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OUR CHOICE
For President:
W. 8. LINTON
of Michigan.
For Vice-President:
JOHN L. WEBSTER
of Nebraska.
Tut first meeting of the Patriotic
Press Association was held In Chicago
Thursday, May 7.
The Republican party will have a
load to carry in Nebraska this fall.
Rosewater says the Bee will support
the tlccet
The sheriff's office Is evldontly run
in the Interest of the Omaha lie. The
At P. A. men do not want to forget
that fact
The supreme oounotl of the A. P. A.
Is in session In Washington, D. C, this
week. Much depends upon its atti
tude toward the advisory board.
The British government has a small
sized elephant on Its hands In dealing
with the Transvaal question. The
diplomacy of President Kruger of the
Transvaal is more than a match for J.
Bull.
Hon. . J. Halnor has served
scarcely one term in congress, but he
has made a record of which his con
stituents ought to foul proud. They
will re-elect him by a greater majority
than ever.
According to the most conservative
estimate there have been 468 delegates
elected who have been Instructed to
vote for McKlnley In the St. Louis na
tional convention. McKInloy's man
agers claim to have at least 493.
Trafficking In grain futures re
ceived a severe blow iu the German
relchstig last week from the hands of
the Agrarian party, whose leaders de
clare their Intention of stopping trans
actions of this kind all together.
Dick Kerens, the Roman supporter
of McKlnley, was knocked out by the
state convention of Missouri when it
elected Chauncey I. Fllley, a friend of
the A. P. A. order, as delegate at
large; made him chairman of the state
central committee, and instructed for
him as national committeeman.
The press dispatches say that the
A. P. A. was defeated in the state con
vention of Montana. It it was, it may
be considered good policy to turn the
American order don in favor of a
Roman like Tom Carter, but we doubt
it. Our advice to the Montana A. P.
A. men is to turn the Republican
party down next fall. It might as well
reward an open enemy as a covered
one.
The editor of the Omaha Bee has
told a friend of his confidentially that
he was going to support the Republi
can ticket from top to bottom this fall.
As every man nominated will be an A.
P. A., or a sympathizer of that organ
ization, how will he get around all the
mean things he said last fall about the
association and its membership? Has
the plug been put back in the Roman
barl?
News reaches us that an old soldier,
a member of the G. A. R, the Masons,
the A. P. A., the A. O. U. W. and
other orders, who has been engineer of
the water works of the city of Grand
Island, Neb., for a number of years,
was unceremoniously discharged by
the demo-pop mayor for the sole reason
that he was an A. P. A. We predict
that the American element will re
member Mayor Thompson when he
wants another office.
THE AUIIII
NO UNCERTAIN SOUND.
The presidential question continues
to engross the attention of the public.
Men who bar all along professed to
be! love Ihera was an opportunity to
nominate some man other than Mc
Klnley at toe St. Louis convention,
still porslst in their claim, although
one state after another has held Its
convention and declared in favor of the
Ohio man.
On the other hand, McKinley's
frlenls confidently aaaort that his will
be the only name presented to the St.
Louis gathering.
But, be that as It may, the next
thing to consider is the platform upon
which he will stand if he la nominated.
It Is. already conceded Vhat more
than a majority of the delegates will
favor the free coinage of silver, but it
Is a question whether they will make
any fight on the platform committee's
report even If said report does not
voloe their sentiments entirely. Very
few men have the courage to fight for
what they want, even if opportunity
presents itself and the honest money
fellows will see that no opportunity
offers, and we shall not be surprised to
see the wishes of the people defeated
and the wishes of Wall street strictly
compiled with, as the single gold
standard fellows are now declaring
that McKlnley Is right on the money
question.
Important as Is the silver lusue and
just as are tho demands of the advo
cates of the white metal, that issue
sinks IntOilnBlgnlflcance and the just
ness of the claims of its friends become
weak and trilling when considered in!
connection with some other issues.
By this we mean that the question of
Immigration, of appropriating money
form the publlo treasury for sectarian
purposes, the taxation of all property
and equal suffrage are so much more
Important than the silver Issue that It
could be ignored with much more
safety than either of the questions men
tioned. The people are thoroughly aroused
on all these subjects. This great west
wants all these reforms. The issue In
recent campaigns have been A. P. A.
and anti-A. P, A., the former winning
in every Instance; and as it Is the
special champion of all these reform
measures, the party whose platform
nearest conforms to their idea, if it
nominates a good, true and loyal
American on Its ticket, will receive a
very large proportion of the vote of
that order, particularly of that class
which declares it is A. P. A. first and
partisan afterward.
