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THE VICTORY.
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The truly patriotic American cm-
of of Kansas City have good reason for
feeling elated over the glorious victory
achieve 1 In the city election lat Tuea-
The lawless element na equal rea
son for despondency.
Probably never before in a municipal
A WEEK hat pastel without reaching
acjnilutioo in the Manitoba school
question, and judging from present In
dications It will be many weeks more.
Premier G-eenway continues to bold ths
reins of power, In spite of the efforts
of the Dominion government to force
an agreement, and we believe he has
the sympathy of the entire Protectant
WANTED HIS BLOOD.
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ramnalirn In that city were the lines so world. The queatlon of aid to sectarian
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or the Interests so wen i scoouts ia now m-m i.u .
form In almcst every ProtesUnt nation,
and there seerat to be a general effort
upon the part of the Roman Catholic
church to obtain state aid for Its Insti
tutions. With us In the United State
we have been confronted with this mat
ter through their efforts to secure con
gressional aid. They have shown them
selves willing that Protestant sects
closely drawn, or the Interests so
deSned.
Ranged on one side in favor of good
government, pronounced. Americanum
and against foreign ecclesiastical Inter
ference in the affairs of state were me
bettor element of lu cltUenshlp-the
business-man, the laborer, the Chris
tian and the A. P. A. On tlie other,
In f.nr nf a Wlde-OIKSQ tOWn.Of B "busl
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ness administration" and of e:clesas- snouia reecho umo aF .u u.u i
cal domination and gang rule, were the cover up their designs, but r rotestant
saloons, the election thieves, thugs, churches ai a rule, have shown them-
Dluir-uelles. rounders and the ,Vur, selves ampiy aoie w ia.e cr u. neir
H'orfJ and 2l'ni. gQ nuuiuuuia a iuuo auiuiiiiia
ut in...ii.f the desDerate fight, rewrtt snow mat tne ivoman tiiDouo
i u . .v.- i..i.k tvBndIture of cnurcn nas receivea more toan uuuuia
in myiw w i liu . , . ,
mnnnv In an ta of the manlPUIBUOn DV .Mir ou vi mo ,uuul-J .j.p. -
th- nrl.ta and their coufedorates and by congress
Mayor Davis Narrowly
capes an Assassin's
Bullet.
Es-
The victory assures the tax-payers
that their interests will be carefully
leaked after, the affalra ol the cny
narefullv and economically adminis
tered and their funds judiciously ex
pended and properly accounted for.
This victorv tells to the woria mat
Raman Intolerance and priestly con
trol is dead in that city for all time to
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iirimA. ii tens inat Americsuwui auit
they derive enormous revenues without
expending one dollar lor the benefit of
the public treasury. The peop'.e of
Manitoba have taken the correct view
of the matter, and Premier Creenway
Is firmly carrying out their wishes.
fNo Common, to Anu.' if voa u-if ilTes in the breast, of the people, and campaign just closed has this to
with on. you iy his irtoo. M ewayed (rom wh,t of J udge James M. Jones, th
$ AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO. t they consider tholr plain line of duty
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$4.50.
Tns Amirican will publish
It tells another thing. It tells that
the dally papers which supported the
gangsters and the priesthood, under
the guise of religious toleration and
good citizenship, were unable to ae
! enough votes to throttle the will
of the majority.
That victory was not, however, a Re-
all advertisement of Foreclosure publican victory; It was not, strictly
I LI... n n A T' A vlntnrv. hut it
Sales or Service by Publication M one8v , 0yfti, patriotic
not exceeding 25 lilies nonpariol American citizens of all political be-
... . i . Uefs and opinions over we aisrepuia-
space for the required number ble gan(f thpat wa. trying to break into
of insertions for $4.50 net ; over the city government
. r . True, a few did succeed In foisting
25 lines the price will bo 5 cents thom8eve, uptm tho but the,
line each insertion. We are such a very small minority that one
I M.A.Unli iViant wVian nnnialilnrl ntr the
furnish legal blanks. Call up 1
Telephone 911, and we will do QNorlsJthe victory confined to that bim y he was an A. P. A. The
The Kansas City Star which waged
a vlgol-ous war against the A. P. A.
and the .Republican ticket during the
say
the A.
P. A. and Republican mayor
elect of that city: "Judge Jones has
made a good police magistrate. The
office of mayor is another affair and will
require a different order of qualifica
tions. The principal objection to the
mayor-elect is his promise to hold to
partisan lines In the administration of
his office. There is no cause for per
sonal prejudice azalnst a young man
who has done as well for himself, and,
thus far, for the people, as Judge Jones,
and it would be to the Star a source of
profound regret If he should fail to ex
ercise the courage and patriotism nec
essary to a faithful and satisfactory dis
charge of his duties."
