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V V'' THE AMERICAN; , ! """ THE AMERICAN 40MN O. THOHMN, ? W. C KELLET. Builaa-s Maaasar. rTBUMIKl) W'KKLT HT TUB ilEBICiS PDBLKH1H5 COIPAKT, MIS Howabd "tt. On, tit. THE AMCKU-AN OKriOKk. Howard Strat. ihmlii. Nb. Mt Itrarhora Mrs., I'hli-Mm HI. M VMilmry HuUtltn. kuw City Mil. 1". O. K ltNV i'rtppla Urns Uolu. 09.ttn m Yvmr. Jlrtoflr 1st Adruno THE AMERICAN; I From Now Until January I, 1897, For tha Small turn of 50--CENTS--50 ? Pay Your Subscription at tha 2 Rata T up 10 wai, ww iav vantage of Our Great Offer. Anv Pron Sndln Ul Tn Nw Sub acribara w II ba Favoree" With a Year's T Subacripllon to THK AMERICAN. No perianal chack accepted unlaaa mad for IS eta. mora than tha amount or subscription ou v'sh to pay. IMm ft Ms Mtmrtr tfew aM tftt Oats II lm (tit Otlmas. ! mmtUm 'M Want OmUba, M Cll J r infMf rssar. "No Commltwlon to Aent. If yud deal witn one you iay uis prtoe. t AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO. TO THE PUBLIC. THE AMERICAN Is nut the organ of any eact, oritur, association, party, clique, faction or division of tha population of this f rand Republic, and rupudlatea and brands as false all claims or char km that It la such, let auch claim or chance be made by any person or parsons whom soever. TUB AMKRIOAN Is a newspaper of general circulation, going to and being read by people of all religious beliefs and political affiliations; by the white and the black, the native born and the naturallied, the Jew and the Gentile, the Protestant and the Roman Catholic. This claim can be substantiated In any court of Justice at any time. AMERICAN PUBUISMINa CO.. I, JOHK C. TM0HOH. frmMttt, MAY 20, 1896. OUR CHOICE. For President: W. S. LINTON of Michigan. For Vice-President: JOHN L. WEBSTER of Nebraska. Read our great offer! Tub American, 50o to Jan. 1, '07. The Hungarians are not very hungry for the pope's manna.and Peocl is pout ing about it. The A. P. A. is doing a great work toward removing 1he Mason and Dixon line, and it hurts Brother Gibbons very much. The Minneapolis Times berates Mo Klnley for his silence on the money question and for his endorsement of the A. P. A. principles. Is either charge true? ' The California Popull&ts are all right Would it not be possible for their party to secure the truly Ameri can vote for president? Look out, Mr, McKlnley. Wonder if John Ireland paid taxes on tha real estate he owned as a pri vate individual, or was it in the name of the bishop and exempt because it was church property? If there are 350,000 Roman Cath olics in secre'. societies, the papal bull will not bo strong enough or large enough to frighten them all out, and the pope oueht to see it. Archbishop Ireland, it is stated, has lost the (1,500,000 he was supposed to have been worth. This will have a tendency to hurt him in his work for a higher position in the Roman Catholic church. ' The Chicago Tribune is, no doubt,an enemy of Major McKlnley, yet it seems determined to dictate the cabinet officers if he is elected to the presi dency. The major knows his business, however. If the A. P. A. delegates to the Re publican National Convention will join hands with the Free Silver delegates, they may be able to make a platform that all true Americans can stand upon and vote for. The Cudahys are closing some of their houses. Is this due to the squeeze the pope and the foreign bank ers are giving our money market, or a determination on the part of Ameri- Mna tA nbtmnlu IKaIi. Awn bind Af '. people? , Under the peculiar arrangement of pb "lltics In Missouri, it would be advlsa V e for the Americans to rally together Vfi a solid mass and be in readiness to cfombat any political foe that may ap , pear as an office seeker. Remember, I hat in unison there Is strength. WHAT WAS HER STORYT The Chicago Ckmnirk of May 22 coo taint a two column article under these beading.: "Wild Ride With a Girl and "Bertha Turner Taken by Force to Good Shepherd Refuge." The rea eons assigned for the forcible abduction of Mlee Turner and for Incarcerating her In the Roman prison of that city, are that she was unruly, that the tabbed her mother and poured gaso line over the dreas of a crippled sister of whom she was insanely jealous, and had a lighted match ready to apply to the Inflammable stuff when her mother appeared and tared the crippled child. If Mitt Turner it guilty of the things charged against her the deter vet term In tbe Bouse of the Good Shep herd. There the It likely to find peo ple of her own Ilk at