience to hear that
subtle emissary of popery.
The result was that only a medium
sized audience was present, and the en
thusiasm was at such a pitch that the
audience had to don overcoats to keep
warm. There was not a ripple of ap
plause except what was bestowed on
the speaker who introduced the lec
turer. It was a frosty meeting.
NORTHWOOD.
The Bloomlngton Evening Leader of
December 31, had this account of the
lecture:
AFalr sized audience greeted Rev.
Father Sherman at the Grand last
, evening. On the stage sat quite a
number of members of the William T.
Sherman Post, who were introduced to
the son of their favorite leader and
famousiageneral after the lecture.
Father Sherman, who is a compara
tively young man, a little above
medium height, of pleasant address and
whose features resemble his illustrious
father's,was introduced by Mr. ODon
nell in a little speech eulogistic of the
Catholicjchurch and of General Sher
man. Father Sherman, who speaks quite
rapidly and without notes, opened his
lecture by-referring to Satolli's arrival
in America on the 400th anniversary of
the landing ofJColumbus and who was
hailed by the Catholic priests as one to
whom they .could appeal as to the au
thorltyjof thejpope himself; who the
millions ofJCatholics felt would draw
them closer 'than ever before to the
"vicar of Christ" and more than ever
feel that theJ'Catholic church Is one.
OWith all this gain they have to con
f end against the feeling of prejudice in
this country against foreign people.
But, said the priest, the Catholic
church is 'quite as broad as the govern
ment of i America itself. The speaker
endeavored to harmonize the belief in
a union of church and state with a full
allegiance to this government. Both
are very vast and mighty institutions.
In theory, he said Catholics do believe
"AMERICA FOR AMERICANS."-We
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in a union, but practice is very different
from theory. The question of mar
riage was cited In substantiation of the
argument, which is of the greatest in
terest to the world as upon it rests the
home and upon the home the state,
The church holds that the Savior
made marriage a sacrament. Mar
riage belongs to the state, as the state
rests upon it, and it is the church's
business to train the world to become
citizens of heaven, marriage therefore
belongs to both church and state. But
look at the divorce cases and the
causes upon which divorce is granted,
numbering in some states five and in
others fifteen. Can this be right? Can
it be the mind of the Omnipotent that
a man should have one or fifteen wives?
Church and state must be one, must
come together, must be of accord:
there must be some sort of understand
ing that there may not be war; but it
does not follow that everyone can be
united to the church which the speaker
believed to be the one true church. In
this country we could never have come
to be a nation without the united ef
forts of Catholic Maryland, Episcopal
Virginia, Congregational Massachu
setts, etc. By putting aside forever
the apple of discord the United States
will have nothing to do directly with
religion. It cannot, owing to the cir
cumstances of the case. And as we all
submitted at the time to that contract
in the constitution, so that condltlom
must be forever respected, and even if
the Catholics held nine-tenths of the
power in this country they would never
violate that contract.
The speaker claimed that the Catho
lic church instead of being the enemy
of civil and religious liberty, had al
ways been Its friend and had fought for
it long before the Reformation: that
the Reformation Itself, in fact, was a
death blow to liberty, as it upheld the
divine right of kings, to which the
church was always an enemy; that the
church had fought continually for edu
cation, for the equality of women,
sanctity of marriage and the home.
The whole history of the church, he
said, from Peter to Leo, had been a
battle for liberty, and cited Groude,
Guiaot and other non-Catholic histor
ians in substantiation of his claim.
The Catholic church does not, it is
true, believe in the government of the
majority, right or wreng, but of the
community by the community, the
state by the state and the nation by the
nation. The Jesuits believe that the
only rightful form of government is a
bold that Ml men are A nerlcaos who
OMAHA. NEBRASKA, Fill DAY, JANUARY 10,
"HANDS ACROSS THE SEA."
pure democracy. "I do not admit that
I owe political loyalty to the old man
on the Tiber. He is not my political
superior. When It comes to questions
of politics he has no direct rule or con
trolonly in spiritual matters. We do
not admit that he is a president over
President Cleveland. Some theolo
gians said that, but they have said
many other foolish things, but that is
not Catholicism and has never been
Catholic doctrine. But we do hold
that he is the interpreter of divine
law for nations and individuals; and as
he can tell me what Christ means by
such and such sayings, so he can tell
nations. He can cemmand me to obev
President Cleveland, but he cannot J
command me to disobey any legitimate
law of the United States," said he.
