THE AMERICAN
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t. OMAHA. NERRASKA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1897. Nombkr 50
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IN A IIYPN0T1 SLEEP
Both Branches of Congress
and the President Flirt
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Tie Few Patriot Vibe Are iwire .f
the Lialtwa Pretest but They
Are Studiously Ignored.
President McKlnley appears to be
hypnotized by McKenna. He refused
t listen to the protest of his best
Mends, and spend more time with Mc
Kanna and the McKenna famllr than
with any other person or persona In
Washington.
In the New York World of Friday
last appeared this editorial:
"There Is still reason to hope that
Mr. McKlnley may spare the country
the nomination of Attorney General
MaKenna to the supreme court bench.
"Even California the state he
ones from doesn't want blm, as the
iterances of the press there clearly
show, and certainly there Is no rea
son why the rest of the country should
desire his appointment
"He Is at best only a third-rate law
yer, with no ripening experience on
the bench. He is, and always has
been, the hired tool of corporations,
saturated with the Ideas the monop
olies desire to see prevail on the su
preme court bench.
"Why should Mr. McKlnley appoint
each a man when the country Is full
fitter persons for the place?"
And this teleeram aDDeared in all
the dally papers:
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 3. A peti
tion signed by Judge Gilbert of the
waited States Court of Appeals, Judge
Bellinger of the United States District
Court, State judges here, and many
leading lawyers, asking President Mc
Klnley not to appoint Judge McKenna
te the supreme bench, was forwarded
te Washington last night. After re
nting the fact that only the ablest
lawyers should be appointed to the
sspreme bench, and that common rep
utation Is the best test of a lawyer's
ability, the petition says:
"The Hon. Joseph McKenna's com
ion reputation among his legal breth
ren or among his Judicial brethren has
ot accorded him high place, but, on
the contrary, though many who have
esteemed him have refrained until
ow from an expression of opinion,
toe consensus of opinion has been and
is that he is not either by natural
gifts, acquired learning, or decision
U character, qualified for any Judicial
place of Importance, much less for the
highest place In the land.
"His life record as a barrister, pol
itician. Judge and attorney general is
aoccessible, and shoy'd speak of it
self; but believing the estimate of him
by members of his profession to be the
test, and believing that we of that pro
fession owe it to ourselves and "bur
ountry to no longer keep silence, and
acting without malice, personal feel
ing, or preference for any particular
Individual, weearnestlyprotest against
the appointment or confirmation of the
Hon. Joseph McKenna as justice of
the supreme court of the United
States."
And this also:
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. S. Consid
erable opposition has developed here
among the attorneys and Judges of the
state to the elevation of Attorney
General McKenna to the bench of the
supreme court of the United States,
It has been said openly that If Judge
Ross Is not In sympathy with the
movement to defeat McKenna he Is
folly apprised of the measures being
taken to prevent his confirmation
It seems that it Is regarded as a
foregone conclusion that McKenna will
be named for the Field vacancy, and
that the efforts, therefore, of the law
vers opposed to the selection, should
be made to prevent the confirmation
in the senate. It is alleged that the
protest will contain the signatures of
some very prominent attorneys In San
Francisco.
The Romanist Washington corres
pondent of the Boston Herald writes
to that paper:
"President McKlnley may not make
the nomination of Mr. McKenna for
a week or ten days, until he has Mr
McKenna's successor named. The de
lay will not be due to the petitions
from the Pacific coast protesting
against Mr. McKenna's appointment,
for the president will ignore them.
President McKlnley knows Mr. Mo
Kenna and his standing as a lawyer
too well to be Influenced by such
movement. Besides, he la his warm
personal friend, and he will, if nec
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essary, make a personal matter of his
confirmation In the senate. It is not
believed, however, that this will be
necessary, for no opposition is ex
pected from the California senators,
and without this there would be no
special reason for such action by the
president.
"The decision of Mr. McKenna
againBt Sec. 22 of the tariff act. It Is
believed, is at the bottom of much of
the opposition to him."
The same correspondent writes to
the New York Herald under ; date
Washington, Dec. 3:
"Attorney General McKenna will
not discuss the protest against his
nomination as a Justice of the su
preme court, which has been made by
the Pacific coast Judges and lawyers.
His friends declare, however, that
American Protective Association in
fluence is at the bottom of the protest,
as well as jealousy on the part of some
of the signers of the protest. They
are confident he will be nominated
and confirmed.
"Notwithstanding this confidence,
there may be some delay about the
confirmation, as such an extraordinary
thing as a protest signed by United
States judges ar state Judges will be
given some con aeration by the sen
ate.
"I understand this is not the only
protest that has been made. The A.
P. A. has been very active In opposi
tion, and protests direct from this or
der, as well as other protest, alleging
professional unfitness for the place,
are said to have been forwarded from
various parts of the United States to
Senator Hoar, chairman of the judic
iary committee, who has not yet ar
rived in Washington."
Lilteral Home.
