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AUIRIOAN auLISHINa 00.. NOVEMBER 27, 1896. IN answer to an inquiry wo will say thai !aor McKinley's private secre tary, Mr. Doyle, 1 a member of the Episcopal church. The Social Glee Club will give a octal dance at Patterton Ilall, cor. 17 and Farnam itreeU, Omaha, Thursday evening, Doo. S, 1806. The Pole are food protestors, and omo day thy will become good Prot estant; then they will lay aside their clubs and argue like American citizens. IT is our opinion that Major McKln ley will show himself both a true Prot estant and a true American la his ad ministration. Should he not prove such The American will bo the first to sound the alarm. Dut we propose to give him a trial before condemning Mm. 1 IF General Sherman dledaRomanlst why did he specify In his will that none of his pronerty should go to the Roman corporation? That aot of his proves Rome to be over economical In the use of the truth. He did not die a member of that unholy church. He died a Protestant. We have an unknown friend named Dick who sends 25 cents as regular at the week rolls around for a bundle of samples for free distribution as he travels over the country. lie Is an ar dent American a patriot to the very core. If we hud 100 men like him in the Bold continually, Rome would soon bide her hide ms form. One of our subscribers writes: "I do not agro with you on tho financial problem, but I do on even thing else you advocate, a.d for that reason I en close j on f 1 00 to pay fur Tub Amkri Can for lS'.C. I want It for its ruil uvilh, itt true A iu vie uiiVih an J It out spoken real In Iwhalf of our free Insti tution. nood mo iv pipers like it." Danish American citizens of O uaha have noiiiled u that they propose to watch their alk't d organ In this city, and If it dares to foist a lot of Irish Ro manists on them hereafter they will have something to say. Whilo many of tham own allegiance to tho D.mo cratio party, that does not Include al legiance to the papal too kissers in that party. timbcVL As Mr- Warner belongs to the Keri wing of the ltepumtcan party of MVourl he will stand little show of an Aorsement by our es teemed friend, FIl?y; and less by such Americans as Web'tter Davis, Mayor Jones. John G. BlshOB and H. H HInde. A Chicago DADer refers to tEk.tench rs to tfiV of the last Democratic administration of that city and avers that the people are not ready to return to such rule. The aforementioned paper knowa that was not a Democratic but a Roman ad ministration. It should call things by their right name. It also knows there would be just as much stench from a Roman Republican administration, so If it wants the patrlotio vote for Its party candidate it will take our advice and not nominate a Roman. Give a white man a chance. William D. McHuoh of Omaha has been appointed United States district judge for the district of Nebraska, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of E. S. Dundy. It is believed his con t , firmatlon by the senate is certain to follow. Mr. McHugh is a young man of considerable ability. He is a mem ber of the Masonic order and Is gener ally well-liked. While we are not per sonally acquainted with him, we be lieve he deserves the honor that has come to him, because of his unswerv I no- Inv&Hv to the chief executive of r - - 'ion atd because of his fidelity to :ple8 of his party. A ROMAN MOB. Madison. Neb, No. 23, 1AMI. Friend Thompson: Rome showed br hand her In groat shape last week and I think It will be the means of opening the eyes of a great many peo ple who have paid any ationtWm to her before. Lt Monday night ez-PrW-at Sffuln of Chicago dollterwj one of Lie Irctutvs to a crowdi-d house to G. A K Hall, and a at to give another on the following nlfrht, but the manager of the hall, who hlongs to the G. A. It hut who Is a dljrraoe to It had been Interviewed by a couple of Rome's fol lowers and they told Lira not to let Mr. Seguln have it, which request waa granted. Then thee two Chrlatlao gentlemen one of them belongs to the A. O II., but I d m't know whether the other one does or not went down to the hotel where Seguln wa stopping, and curaed him In language moat vile and ordered him to leave the town. When the landlord beard what was going on he came In and ordered them out of the bouae. They a wore that Mr. Seguln should not give another lecture in the town, and In the evening they found a Mick, loaded him up with bad whUkoy and sent him down to the hotel to kill Seguln. He went In and aimed a blow at him, when Seguln pulled a gun on him, and then he aulettd down a Utile, but the Mick oally had to be locked up until he was cooled off. It began to look as If Seguln would have to leave the town without having the privilege that every Ameri can citizen is entitled to-free speech. But,, thank God, there are a few good American people in this town, and they said, "That man shall speak if we have to keep htm hero six months or a year." After bavin? been refuted the use of several buildings wo finally secured tho Baptist church, and Mr. Seguln dellvored hia lecture there, the title of which was "The Confes sional Box." There were only about sixty people present, as the red necks threatened to boycott every one who attended or had anything to do with the ex-prlest. The Micks threatened to mob Dim tho last night he spoke, so Mayor Bley appointed some extra policemen and told them to arrest the first man who attempted to start sny trouble. But when the dirty Micks found out that the officers of the law were prepared for them they never showed up. Mr. Seguln gave his leo ture and left the town the next morn ing without being molested. I could write you much more about this