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LINTON of Michigan. For Vioo-President: JOHN L. WEBSTER of Nebraska. The next President of the United Statei should be a loyal American. OUR friend Sam MacLeod can re member longer than any other man In Omaha. Ilia memory runneth back to A. D. 4!M3-jut 1400 yers. If the comet should strike Washing ton before Ex-Smator Manderson ar rives at the Capital City, what would become of the Thurston-Manderson combination? Tub ninety days given Venezuela In which to answer Great Britain's de mands have expired; but the proposed war between the two countries has failed to materialize. SHALL we have a man like Linton for President who has the courage of his convictions, or shall we have a man who Is afraid to say he endorses the published platform of the A. P. A.? The war between the factions of the Democratic party of Nebraska has broken out afresh. The chairman of the silver wing of the party has Usued a challenge to the gold wing to settle their differences at the coming prima ries; but we have not heard of the latter having accepted It. , Hon. Charles F. Manderson went on Thursday evening to Washington, where he will confer with Senator Thurston regarding a compromise be tween the McKlnley and the Mander son forces In fixing the complexion of the Nebraska delegation In the He pub lic an National Convention. , Ex-Senator Charles F. MANDER SON announced In a (peech at Lincoln, Neb., the other day, that he would not endanger the chances of McKlnley for the Republican comlnatlon, but In tended merely to pose as a 'dark horse" in case that gentleman should fall to secure enough votes. According to a late dispatch from Ottawa, the bishops and priests of the Roman hierarchy in Quebec have united in a demand that every member of their faith shall vote and work un compromisingly for the bill to re-establish the separate schools in Manitoba. It now remains to be seen whether they will not be controlled. WE suppose the A. P. A. will control the Republican county convention that is to select delegates to the state and district conventions; and, if it does, whatever those conventions do can be taken as icdlcative of what the order wants and will have our hearty sup port. We do not think those delegates will be instructed for any man, but that a majority of them will be members of the A. P. A. Some of our friends have said to us "I am an A. P. A. and am for Mander- son." That's all right. We have no desire to have you do ought but what your conscience tells you is right. You have just as much right to sup port Manderson as we have to support Linton. The same is true of those friends who are supporting John M Thurston. We all have our preference now, but when the nominee has been chosen, let us hope that he will be such a man as will command our united support. SATOLLI S VISIT. The sub-pipe Satc'll ha visited Kan sas City; and, if one Is to belUe one- half what the daily peprrs said of his eeeption, we mut concede the Roman Catholics of that city, like the Roman Catholics of every other city, hall as their leader, not alone In spiritual, but o in tcnpral affairs, au alien dago whoae word becomes to them botn Ice lntolratloo and the law. There are some fallacies in the creed and dogmas and teachings of the Ro man church which have often been ex ploded; jet they are often paraded in public, as if the American people were either hort memorled or the veriest fools. We find one of tnese fallacies re Iterated by Priest Glennon during his sermon at pontifical high mass, cele brated during the sojourn of the dago In that city. Prlett Glennon said: "If you opjn the Holy Scriptures, you will find the words of Christ to Peter: Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I bHlld my church." One might think, from taking that sentence alone, that Christ really meant to build his church upon Peter. Rut he did not. Let us take the verses preceding that declara tion, beginning with the thirteenth verse of the sixteenth chapter of St. Matthew: "Now when Jtsus came into the parts of Ca-sarea Phllippi, he asked his dliciples, saying, Who do men ..... m l i A .1 say that tne son 01 man is.- aou they said, Some say John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. He salth unto them, Rut who say ye that I am? And Sluion Peter answered and said, Thou art C7inV, ie Son of Die Living GmV It was then that Jesus blessed him and said: "Thou art Poter ptros, and upon this rock jxtra I will build my church." The rock Christ referred to was Pettr's answer, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." And the church that is not founded on that Rock is a false church and is pre sided over by the man of sin. It would be just as legitimate for the opponents of the Roman church to say that if tholr church Is the one Christ founded, and Peter was the Rock on which It was founded, then tholr church was founded on error and sin. For, In the twenty-third verse of the same chapter, it is recorded that Christ "turned, and said unto Peter, 'Get thee behind me, Satan; thou art a stumbling-block unto me.'" Christ no more referred to Peter in that sentence as Satan than he did in the sentence quoted by