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FEBRUARY 21, 1896.
The Illinois state council of the A.
P. A. meets In Blooraington next week.
There are about ten entertainment
on Up for the evening of February 22,
In honor of Washington' birthday.
There Is a law against commerce be
tween the sexes, yet Roman priest and
Roman nuns have been repeatedly
proved guilty of that crime.
Populists and Democrats in the
Kentucky legislature seem to hare com
bined to prevent the Republicans from
electing a United States Senator.
We would state that the best mode
to abolish the "green" from the Irish
man's eve would be to show that it Is
tha most unlucky oolor on earth. Su
perstition would do the rest.
WE have made the rounds of the A.
P. A. In this city, and flad that each
Booting averages about one-half more
members in attendance than was the
a se before the last election.
Crifple Creek, Colo., Is the home
of the newest patriotic paper. It Ij
managed by I. N. Simpson. Its name
it the Vrippk Crtek Anwrican. It Is
eight pases in also and sells tor 12. It
will certainly prospsr.
Senator Vilas in a reoent speech
declared that the silver-mice owner
were entirely responsible tor the agita
tion of the silver question. Strange
to relate, the people and the mine
owner seem to be of one mind so far
as the money question la concerned.
ONE would think Americans, of all
people, would be awake to the dangers
of Romanism, yet they do not seem to
be. Some are too deeply engrossed in
business, others In politics, and still
other in the money question, to real
ize that Rome is the lnslduous foe that
it encroaching upon their liberties.
Clara Barton will have no trouble
in entering Turkish territory. The
American minister at Constantinople
has obtained the Port's safeguard,
which guarantees herself and her as
sistants protection while distributing
relief in the distressed provinces of the
empire.
Under the recent order of the
Treasury DeDartment the mints at
Philadelphia, San Francisco and New
Orleans will coin silver dollars at the
rate of 11,500,000 per month. It it the
intention of the department to continue
this rate of coinage until at least 20,
000.000 of silver dollars have been
coined.
The revenue law provides for the
payment of a license by manufacturers
and vendors of malt, vinous and spiritu
ous liquors. Nuns and priests of the
Roman church violate this law with
impunity. The former beg wine and
vend It without license, and the latter
have been known to brew and distill
liquor in their monkeries in violation
of said law. How much better Is a
Roman priest or nun, wh defrauds the
nublie in that way, than a West Vir
ginia or Kentucky moonshiner?
A letter from Peoria says: "Last
Saturday night Council 99 of the A, P.
A. had a splendid meeting. At no re
cent time has there been such an en
thusi&stic assemblage. Over three
hundred members were present, and
nine candidates were initiated. There
were present many visitors, members
Irom Council 97, and other councils of
j ctr. no,B il,e1 "BW
dent oT Council 104. 8laos the begin
ning of the new fear, It Menu that all
the council la tola city arc taking- on
new Ufa and new vigor to light tha bat-
Uea of im.'
Tukre 1 considerable unanimity on
the part of the various r.uropeao
power in the matter of strengthening
their navies And while this la going
on tney an quiewy wiwui
other. The steady increase In popula
tion of theae countries haa brought
about oonditiont of unrect which noth-
inc abort of war or potlilenoe can allay.
It I tha belief of some of the beat
.rhnUra of the world that tha whole of
Europe will, In time, be dominated by
tha Anilo-Saxon race, wnicn win
.nail taooma the ruling race of the
hole world.
j
One of the dirtiest trick on record
i laid at the door of a Kanaa City
dally paper. It wa not the Journal,
World or Star. A representative oi
the vile sheet In question went to the
meeting place of Council 31, Jr. O. U.
A. M., before opening, put on the re-
Ualla of the order and aat In the hall
until he was called upon for Identifica
tion. Not being a member, and conse
quently unable to give the desired in
formation, the regalia was taken irom
him and he was requested to retire.
Thlt act hat caused much displeasure
among the members, and from the talk,
It might pay the paper he represented
to prepare a carriage and have it wait
ing to carry off the fragments of the
next representative who maket such
an attempt Aarwa CiV Amerwan.
liOOD WOKE IX l'EORU.
Friend tt That Live American City
Writet Abeut the A. P. A.
