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MARCH 27, 1896.
OUR CHOICE.
For President:
W. S. LINTON
of Michigan.
For Vioe-Presldont:
JOHN L. WEBSTER
of Nebraska.
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ary.
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Chicago, will please accept our thanks
for twenty-five new subscribers which
she has sent In since the first of the
year.
Think of evory candidate for a Re
publican nomination for governor of
the great state of Missouri, addressing
an A. P. A. meeting In Kansas City
'The world flo move!"
Please tend this paper to a friend
In some other state when you have read
It, and write him that you would like
to know whether he has enlisted under
the banner of Americanism.
The interview published in the daily
World-Herald Thursday evening and
credited to this editor is, barring
few minor statements, substantially
correct, so near so that we are disposed
to find no fault with the gentleman
who wrote It out from memory.
The contrast between the work be
ing done by Missouri councils and that
being done by the councils in Illinois
and Nebraska la painfully apparent
There they work openly and defy the
Dowers that be. while here what la
done Is done behind closed doors.
F the Monroe doctrine Is to apply as
to one country it should apply a) to all
It should apply to the pope of Rome.
What right has he to interfere In the
affairs of any country on the western
hemisphere any more than th Queen
of England, or the Emperor t Ger
many? Does he not lay claim tc tem
poral power?
The citizens in the congressional
district of Nebraska represented by E.
J. Haicer in congress, will make a
great mistake If they allow the Roman
church and her ally, the public press,
tc defeat him for a re-election. lie is
manly, straightforward, honest and
outspoken. He stood for law against
Roman Catholic thievery.
In all the history of the union, the
American spirit has never predomin
ated so much as it has in Kansas City
during the past two weeks. Among
some of the meetings were; For the
Door of Hope, at the Auditorium, with
an audience of about 4,000. The his
toric meeting, at the Academy of music,
with some 2,000 present and at least
2,000 turned away. The debate at the
Coats Opera House, with over 2,000 and
hundreds turned away.
- churchilu will run aoain
1 am aauy prea m mm cmm r -hwj
contained tome Tory flattering opinion
Of two of Nebraaka' leading attorney
Hon. John L. Webater and Hon. A.
S. CburchllL The favorable com me at
iu elicited by the masterly manner In
rhlch they bandied the maximum
freight rate cae then pending berore
the aupreme court of the United State
and now awaiting a declalon of the
court We underatand the briel hub-
mlltod la the caae waa prepared by lion.
A. 8. Churchill, the attorney general
of Nebraska, and a candidate for a re-
nomination on the Republican ticket
It la aald by attorneyt to be one of the
moat logical and convincing brief ever
died In the aupreme court in any case.
They Inform ut that it reflect treat
credit upon Nebraaka'a legal adviser,
and places him In the front rank as a
reaaoner and a logician.
It please us to bear these words of
commendation showered upon Mr.
Churchill as we belle vo be is deserving
of them all and, while the state of Ne
braska has bad many able attorneys In
the 0111 ee he now hold and to which be
aspire for a second term, none of them
ever gave more general satisfaction, or
Oiled the oftioe more acceptably. Mr.
Churchill has been a student all his
life, is still and probably always will
be, and for that reason Is better equip
ped to fill the oflloe he now holds than
any man who spends bis time In pel I tics
to the neglect of his legal training.
We believe most of our friends would
be glad to aee him renominated.
CHICAGO POLITICS.
One of our regular correspondents
contributes the following:
At the present time la Illinois, and
especially in Chicago, one bears a
great deal of "machine" politics and
machine" leaders, and to a great num
ber of people the word ''machine" as
used In connection with politics 1 as
so much Greek. The most simple
definition of the term "machine" is,
"An organization of men (or rascals as
the case n.ay be) organized to control
the nominations in the different politi
cal parties. Now when the "machine"
1 in such a position and is powerful
enough to dictate the nominations, it
doe not overlook the key to the situa
tion, namely, controlling the nominees.