This is something Mr. McKinley's
friends would do well to remember.
They cannot afford to alienate the
great body of American voters who
are allied with the A.- p. A. by con
structing an evasive or equivocal plat
form. It should speak with no uncer
tain sound upon these questions.
THE REASON.
A reader asks us why the Romanists
so frequently engage In the liquor busi
ness? He also wants to know why they
do not become farmers and manufactur
ers. These are questions which have
puzzled us a great deal, but we have
come to the conclusion that the hier
archy is responsible for a large major
ity of the saloons. It realizes the
power of the saloon In politics; knows
how easy it is to influence men ad
dicted to the use of liquor; and their
utter disregard of all interests save
that of the church which is a partner
in the destruction of their souls. Were
it not for the damnable politics of the
Roman churoh, bribery and the corrup
tion of publlo offiolals would be un
known; women would not be schooled
in prostitution; the masses kept in Ig
norance; and capital invested in the
liquor traffic to the exclusion of all
legitimate business enterprises. It is
to the interest of the church to have
its adherents in the liquor business,
because It corrupts and debases not
only its own people but a great many of
other denomination who, finding the
doors of their own church closed against
them, and the door of the Roman
church open to them and holding out
forgiveness for a certain sum, while
they continued to consort with the
lawless and the depraved element,
have become devout members of the
Church of Rome while steeped in de
bauchery or reveling in crime and
criminal practices. The priests of the
Church of Rome profess to be able to
absolve any man of his sin. Their
dupes profess to believe in their power.
For that reason they commit crime, go
to confession, get absolution, pay the
price and go away to sin as often and
as grievously as their depraved na
tures may suggest. The more sin the
more confessions, the more confessions
the more money. Hence the church's
interest In the saloon and the house of
prostitution.
We are Informed that one of the
Roman Catholic citizens living In the
southwest portion of Omaha has had a
daughter attending the convent on
Thirty-Sixth street, but that she does
not attend there now. The young lady
too highly valued her self-respect to
remain, but net having the freedom
that all free-born citizens should have,
was obliged to jnmp from a second story
window to be saved from a life repulsive
to her high sense of womanhood. Her
mother now very emphatically de
clares that bo daughter of bars will
ever attend a Roman CalholicVon vent
There must be some very serious Cause
for a faithful Catholic to make such a
vow. If such a courae Is neoeaaary for
the safety of her daughters, why Dot,
la all charity, should she not consider
that there are other good girls in this
city and country who should be saved
from the fate she determines that her
daughter shall escape? Will she not
publicly state why It was necessary for
her daughter to jump from a second
story window, at tha peril of being
dashed to death, in order to gain her
freedom and escape a fate worse than
tha results that might follow such a
leap? Will she not try and save other
girls, aa precious to their friends as
her's is to her. Our columns are open
to her.
A friend out 1b California sends us
a letter containing an account of the
way one set of Romans beat Uncle Sam
out of a piece of property worth thou
sands of dollars. They were living in a
town In one of the richest agricultural
sections of the state. All the land was
suppoeod to have been filed upon years
ago. But by chance one quarter sec
tion was never selected. A short time
ago the Romans discovered that it had
never been pre-empted, and they Im
mediately began to perfect a claim.
Mrs. O'Flaherty would take the old
spavined horse, hitch him to the six
teenth century shay, put the washing
in and drive to the claim and do the
family washing. She took no water
with her, there was none on the farm,
and yet after doing this the required
length of time, the O'Flaherty's proved
up on their Illegally obtained posses
sions and proceeded to sell It off in
small holdings, realizing an amount
that ran up into the thousands of dol
lars. Our friend says they never lived
on the land the required time, yet they
made affidavit that they had compiled
with the law.
The Kansas City Catholic speaks of
the two Kansas City American papers
as follows: "We have a pair of wretches
in these two cities the publishers of
these two A. P. A. papers that, If
justice was law, would to-day each be
wearing striped clothing In the
penitentiaries of Missouri and Kan
sas for their calumnies and published
forgeries." We are of the opinion that
the Roman editor and his followers
would be pleased to have every Indi
vidual "heretic" placed in the state
prison if the "heretic" dared to tell
the truth against Roman Catholoclsm,
or say aught that did not conform to
the creed of the Roman Church. This
is one of the reasons we are here to
fight your clan, Mr. Kansas Catholic.
You show well, by your words, how
you desire to crush free speech, free
press and free thought You will
never win the people by such a pro
cess, and you dare not place your dog
mas and text-books open to publlo In
spection.
The report of the chief of police
showing the number of arrests, convic
tions and dismissals, is a surprise to
the friends of Police Judge Gordon.