drlvi it and bosses, and If the doot her rebellious and jeal rut tplrlt will be brokon or the will be In a pine box before a year. But, if Mist Turner it not guilty of the thtngt aooused, if the was the victim of priestly intrigue, if there wan a sinister motive for depriving her of her liberty, the it to be pitied. What a fate bat been her'tl What a heartiest mother tbe mutt have bad! But tbe paper, tbe L'hronkk, did not interview Miss Turner together aide of the ttory. She might be able to paint it an entirely different color. In stead of being the black abeep painted, the may have undcrgono prlvationt and withstood temptations that older and more experienced persons would have failed to withstand or undergo. Tnore are alwayt two sides to a case and we venture the assertion that there are two tldot to this cate, and we tug' gest that the W. A. P. A. see her and Interview hor and give her story to the world. Let us know the whole truth Mark our great offer, then send the paper to a friend. Here is something for you sleepy Protestants to ponder over. It is a statement In a dispatch to the Chicago Ti ilune from Tampa, Fla., that is dated May 24: "The Rev. Francis Bueno. wife and child were among the passengers to come over from Cuba and they were neelng lor their lives. JJutno bas been In charge of a large school. About two weeks ago a band of Wet ler's friends attaoked tbe church and wrecked it. and made an tffini to kill liueno and his mity HECAUSE THEY WERE PROTES' TANTS. Why did those Roman Spaniards do- tire to kill them Because they WERE Protestants. It wat not be cause they bad done wrong or had helped the Cubana, but becauee they were Protettantt. How long, Oh, Lord, how long? Since Archbishop Ireland has lost his money he will have some who will ba sorry for him, but he would have had more sympathizers If he had not attempted to Injure the patriotic work recently. Corrigan would not be Inclined to loan him any money for necessary purposes, but Satolli might loan him some. And if he has not any himself, he is friendly with the pope, and he might use some of the money which was collected for war, etc. And as the United States and England will probably settle the little unpleasant ness In South Amerio, no money will be needed there. The American, 50o to Jan. 1, '97. The Church of Roms has, through Cardinal Gibbons, tent out its edict. If the A. P. A's are considered by the Re publican convention the church will go into politics and vote solidly against that party's nominee. The church has always been in politics, and always will be. To offset, however, the threat of Jim we will say, if the Republican convention does not embody the cardi nal principles of the A. P. A. in their platform, we shall bolt the nominee regardless of who he may be, unless the other parties prove as cowardly. Don't forget that. The fining of Priest Erhard for send ing an unmallable letter to a lady of his parish who was about to marry a divorced man, is but a straw that shows which way the wind is blowing. A few years ago it would have been Impossible to have found a judge who would have dared fine a Roman Catholic priest for even so grave a crime as a violation of a postal law, but public sentiment has crystalled to that ex tent that public officials realize that they must be no respecters of persons. Judge Grosscup did his duty. The report sent out from Washing ton, to the effect that representatives of the A. P. A. from twenty states had met in Washington and passed resolu tions denouncing McKlnley for denying that he had conferred with a committee of the A. P. A. and endorsed the prin ciples of that order, is branded by Mr. Hinde, editor of our Kansas City American, as a fake. He says there were not representatives from twenty states in Washington at the time the resolutions were supposed to have been Ex-Priest Slattery was mobbed in North Adams, Mass., a few days ago. Will the New York Independent and the Boston Cangrtyitionalist please tell these faithful of the pope that there are courts for them In which they may have justice given to them if anything has been said against them that should not have been said? Tbelr knee are too weak to do it. They want more D. D.'s from the Roman Is U The Republicans will not have walk away, unices they adopt a good clean-cut, patrlotio platform, Ninety per cent of the Republican party want immigration restricted by an educa tlonal test, and that same percentage wants no more money appropriated for sectarian institutions. Will the Ro man