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THi: TICKETS.
REPt'HI.ICAN.
For President,
wm. Mckinley,
of Ohio.
For Vice-President,
GARRET A.
HOIURT,
ol New Jersey.
DEMOCRATIC.
For President,
WM. JENNINGS BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
For Vice-President,
ARTHUR C. SEWALL,
of Maine.
prohibition.
For President,
JOSHUA LEVERING,
of Maryland.
For Vice-President,
11ALK JOHNSTON,
of Illinois.
NATIONAL.
For President,
CHARLES E. BENTLEY.
of Nebraska.
For Vlcc-Proldrnt,
J. H. SOUTHGATE,
of North Carolina.
MR9. Buvan, over her own signa
ture, states that she Is a member of the
Presbyterian church. We have stated
that once before, but for fear some of
our readers may not have teen it we
gain say Mrs. Bryan Is a Protestant.
More than two-thirds of our pa
triotic exchanges have declared for
Bryan and Free Sliver. The other
third has not declared for anybody or
anything, but are evidently waiting to
find out what the Jesuits have planned.
The statements and arguments of as
well-known A. P. A. as Judge Cun
ningham R. Scott cannot be overcome
by the statements and arguments of as
rabid an antl-A. P. A. sheet as the
Omaha lice. Tho Republican party
does not want to forget that fact.
Count Crkighton, the Roman citi
zen ol Omaha, was "touched" for a
diamond, Monday, while passing
through Ohio. The count ought to
know better than to wear anything
more valuable than his title when he
goes into the land of the Philistines.
Prince Uohenloe, the German im
perial chancellor, has resigned. Un
less we are mistaken the chancellor
has a brother who is a cardinal. If
that is so William might realize a per
manent peace, were he to chose a Prot
estant to fill the office vacated by
Hohenlce.
The Springfield, Mo., Protestant
American, which la not always strictly
accurate in its statements contains the
following editorial item:
Ex-Congressman Watson of Georgia,
and the nominee for the vice-presi
dency, is an A. P. A. and is not afraid
to let the people know it through his
paper,
Papers outside of Kansas City refer
to the suppression of pool rooms and
other gambling establishments within
her borders as a "spasm of reform." It
is not a spasm. It is the result of the
promise made by Mayor Jones when he
was a candidate for the office he holds.
There was nothing spasmodic in the
move. It was the steady crystalization
of public sentiment which reached even
to the candidates for office.
Hon. Roswell G. Horr and Hon
Jno. M. Thurston were greeted by a
magnificent audience last Tuesday
night when they spoke in Boyd's
Theatre. It is not saying too much to
say that they made many votes for the
Republican ticket. The speeches were
the most plain, logical and convincing
we had listened to up to that time and
were only equalled by the effort of
Hon. John L. Webster Wednesday
night at Eighteenth and Cuming
streets, when thousands of people
congregated to hear him.
ONCE AGAIN.
Y bare proved so ofWn that the
Roman Catholic church was a political
machine that it teems absolutely tin
neecsssry to offer any further evidence
la substantiation of the charge, but,
for fear some one may still be in doubt
or may have overlooked tbe evidence
submitted heretofore, we present the
following dUiMttch, taken from the
Wlenep- Dally Tn'mnt of August 7,
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Montreal, August 7. Referring to
Archbishop Laogevlns communica
lion to the Vntt. of Paris, the (Ui
wuur. Mr. Tarto's organ, says: "This
prelate, whose lack of discretion and
judgment has caued blm to make such
deplorable blunders In his own country
to the detriment of the Catholic and
French cause, has evidently not boen
made wiser by recent events. He be-
Ion ps to a class of those who do not
wlh to. or cannot, learn anything
Mirr. Langevln told the (You- things
blch are absolutely contrary to tbe
facts. To mention but one only. It is
false to say that Mr. Laurler ever pro
nounced himself in favor of the princi
ple of neutral schools. We suppose
that a bishop is no more allowed than
any otner person vo misrepresent me
opinions of a public man. Now, Mgr.
Langevln knows mat tne prime minis
ter has over and over again expressed
himself in a sense that can leave no
place for ambiguity that be is in favor
of religious teaching In the schools.