They are amazed that he should dis
miss more lawbreakers during his first
four months in office than were dis
missed during any one year and a half
that preceded his induction into office.
With this report comes some ugly
rumors about the pull a certain colored
attorney has with his honor. We are
loth to believe Judge Gordon is in
fluenced by any but the purest motives
in his decisions, but if this record is
maintained he must not be surprised if
he is censured through these columns.
We support men for office because we
believe them honest and efficient, not
because of any hope of reward, and we
shall not sit idly by while the confi
dence of the people is being abused.
The Democrats of Bloomington, 111.,
and of McLean county, have nominated
John L. White, the Republican who
was fairly and honestly defeated in the
Republican convention by G. W. Stub-
blefield, for state senator. This is the
same old Roman trick to divide the
Protestant vote. It was tried in
Omaha last fall and in Kansas City
this spring, but in both places It failed
of its purpose, as there were enough
Democrats who refused to be delivered
by the machine to overcome the sore-
headed Republicans who followed the
lead of the Roman Catholic contingent.
When democrats cast their votes for a
Republican they like to make their
own choice. The Democrats of Mo-
Lean county, we believe, are no excep
tion to the general rule.
A few days ago we read a dispatch
from Iowa stating that a Protestant
church had burned, that the loss was
13,000, and the Insurance $1,000. The
next day we read a dispatch from Mon
tana which stated that the Roman
Catholic church had burned. Loss
12,000, Insured for $3,000. Cause of
first fire, supposed to be incendiary; of
the second unknown. Romanists have
been known to burn Protestant churches
because of their hatred of heretics;
and they have been known to burn Ro
man churches for the Insurance.
Tears In Major Warner's eyes at
the Republican state convention of
Missouri, when he pretended to with
draw as a candlcate for delegate at
large to the St Louis eonven'ion,
melted the hearts of enough delegates
to elect him to the coveted position.
Yet he said he was'nt playing the baby
act! The Republican party of Mis
souri may need the help of the A. P.
A. of Jackson county some day. Will
the A P. A. go to lu rescue after the
slap it got la the face? They defeated
Warner la the county primaries and
convention, yet the Republicans out
side of his own county over-rode their
isbe.
That was an enthusiastic meeting at
Washington hall Thursday Bight and
those were eloquent and telling
speeches delivered by Attorney Gen
eral A. S. Churchill, Judge Baxter,
Hon. I. R. Andrews and Judge Miller.
Resolutions were adopted endorsing
Attorney General Churchill and rec-
ommendiog him to the Republicans of
the state for renomination. A resolu
tion was also adopted endorsing J. H.
McColl for governor, and another sug
gesting Judge Baxter for one of the
associate justices of the supreme court.
Excellent muslo was furnished by the
Seventh Ward Military band.
A recent dispatch from Washing
ton says Congressman Frank Aldrich
signalized his return to Washington
to-day by introducing a petition from
citizens of Chicago protesting against
the Pore Marquette statue being al
lowed to remain in Statuary hall at the
Capitol. These petitions seem to have
been generally circulated throughout
tho west, for a number of them of the
same tenor were received by Represen
tative Linton, of Michigan, who has
been foremost in his efforts to prevent
an acceptance by Congress of the
statue.
WqiLE attending the meeting of the
patriotic Press Association In Chicago
last week, we had time to examine
closely into the manner and method of
business done by the American Cloth
ing Company, at 59 Randolph street,
Chloago, and are convinced that men
and boys can secure a better, suit from
them for less money than from any
other house in the city. If you need
anything In their line write for prices
and samples.
Supreme President Traynor has
exercised his prerogative and deposed
the state president of the A. P. A. of
Pennsylvania and appointed Geo. A.
Murdock of Alleghany as president and
R. M. Jones, of Pittsburg, as secretary.
The reason assigned was an Illegal
election and appointment If the su
preme president would do the same
thing in Illinois the order would be in
better shape.
The A. P. A. captured the Republi
can convention ol California ana
adopted a platform declaring in favor
of universal suffrage, restriction of im
migration, one free, unsectarlan public
school system, in favor of Mr. Linton's
amendment to the National Constitu
tion, against the appropriation of pub
lic money for the support of private
and sectarian schools and in favor of
free coinage of silver.
The church should be estopped from
accepting money left by deceased per
sons to pay for praying their souls
through purgatory, unless it can fur
nish a receipt from all such persons
setting forth that the benefits pala for
have been received. The church has
imposed upon the credulity of the peo
ple long enough. The strong arm of
the law should put a stop to its thiev
ing. The condemning to death of Ameri
can citizens by the Spanish authorities
in Cuba is a matter which should not
be permitted by this government. The
people will hold the administration
responsible for its Inactivity In pro
tecting American rights. Those men
were not given a fair trial they were
not even given the privilege of sum
moning witnesses in their behalf.
