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Title Philadelphia Bulletin say the
po1 pie Interested lo tha death of Priest
McPake want the matter hushed up.
Who, the nnaf or the other priests
who were there with him?
The Roman Cntholloa are always
loud la their claims of virtue for the
priests' nuns. Will they file axe tell us
why frit t McPake was found mur
dered in a convent ground which was
surrounded by a tea foot fence, and
what he wa doing at the convent after
dark the evening he was murdered?
AN Irish Roman Catholic bishop Is
referred to by both the religious and
the cular newspapers in the south ol
Ireland ''lord blnhop." We presume
the bishops get this appellation from
the fid that they lord it over the
ml mis and consciences of those who
have the misfortune to be committed
to their "spiritual" care.
Death claim d another good Amer
ican Thanksgiving day. S. L. Doyd,
city n.llk tunpector, after nearly a wot k
of mfferlng, died at the Presbyterian
hospital. Mr. Boyd was one of the
firt men to enlist in the movement for
Americanism In this city, and has
been faithful to the cause at all times.
Bis death will be deplored by all who
knew him
Twenty one candidates were Ini
tial, d by Colcago Council No. 1, A. P.
A., Mondsy evening of last week. Ye
gods! if this thing keeps up, not only
will the pope of Rome be made to
tremble on his throne of lies, but even
Chief Klpley, of the Chicago police,
will shiver at he hears the ominous
rumbllrgs of the approaching political
earthquake.
Companies E, F, G and I, formerly
the Ilibernlan Rifles were mustered
out of the Illinois National Quard by
Governor Tanner. Gjvernor Joe. Flfer,
during the four years of his incum
beccy, steadily refused to incorporate
the Riflas into the National Guard, and
It was reserved for the demagogic
Altgeld to do so. Now the Irish lads
have been relegated to private life,
where they belong.
It Is reported from Washington that
President McKlnley i working very
hard just now. We think he will
have hard work to convince the patri
otic people of this country that he is not
an eai-y mark for Roman Catholio
place-hunters. He Is even ea'.d to be
serloui-ly thinking of elevating Attor
ney General McKenna to the Supreme
Bench. Major McKinley seems to
lgrore the plain fact that the Romans
already have a representative In the
Supreme Court, and that that one Is
all the representation to which they
are entitled.
With the consent of numerous com
mand teg officers In the Chicago police
department, a great number of men on
the force have this week been engaged
In attempting to secure for James M.
Markham, private secretary to Chief
of Police Klpley, a diamond star.
Markham was one of the principals in
a voting contest at a fair in progress in
the Church of Our Lady of Mount Car
mel, popularly known as Father
O'Brien's church, Wellington and
Blssell streets, Lake view. The other
con extant was Joseph Schwab, a Lake
View politician. On Mondsy evening
a score of uniformed policemen were
present at the church, and with In
fluence and money sought to "land
their man a winner." Fancy a contest
of this kind taking place in any Prot
ectant church! It is only in a lion. an
ma? s house, miscalled a church, that
such unlawful and immoral contests
are possible. Voting contests of this
kind belong in the category of gambl
leg devices, and no Christian, no loyal
citizen, no honest man can afford to
give a moment of his time or a cent of
his money toward rendering such
events a success.
SHALL WE HAVE THIS LAW?
God placed lo every ll.miao Catholic
nun ialont like tboi ile placed In
each of their mothers, an J when we
hear a Roman Catholic, or a milk and
water ProU-aunt, praUing the virtue
of the nuns we wonder If thry bave as
much scnae as U .4 gave geee.
We do not believe nuns are all virtu
ous. Where you could find one who
would dare aubralt to a physical examin
ation by a cornpetentcommlttoeof m d
leal experU, you would find a thousand
w ho had lost that priceless gem their
virtue if one dares believe one-half
be hears, sees or reads.
For that reason Is It not about time
that the American people began to re
fard prints and nuns as human; to
rtallze that t'uy bave their good
qualities and their fault; tbelr love
affairs and thclrdlaapp dntuients their
Joys and tht Ir sorrow, their calms and
their pasctoii; that thy are faithful
or treacherous?
These are all human attribute but
one Divine, and that dubad to hu
man, because they bate, doiire and
persecute all thix-e who bow to Rome.
Let us bave a law compelling com
munities of unmarried women, who
admit to their sleeping apartments
none but unmarried men, to submit
monthly t a physical examination by
a board of exp.-rl physlcan who shall
report tbelr findings to the chief mag
istrate under oath, and that in every
case where evidence of moral delin
quency can be established, the woman
shall bo fined for prostitution and the
woman at the head of the community
shall be fined for conducting a house of
111 fame, and the man who is a party to
the Iniquity shall bo arrested and fined
as in such cases made and provided.
Such a law might not have the effect
we would wish, but it would make it
Impossible for any one to question the
virtue of a Roman Catholio nun, which
Is often done today. 1
Macaulay, the great English writ
er, used to declare that the English
people were subject to periodical
spasms of civic virtue. For years, said
he, they would tolerate the grossest
vicious practices by public men and
political leaders. Rut onoe In a great
while the case of some offender, not
worse than thousands of others, would
excite particular reprobation, and the
press and the publlo would bowl him
down with thrieks of pious condemna
tion and holy roars of obloquy. After
this eruption thoy would go to sleep
again for six or seven years, till the
time for a new outbreak arrived.
Nothing, Macaulay said, could be
more ridiculous. Many Americans
appear to be equally tickle. A large
section of the American people are so
thoroughly engrossed in money-making
and In seeking the attainment of
high social position that they are ap
parently proof against the influences of
any patrlotlo movement that may orig
inate among those "plain people" who
were such a source of lnsplratian and
encouragement to Mr. Lincoln. It is
an amazing fact that there are so
many thousands of the higher classes
In America who are almost totally
Ignoraat of the wicked designs and
pernicious principles and practices of
the Roman papacy. We must bring to
their attention such facts as will ooen
their eyes.
If The American were published
for no other general object than to
effect the abolishment of Roman Cath
olio Houses of the Good Shepherd, it
would abundantly justify its existence
and its continuation. This newspaper
will never cease to wage a righteous
warfare on those private prisons which
the papal government maintains, con-
tary to law, justice and humanity, on
this American oontlnent We need
the substantial assistance of every
patriotic American la the great work
to which we have dedicated our life.
We are working hard to completely
tree this land and nation from papal
domination, and we therefore call upon
a'l friends of liberty, upon all friends
of civilzatlon, to subscribe for The
American, through whoso columns
the damnable doings of the papal hie
rarchy are fearlessly exploited.
How many of you will send us one
new subscriber as a Christmas offering,
or as a New Year gift?
OUR Chicago friends evidently pur
pose to turn the great metropolis up
side down. It Is high time. The city
Is reported to be suffering from a sur
feit of political corruption. Carter H.
Harrison makes an Ideal mayor for the
pope's Irish. The "ruling race" pre
dominates in every department of the
government. But we confidently look
forward to the day when the Protest
ants of our large cities will all regard
it as a national disgrace to have even
a solitary Roman Irishman on any
police force in the land. No Roman
Catholio, whatever be hia race or his
birth place, or whatever be his physi
cal powers, is fit to be entrusted with
police powers in America. We should
appoint none but true, loyal Protest
ants. Romanists, whether they be of
European or of American birth or
antecedents, generally have exagerated
notions as to the powers and preroga
tives that may rightfully be exercised
by police officers. The very term
"police," having In many of our large
cities a strictly foreign signification
has become hateful to a large and re-
specUble element of the AnierU
pibllc. We are Uk largely govern
by p dice law, whoe administration
la the hands of Ignorant atd lifted
aliens
TliK Philadelphia bt ard of education
att-m(ted to keep copies of Victor
Hugo's "Lea Miserable" out of the
list of hooka of the high-school libra
rles of the Q laker City. This la the
flrat time we ever heard of an attempt
being made to force the ban on the
Immortal work of the great Frencbmar
The fine Italian band of some ghostly
"father" probably apptar la this
action. For Victor Hugo waoneof
those great thinkers who bad no u-e
for the priestly promoters of terrestrial
misery.
Sot Popular Hlth Currlgan.
A special dispatch from New York to
tha Chicago Record da led Nov. 22
says: For a long time It hs been
known in catholic church circles that
Archbishop Corrigan and bis advisers
were growing somewhat anxious over
the utterances from the pulpit and
otherwise of the Rjv. Father Ducey,
pastor of St. Leo's church. In the re
ports brought to them from persons
who bad listened to Father Dacey his
language was said to be socialistic la
the extreme and far beyond that of the
Rev. Dr. MtGlynn, which led to the
troubles of eleven years ago. As the
archbishop is known to be conservative,
there was a general belief that such ut
terances would lead to a clash. The
Indications are that It will come in the
near future.
The Rov. Father Ducey did not prop
erly begin the so-called socialistic ser
mons until the closing days of the last
campaign. On Oct. 28 he became bit
ter, when, having hired and paid for
Cooper Institute himself, he urged the
election of Henry Oeorge. In the re
ports of that address Father Ducey is
quoted as saying that he was speaking
while the ecclesiastical sword was
hanging over his head. He intimated
that he was under suspicion and that
he might bo disciplined atany moment.
Every Sunday since then he has
preached sermons on the evils of cor
porate wealth
Some clergymen are said to bo in
hearty accord with the views of Father
Ducey, while dthers bitterly oppose
them. Now the council will examine
for itself, and whatever action, if any(
it may take will be known in a few
days. It is expected that the council
will meet on Wednesday.
Ex-Romanist Preacher and Evangelist
Kostele Here In Omaha.
He lectures In Washington Hall Sun
day December 5th. Afternoon for
ladies only and evening at 7:45 o'clock
to men only. Subject evening lecture
Is "Confession Box Exposed." The
practice of Secret Confession; showing
the great danger of this cesspool of
iniquity, and its influences. Hearts
broken and homes wrecked by this in
stitution; showing why the Roman
Catholio priesthood condemns Prot
estantism and public Bohools. Illus
trated by miraculous modals and waf-
er?, scapulars, rosaries, etc.; showing
how Romanists are cruelly deceived.
A lecture when once heard will it is
said never be forgotten. He will tell
the iniquity of this Santanio invention
for the destruction of virtue. Don't
miss this opportunity to hear him.
The truth will never be given to the
public except by those who can speak
as he can, from personal experience
and positive knowledge. This lecture
has been heard by many; and many
Romanists have been lead by it to for
sake the superstitions of the Pope.
Boys under 16 not to be admitted.
Mixed the Music.
Oa the occasion of the laying of the
cornerstone of the Roman Catholio
cathedral at Westminister, it was ex
tensively advertised that the band of
the "Coldstream Guards" would be
present and supply the music. The
government authorities, however, felt
unable to allow this, which would have
been parallel lo the case of the "Mar
ine Band" at Washington being per
mitted to head a St. Patrick's Day
procession, or furnish music for a
camp-meet. A brass band, neverthe
less, was secured, but it would appear
that a little too much liberty of choice
was left to the bandmaster, who had
no more than the average appreciation
of the fitness of things. The result
was that tne band burst forth in the
inspiring strains of Meyerbeer's music
for "Ein Feste Burg," tbe great Luth
eran hymn, the watchword of Protest
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KOI COT HIE CASH.
Worked the United States
for Nearly $3,000,000.00
In Ten Years.
And Is Mill (.'rubbing for More, and
Have Only Mpp4 Tenporarilly
Rerauxe f A. P. I". Action.
Tbe fallowing Is an extract from a
Presbyterian pater and we are glad to
see the det onlnaiiocs doing their part
of the work t' ward suppressing an or
ganizalion which does not simply ask
toleration but ssks for all and nothing
else:
Bon. William S. Linton, of Michigan,
in a sp.'ech in the Qouae of Represent
atives, Thursday, June 7, 1S94, said
among other things:
Ojr public school system, "the bul
wark of this country," non sectarian
and non-partisan, and tbe embodimect
of tbe best educational thought of this
eollghtened century, should be the
boon of the nation's wards that compose
the remnant of the unfortunate Indian
race and thry should not be forced
hereafter to a '.ten 3, as they hare been
for centuries, without material advance
ment, that class of schools where In
dians always remain Indians, and
which today keeps the great bulk of
the population in poverty-stricken Italy
(where it is sild 63 per cent of tbe peo
ple cannot even read and write), Mex
ico, and similar countries from rising
up out of tbe slough of ignorance and
superstition in which they are en
gulfed. I do not intend to attack any religious
denomination as such, but the subjoined
table showing one church alone to have
received during the past eight years
2 300,416, while all others combined,
fifteen In number, received during the
same period only about one-half that
amount, proves conclusively tiat it
pays to maintain here, on a prominent
street, at the nation's capital, a bureau
of Irdlan missions that has all the ap
pearance of a huge lobby for advancing
their interests.
As stated by a Senator from Now
England, they have been on the ground
here for years pushing Catholic schools
upon the government as earnestly as
was in their power, and largely to that
influence is attributed their great in
crease, which has come to bo for their
church three fifths of all the appropri
ations. They are active still, foisting
upon the people of this country schools
that do not belong to the civilization of
today.
For more than a century the Mission
Indians bave been under Jesuit control,
education and influence, and today are
a Incapable of self-support as citizens
of our country as babes. They are re
liant more than ever upon those from
whom they receive thelf instructions.
They go in temporal matters as they
do in tbelr spiritual, where they are
advised to go by tbelr superiors. They
plant where they tell them to plant and
sow where they tell them to sow.
The founders of the Republlo bullded
better than they knew when they de
manded the separation of church and
state, and little did they imagine that
appropriations would ever be made as
shown by this table:
Amounts set apart for religious bodies
for Indian education for each fiscal year,
1886 to 1893:
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The sentiment of the American peo
ple is aroused against this unholy and
unconstitutional union of church and
state shown by these figures. A.
Such was the condition at our nation
al capital when William S. Linton en
tered his protest against the pernicious
practice of voting tbe people's money
to support private and sectarian schools
in which the wards of the Nation the
Indians were being educated.
Mr. Linton's speech caused a great
sensation, not only at Washington, but
throughout the country, but in spite of
his opposition the appropriations were
made.
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Every cent will help to agitate this cause and
put an end to those sectarian hell-holes of
iniquity, known as Houses of the Good
Shepherd. .
A year later the government had
been robbed of an additional half mill
ion dollars for Indian schools.
Tbe table which follows shows the
amount appropriated for the support of
sectarian schools up to and including
the year when Mr. Linton made his
famous speech against the long and
continued abuse:
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In 1896 Congress adopted a resolution
declaring it the settled policy of ihe
government that no more money would
be voted toward the maintenance or tbe
support of Indian schools in whole or in
part under sectarian control, after a
certain date. This year the same res
olution was passed and is to take effect
and be in force from and after June 30,
1898.
Since that was passed the Romans
have been trying to secure part of $30,
000 which Congress appropriated to
pay for building two emergency hospit
als on ground already used for hospital
purposes. They got the government
commissioners to agree to erect one of
the buildings on their property, but
owing to the prompt and timely action
of Attorneys Roys atd Brad field the
government has not yet built that hos
pital on Roman Catholic ground, and
what la better, never will build it there
unless the constitution is violated.
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Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 24. In
mates of the St. Paul house of the good
shepherd now leave the place at will.
The sisters have allowed one to leave
already. Just why they became so
liberal is an easy pun. A few more S
lina Clewetts and a few more damage
suits would have a good effect all over
the country. When this affair has
"blown over" will these sisters still be
gocd? Let us wait and see. This
house case was defended by Moses
Clapp a prominent Republican politi
cian. Father Connolly was defended
by a Proteitint. What's the matter
with you, Mr. Ireland. Can't you folks
get lawyers of your own faith to defend
your people? Or do you hire Protes
tants for effect? Zamdot.
America has never produced a more
polished scholar, a greater logician or
a grander Christian than A. Cleve
land Coxe, Bishop of the Episcopal
church for Western New York. His
letterj to Satolll have never been
equalled by any living writer. We
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The Greatest Enemy.
If Protestants would cease their gifts
to Roman Catholic churches, a large
proportion of their income would be
cut off and the greatest enemy to civil
and religious liberty in the country
would have Its power and Influence cur
tailed to that extent. Men of means
liberally inclined should give to those
religious and charitable societies which
most nearly represents their conscienj
tious convictions. Herald and Presby
ter. A Strange State.
It is a strange state of tbe case to find
the Roman Catholic press in this coun
try In sympathy with Spain, and criti
cising our government because it does
not play more completely into the
hands of the Cuban oppressors. In the
event of war between this country and
Spain we would find a Spanish army
inside our walls, led by Roman Catho
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