He said so in twenty speeches. We
wish to protest for all men of good
faith and honor against the following
phrase, so full of unjust insinuations,
and signed by Mgr. Langevln: 'I do
not think Mr. Laurler is a Free
Mason.' The archbishop of St. Boni
face knows Mr. Laurler is not a Free
Mason. Fortunately Mgr. Langevln
represents himself, and no other, in
i he deplorable altitude wmcu ne con
tinues to hold. We request our fellow
citizens of all shades not to lay the re
sponsibility of his words and of his
acts upon the Catholics of Manitoba.
The secular clergy of Manitoba were
almost unanimously opposed to the ele
vation of Mgr. Langevln to tbe arch-
episcopal see of St. Boniface. We
trust that at the Vatican he will not
succeed in leading anyone Into error."
Referring to tbe clerical question, Lt
Vultimtvur says: "The Lloeral party
has as yet brought do case before
Rome, neither Mr. Laurler nor any of
his colleagues, nor anyone authorized
by them, has made any complaint to
the Vatican. There can be no doubt
that tho speeches of Mgr. La tie no, of
Mgr. Gravel, certain acts of Mgr. La-
brecque, of Mgr. Rials, of Grand Vicar
Maruis, to mention only ecclesiastical
eminences for the present, were utterly
unjustitiable. Incredible things, which
Intelligent Catholics can hardly ac
count lor, were done. In no other
country under the sun have the people
darod for fifty years to make such an
abuse of religion In parliamentary elec
tions as was done during the months
ust past. If tho Vatican knew what
takes place here, striking condemna
tions could not help taking place, for
he policy of Loo XIII. does not rest on
th reals or on tyranny, or on a disre
gard for the rights and liberties of the
masses. The true record of the lan
guage that was held of interventions
that took place against Mr. Laurler
and his candidates would cause in
Rome more than surprise and con
sternation."
IT IS THE SAME COMPANY.
We are assured by a gentleman who
Is In a position to know, that the new
gas company that Is seeking to secure
a franchise In this city is the same one
which went into Kansas City and
lowered the prlco of gas to the con
sumers to ifl.00 and less per thousand.
This In Itself is a good recommendation
because we know, personally, that It
lived up to Its promises in that city.
Tbe city council cannot afford to re
fuse to grant to the people the relief
that will be afforded them If there Is
competition among gas manufacturers,
and there will be competition If the
new company is given half a show, or
it will not be like Its Kansas City
branch. In that city as soon as the
new company was ready for business
gas fell to one-third Its former cost
the old company offering to furnish it
for 50 cents per thousand.
If the same result follows the advent
of the new company In this city, the
people and the city will save from
75 cents to 95 cents on every thousand
feet of gas that is consumed. Is that
wjrth saving? We believe it Is, and
we also believe the people will think it
is worth saving.
The council should not stand in the
way or tne people, it snouid give
them an opportunity to save the thou
sands of dollars that are annually going
into the pockets of a foreign corpora
tion. READ, PRESERVE.
Elsewhere in this paper will be found
the Constitution of the United States
and its amendments. Every American
citizen should read It, should study it
carefully, then cut It out and place it In
a scrap book and teach the children its
beneficlent provisions. A thorough
knowledge of what the constitution
guarantees you, will make the rights
and duties of others plain, because it
applies with equal force and equal jus
tice to all. Under It all men are equal.
No man has a right not guaranteed to
every other man who Is an American
citizen.
Hon. Richard Smith, who made
such a creditable record as a member
of the senate last year, is a candidate
for a renomination and a re-election on
the Republican ticket. Dick is a man
who never breaks his word in either
business or politics, and as a conse
quence will make a good race. His
record on the fire and police bill was
just what his friends In this city ex
pected it would be, and entitles him to
fair treatment and consideration.
IS HE A 1E.MCEI
Is Harare f the t'srrlgarr la the I'.ltH
State f ABirrira.
Tbe current number of the Amtrii-un
Mtij uine of Cirirs contains an article
written by W. G. Puddtfoot, on the
subject: "Is the Foreigner a Menace
to the Nation?" He would make it ap
pear that tbe foreigner Is America's
greatest blessing. His prccesa of reas
oning has the merit of ingenuity at
least, and some of his statements are
worthy of a careful study and analysis.