sympathizers run the platform committee, or will the patriotic Amer ican's wishes be considered? Some party is sure to receive the American vote this year on account of the plat form It adopts. Cardinal Gibhons says If the A, P. A. is not stopped the Roman Catho lic church will go into politics. Now, Mr. Gibbons, your church has been in politics all the time, and If you are now willing to work "above board," as you are being compelled to do, all right. It it more honorable to do it in that way than to be a sneak. Bi.t your church has too much sneak in it to work entirely "above board." Excuse us, we called it a church; we should have said organization. The Romanist, Kerens, wants to oe a life-long friend of McKlnley if he is elected, and a life-long enemy of every patriotic society. lie is a good sample of the pope's followers. Let the pope's subjects present more people of princl pie and a smaller number who princl pally parade in the presence of prOm lnent personages and plead for their patronage. Pack such fellows off to the Peninsula of Peocl the pope. There are some who are delinquent in their payments due The American on subscription, and we desire to im press on your minds the fact that it is a debt that should be paid on the same principle as a grocery bill. We have to purchase stock to replace that used, and if you have helped to consume the stock and not paid for it, kindly call and put your share in the mill to keep it grinding. The Jr. O. U. A. M. is making won' derful headway in Kansas City. No time since Its organization has the order done so well as it is doing now Every council is in a flourishing flnan olal condition, with a surplus in the treasury. Wish we could say as much for every business in the Union. Omaha has an American dally paper, evidently. Last Sunday the World lleiald published a dispatch from Lon don, England, containing this declara tion: "The Irish are Catholics first and home rulers a long way afterward. " A few years ago no paper but The American would have dared to admit to its columns such an assertion. Lucienne Hirsch, granddaughter of the late Baron Hirsch, and prospec tive heir to all his millions, is being educated as a Romanist in deference to the wishes of her mother, who was a French governess. Rome gets them one at a time; and when she gets them she gets their millions. Elsewhere will be found the latin form of a dispensation granted a Catho lio to marry a non-Catholio. We shall endeavor to furnish a translation in a few weeks as soon as we can find time to do the work, or as soon as we can Induce some friend to do the job for us. Bishop Coxe is after Mr. Elliott, of the Grace church of Elm Ira, because the said Elliott wants to hear confes sions. That is right, Bishop. If you cannot teach him the Bible, teach him common sense. Say! Do you patronize those who advertise In patrlotio papers? If this has not occurred to you be fore, we would suggest that you read the advertise ments and give the advertiser your trade. A PRIEST In Toronto laments the millions which are lost to the Church Rome in the United States. Let the good work go on, and at a greater pace than ever before. Do you take The American? Have you a friend who does not take it? If so, send us fifty cents, and we will mail the paper to him for the remainder of the year. What will the newly elected su preme president do with Johnson of Illinois? We hope he will take im mediate action. If you desire a "dollar's worth for a dollar," buy your goods of those who advertise in The American." THE POLITICAL LAftCE. You cannot always "depend upon the large majority a candidate for publio office receives as a criterion of personal popularity. The scenes sometimes change between campaigns. a a The Republican primaries for state officers are over and some people know more than they did. A large number of our friends in the Sixth ward are booming that staunch old American veteran, a participant In two wart, Dorsey B. Houck, for the legislature. It would be a very nice thing for the young men of that ward to take him up and bestow that honor upon hiss. Ho would make a good representative. e e We suppose Mr. Broatch hat an idea that the tall of that St. Louis cyclone ttruck-inhlt vicinity Thursday after noon. It sometimes pays a man to keep even a political promise. e One of the attaches of an office which the Lance helped elect a Repub lican to last fall told one of The American's friends that( they had re ceived a commission from but one firm to whom they had thrown