A correspondent to the Boston Cit
izen from Dallas, Tex., signing him
self "Spectator" says:
I suppose that your readers have
seen in the daily press dispatches say
ing that the Baptists in Texas were
having trouble in their ranks, and
that said trouble was caused by "the
A. P. A. element." What I wish to
say in regard to the statement is, that
it is a lie made out of whole cloth.
The dispatch was sent from Dallas by
the Associated Press, whose corres
pondent (McNealus is his name) Is a
prize fighter promoter and a Roman
Catholic. If there Is anything the
Baptists in Texas are united upon,
that is, opposition to "the woman in
purple and scarlet"
Owing to the yellow fever, the Bap
tists were compelled this year to post
pone their general convention and
change their meeting place. At the
request of the Business Men's League
of San Antonio, It was decided to hold
the convention in that city. In their
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invitation It was understood that free !
entertainment was to be given to the
delegates. With that understanding
the convention assembled at San An
tonio November 5. Imagine the sur
prise of the convention when they
were told that free entertainment
could not be given. As San Antonio is
a Roman Catholic city, need I tell why.
such action was taken by the Busi
ness Men's League? A very prominent
delegate to the convention told me
that prominent business men of San
Antonio told him that the action was
caused by the Roman Catholics of the
town. Their action In refusing to en
tertain the convention caused an ex
pense to the Baptist churches of San
Antonio of not less than $5,000, which
was paid by some of the wealthy del
egates to the convention. Now let
some of our Protestants who apolo
gize for Rome, plead that she is lib
eral, and that we treat her as "our
dear Christian brother," tell us what
they would think of a Protestant who
would act with such treachery as have
the Roman Catholics of San Antonio.
A Public Calamity.
The practice of reading daily news
papers in the public schools as a reg
ular exercise was Introduced In Kan
sas City some years ago, and the su
perintendent has reported that he
finds the policy valuable, because "the
pupils become well informed at an
early age upon current topics; their
vocabularies are greatly increased,
and their ability to put their thoughts
into words is perceptibly developed."
In view of this, the Pittsburg Leader
proposes that an effort be made to
introduce the practice In the public '
schools of that city, and a philadel-,
phla dally favors It for the schools of
this city.
A more effective method of corrupt
ing the young in our public schools
could not well be employed. That
most of the daily papers of our large
cities are promoters of vice and crime
cannot be doubted by any thoughtful
person who considers their character
and the effect they must have upon
the morals of the rising generation.
While they present the current news
on many secular topics, which. Is a
service to the public, they are yet
largely filled with accounts of the do
ings of the vile and the wicked of all
classes and of all countries from day
to day, carrying the moral sewerage
of the world, reeking with rottenness
and crime, wherever thev eo. To
have the pupils in our public schools
read these purveyors of filth as a
dally exercise would be a debasing
perversion and prostitution of our
schools, which, Instead of elevating
and purifying the morals of the pu
pils, would corrupt their heart and
poison their souls. All parents should
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exclude such chroniclers of vice and
(prime) from their homes and their
children, and we know of some who
are careful to do this. To have their
minds and hearts polluted and pois
oned by reading them in the public
schools would be a public calamity.
Lutheran Observer.
A KOTE1) PATRIOT DEAD.
I)r, Bonn V. Reynolds of ("hlcsgo
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A. P. A., MiiHon and Orator man.
Dr. Ben Phillips Reynolds, for
many years one of the best known
figures in British American circles in
Chicago, died In tha Presbyterian
hospital a little before seven o'clock
on Wednesday evening. He was
seized with a severe attack of en
docardlts In his office at 119 Madison
street, about four weeks ago, and un
der the skillful treatment of Dr. R. A.
Sempill, It seemed for a time that he
would rally, but he suffered a relapse
and slowly grew worse until about ten
days prior to his death, w,hen it was
considered best to have him removed
to the Presbyterian hlspital. There In
spite of the best attention, he con
tinued to fall, and, finally, on Wednes
day morning, lapsed Into unconscious
ness, from which he did not recover.
His eldest daughter. Miss Anna
Blanche Reynolds, who, during his
illness, had been almost continuously
at his side, was with bim to the end.
The other members of the family, un
aware of the close approach of death,
had gone home for needed rest after
days of patient watching In the hos
pital.
Dr. Benn Philips Reynolds was born
in South Wales on December 14. 1832,
and was the oldest of six sons and
two daughters. His father was Dlvld
Reynolds, a prominent woolen man
ufacturer. The doctor's great
grandfather, Colonel Reynolds, was
killed with General Picton at the bat
tle of Waterloo.
Dr. Reynolds was educated for the
church at the Narberth Classical and
Commercial Academy, Wales, grad
uating from the Brecon college, which
Is incorporated with the London uni
versity. He was also educated in med
icine and surgery, as It was his in
tention to become a medical mission
ary. His views on doctrinal subjects
undergoing a change, however, he
abandoned theology for medicine,
qualifying as a physician and surgeon,
after taking courses in Bartholomew's
! nosP,tal. London, the Eclectic Medical
College of Pennsylvania,
and the
University of Pennsylvania.
