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MAY 1, 1896.
OUR CHOICE.
For President:
W. S. LINTON
of Michigan
i or v loe-i-resiaent:
JOHN L. WEBSTER
of Nebraska.
The American to Jan. 1, 1807, 60o,
1 a
Organize
town.
a Linton club In your
That Illinois convention at Spring
field was a bot one.
A STRONG Linton Club has been
formed in Shlrland, 111.
It la not necessary to abuse MoKln
ley In order to pralte Linton.
Billy Bryan's Demooratlo
ought to be going up to-day.
stock
We will send this paper to your ad
dress uatil Jan. 1, 1807, for 50a
IT begins to look aa though the A.
P. A. were masters of the situation.
From present indication! the Chi
cago convention will be a free silver
convention.
When the Arizona Republican con
-enuon refused to Instruct for McKln-
ley his friends bolted.
We are very grateful to our friend
.J. C. Decker, of Gallon, Ohio, for the
good work he baa done for us.
tVE will send this paper to your ad
dress until Jan. 1, 1S07, for 50o.
IT makes no difference how hard the
dally papers of Chicago roast the Re
publican machine it does lta work Just
the same.
We don't blame the Peoria A. P. A.
boys for condemning C. P. Johnson.
They have evidently got acquainted
with him.
Every American who can, should be
at the St. Louis convention. We want
the right kiad of a man and the right
kind of a platform.
Tanner bas been nominated. Our
friend Bolden will now have to take
the stump to Veep him from becoming
the governor of Illinois.
The editor of our Kansas City paper
writes us that "McKinley is a better
American than a great many people
have been able to ascertain."
We will send this paper to your ad
dress until Jan. 1. 1397, for 50c.
How many cew subscribers at 60
cents have you sent in this year so far?
This means all our readers. Each one
should help a little. Every same will
do some good.
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The members of the national ad
visory board told us that out of 65,000
government employes In the city of
Washington, 50,000 were Romanists.
Is there need of the A. P. A?
There was not a Protestant in the
state of Illinois' who had brains enough
to act as chairman of the Republican
state convention, so the machine which
nominated Hertz and Tanner, called
o n Martin Madden, the Romanist.
We ask each one of our subscribers
to send this paper to a friend in some
other state with a mark around our
special offer. We ought to add 10,000
names to our subscription list before
the first of June.
The American to Jan. 1, 1897, 50c.
AS TO PRESIDENT.
The editor of this paper has watched
a great many games of politics, but he
does not believe he has ever aeea
game which could compare with the
one Doing played thla year.
It seams to us that the people who
are loudest In claiming their candidate
la the special object of the wrath, the
plotting and tno scheming of the
"bosses," are either themselves de
ceived or are endeavoring to deceive
the masses.
Why should any man say that the
bosses are against the Ohio man whe
Kerers, Elktns, llanna and Groavenor
are the head and front of his campaign
Is there a quartette of politicians I
this country more astute than they
Then why this cry that the bosses are
against toe ex-governor? Simply for
the purpose of blinding the people to
the fact that they are blindly allowing
themselves to be used by a very shrewd
set of politicians to down another set
equally as crafty.
But it was not our purpose to destroy
the effect of this rallying cry of the
hosts of the Ohloan when we began
this editorial, but rather to point eut
some glaring inconsistencies which
have cropped out in this campaign.
We have seen a large majority of the
patrlotlo papers of the country endorse
that noble, fearless, uncompromising
American, W. S. Linton, for president,
They have done so from a sense of duty,
The editors of those papers realize as
no other class of men do, the magnlfl
cent example his loyalty and devotion
to principle has been to the rising gen
oration; aye, they realize more, they
realize the courage and the patriotism
of a true American was exemplified by
him, and that no honor which they
could show him would repay him for
the stand he bad taken In the Congress
of the United States against a continu
auon oi tne anuses entailed upon our
people by the appropriation of public
funds for the aid and for the support of
private and sectarian institutions,
They saw coming to their support the
common people. They heard Linton's
praises sung by all true patriots, and
were buoyed up with the hope that the
Republican party, when it met In con
ventlon, would heed the voice of the
plain people and place W. S. Linton In
nomination.