The whole "machine" may be and often
Is manipulated by less than a dozen
men, and these men in turn may be
handled and directed by one. The Ro
man machlno, the greatest and most
corrupt political machine on the face
of the earth, is operated from the foun
tain head on the Tiber. It Is composed
of innumerable smaller machines, all
working in harmony and to the one
end of "Roman Catholic government
for the world and the supremacy of the
pope." The Republican and Demo
cratic parties in America are two of
the "minor" tarts of the one great
'machine." To Illustrate how one of
the small machines can be put together
for the benefit and glory, and also" for
the financial gain of the holy church,
take for an example a county in any
state. The bishop will select, say a
dozen of the faithful who are taking an
active part in politics. To do this
without making any mistakes in bis
lelectlon, be will request a dozen of his
priests, each to pick out for him a man
In bis vicinity.
To get the right man, the priest will
have to go over all the evidence In his
possession, as received through the
confessional. The man finally selected
may not be a good church member,
that is not a regular attendant, and
for having committed some crime, or
being mixed up In a scandal he may
not have been to confession for a long
time. But Mr. Priest has been hear
ing the confessions of the wife or
daughter, sister or mother of Mr. roll
ticlan, and be knows considerable oi
his crooked ways and dark deeds, as
well as his financial standing, and in
fact knows more and remembers more
of the man's history than the man
knows himself. The bishop selects one
man of the dozen and in a nice quiet
way hints at the necessity of having an
organization to assist the faithful into
oftice, using as an argument that when
employed at good wages with very
little work attached, the church
benefited. Number one sees the point,
and having been given the names of
thn nt.hAr eleven, who he understand
are good fellows for the work in hand
he starts out to get them together,
They meet and organize secretly, and
. . . . ,i
arrange to divide tnemseives equauy
between the two big parties, circle
number two. Now as there are only
twelve, and they do not represent all
the wards or townships, it is their first
work to find a suitable representative
in each of the several districts. In
this class they can take in recruits
from different classes men who are
ambitious and not overly scrupulous,
men whose honor is a secondary con
sideration to wealth and position, men
who lead public lives that are models
of all that is good, but whose private
lives are monuments of corruption and
dishonesty, man who will steal to-day
aad confess to the priest to-morrow and
receive absolution, with a pennance to
swell the receipts of the poor (?) box
When this gang, circle number three.
get together and bind themselves
abide by the decision of the majority
when selecting candidates for office,
the machine is in fair working order,
The power behind the throne, or rather
the throne behind the power, sow com
mence to select available candidate
for office. The bishop, through the in
formal loa furaUhed by the prlosU, can
have on baad at all time a large lit
n all part of the county and ia both
part lea) of eligible for office who will
see to it when elected that no legisla
tion 1 enacted that will curtail la any
ay the power of tne church. Circle
number four, which i oomposed of the
ward-worker" or "ward-heeler" a
they are called, and who compose
largely the delegate to convention,
are the outside "ring." They are kept
In their party line by small payment
of "cab" or "stuff," and by small posi
tions, uch a inspectors, ward fore
men, etc. It 1 their duty to keep the
voter in line by controlling their pre
cinct club, by selecting the proper per
son for delegate In their primary dis
trict and to take up the cry for a can
didate "who ba been decided upon by
circle number one" and quietly pushed
to the front by "circle number two."
The information get abroad in the
ward that Mr. So and So l a candidate
for a certain office, the ward-beoler
take up the cry and shortly the in
formation appears in the partisan press
that .Mr. So and So Is being put for
ward in his district by his "friends."
In a district where everything goes
Democratic It Is only necessary to get
the right man on the Democratic
ticket, and in a district where the
voter awallows the Republican ticket,
yellow dog and all, it only needs the
right kind of a dyed-ln-tbe-wool Re
publican. In the district that 1 close,
or wliero the Independent voter resides,
need two of the faithful, one of
whom generally know before election
that ho Is only put up to bo defeated,
the "machine" Is to quietly knife
him, but he will be taken care of after
lection in some appointive office.
At intervals, reform organizations
spring into existence, either brought to
the surface by the "machine" to cover
some "dirty work," or by good,
honest men who have the question of
good government at heart but who lack
experience. When the reform is
started by the latter class, the machine
Immediately take steps to capture It.
