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L THE AMERICAN. MI If! 1 I riTORED HT THE A. r. A. luul Traleiaff Vhssl aai Wff tla f the rlld Csstiers. The Kansas City Nr, as aotl-A. P. A. prp has this tossy: A resolution favorable to the pro posed manual tralnln high school ! going too rounds of the A. 1 A. coun cils of the city, arJ thua far baa be en adopted wbeiever offered. Tha coun cils understand that a proposition to TOW bonds tor the school proposed will be submitted at the Axt city election. The resolutions are of considerable leagth, but the root important section 1 as follows: "lie it nmHd, That wo, the mem bers of this council, do most heartily Indorse the establishment ot a manual training department la the new high school, and hereby pledge ourselves to use all honorable moans to secure a majority of the qualified voters of the city to vote for a proposition wblob will meet the requirements necessary to eatab Uh the same." There Is also a movement on foot to secure the adoption of a resolution call ing on the council to submit to the voters next spring an amendment to the charter providing that the police commissioner shall be elected like other city officers. It Is olalmed in support of the measure that the su preme court's decisions give the olty complete control of its local affairs, and that the governor's right to ap potnt police commissioners would rest, If contested, on a charter provision rather than on a state law. Some of the A. P. A. leaders are anxious to re lieve the governor of this duty, and a resolution has been drafted with this end In view, and will be put Into circu lation among the councils next week. p. W. Glfford, when askod whether it would be adopted, said: "Toe mem bers of our order want the change made. I am satisfied that a charter amendment Is all that la neoded to place the control of the police depart ment entirely under the control of the city and its people. As our people are all voting In favor of the proposed manual training school, it a proposi tion to build one goes before the public next spring, It will cost very little more to add an amondmont to the charter such an Is proposed, and I be llove both would be readily adopt ol." EMBARUO REMOYED. Amesbury A. 1. A. No Longer Denied the I'se or the Opera House. A special dispatch to the Boston Daily Standard says: Amesbury, Doo. 27. After ten months, exlstente the embargo on the use of the opera house by the A. P. A. Is off. W. E. Diddle, treasurer of the company which owns the building, hav ing notified M Flandort, of the Stand ard book store, that the Haydon Bros, have nothing whatever to do with the ooera house, and that Mr. Blddle's representative proposed to let it to any one who wished to hire It, and should the A. P. A. desire the use of the house at anv time they would be pleased to let it, provided it was not engaged. TIs outcome ot the controversy Is very pleasing to the members of the A. P. A. and their friend t, and the ac knowledgment of the right of free ssoeoh (when you have the money to nav for the use of the hall) Is as It rrf should be. Some are In favor of hiring the opera bouse and getting either Hersher (who was to have spoken there In the first rlaoe), Fulton or Rush to come and g Ive onn lecture In honor ot the lifting of the "ban of the pope." Should such a meeting be held it would be one of the largest patriotic meetings ever held In Amesbury. Coming as It did at Christmas time, It is looked upon as a "Christmas gift" to the A. P. A. What Will the A. P. A. Dot The first essential thing for the A P. A. to do to gain an early national triumph is to keep constantly before the Dublio the truthful but awful his tory of the papacy for the last thou- sand years, to explain cloarly its pres ent attitude in politics, and its pur poses respecting the future. History is sufficiently full to furnish all the facts we need upon this point. These facts of history cannot be successfully disproved even by the papists them selves; and, though they may be de nied, yet this cannot invalidate their truth. And as to the present relation of the papal power to the politics of this country, It is known and read of all men, who will open their eyes to tee its increasing political power, espe cially at the seat of our national gov ernment. And equally plain are its objects and alms respecting the future It is true that its secret plans and Jesu itic&l schemes may not be known only by their developments; but these as- sure us that the papacy will not be sat isfied with anything less than, the de struction of our free Institutions, the breaking up of the republic, and the papal control of the country. Hence the true knowledge of this dangerous element in politics should be pressed home upon the minds and consciences of the people especially of every voter in the land." For It seems quite evi dent that the ministers, church . mem bcrs and relisrious press are not so fully Informed as they should be of the Imminent politic! danger from the papal arch-enemy to which we are ex posed. And the means by which the P. A. can impart this knowledge ... . ... . i.ii are thrveroia lie literature, periodi cals and Its Be to, It public speakers and debaters, and the combined secret ork of all the councils. Hence, when ti e voter gets It thoroughly through bis mind and heart, whether he be Christian, moralist or infidel, if wor thy tf being an American, he will ut terly abhor the thought of giving