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tin IT IS reported that Speaker Reed
the will take the stump for McKinley in
abc New York at the request of Tom Piatt.
tka The question now is, Will the Popu
lists adopt an American platform?
t Will they nominate as their standard
mlj bearer a true American?
It seems to have been demonstrated
that John Ireland, through Tom Car
ter and Dick Kerens, had more in
fluence over the Republican national
convention than such men as Colonel
Sellers, W. S. Linton and their colleagues.
ARE YOU A DOLLAR PATRIOT?
Re. J. J. O'Connor ba been able to
do a treat dol of good work, not only
ia the city of New York, but through
out the country; and wherever hi
magazine, the tVnrrrfc-J Catholic, hat
been circulated, light baa broken
through the darknea tbat bat ob
cured more than one Romas Catholic
mind.
While we and hundred of other
have been butlly engaged In our choen
field, that of awaking the American
people to a realization of the danger
which have beast every government
which tolerated In the least tbo direc
tion of the affair of Ute by political
ectlelatlc, Rev. O'Connor baa been
holding a light to direct the feet of the
many thousand who are annually leav
ing the Church of Rome. lie himself
wa a convert to Christianity from Ro
manian, and knew all the baleful In
fluence which were at the command of
the priest and other Roman eccleslas
tic, to compel the faithful to remain
loyal to their church and steadfast In
their belief, and that knowledge be
ha put to good use.
lie knew that not alone the lalty,but
many of the prlott and higher church
dlgnltarle were in doubt a to the cor
rectness of the teaching of the Church
of Rome, who, owing to the law of
their church, were stepping outside
the pale of Christianity Into the very
shadow of agnosticism; and he knew
that unless something wa done to aid
them they would become totally tcp
arated from all the great bodlet of
Christian. To prevent thl and to as
sist those honestly socking after truth
be established a borne Into which
many priests bave been received and
sent forth to preach the gospel.
At the time Rev. O'Connor under
took the task of establishing "Christ's
Mission" he wa a poor man, but in
spite of that he won the confidence and
the esteem of a large and Influential
circle of friend who bave given him
luftlclent capital to keep the venture
afloat for a great many yuan. Ills has
been a noble work; a work of sacrifice
and a work of love, but we doubt if it
has been more beneficial than that
done by the editors of the papers
which bave warned Americans against
the pernicious Influence exerted in our
affairs of state by the Church of Rome.
Those paper have also won the confi
dence and the esteem of large circles
of friends, but those friends, in the
main, have boon poor men, men with
out capital. Yet they are the mo.'t
loyal of all patriots. No one has ever
called on tnora for assistance but what
they have responded liberally, nor will
they ever appeal to them with any
other result.
Believing this way we have con
cluded to ask for 350 volunteers who
will each Invest ten dollars in one
share of the capital stock of the Amer
ican Publishing Company. " We want
three hundred and fifty loyal friends,
true patriots, of undoubted American
principles, to assume the burden that
we are carrying to-day. The stock
may be paid for In monthly or weekly
payments. Are there three hundred
and fifty good, staunch, true, loyal
Americans, who believe in the prlncl
pies advocated by this paper, who will
invest ten dollars in a business worth
$25,000, which has been built up In a
little more than five year from to0?
How many will answer before the next
issue? Address us at Omaha, Neb
Show Romo that you are a patriot even
when It costs something. Who will be
first?
DETRACTION INJURES.
Will the citizens of Omaha permit
Mr. Mercer to be turned down lor stay'
ing in Washington and attending
faithfully to their business just be
cause some picayune pettifogger has
been deluded into the belief that he Is
big enough to hold down a Beat in con
gress? Ike.