the Roman church a the rock on which their church was founded. In each in stance it was the sentiment expressed by Peter. In the first sentence the rock was "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God"; in the lecond, Satan was the prompter of the doubt expressed by Peter that He (Christ) should be killed and the third day raided from the dead. We believe that sufficiently answers the claim of Glennon that Christ founded his church on Peter. The binding and loosing claim is set at rest ust as easily. He did not place that power Jn reter exclusively, n w given to all the apostles and to his church, as one can readily sea by re ferring to the Lord's Prayer: "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you." (Matthew, vi. 14). Priest Glennon also stated that "you know full well the story of the papucy." tiow truiniess is mis asser tion! Did his hearers know the his tory of the papacy, not one of them would follow in its train, but each and every one of them would blush because of its effrontery. It terms Itself the successor of Peter, and claims to be the vicegerent of God, when in reality It is the embodiment of evil, the refuge of profligates, murderers, fornicators, thieves and forgers. If they knew the story of the papacy, which includes the story of Sorglus III., of Alexander VI. and others of equally unsavory reputa tion, they would not be Roman Cath olics. After Glennon and Hogan had patted Satolll on the back that individual got back at them in Latin: Mv opinion is that the constitution of the American republican the present condition of things and of the people, corresponds most exactly to the divinely expressed Idea 01 cnurca ana buwj. r or tne constitution 01 mis nanon pro hibits that the civil authority should lend itself to the enactment of any law bearlnir on reheion as something not within Its SDhere. At the same time the sentiment of the law and the opin ions of vour most illustrious leaders are that the civil authority should fur nish every opportunity lor tne Develop ment of religious sentiment among the people." The first sentence of that paragraph is certainly full of meaning. "Under the present condition of things" means simply until the Romans can by stealth, craft and bribery, corrupt the law making power and change that consti tution so as to conform to the constitu tionor canons- of their church. Our constitution is right tesau3e it is toler ant to Romanism, but was Romanism In power in this country it would be wrong because Romanism Is not toler ant ol Protestantism. The bishops of that church aye, the pope himself has declared against religious , tolera tion; they have expressly stated that Romanl.-m is, by Its very nature, Intol erant. Satolli's words were the words of the Jesuit, and they were uttered with the intent of a Jesuit, to deceive the American people. The doctrine of the JesuiU teaches them to use words that can be construed lo different ways. Those wores of SotolU's can be coo struid as highly commendatory to our oco.tltulloo, or they can be construed as an announcement that It U agreeable to the Roman Catholic church only un til that church can so modify it or until she can to change It as to make It bar monlxe with her canons, which specify that "The oonttutlon of princes are not superior, bulsubordinate to eccles'aUi cal constitutions; that the laws of the emperors cannot dissolve the eccles iastical or cannon laws; that it Is not lawful for an emperor to exact any thing opp ed to the apostolio rules; that It l not unlawful for kings to usurp the things that belong to priests; that nocuxtom of anyone can thwart the stalutes of the poes; that the yoke Imposed by the Holy See Is to be brone, though It appear Intolerable and Insupportable; that the pontiff can neither be loosed nor bound by the scular power; that he was called God by the pious Prince Constantlue, ami that as god he cannot be judged as man; that as god he is far above the reach of all human law and judgment; and that all laws contrary to the can nons and decrees of the Roman pre lates are of no force; that all of the or dinances of the pope are unhesitatingly to be obeyed; and that we ought not even to speak to one whom the pope has excommunicated." The canon law says "the civil law is derived from man, but the ecclesiasti cal or canon law is derived directly from God, by which the pontiff can, In connection with his prelates, make constitutions for the whole Christian world, In matters spiritual, concerning the salvation of souls, and the right government of the church; and If neces sary judge and dispose of all the tem poral goods of all Christians, and the goods of heretlbs are to be confiscated and applied to the church. It says: "Those signed with the cross for the extermination of heretics, rejoice In the privilege granted to the crusaders for the help of the holy land; and that they are absolved from all obligations who are In anywise bound to heretics." It also says: "Wo do not esteem those homloides. to whom It may have happened In their zeal for their mother church against the ex-oommuoicated, to kill some of them: that Catholic princes are bound, both by civil and canon la v. n