N. J. Randall, writing In the Ameri
can H'atihman, answers Mr. Puddefoot
in a strong, logical and convincing
style. Here Is what Mr. Randall says:
"Tbe question is not a new one, nor
is Its final settlement so near at hand
many fondly hope, nor so easily
answered to the satisfaction of tbe
great mass of native-born citizens as It
is to Mr. Puddefoot. He very clearly
demonstrates, to his own mind, that
we must have tbe foreigner ever with
us If we would be prosperous. He
startles us with an array of figures con
sisting quite largely of percentages to
prove that the greater the Influx of
foreigners the lower the per cent of
crime He says: 'Among a large
class of people there Is a growing fear
that we shall be swamped by foreign
types that cannot be assimilated. This
fear Is an old one (as old as the nation)
and is unworthy of the descendents of
the Puritans, and was no credit to
them.' This might be true from the
standpoint of a philanthropist such as
Mr. Puddefoot, but we have reasons
for thinking the fears of the Puritans
were well founded, and that the his
tory of other countries as well as our
own contain too many examples of the
baneful influence of the foreigners
within our gates for us to blindly shut
our eyes to the dangers confronting us.
The danger is not a fancied one, and
lies in the very condition which Mr.
Puddefoot so ingeniously points out as
the stronghold of his arguments.
These are his words: 'There will be
less and less difference In the years to
come between i.urope and tne united
States.'
"This Is what we fear, and Is, of all
things, what we wish to guard against.
The past has shown us the tendency,
and a close study of our present condi
tions is not necessary to lead one to
draw the same conclusion regarding
the future as does the writer quoted
above. The Influence of the hordes of
foreigners has been felt alike by capi
tal and labor, ahd we find the two ar
rayed against each other as bitter foes,
instead of working hand in hand as
mutually dependent one upon another.
We see an aristocracy rising similar to
that in Europe that is absorbing the
fruits of toil, and in striking contrast
we see a class of laborers whose condi
tion is rapidly approaching that of the
European serf. We see the land fall
ing into the hands of a few and the
English system of landlord and tenant
bolng established in our land. Are
these pleasant pictures to contemplate?
"We have cities in Wisconsin of ten
thousand inhabitants, ninety percent
of whom are Germans, eight per cent
Irish and two per cent American, and
yet are essentially American. In spite
of the fact that you may see on Sunday
a match between butcheis as to who
shall dress an ox the quicker and the
better, excursion trains running to Mil
waukee, lager running all the time,
and that at the Sunday-school picnics
lager is sold too, one generation will
change It, as it has done before over
and over again.' Is not that a beauti
ful and hopeful picture of an American
Sunday that Mr. Puddefoot has drawn
for us? It is not a rare one, and it is
not necessary to go to a city of such an
overwhelming per cent of German pop
ulation to see the same scenes enacted.
Essentially American? Lager beer
and Sunday desecration essentially
American. Then, indeed, are our
gravest fears for our own country be
come no longer fears, but stern reali
ties. "A generation will change it, he
says, as it nas done oeiore over ana
over again. A generation will do much
toward changing it If the Influx of bad
blood is shut off, but it will take many
venerations to re-establish the cher
ished institutions so ruthlessly debased
"The remedy for the evils threatened
by foreign emigration is very wisely
pointed out by the writer with the con
soling assertion that 'there is nothing
to fear from European immigration if
we do our duty.' There is the rub.
'Our .duty, Is not easy to determine,
and we do not all see it alike. Mr.
Puddefoot conceives it to be the erec
tion of more and larger school build
ings, playgrounds of ample dimensions
in the slums, educating the element as
rapidly a9 it comes. The remedy is
rood, but that a remedy is needed is
proof positive of a disease, and Mr.
Puddefoot has arrived at the same con'
elusion that our puritan fathers did,
although he says that opinion did them
no credit and Is unworthy of their de
scendants.
"Is the foreigner a menace to the
nation? Mr. Puddefoot's arguments
say yes; the thoughtful, observing men
of all times have said yes; the expert
ence of all nations have led to the same
answer. Our obligations are to our
families and to our homes first. Christ
never bade the leper, the blind, lame
or halt to go cleanse others, but the
first commandment was to cure them
selves. Philanthropy that begins at
home will sooner improve tbe race.
