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any rci. order, aaaorlalloo. party, clique,
fact'on or dlvWton of III population of
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It li auch, lt uch claim or char be
mad by u) pernon or pereon whom
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and the black, the native-born and tbe
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OCTOBER 2, 1813.
THE TICKETS.
KEPUHL1CAN,
For President,
wm. Mckinley,
of Ohio.
For Vice-President,
GARRET A. HOnART,
of New Jersey.
DEMOCRATIC.
For President,
VM. JENNINGS BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
For Vice-President,
AKTnUU C. SEWALL,
of Maine.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC.
For President,
JOHN M. PALMER,
of Illinois.
For Vice-President,
SIMON B. BUCKNER.
of Kentucky.
PEOPLE'S PARTY.
For President,
WILLIAM J. BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
For Vlce-Prosldont,
THOMAS WATSON,
of Georgia.
SILVER PARTY.
For President,
WM. JENNIN'GS BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
For Vice President,
ARTHUR C. SEWALL,
of Maine.
PROHIBITION.
For President,
JOSHUA LEVERING,
of Maryland.
For Vice-President,
nALE JOHNSTON,
of Illinois.
NATIONAL.
For President,
CHARLES E. BENTLEY,
of Nebraska.
For Vice-Pres-ident,
' J. U. SOUTBGATE,
of North Carolina.
THIRD NOTICE.
It has become necessary for business-
men In all branches of trade to do a
strictly cash business, and as that neces
sitates our paying cash for what we
buy we have also concluded to go to a
cash basis, and will, on and after No
vein be r 10, 1800, discontinue (ending
Tbe American to all subscribers who
are in arrears. If their accounts re
main unpaid at that time they will be
placed in the hands of a collection
agency for settlement. We sincerely
hope no subscriber will neglect to pay
his bill on or oefore November 110.
Look up your receipts and if you are in
arrears come in and tettle. Don't nog'
lect this matter. Attend to It to-day.
Do YOU want a Jesuit in the at torney
general's office?
No greater curse ever befell a nation
than that brought about by priestly
rule. Drive the pope's lieutenants out
of office.
The love Rome has for our public
schools is fittingly shown in the in
structions Issued to the priests of the
St. Louis diocese by Archbishop Kain,
Among all the tributes paid Li Hung
Chang while he was visiting this coun
try, that one which pointed his devo
lion and lore for his mother was, to
our mind, the most distinguishing
mark of a truly noble character.
The pope has cursed Masonry for
ages, and now his minions have set
about organizing anti-Masonic bodies
We are glad to be among the pope
cursed and hope we may be spared
many years to unmask the damnably
traitorous gang that fights not only our
beloved order, but our cherished Insti
tutlons, from behind a cloak of religion.
Lonr live Masonry. Confusion on its
defamers and detractors.
LET US HAVE MORE LIGHT.
Elsewhere In this iue wilt be found
a dispatch from New York slating that
Rilwrt G. Odeo, of Philadelphia,
"Chairman of the Publication Com
mltWo," who was working la the lokr
rtt of Mi Kit ley nod sound money, had
mailed to the Roman Catholic clergy a
letter asking their support for his can
didate, and lauding the "eminent pub
lic serf Ice of the late Most Rev. Arch
bUhop Hughe and many others of the
Roman Catholic clergy when the in
tegrity of our government was threat
ened on a former occasion." It is slated
in that dispatch that the letter was
first given out at Tammany Hall.
We have no way of knowing whether
Mr. Ogden was vested with tbe author
ity to enter a plea for support from the
Roman Cathollo clergy on behalf of the
Republican ticket. If he was, and it
is proved that he had the sanction of
the Republican managers, it is safe to
sav thtra will be a great many Repub
licans in tbe states of New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as
elsewhere in the United States, who
will remember the 'eminent services
of Romanlat Hughes and others of tbe
Roman clergy when our government
was threatened on a former occasion,"
who will resent any further recognition
in this campaign of the Church of
Rome.
We are in favor of McKlnley, but we
shall enter an earnest protest against
any action on the part of his managers
which may be construed as an overture
to the damnable organization wmcn
furnished the hand that took the life of
our beloved president, Aoraoam Lin
coln; for we know that no party can get
the support of the Roman clergy unless
it barters away some principle dear to
the American people. .