While Judge Jones was running for
mayor of Kansas City, the opposition
were in the habit of sending men to
the meetings where he was speaking to
the rest for
$4.50.
OUR CHOICE.
For President:
W. S. LINTON
of Michigan.
For Vice-President:
JOHN L. WEBSTER
of Nebraska.
The A. P. A. elected their entire
ticket In Aurora, Mo.
The city of Bloomlngton elected an
A. P. A. school board.
Atchison, Kas., A. P. A.
elected all but two nounoilmen.
men
The Washington state Republican
convention will be held May 14th.
cltv. nor will the result be of benefit
there alone. It will be of benefit to
every city, town and hamlet to which
the news of the result of the election
rill extend. It will give patriots
avftrv where new courage to go lorth
and battle for the right against the
hosts of corruption, and the gangs that
have an evil eye upon the municipal
offices.
LIBELED OMAHA.
The campaign that has just closed in
Kansas City has been as exciting and
as hotly contested as any ever held any
where The Journal was the only dally
paper supporting the decent element.
The Times, Star and World supported
the candidates backed by the gang, the
election thieves, and the Roman Cath
olics. ...
They prated about religion Demg
dragged lnt j polltlM when every Intel
iudce always answered "I am." Then
the Times, World and Star roasted him,
and cried religious bigotry, proscrlp
tlon, and Intolerance. But the people
did not think so. They elected Jones,
an avowed A. P. A., and set their seal
of disapproval upon the attitude of the
Timts, World and Star.
"The doatrlne of religious proscrip
tion seems out of place here in Kansas
Cltv in this nineteenth century. Re
buke the men who advocate it." Star.
Thanks for your good advice, Star,
the people have complied by not eloct
lnp Kumpf.
That was a great victory for pure
Americanism in Kansas City.
McAulcy to Contest.
P. S. McAuley, who was recently de
feated for policj judge of South Omaha;
dragged miD poiniss wnenwrj .uu contegt th(J eleotlonof
llgent citizen of that city knows that tdn o that office. It is alleged
lor years was imposa.um u, u-u committed In the poll
Congressman Hainer's course has
been endorsed by the electors of his
district He has been unanimously re
nominated.
The Roman Catholic women went to
the polls in a body out In Wichita,
Kas., Tuesday, and defeated the nomi
nees in sympathy with the A. P. A,
This Is a press dispatch story.
to be elected to office who was not ac
ceptable to the Church of Home and
who was not willing for her to choose
his deputies and clerks. They howled
about the A. P. A. being a secret politi
cal organization, which was contrary
to the genius of our Institutions, when
the psople knew of dozens of secret,
oath-bound political orders in the Ro-
lng booth of the Fourth ward, and that
Mayor Johnston was a party to it
Reputable witnesses claim that the
mayor undertook to and did influence
voters in marking their ballots by
going into the stalls and advising them
not to vote for "that
whloh Is said to have been intended to
mean McAuley. Similar remarks are
Kansas City, Mo., elected an A. P.
A. mayor, treasurer, auditor, police
iudtre. attorney, four members of the
upper house and five of the lower, glv
ing the A. P. A. the control of the city.
There does not now seem to be any
doubt that Kentucky will have a can-
didate for president. An effort Is be
ing made by the friends of Gov. Bradly
to secure the state delegation pledged
in his interests.
"There have been combinations in
plenty between dishonest men of both
parties to swindle the city. Now hon
est men of both parties have combined
to give the city a square deal." otar.
They have followed the Star's idea
by electing such a ticket headed by
James M. Jones.
man church, composed exclusively oi l M Q havfl madfl wUh referenoe
uoman uamonos, mu bmidk m won i . jij...
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object toe upbuilding Ol iwmnnism uu
the tearing down of Protestantism.
They held up the city of Omaha as a
horrid example, and stated that every
department was In a stats of disorder
and was mismanaged, when if the truth
had been told the city of Omaha was
the best governed city in the country.
There Is no disorder, no highway rob-
If this can ba proved, criminal action
will no doubt ba brought against John'
ston for violation of the Australian
ballot law.
Election in Independence.
Independence, Mo., April 7. Ed
ltor American. The election for
mayor, marshal, city attorney, assessor,
berles, no eafe-blowing, no riots, fewer treasurer and four members of the city
fires and less drunkenness than In any council passed off quietly, the result
other city In the country of Its size, being quite satisfactory to all true
The mayor's office is filled by Captain Americans, Judge Millard, whom the
W. J. Broatch, an old soldier, a Masca Americans elected justice of the peace
of high degree, and the largest whole- jn the '94 election, was promoted to the
sale hardware merchant in the city, office of mayor, defeating Banker J. I).