The Patriotic press continued to pro
claim his fitness for the position, be
cause It believed he nearest represented
the Ideal of all true Americans. Lin
ton clubs were formed throughout the
length and breadth of these United
States, and hundreds of men who were
not members of the A. P. A. told us, or
sent word to us, that they were for
Linton, first, last and all the time.
But not all the members of the A
P. A. were for Linton. Some were for
McKinley, others for Rood, and Btlll
others for Morton, Allison and Hard
son. Because they did not agree with
us as to who should; be president did
not make them any the less good, loyal
members of the A. P. A. If It showed
nythlng It showed only that they
failed to appreciate fully the great ser-
ice Mr, Linton naa rendered our
a VI 1
cause by his noble and manly fight
against sectarian appropriations.
Still, those members of the A. P. A,
who are for McKinley, for Reed or for
any of the other candidates stand
ready to come In and give loyal and
hearty support to Mr. Linton In case
of his nomination.
And now we have reached the point
where we think we can see an incon
sistency.
We of the patrlotlo press are honest
in our support of Mr. Linton. The
common people who are backing us up
In our efforts to create a healthy public
sentiment which will preclude any
hope of a Roman sympathizer being
nominated by the Republican party,
they too are honest. Then comes a
third factor upon the field in the shape
of a national advisory board. Individ
ually the members claim to be for Mr.
Linton; collectively, they are against
Mr. McKinley. If Mr. Linton is nomi
nated he must be nominated by the
votes of men who are now, and will be
on the first and probably the second
and succeeding ballots, favorable to Mr.
McKinley. Tell us friends, then, how
we, as sensible men, can go into that
convention with our preferred candi
date, and declare that If McKinley is
nominated we will fight him at the
polls, and at the same time expect Mo
Kinley's friends to vote for our candi
date in the convention and aUhe polls?
We do not think that is good poli
tics. We do not th ink Linton's friends
care to be placed in that attitude. We
know he has never suggested such a
tmng vo any oi ms menus, and we
think if such a threat is to be made, it
should come from those who are not
eleventh hour converts to his cause.
We do not endorse everything Mc
Kinley has done. We do not think,
however, that he is as hard to reach as
the advisory board would have us be
lieve, for we have just received a let
ter from Hon. Harry H. Hinde, editor
of our Kansas City paper, stating that
he is in Canton, Ohio, and that he has
had a two-hour interview with Mark
Hanna, and spent three hours with
Hon. Wm. McKinley at his home.
If it Is possible for Mr. Hinde to get
Mr. McKinley 's ear is it not fair to
suppose that the advisory board would
have received equally as courteous a
reception nad It put la aa appearance
at the Major's home ,
We believe McKlaley Is la barssony
with every one of the principles of our
order, but, we are sorry to have to say
It, we believe he lacks the courage to
say so, and if he is distrusted even
after the convention bas chosen
standard bearer, he must not blame us,
for we did our duty by him and by
our order by twice asking him which
If any of our principles, he could not
endorse? His failure to answer that
speclfio question did not miff ua
And now, to sum this whole thing up,
don't credit the real friends of Mr.
Linton with waging a war of extermi
nation against the ex-governor of Ohio.
The conventions have not all been
held yet. McKinley mtght be nomi
nated, and he would be preferable to
Cleveland on a soucd money platform
W. J. Bryan on a free sliver platform
or W. V. Allen on the Populist ticket,
If we get Linton nominated, we want
McKInley's friends to support him.
ONE of the most commendable acta
of the many Mr. Churchill has per
formed since he went into offloe was
that which brought about the appoint
ment of Mr. Youngfelt, of Omaha, as
assistant secretary of the board of irri
gation. Mr. Youngfolt was born In
Sweden and graduated as a civil en
glneer before leaving his native coun
try. After graduating he spent two
years In Germany as irrigation en
glneer before coming to this country.