Peoria, 111., February 17th, 1896
Editor American: This city, like
other town, has a class of croakers
(Protestant I mean) who are continu
ally crying about the A. P. A. It un-
Americanism. They remind me of a
dock of butxards hovering over a dead
carcase. It these croaker are not de
vouring one thing they are devouring
another. Just now these harpies are
busy circulating reports regarding the
order and it councils, calling It any
thing but nice names. Among other
thing they aver that the Amerloan
Protective Association 1 not a consti
tutional representative body of legal
voter, and it candidates elected to
office are not representative men. This
la horrid if true, and if true 'tis a pity I
But if I mlatake not, the very class of
men who are now crying down the A.
P. A. are me a who have had-and some
of them now have an axe to grind and
we have refuted to turn their grind
stone, and because we would not we are
not a representative body of legal
voters. Ah, how sadl The A. P. A.
does not claim, however, to be an or
ganisation of any partisan political
party. It claims to be an organization
for the lalvatlon of these United States
from ring rule and Romanism. Itl
or will be. the protector of all just 1 s
of the land. It membership I v-om
posed of the rloh and the poor, and the
Door are treated wiinin me council
with the same consideration as the
rich. It Is no respecter of persons. It
doe not seek to be an organization of
any class, sect or creed. It only asks
that Its view be aocorded with as its
logic and American principles justify
When any clas of men seek to make
the member of this organization their
henchmen, they get left. They may,
If the? tee fit, declare that It is not a
representative body of legal voters.
That does not matter to us. Our field
of political work It peculiarly our own
aid we have, In the face of all opposl
tlon In the past, gained victory after
victory over our enemy, even In Peoria,
The A. P. A. it out of its swaddling
clothes. It feelt Its oats. It It quite
able to go it alone. That it just what
it Is rolncr to do in the future. All the
bra j in ga, all the slurs, all the chin
music and all the backbiting that can
be done by these mean, tklnfllnted and
drled-up old Romanist sympathizers,
who are too stingy to buy a patriotic
niner and inform themselves, cannot
deter the A. P. A. from moving onward
and upward, boom and boom, until at
last it will reach such a stage of effi
ciency that it will shed light unto all
the heathen in the most remote corners
of these United States. Yours In F. P.
and P. Charles Cunningham
Party Fealty Mast Abdicate.
We have received a large number of
letters recently from friends in various
parts of the city asking us to call upon
all Americans, and particularly upon
all the mem bert of the patriotic orders
In this cltv and county to come out to
all open meetings and Identify them
selves with the movement now making
for a more pronounced Americanism
They argue, and justly, too, that
Protestants cannot hope to win a per
manent victory In this city, until they
follow the tactics which Romanists
have practiced for so many years that
is, get together, stay together, work
together and vote together, whenever
an Americanized Protestant is nomin
ated, regardless of the ticket he is run
ning upon. American principles can
not be triumphant so long as partisan
feeling controls your acts. Party fealty
must abdicate in favor of fealty to
1
America. Calea this happens there
U no hope of suooeM, ao chance to via
a victory, futrnc senucneni weigna
not with Rome or her tools, and
partisanship will be the ruin of
this nation unless the Protestants
awake to a realisation of the fact
that tbey are blindly allowlog tt
papal K)wer to gala control of this
government. The proper way for
Protestants to remedy this evil is to
let tbs party booses crack their
hips; let them howl for protection to
our Infant Industries, for a tariff for
revenue only, or for whatever tbey
please, while they keep their mind on
the ultimate object to bn attained the
Amerlcanlxatlon of America by the aid
of the ballot, and In spite of partisan
ship. Unless this Is practiced univer
sally Rome will do as she ha boasted:
Take this country in 1900 and keep It
Americans! Do you want to see that
realized? Do you want the worst enemy
civil and religious liberty has ever
known to gain the ascendancy In this
country? Do you want your liberties
subverted? Do you want your free
school system ruined? Do you want
your fortunes, your homes and your
lives jeopardized, by placing the affairs
of thlt country within the cortrol of an
arrogant and oppressive priesthood? If
you do not buckle on your armor, go
out in the world and preach the gospel
of Americanism and arouse every man
to a full realization of the danger In
which hit and our liberties are in even
today. Rome's minlont are working as
they never worked before, and it It your
duty, at true, loyal, patriotic citizens,
to join bands with the men who are
fighting the canoe ro us growth from
which thlt body pollllo It now suffering
through the machination of the Roman
priesthood in local and state affairs.