The Bee must be shortsighted In
deed if it believes it can influence a
vote in Mr. Mercer's behalf by such
Items as the above. If the Bee had one
bit of political honesty, were It not
swayed by the personal likes and die
likes of its editor, it would accord to
the gentlemen who are contesting with
Mr. Mercer for the nomination from
this district a full measure of praise
for their personal and political integ
rity, for their professional ability and
for their undoubted loyalty to the tra
dit'ons and principles of the Republi
can party. Dut the Bee cannot be hon
est. It does allow the prejudices of Its
editor to outweigh its judgment, and
invariably injures the man it pretends
to help. We have no word of fault to
find with Mr. Mercer, nor have we any
thing but praise for Mr. Carr, the can
didate from the Eighth ward who is
honest enough to say he favors the free
coinage of silver even when his party
declares agai nst him. We have noth
ing but praise for Mr. Cornish, who
fearlessly opposed the Bee in the last
campaign, and we have nothing but
praise for Mr. Kennedy, who was
ranged on the side of the A. P. A, In
that memorable contest. Every one of
those candidates, together with Mr,
Brome, Mr. Burbank and Mr. Lobeck,
are men of ability, men of standing and
men of character in this community
The people know them to be such and
the contemptible littleness of the Bee
man, which would not permit him to
say so, which would prompt him to be
little either one or all of them, is so
painfully apparent and the act to maal
feotly unfair that people will havs
even lea reliance la what appears la
the column of that paper than they
bave heretofore bad. Let thl cam
paign be one characterized by falraea,
and so conducted that when the con
vention (peak it will be for a united
Prty.
THE SPHERE OF LABOR UNIONS.
The Roman church 1 not In favor of
good wages for the laboring claie. To
prove this, we offer: Ignorance I the
foundation stone, as is proved in all na
tions where Romanism 1 the prevail
ing religion. Where the wage earner
receive good pay for hi wages, Ro
manism can never prosper, for the rea
son, when a man receives good wages
his family will always receive at least
a fair education. Where intelligence
exist Romanism must necessarily be a
falluie. This theory explains why, In
rood times, we bave so many strikes
and so much trouble among the labor
ing classes. You seldom bear of strikes
in nation where the laboring claaie
are compelled to work from twelve to
sixteen hours a day and at a stipend
which will no more than keep them In
existence. Give a Roman Catholic
three or four dollar per day at bla
wage and you will find blm always
complaining. Reduce the same man to
a dollar or s dollar and a half per day,
and ho will never think of complain
ing; but will tubmlt very meekly to
hi lot, thereby proving that bis faith
in his church and Its teaching has in
fluenced him to act as he ha in both
lnslanoes. We want unions to protect
our labering men, but we want them
composed of Protestants; and then
they should be organized to influence
legislation and not to compel their em
ployers to Increase, or even keep tholr
wages at a good figure. Legislation
haa made our rich men richer, why not
legislate to place the poor men In a po
sition where they can earn s good liv
ing for themselves and their families
and also enable them to educate their
children as they should be educated?
This can never be done with members
of the Roman Cathollo church as ac
tive participants in tne labor unions of
this or any other nation.
This should be a government of the
people, for the people, and by the peo
ple, but it will never be such until the
laboring classes organize for the pur
pose of influencing legislation, and that
alone.
The New York democracy was some
what braver than the Republicans of
Nebraska in adopting a platform In
advance of their national convention.
Their platform favors bimetallism and
their delegates are of the "gold-bug"
variety. It is also particularly notice
able that even the democrats of that
state fear to take a hand in opposition
opposition to the American Protective
Association. They will be found un
willing to take up the Roman Catholic
fight for recognition of the church as a
political factor.
Rev. Madison C. Peters, the cele
brated New York preacher, ha? ac
cepted an invitation to deliver a lec
ture in Chicago, and will be there for
that purpose July 21. He will speak
in Grace English Lutheran church,
cor. Belden avenue and Larrabee street,
the evening of July 21. There is no
more able, patriotic lecturer in the
whole country than Rev. Peters, and
every American in that oity Bhould
hear what he has to say. His subject
will be: "Will Our Republlo Live?"
There is no doubt that the Roman
church is equally with sin on the one
side and righteousness on the other.
Were it not eo the church could never
stand. They do not wish to wipe out
sin at all. The confessional would be
ot no use it they -did not permit sin.
The consequence is saloons, gambling
houses, houses of 111 fame and all other
vices are winked at. This Is the great
difference between the Protestant
faith and the Roman Cathollo faith.
Two Roman "fly cops," Sennelt and
McMahou, were able, through their
most wonderful skill, to capture a
gentleman kissing bis wife as they
parted one day last week on the streets
of Chicago. But when it comes to cap
turing a hold-up, a Roman thug or
murderer who belongs to their church,
it is simply impossible. Chicago has a
large number of such officers about
twenty-eight hundred of our three
thousand.