work. Think of a public official getting "com missions" for throwing work to any one! And that fellow is an A. P. A. He can't get our help next year. A gentleman of our acquaintance lately moved Into the Seventh ward, but it has not been so recent that am bitious politicians have not sought his support. One of those who did was Ed. Walsh, he of county hospital fame. Ed Intends to be a candid at for the council and be wanted that gentle- man's support Our friend said he didn't know; he had heard Johnny Thompson was going to be a candi date. But Ed would'nt listen to what he Intended to say. He blurted out: "Johnny Thompson didn't amount to a d n in that ward. He's awful small potatoes." Stenographers and Lawyers having transcripts and other legal documents to be bound can have their work done at The American book-bindery. 1615 Howard street. Telephone 911. Mark our great offer, then said the paper to a friend. SUPREME COUNCIL A. P. A. A Beview of Arts and Incidents of the Supreme Bjdy of the American Pro tectlve Association. The Supreme Council of the Ameri can Protective A(soclatlon adjourned about 6 o'clock. May 18, to meet next year in Kansas City, Mo. The body was in session for one week and considered many problems of vital Interest to the order, and as expressed by those -who had the order most at heart, "it did good work." The ritual and constitution were revised to a great extent. These parts will be ready, in all probability, within sixty days for distribution. .1,., The supreme headquarters have been permanently located at Washington, D. C, where the supreme president and tupreme secretary must reside. John W. Echols, of Georgia, was elected su preme president, and W. J. Palmer, of Butte, Mont., supreme secretary. The report of the supreme advisory board has been printed in the dally press, and other papers, as the same was made publio by act of the council. The executive committee of the su preme advisory board was censured by many members of the supreme conncll for the action taken in the national campaign. It seemed to be the pre vailing opinion that this committee should have sent Its communications to the order and not to the press; also, that the committee usurped power by advocating any candidate for president without the action of the supreme council, and that the committee grossly erred by going to various state political conventions, denouncing certain candi dates and pushing others to the front. The committee appointed a sub-committee to go to Ohio to investigate Mo Kinley after the supreme council was in session, which committee reported back, as per the supreme advisory board's report, that McKlnley was sat isfactory. The question was then dis cussed: "Why did this body wait un til after It had promulgated charges against McKlnley before an Investiga tion was made?" Also: "Why was rlbt the Investigation made in the first place?" The more the matter was dis cussed, the loss light was obtained. The advisory board was abolished on the last day of the session. The growth of the order reported at the supreme council .was encouraging. Every state and territory will be en titled to a delegation in the coming session, with an overflow, If the order makes the same rapid strides in the future as in the past year. During the past twelve months the membership almost doubled Itself, when compared with the number at the proceeding ses sion. The first open meeting of the A. P. A. ever held in Washington city, was during the session of the supreme coun cil, which was presided over by Judge John B. Stone, of Missouri. It was es timated tbat some 2,000 persons were in attendance.' - kM-': A committee was appointed to try to bring the immigration question be fore congress, on a resolution presented in the supreme body by Harry H Hlnde, of Missouri. . The committee secured a day for the measures, which resulted In the passage of the McUall bill. One day near the end of the session, the supreme council took a recess to allow tbe members to wait on the vari ous congressmen to work for the defeat of all sectarian appropriations. In the halls of the Capitol, that day, Vice President Adlai Stevenson was seen parading with Satolli. Wat it done as a slap at the American Protective As sociation? What He Thinks of Gibbons. Omaha, Neb., May 21, 1396. John C. Thompson, Editor American: Dear sir: If not imposing too much on your space, I should like very much to have you publish the inclosed slip, head-lines and all, down to and includ lng space given for head-lines