The immigration question has been
discussed for so long a time and by
such able thinkers that one would sup
pose it would have been settled long
ago, and It surely would, had not a per
sonal motive been found as an obstacle
la the way of duty. Tbe importance of
revenue, wealth, has much to do with
influencing our thoughts, and Mr.
Puddefoot could not resist the tempta
tion to hold out the lure of national
wealth added to us by the steady flow
of humanity from Europe. His figures
are a strong point. He estimates an
able-bodied man at 1500, and with the
money brought by the emigrants in
1894, he shows a grand total of wealth
added to our nation of $100,633,000.
This is a tempting bait and would no
doubt lead many to favor the increas
ing of our wealth through foreign Im
migration. We are sorry that there
should be a credit side to our account
with these same foreigners, as it has a
depressing effect on the high spirits
raised by viewing the one side only of
the account. We must give ourselves
credit with all we give in return for
this 5o0 man with a capital oNless
than 116.
"In this list of credits we will find
several items that may puzzle us to es
timate the value of, and rather than
be charged with placing too high a
price upon them we leave the reader
to carry out the figures.
"First. Civilization.
"Second. Civil liberty.
"Third. Religious liberty.
"Fourth. The ballot.
"Fifth. Protection under our laws.
"Sixth. Free schools for his chil
dren.
"Seventh. Social advantages he bad
never known in his own land. Besides
these wo might add many other items
of great value to any man so situated
and so surrounded by the influences of
a monarchlal government. Have we j
not more than balanced the account?
If not, let us see if our foreign-made
citizen has not brought us some things
that we might do very well without.
Yes, our protege has brought to us his
anarchistic ideas, that have cost the
lives of many good Americans who
have stood boldly and bravely in de
fense of law and order as opposed to
his vicious system. It has cost us
money also to hold In check the dam
aging, destroying practices of these
same lawless renegades.
'They have brought to us and estab
lished in our very midst their murder
ous and treasonable Maffla, clan-na-
gael, high binders and other orders,
the very spirit of which Is opposed to
every principle of freedom and justice.
"A $500 man indeed. Manhood can
not bo measured by dollars and cents,
and if it could such a maa should go
begging In the marts for a bid. Better
a thousand times for our country had
we none such to contend with.
"From an humanitarian standpoint
our duty -is plain, uieanse our own
body and then we can cast about us to
cleanse others. The corruption of
American politics is largely due to this
tremendous flood of foreigners, and that
we find the condition of unrest and dis
content among our own people today is
proof positive that wo have much to
fear from the foreigner.' "Pittsburg
American.
We ondorce so much of the above as
refers to the vicious and lawless, but
we would not class all foreigners under
one head. There are thousands those
from Protestant countries who are
both a credit and help to us. Editor.
OUR TI BLIC SCHOOLS.
The Roman Church is Bringing Up Chil
dren in Ignorance.
Who says that the Roman church Is
not destroying our public schools.'
Read the following and judge for your
self: According to the late report of
the Federal Bureau of Education,
Brooklyn has sitting room in her
schools for only 97,000 pupils, while
there are in Brooklyn 296,000 children
of school age. New York has sitting
room for 217,000 pupils, while there are
In New York 486,000 children of school
age. If the sitting capacity of both
cities were filled, it would leave 463,900
children of school age out of school, in
both cities. The figures In other Ro
man governed cities are almost as ap
palling. Thousands upon thousands of
school children were turned away in
Chicago during 1895 96, the pretense
being, lack of sitting room. If this
state of affairs is allowed to continue
for ten years longer, what kind of a
country will America be.' It will be
reduced to the level of Spain, Mexico,
Ireland, Ecuador, Peru, and all other
Roman governed countries.
Americans, awake! Shake off this
serpent before she crushes the life out
of you! Banish this Roman church
monster from your midst! Put this
political fiend beyond the bounds of
America! Bring her political intriguers
before military tribunals composed by
the people and give them the severest
penalties in order that all bands of or
ganized tyrants may beware in the fu
turel Bring forth her tools who are
reducing the public treasuries by theft
and other vile intrigues and let them
be punished! Who says that this Ro
man cnurcn is not destroying our
schools when statistics show such aw
ful appalling result? Figures don't
lie. How much longer will tbe people
allow this rum- asked clergy to rule
us and cause the dissolution acd de
struction of our free Institutions which
are the main bulwarks of our liberties?