THE British minister at Washington
has requested Secretary of State Olney
to use his good offices in securing the
release of Crown Surveyor Harrison,
who was receutly arrested by she Ven
ezuelan authorities while constructing
a road on the disputed territory. This
may be considered a departure from
England's methods heretofore in deal
ing with American republics, and Is
certainly an acknowledgment of the
justice of the principles set forth in the
Monroe doctrine.
It would be well to know how many
of the delegates to the late national
Republican convention were poor men.
We have heard ot but one. He was a
poor colored minister who was com
pelled to sell his ticket to secure
money to pay his expenses bacic home
The question is, Was the poorer class
represented at tbat convention, and If
to; by whom? It It true that the Re
publican now represent the gold-bugs,
Wall street the Morgans, the bank
er and the capitalist?
The Republican party ba profited
by the mlttake and blunders of the
Democratic party o often that it would
oppear really amutlng to see that fos
silized aggregation take advantage of
the mistakes and blunders of the last
Republican gathering, adopt an Amer
ican platform and name an American
ticket tbat would command the up
port ot all loyal patriots.
The patriots along the route of CoL
John W. Echols and Hon. William S.
Linton thould be making dates and
completing tbelr arrangement a rap
idly a possible. They should be given
a rousing reception everywhere in the
whole west.
The re-nomination of A. S. Churchill
by the Republican state convention
but proved the truthfullness of what
The American had said. The people
wanted blm, and so declared by an al
most unanimous vote.
We notice that the state convention
of the Democratic party of Illinois did
not adopt the customary anti-A. P. A.
resolutions. Can it be possible tbat
some of the Democrats are awakening
to the turn in affairs.
The next annual convention of the
supreme lodge of A. O. TJ. W. will be
held at Milwaukeo, at which time an
effort will be made to secure the session
of 18U8 at Omaha, and there is an ex
cellent prospect of success.
FROM present indications the Demo
crats at Chicago are liable to bave a
"monkey and parrot time" next week.
There are candidates enough, but the
adoption of a financial plan will be the
bone of contention.
SOME of our best American friends
aver that the Democrats of Illinois
have nominated a better state ticket
than the Republicans.
THE POLITICAL LANCE.
The wife of Richard P. Bland, one
of the candidates for the free-silver
Democratic nomination for president,
Is an ardent Roman Catholic. Gen.
Sherman once remarked in effect that
he would not accept a presidential
nomination because if elected the great
mass of American people would never
stand to have the White House over
run with priests. Mrs. Sherman is
also a devout Roman Catholic. Even
the Democratic party cannot afford to
nominate a man whose surroundings
are not In line with American senti
ment. The "financial plank" of the consti
tution ot the United States is a pretty
good one for all good American citi
zens to agree upon after all. We do
not believe that there is more than an
average of one voter in ten who has
road that section of the constitution.
Said an attorney the other day: "I
hope some party will nominate Judge
Scott for congress, every attorney in
Omaha will vote for him not because
they have any particular love for his
political sentiments but because they
are more interested in getting him off
the bench." While the "Lance" has
not heard that Judge Scott is a candi
date for congress or has any intention
other than to remain on the bench till
the end of his term, we believe the sen
timent of the people will be greatly in
favor of keeping a good judge when
they have him.
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Our friend J. C. Collins of the Sixth
ward Is a candidate for the house of
representatives. He is a live energetic
colored man and has the endorsement
of the Colored Republican Club of that
ward. His recent effort to get the
board of education to give a janitor-
ship in the schools to a colored man
made him many friends among his
race.
J. H. Van Dusen expects to be the
choice of the South Omaha Republi
cans for state senator, and is accord
ingly laying his plans to secure enough
help from the other wards and pre
cincts to secure the nomination. Van
was one of our loyal friends when we
were sent to the Republican National
convention.
When one looks over the list of as
pirants for congressional honors this
year he readily comes to the conclusion
that they are all good men.
Can legislation fix the value of wheat
and corn as a commodity? We think
the supply and demand will regulate
the price.
Can legislation fix the price of gold,
silver or any other metal as a com mod
ity? The "Lance" is of the opinion
that the same rule applies to all com
moditles.
The bullion price of the silver dollar
is about 59 or 60 cents. Can any act of
congress make the bullion value of the
silver dollar worth 100 cents?
The bullion value and the coin value
of the gold dollar U exactly the same,
and gold I taken at about the same
price the world over.