n to receive or wioraw heretics, an! much more are not to permit their rites, or other exorcise of their religion, or rather, their false soct, but are most solemnly pouno verywh?re, to rebel and expel them. "The following tomporal punish ments are to be enforoed on heretics: First. Infamy, and the consequent disqualifies' ions for all civil acts; Sec ond. Intestability, a well active as passive (that Is, they can neither make a will nor inherit what is left to them byotners). Third. Loss of paternal power over children. Fourth. Loss or dowry, and other privileges granted to women. Fifth. Confiscation or all goods. Sixth. That vassals and slaves and others are free from all, even sworn obligations due to their lord or another. Seventh. Capital corporal punishment, especially death, and per petual imprisonment. "The canon law forbids all tolera tion;" says "that Metropolitans and bishops are to ex-communicate him who grants liberty of conscience, and that no oath is to be kept towards heretical princes, lords or others; th heretics re to bo deprived of all ci, . and pa' rn rlgh.- and declares that the pope ca absolve from all oaths." How would you like to have the con stitution modeled on that plan if "the condition of things and of the peop'e" should change just a little? Well that is where you will land if you listen to the damnably traitorous gang in charge of most of the dally papers In this coun try, and sleep on while Rome is work ing to secure control of it so that our constitution can be made to harmonize with papal doctrine. Ecclesiastical utility is the first and last great care of the church. In Protestant countries she demands toleration, In papal coun tries she refuses to tolerate any other sect. If this constitution is so good here, why does she not have it estab lished in Chili, In Venezuela, in Peru and other Roman Catholic countries? Satolll and his satellites can purr all they wish, they may care38 us wltn their soft, velvety paws, but we know that back of it all ara hidden ravenous teeth and long sharp claws that are only waiting an opportunity to inflict all the heavier punishments; we know that in their hearts they hope for the re-establishment of the Inquisition with all itB attendant horrors, and we know that when she is powerful enough she will again establish that bloody insti tution, for she never changes, and Brownson in the Roman Catholic Quar terly Review spoke truthfully when he said, what the church has been and what sue has done in the past that is exactly what she will be and what she will do in the future if like circum stances occur. THE ISSUE. . The question that is of vital impor tance to the loyal Americans of this city, county, district and state is not, "Is the man you desire to see Presl- dent sound on the tariff, on the moaey and on the silver questions?" but, "Is he sound on the American question? Has he at all times or at any time raited his voice ia opposition to the appropriation of public money for the support of sectarian schools? Has he supported any measure looking to the restriction of Immigration? Has he opiOM-d the confirmation of immoral pron? Does he favor tbs taxation of all property? Is he oppoaed to for eign ecclesiastical interference in af fairs of state? Is he In favor of chan gleg the naturalization laws so as to prohibit any man from voting before he has become a full-fledged citizen, and has been a resident of this country for seven consecutive years? Those are the questions vhich interest Ameri cans. They are the questions which Interest you; and if any man seeking a nomination as President, or an election as delegate in another's Interest, has not stood squarely by those Interests In the past, bow in the came of God do you expect him to stand by them in the future? Are we to experiment always? Must we reward men who have be trayed the trust we reposed In thorn, or shall we take as our standard-bearer a man who stands before the whole orld fearlessly and opemy as the champion of the principles Americans Inside and outside of the A. P. A. have been volln ; for years to establish? What has Allison done for Ameri canism? What has Reed done? And Manderson and Cullom, what have they done? What has McKlnley done along the line for which you have been contend ing? Then, LINTON, ' What has Linton not done for you? When has he refused to tight your battles? When has he voted for a man or measure you did not want? When did he sneak away when his friends were trying to whip the com mon enemy? Never! He has always been true. And it is our moral duty to stand by him and fight for him. If we do not do that, we do not deservo the assistance of such men as Linton and Halner. Let the Americans of Nebraska make no mistake this year. The Chicago llecord had a special ispatch from Omaha, March 9, which stated that John C. Thompson stated that the A. P. A. would demand the election of delegates to the St. Louis convention pledged for Congressman Linton of Michigan and Governor Brad ley of Kentucky, with McKlnley as second choice. That dispatch is net the exact truth. A majority of the members of the A. P. A., we believe, f ivor an unlnstructed delegation. We believe a