How much longer will the people stand
this lecherous ban! of traitors to
throttle free speech, free thought, free
schools, free conscience? This vile in
U tut ion of Rome pollutes or destroys
everything. If it cannot pollute the
business man, it destroys his business
by boycott and slander. If It cannot
pollute the politician, it destroys his
chances for renomination by Intrigue,
lies, slander, threats and bribe. If It
cannot pollute our school system, it en
deavors to destroy it by reducing our
treasuries. If It cannot pollute the
public prets, it endeavors to destroy it
by boycott, intrigue, slander, theft and
by henchmen In the postoffices, What
ever Rome touches, it endeavors to
pollute by its vile, fiendish and foul
methods, or to destroy It by practices
equally as monstrous. It is folly to
parley longer; they must be checked,
for God has so declared it. And all
other tyrannical institutions must be
put down In their time. American
Flag.
Mr. Leeky on the Influence of Ro
manism.
Mr. Lecky, the historian, In his new
work on "Democracy and Liberty,"
makes the following Important com
ments on the influence of Romanism at
the present time:
"Of all the judgments of tbe great
thinkers of the eighteenth century,
note have been more singularly falsi
fied than those which they formed of
the Catholic church. With scarcely
an exception, they believed that Its
sacerdotal, superstitious, intolerant
and ultramontane elements were sil
ently fading away; that it was taking
more and more the character of a
surely moralizing influence, and that
ail danger of antagonism between it
and the civil power had passed for
ever. The delusion lasted for several
years after the French Revolution, and
it may be very clearly traced in the
speeches and writings of the chief ad
vocates of Catholic emancipation.
Many of them lived to acknowledge
their mistake.
'The enormous accession of political
power wntcn recent legislation nas
given to the Catholic priesthood in
Ireland is very evident. Its whole
tendency has been to diminish and
destroy the influence of the propertied
classes. The ballot, which was sup
posed to secure freedom of vote, has
had no restraining influence upon a
priesthood who claim an empire over
the thoughts and secret actions of men;
and It is stated on good authority that
In cases where the secret sentiments of
the voters were suspected they have
been continually Induced to pass them
selves off as Illiterate, In order that
they may vote openly In the presence
of the priest.
"We have seen a bishop, in his pas
torals, dictating the political conduct
of the voters with exactly the same
kind and weight of an authority as if
he was prescribing a fast or promulgat
ing a theological doctrine. We have
seen the whole body of the priesthood
turned into electioneering agents, and
employing for political purposes all
engines and powers of their profession.
The chapel under this system becomes
an electioneering meeting.
'In Germany the Catholic party
have not only won a great victory, but
have also formed a distinct and power
ful party, and German politics largely
depend upon its bargains with the gov
ernment. In Germany a priesthood
far more educated and intelligent than
In most countries have thrown them
selves heartily into politics, and have
done so with brilliant success.
"Leo XIII. has been much praised
in England for the direction he gave
to the French Catholics to rally round
the republic. The measure may have
been a wise one, but it is surely a
startling thing when Frenchmen who
have been long attached to the Royal
ist or Imperialist cause consider them
selves hound by their religious duty to
abandon the politics of their lives at
the order of an Italian priest.
"The Catholic church is essentially a
state within a state, withjlts frontiers,
Its policy and its leaders entirely dis
tinct from those of the nation, and if
can command an enthusiasm and a de
votion at least as powerful and as wide
spread as the enthusiam of patriotism.
It claims to be a higher authority than
the state; to exercise a divine, and
therefore a supreme authority over be
lief, morals and education, and to pos
sess the right of defining the limits of
its own authority. It also demands
obedience even where it does not claim
infallibility. Such an organization
cannot be treated by legislators as If it
were simply a form of secular opinion,
and many good judges look with ex
treme alarm upon the dangerous power
it may acquire in the democracies of
the future. One of the facts which
have been most painfully borne upon
the minds of the more careful thinkers
and students of the present genera1
tlon is, how much stronger than our
fathers imagined were the results
which led former legislators to Impose
restrictive legislation on Catholicism.
Measures of the Reformation period
which, as late a the days of Dallam,
were regarded by the most enlightened
historians as simple persecution, are
now seen to have been In a large de
gree measures of necessary self-defence,
or Inevitable incidents In a civil war."