af fair, but will not say any more about it at this time. If you care to publish tbli you may sign it An American. Such is popery. Always and every where the same. Always Intolerant and bigoted. Never willing that those who are unacquainted with its hideous history should be Informed of it, or warned as to Its future plans. Yet, with each outburst of intolerance, with each attempt to abridge free speech, it confirms the charges made by the mem bers of the A. P. A. that It is the enemy of every kind of liberty, is made up of the ignorant, the vloloua and the cor rupt in every community, and knows no master but the priest who Is too often as Ignorant, as lawless and Intol erant as his dupes. The disgraceful oonduot of the bog trotters at Madison, Neb., will do more good than anything that we could write and we shall not enlarge upon what our correspondent has seen fit to send us, knowing full well that there are enough Intelligent men and women In that community to convert every Protestant In tha county to the princi ples advocated by that grandest of all patriotic orders the A. P. A. HOW RETAILERS CAN W,N. One of our frl 'nda who is engaged in tho ro'ail business a-ked us how tho retail merchants could better their conditi on In this city. The question was euch an easy one that wo did not have to think for a single moment for an annvjr. Tho re Ml dealers of this city have an or ganization. Its membership is com posed of almost every line of trade and runs up into tho hundreds. Everyman in it is a worker. Tnere is not a droue In the whole lot. All they have to do Is to pass a resolution In their club that they and the members of their families will patronize men who are engaged in the conduct of a single line of business when they purchase from another dealer any article of merchandise not carried in their own stocks. When they have gone that far, let them en list their clerks in the work; show them that tho success of the retail mer chant means your success; have them organize; let them pass a similar reso lution in their club; then both of you enlist your friends in the fifht for re- tall supremacy in this city. You give us three thousand earnest men, backed pgr their wives, In a city the site of I Omfeha, and we can win any contest we ever ft gage in. All the retailers and their employes need to mace their cause a success is a thorough organiza tion properly directed by a man who understands the needs of the trade. Directories should be Issued to every member of the organization with a copy of the resolution printed on the first page, and above all the declara tion "we believe In and practice reci procity and protection toward each other." Organize and work under such a plan and there will be fewer failures among retail merchants. OF THE USUAL CLASS. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 19. -The trial of Rev. James C. Hull for poisoning his wife came to a dramatic end this after noon, Dr. Hull changing his plea to guilty. A few minutes before noon Prosecuting Attorney Butler placed in evidence a letter which Hull wrote last February to a pastor in California, say ,,. ki lfo via slnwlv dvina- of a can- cer and that the could not live the year out. Thts letter contradicted Hull's Cvioua testimony, eapaclally as It bad a hon that Mrs Hull did not have a cancer and that Hull was aware of that faft, bating bt-ea told so by Dr. Hawkins, hla family physician. At the opening of the afternoon aea aln S L Here. Hull's attorney, ad vlaed Holt that the Catlforoia letter la e fleet convicted bin and advised blm to plead guilty. This the latter dij and Judge Kfan sentenced htm to tlx rrari in the date's prison In Stillwater. Tne trial bad heeo in progress four days. Hull had in.ur. d hi wife's life for 12,000 and spent several week try leg to poison her with arsenic. Up to laat winter Hull was pailor of the Clin ton Avenue Methodist Episcopal church and created a sensation In church circles by taklnk a decided stand against tne A. P. A. A Methodist minister who would take a decided stand against the A. P. A., in fact any Protestant minister who would, could generally be classed with tho gang of human monsters, moral devils and Christian lepers that this so-called Rev. Uu'l has shown ho be longed to. The poisoners belong to the family of Borgia and tho family of Bjrgia goes to make up the line of apostolic succession leading down to the present pope, and Its desoendaats are all taking a decided stand against the A. P. A. But that order loses none of its force or its attractiveness by being opposed by such cattle (with an apology to the beast for the compari son) as the Rev. Hull and the monstros ities which find ao much to admire In popary and so little to commend in an order whose membership stands ready to shed its last drop of blood In defense of every principle and every institu tion guaranteed and upheld by the con stitution of this great country. Rather can we say that it grows dearer and grander by the opposition of such slimy, contemptible creatures as go to make up the Hull aggregation. A gentleman at Kansas City, who signs his communication John H. Har per, sends us a clipping which states that Satolll has written John Ireland congratulating him on McKinley's elec tion, and asks us to rub it Into our gray matter, and stop slandering W. J. Bryan. We will Inform our friend that it is perfectly natural for the papacy to pretend to be pleased with Major Mc Kinley's election. It always claims to be on the winning side. Gibbons and Corrlgan would have received the same kind of a message had Bryan been elected. Rome is all things to all men. She adapts herself to all circum stances. She practices Jesuitry. As