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Volume V
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, A NHL 10, 1896.
Number 15
TUEY ARE OUT AT LST.
The President of the National
Advisory Board Says the A.
P. A. is For
CANON LAW IN Ull
A Roman Priest Advises His,
Auditors to Kill off all
Cubans. '
HOI. W. S. LIITOH FOR PRESIDEIT.
WOULD HAKE R001 FOR SFAHIARDS.
Saji McKinley Wat the Only Candi
date Whose Manager Refused to
Treat With the National Ad
visory Board.
MAJOR MCKIHLEY'S IMAGER WROTE
That Mr. McKinley Declined to Treat
With Any Faction, Association or
Society Within the Party
McKid'y Backed by Roman
ist Kerens of Missouri.
The following dispatch from St. Louis
to the Kansas City Star will be of in
terest to the friends of both Linton and
McKinley:
St. Louis, April 8. It Is positively
declared here, that at the recent meet
ing of the A. P. A. national advisory
board at Washington, It was decided to
press the name of Congressman Wil
liam S. Linton of Michigan as its choice
for president aad to arrange for a vig
orous campaign. It is said that this
does not mean that Linton will be
pushed in real earnest, but that his
name will be used to force A. P. A. Mc
Kinley delegates to desert him.
The A. P. A. has established head
quarters in St. Louis at 613 Pine street,
from whence Linton literature will be
sent broadcast throughout the country.
Linton himself is expected In St. Louis
in four days, when his boom will be
formally launched at a demonstration
to be held in the Exposition Building.
He will also' Bpeak in Omaha, Kansas
City, Louisville and other places, and
Linton clubs will be organized in every
large city In the union within the next
ten days. - '
Judge Stevens said last night: "There
are nearly 4,000,000 members of the A.
P. A. in this country, and 90 per cent
of them will vote as one man. We pro
pose to beat McKinley for president of
the United States. We already have
100 of the delegates elected so far, and
we will have more by the time the full
number are elected. We can and will
beat McKinley for the nomination, and
If, by any hook, crook or political trick
he should succeed im being nominated,
we will defeat him at the polls. Our
organization has the balance of power
in New York, Massachusetts, Ken
tucky, Michigan, Tennessee and Mis
souri beyond question, sand California
and the new state of Washington are
absolutely in ouncontrol.o.The order is
growing very rapidly sayiat the rate
of 60,000 or more a week and the su
preme secretary is unable to supply the
demand for new councils. Be is clear
out of supplies, d One council in Boston
has an average (attendance of 1,800
members andis still Increasing. In
Missouri the order is very strong and
is still increasing In membership, and
the same thing can be said of St. Louis.
All this o force twill be i concentrated
against McKinley. o He was not friendly
to ourjorder. when the was elected gov
ernor of iOhio, and when the advisory
board met. in Washington the other
day it (held an inquest over Major Mc
Kinley'spolltical aspirations. No man
can be elected president of the United
States now without the support of the
order. The'A. P.jA. has not attacked
McKinley; yet, but the time may come
when we will (have a chance to do it,
unless he gets better endorsement than
men like R. C. Kerens."
, The national advisoryj'board, it is
said, sent, letters fjto the managers of
McKinley, Reed, Morton and Allison,
asking that theyjshould 'appear before
the board and state their positions in
regard toJ the forder; how far they
would goin aiding it in its contentions
and what each candidate could afford.
The managers of all the candidates ex
cept McKinley obeyed the summons
and appeared before the committee,
They argued for their candidates and
made promises of all kinds. Mark
Hanna, McKinley 's manager, did not
put in an appearance. A second letter
was sent to him, and it brought a re
sponse, not to the liking of the board.
It simply said that Mr. McKinley de
clined to treat with any faction, asso
ciation or society within the party.
Upon reading the above article we
telegraphed Hon. J. H. D. Stevens for
his opinion, and this is his answer:
St. Louis, Mo., April 9. Special
Telegram to The American. It is
not within the province of our national
advisory board to make or unmake
presidential candidates. It is only the
duty of the executive committee to in
vestigate the standing and record of
all candidates on American lines, and
their position on the cardinal princi
ples of our order. The executive com
mittee of the advisory board has done
this work, and Is thoroughly informed
as to the position of each candidate.
Hon. W. S. Linton's record is well
known to the American people and
needs no commendation at our hands.
I have been reoorted as having said
that the order was knifing certain can
didates. This I deny; but the execu
tive committee requests that there he
no furtheninstruction of delegates to
national conventions for any particular
candidate, and recommends to the
American people the name of Hon. W.
S. Linton as the Republican nominee
for president.
John H. D. Stevens,
Chairman National Advisory Board.
Johnl Wesley's Letter.