ONE of our Chicago friends caught
the following conversation going over
the telephone wires Friday, May 1st:
"Hello, is this the barn of the Ameri
can Express Co.?" "Yes." "Can you
tell me if there are any sisters there
to-day to receive donations from
the men for the church?" "Yes, there
are two of them here. " "Good bye."
It is only about one year until the
county and city officials will be look
ing for a renomination. Watch them
and see if they are thoroughly Amer
ican. Don't renominate men who
crawl before the enemies of your order
and your principles.
Some years ago Prieet Kclaszewskl
and 3,000 parishoners left the Roman
Catholic church in Cleveland. It Is
now reported that they are knocking
at the door of the Methodist church
They will not have to wait long to get
into that fold.
DOWN at Dixon, 111., the Americans
have organized a strong Linton club.
It starts in with 265 members, and has
R. Fauth as president and A. Morse as
secretary. They expect to have a
membership of 500 before the month is
out.
A genuine Roman "count" has been
elected a delegate to the National
Democratic Convention from Nebraska.
A political party which will cater to
foreign influence will sot have the con
fidence of the American people.
IT is reported that Congressman
Amos Cummlngs of New York la read
and anxious to vote to accept the
statue of Marquette. So are all the
Romans in the lower branch of Con
gress.
We believe the right of suffrage
should be given to women. They are
Intensely patriotio and greatly superior
to the men who are voting to-day, from
the point of intelligence.
There is no longer any doubt that
the "free sllverltes" will capture the
Iowa Democratic convention.
THE POLITICAL LA5CE.
Anent the discussion about the free
and unlimited coinage of silver, a gen
tleman suggests the propriety of includ
ing theeolnage of copper, as the latter
Is used as money.
a
It la said that one loan agent in this
city makes a handsome profit each
month by loaning money upon salaries
of the various city employes. It is
said that he sometimes discounts these
claims as much as 10 per cent It
would be a great thing for the afore
said agent if matters could be so ar
ranged that the city would have two
pay-days each month.
When the editor of this paper said
he would not support any man for a
public office who would vote to re
elect Banker as superintendent of
school buildings he meant what he
said. Men must be rsady and willing
to couform to the law if they get his
support.
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There are some janitors In the pub
lic schools who drink. No drinking
man should be in charge of a school
building where your child attends.
The board must remedy the evil.
There are plenty of sober men for such
positions.
The "Lance" is of the opinion that
the friends of Hon. J. H. MacUoll
adopted very poor politics in their
zeal to turn the tide in his interest at
the meeting Thursday night by spring
ing a resolution endorsing his candi
dacy for governor. It may have been
intended as a blow at Mayor Broatch,
who is also a candidate for governor,
but we do not believe either Mr.
Churchill or his friends will endorse
such proceedings.
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The "Lance" believes that Mr. Irey
has many warm personal friends in
this community who will not endorse
O'Holleran' sentiments in his oppo
sition to the complimentary resolution
offered in his behalf. Douglas county
does not expect all the offices within
the gift of the people of the state, but
she has some men of re cognized ability,
honesty and integrity whom she can
cordially recommend for their consid
eration, and H. B. Irey is one of them.
Attorney-General Churchill has
made a rocord that entitles him to the
earnest and unqualified support of the
Republicans for a second term in that
position. We regard the office of attorney-general
of far more importance
to Omaha than any other state office at
this time.
The man who continually prates
about economy in municipal govern
ment and deliberately neglects to pay
his taxes is an unworthy citizen.
There are said to be some people in
Omaha who are financially able to pay
their taxes, but neglect to do so.
It is said that the majority of the
attorneys in Omaha have united in a
petition to the judges of the district
court to modify their ruling in regard
to the appointment of special master
commissioners. They know that In
many cases the services rendered by
the sheriff's office is unsatisfactory.
Recalling Stormy Times.
"Well, that looks natural," said the
soldier, looking at a can of condensed
milk on the breakfast table in place of
ordinary milk that failed on account of
the storm. "It's the Gall Borden
Eagle Brand we used during the war."
Shelton, Neb., Oct. 19, 1895.