to tho charge that we slander Mr. Bryan we have nothing to say further than that the gentleman who wrote the letter does not know what constitutes slander. Mr. Bryan knows we have not that we have told the truth. One of the dally papers published in Chicago has been trying to obtain opin ions from the members-elect of the Illinois legislature as to which one of the Cook county aspirants for United States senator stood best with the coun try members, and those interviewed have declared for Madden. Madden is a Romanist. Knowing Rome as we do, wo also hold tot lie opinion that he will bo the choice of the country members. Every Rerunts4, bo ho Democrat, Populist, Prohlbitlonlct, Socialist or Republican, will be f,r Maiden. They are always for one of their on ilk. They will fight like cats aud d gs to day in public and in private to-morr,)w hreak their re j-uecks to fjet to vols for each other In preference to a heretic. So, to beat M dden, Protestants must stand together. The Roman Catholic press of Canada is bitter In its denunciation of Premier Laurlor, because of the terms of the settlement of the Manitoba school question. If there were more Lauriers in the Church of Rome there would be less ground for com plaint because of the attitude of that church toward the government. They would make the church conform with the state instead of the state with the church. A man must possess a great deal of ignorance in this day and age to make an acceptable Roman Catholic. Rone aal the Bible. The Catholio Church In Bavaria is not only militant, it is rampant. The archbishop of Munich has Issued a de cree prohibiting his faithful . bishops and clergy from giving any encourage ment to the circulation of the scrip tures among the people, and denounc ing all those who purchase the bible or new testament without having first obtained the permission of their priests. In Mltterleioh a Protestant church was recently consecrated, and numerous members of Catholio associ ations were Invited to and attend the ceremony. Thereupon the bishop Is sued a manifesto stating that those who had taken part In this ceremony had committed a deadly sin, for whloh they must do a hard penance. In the Catholic schools tbe children were informed, previous te the consecration, that any of them found in the neigh borhood of the church on the day of the ceremony would be guilty of a deadly sir, and that should their pres ence thert be unavoidable they were to turn away heir eyes from the proces sion of Pro It stan ts. Rather mediae yal this for tha; end of the nineteenth cen tury. Protestant Observer. CONTRIBUTED EDITORIAL V A. lCH. Older members of the A. P. A. will remember the vast numbers of men that were nightly ractlved into the order a few year ago. They will re member tho uniform enthusiasm that ma-ked the meetings of the order and the ial with which all our friends were inspired. They will recall the time when It seemed both to our friends and our enemies that the order would revolutionize politics and change the entire personnel of local, state and na tional government. They will re member with what fear and foreboding the old-line politicians of both the great political parties regarded the growth, power and Influence of this new force in politics. They will ra raember the consternation which the progress of tbe order created in papal circles. How is It now? Is It not lit erally true that in many sections of our beloved country it can be said that yesterday we might have defied tbe political powers of the western world, but to-day there is no politician so mean as to do us honor? Let us get back to first principles, let us return to our first love, let us renew our patrlotio covenant, let us center our affections on those things which redown to the glory of God and the good of our coun try. a Not a few of the defeated candidates for nubile office at the recent election who were member of the A. P. A. had not for some time openly affiliated with the order. They had about as much of tbe spirit of Americans as the Cossacks have of the spirit of Christ They were like unto the members of the church at Laodicea neither hot nor cold. They were nominal adherents of an organization whose distinctive prin ciples should sputo action every loyal American and every honest man who makes his home in the United States. They were doing practically nothing for the order whose principles and pur poses they had taken a solemn obliga tion to assist in carrying out. They had lost interest and heart in the fra ternity of freemen that had made them what they were. They were unmindful of the debt of gratitude which they owed to the friends who had stood by them in season and out of season, through good and evil report. And now some of them are no doubt in the state of mind in which Esau found him self after having sold his birthright for a mess of pottage they find "no place of repentance, even though they seek It carefully and with tears." Every A. P. A. who hereafter essays to be elected to public effioe should learn a lesson from the fate that has befallen those who permitted themselves to enter a state of coma and to be overcome by a fatal lethargy. 