However, we shall notcondemn Major
McKlnley for the acts of his managers.
We believe he is an American, and that
he is far in advance of his associates in
political honor, business integrity and
the purity of his private character.
We do not think that he would be a
party to any deal that would weaken
Americanism and advance the interests
of popery. Ills' whole llfo stands as a
protest to all attempts to lower us as a
nation and as individuals.
Did that information about Mr. Og
den soliciting the aid of the Roman
clergy come from almost any other
source than Tammany Archbishop
Corrigan's polltioal protege we might
place some credence in it and might
think it was time for all Americans to
teach the Republican party a lesson.
But we know Tammany, we know Jes
uitism, and they are one and the same
thing. Unscrupulous plotters, both of
them. It would be like them to urge
an unsuspecting Protestant to write
such a letter, and then, at an opportune
time, expose it in the hope of stamped
ing the American vote to her own can
didate. Jesuitism knows how gullible
the average man is, and how easy it is
to impose on him.
Knowing this, we hesitate to con
demn a candidate for the shortcomings
of his friends. Let us have more light.
The Scandinavians a e the mot pro-
nounoed Protestants. They are gen
erally the most ardent Republicans.
They are always honest, conservative,
law-abiding citizens. They oiler us
one of their countrymen on the Repub
lican ticket for auditor of state. The
Protestant American element should
elect him, and the members of the
Jantor Order of American Mechanics
should show by their votes that a
Protestant foreign-born citizen of good
reputation is as acceptable to them as
a citizen who was born in this country
Let Protestant Americans generally
goto the polls and help elect P.O.
Hedlund. He is ca lable and efficient.
IpC J. Smyth is a member of the
Society of Jesus, whoso oath appears
on another page, how can any Frotes
tant vote for him? One thing is cer
tain: he is the paid attorney for that
unholy crew.
The A. P. A. men of Wyoming
should stand as one can against Can
didate Osborne. Read his speech
against the order.
Read the Jesuit's oath, then remem
ber Constantino J. Smyth is credited
with being a member of that diaboli
cal order.
C. J. Smyth Does
that me n Cow
ardly Jesuit Smyth?
SECRET IMPRISOXMEXT.
Protest Against the Barbarous Papal
Custom of Entombing Women.
A writer in the London Cliristian
World has once more called attention
to the fact that convent life In England
is not under the protection of her maj
estv. and at this moment there are
nuns who, practically against their will
are secretly Imprisoned for life,
This writer "Eye Witness" gives
details of a visit to a convent along
with the relative of an imprisoned nun
"In the middle of one of the walls of
the room we entered was an iron grating
some four feet square, with a shutter to
it on the other side, before which we sat
down. Presently we heard the unlock
ing of doors in the distance. The shut
ter was slightly opened, and the nun
who had been permitted to receive
THE AMERICAN.
peered through the opening and the
oooveraation began.
"But why should any woman be
watched la this prUoc-llke fashion? It
Is bad enough that criminals should
have to be treated In this manner, but
they themselves by their attacks on so
ciety, have made imprisonment neces
sary. What have nuns done that they
should be treated as criminal, and a
1 jwed to see their relative only through
grating and la the pretence of detec
tives? Was it possible for this poor,
frightened little creature to make any
complaint? The mother superior wa
close at hand listening to every word.
"Tbe nun so visited has, it aeema,
given repeated binU of her anxiety to
get out of her prison. I am sure, my
readers, you will be astonished and hor
rified to bear that for many year this
nun ba never been parmitled to He flat
on her back. Her couch I so Inge
niously constructed that she can only
rest In It with her knee doubled up to
her chin."
Why should any tender woman be
subjected to such treatment In her
majesty' domains? Surely the demand
for government inspection of convents
is a reasonable one. It Is bad enough
that mere girls should be permitted to
take upon themselves vows the full na
ture of which they cannot possibly un
derstand; it la a thousand tlmea worse
that those vows, once taken, should
bind them all their life through. A
country which has a divorce law ought
surely to insist that convents should be
under some kind of public control.