We have rarely met with so strong
and Important a document, says the
Delaware Bepublkan of August 10, 1895,
as the following letter, written by the
great and good John Wesley, bearing
date 1780, and addressed to the Free
man's Journal, Dublin. This letter
was furnished the Memphis Eagle and
Enquirer by a distinguished Methodist
of North Mississippi in consequence of
Judge Longstreet having called the
members of the Methodist church to
taskfor joining the American party,
and taunting them with tarnishing the
name of their great and venerated
leader, Wesley. Here it Is:
Sir Some time ago a pamphlet was
NO MORE CHLOROFORM FOR HIM. -
sent to me, entitled, "An Appeal from
the Protestant Association to the Peo
ple of Great Britain."
A day or two since a kind of answer
to this was put in my hand, which pro
nounces its style contemptible, its rea
soning fertile and its object malicious.
On the Contrary, I think the style of it
clear, easy and natural; the reasoning,
in general, strong and conclusive; the
object, or design, kind and benevolent.
And in pursuance of the same kind
and benevolent design, namely, to pre
serve our happy constitution, I shall
endeavor to confirm the substance of
that tract by a few plain arguments.
With persecution I have nothing to do.
I persecute no man for his religious
principles. Let there be as boundless
a freedom in 'religion as any man can
conceive. But this does not touch the
point. I will set religion, true or false,
fairly out of the question. Suppose the
Bible, if you please, to be false, and the
Koran to be the word of God. I con
sider not whether the Romish religion
be true or false. 1 build nothing on
one or the other supposition. There
fore, away with all common-place decla
mation about intolerance and persecu
tion for religion. Suppose the word of
Pope Pius' creed to be true. Suppose
the council of Trent to have been in
fallible. Yet, I insist upon it, that no
government, not Roman Catholic,
ought to tolerate men of Roman Catho
lic persuasion.
I prove this by a plain argument (let
him answer it that can that no
Roman Catholio does, or can, give se
curity for his allegiance or peaceable
behavior. I prove it thus: It is a
Roman Catholio maxim established
not by private men, but by public coun
cilthat "no faith is to be kept with
heretics." This has been openly
avowed by the council of Constance; It
was never openly disclaimed. Whether
private persons avow or disavow it, it
is a fixed maxim of the Church of
Rome.
But as long as it is so, nothing can be
more plain than that the members of
that church can give no reasonable se
curity to any government of their al
legiance or peaceable behavior. There
fore, they ought not to be tolerated by
any government, Protestant, Moham
medan or Pagan. You say: "Nay,
but they will take an oath of alle
giance." True; five hundred oaths;
but the maxim, "no faith is to be kept
with heretics," sweeps them all away
as spiders' webs. So, that still no gov
ernments, that are not Roman Catho
lic, can have any security for their al
legiance. The power of granting par
Thank Cod, He's Waking Up
don for all sins past, present and to
come is, and has been, for many cen
turies, one brand of the pope's spiritual
power. But, those who acknowledge
him to have this spiritual power, can
give no security for their allegiance,
since they believe that the pope can
pardon rebellion, high treason, and all
other sins whatsoever. The power of
dispensing with any. promise, oath or
vow is another branch of the spiritual
power of the pope; and all must ac
knowledge this.
But whoever acknowledges the dis
pensing power of the pope can give no
security for his allegiance to any gov
ernment. Oaths and promises are
nothing they are light as air. A dis
pensation makes them all null and void.
Nay, not only the pope, but even a
priest, has power to pardon Bin.
This Is an essential doctrine of the
Church of Rome. But they that ac
knowledge this cannot possibly give
any security for their allegiance to any
government. Oaths are not security
for their allegiance to any government.
Oaths are no security at all, for the
riest can pardon both perjury and
high treason. Setting their religion
aside, it Is plain that, upon principles
of reason, no government ought to tol
ate men who cannot give security to
that government or their allegiance
and peaceable behavior.
But this, no Romanist csn do, not
only while he holds that "no faith is to
be kept with heretics," but so long as
he acknowledges either priestly abso
lution or the spiritual power of the
pope.
If any one pleases to answer this,
and sign his name, I shall probably
reply; but the productions of any
anonymous writers I do not promise to
take any notice of.
I am, sir, your humble servant,
John Wesley,
City Road, Jan. 21, 1780.
More of Cleary's Blundering.
Minneapolis, Minn, April 8.
"Father, write articles People
will read them who never go to hear a
sermon." Leo XIII.
Father Cleary has again been writ
ing articles for the Minneapolis Times,
Blundering again, as usual. His latest
endeavor was to explain the Gospel ac
cording to the saints, Mathew and
Luke, claiming that they did not disa
gree because the former gives the
genealogy of Christ; the latter that of
Mary. He was after a writer who had
asked him why these two Bible writers
did not agree, and was very sarcastic,
treating fire like a 2-year-old child.
at Last.
The facts are: The first chapter of
Matthew begins with Abraham and!
follows him down to Christ. Luke be
gins with Christ and goes back to
Adam. Luke does not even mention
Mary's name. Poor Cleary! This
shows how much a priest knows about
the Bible. While Mathew and Luke
do not agree they are not contradic
tory. Cleary was taken severely to
task a few days ago by his advisory
for his blunder and there is no telling
where the controversy will end.