This Is done by members of the "gang"
getting Into the movement In sufficient
numbers to control Its action. A
leader" is selected who can "yell" re
form In a loud voice and who makes
himself conspicuous at all meetings,
and it is not long before he Is up in the
front rank on the platform, and chair
man or president of the organization.
The presiding officer having the ap
pointing of committees, it is not long
before the movement is diverted from
its original purpose and becomes power
less. Great patriotic movements have
thus been side-tracked in their efforts.
If some of the members become sus
picious that all is not right, the presi
dent may go to far as to call upon some
of the "machine leaders" and have
them remove an obnoxious aspirant
for office in order to quiet the restloss
members and put them to sleep. The
great A. P. A. movement has come in
some parts of tne country unuer me
control of the "Roman machine," and
being used to assist "petty poli
ticians" and ward-heelers into office.
The rank and file, as a rule, are honest
and true patriots, but when the presl
dent of an A. P. A. council Is seen com
ing forth from the parish residence of
Roman Catholic priest at the be
witching hour of midnight, it is time
to ask. "Where are we at?" While
the people of to-day are such partisans,
the onlv genuine reform can come
through the capture of the machine by
honest and conscientious men. This
can only be done by getting control of
the very smallest of the cogs or the
machine, the precinct club. This is a
club which under ordinary circum
stances meets about once a year for the
election of officers. The presidents of
the precinct clubs constitute the exocu
tlve committee of the ward club and
can dictate its president and the city
central committeeman, and so on along
the line. If they attend the meetings
of the ward club they can Inform them
selves of the dates of the caucuses in
their primary district and can thus
control the delegates who are selected
nefore the primaries. If the honest
voters ever expect to have any lasting
reform or break the power that is at
present ruling our cities, our states
and our nation, they must not overlook
the little precinct club, and put none
but "Americans on guard," remember
ntr that "eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty." Ajax
Chicago, 111., March 23, isae.
THE POLITICAL DECOY.
The American Patriot, of San Fran-
cIsco. does not miss the mark when It
says:
Though not necessary, It may be ap
posite to allude to the character and
use of the decoy-duck. The special
functions of this peculiar bird are fa
miliar to the sportsmen of this coast.
The very first thought relating to this
specimen is fraudulent. In deception
was It conceived and constructed, and
to deceive Is the prime motive of its
oroxv character. It is built on lines so
closely resembling the feathered tribe
which it counterfeits, as to completely
conceal IU identity, and pass as a genu
ine member. As a result, when it is
found Coating around in the haunts of
the real bird, no nuplcioB.whatever 1
entertained of It true personality or
the buslnea it i commissioned to exe
cute. IU babita, iU pursuit and its
appearance are not distinguished by
lu victim as different from their own.
To all Intent aad purpose it i a wild
duck, and o the genuine bird are
misled to consort and fraternize with
it whenever it seek association with
them. Iu peculiar characteristic do
not awaken the distrust of Its live
comrade. It never quack, or file, or
dip iU bead. It U rever observed to
eat or drink. Rather 1 it taciturn and
impassable. Dut these peculiarities
are unnoticed by iU unsuspicious as
sociates, who flock around it with ap
parent unconcern, never dreaming that
one in their midst I there for the pur
pose of baiting them ointo a trap
whereby they may be captured by the
owner of their wooden representative.
Yes, the decoy-duck 1 a very peculiar
creation, set to deooy andjmlslead; and
woe be to those whom it victimizes, for
not only their liberty, but their life
often, pays the penalty of their ignor
ance and indiscretion.
Without enlarging further on this
illustration, or pushing the parallel
closer, we will transfer .it quite natu
rally to a consideration of the decoy In
politics. There are many attributes of
the two In common. Theopolltlcal de
coy is designed for very much the same
purpose as his prototype. His first
business Is to deceive, allure and cap
ture. He Is far superior in the com
parison to the sportsman's decoy, in
that he is anything but inanimate or a
wooden article. A very lively, active
and vigilant fellow Is this political de
coy. Flies do not congregate on him.