Even priests sometime complain bit
terly of vows of celibacy taken when
the full meaning of them could not be
explained, and doubtless much Buffer
ing 1b caused in this way to many. Dut
thl Is nothing to the suffering inflicted
on women who are imprisoned for life,
and who, If this report be true, are not
permitted even to stretch themselves
upon their beds. Acd if it be true that
ours is the only country where such
thing are now tolerated, all the more
ought we to demand that convents be
open to some kind of government In-
pection. Australian Christian Jl oriel.
Itryond the Danger Llue.
By the courtesy of the editor of the
Christian Evangelist we are enabled to
say to our readers that Dr. Dearborn,
of Kansas City, who was so dastardly
assaulted, as reported in our former
issue, has passed the danger line, as is
believed Indeed he writes Dr. Garri
son that he hope to bo able soon to re
new the contest which d mbtless was
the occasion of his attempted murder.
This fearful object lesson should rouse
the righteous indignation of every true
American citizen, and cause him to re
solve that this terrible menace to all
that we hold as sacred shall be ex
pelled from this land of liberty. We
subjoin the testimony of Dr. Lasher,
the esteemed and erudite editor of the
Journal and Messenger, relative to these
sworn assassins:
"Ono Father Clarke has been giving
an account of the way Jesuits are se
lected and trained, and It is said that j
he attributes 'the high reputatton en
joyed by them, both in the church and
out,' chiefly to three causes: 1. The
care with which candidates for the
order are solected. 2. The length
and thoroughness of the training to
which they are subjected. 3. To the
pirlt of 'implicit, blind obedience
which they are required to render.1
This object is so abject that one is not
allowed even mentally to question the
wisdom or the gcodness of the order
given. We laugh when we see those
words, 'high reputation,' as pertaining
to Jesuits, a society which has been
driven out of every country of Europe,
and which finds tolerance only by the
most abject meanness of behaviour.
Jesuitism has become the synoym of
obsequious trickery, the world over.
Baptist Flag.
He Seeds Peter's Pence.
The following paragraph, from the
letter of the N. Y. World' i Rome cor
respondent, shows how little need there
is for the Pope's poverty-stricken ad
herents in all part of the world to con
tribute "Peter's Pence":
"There is no keener man of business
among the Old World celebrities than
his holiness, Leo XIII. There lives in
London a Roman Catholic gentleman
who enjoys a very handsome income
for looking after the Pope's English
investments, and the position Is no
sinecure. Of course, none of these in
vestments is made in the Pope's name.
Two Englishmen of title lead their
names to these transactions, which In
clude a big brewery and many shares
in cycling stock. Hia holiness also
owns real estate In the neighborhood
of Harrow, at Sheffield, and at Birm
ingham."
Beware of Pope-Rule!
Says the Presbyterian Witness:
" Pope Leo In his recent letter said:
'In commanding the apostles and their
successors to the end of time to teach
and rule the nations, he ordered the
nations to obey their authority.' The
aDostleB never aspired to rule the
nations. The popes tried to do so and
made a poor business of it. Rome and
Italy are witnesses to the wisdom or
unwisdom of papal rule. The attempts
of the Church of Rome to juggle with
politics are neither wise nor profit
able."
SATOLLPS Slcm.SOR.
Mgr. lartiaellPi Prraallly and qali
flraUwa for the High Peat 1 Papal
delegate U This Ouatrr.
Washington, D. C, SepL 25.
"New situation need new men," once
said an eminent French minister to
whom Marshal MacMahon had just
offered a premiership.
Tie pope appear to (hare that state
mao' views. He has selected for the
pot of papal delegate a monk whose
very name wa hardly known until last
month ouUlde the priestly world.
Mgr. Martlnelll, thl new messenger
from Rome, la a comparatively young
and untried man. Of hi achievement
la tbe past we hear but little.
For fifteen year he taught theology
at the convent of the Irish Augustln
lans la Rome.
He made a good Impression when he
was tent here some three year ago to
visit and Inject (if possible) new life
into the fast-decaying Augustlnian
order in thl country.
Soon after hi return to Rome ho
was appointed to the Augustlnian gen
eralship. With that it looked as though he
had attained the highest point be
could aspire to.