As a consequence he brings to the
state board of irrigation an amount of
practical Information which, probably,
no other engineer in the state could
bring. We congratulate Mr. Churchill
on the selection.
The supreme court of the United
States has ordered the attorneys In the
maximum freight rate case to re-argue
the case. As the supreme court ad
journs the 8th of May it necessitates
the case going over to the fall term,
and as the fall term Is hardly under
way before the middle of October, It
offors a strong argument for the re-
nomlnatlon and election of Hon. A. S.
Churchill as attorney general, for he
has all the details well in hand, and
could be of much better servloe to the
people than any new man they might
have foisted upon them.
We will send this paper to your ad
dress until Jan. 1, 1897, for 50o.
John Ireland has broken out
again. He says the A. P. A. does not
have the membership it claims. We
guess John knows. John's friends told
us in Omaha last fall and in Kansas
City this spring that the order was un
American and that the people of good
sense and judgment were opposed to
the methods of the order and would re
buke it at the polls. Result: A. P.
A.'s or friends elected to every office
of Importance.
OUR thanks are due the A. P. A.
Magazine of San Francisco for forward
ing to our address $1.50 together with
the name of a new subscriber in Hono
lulu, H. I. This demonstrates pretty
conclusively the extended circulation
of the A. P. A. Magazine, and the value
advertising In its columns. We
hope it will continue to prosper.
There was a council organized at
Blossburg, Tioga county, Pa., Thurs
day evening, with 150 charter mem
bers. "Let the good work go on,"
With proper management the same
would occur in the state of Illinois.
Can't you induce one of your friends
to subscribe for this paper? No other
patriotic paper in the country can
print a paper as cheaply as we caa and
are printing The American.
The work is progressing in Georgia
ust at present as nicely as in any
state In the Union.
We will send this paper to your ad
dress until Jan. 1, 1897, for 50a
Annual Meeting. 1
Minneapolis, Minn., April 27. The
annual state council of the Jr. O. U. A.
M., met at St. Paul on April 21. Forty
two delegates were In attendance. The
reports of the state officers show that
the order has Increased In membership
about 200 per cent during the last year.
New officers were elected as follows:
. S. Kimball, St. Paul, state councillor;
W. S. Hobos, Minneapolis, vice-coun
cillor; J. D. Woodruff, Minneapolis,
secretary; J. S. Giere, Hay field, con
ductor. Seven delegates were elected
to the national council In Denver.
Minneapolis has fourteen councils, and
others are to be instituted soon. The
Junior Order has a very bright future
in store. Its members do little or no
soliciting for new members. It seems
to "get there" on its merits.
Zambot.
No attention should be paid to the
news floating around in the daily press
regarding the future policy of the A. P.
A. No one has the right to give out
any information regarding the order,
and no one has done so. The dispatches
which have appeared in the daily press
are the work of some over-zealous news
paper reporter, anxious to make a
scoop. California Standard.
The American to Jan. 1, 1897, 50c.
THE POPE IS THE tUOtfBOCSD.
Xalioaal Confer? ore ef the latr national
Arbitration at WashiagUw D. C,
Do!" A. p. A. Work.
One of the most Important confer
ences ever held by men was the na
tional conference of the International
arbitration just closed in this city. Its
Importance conaUts in the character of
Its constituents and the magnitude of
Its object It was presided over by ex
senator Edmunds, of Vermont, and
some of the distinguished delegate
were Carl Shura, Wm. C.Gray, A. C.
Bartlesa, George M. Pullman, Philip
D. Armour, Joseph E. Gray, Marshall
Field, Francis B. Pea body, and aeveral
hundred others, well-kaowa for their
great abilities as scholars, statesmen
and divines, from every state and terri
tory In the Union. The purpose of
this gathering is nothing less than
practical method of effecting an ever
lasting peace on earth by erecting a
permanent international court with
power to hear and determine all inter
national differences, disputes, claims
and grievances, just as similar affairs
are now settled between Individuals,
mis conference is tne result or many
years of persistent work done by many
peace societies in this country and Eu
rope. It is proposed to begin the
great work by establishing an interna
tional tribunal first between the two
great English-speaking nations Eng
land and the United States of North
America and then to admit others as
they apply for admission.