He Is a hireling, however, and does the
work of the man or party that owns
him for pay, and for pay only. His
harvest is ballots. He is all things to
all men and all parties to win votes.
It would be pure childishness to sup-
poso that the political decoy is not at
this very writing busily plying his
trade within the ranks of the A. P. A.
It would be a moral and physical im
possibility to exolude him. He Is with
us under orders from the old parties
nd in their pay. Our order is the
great bunting ground, the political
preserves" of this decoy for the cam
paign of 181)6, and we are his would-be
victims. His ordinary conversation is
very much the same as the genuine A,
A., and although bard to detect, if
he is intelligently sized up he may be
discovered. He is not confined to any
one stratum of the order. He is in the
rank and file and on the official roll, an
omnipresent evil. Whenever a man Is
found seeking to disarm and dissipate
prejudice against either of the old par
ties, by sophistry, by a discriminating
praise of past records, by copious prom
ises and pledges In behalf of old-party
candidates for office, then beware of
the decoy. Whenever affiliation of the
P. A. vote with either of the old
machines, by stealthy combinations
and bargains, is sought for, beware of
the decov. Whenever the names of
party men are presented for our suf
frages who are not unequivocally above
all suspicion and reproach as American
citizens, and whose words and . acts
have not been consistent with the prln
ciples we espouse, beware of the decoy
Whenever we are told that the Repub
lican party cannot succeed without the
P. A. vote, and that we can have
what we want of that party, beware of
the decoy. Whenever a proposition of
a political character comes before the
membership of the order for their con
sideration and acceptance that is not
porfoctly clear and straightforward on
IU face, without the shadow of some
trick or design concealed in It, beware
of the decoy. The honest A. r. A.
must have bis eyes and ears open to
every visible and audible lndlcatlon,or
the decoy will get away with his vote
SOME WISE SUGGESTIONS.
Since the passage in the national
congress of the amendment prohibiting
the annrorjrlatlon of money for sec
tarian schools, Congressman W. S,
Linton has been thanked individually
and collectively for his patriotic action
In securing the amendment. A mem
ber of a Chicago council of the A. P,
a. wrote him a personal letter, to
which he received a courteous reply.
as follows:
Washington, D. C, March 19, 1896
My Dear Sir: In reply to your es
teemed favor of late date, will say that
I appreciate and than your council
w t.h kind action taken. The victory
is not yet complete, however, unless we
win in the senate, by having the house
amendment " Prohibiting the use of
money for sectarian schools" retainea
In the Indian Appropriation uiu. i
would therefore sueeest that the mem'
bers of your order can do the cause a
great deal oi gooa oy noi oniy wnuug
tn th member of conere38 who repre-
senU your district, commending the
action of the house upon IU good work
tn iidontinir the amendment ana sinn
ing out sectarian appropriations, but
at the same time, do not fail to have
them write the senators from your
atAtfl. and also adODt and forward reso
lutions from your council, requesting
thAm nv all means to see tna me
nmvlslon above referred to re
mains in the bill. The senate will soon
be called upon to act In the matter,
and mem hers of that bodv should know.
if they do not know, that the American
uuinia fl.r aroused unon this Question.
Thanking you for your kind letter, and
with best wishes, I remain sincerely
vours. W. S. LINTON
The American reproduces this let
tflr as a matter of national interest.
What the guardian at Washington of
our principle uggeU to a local coun
cil will apply to all councils. Let each
council throughout the union Immedi-
tely make known their desire to their
senatorial and congressional repre-
senUtlveo, and urge them to adopt the
amendment.
When the RomanUts thought they
bad a chance to embroil this country in
war with England, they offered the
government 100,0(0 armed and drilled
men to utt tin it in lu position on the
Monroe doctrine. Now Cuba 1 im
ploring aid from America, asking an
enforcement of the same doctrine. Do
we read any burning editorial in be
half of the Cubans? Where are thoee
100,000 Roman Irish? Don't they care
to have the Monroe doctrine main
tained except a against Protestant
countries? Can Roman Catholic coun
tries abridge that doctrine without of
fending the spirit of Americanism?