Tbe news that Leo XIII. bad picked
htm out for the successorship of Cardi
nal Satolll in Washington compelled
attention to his position. It was at
first received with shrugs and doubts.
The fact tbat an important mission
had been confided to a monk, a mere
"Frate," without any previous train
ing or experlenco of a diplomatic kind,
was too unusual not to cause surprise
In Rome.
The Curia as a rule does not love
monks. Though they may wear the
purple of the church, they are dls
trusted and to some extent disliked.
Yet Leo XIII. is far too keen a judge
of character to have appointed an un
fitting envoy. So, after the first scoffs
and groans, the Romans went to work
to see what merit there might be in
tbe new delegate.
They learned that he was shrewd
and fair and temperate. They knew
already that he was a learned man and
a good priest. And that was all they
did find out.
The papal choice was a surprise to
those most likely to be posted in ad
vance upon such points. I violate no
confidence in saying that it was as un
expected by the cardinal pro-delegate
in Washington as by the prelaws and
clergy in New York.
Nor is it likely that the world will
bo enlightened yet a while as to the
causes which Induced the popo to in
trust Mgr. Martlnelll with the im
mense responsibility and high honor of
carrying on the work so skillfully
bogun by Cardinal Satolll.
Those cause were perhaps not only
positive but negative.
Outside of the regular diplomatic
service, subject to the secretariate of
state, there Is a curious dearth of cler
ical celebrities just no in Rome.
Again, in order to succeed in Wash
ington, a delegate would need (as Car
dinal Satolll soon discovered) at least
some knowledge of tha English tongue.
It was also advisable that he should
have some acquaintance with the cus
toms of the people among whom he was
to live.
The number of possible candidates
for the delegateship was thus narrowed
down to a small group of clerics. And
of the few from, whom he culd select
his representative, the pops no doubt
believed the safest and the best was
Mgr. Martlnelll.
The long delay which has elapsed
since the present pro-delegate was
created cardinal is of itself sufficient
proof of the embarrassment in which
the pope was placed when he was con
fronted with the question of the suc-
ceftsorshlp.
So great, indeed, seemed the diffi
culty of at one at the same time con
tenting himself and pleasing American
Catholics that for a moment Leo XIII.
seriously considered the policy of tak
ing the next apostolic delegate from
the body of the American hierarchy.
Something of the sort had been dis
cussed long years before, and at a pe
riod when, being less In touch than
now with American feeling and thought,
Leo. XIII. was more anxious to be rep
resented In this country by a papal
nuncio or, in other words an ambassa
dor to the white house than by an ec
clesiastical envoy.
I have authority for stating that not
many months ago Archbishop Elder of
Cincinnati was much talked of at the
private councils of the Vatican as a
possible and even suitable delegate.
The archbishop himself may not have
heard of this, or, on the other hand, he
may have been informed. For reasons
that will naturally suggest themselves
to any one conversant with the ins and
outs of Catholic politics, the pope
abandoned his idea.
Rather than revive the jBalouslea
and strife which had so recently been
hushed by the judicious action of Car
dlnal Satolll, he looked about him for
a prelate who, though less conspicuous
than the western archbishop, had not
been compromised in any of the strug
rip. which had rent the Catholic
o
church.
To Leo XIII. Mgr. Martlnelll, the
Augustlnian general, appeared "lignis-
slmus." His character was spotless.
He bad traveled in America. He had
shown administrative aillity by reor
ganizing the Augustlnian order here
and eUewhere. He had tbe singular
advantage over rival candidate of
speaklrg Engllah and with an Irish
brogue, acquired during his prolonged
residence at the Irish Augustlnian con
vent la Rima and on the hill of Gen
eztaano in the romantic Sabine wild.
Retiring a he wa by habit, hi man
ner wa quite dignified enough to win
respect and to command confidence.
Altogether he appeared to be a "new
man" who might fairly be expected to
be equal to the new (and happily, now
peaceful) situation he would find In
Washington. He wa made delegate.