msjorltyof them favor Mr. Linton for President; but they would not, if in control of the Republican con vention, ask that the delegates be bound to him with instructions. ' We desire only that this district be rep resented by men who are known to be thoroughly American. In the debate In the Canadian Par liament on the government bill to re establish separate schools in Manitoba, Mr. Laurler, the leader of the opposi tion, announced that he had been in formed by the bishops of the Province of Quebec that he must yote for the government bill or expect the church's opposition at the next election. "I'm not going to be dicimeu w in this case by the church to which I belong," he declared. "I take my religion, not politics, from that church. ' I have no religion when it comes to politics." And now the French Catholics declare that this speech will kill Mr. Laurier's political chances, so far as Quebec is concerned. ' We are pleased to state that Senator Stevens, formerly a resident of Michi gan, is now a St. Louisan. We con gratulate Friend Stevens on his wise choice, as no stats in the Union can distance old Missouri. Mayor Strong, of New York, re fuses to review the St. Patrick's Day parade next Tuesday. What's the matter with Linton? Republican County Convention. At the meeting of the Republican County Central Committee, in this city on Thursday evening, it was decided to call the county convention to meet at Washington Hall, Omaha, on Satur day, March 28, at 1 o'clock p. m., for the purpose oi selecting no aeiegaies to the Republican State Convention which will meet in tflis city on April 15. to eelect delegates to the Republi can National Convention, to be held at St. Louis on June 16. This county con vention will also select 116 delegates to the Fourth Congressional District Un- vention, which will elect two delegates and two alternates to the St. Louis convention. The date and p'ace of holding the congressional convention have not yet been fixed, but as soon as the call is made by tne congressional district central committee it will be in cluded in the call of the Republican Central Committee. Several chanees will be made in the location of primary polling places, which changes will be Indicated in the call before publication. The primaries will be held on Friday, March Zl. DECLARE FOR LINTON. Letters From Various Sec tions Endorsing Our Stand. Siaie Mreng Krs'vas Advanced as te Why Leyal and Patriate Aairrl raas Should Hold I'p His Hands. Peoria, 111., March 8 Editor The American: I see in The American of the Usue of the 6th a call for a meeting in your city for the purpose of organizing a Linton Club. Please let me sty to the citizens of your city that I am very much pleated to hear they are awakening to the fact that W. S. Linton is the man whom all loyal, patriotic citizens should support in the coming campaign for President. Nine tenths of our friends are crying loudly for a leader one who Is capable of di recting the army of patriots which is now awakening all over the country. And I want to say to the friends, who ever they may be, who are selected as delegates to the national convention, that I hope they will use all honorable means to nominate W. S. Linton. If I am not too presumptuous, I will say I believe W. S. Linton is with all of us; 1 believe he Is the only man that we should vote for. We know that be has sacrificed most if not all his time In the good work; that he is risking his life and probably has neglected his business or profession, and yet stands ready to meet our enemies in the halls of Congress at our National Capital. He is the noble patriot who has aroused the spirit of Americanism by the ten able position taken against the Pere Marquette statue being placed along side the honored American statues. Linton is a man like our martyred Lincoln millions praise his American spirit. W. S. Linton of Michigan Is that noble citizen who is awakening the true spirit of patriotism even to the threshold of our National Capitol, planting it beside that Jesuit Roman upa tree that the nation might live, our people be free, and future genera tions reap the benefit of our constancy. He is the man who has set the mark and standard of future statesmen's measure. He is the man who has made the American movement a thing of character, by the fearless stand and tenable position maintained toward political Romanism. He is the man who has fought that insidious foe long before many of our friends took their proper places In line, to aselst In the good work he has accomplished; yes, long before many enlisted in this cru sade for higher, truer and better Americanism. True, W. S. Linton has probably not the record some others have who are aspiring for the office of President. But he is a safe man; he has been wise; he has not developad into a shameless trickster; he has remained a good, true, loyal American citizen, filled with a love of liberty, and anx ious to throw off the yoke of the papacy, and to set free millions of people. Now, my friend Linton can not be nominated unless we all work to that end. It cannot be brought about by organizing McKinley clubs in one locality, Tom Reed or Cullom or other clubs in other