There must be unity of action on the
part of Protestant Americans; nothing
can bo accomplished by dividing our
forces or by working at cross purposes,
and the only way we can see to keep
from doing that Is for the patriotic
orders to devise a way to keep this olty
out of the control of the corrupt and un
scrupulous gang that has for years tried
to dominate it and the county. To this
end we ask every A. P. A. council, every
camp of the P. O. S. of A., every coun
cil of the Jr. O. U. A. MM and every
lodge of the Loyal Orange Institution
in this county to tend ut, under teal
of their lodge a poll of their attending
membership, showing the number of
men who can be depended upon to get
out and work to rid thlt country of the
detestable clique that misrepresents
Amerloan sentiment as often as it con
trols a convention. At a member of every
one of the above named association! we
urge upon our frlendt and brothers the
need of prompt and vigorous action.
We ask them to take up this question
and disouss it and ascertain whether it
It not time that we became truly Amer
ican, by refusing to bow before any
man. or any set of men who may set
themselves up as dictator?. When you
have discussed it take a rising vote
and send the result to us, and If the
result justifies it we will help organize a
fight against the notorious gang that hat
brought disgrace upon this fair olty
and thlt great state by their unfair and
un-American acts. But if we are to
organize, we must be up and doing. No
time it to be lost. It is not long until
election day. and it will be useless to
fight after the polls are closed. There
fore we ask every brother to go to hit
lodge, state this case clearly and ask
the opinion of the members as to the
advisability of cutting loose from party
tie and becoming a free lance? After
they have expressed an opinion, ask the
lodge to instruct the secretary to in
form us officially as to what proportion
of their membership favors making
determined fight against Roman ag
gression. If the friends of true Ameri
canism will take hold of this matter
and work in unison, we will help them
win a victory from Rome and it will
be done without the use of a single dol
lar, and on the principle endorsed by
our orders purity in politics. No tub
tcriptiont to a campaign fund will be
asked, and no donatlont will be ac
cepted. The fight will be made upon
the plan adopted in Omaha. Every
patriot will be given something to do,
and no one will be paid for what he
doea. The fight will be prosecuted for
the good of the city and the county, and
not for personal gain. It will be a fight
for liberty and equality, and against
usurpation and fraud. Are you with
ns? This is the only way to defeat
Rome. It must be done honestly and
without the use of money. Right and
truth are bound to win. Kansas City
American.
A New Law Firm.
Attorneys C. C. Wright and B.
F,
Thomas have formed a partnership.
The firm name will be Wright
Thomas, with offices in Suite 517 New
York Life building. Mr. Wright stands
at the head of the legal fraternity in
this city, and Mr. Thomas has for the
oast five vears been employed as the
legal adviser of the Bates-Smith In
vestment Company, whose business
still retains. Messrs. Wrignt & Thomas
will, on account of their capability and
trustworthiness, make a strong law
firm; and The American wishes them
unbounded success.
UNION PACIFIC.
"The Overland Route." .
City Ticket Office, 1302 Farnam Street
ROMAN THUGS STRIKE.
hey Assault Fred Carew. an
American Employe, While
Selling Papers.
The AtUfk Orcirrrt Satsrday Algal,
and Wsald lists Rtsaltrt In Care w't
Death Had st a Lady
Interfered.
IChlCMO Aiuertcaa.
Rome has struck another blowl
She bat spilled the blood of another
patriot and while sbe did not cause
hi death, that certainly was her game.
Her plan was well laid, but God de
feated her through the agency of a
woman.
From what we can learn, Fred Carew,
as has been bis custom for more than
year, was selling The American oa
the streets last Saturday night
He was standing on the corner of
Madison and Clark, and things were
'coming hit way" in a very thort time
particularly Roman things.
Probably the success he was having
tended to stir the ire of the Romanists
as much as the cartoon On the first
page; at any rate they descended on
him and were beating him in a shame
ful and shocking' manner, when a lady
ran to his rescue.
There were six papists in the as
saulting party, and their hideous cries
and shouts, as they hammered and
kicked poor Carew, frightened the pas
sers-by so that they increased their
speed to get away from danger.