The bonor at first seemed to disconcert
Mgr. Martlnelll, who drew the pope'
attention to the cost and Inconvenience
of electing another general o soon
after hi own elevation to the direction
of hi order. Hi objections were met
by the appointment of a vicar, with
full powers to act In all but quite ex
traordinary case "affarl di gravis
lma tmportanza." Under the circum
stances Mgr Martlnelll had to do vio
lence to his native modesty. He ac
cepted the post effered him, was con
secrated titular Archbishop of Ephesus
(a title which, by the bye, had pre
viously been held by Mgr. Kirby, the
rector of tbe Irish college), engaged
passage on the Campania and set sail
for the new world with his old friend
and former pupil, Father Drlscoll.
So far as tan be gathered, Mgr. Mar
tlnelll is by temperament acd choice
a moderate man, not likely to be prej
udiced. His manner Is reserved but
amiable, and though his monastic
training has inclined him to dislike
publicity, it has not fashioned him into
an eremite.
His physical appearance, I am told, is
not patticularly striking. He is below
the middle Height and not Imposing at
a casual glance, although his earnest
ness does much to makeoamends for
what he lacks In size. Mgr. Martl
nelll is not the only Augustlnian to
whom Leo has shown marked favor.
The late Cardinal Seplacci, who was
once talked of as a nuncio designate to
Washington, was an Augustlnian. So
is Cardinal Ledochowski. It looks as
if, thanks to the honors which the pope
had heaped on them, the Augustinlans
would soon win back a good part of
their old power and influence.
The coming delegate; will not be as
impressive to the eye as .Cardinal Sa
tolll. Re will affect the plain black
robe and leathern klrtle of J tbe Augus
tlnian monks. The only color which
will brighten his attire will be the vio
let of the skull cap and collar which
denote his rank as an archbishop.
Contrary to rumor, the' accession to
office of Mgr. Martlnelll $ will not be ac
companied by any changes of impor
tance of the personnel of i the delega
tion in Washington.
Mgr. Sbaretii, the presentJIauditor,
will ba retained in his.. position. Dr.
Rooker, the popular secretary to the
delegation, will not be disturbed In the
exercise of his duties.
I hear from Rame that" during a re
cent visit to tha Eternal City, Don
Ferrante, Mgr. Corrigan's Italian sec
retary, made s jme efforts to obtain the
post of auditor. There seems no need,
however, and there is most certainly
no thought in Rome, of replacing Mgr.
Sbaretti.
Charles Henry Meltzer.
The Public Schools First.
Tbe Bee has always declared that the
cause of Catholicism ,in thej Unit
States would be far' better off if the
pope were to becomeso Americanized
tbat he would feel at. homes walking
down Broadway, ;New York, .with a
plug hat upon hlsjhead. jThls paper
has even gone so far as to offer to buy
the stovepipe if his holiness would but
content to do the pedestrian act.
There should ba nojraasom why a
great organization like the Catholic
church should not be abreast of the
times in a country like theUnlted
States. It certainly is' not, however,
when the old man of the Vatican con
tinues to grind out foolish 'bulls against
certain secret societies, all of J which
are engaged in the best works of civil
ization and humanity, and with any of
which it should be the proud boaet of a
Catholic that he is allowed to join.
The Catholics in America recognize
this fact and are not afraid. to say so,
The foolish anathemasJromvRome are
not injuring these good societies, but
will certainly end in loosening -the hold
of the church upon its flocks in the
United States.
However, that la none of ourjaffalrs
The pope, we suppose, is bull-headed
enough to go along In his old, mediae
val, moss-grown way, and the societies
are sufficiently powerful to be able to
afford the luxury of telling him to
mind his own business.
But there is one thing which does
concern us, and which should be made
the business of every American citizen
no matter to what faith he belongs,
nor whether he worships at any shrine
In speaking to a reporter concerning
some recent edicts from the St. Louis
diocesan synod, Dr. Roocker, secretary
to Satolll, and probably speaking ex
cathedra, said:
"Catholic parents are not allowed to
send their children to public schools
without good and sufficient reasons,
The bishop of the diocese 1 made the
judge a to whether tbe reason ate
good aad sufficient, but he himself has
been Instructed on tbat point, and there
can be nedangerof any hardsnlp being
imposed on Catholic parent unleat the
bishop 1 an Incompetent.