There Is no objection to the use of
both gold and silver as money so long
as the value of each 1 the same and
baa the government to back it
It the government should coin every
dollar's worth of sliver or gold bullion
that Is brought to the mints bow are
tbe great mass of the people going to
get it unless they can give value re
ceived or can put up "gilt-edged" secu
rity? Does not this plan create the
mine-owner a monopolist, which if suc
cessful would In time be equal to the
national back monopoly?
Men who engage In politics and
make promises and fall to carry them
out when elected will come pretty near
losing thei r former friends the next time
they show their heads. There will be
lively times this fall and If the Luce
la not mistaken It will be a fight to a
finish on all sides.
A. J. Lunt la quietly conducting his
canvass for councilman from the Fifth
ward and we believe when the time
comes tbat he will not have much op
position. He is clean and callable and
has never been mixed in questionable
K)litlC8.
It has been quietly hinted in popu
llstlc circles that Hon. Paul Van Der
voort will be a candidate for congress
from tbis district. Should he be nomi
nated it will be a lively and Interest
ing fight. Tbe Democrats will proba
bly nominate C. J. Smyth, and it is an
even chance between Mercer, Cornish,
Kennedy and Carr for the Republican
plum, with a fighting chance for some
other candidate to slide in under a
compromise.
French Roman Priests.
The following extracts from A Tear
In IVfatcrn France, by M. Betham Ed
wards, tend to show the character of
the French priesthood:
"The priests appear as dirty as they
are, which is all the difference, the
black clothes they wear, like those of
St, Hilary of Poitiers, till they come
to pieces, not being set off, as in the
case of the nurs, by white hood and
kerchief. We must speak of things as
we find them" (p 41).
"Cruelty and hardness to animals,
generally arising from avarice, is in
deed the one blot on these idyllic
scenes of French country life. The
priests, without doubt, might do some
thing if they took up the matter, but
we know that cruelty to animals is not
a sin in their eyes. The priests do not
concern themselves with what is out of
their immediate sphere, if Indeed hu
manity to the defenseless can be said
to lie out of any one's sphere. They
do not combat Ignorance either, and so
long as their parishioners 'go to mass
and confessional, they mayjilluse their
animals and neglect personal cleanli
ness and hygiene as fmuch as they
pleasa" (p 62).
"My friend, Madame G , founded
a lending library some years ago, and
her scheme has been successful, but
this was the first of the kind ever set
on foot here, and was, of course, op
posed at the outset by the priests.
Thus it comes about that when an en
lightened lady or gentleman settles
down in the country, unless they con
sent to work with the Cure, they have
an uphill path before them indeed"
(p 63).
"The rural clergy of France belong
entirely to the working classes. An
educated married clergy, there can bo
little doubt, would do more than any
thing else to raise the moral and
spiritual condition of the peasantry,
and to take away that selfishness which
is their worst defect. You can only
touch him by appealing to his worldly
Interests, and alas! one looks in vain
for any spiritualizing influence that
may in the future make him the creat
ure he ought to be" (p 70).
"We all know what miracles an Eng
lish clergyman ot tact and benevolence
may effect In an out of the way district,
and among an ignorant population.
With a Catholic unmarried clergy it is
not so. As long as their parishioners
go to mass, and acquit themselves of
their duty so far as to 'faire Paque,'
confess once a year, and pay all the
various sums required of them for
birth, bridal, and burial, what does a
cure care if they live in filthy habita
tions or not? His object is'simply and
purely theological, and if he does not
preach domestic morality and good
manners from the pulpit, will he do so
in the week-time? Moreover, the cure,
in his own person and mode of life, is
not a shining light in his parish. He
is generally of a dirty and neglected
appearance, and woe betide the travel
ler whose evil fate it Is to encounter
him at a table d'hote. Most likely his
inability to eat and drink decently will
drive you from tbe table, whilst you
will do well to avoid his proximity in a
railway carriage. Whatever other
virtues he may possess, he is the last
person calculated to improve his
hearers in habits of cleanliness and
good manners.
"Whatever may be said against con
scription, there can be no doubt that
it educates the French peasant, and
does more than anything else to
sharpen bis wlU and open hi eyes to
those deadly enemies ot bis country,
the Napoleonic Idea and clericalism"
a
Set Tradiag Stork.