4 , These are the three mottoes which are framed and hung on the walls of the A. P. A. counoll chamber at Mc Cook: "Our public-school system makes the bright school-boy of to-day the Intelligent voter of to-morrow;" "Away with idolatries, slavery, super stition and darkness," and "Wi'.h malice toward none, with charity for all." The ladles of tbe W. A. P. A. at Mc Cook gave an oyster supper for the benefit of their ordvr, Saturday even ing, Novo.nbi'r H. The supper was well patronlz d by our friend, both men aad women. A handsome sum was realized. A greater number of bivalves appeared In each dish than is said to materialize at the proverbial church oyster supper., The "Hon." Richard Kerens, the dis tinguished Roman citizen of Missouri, is mentioned by some of his Roman ized frleuds for a position in the cabi net of President McKinley. That other distinguished Mlssourlan, theRt. Hon. Chauncey I. Filley, is far more deserv ing of recognition than is the malodor ous Kerens. McKinley, however great may be his capacity for administration, cannot "tread the wine-press alone." j The new president must have the sympathy aad co-operation of those who believe In the principles of good government and in the ability of the Republican party to redeem the pledges which its statesmen and leaders have made ,to the people of this nation. It 1st the ob vious duty of all patriotic American citizens to hold up the hands of Presi dent McKinley, to the end that every thing possible, patriotic and wise may be done to insure to our country a per manent era of prosperity and tran quility. We think it will In the end prove very fortunate for and highly satisfac tory to the Inhabitants of the silver states that the illustrious Buckeye has been chosen president of the United States. McKinley is a man of mature years and of mature judgment, and a publicist of patriotism and capacity. He will bring to his high executive office the ripe experience and the rich resources which are essential to the making of a good president. Byron L. Carr, attorney-general of Colorado, was re-elected at the recent election. General Carr lost his right arm in the civil war, and no more popular and no more worthy left- BOOKS For Our Annual Holiday Offer To Subscribers' of The American: The American Encyclopedic Atlas. 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The A. P. A.'s are well organized a' MjCook. Council 100 is now the banner council of the state and they purpose to do even better work In the futu -c than they have dona in the past. Ttie tne 'tin ;s"of the coun cil are uniformly well attended. The city o' McCook is virtually controlled by our friends. Messrs. Jordan and Coglizer, constituting the local police force, aro both friends. Two of the jmtijes of the peaca of the city are A. P. A.'s. The outlook Is very bright for the order at McCook. Shelby M. Cullom, United States senator from Illinois, is mentioned for a portfolio in President McKinley's cabinet. Mr. Cullom's career In tbe senate has proved him a pretty good American, and-he would undoubtedly fill with honof and credit any post to which the new president might assign blm. Mr! Cullom Is, as was his former colleague, the gallant General John A. Logan, a native of the state which he so creditably represents at Washing ton. Senator Cullom is a publicist of honor, honesty and probity something that can be said of but few of those who rise to place and power in the councils of the nation. It is said that Napoleon I. could set his soldiers on fire by simply walking down the lines of his serried troops. Who will be the Napoleon that will walk down the line of the A. P. A.'s and awaken in them the latent en thusiasm that has in it such immense possibilities for the rejuvenation and regeneration of the politics of the state and nation? In several states of this Union the A. P. A. is to-day in a dis mantled and demoralized condition, and it, behooves every man who has the love of our fatherland at heart to do everything in his power to rehabilitate the organization which in the im mediate past has done so much to purify the political atmosphere and bring about a more honest, efficient and equable administration of public affairs. We sometimes think that if a wave of persecution were to sweep over the A. P. A. it would be a good thing for the organization as a whole and for each individual member thereof. It would be the force by which we would be spurred to action in every line of pa triotic endeavor. It would inspire the the Holidays above hrnt ia limU ,A tasn must accompany all out - of - town banks nnt annanlaA lukewarm, the dilatory and the 'Inac tive w aeeas or nobleness, patriotism and valor. It wouldlbreathe of lite into a vast mass of inert matter that constitutes part and parcel of our social organism. Itjwould purify the streams of national life and clarify the political atmosphere. We would at tain a degree of perfectness through suffering, and from the fires of persecu tion we would rise to newness of na tional life and to a national grandeur hitherto well-nlghiunattalnable. POPE LEO'S LET TEH. Archbishop Irclanl Admonished and His Position is Still Precarious, Njw York, Njv. 9. A special dls patch to the Journal from R jonsays: DospUo the pressure oftlio Jesults.sup ported by C irdinal;,S Uolh, tho paps is still very unlecided -with respect to tha steps which should bo taken against Archbishop Ireland. 'His huliness fears to provoke a dangerous dualism in the American church, -'which might even bring abouta schism. L33 Xtll. has, however, directly re quested from Archbishop Ireland full explanations respecting his conduct. To this end he hxs written him a letter couched In very paternal terms. Should this letter produce no effect, .the pope will probably request the archbishop to come to Rome solely that he'may dis cuss matters-wlth him and come to an understanding. In short, for the moment, the Inten tions of the popej'with respect to Ire land are still very well disposed, but at the Vatican it is feared that this dis position may change at any time, be cause the Jesul'e are dally gaining more and mora influence in the Im mediate household of the pope. 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