the papal hierarchy, thus plotting against the life of the republic, any controlling power lo the politics of this country. The second essential thing for the . P. A. to do to win an early national triumph Is to constantly keep before tbo reople everywhere the patriotic principles of the order, Its present wonderful success, and the bright pros pects of the future as the only effectual and sure political remedy against the papal power in American politics. The order has the power of disseminating 1U patrlotio principles everywhere, and our citizens are ready to hear and to avail themselves of the political remedy offered by the order, as is evinced by the rush of American pa triots Into the organisation. Even the ministers, the church members, and the religious press, though far behind what they ought to be on this subject, are Just beginning to understand the nation's perils from the papacy, and are slowly falling Into line with the millions of patriotic cltlxens who are now at war not with the Roman Cath olic religion but against all papal dis loyalty to the government and its free institutions. We are glad to know that the American people are beoom lng educated more and more up to the times respecting the political encroach ments of Rome and the true objocts and alms ot the A. P. A.; and In pro portion as these are understood will be Its political success and near approach to national triumph. Therefore, these two things the destructive Influence and purposes of the papacy against the republio and the perfect remedy pro posed by the A. P. A. must be burned into the minds, hearts and ballots of voters, which will soon bring in sight national patrlotio victory. The great moral principle ot eternal truth should be the head-center around whioh all patrlotio orders and all po litical action should revolve; for true patriots csnnot afford to deviate one lota In their politics from the straight line of strict moral Integrity. Energy of aotlon should also accompany all the movements of the order in this terri ble struggle with organized papal rule And the true spirit of perseverance will come as a mighty incentive to he roic action, whioh, combined with the other elements of the order, shall de stroy in due time all papal power in the politics of this oountry, and shall place In power loyal men, men who are In heart and action in harmony with constitutional law and good govern ment. J. G. P. Free Schools Approved. Publlo school Instruction was another Inevitable outcome of Mr. Richard Cobden's basic principles. Mrs Schwabe In her book reports his speech at Manchester, where, as in other large English cities, he urged tbe American system of free schools. At that time, fifty years ago, the English farmers knew little beyond the precincts of their own parish, If Indeed they knew much of that. It was generally ad mltted that they were the worst edu catcd people of any Protestant country In any part of the world. The story goes that an American editor of small village paper had been making a tour through the rural districts of England. He csme across some mowers and asked them how they were pros pering. , Their reply was: "We ain't prospering; we're haying." The editor told the story to Cobden, who admitted its truth as well as its naivete, but begged the editor not to put it In print on his return to America. Mr. Cobden thought if England could once have a system of free schools that tbe spirit of the free- school system would soon possess the minds of the people; that the poor farmer's son would soon be sitting by the rich farmer's son, and that aside from the actual instruction gained there would be an advantage scarcely less desirable, since there would be the intermingling and blending of so ciety that would come from the middle and working classes sending their chil dren to one common school. He urged that this system of free schools should not be looked upon as charity, and to desirable for the poor people alone. The schools should be, as In America, for the rich as well as for the poor. These sentiments, which were plati tudes in America in the middle of the nineteenth century, were advanced ideas in England fifty years ago. Mr. Cobden quoted from a speech which Daniel Webster had recently made, saying that the population of the United States was 23,000,000, and that It a person spread out the map of Europe, took scales and divided and marked off any area that contained 150,000,000, there would be found within the United States more persons who habitually read and wrota than could be embraced within that area. No small portion of this 10,000,000 has found Its way to America and Into our publlo schools, for a protective tariff has never protected America from the Invasion of hordes of Ignorant foreign ers. The burden of expense has been heavy, acd heavier In Chicago than In any other city of the Dolon; and yet our publio-scnool system has been and will be the only safeguard against the lgnorsnce that would assert iUe'f In anarchy or the degradation that would settle Itself in apathy. Mr. Cobden was right when he declared that there was a moral as well as an Intellectual piwer In the American public-school system. Caroline K. Sherman in the Chicago Chronicle, December 19, 1S9S, After a Jew. Is It possible that we have the In quisition in Chicago? It seems so. On December 12th Abraham Mara, a Rus sian Jew, and vender of vegetables, was crying the excellence of his wares in front