Later The Minneapolis Times has
shut off the religious controversy that
has been going on through its columns.
This will be regretted by all its read
ers, as Rome was receiving a thorough
airing by several well-posted writers.
This chokes off Father Cleary who
was displaying his knowledge in bril
liant pieces of blundering and bluffing.
Zambot.
New Candidate for President.
The following communication has
been received by the Inter Ocean:
"A meeting was held at Fifth avenue
and Madison street on Monday even
ing. After considerable discussion on
the subject of president of the United
States and the relative merits of the
various candidates before the people at
the present time, it was decided by
unanimous vote to support Hon. W. S.
Linton of Michigan for the highest
office in the gift of the American peo
ple, and to this end a Linton club was
formed, of between 150 and 200 mem
bers. S. C. Taylor of No. 1229 West
Madison street was elected president,
and R. E. Roland of No. 2918 State
street secretary and treasurer, and
every member pledged his undivided
allegiance and untiring efforts to
arouse a sentiment throughout the land
that will rally to the support of this
noble citizen the support of every loyal
voter of the land.
R. E. Roland, Secretary."
Mr. Linton has been referred to in
dispatches from the east as the probable
A. P. A. candidate for the presidency,
and the meeting referred to in the com
munication may be the launching of
his boom.
The big dailies and the politicians
evidently feel the Influence of the A.
P. A., otherwise we cannot account for
the Chicago Tribune, when warning
the electors of Illinois against Henry
Hertz, saying: "To the American
element, which ought to count most of
all, he is intensely unacceptable."
South Omaha, Neb., A. P. A. men
carried the city for their councllmanic
and school board ticket.
Segrees and Mulatto? feboutd all be
Killed Silently and Without
any CcnimenL.
WOULD CONFISCATE THEIR PROPERT!
The Now Orleans Picayune's spocial
letter dated March 27, republished in
the Chicago Trilune, April 4, 1890,
says:
To further appreciate the, condition
of. this country I will relate what I
heard in the city of Trinidad while
there a few days ago. The Rev. Father
Cuervo y Canon! go said:
"I believe all the Cubans possible
should be killed off and clear the coun
try, and in that manner make room for
families which would be brought over
from Spain to Cuba. The negroes and
mulattoos should all be killed silently
and without exciting any comment, and
their property confiscated. Therefore,
when we would bring ovor families
from Spain and colonize the island, we
could give them this confiHcated prop
erty and they could make a good start
in life. The Cubans who send thoir
children to the United States to be
educated should be taken hold of by
the police and quietly placed where
they would do the least harm, because
those Americans have republican ideas
which are the real cause of the present
desire of the Cubans to revolt. The
Yankees are the only people who sym
pathize with the Cubans, and they are
responsible for this war."
Such is Romanism! Shall we per
mit it to gain a stronger foothold in
this country? Do you want the canon
law put in force in this country? Read
it and compare it with the declarations
of Priest Canonlgo. Then act
NO MONEY FOR SECTS.
Strong Declaration by Methodists of New
York Conference Against Appropria
ting Funds for Sectarian Schools.
New York, April 6. The New York
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church to-day took up the cudgels
against the Roman Catholics on the
question of religious sects receiving ap
propriations from the United States
treaury for carrying on denominational
work. The ministers gave their Roman
Catholic brethern a sound brubbing.
All this was becanse there was some
doubt in their minds as to whether the
United States senate would fall to pass
the bill refusing any further appropri
ations to the Roman Catholics for the
purpose of carrying on religious work
among the Indians. The house has al
ready decided to pass the bill.
The mouthpiece for the sentiments
of the convention was Rev. C. C. Mc
Cabe. These are the resolutions which
he offered:
Whereas, We learn that the house
of representatives has, by a large ma
jority, refused to grant further appro
priations to certain sectarian schools
which for years have been supported
by an average annual expense to the
treasury of the United States of 1200,
000, and,
Whereas, The bill as it passed -the
house is soon to be acted upon by the
senate, therefore be it
Rssolved, That the New York con
ference, of 300 ministers of the gospel,
representing 150,000 members and ad
herents, and as fellow heirs of Metho
dist doctrines and history, representing
10,000,000 of communicants and adher
ents in this republic, most heartily ap
prove the action of the house of repre
sentatives, and we most earnestly re
quest the senate to pass the bill and the
president to sign it, so that this great
wrong committed against the taxpayers
and against the very spirit of our na
tional constitution may cease forever.
Resolved, That a copy of these reso
lutions be sent to the president of the
senate and the president of tbe United
States by thelsecretary of the confer
ence. Everyone arose when the motion was
was put to a vote, and the venerable
Chaplain McCabo threw back his head
until his gray locks shook like a lion's
mane and sang "America," in the sing
ing of which all the ministers joined.