FrvUttant (jliaertrr.
T1IE SCHOOL SETTLEMENT.
"La ratrl," a Liberal Organ, Asserts
That aa Arrangement Has Beei
Reached.
Toronto, August S. The 'orld
publishes a dispatch, saying that Lau
rler has sent an emissary to treat with
the Catholic authorities of Manitoba
regarding a settlement of the school
question. La l'atrie, of Montreal, says:
"Before Mgr. Langevin'a departure
for Rome, his grace ordered his repre
sentatives to accept a compromise that
ill give our compatriots schools in
which French may be taught as well as
religious instruction. In fact the Mani
toba clergy have so far recovered from
their apprehension of Hon. Mr. Laurler
that they will accept schools, public in
name, and under a Protestant superin
tendent. We guarantee the truth of
this affirmation, and in a few days we
will be able to explain the nature of
the mission undertaken by the dele
gate sent to Manitoba by Hon. Mr.
Laurler."
Political Romanism.
There is no change In the political
situation. Of course the money ques
tion absorbs all other Issues. We do
not know how much of political sham
and pretense, or how much of selfish
ness, is in this issue, but imagine that
if the self seeking were elimiLated
there would be little remaining.
Tbe Bryanites are very skillfully
winning popular favor by holding up
their candidate before the people al
ways and everywhere as "poor but
honest," as a man of the common peo
ple, In opposition to McKlnley, whom
they picture as the mere puppet of the
bankers and millionaires. For in
stance, the New York Journal, told us
on Tuesday that twenty million dol
lars had been raised among the money
magnates of New York to push Mc
Kinlcy's interests. Such a story, if be
lieved by the millions of toilers who
are struggling for a mere existence,
would cause such a revulsion of feeling
toward the choice of the 'plutocrats, as
to lose him his election. It would look
very much like a purchase of the presi
dency.
But the intelligent American work
man takes no stock in such yarns just
at this time. Times are hard and ho
wants a change, and he sees no more
harm in McKlnley's managers working
the "money racket" than,.in Bryan's
managers working' i the "sympathy
racket," In fact, hels apt to look at
the latter as the more objectionable.
By the way, Dick Bland, who was
defeated for nomination byithe Demo
crats at Chicago because he had a Ro
man Catholic wife, Is to travel in com
pany with Bryan, and Mrs. Bland is to
accompany them. This certainly look 8
like a campaign dodge to win Roman
ist votes. It will be Interpreted.
Henry Cabot Lodge's explanation
of the cause which led to the omission
from the Republican platform of cer
tain patriotic planks, is very flimsy.
But the "sweet by and by" will rem
edy it.
The advice of Snoreme President
Echols to the A. P. A., that as an
order no sides be taken in the ocam-
paign, owing to the money question, Is
wise. But as individual members of
the order everybody is supposed to
work for the best candidate. Our ob
jective point of work Bhould be the
election of senators and congressmen .
The most promising feature of the
A. P. A. work this year, Is the quiet
ness of the campaign. There is no
loud boasting or threatening. Such
quiet, effective planning and working
would have been in former years much
more helpful than the shouting form
the housetop in which many indulged.
We hope the era of political wisdom
has arrived in patriotic planning.
Boston Citizen.
Watch Them. '
If there is a possibility Jof turning a
grindstone the Roman Jesuits will do
it, and then they will have their axe
ready. The turning grindstone now is
the creating of greater New York, and
if I mistake not, they will give the
mayor almost all the power any Indi
vidual would have if he were a king,
and then put in office a bigoted Roman
Catholic, or one who woulddo as he
was directed. The sub-offices then
would be filled with meno who would
have an O or a Mc before their names,
and would be good papists. Everyone
who has any interest In thejeity of
New York should watch this thing and
keep the "rascals" out. X. X.
'Tis True.
The pope of Rome seeks to govern
America. Under such an administra
tion the dark ages would again o'er
shadow mankind. Enlightenment and
civilization comes only with freedom
of thought and conscience - and free
epeech, none of which are allowed
within papal circles. This free Amer
ica must be preserved from the corrupt
ing and fanatical hands of the money
power and the church, noo matter what
the cost. Exchange: