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RICAW, , "our FntMi to THE ",'RICAN. i boo to J a-. 7. THE AMERICAN Cheapest Paper In America, THE AME ' - ' " I- I ' - '' "" ' !-! m ! .1.1 I I II.-. Ill , - !- .-II.. I III .. -,- ....l. .1.,,,. II .11 I M-H.M-, . ,. I 1. A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. "AMERICA FOR AMERICANS" Wo hold that all men are American who Swear Allegiance to the United SUtea without a mental reservation In favor of the l'oe. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Volume V OMAHA, NEBRASKA, Fill DAY, MAY 22, 189C. Ndmbkb 21 It Meets in Washington and ! Transacts Much Busi ness. Only Meagre Reports Given to the Press for Publication I Newspaper Correspond ents Believe the Ad ' visory Board Will be Censured. Washington, D. C, May 16. The report of the advisory board of the su preme council, American Protective Association, which was finally com' pleted this morning, while exonerating Major McKinley of some of the charges that had been made against him and withdrawing the boycott, does not de clare him to be the choice of the Amer ican Protective Association. The Ohio candidate, so far as the board's action affects him, is to stand on the same footing before the Ameri can Protective Association as the other presidential candidates. The board condemns no one and does not endorse any one. The executive committee, which .Issued the boycott, is not ex coriated as was predicted in some quar ters. The board recommends that its report be given to the pre? s. It is understood that some of the western members of tho order insist that the report does not go far enough and they are determined that the su preme council shall make good the de ficiencies. The council was engaged this morning in considering amend ments to its laws. The portion of the advisory board re port relative to the McKinley boycott says that the executive committee was justified on the face of the affidavits in sending out the boycott. But after the matter had been referred to a sub-com' mittee of three and it had submitted 5ts report, statements were presented to the board which showed the charges to be incorrect - and not sustained. Tnereiore McKinley is placed on equality with Allison, Reed, Quay, Morton, Cullom and Harrison, as far as the A. P. A. is concerned. The supreme council unanimously adoptedjtthe report of the advisory board. This report is as follows: "Your board finds, after Investiga tion, that there is no reason why any one of the following named candidates for the Republican nomination for president of the United States, cam' paign of 1896, may not be supported by the members of the order: "William B. Allison of Iowa, Thomas B. Reed of Malne,Matthew S. Quay of Pennsylvania, t Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois, Governor Bradley of Kentucky, Benjamin Harrison of Indiana, Levi P, Morton of New York and William Mc Kinley of. Ohio. "Regarding the matter heretofore appearing in thepublic press relative to Governor McKinley, we find that it was sustained by the evidence in the possession of the executive committee of this board at the time of publication, but subsequent statements received by this board from the special committee sent by authority of this board to inter view Goveraor McKinley show that he denies and explains a greater part of the matter contained in said evidence, and whichjstatements are accepted by the board. Said committee also re ported that in r said Interview with Governor' McKinley he fully and un equivocally endorsed the principles of this order, and in order that no injus tice be done1 him, we recommend that so much J; of this action as may be deemed? wiee be given to the public press forjpublication. "No candidatesjof any other political party have beenc investigated, for the reason that none have yeUcome before the public sufficiently prominent to de mand an investigation by this order. "We all recommend that provision b3 made' to ascertain the attitude to ward the principles of this order of any and all candidates for place on national tickets, to the end that the members of the order may. be able to act and vote intellifently." The report is'slgncd by B. F. Hud dleson, chairman pro tern, and Thomas King, secretary. A resolution "relative to the promo tion of General Coppinger, U. S. A., to be brigidier-general, Introduced by Delegate Jerome Burke of this city, was alsojadopted, as follows: "Wbereas,The senate of the United States has forj more than a century, committed a'great injustice by promot ing successively through many gi ades of rank In the regular army one Cop pinger, t foreign mercenary, who has Uncle Sam; "Get back to your denied allegiance to the United States while living upon Its bounty and enjoy lng its emoluments and benefits, and "Whereas, The promotion of the said Coppinger was done at the ex pense of gallant and