"When we admit the pope as our su
perior it is only as our spiritual super
ior and that in no way interferes with
our religion. He does not make right
right or wrong wrong. He cannot add
one jot or title to what Christ has laid
down. But if a law is unjust, we are
not bound to obey it. The people can
not alter the position of natural right
any more than they can alter the posi
tion of the sun In heaven. The fact
that we have a spiritual advisor above
us only emphasizes the fact that the
spiritual jurisdiction is separate from
the political."
The speaker, after euloerizln? the
church for its devotion to the cause of
education, science, art, and loyalty to
the flag, closed with the recitation of
patriotio poem apostrophizing the flag,
It Is True.
Every council of the A. P. A. should
have Its meetings well attended by its
members. The work in Denver and in
Colorado is well begum, but It is only
fairly started. By a union of forces
state, county and municipal elections
have been carried, and candidates have
been elected who have promised great
reforms in line with the principles of
the order. It is true that in some in
stances those promises have not been
kept, yet much has already been ac
complished, and there should be no
discouragement. On the contrary, re
newed zeal should characterize all
members of the order. In proper time
there will come the full fruition of their
labors. In those states and cities in
which the order is oldest there have
been successes and disappointments
alike, but to-day the order is stronger
tnan ever. Colorado will oomiwrn
favorably with the best. Denver Amer
ican.. ,
Swear AlUgUac to tbe United States
IS THE HANDS OF HIS FRIENDS.
Kentucky Politicians Announce They
Have a Presidential Candidate.
FRANKFORT, Ky., January 1. A
convention of leading Republicans was
held in the office of Governor Bradley
last night, and the Bradley boom for
president was started.
This was the theme, and the toasts
to the governor were full of "happy
New Hears" and wishes for his politi
cal preferment in the year 1896.
When some of his friends urged him
to go into the senatorial race, the gov
ernor repeated with vehemence that
he was not in the race and would not
This will doubtless be good news
to the various senatorial candidates
Messrs. Hunter, Wilson, Holt, Deboe,
and others.
Before the new year was an hour old
every person present at the meeting
had pledged himself to do all he could
to elect a Bradley delegation from
Kentucky to the National Republican
convention at St. Louis, and to work in
every way possible to secure his nomi
nation. He will have a solid delega
tion from Kentucky, as well as dele
gates from a number of other southern
states. Governor Bradley's name will
not be considered as a vice-presidential
candidate under any circumstances.
Rather than accept this he would pre
fer remaining Governor of the State of
Kentucky.
Coine off the Fence.
It is decidedly amusing to see a man
especially a business man struggling
to appear that he Is neither in sym
pathy with the A. P. A. movement
nor a particular friend of the pope's
own. He can be neither this nor that,
through fear of being boycotted by one
party and losing the favor of the other.
Some of them acknowledge that this
country should be rescued from trai
torous hands, and they would be will
ing to assist in the rescue could they
do 90 without the traitors knowing any
thing about it. Now we don't expect
to catch the enemy sleeping, far from
HI The Church of Rome has never
slept like the Protestants of this nation
have, while she has been thrusting her
hands into our treasuries and laying up
for herself treasure on earth, by the
aid of which to gain temporal power.
And are we going to allow her to con
tinue this wholesale plunder by com
bining to put their kind into every of
fice in the gift of the peaple? The best
salaries are paid office-holders, and Pat
without a mental reservation In favor of
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or his kin is going to get that office as
he has done in the past, unless we cast
aside our fear of offending him and
give the offices to honest men who will
put the proceeds to good use, and not
be compelled to send part of it away to
the Vatican. We don't want to be
afraid of the servants of Leo, for if we
show the white feather too long, there
will come a time when we will have
cause to fear them. Boston Citizen.
Rome's Slavery In Free America.
A few years ago there escaped from
the Convent of Our Lady of the Woods,
In a suburb of Cincinnati, a novice 25
years of age, said, by the reporters who
have interviewed her, to be a beautl
ful girl. She tells a plain story, with
out any feeling of animosity toward the
church under whose influence she still
is, from which it appears that she has
been trying to escape for six years or
more from a convent in Michigan, from
which she was brought to this one not
long ago without being consulted. She
was not permitted to communicate with
her mother during all that time, the
letters she wrote being kept by the
superior, and accidentally found by
herself a long time afterward. She
says that during the time fifteen girls
succeeded in escaping from the north
ern convent. For her own efforts se
vere puniBnment was mmctea upon
her. On her arrival here Cincinnati
she was compelled to do the shoveling
and carry coal and firewood, scrub,
etc. Yet the girl had been for
several years educated In a Catholic
seminary before entering the convent.