His office is a model, and his worst Wood and his "barrel" by a handsome
enemy cannot accuse him honestly with I majority, although Roman whisky and
a semblance of incompetency or hiem- "howly" dollars were plentiful. The
clency. What is true of Captain Americans also elected marshal, treas-
Broatch is true of City Clerk Higby, of urer assessor, city attorney and two
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Reports from all over the country uy xreasurer xwnras ami u mu. u0 counciimen. iu uiu OCAm ui
I iL. A U A A .VA I .(- .Vm IIaahiH baa nw
show increasing gains for the A. P. A., omcers eiecieu oy ue . r. A. nUU u, clly cemr, u , v-u . -,
aJt.hmmWIth h..t fw excentlons thoee tning inose uauy papers iu m,. fiarm m stealing uerciv UUulCB)
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aIraa,evnlnlt1aRoniiWlan ralns. Umana was mat capiuu w uui nave 10 lane m wm
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It is time for the Republican party to
awake, and declare unequivocally in
favor of a better and truer American
ism.
If the members of the board of edu
cation re-elect either J. M. Gillan or
H. J. Banker, after their despicable
conduct toward John L. Webster, they
deserve to be defeated for any office
they may seek in the future. There
should be an aye and a naye vote on
an
false as the charge against the city
officials. Besides the bank clearances
show Omaha's business has increased
all the way from 4 to 49 per cent over
last year when she had a "business ad
ministration," and as mayor a tool of
E. Rosewater, editor of the Omaha Bee,
the most unreliable, dishonest and un
truthful paper, barring the Kansas
City (ar, that was ever published in
nJclt.y- ..
Yet In spite 01 an meir lying, in
Icanlsm,
Yours for Amer-
Cela.
their applications. The people want
to know what members favor reward-1 spite of all their misrepresentation, the
nr mon who attamntod to knife their I oeople were able to achieve a most
frieud to plants their enemies. I notable victory.
The "Star" Tired Him.
Chickasha, I. T., April 3. Editor
American. Please send me two sam
ple copies of your paper. Would like
to have copies with picture on front
page representing the national capltol
at Washington, the copy the Kansas
City Star refers to on March SO, front
page, in first column. I am taking the
Star and am everlastingly tired of it
it makes me weary.
HnnW that vou will comply with
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the above I remain yours, etc,
Inspector.
lie Was Tss Outspoken an Adtstatesf
Americanism ts Suit the
Clan aa-Garl.
I Krom Ibe Kaoaaa City Aaerlcao. j
The campaign in Kantas City came
very near being bathed in blood.
The Intended victim was Mayor
Webater Davis, and the asassln ws,
without doubt, a member of both the
gang and the Roman Catholic church.
Mayor Davis had been the ardent
supporter of the Republican ticket
from the day it was nominated, and was
regarded by the opponents of Judge
Jones as his most powerful friend. The
mayor not only spoke every night, but
ho worked by day as few men can work,
going from business house to business
house and from office to office meeting
and overcoming the opposition that the
dishonest and untruthful papers were
building up against his friends on the
Republican ticket.
So aggressive did he become, so out
spoken was he against the Irish Roman
Catholics, that his friends warned him
that he was jeopardizing his own life
to win victory for his friends. But he
heeded not their warnings, even refus
ing to allow them to see him safely
home after the meetings declaring that
there was no danger that the gang
would not dare to assault him.
And so he went on, raising his voice
and usinfir his influence for Jones and
the rest of the ticket.
The contest was waged with great
earnestness on behalf of tru Amerl
canlsm and with great vlndlctiveness
on behalf of the Roman church and the
gang, still Mayor Davis never lagged.
The evening before election arrived
and he had not been touched and the
anxiety of his friends was giving way
to confidence that through his untiring,
manly stand for American principles
victory was all but in their grasp.
There had been a monster demon
strationa torch light prososslon,
headed by a band and a flambeau club,
through streets llterallyj ammed with
enthusiastic people. More than three
thousand men were In line. Hundreds
of transparencies were carried. A doz
en brass bands and drum corps cheered
the marching throng and enlivened the
watching thousands. Fire works were
shot off in profusion and red lights
blazed from every corner.
Then there was speaking at Turner
hall. In the garden and from stands on
the street corners.
But Davis had not been seen, and his
friends began inquiring about him.
Just then a messenger pushed
through the crowd to the speaker's
stand and whispered to the gentleman
presiding that Davis had been shot.