One Roman struck Carew In the face
with either a pair of brass knuckles or
billy, mashing his nose and face into
pulp. The others tried to wrest his
papers from him, kick him, and struck
him from behind and no doubt would
have left bim seriously Injured, it not
dead, had It not been for some unknown
woman rushing In and placing herself
between him and his assailants.
All the time they were pounding
Carew they were emitting a regular
stream of oaths, vile and indecent lan
guage, settling beyond a doubt whose
agents they were.
For years Rome has tried to keep
this paper from reaching the public
Her minlont have often assaulted our
newsboys; they have purchased the
papers, set them on fire in public, and
tried to incite a riot so that her thugs
might murder the boys they could not
Intimidate. But we are still doing
business at the tame old stand, and
111 be, It the Lord Is willing, when
the power of the papacy in our affairs
of state has been completely broken
Until that hour arrives, we ask every
patriot to do what he can to increase
the demand for this paper. Hand tne
one vou vet to a friend. Come to the
office and get some tample copies and
make yourself a committee of one to
get at least two of your friends and ac
quaintances to tend in 50 cents and get
the paper until January 1, 1897.
How many of you will do that before
the first of next month. Think of our
eight-page paper being sent to any ad
dress for ten months for 50 cents. Who
will not want it?
When we get a circulation of 25,000
in the city of Chicago Rome will not
assault our newsboys. Public senti
ment wi quid y tell her she Is in the
wrong.
POPE LEO WAS FOR PEACE.
His Efforts to Induce England to Aibi-
trate the Yenexnelau Dispute.
Rome, Jan. 27. The pope hat taken
an extraordinary ltterest in au me
phases of the recent conflict between
England and the United States with re
gard to Venezuela. As you know, Ven
ezuela last year proposed to England to
submit the pending question to the ar
bitration of the pope. But the English
government refused to act upon the
suggestion, fearing, perhaps, that it
might give umbrage to English senti
ment, which has never been particu
larly favorable to what It calls papistry.
There is no doubt tnat Leo Alii, was
very mucn nurt Dy mis atutuae oi
England. The holy father attaches
great Importance to arbitration, which
he regards as one of the traditional
functions o the holy tee. Bismarck
was well aware this when he invited
the meditation of the Vatican in the
matter of the Carol) . Islands.
Although no 11 .'steps may have
been taken by , iXIII. to induce the
English government to reconsider its
rejection of his good offices, unofficial
action was undoubtedly taken, unhap
pily without success.
The last few weeks have been full of
disappointment for the pope. When)
war between the United States and
England seemed imminent he re
marked: "And yet if England would
but have consented, this quarrel would
have been settled long ago."
After England's refusal of the pro
posed mediation President Crespo
wrote the holy father a letter expres
sing his regret.
At the Vatican then seems to be no
doubt as to the justice of the Venezuelan
cause. Considerable satisfaction was
therefore felt there when the United States
took up Ou defense of Va South American
republic.
On the occasion of Cardinal Satolli's
investiture at Baltimore the pope re
ceived a long telegram from the pro
delegate fully describing all the im
pi r
All honor to thee, thou glorious man,
Who led the hosts in Freedom's van
To Liberty!
All hail to thee, our country's sire
Who helped give man his heart's desire,
Pure Liberty!
For this thy name on hist'ry's scroll
Will live until the death-knells toll
For Liberty!
So rest, dear soul; thy work is done,
And millions have thy praises sung,
George Washington!
presslve details of the ceremony. His
holiness was much delighted to learn
how much significance and pomp had
been attached to the solemnity, and in
conversation with several persons at
the Vatican he gave expression to his
feelings on the subject. It was the first
time on which an official representative
of the pope in the United States had
been so honored, and great importance
was attached to the occurrence, which
was considered as a triumph of the
papal policy.
One of Cardinal Satolli's compatriots,
a distinguished prelate who enjoys the
confidence of the pope, with whom The
World correspondent had occasion to
discuss the investiture, said that he re
garded the Baltimore ceremony as the
closing episode In the history of an Im
portant period. Referring to the hos
tility with which the delegate was met
by a majority of the American Episco
pacy on his arrival In Washington, and
recalling Mgr. Satolli's attitude in va
rious matters affecting Mgr. Ireland
and Dr. McGlynn, he echoed the views
of the pope by declaring that the
strength of the d. egation must neces
sarily lie in the assumption of a neu
tral and Independent position. How
true this was, he continued, Mgr. Sa
tolli had been quick to see himself.