A committee of 37 delegates drew up
and sent to the Queen of England and
the President of the United States an
address, setting forth their confidence
in the wisdom of these rulers. The
committee also issued a circular letter
to hundreds of churches, universities,
colleges, and societies, asking their
opinion in regard to the project, and
has published a large pamphlet of 63
pages, containing the responses elicited
by said circular. From churohes and
societies of ministers there are over 133
responses, but not one of them is from
a Roman Catholio church, or society 1
Why not?
From the beginning of those 'ancient
days when popes first began to claim
superiority over kings, princes and all
other forms of civil government, they
have claimed the right to act as arbi
trators in all disputes between such
governments even down to the recent
controversy over the Venezuela bound
ary line when it Is said, Pope Leo
XIII. offered his services as mediator
between Great Britain and Venezuela.
What Is to become o( this claim of the
self-styled suprenW pontiff it all these
knotty questions are to be settled by
an international court? Do you wonder
that the Roman Catholio churches are
silent? Cardinals Gibbons and Satolli
did not attend the conference, but sent
In
their regrets!,;, I, , have no doubt
their regrets were sincere!
However, Bishop Keane, director of
Roman Catholic university here, was
present, and made a speech, In which
he covertly attacked the A. P. A. as
those people who go around in the
dark and stab their enemies In the
back I Senator Edmunds introduced
Bishop Keane as a Roman Catholic,
putting special stress upon the word
Roman, and he added: "I too, am a
member of a church, and we call our
selves "Catholic." Indicating that
his Catholicism was general enough to
take in the whole world, and not limi
ted to a single city (Rome).
A permanent organization Dwas
formed with the avowed purpose of agi
tation, education and .work until the
court shall have been"organizedoand
ready for business. " .
I believe that very nearly all the
delegates perhaps all were Protes
tants, and if they are not actual mem
bers of the A. P. A., it Is certain that
our order could not well have a more
efficient auxiliary. , ... '
Steven Murray, the Btudcnt at the
Roman Catholio university, lately cap
tured by the priests and taken to New
York City, made his escape, came back
to this city and was baptized into the
Baptist church. He has been sent
away to a theollglcal seminary, I hear,
to prepare for the ministry.
. Chase Roys.
WHIT W0MES t'AS DO.
An Oakland, Cal., Correspondent Gives
His Idea on the Subject.
What can women do to advance the
cause of Americanism?
Read anti-Catholic literature, and
when thoroughly informed "of what
Rome has done and what she is doing
and her mode of working, then women
ill see plenty to do, and it will be her
duty to work on the same line as the
enemy to conteract Its advance! I
will suggest a few duties that women
can perform: When a child is left an
orphan in your immediate neighbor
hood, use every honorable means to
keep the Catholic charity from getting
that child, for it is a settled fact if that
church has the child five years its re
ligious faith is sealed for life. Another
duty women can perform when school
directors are to be elected: Do a little
sill hunting and satisfy yourself that
the nominees are suitable men for the
interest of the public schools; look up
his past life and see if It contains no
flaws, and report to your husband or
brothers, and If you have neither then
report to your best fellow; again you
caa investigate and learn what per
cent of the teachers in the public
schools are Roman; again you can find
out what your grocery man or your
butcher is, and if he is not what he
should be, it would be your duty to
trade with your friends, for it is a
known fact that It is the course the
enemy pursues. And this Is a duty the
woman should look to, for as a rule, the
wife buys most of what is consumed in
the house. This point should hold
good In buying a bonnet or a dress,
and by following out th Is principle you
are helping your friends, and by help
ing your friends you are strengthening
the order and advancing the premium
on Americanism. Again, encourage
American writers of music and Ameri
can music teachers, for ninety per cent
of the music writers and teachers are
of the toe-kissing fraternity. During
the Mechanics fair In San Francisco a
few weeks ago Scheie had charge of