meritorious officers of the army of American birth and al legiance by jumping the rank of his senior officers while he still refused to take the oath of allegiance to its gov ernment; "Resolved, That we hereby protest against the recent promotion oi col. Coppinger as an injustice to the brave and efficient officers of the army who were born upon our soil and educated at our national military academy and under the influence of Republican in stitutions, as being subversive of the good of the military service and the laws under which it is established. "Resolved, That the recent oath of allegiance to the government taken upon himself by said Coppinger is not proof of his allegiance to it, but a deathbed repentance, which circum stances forced upon him as a necessity to the accomplishment of an unworthy purpose and by the assent of others to whom he owed a superior allegiance. "Resolved. That we hereby pledge ourselves to 6ecure the passage and ob servance or such laws that the rights of American officers shall be respected in promotions and the spirit of pure American patriotism be thereby en- iorcea ana encouraged." The committee on the Armenian question submitted a resolution which was also adopted denouncing the perse cution of the Armenians, expressing indignation at the apathy of the Euro pean powers, "and especially at the in famous connivance of the Roman insti tution with the foul savagery of the Mohammedan fanatics in the work of extermination." The election of officers was proceeded with until midnight, when, in defer ence to the objections of many of the members to transact business on Sun day, the council adjourned until 9 o'clock Monday morning. John W. Echols oi Atlanta, Ga., was chosen su preme president; H. S. Williams of Boston, supreme vice-president, and Mr. Swain of California, supreme sec retary of state. The remaining officers will be chosen Monday. Washington was selected as the per manent headquarters of the order. Washington, D. C, May 18. The A. P. A. supreme council closed Its sessions to-day, but few delegates re maining to the adjournment. The most important action was that of dis continuing the advisory board, which was accomplished after a long discus sion in which it was specifically stated that the recent developments in the McKinley boycott had nothing to do with the action and was no reflection upon Judge Stevens, the chairman. The supreme council, composed of the supreme officers, assumed the duties of the executive board and this body was, by resolution, instructed to pass upon the presidential candidates for the po litical parties and report publiclv on O-rj 'VVVVVVNA X THE OLD MAN GETS "HIS DANDER IIZ." sewers, you scum of the earth; we've got too many papist blackguards andj cut-throats in this country, t need a fresh batch!" them. Washington was selected for the permanent headquarters of the A, P. A., and Kansas City selected as the next place of annual meeting. Four of the principal officers were elected Saturday and the list was com' pleted to-day as follows. Supreme sec retary, W. J. Palmer, Butte, Mont.; supreme treasurer, F. C. Campbell, Minneapolis, Mln supreme sergeant-at-arms, J. W. Ellis, Indian Territory; supreme guard, W. B. Howard, Omaha, Neb.; supreme sentinel, T. S. Hanson, Columbus, O. The convention closed with a public mass meeting to-night, which was pre sided over by Congressman Linton. At a meeting of delegates to the su preme council, representing twenty different states, held this evening. after the council adjourned, the follow ing preamble and resolutions were adopted unanimously: Whereas, The supreme council of the American Protective Association of the United States at its session Sat urday evening, by a unanimous vote, adopted the report of the national ad visory board, which report endorsed the action of the executive committee of said board, and in plain language said that the executive committee was justified in publishing the political af filiation of McKinley with the Roman political hierarchy, which affiliation is proven by the affidavits of reputable members of the order, and which affi davits have never been controverted except by the unsworn statement of Major McKinley himself, and Whereas, Major McKinley did, on May 14, 1896, to a committee of the na tional advisory board In the city of Canton, O., state that he heartily ap proved the principles of the American Protective Association and on the fol lowing day gave an Interview to the press denying that he had met such a committee, which was composed of honorable and truthful gentlemen, and Whereas, The members of the su preme council, during its session have been hounded and badgered by a large McKinley lobby, composed of members and non-members of the order that used the most disreputable blackmail ing methods to discredit the abvisory board and to turn the supreme council Into a McKinley