Bear Creek, Mo., June IS, 1896
Editor The American: I have taken
the liberty to drop you a line la regard
to the prospects of the A. P. A. I am
a subscriber to your paper, and have
induced several of my neighbors to
subscribe for It, and have talked and
worked for. Each week 'after I have
looked it over I always band it to my
friends to read, that it may bo like
bread cast upon the waters, ets. But
I want to say right here, that myself
and a large numbor of my friends and
neighbors have been solid converts to
the A. P. A. principles, and I11 vote
for Linton If we get a chance;but the
way things are working, we lare led to
believe there is a dead hog up the
branch somewhere, and we think it
ought to be cleaned out. We heartily
endorse Mr. McComas article in jour
Issue of June 4. We would advise the
A. P. A. to come out with an inde
pendent ticket and hew to the line, let
the chips fall as they may. Tbe peo
ple in this country are not trading
stock, and will kick out of the harness
rather than be traded to McKinley or
anyone else. Now If A. P. A. means a
party auction, we are not in It. Yours
for patriotism, E. H. CRAIG.
Tbat A. P. A. Plank.
The following dispatch to the Chi
cago Journal from St. Louis under date
of June 21th will explain itself:
It was stated last night that It was
through the Influence of Archbishop
Ireland that a plank proposed b y the
American Protective Association was
not adopted as a part of the platform of
the Republican national convention in
this city.
The word was given out that Col. E.
H. Sellers, president ot the national
council of patriotic associations of the
United States, was at work to get a
plank into the platform indorsing the
American Protective Associations. On
the very day Col. Sellers sent a copy of
what he wanted embodied inn the plat
form to Mr. Foraker, chairman of the
committee on resolutions, the following
telegram was received by ' Thomas E.
Carter, chairman ef the. 'Republican
national committee, from. "Archbishop
Ireland:
"St. Paul, June 17, 1836. To Hon.
Thomas E. Carter, National Commit
teeman, St. Louts, Mo.: The clause in
the proposed platform opposing the
use of public money for sectarian pur
poses and union of church and state is
unnecessary and uncalled for. It Is
urged by the American "jProtective As
sociation. Its adoption will be taken
as a concession to them, will (awaken
religious animosity In the country, and
do much harm. The Republican party
should not lower itself "to recognize
directly or indirectly the American
Protective Association. I hope the
clause, or anything like it, will not be
adopted. John Ireland."
Col. Sellers in an interview) said he
gave a copy of the platform) of the pa
triotic societies to Mr. Foraker and
also to Senator Gear of Iowa. He was
told by the latter that the paragraph
declaring against the appropriation of
money from the United States treas
ury for sectarian purposesVould be in
corporated, and that the committee
had taken favorable actlonjlupon it.
Later in the day he was surprised to
learn from a member of thecommitteo
that its action had baenrreconsldered ,
and that there would be nothlng'ln the
platform in that regard.
The dispatoh was referred'by Chair
man Carter to Edward iLauterbach of
New York, one of the big" four from
that state, and he with National Com
mitteeman R. C. Kerens of this city
went before the committee and suc
ceeded in knocking out all reference to
the church.
Catholicism In Denmark,
The steady spread of Catholicism
in Djnmark begins t3 attract atten
tion. Half a generation ago 1 there
was only one Romanist place to wor
ship in Copenhagen. To day there are
four. In several provincial towns
Catholic churches are being built
where none have existed since the
Reformation. It is reckoned that
something like two thousand conver
sions to Romanism takes place every
year In King Christian's Kingdom,
and among these many representatives
of the highest families in the Jland.
Count Ledreberg is one of the most re
cent converts to Rome; another is the
Danish Minister in Paris, Hount Ileit
feldt. It is among ladles that the
movement finds most support, baro
nesses and countesses who "go over"
receiving high positions as prioress at
convents. The Catholics of Denmark
are now rejoicing that the fifth - child
of Princess Marie Is a girl, for, accord
ing to the arrangements between the
Danish royal house and the House of
Orleans, to which the princess belongs
her daughters are to be brought up
Cathollos. Christian World.
Reward.
I will give $100 to anyone satisfac
torily answering the diamond proposi
tion on pages 109 and 110 in Coins Fi
nancial School. A. S. Landon,
362 Washington Boulevard, Chicago.
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