The purpose of her vile treatment was
to force her to take the veil to escape
it. Evidently her experience as a
novice was worse than that of Maria
Monk. How long will democratic
America endure these infamous insti
tutions, that nearly every country has
suppressed? Zeno in A. P. A. Maga
zine. Send Them Rack.
America has no use for foreigners of
any nationality who come to this coun
try and gain the rights and privileges
of citizenship and yet retain such re
gard for the country they came from
that they will not support America in
case of war or diplomatic contention.
The Welshmen of this country should
go back to Britain if they are fairly
represented in a dispatch from Utica,
N. Y., which says that the national
council of the Welshmen of the United
States adopted resolutions deprecating
'IS.
the Pope.
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the course of Prenldi nt Cleveland on the
Venesuelan problem. Tbe resolutions
were drawn and sanctioned by ex Postmaster-General
Thomas L. James.
Tbey relate to the question between
Venezuela and Great Britain on the
boundary Hoe. The Intervention of
President Cleveland on the principles
set forth la the Monroe doctrine waa
strongly condemned as being un-American
and not worthy of tbe support of
the Welsh people of tbe United States.
Denver American,
(Jowpent Is fur Peace.
New York, Doc. 29. Before leav
ing for Indianapolis, the headquarters
of the American Federation of Labor,
Samuel Oompers made a farewell
speech to the Central Labor Union to
day, in which ha denounced a policy
looking to war between the United
States and England. lie said:
"Those who are stirring up this war
scare are covering themselves with a
mask of patriotism behind which Is
hidden nothing but bluster and pom
posity. Around, below and boneath
this so-called patriotism is a scheme to
enlarge the army and the navy. Tbe
true patriot is not looking for war. He
wants peace. Tbe workers of our coun
try have no quarrel with the workers
of other countries. They will not be
swayed by political schemers.
"In the ranks of the sensible, cool-
headed workers and true American
citizens you will find this so-called war
scare has had no effoct. Labor Is never
for war; It Is always for peace, It la
on the side of liberty, justice, and hu
manity.
Only a Lie.
It has become known that Bishop
Poocl, now Pope Leo XIII., wrote a
book for the purpose of gaining the
favor of Pope Plus IX., but failed in
his purpose. Tbe pope would not bo
reconciled to Bishop Peccl, and ordered
the book to be placod on the Index.
Since those facts have been made pub
lic, tbe powers ot Rome have made
haste to cover the facts by falsehood.
They have telegraphed the New York
Times a story that the book in question
was not written by Peccl, but by an ob
scure, well-meaning but half-domented
priest called PaoletU, and that Bishop
Peccl suppressed the work, but by some
carelessness the book was credited to
Peccl. American newspapers are called
upon to give publication to this trans
parent falsehood. It seems there is
nothing too mean for those Romish ec
clesiastics to perpetrate. Falsehood
seems better to them than truth when
truth is against them. St. Louis True.
American.
Nebraska W. A. l A.
The state convention of the W. A. P.
A. of Nebraska was held December 28,
1895, at Omaha. The convention as
sembled in Eagle Hall, Fourteenth and
Dodge streets, where the delegates
were entertained while in this city by
Councils Nos. 3 and 6. The following
officers were chosen for the ensuing
year: President, Mrs. Mary A. Hertz-
mann, of Omaha; vice-president, Mrs.
P. C. Hough, of Omaha; state secre
tary, Miss E. Meserve, of Fremont.
The subordinate councils of the state
were well represented, and the session
of the state council passed off pleas
antly. Tbe new state president la an
indefatigable worker in the W. A. P.
A., and is well qualified to discharge
the duties of the high office to which
she has succeeded.
The delegates were delighted with
the courtesies which they received
from the members of Councils 3 and 6.
The next state convention will be
held at Omaha.
Pope's Services Snubbed.
Rome, January 3. It is reported in
clerical circles here that the pope of
fered to mediate la the Venezuelan
boundary dispute, but that England re
fused to accept the offer. Orders have
been issued to the keeper of the ar
chives of the propaganda Fide to make
further researches for documents con
nected with the Venezuelan missions.
mportant documents have been found
in the Vatican relating to Catholic
missions in Venezuela. These docu
ments show that the missions within
the territory claimed by Great Britain
were included in the diocese of Caracas
prior to tbe acquirement of Guiana by
the British.
A Piaster's Opinion.
Gov. Morrill of Kansas declares that
he is not a candidate for nomination.
Good thing. The governor was elected
by the A. P. A. vote and then went
back on his friends. Now his friends
are not so numerous as to warrant a
renewed candidacy. This bad Morrill
furnishes a good moral for others.
Denver Americun.
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