He had understood that it was the part
of the papal envoy to Washington to
avoid partisanship and prefer the char
acter of a peacemaker or arbiter, for
which Mgr. Satolll had shown himself
to be eminently suited. The long con
flicts and disputes by which Catholicism
and the United States had been dis
turbed, had caused, at least temporar
ily, thanks to his diplomacy and zaal.
The work of harmony had made great
progress. The delegation was no
longer combated, while those who, at
the outset, were the bitterest enemies
of Mcr. Satolll the Jesuits and the
Archbishop of New York were now
his most devoted advocates. In con
elusion, the prelate declared that there
was every reason to rejoice at the suc
cess of the new cardinal's mission.
It It now rumored here that Cardinal
Satolll may after all not come to Rome
to receive his "hat" at the next con
sistory. The wish, however, may in
this case have prompted the thought
which gave birth to the report.
In addition to Ab. Mgr. Averardi,
who has been supposed to have a chance
of being appointed the next delegate,
Roman ecclesiastics are again talking
of the possible despatch to Washington
of Mgr. Lorenzelll, inter-nuncio to the
Hague. He is supported by the Jes
uits, who of late have constituted them
selves lord-protectors of the delegation
and who have at this moment a great
deal of influence at the Vatican. For
many years, indeed, they have not en
joyed such power as now. Leo, how
ever, refuses to allow the Jesuits to
sway him in his attitude towards the
Washington University. Their re
peated onslaughts on that institution
have had no effect The holy father
looks on the university as peculiarly
his own creation, and a continuance of
his favor seems assured. N. Y. World.
Patronize those who advertise in the
American papers. By doing this you
will greatly assist the cause.
DAMAGES FROM A PRIEST.
Father Jiowlcki's Estimate of Frank
Powelskl Costs Him $1,500.
Judgment for $1,500 was entered in
Judge Tuthill's court recently against
Father Adolph Nowlcki, a Polish
priest of South Chicago, for alleged
slander. Father Nowlcki was tued by
Frank Powelskl, one of his parlshlon
era, lor sio,i uo. wnen tne suit was
called for trial the defendant did not
appear and a jury passed upon the
case, r Attier jnowicxi was me inaetor
of St Michael's church at South Chi- -
cago last November. Powelskl was
president of a benevolent society con
nected with the church, known as St.
Matin's Society. Dissension arose and
the organization split into factions.
The president and the pastor were on
opposite sides. Powelskl told the jury
that, on November 24, the pastor, in
the hearing of several parsons, accused
him of perjury and called him a drunken
bully. Finally he was expelled from
the organization and he declared the
pastor was mainly responsible for it
JR. 0. U. A. M. ITEMS.
The Junior Order of the United
American Mechanics has been enjoy
ing quite a boom in thit state during
the past few months. Several new
councils have been organized in the
twin cities recently, and the older
lodges have received new acquisitions
in membership. The state organizer,
A. G. Balnbridge, of Minneapolis, in
stituted Mayflower Council No. 9, at
Hay field, Minn., last Wednesday even
ing; and Saturday evening Twin City
Council No. 10 was instituted at Ham
line. About 150 members from both
cities were present at the latter cere
monies, including the Lincoln Council
Glee Club, the Washington oCouncil
Mandolin Club and the Ryder Mandolin
Club, of St Paul. A newcouncil will
be Instituted in B. lnerd thtsiweek.wo)
Minneapolis Times.
Last evening the officers of the several
councils and the rei resentatives to the
state council of the Junior Order United
American Mechanics, at a meeting in
Snyder Bros.' art studio, decided tc
make an effort to secure the meeting of
the national council in 1897for Minne
apolis. The national session this year
will be held in Denver, Co. . ext June.
Owing to the rapid growth of the
order, Minnesota will be entitled to
seven representatives. The object of
the meeting last night J was toodevise
some way of raising money forthe ex
penses of the delegatestto Denver, It
was decided to give a union ball, of all
the councils in the twinscities, on Feb
ruary 28, and a committee iwas ap
Omaha, Nebraska, has tspent over
ten millions on public improvements
such as pavements, sewers, etc., during
thirteen years. Omaha is one of the
model cities of the country. Mobile
Herald.
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