above an article on "Split on McKlnley." Of course, the press is Impartial: CARDINAL GIBBONS SPEAKS. Catholic frelate discusses the A. P. A. and What Its Work May Lead To. Says the Members of his Church Have Never Yet Interfered With the Rights of Others. Have Been Patient Under Persecution, But will be Driven to Unite in Or der to Secure Fair Treatment. Washington, D. C, May 18. Through Rev. Dr. Stafford of Sf Pat rick's church, this city, a prominent Republican, who held a foreign mission under President Harrison, addressed several questions to Cardinal Gibbons relative to the recent attacks of the A. P. A. on the Catholics of the coun try. The cardinal sent the following reply. Baltimore, Md., May 17. My Dear Sir: It is the duty of the leaders of political parties to express themselves without any equivocation on the prln ciples of religious freedom which un derlie our system. Catholics are devoted to both the great political parties of the country and each individual is left entirely to his own conscience.- We are proud to say that In the long history of the gov ernment of the United States the great Catholic church has never used or per verted its acknowledged power by seek ing to make politics subservient to its own advancement Moreover, it is our proud boast that we have never interfered with the civil and political rights of any who d iffer from us in religion. We demand the same rights for ourselves and noth ing more and will be content with nothing less. Not only Is it the duty of all parties distinctly to set their faces against the false and un-American principles thrust forward of late, but much as I would regret the entire identification of any religious body as such with any political party, I am convinced that the members of a religious body, whose rights, civil and religious, are attacked, will naturally and unani mously espouse the cause of the party which has the courage openly to avow the principles of the civil and religious liberty according to the constitution. Patience is a virtue. But it is not the only virtue. When pushed too far it may degenerate into pusillanimity. Yours faithfully, James, Cardinal Gibdons. A. P. A. SPLITS ON M'KlNLEY. Many Members Join in Denouncing Him New Officers Elected. In reading "James, Cardinal Gib bons'" letter dated "Baltimore, Md., May 17, 1896," which is an answer to a prominent Republican" who "held a foreign mission under President Har rison," who "addressed several ques tions to Cardinal Gibbons relative to recent attacks of the A. P. A. of this country, through Rev. Dr. Stafford of St Patrick's church of this city" (Washington, D. C), a number of ques tions have occurred to me, and it has caused me to wonder why they did not allow this "prominent Republican" to stay in and with that foreign mission. Can it be possible tbat a Democratic administration would remove even a Harrison appointee, and presumably, a man opposed to the A. P. A.? Perish the thought. Again, is that promi nent Republican in such sore straits, fearing publicity and future disfran chisement by his party and everlasting oblivion through being snowed under at some future time when looking for political favors, that he could not reach James, Cardinal Gibbons In any other way than through Rev. Dr. Stafford, of St. Patrick's church of Washington, D. C? Prominent Re publican Is very much like many other straddlers, a sort of a "Man-afrald-of-his-horse." I will endorse, no matter who Is elected president, this promi nent Republican, and guarantee the signatures of five hundred A. P. A.'s, in Omaha, to sign a petition to get him an appointment to some foreign mission, say some place on the Tiber, "Nearer to (his) Nature's heart," or any other point not more popular to Americans, just to get him out of America. In the language of Hamlet, "To a nunnery go, and quickly too, for wise men know well enough what mon sters you make of them." Well, well, well! It was a wonderful way to warn the people of these United States, wasn't It? James, Cardinal Gibbons is right though. Party lead ers should stear clear of religion in politics. That Is what tbe A. P. A.'s I have been trying to teach them for the last several years, and I want to say that if James, Cardinal Gibbons and his priests had followed that course, there would never have been any A. P. A's. Cardinal Gibbons may make some of those party leaders he speaks of be lieve that his church and his priests have not Interfered with the votes of this country, and especially the votes of the members of his church in the past, to the detriment of the Protes tants of this country, and that they are not going to do so in the future; but the people of this country, thank God, are not all leaders, in the sense that Gib bons would have us believe. A very large majority of those people are a free people; they believe in free speech, a free press, free schools and non-interference of church in politics. Cardinal Gibbons says, "We are proud to cay that in the long history of the Government of the United States, the great Catholic church has never used or perverted its acknowledged power by seeking to make politics sub servient to its own advancement" I shall not undertake to say that all of the above, which is quoted In Mr. Gib- fj bona' letter, is not true; but there are a great many who will not believe Ip Those who read and think and, see, know well enough that his church has used its power in politics. No ojther church on earth has ever gone Unto politics so thoroughly and witi so much determination to place its own people in office and in power. Does it not occur to you, reader, that that would help along its advancement? I say it is the "duty of all parties to dis tinctly set their faces against the false and un-American principles thrust for ward of late." And I go further, and say, tbat tney nave set tneir laces against the un-American principles ad vocated by Cardinal Gibbons and his followers, lo these many years past which are not of late. I want to say to Cardinal Gibbons that the sooner the "Identification of any religious body, as such, iwlth any political party" takes place the better, and that it will be a gala day for this country; and when It does, we will whip them with the ballots ten to one. And I want further to say that "I am con vinced that the members of a religious body whose rights, civil and religious are attacked, will espouse the cause of the party which has the courage openly to avow the principles of the civil and religious liberty, according to tbe con stitution. Yes, "patience is a virtue," but it is often worn out, and it was, through the influence of Gibbons' church, which en deavored to control all, and did con trol many of our offices In many places, and that Is what made the A. P. A. of to-day. We care nothing about Gib bons threat about identification, etc., for tbat Is all It Is. Very likely, the whole thing was a put-up job on the part of prominent Republican, Rev. Dr. Stafford of St. Patrick's church and James, Cardinal Gibbons to give Gibbons an opportunity to get himself into print, and an expression as to where the Catholic vote will fall in the coming presidential election. But I think it was all-fired mean on the part of prominent Republican to slight the pope on the Potomac in this matter. t B. Q. A Suggestion. Chicago, III., May 24, 1896. Edi tor The Chicago American: Your leading editorial in yesterday's Ameri can, entitled "Romanism Breeds Crime," hits the nail squarely on tbe head, and hits It hard. You have started many nails In the coffin of Ro manism, but be sure you get the body of Political Romanism into the coffin before you fasten down the lid. There will ba work, hard and dis agreeable work, before the corpse of the octopus Is properly prepared for burial. You will have to handle a carcass distended with poisonous gasses, enor mously overgrown from having been fed at the public crib, its tissues soft and flabby from fatty degeneration, and you will meet with rabid opposition from unreasoning members of the mourning family. Pack the corpse in lots of quick-lime to protect the mental and moral health of future generations from the fatal, though unseen contagion of its corrup tion. Then you may give the world an op portunity to gaze with awe at vanished greatness. Select tbe call-bearers from the leaders of political corruption and trai tors to morality. Keouest the chaplain of the supreme council of the A. P. A. to intonate a lew sad words to tbe memory of the dead. For posterity's benefit erect upon the grave a monument with this inscrip tion: DIED In tbe first year of the Millenium of the world the monster POLITICAL ROMANISM. The monster ne'er will show its head 'Till hell again gives up Its dead. A. P. A. Mrs. H. Sheppard, Room 24 Edling Block, Omaha, Neb., writes: "I have had constipation for a long time and I also had a bad case of Intei .:l hemorr hoids (piles) from which I suffered un told pain. Your Dr. Kay's Renovator has entirely cured me." Sold by drug gists at 25cts. and II. See advt