"Now, just to how you that there Is
nothing illiberal In the school regula
tion, I will tell you what wou'd be good
and sufficient reasons for Catholic
parent sending their children to a
public school: They would be justified
in so doing if the public school in the
district wa superior to tbe parochial
school; they would be justified if at a
parochial school tbe charge for tuition
was made which they were not able to
pay; they would be justified If when
their child had been accepted1 as a free
scholar, any distinction was made be
tween their child and other children;
or, If, for some reason, it was impossi
ble for the directors of the school to
prevent a free scholar from being twit
ted because bis or her tuition was not
paid.
"If none of these reasons existed,
Cattolic parents would be willful In
their disposition to deprive their child
of education under Catholic influences,
and tbat the church recognizes as
reprehensible. There is no abridg
ment of individual liberty, no hardship
intended, but simply a defining of the'
duty of the Catholic parent to the
child."
The Ike holds that this is a pernici
ous teaching to allow to be put Into
practice in these United States. No
citizen is justified In not eendlng his
child to the common schools for a cer
tain period, and the law should force
every boy and girl, not physically or
mentally incapacitated to show a record
of at least two years in the public
schools of this country. No parent
should be allowed to escape from this
duty simply because he can prove that
he pays taxes to help support these
schools he does that under compul
sion, not of his own free will.
No matter to what religion a parent
belongs, the state cannot declare that
he shall not send his children to be
educated in the schools of that religion,
but it can and it should demand tbat
the duty to the state be first complied
with, and that every parent shall em
phasize his belief in the common
schools of the country by his acts. No
excuse should be permitted from any
body be he a Protestant, Catholic,
Jew or Mohammedan The Bee would
have this law just as compulsory on the
Rockefellers, Whltneys, Goulds, and
tbe great railroad magnates of the
country as upon the poorest day laborer.
Some may say that this is one of the
doctrines of the A. P. A. We do not
know whether it is or not, and,we do
not care. The Bee has always said that
some of the public tenets of (the A. P.
A. are most excellent and worthy; and,
bee ause this may happen.' to be one of
them will make no difference in the
Bee's advocacy. The proposition ad
vanced above was advocated (by this
paper long before the American Pro
tective Association was ever conceived.
If it was good doctrine j then, it is
good doctrine now, whether it be A. P,
A. doctrine or not. Sacramento Bee.
Sop to the Marines.
The following dispatch, which ap
peared in last Saturday's Transcript,
will deceive no one at all conversant
with the papal policy. That theJRoman
church should ever be in any degree
independent of the Vatican is impossi
ble, for at that moment it ceases to be
either Roman Catholic or papal.
Here is the dispatch:
Washington, Sept. .12. According
to recent letters Mgr. Martinelli, the
new apostolic delegate who is-to arrive
here early in Ostober, will be invested
with much more power than Cardinal
Satolll. The delegation here will be
raised to the dignity of a full ecclesi
astical court of final appeal, a This tri
bunal is Intended to make theJAmerl
can church self-governing. 3 It will try
all such cases as were hitherto re
ferred to the congregation of the prop
aganda in Rome. As the pope has
delegated his power to it, there can be
no appeal from its decisions.
The court will consist of Jtho dele
gate, a procurator, who will in all
probability be appointed 1 in time to ac
company Mgr. Martlnelll to Washing
ton; an auditor, a secretary, an under
clerk, and five canonists, who will be
selected from the most learned (profes
sors of canon law in the United States.
The tribunal will be carried ion In ex
actly the same way as a judicial court
of appeals. No case will come under
its jurisdiction unless regularly ap
pealed from the decision of a o diocesan
court.
During the time of CardinalJSatolll
the delegation had no authority to try
such cases. In consequence the new
delegate will find a full docket, and
his assistants will soon discover that
the office is not a sinecure. While the
sessions of this court will necessarily
always be private, the presenca of such
a tribunal cennot fall to make a nota
ble addition to religious and diplomatic
life at the capital. Mgr. Martinelli
and all the members of his court will
occupy the residence on I street which
was presented by the Catholics of
America as a permanent home of the
apostolic delegation.
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