We think the animus of the cry in be
half of an enforcement of the Monroe
doctrine in the Venezuela controversy
is easily detected when viewed by the
light afforded by the silence maintained
by those same lOO.COO Irish Romanists,
when a province or a dependency of a
Roman Catholic country is pleading
for help. It shows that RomanlsU are
sworn to break down rrotestantism.
How could they break it down more
surely and effectually than by having
Protestant countries engage in war?
THE POLITICAL LASCE.
An effort will be made by the Ninth
ward delegation to the congressional
district convention to send John C. Cow-
in to the national convention. It will
take considerable explaining to make
some people believe that Mr. Cowin is
ntitled to be thus honored by the Re
publican of this district for any politi
cal sarvlce he may have performed-
The "four Johns" were the attrac
tion at Boyd's opera house last Tuesday
evening. No doubt some people in the
audience were amused at the manner
in which one of them flaunted the flag
and spoke of the little red school house.
C. L. Chaffee, Dr. W. O. Rogers,
W. G. Whitmore and our old farmer
friend, James Walsh, are candidates
for delegate to the National Republi
can convention.
Hon. W. J. Bryan, of Nebrasl a, de
livered his time-honored free silver
speech in Kansas City a few days ago.
There is a suspicion among his populist
admirers that he Is quietly working up
presidential boomlet for himself
among the free silverltes of the Demo
cratic party, in the hope of securing an
endorsement from the Populist conven
tion at St. Louis ext July, but it is
hardly probable that the latter party
will refuse to honor such honest advo
cates of their principles as the Hons.
Paul Van Dervoort, William H. Allen
or Governor Waite. It has been quietly
hinted that Texas and Oregon Popu
lists Intend sending solid delegations
for the first named gentleman.
The Republicans of the Fourth ward
at Washington Hall gave Senator
Thurston a splendid reception last
Monday evening. Mr. Thurston spoke
briefly and to the point upon some rf
the quest ons as to how he stood upon
the make-up of the Nebraska delega'
tlon. From there he went to Twenty
fourth aad Cuming streets, where the
Eighth Ward Republican Club waa in
session, and met with a similar recep
tion. The Senator can well feel proud
of the manner in which he was re
celved.
Our friend John B. Smiley Is a can
didate for mayor of South Omaha.
Should he be fortunate enough to be
nominated and elected, that city will
have a live, business-like executive.
Paul McAuley is building a political
fence around the police judge's office in
South Omaha. He expects to get It
finished before May 1st in time to
take possession of the enclosure.
From present indications, the friends
of McKinley have "gobbled" the entire
Douglas county delegation in his inter
est.
We do not believe Douglas county
will have any trouble in making a set
tlement with Albyn Frank, as the
books are being kept In better shape
and more systematically than ever be
fore.
That was an Interesting session of the
Central Labor Union last Wednesday
nieht. The investigating committee evi
dently was satisfied as to the reliabil
ity of the evidence upon which the re
port was based. The Central L&bor
Union cannot offor 1 to allow itself to be
controlled by self-confessed boodlers.
who prostitute their positions for per
sonal gain, and it did perfectly right
when it accepted Ihe committee s re
port. But it should go further, and
recommend to all the loyal unions that
they expect every man who dares ac
cept money from politicians for acting
as decoys and for influencing the mem
bers. The laborer can never obtain re
lief unless he acU independently and
vote for the most honest man regard
less of his party affiliations.
The letter presented by Mr. Boyer at
the Central Labor Union the other
night was an Interesting document
after all. Mr. Rosewater's campaign
methods at the last election have the
of "boodlelsm." and aim'
r
ply coi firms the joft-made. asaarttoa"
that money waa used ia every once It- '
able way to thwart the will of the
people.
The 'Yathalie Leader."
This, I believe, I the only Roman
Catholic paper published in Nebraska.
The editor! a reverend of that church,
and therefore must be endorsed by the
aid church. If I were to give my
opinion I would aay the editor of this
beet must be loosing money, but If be
can throw mud at the ProtectaoU for
hlle, be will be given a church
where be will receive a larger Income, '
nd therefore it will be money in bis
ocket. If b is creditor know how the
Omaha Roman Catholic paper went.
they will be careful that this editor
does not become very heavllv in debt.