the music, 22 pieces were played every
night and not over three American
pieces were played on one night, and
oiien, two. iow, i am sausned we
have as good American writers and far
better airs than were ever produced In
any forelgn'country. Musio is one of
the initial studies in all the Catholic
seminaries. The object is plain, it is a
drawing card for their schools and
their teachers are brought in contact
with the wealthy heretics and gives
them a tine field to make converts to
the Catholio church, and it is safe to
say that there has been more converts
made to that church through the
music-teacher route than any other,
and the more money the scholar has in
her own name the more diligent the
teacher will be with the scholar: so
mothers, don't be blind to passing
events. Again, when you see a Prot
estant girl throwing herself away on
one of the pope's own, lend a helping
hand to save her, and If there happens
to be half a dozen women, put your
heads together and try to" save h r, if
you don't lo that you are Ja, lit tie short
of the Ingenuity that women possess;
when your nelghbor.is in need of
hired girl, why not exert yourself to
get the place fon,some deserving girl
of American parentage, by so doing
you will decrease the pope's detective
force and at the same time lessen
Peter's pence, foraAmerican girls as a
general thing do not contribute to the
pope's support. Again, when you have
Catholio children for neighbors en
aeavor 10 avoid me question or re
ligion and treat them with all respect,
and endeavor to impress them that the
heretics are not half as black as they
have been painted by the priests, and
by so doing you will have the consola
tion that you have idone your part
toward leaving the jworld. better than
you found it
Some will say I don'tjapprove of the
boycott principal. In answer let me say
the boycott Is of Irish-Cathollo parent
age, and if It hadnever practiced it on
American patriots iwe would not have
to resort to It for self-protection. I
know of Instances in the early life of
the A. P. A. of members who were
financially ruined by being boycotted
after they had joined the order, and
their friends were not men enough to
stand by them in their hour of need.
If you will put yourselves to the trouble
to Investigate you will find ithat eight
out of ten Catholics do their trading
with Catholics, and I am sorry to say
that Protestants do not do It I have
heard it said that all thlngsare fair in
times of war, now, what is fair for the
enemy is fair for us. I once heard of a
dog attacking a soldier on post, the
soldier shot the dog'when the owner
remonstrated and said, "Why did you
not take the butt of your gun to him?"
The reply was, "the dog didn't come
at me that way." So if the toe-kissing
fraternity gets the worst of the game
at boycotting tbey have not the A. P.
A.s to blame, but their Instructor, the
head of their church. A. Heretic.
The Past, Present ind -Future of the
A. P. A.
This article does not pretend to be a
history or prophecy concerning the
American Protective Association, but
we wish simply to make "a few state
ments which may be helpful. It was
momentous occasion when Mr. H. F.
Bowers of Clinton, la., called a few
patriotic Americans together and or
ganized in March, 1887, the noble order
of the A. P. A. The papal encroach
ments upon the free institutions of the
epublicwere ripe for a 'political or
ganization of this kind, which was de
signed to check and finally destroy the
papacy as a political power in this
country. We will mention sonly one
Instance bearing upon this point. In
the presidential election of 1852 Ge n.
Win field Scott was the Whig nominee
and Gen. Franklin Pierce that of the
Democratic party. The papacy sent a
delegation to Gen. Scott to inquire if
he would give two cabinet positions for
the vote of the Catholic church, to
which the old hero replied, "Walt 'till
after the election." This proving un
satisfactory the delegation put the
same question to Gen. Pierce, to which
he quickly replied, "I will give you
one and perhaps two." The next ques
tion was, "who will be the man?" The
quick reply was "Frank Campbell of
Pennsylvania, shall be postmaster-gen-
eraL" and he was elected President of
the United States. We see from this
one Instance the controlling power cf
the papacy a as even then in the poli
tics of this country. And it shows too,
that the A. P. A. was not organized
any too soon to combat the political
power of Rome now threatening the
life of the republic.