localities. Let us have W. S. Linton Clubs everywhere. Let us hold up his hands and push manfully forward, confident that with William S. Linton and that illustrious western man, John L Webster, at the helm, all rocks and reefs and shoals will be safely passed. Yours in F. P. and P. Charles Cunningham. Citizens of Stratton, Neb., write: Webster are all O. K. "Linton and here." A Gilmore, Neb., citizen writes us that he is for Linton and Webster, and thinks every American patriot ought to be, because he has fought in the open. A. P. A. WIN'S AT ST. LOUIS. Order Gains a Signal Victory In the Mis- souri City School Election. ST. Louis, Mo., March 6. The re sult of the school election held here this week was a distinctive and abso lute victory for the American Protec tive Association. It has been known for a good while that the order pos sessed more or less influence in this city, but the ease with which it swept things before it Tuesday was startling in its effect. The Republican ticket at large was elected, but when one comes to anallze the vote it is seen that the Republicans have nothing to crow over. Every one of the party's four candidates were not only in sympathy with the A. P. A., but was and is an active and aggressive member of the order. That it was this which elected them is shown in the re turns from the districts, where eight directors, representing special con stituencies were chosen. The religious test was not made in these districts and five of the eight directors returned are Democrats. It is impossible to be appointed to any municipal office in St. Louis to-day without the endorsement of the order. I Two or three years ago it wasimpossl- hat OU i tho'A. acknowledge affiliation with the'A. P. A. To-day the insignia of tne organi zation is as common a sight on coat lapel aG.-and Army buttons. Aaolber Daughter -(.sod for Miari. Council No. 5, Daughters of Liberty, was Instituted etChlliicothe, Mo., Feb ruary 13, l'".x, by Nat ional Representa tive James Tate Roan, of Liberty, Mo. Brother Leater G. Sipp is the organ izer, and deaerves gnat credit for bis efforts. He has been working faith fully since the month of July of Ust year, and has bad many obktacles to overcome; but he has proved equal to the tak. The officers are as follows: Coun selor, Mrs. Jennie Danford; assistant counselor, C. B Parker; vice-counselor, Mrs. C. B. Parker; assistant vice-counselor, Walker Pomeroy; Junior ex counselor, J. S. Smith; Junior ex-assistant counselor, Miss Belle Crow; record ing fecrctary, Mrs. Alt B. Griggs, Box 584, Chilllcothe, Mo.; assistant re cording secretary, Mrs. Julia A. Ear bart; treasurer, Mrs. Lucy Phillips; guide, Miss Hattie Wells; inside guard, Mrs. L. G. Sapp; outside guard, Mrs. Sarah Griffith; trustees, Mrs. Jennie Danford, Mrs. Alta B. Griggs, C. B. Parker. Among those admitted from the Ju nior Order were State Councilor H. A. Slaughter, St. Joseph; Junior Past State Councilor F. C. Borden, Holden; State Council Secretary Rolla G. Car roll, Warrensburg; Julius E. Locke, Representative of No. 2, St. Joseph, and many others. This council is com posed of good material, and, if properly cared for, will become one of the best in the state. What It Is to Be .Nun. BT M. A. CHAPLIK. Are you weary of the home life, Bonnie chimney-corner girls? Are the younger branches willful? Do the big boys spoil your clrls? Does there seem no time for study? Is the housework never done? Do you sometimes wonder, wistful, What it is to be a nun? Let me take you to the cloisters; Aye, I must; come, kiss your mother! Say good-bye good-bye forever To that big, fond teasing brother; Heap the mending on the sideboard, Put your father's socks away, They must learn to do without you, You have got your prayers to say! Did your mother make those ruffles? Lay them on the window-sill; There's a course serge on .a pallet In the convent by the mill; Feast your eyes on human faces, Fix them firmly on your brain; You may look no mortal brother Fully in the face again. You may never! never! never ! (Save to heaven, in your dispair) ble almost to Breathe the blessed name of mother; y No such worldliness is there. If you should be so ungodly As to wish a human friend You must tell the priest, and quickly Do the penance he 6hall send. You will keel before the alter In the church through many a night, And go farefoot through the winters, If it does not kill you quite; Some bald priest will make you tell him What you dare not even think, And a cage bslow the garden Hold you if your mind should sink. They will teach you how unlawful Are the loves of heaven born; They will laugh your piteous yearnings After sympathy to scorn; And the unheird, voiceless crying Of your misery shall swell Waitings such as we might fancy If we listened outsidehell! Oh be glad of chimney corners, Bonny girlhood, while ye can; God in wisdom made the woman Meet to minister to man. May you never leave the duties Of a precious home undone For the wretchedness of learning What it is to be a nun! Citizen. What C. A. Potter Says. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 31, 1895. The Howard Medicine Company. 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