Let us see what the reverend gentle
man prinU about Mr. Linton of Michi
gan. This gentleman was not in favor
of giving public money to a sectarian
Institution The Roman Cat hoi to
church when all the other denomina
tions had withdrawn because of an un-
ust division of the money between the
denominations. On the other hand,
the Catholic Leader of Orleans, Neb.,
wanU the public money to be given to
iU church, while the other denomi
nations do not receive a cent. It says
of Mr. Linton, "narrow minded fanati
cal viper," "rabid fanatic;" t Morgan
and other "bigots dare not strike ex
cept from behind the screen."
It seems to me that it is strange that
men who respect tne united states
and those who are trying to allow all
churches to have the same benefits and
who are trying to keep this land out of
the hands of a foreign despot would ad
vertise in such an un-American sheet.
If I wished to be disloyal to my coun
try, a traitor to everything she holds
dear, I would patronize just r such sect
papers as this.
It says of the government schools
among the Indians, that they are
sinks of immorality for their young."
wish to ask one question, "Why is it
that the priests of the Roman Catholic
church this editor is one will not
allow the convents to be opened for in
spection?" It is generally believed,
because of the reports of those who
have been on the Inside, that they are
exactly what he prints of the govern
ment schools.
Mr. Linton may be the next presi
dent and we know the reverend gentle
men of the Roman Catholic church, in
all parte of the United States will fill
their papers with exactly the same
language as used In the Holy (?) Catho
lic Leader, and for this reason, I think
he would "make a good run."
Orleans.
How Is This!
The following are some of the names
appearing on the list of delegation to
the Democratic city convention. Study
them and try to figure where an Amer- .
lean would come in for representation,
says Z7ie Kansas City American:
First ward P. Kennally, William J.
Shea, Thomas Canty, John Kelly, Sr.
Second ward John O 'Grady, John
Conlon, J. B. McGowan, M. Moran.
Third ward John C. Mahoney, John
Coffey, James Flanigan, E. F. Brady,
John Keating, John Grady, E. S.
Foley.
Fourth ward J. J. Reilly, Peter
Gulnan, James Collins, H. J. McGowan,
Frank J. O'Flaherty, James Burke,
Bernard Corrlgan.
Fifth ward J. E. FItzpatrick, Tim
Ryan, John Scanlon.
Sixth ward Matt Kenlon, Peter
Leary, John J. O'Connor, Charles Cree-
land, William Foley, Fames Gleeson,
H. C. Brady.
Seventh ward W. C. Scarrltt, J. A.
Callahan, William Bailey, James Pat
rick, John J. Burke, William Sullivan,
John Larmon.
Eighth ward Con Murphy, C. E.
Corcqron, John Lanagan.
Ninth ward John Laahy, S. O.
Flanigan, M. S. Shlnnlck, Andrew
Scanlon, William J. Carroll, M. Mc
Grath, Thomas Gleason, Ed Burke,
Charles Mallon, Jerome Donnelly,
James Keenan, John Gllday.
Tenth ward Thomas W. Brady, J.
C. Bronaugh, John Sullivan, James
McKlnsey, Larry J. Burns, John
Leceiskl, Frank Kelly, W. E. Hogan.
A Good Suggestion.
Editor American: The American
flag floats over thousands of our school
houses. The scholars formally salute
the flag in occasional patriotic exer
cises. The love for- this symbol of
nationality is deepening yearly. It
would be well were the flag displayed
in our homes, teaching the children
that under its folds there ia protection
and peace by virtue of the national
power. In place of less worthy devices
on walls now bare and inexpressive let
the American flag be unfolded and rev
erently cherished. Subscriber.
The Central Republican Club held
Its regular weekly meeting Thursday
night. There were a number of new
members present and fifteen applica
tions for membership were acted upon
favorably. The program for the next
meeting includes a debate upon a phase
of Romanism that will Interest every
American citizen. Next Thursday
night is the regular night of meeting.
1302 Farnam Street is the Union Pa
cifio City Ticket Office.