Mr. Thos. Blodgett:
My little boy has been afficted with
catarrh. His blood was badly affected,
had almost lost his appetite and could
not smell at all. Abscesses formed in
his head every week, and the contents,
which looked like blood and yellowish
matter, would escape to the surface
through the tubes of the ears, causing
deafness. He has taken four bottles of
The Diamond Catarrh Cure and my boy
Is now well. He could smell after the
use of three bottles and his hearing is
as good to-day as anyone's. My hus
band and I have also been cured from
a very bad stage of chronic nasal
catarrh by the use of this wonderful
cure. We have also tried your medl
cine for colds in the head and throat
and it gives immediate relief, and will
always keep it in our house for the use
of same, and it Is my duty to recom
mend this sure cure to all who are
afficted with same.
Yours respectfully,
1-5-4 Sarah E. Schlegel.
THESUPREMECOUNOIL
(Continued From First Page.)
from the election of some men who may
have expressed themselves for or
against McKlnley.
Tha various committees were ap
pointed by Supreme President Tray
nor to-night
Washington, D. C, May 14. It is
asserted tonight that since the conven
tion here of the American Protective
Association the Ohio delegation tele
graphed to Mr. Hanna a dispatch, the
nature of which was to prevent Mr.
Grosvenor from making any further
utterances detrimental to Jofffe
Stevens, and that the reply to the tele
gram was of a character to thoroughly
satisfy the friends of Mr. McKlnley in
the association.
The address of President Traynor,
which was made public tonight, says
that the American Protective Associa
tion has passed the probationary mile
stone of Its existence, and today Is a
recognized factor In American politics,
whose favor is openly courted by po
litical leaders, organizer and postu
lants for public offloe who a year ago
Ignored, treated with contempt or de
nounced it.
The address does not savor of much
regard for eleventh-hour converts, and
much stress is given to similar points
questioning the honesty of parties in
efforts to control the American Pro
tective association vote and organiza
tion, together with warnings that the
order should in no event be made the
catspaw of any party. The address
says:
"Any aspirant for presidential hon
ors, in any section, by any party, who
desires the united suffrage of our order,
must freely indorse its principles and
over his own signature promise to
maintain and uphold them to the best
of his ability."
Washington, May 14. Whenever
the A. P. A. supreme council shall
take up the executive council's attack
on Major McKlnley, it Is probable that
pamphlet, In which Judge J. D.
Stevens, the head of the order in Mis
souri and the originator of the war on
McKlnley, is accused of all sorts of
misdeeds, will figure largely. The
McKlnley men here say that Stevens
was the employe of the anti-McKlnley
combine in securing a decision of the
executive council against the Ohio
governor. General Grosvenor, the
McKlnley manager in Washington, has
gone so far as to send by his private
secretary to Judge Stevens a copy of
this pamphlet, perhaps accompanied
by an intimation that if Stevens does
not change his attitude in regard to
McKlnley these charges against him.
would be very fully aired. General
Grosvenor is determined to fight the
matter to a conclusion, and Interesting
developments are expected during the
session of the council.
E. J. Stickle, J. N. Stillwell and
Egbart Dovllle, members of the state
executive board of Ohio have addressed
the following to the national board of
the association:
"We, the undersigned members of
the state executive board of the Ohio
A. P. A., after a careful, thorough in
vestigation of the record of William
McKlnley of Ohio with reference to his
attitude toward our order and his
Americanism, say that we find no
evidence to warrant the charges made
against him by the executlvecommittee
of our board."
Last night the advisory board'held a
meeting to consider the action of its ex
ecutive committee in black-listing Mc
Klnley. A special oath of secrecy is
said to have been imposed upon the
members in relation to the matter.
Two reports are in circulation as to the
course likely to be pursued one that
the advisory board will report its ac
tion upon McKinley's candidacy to
the council tomorrow, and the
other that the board will be very glad
to have the declaration it has made
heretofors stand without any consider
ation by the committee and will not
bring the matter forward, but will act
on the defensive if it be called to ac
count for its policy. The Ohio dele
gates declare they will leave no stone
unturned to secure a reconsideration of
the ban placed upon Mr. McKlnley and
insist that they will call on the advis
ory board for an explanation.
The message of "President Traynor
presented yesterday afternoon con
sumed one and three-quarter hours in
its reading. The secretary's ire port
showed a great growth iofJ the order
during the past year, stating that 963
charters for new councils had been Is
sued during the past year, that the
voting strength of the order has been
doubled and that ithej. order was now
planted in every state and territory.
The treasurer's report showed a satis
factory financial condition and was ap
proved by the auditing committee.
This morning's session, it was an
nounced by the press committee, dealt
with routine matters of no Interest to
others than members of the order.
Many resolutions were introduced and
referred to various "committees for con
sideration. The cauncll has not yet
decided whether to give to the "press
an abstract of PresidentaTraynor's an
nual message, which is reported to be
sensational.
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