ratification meeting, and having signally failed to clear Mc Kinley in consequence of his papal po litical record, to day, after two-thirds of the delegates had started for home, attempted to take revenge by abolish ing the national advisory board and ac complished the same by a vote of 30 to 29. Resolved, That we. the deleeatfa In condemnation meeting assembled, de nounce the unwarranted interference of the paid McKinley lobby with the affairs of the order and denounce the cowardly denial by McKinley of his en dorsement of the principles of the order given by him to our committee, and Resolved, That because of his record, as reported by the national advisory board, we herewith pledge ourselves to use our influence and efforts to accom plish his defeat. Wtat Our People Propose Te Do. That rather youthful ecclesiastical fire brand his grace of St. Boniface, is going about the constituencies of Quebec trying to set the heather on fire, and secure enough French votes to compel the coercion of Manitoba. He seems to have lost his head utterly, to have forgotten the sacred office which he holds, for he has gone on the political stump for Tupper, and is now one of the most valuable spouters on behalf of the corruptionist, coercionist government. It is nothing to him that the government has stolen thousands in connection with public contracts, which has been proved to have been used in bribing the electorate; it nothing to him that the administra tion has been proven to be one of the most rascally and debauched govern' ments that ever disgraced a country he wants it sustained, and he is not above going on the stump from con' stituency to constituency to accomplish his end. No wonder there should be great indignation throughout Quebec and in other provinces over the spec tacle. We would like to inquire what the people of Manitoba think of It. Are they prepared to be thus misrepre sented and Injured by a prelate of the Church of Rome, who has no warrant for his action, as no injustice has been attempted in regard to the school ques' tlon? Surely there is no considerable sec tion of the people of this countrv ore' pared to endorse by their votes the ac tion of Archbishop Langevin, who is stumping Quebec against this province. If the archbishop is bound to keep up the campaign abroad, it may be neces sary for clergymen of the Protestant persuasion to come forward and take a hand in the fight also. Winnipeg Daily Inbune. Answers o. The Kansas City Journal of April 26 has an article commenting on Gover nor Morrill's extraordinary business qualifications, headed: "Can Morrill Win?" We state emphatically: "No, he cannot win; and as for his business qualifications, was it a consistent busi ness transaction to appoint Roman Catholic police commissioners for Leavenworth after the A. P. A. of that city had worked so hard for Morrill, and to rid the city of Rome rule? Was it business to appoint police commis sioners in Wichita who favored the sale of intoxicants, coutrary to the wishes of the good people of the stale? Was it consistent with business to promise a committee of A. P. A.'s in Kansas City, Kans., to recognize the order in his appointments, and after election say he would not knowingly 1 Til Tur rA'THful' w. Ana d etrtm rune appoint an A. P. A. to any position? When the G. A. It. gave Governor Morrill that reception and flag pre sentation in this city, which inspired the extraordinary speech yet fresh in the memory of the boys in which he faithfully promised to recognize the old soldiers in his appointments and to give them preference when equally competent and worthy as other appli cants was It "business" to ignore their requests and recommendations afterwards? Why did he appoint Michael Henry as a member of the board of public works at Topeka Simply because the A. P. A. of that city did not desire his appointment. Kansas City American Eaqle. For Miss O'Leary. About five years ago Rev. C. J O'Leary, at that time pastor of the Catholic church at Leadville, bor rowed $3,0C0 from his slater Miss Julia O'Leary, for the purpose of building an addition to the parochial school. In order to pay his sister he organized cnurcn iair to raise funds, lie was successful In organizing the fair, and had made all the arrangements neces' nary, wnen ne was taken ill and was removed to St. Joseph's hospital In this city, where he was confined for some time. On account of Father O'Leary's protracted Illness Bishop Matz appointed Rev. James F. Brown to succeed him In the pastorate at Leadville. The fair, therefore, was conducted under the management of Father Brown, and a large sum was realized. Miss O'Leary, according to the un derstanding had with her brother, asked r ather Brown for the payment of the money advanced by her, and refused, the money in the meantime having been placed in the church treasury, All her demands for pay ment were