For several years the A. P. A. made
slow progress and was not considered
of enough importance to arouse the at
tention of the mlitlci&na. but 1894
brought the order before the public
everywhere as never before, which was
the occasion of much disturbance
among the old political parties. Al
though the A. P. A. is the most influ
ential of the patrlotlo orders, still
other organizations are formed which
are independent of each other, though
working on the same patriotic line.
These are national organizations
known by the name of the British
American, The Patrlotlo Sons of
America, The United order of Ameri
can Mechanics, The Junior Order of
American Mechanics, and the Orange
men, all of which are united in the
main political issue now before the
American people, which means, down
with the papal rule In the politics of
this country, and up with the national
control of patriotic principles.
The A. P. A. Is to-day a mighty
force in American politics. It has re
covered or is fast recovering from the
results of its former mistakes In being
too charitable to many politicians and
others who professed to be friends to
the order but were really traitors to
the patriotic cause. And had not the
A. P. A. been founded upon tbe "bed
rock" of political purity, justice and
truth, it would have been wrecked and
scattered to the four winds; but the
fact that it stands to-day essentially
united and stronger than ever In po
litical influenoe and power is proof
positive that it has come to stay and
that it cannot be destroyed by external
foes.
As to the future of the A. P. A.
there can be no reasonable doubt of its
political success and early triumph.
All the present Indications point that
way, and the political work of the
order will be done so quietly, so ef
fectually and so suddenly that the old
political parties will hardly realize
what hurt them. Then will the way
be prepared for other national reforms
which will be effected by appropriate
agencies, thus raising the nation to
the highest possible state of earthly
prosperity and happiness. J. G. P.
Marquette Statue Affair.
Washington, April 24. The Wis
consin representatives are once more in
trouble. It is the A. P. A. again.
They got their first dose of A. P. A.-
ism when the Marquette statue ar
rived. The dose was pretty large and
not at all palatable. Moreover, they
were compelled to take smaller doses
several times afterward. They fondly
hoped, however, about a fortnight ago
that they had bad theirlast portion
and would be able to look forward to
their Individual campaigns without
suffering more from the same cause.
"The statue will be allowed to stay
where It is," one of them said, "and
there won't be any more talk about it.
You see, It wouldn't do to raise the
question again lest the statue be re
jected, and that would be a slight to
the state."
But they reckoned without due con
sideration. They were Borely troubled
to learn last Monday that Senator Vilas
would on Wednesday next offer a reso
lution accepting the Btatue and thank
ing the state of Wisconsin for the gift.
There are protests piled on protests
against receiving the statue. They
come from the A. P. A. all over the
country. All of the Wisconsin repre
sentatives have received tthem and
every mall brings fresh protests by way
of reminders. Recognizing themselves
as mere accidents, simply drift wood
flung up on some political prominence
by a tidal wave, they correctly argue
that they have a decidedly slim chance
of holding on for another two years.
They need every ballot and they know
they cannot get it if the Vilas resolu
tion comes up In the house, no matter
how they vote.
Our PoUcb Force.
The roster of the police department
for 1895 gives the following facts:
Of the 103 employees including cap
tains, lieutenants, sergeants, detec
tives and patrolmen, 32 were born in
Ireland, 1 in Germany, 3 . in Sweden,
2 in Canada, 1 in Scotland, 1 in Eng
land, 1 In Hawaii Island, 120 in the
United States, and 12 with birth-place
not being given, which contains 5
names bearing greatly to the Emerald
Isle. Out of the 120 there are 45 Irish
men, making a total of 82 of that stripe
on the police force.
We would be pleased to know if it is
not about time a fair representation of
the people was employed?
Look It over and see what you think
of Governor Stone and his commis
sioners. Kansas City American.
The Second Summer,
many mothers believe, is the most pre
carious in a child's life; generally it
may be true, but you will find that
mothers and physicians familiar with
the value of the Gail Borden Eagle
Brand Condensed Milk do not so re
gard it.