of No. 583 Dickson street. Three Roman Catholic Poles, with the euphonious names of 'Anton Mazarkee- wlg, Adolph Wemple and John Horn volr, called the Jew and started an Im promptu inquisition. They demanded that ho should renounce the faith of Israel, ami when he stoutly refused to do so, they produced a clothes-line, put it about his neck and threw the other end over the door. The three Poles hauled at the rope until the kicking and struggling peddler was suspended In tbe air. Then he was drawn up, and the third t'me he became Insensi ble, and when he was let down seemed to be dead. Neighbors revived Mara and sent him about his business, but the Poles kept his basket of vegetables. The only excuse given for their brutal oonduot was that they were "rushing the can;" but the latter disreputable business evoked the true spirit of Ro manism- that was latent in their bigoted natures. The real danger arises from the presence In our country of such a bigoted, brutal element, who are extremely religious and positively un-Chrlstian. What may we expect, if such a race of brutal bigots should ever gain control? We must civilize, liberalize, Americanize and gospellze them, It we wish to perpetuate our re publlo. The latter cannot continue half American and half foreign. Either one must and will predominate. Reformer. Appreciates Onr Cartosn. The last American contained a splendid cartoon against the Republi can Tanner machine, in Chicago, 111. The cut represents a motocycle, four wheeled, with a man In each wheel, whese arms and legs were the spokes. Tanner "filled" one of the hind wheels, Madden one of the fore wheels, Jami son another. The inscription on the wagon reads: "The G. O. P. Motocy cle Co., Swiftest Route to Political Pullvllle. In Pull we Trust." The bed of the wagon is loaded with bun dles labeled "Boodle, Jobs," etc. A Roman priest oooupled the seat and held the steering apparatus. Uncle Sam is standing at one Bide looking at the strange vehicle In apparent wonder. There is no question but that The American has made a correct view of the situation. Rome Is behind the Re publican machine In Chicago. Liberty. Government Gets a Setback. Toronto, Ont., Dec. 25. The re port of the vote in the Card well bye election to-day Is a genuine surprise for all concerned. Willoughby (Conserva tive) went into tbe contest pledged to support the Dominion government in its coercive Manitoba school policy, Stubbs (McCarthylte) opposed this pol icy, and Henry went in as a liberal The result: Willoughby, 110; Stubbs, 1,201, and Henry, 278. This is con sidered a severe blow to the govern ment on its Manitoba school policy, so far as the provlnc3 ot Ontario Is con cerned. ' The Japanese government has just made the village of Hanke in the prov ince ot Kotshi famous by ordering an annual appropriation of 100 yen toward the payment of the municipal expenses on account ot the exemplary conduct of its citizens. For 200 years there has not been a lawsuit in the place; no person has been arrested within its limits, no crime has been committed, every man has paid his taxes In full the day they were due, and there has been no appeal to charity on account of misfortune or any other cause. toward, $100. 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The exceeding fast time to Colorado Utah, Idaho, Montana, Oregon an California now being made by the Union Pacific places that line in the lead for both first aud. second class travel. For tickets, time tables or any nformatlon call on A. C. DUNN, City Pass. ATkkAgt., 1302 Farnam St EJECTED FROM A CUTItCH. Michael DieUea Meet Reach Usage at Ushers' Hands. The Chicago Chronicle, December 26, said: Michael DIetzen, a German laborer living at 12 Gardner street, claims that ust before the beginning of early mass yesterday morning he was ejected from the edifice because he was unable to pay the 10 cent fee demanded by tbe ushers for a chair. This morning he win swear out a warrant before Justice Kerstea, charg ing the ushers with assault and de manding their arrest. "So roughly was I bandied," said Dletsen, "that my leg, which was broken six months ago, was again badly Injured and my ankle was sprained, so that I cannot walk." Rev. Father Strattman of St. Joseph's said: "I know nothing of Dietzen's ase by name, but I do know that a drunken man was ejected from the church and that when I expostulated with him at the church door he turned and cursed me. I have no doubt that the man was drunk, for be smelt strongly of whisky. It was some time before the celebration of the 4 o'clock mass that my attention was attracted by the commotion in the front of tbe church. I followed the ushers and the man they were leading down the aisle. At the church door I told the man he ought to go home and be turned and cursed me in the most violent language. He then walked up Market street un assisted. Had there been a policeman present I would have had the man taken In charge. And should a drunken man create a disturbance In the church , myBelf, would eject him If it were necessary." "What are the ushers instructed to do incase an attendant at mass weie unable to pay the fee for a chair?" the father was asked. "If he occupied a seat already sold and reserved they would ask him to vacate It." Suppose he took a seat not re served?" "They would exercise judgment and discretion In the matter." 