On his arrival In this country. In
1861, Dr. Reynolds placed his ser
vices at the disposal of the North,
and aa a volunteer surgeon with the
Army of the Potomac was a particl-
pator In some of the principal battles'
of the campaign. His brother, George
Reynolds, who was hospital steward
In the regular United States Infantry,
lost his life in a Southern prison al
ter the battle of the Wilderness.
Dr. Reynolds came to Chicago in
1863, where he has since practiced bis
profession. He had a pleasant borne
at Lombard. 111., named Narberth
Castle, where he lived with his fani
lly for many years.
In 1879 Dr. Reynolds married Miss
Blanche B. K. Baldwin! daughter of
the late G. S. Baldwin, of Chicago,
who with his four children Anna
Blanche, Lillian, Alice and Benn sur
vive the deceased.
The deceased. In his time, was a
member of many secret and other so
cieties. Including the British Ameri
can Association, Loyal Orange Insti
tution, St. George's Benevolent Asso
ciation, Citizen's Committee of One
Hundred, Odd Fellows. Foresters,
Masonic fraternity, and others too
numerous to mention. He was a vol
uminous writer and had published
many works on subjects pertaining to
masonry, medicine, philosophy and
science. He had also a strong poetic
vein in his nature and was an accom
plished and easy public speaker and
lecturer.
With a magnificent physique and
trinklng personality the doctor waa
one of the notable citizens of Chicago.
Kindly and sympathetic in his ways,
he was the benefactor of many a poor,
struggling professional brother and
fellow countryman in distress, and his
genial presence will be sadly missed
by hosts of friends in Chicago.
The funeral, which, according to
the doctor's dying request, will be In
charge of the St. Bernard Command-
ery, Knights Templar, will be held
on Sunday, and the interment will be
In family lot in Graceland. All so
cieties with which the deceased was
connected are invited to attend the
funeral. Western British American.
An Individual Opinion.
The Chieftain put the flag up
straight over the McKlnley Message,
as if it was a patriotic document!
We reverse the fits! We are
ashamed. We think McKlnley one of
the most contemptible men ever In
the presidential chair, because a pious
fraud a Methodistlc, Masonic pol
itician, two of the meanest combina
tions that ever disgrace humanity.
His slush on Cuba to make pala
table to the Romano-Wall Street An
aconda the desertion of the patriots
of Cuba ia disgusting.
He Is a clearly proven traitor to
his party platform on the Cuban ques
tion. He Is a traitor to his country In
the proposed theft of the people's
money and the violation of the con
stltution in taking up Gage's national
bank system of national ( ?) currency.
We announced him to be a fraud
before bis election, but he is beating
Cleveland worBO than Cleveland beat
his wife when he knocked her dowa
stairs at Buzzard'a Roost I
We used to rather admire Cleve-'
lartd'tf' blotted mulinhm'S9nnd utter
sell out fi party and country to Rome,
Rum and Wall Street. It Is true he
is a professed Christian a Presbyter
Ian, greatly coddled by degenerate
Princeton University but be really did
not care fur appearances. McKlnley
is juHt a hypocrite, and will reach a
deeper hell of the country's ruin, and
liberty's, than Cleveland. Pueblo In
dividual. -
"w Cnker Wot Rich.
The victory of Tammany In New
York last week is everywhere recog
nized as a victory to Home. Father
O'Connor, who certainly knows where
of he spefiks, thus writes in the Con
verted Catholic:
"For thirty years or more there has
been an alliance between Tammany
Hall and the Roman Catholic church
in New York. Wm. M. Tweed.though
not a Roman Catholic, shared his
plnder with the church. John Kelly,
the next "boss" of Tammany, was
married to a niece of the late Car
dinal McCloRkey, and was a devoted
Romanist. His duty to the church
was paramount, and though he did
not enrich himself or his most im
mediate followers by public plunder
as Tweed bad done, he lent a willing
ear to every scheme formulated by the
ecclesiastics for the aggrandizement of
the Roman machine. Kelly's succes
sor, Richard Croker. had Protestant
parents, but he married a Roman
Catholic and was converted to Roman
Ism. His career is well known. As
"boss" of Tammany Hall he has ac
quired great wealth, which he has
spent lavishly hobnobbing with the
sporting fraternity. As the "boss" of
Tammany Hall, he has been the friend
of the church and the terror of great
business corporations and business
men. It has been alleged that Crok
er's wealth has been derived from
men who are afraid of Tammany
Hall."
Wk do not know bow you can do
more effective work against the insidi
ous advance of Jesuitism into our af
fairs of 9tate than by inducing your
friends and acquaintances to read anti
Roman literature. And nothing is bet
ter adapted to the work than The
American. Get it and Chlnlquy's
great book "The Priest, the Woman
and the Confessional" and send them to
your friends. You get them both for
12. We will send the book to one ad
dress and the paper to another if you
wish it done that way. The two for 12.