set aside, and as an appea 1 to Bishop Matz was fruitless, Father Brown having been successful in ob taining the support of the bishop, suit was brought for the amount. The case was tried recently in the district court at Buena Vista before Judge M S. Bailey, and resulted in a verdict for Miss O'Leary for the full amount claimed, interests and costs, the total judgment amounting to nearly 1,400, Tn3COwm Patriot. Democrats in the South. What is the difference between 11,- 045 and 4,115? The former was the vote cast in the Democratic primary election of 1894, when the A. P. A.'s voted with the Democrats, and the lat ter was the vote cast in Democratic primary election last week, when the P. A.'s didn't vote with them. Deduct the latter from tho former and you will have a pretty fair estimate of the number of votes cast by the A. P. 'sin their primary on the 30th of April. -JYmKe Jlerald. 1 EX-puiEST mm. Brutal Romish Thugs Throw Stones at Him in North Adams, Mass. A Mob of 200O Gather to Do Him Injury Police Savo Him From Intoller ant Mob. A dlsiatch from North Adams, Mass., says that an effort was made to end the earthly careor of Ex-Priest Slattery Friday evening. He has been lecturing on Catho licism inj North Adams for some weeks past, and as the manuscript of his lec tures were not revised by tho local priests numerous references crept in that were not exactly palatable to the lately-arrived Hibernians who have not been long enough in this "land of the free and the home of the brave" to learn that the right of free speech must be maintained at all hazards. Ex-Priest Slattery spoke in Odd Fellows hall. At the close of the lec ture,' and while returning home, an angry mob of irishmen, numbering about 2000 made an effort to get at him. They threw stones and rotten eggs, and It was with the greatest dif ficulty that the police kept the in furiated mob from doing him serious bodily Injury. Let It not be forgotten that this hap pened In Massachusetts, and that the mob was composed of late arrivals from Ireland. Of course this would be taken for granted, as they are the only opponents of free speech in this country. Horrible Cruelly la a Monastery. One of those shocking revelations not Infrequent in the less civilized realms of Europe Is announced from the Bukovina, the Roumanian prov ince of Austria. The governor re ceived Information somehow, that a novice of weak mind and feeble health had been locked up in his cell for years, at the monastery of Dragomlrna, unnursed, un tended, and scarcely fed. The district judge was instructed to Inquire, and he found that the misery of the poor wretch had been under stated. The novice was a skeleton, lying on a putrid mattress, clothed only in the rags of an old surplice, in a den filthy beyond description. In fact, he died next day, and the doctors bore witness that this treatment had has tened his end, if it had not killed him. The victim's sister deposed that she had tried to get access to him, but she was always repulsed with rough usage. He fell dangerously ill In April, but no doctor was summoned till Septem ber. In October he died. So proceed ings were taken against the director of the monestary, with the result that he Is sentenced to pay a fine of four pounds! So far neither the circumstances nor the issue are unfamiliar. But the de fense calls for notice. Counsel pleaded that the director was too "ignorant" to soe that his novice was weak minded; in fact it appears that he could scarcely write his name. More over, he believed that the youth was Msessed." These arguments were thought good enough to justify him, and, indeed, they answered their pur pose. The director himself pleaded that It was not his business to look after an individual monk; "he had only to see that enough food was cooked in the convent." So the re port puts it, and there is no apparent reason to doubt. In Germ an-Austria, people will ask why such a man was put into such a position, and how it happens that a human being can be done to death without further punish ment on anybody than a fine of four pounds? Protestant Observer, London. The Question. Never does Rome lose an opportunity of pressing a claim. The Jesuits' Es tates Act of a few years ago was a fla grant instance of trespass upon tho rights of the country. But never since confederation has that church made such a bold and strenuoua effort to rule our country as In connection with the present school troubles in Manitoba. The Prairie province has declared al most to a man that she will not pay public money to Rome to teach the Ro man Catholic catechism; that the Church of Rome can teach it as other churches do. The bishops of Quebec have said that she shall do so. Shall a free country be made a slave to Rome? Prcsbytoian Record. A. T. A. Leader's Pictures! I ! Something jou would like to hare. Send for same 20 cents. I'uotoCo., Muliue, 111.