A moment later the speaker was in
terrupted and the announcement was
made that some miscreant had at
tempted to assassinate Mayor Davis,
but that, fortunately, he had escaped
death, although the bullet had passed
through his hat.
Immediately a roar went up and men
yelled for the name of the dastard who
had attempted so foul a crime.
But no one knew.
An hour afterward Mayor Davis
came.
His hat had a great hole torn in it..
Ashe proceeded to the stage the
treat crowd rose as one man and
cheered him.
The outburst was spontaneous.
In a few words he told how he came
to be so late. He had gone home to
get his overcoat. The druggist came,
as he was opening the door, and said
someone desired to talk to him over the
telephone. He had gone to the drug
store and talked with a gentleman at
the city hall about signing the appro
priation ordinance, and returned to the
house. A few moments afterward he
was leaving his residence. : No one
was at home and he stooped to lock the
door. As he did so, the car he usually
took thundered by. Being desirous of
getting to the meeting as early as possl
ble, he decided to go through the alley
to another car line, three blocks away.
As he was passing toward the alley a
heavy-set man, wearing a slouch hat,
sprang from the shadow of the barn
and fired a revolver at his head, at
the same time exclaiming: "Take
that, you of a 1" The
bullet passed through his hat, and
knocked it from his head. He reached
for his hat, drew his revolver and fired
several shots at the retreating figure,
Mayor Davis said he did not know
whether the shooting had any political
significance or not, he only knew he
had been fired upon by an unknown
man.
The Star, World and Times, the gang
sheets, immediately began to ridicule
the attempt to assassinate the mayor,
and suggested that he had shot his own
hat for political effect.
When newspapers shield criminals
and make light of such dastardly at
tempts upon the lives of American cltl
sens, it is time for the public to awake,
Should Mayor Davis now fall by the
hand of an assassin the crime will be
placed at the door of those sheet)
HON. W. S. LINTON.
The following is a brief biography of Hon. W. S. Linton:
WILLIAM SEELYE LINTON, of Saginaw, was born at St. Clair, Mich.,
February 4, 1856; when four years of age removed with his parents to Sagi
naw, Mich.; was there educated in the public schools; at the age if 15 years
(1871) commenced clerking In a general store at Farwell, Mich., and soon
afterward became manager of his father's sawmill and lumber-yard at the
same place; was for a time a member of a firm dealing in lumber at Jonesvllle,
Hillsdale county, Mich., and afterwards engaged as bookkeeper with promi
nent lumbermen in Saginaw; for two years prior to 1877 was occupied in tim
ber business during winters in the lumber woods and in summer Inspected
lumber at sawmills along the Saginaw river; when 21 years of age became
superintendent of a large lumbering industry at Wells, Bay county (now
Alger, Arenac county), Mich., and was for two terms a member of the Bay
county board of supervisors; in 1879 again removed to Saginaw, and has since
resided there, engaged in the lumber and salt business; in 1883 was elected a
member of the East Saginaw common council, serving two terms, at the end
of which was elected representative to the Michigan legislature of 1887-83;
was for three years pr asident of the People's Building and Loan Association
of Saginaw county, the strongest financially and in membership of any in the
stat3; during 1891 was president of the Michigan State League of Building
and Loan Associations; in 1890 was the candidate for lieutenant-governor on
the Republican state ticket; during 1890 and 1891 was twice unanimously
elected chief executive officer of the Knights of the Maccabees, a fraternal
society with a larger membership than any other in Michigan; is a Buprame
officer of the independent Order of Forresters, and In the Masonic order has
held prominent positions; has been president of the Saginaw water board; was
mayor of the city of Saginaw for two years, 1892-1894; was elected to tte
Fifty-third and reelected to theFifty-Fourth Congress as a Republican, receiv
ing 16,566 votes, against 10.113 votes for Rowland Connor, Democrat and Popu
list, 1,571 votes for Emory L. Brewer, Prohibitionist, and 2,365 votes for Foe
R. Crosby, Populist. 1
which winked at the attempt upon his
life last Monday night.
There is need in Kansas City of a re
liable evening paper, and the friends of
pure Americanism should see that one
is started.
Now is the time to prepare for the
next campaign.
Davis may need your help.
Kearny Not a Catholic.
Editor American. I observe In the
last Issue of The American J. Penny
packer Rossiter (the alleged Quaker,
but no Friend) termed Phil Kearny,
the American Boldler and patriot, a
Roman Catholic. This I denounce as
an unqualified lie. Philip Kearny
was born, llvel, and died a Protestant.
His ancestor, who came to this coun
try early in the last century, was born
Ireland of Ssotch 'Presbyterian
stock.