'Have you ever Issued any instruc tions to the effect that those unable to purchase seats should me made to leave the church?" I am not here to answer such ques tions. If a man were drunk and offen sive, certainly he would be ejected, and I myself would assist in such a pro cedure. This man was drunk. Our ushers are men ot sense and judgment, not excitable boys. They would do nothing which the occasion did not de mand. I do not know who the. ushers were that ejected this man, but all of them are trustworthy and have been for a Ion? time connected with this parish." Dietzen's statement was made In straightforward manner and he felt no ill will toward the priests or brothers of the church. But against the ushers he was very bitter, and said: "It only goes to snow mat iney wm no wel . a . 1 . 111 a. come a poor man Into the church. The fact is, I have not been in a church tor fifteen years until this morning. I went with my wife and two children, a Miss Schmidt, who lives In the flat above us, and George Puff and his wife. Mr. Paff is mv landlord, and we left the house together. All these people know I was net drunk and will testify to it. When I reached the church I went way down in front because I bad not teen such a sight in so long. When I took a chair the ushers demanded 10 cents, which I did not have. Then they rushed me out. There was no disturbance about it, for it all happened so quick there was no chance for trouble. As I went down the aisle toward the altar, one of the ushers said: 'Where are you going?' answered: 'I want to sit down. Well,' said the usher, 'if you want to sit down, you will have to pay 10 cents.' '1 haven't got any money, I said, and they told me If that was so I would have to leave the church. 'Walt minute,' I said, 'I haven't been in a church In fifteen years and I would like to look around.' At that the usher signaled to another usher, who was in tbe forward part of the church, and when he came down the aisle the usher that had spoken to me said: 'Come here, this man Is drunk.' They seized my arms on each side and bait pushed and half pulled me down the aisle until they had me way out to the belfry tower. Then I got mad and shoved them away with my arms. Even If my leg Is in bad shape I am pretty strong Ith my arms and they went nying away irom me. as iney rusneu mo down the aisle my ankle was sprained again and to-night my foot Is In nearly as bad condition as when the stones fell on me 6ix months ago. Until a tew weeks ago I was not able to put on a shoe and this trouole today has set me back another four weeks. Dr. Ed ward Otto and Dr. Charles B. 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Dr. Edward Otto of 113 Clybourn avenue said: "Whether Mr. DIetzen was at fault when he was injured at the church this morning I do not know, but the Injuries are serious and will keep him In the house for four weeks more. The original fracture was compound and the bone was so badly splintered that the least violent motion Is danger ous for the patient." The church of St. Joseph Is at Market and Cedar streets and Is In the charge of the priests and brothers of the Bene dictine order. Father Strathman Is prior. A BLOW AT THE JESUITS. Mexican Archbishop Wants Them Ban ished by Rome. A dispatch to the Boston Daily Stand ard from the City of Mexico, Decem ber 27, says: Archbishop Montes de Oca, of San Luis Potosi, is still In Rome on business connected with his order banishing Jesuits from his diocese. Archbishop Forst invited the Jesuits there, but In a tew years they had be come the most Important people and held the most wealthy churches, min istering with zeal to enthusiastic flocks. Their power grew so great that the ordinary clergy became alarmed and began to move against them, finally securing the issuance of the famous order expelling them. Now Rome has taken the matter un. and the whole business will be investigated. TO AMERICANIZE THE CAPITAL. Americanism must be enthroned In our nation's capital. Rome must not dominate the next president of these United States. Your duty as a patriot is to help en throne Americanism throughout the United States and particularly in the city of Washington. Will you enlist for that purpose? We have, and we are terribly in earnest; so much so that we have de termined, with God's help, to save this country from the Roman hierarchy. To do this we must have your help and the help of your friends. Our plan is not a secret one. It is as open as the day. We propose to convince the Ameri can people that they are in danger from Romanism and that their civil and relieious liberties are in jeopardy through the machinations of the Ro man Catholio church a vast political machine. In order to convince the people we Safe for all ages. Does not sicken Q inrrnn l nasi CO U9vU fCIT CAICU- M the hospitals of London, Pa aris and LJ o o Omaha. Neb., write: "Four yean ago I had Q -BY- JOHHT.CHBISTIAH,D.D. Cloth. 280 Pages. PRICE $1.00 AGENTS WANTED "Picturesque and able." The Congregational. "It ought to be put In our publlo schools as a text-book." North Carolina JlavtusU Cents Extra should be added for AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO. must reach them, and in order to reach them we have decided to send The American from now until January 1st, 1897, for the sum of f0 cents. The American Is $2.00 per year, but In order to create a healthy spirit of Americanism we will send it from now until Jan. 1, 1897, during the presiden tial campaign, for 50 cents. 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