The Romans are load Jof referring to
Phil Kearny as a sample jof the Irish
soldier in the Civil War. He was a
native of New Jersey, ani not one drop
Irish blood In his veins jnexcept
through his remote ancestor if you
can call a man of Sootchblood born in
Ireland an Irishman. Kearny (one e in
the name, please) is a Scotch, not
Milesian name. Philip Kearny de
tested Georee B. McClellan for his
masterly inactivity" as a soldier, and
his implied treachery as a uoman
Catholio to the Union cause. Had he
lived, he would hava (assumed com'
mand of the Army of the Potomac.
There are those of his Jersey comrades
who believe his death was more the
result of premeditation than accident.
Philip Kearny had no more respect
for the Roman hierarchy than
One of His Kindred,
hostilities, I would advise that Satolli
be visited and ordered to stop this war
of the pope, and if he did not, and
would not, I would have him shot im
mediately, that the lives of many
might be saved. If the pope's war does
not stop then, go to Cardinal Gibbons
and to the archbishops, and do to tbem
as was done to Satolli, and if the var
still continues, then go to the bishops.
But there is a bishop I was a friend to
once, and I would be glad to be a friend
to him again. Then, let him leave the
pope's army, they call a church, and
let him join an organization that is a
church. If a person cannot ses that
there is heresy in a church that is con
tinually carrying the sword, he mut-t
be lull of it himself. Then go to ibe
Jesuits, bo many of the lay clergy hate,
and treat them like the rest, ani then
see if we do not have men, wao were
once In the pope s army, willing to kiss
the sole of the shoe of any man who is
an Honest American. Let them wor
ship God according to the dictates of
their consciences, but not fight as a
foreign pope would dictate.
WASHINGTON S ItOCK.
The Result.
The following aldermen were elected
In Chicago last Tussday:
C. F. Gunther, Dim; W. S. Jackson,
Rep; N. T. Brenner, Rep; A. W. Mil
ler, Rep; J. J. Caughlin, Dem; H S.
Fitch, Ind. Rep; W. E. Kent, Ind. Rep;
Charles Martin, Dem; Frank Meek,
Dem; V. Klenha, Rep; A. Novak, Rep,
to fill vacancy; Frank F. Gazzolo, Dam;
Conrad Kahler; Rep; W. T. Maypole,
Dem; A. W. Beilfus, Rep; John Ander
son, Rep; P. Kiolbassa, Dem; M. C.
Knudson, Rep; J. A. Rogers, Rep;
T. Gallagher, Democrat, short
term; John Powers, Democrat;
C. W. Probst, R; N. M. Plofke, R; J.
M. Harlan, R; T. J. O'Malley, D: C.
M. Walker, D; A. F. Portman, R; W.
E. Schlake, D; H. W.Butler, R; D. W.
Ackerinan, R; Robert Mulcahy, D; E.
A. Mowrer, D; C. T. Northrup, R; W.
Mayor, R; C. B. Howell, R; J. B.
Math, R.
A Green War-Ship.
Minneapolis, Minn., April 6. The
Irish have again been pleased and are
reckoning without a host. Orders
were Issued by the Navy Department
directing that the new ram, Katahdin,
bet pain ted green. The order was
Bigned by Assistant Secretary McAdoo
on St. ratricrs day, ana now ine
Katahdin will be dubbed the Irish
boat, bo the papers of that people opine.
This is truly amusing. Some naval
vessels are painted the color of water
for scientific purposes. By this they
cannot be detected by an enemy some
times until too late to ward off their
blows. They cannot be seen half the
distance that a black or white vessel
A Pointer
Editor The American: I wish to
give your worthy readers a pointer.
If the Roman Catholic drilled organiza
tions intend to meet at Bridgeport,
Conn., fully equipped for war, I would
have the representatives of the people
at Washington forbid it. If this can
not be accomplished, have a company
of American soldiers, with rapid firing
guns, stationed so as to protect the
government powder magazines in the
northern part of New Jersey. As the
pope's army would be near New York
city, and since they would be glad to
get control of that city first, I would
put a strong body of soldiers Amerl
can soldiers and a supply of rapid fir
ing guns, to protect the city, and have
the forts ready for action. And at that
time, when the pope's army is in camp,
I would give every one of the papal
subjects a rest. Let them protect the
land in times of peace, but not at anv
other time, and particularly when the can- There is noinmg in ine new color
pope has an army in readiness, desiring
to show what they can do.
In case the pope's army commence
cessity, and necessity is a mother of In
vention. The poor priest will have to
look elsewhere for honors. Zambot.
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