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THE AMERICAN. THE AMERICAN HUPSK'KIITION KaTK H wait. lr Annum. Vi 00 R,.ttvr I'-O ''K "7.i,huWh' inuYo fniihws lot ilwrd Hui-i, Om.ha Net. Bl JOHN C. THOMPSON, - W. V Kk.Ll.KY, - Hn" ' OMAHA. NKH. MAY . HypocrWy-Popfry. Treason -liimianltin. 1. Jo'-M IrtlanJ dead lie U M .till, What Is a Spanish )r Always a Roman Catholic. God is never on the same sldo the pope of llome. rithl Thelrlsh-but what's the me, they are but spawn and are brought Into the world for noolher purpose than to do the I- bidding of the prle. Austria hat now asked the po to mediate between Spain and the United States. Francis Joseph and the pojie had better keep their fingers out of our affairs or they will go to kuep com- lasy with the Spanish fleet which met lewey. The Monroe doctrine is still in force. No foreign interference will be t olerated. We are anxious about Dewey and hit lloet Can It be that Spain has sent out false reports. If she has the truth will soon be known, and If the United States hat not won a signal victory the government should re-enforce Dowey and make the next battle even more one-elded than the Spanish reports In d lea to the first conflict was. A dispatch to a dally paper say the clerks" In the City of Mexico who had airanged to hold a meeting for tbo pur- pose of raising money and working up sympathy for Spain, wore denied the right to assemble. We believe that word "clerks" should have read clerics for those pestiferous Individuals every where In the world are for Spain. That excellent poem which Elba A. Pittulnger wrote especially for Thic American and whloh appears In this Issue, gives one an idea of the style of poetry that goes to make up the con- tents of "Bugle Peals," which she has published and whloh we are selling for 25 cents. If you want strong, stirring, American poetry got a copy of her great book of poems. This paper has, from what we con- tider an absolutely reliable source, in- formation that goes to prove that the Roman C;hollo church In this country Is an ally of Spain. It comes to us that the membeis of that church in South Omaha have, at the request of the church, contributed to a fund which was to be used to help Spain. The gov ernment can learn of something to Its advantage by calling on us. With ninety per cent of the Irish Roman Catholics of Ireland (n sympa- thy with Spain at the present time It shows that Roman Catholics are ever ready to oppose a Protestant nation when it is at war with a Roman Cath- olio power, no mattor bow much they owe the Protestant nation for assistance when they were starving and dying, The United States has done enough for the bog trotters to entitle It to their sympathy at least One of our friends In Chicago writes us that he witnessed a scene on the Forty-eighth street branch of the Met- ropolltan West Side Elevated Railway, Monday evening, May 2nd, at 6 p. m. which shows which way the wind was blowing. A big brawny Irish Roman Catholic loudly asserted that "there would have been no war If It was not for the G d d Protestant bastards. ad Ameroan took tne tuss-up, deciar- lng that "Leo, the bannana ped dler had better, keep his dirty mug out I of the business of the American people or there would be a great deal more trouble for traitors like he showed himself to be." There were a great many more strong words used as they commenced to square off for a fight. The men made a few passes and broke a car window before the guards were able to separate the combatants. Then the rrotestant invited the Roman and his friends to getoff at Marshfield Ave. and he would wipe up the street with them. But they had had enough of the Protcbtant. RIGHT WILL PREVAIL. The findings of IWeree Clements lo the HronUh-Mooree i m fully justifies the position taken by The America during the city and county camr,'n ' TD P"1 f lb rf,,re' flndtogs, which will no doubt be made the MEl UUng of thecourt, May J", fP that will follow and thus dispossess Frank r.. Moores or ao office to which be should never bave bwn elected will, we truit, I the b- ginning of a new regime In local muni- pal government. Boodlerlsm ha re- solved a faUl blow. The contest wblcu bat come to this nappy conclusion wa more bltujr and lasting than any that hat taken place In Douglas county, and it will be a feature demanding the at tention of future historian. While Mr. Hroatch deserves a great i a I ll 1 4 auaihiHifitK ur' " a - - - who has now oeen aujuug i I I al.u-a I ftnnlKfl cr"u,u- D,c man who is ataerving oi eeu 4lur raoeJ o iraiM. That man is Itodfled u was the pioneer of the opKwltion. At the risk of being ,uic(klly clsed he charged Mr. Moore. Mnre M(i ,ubsequeot to hU nomlnallon t0 the omoe 0f mayor, wUh M a dof,uleri ,j warned all against Investing Moons with of ficial authority through which hecould organize a reign of official corruption never dreamed of even by Hoss Tweed. Contrary to the excellent advice and the earnest protestation of Mr. I led field the Uonian church through Its bishop and ill financial agent, Creighton, sue ceeded In foisting upon this city one of its most corrupt, dishonest and immoral of 1U citizens as Its chief executive, ho, did the county attorney do his duty, would today be breaking rock for the state In a striped suit Instead of ap- pealing to the courts to arrest judg nient in a case that says In unmlitak- able language that he wilfully and ma llelouBly defaulted. The people owe Mr. Kedfleld a debt of gratllude-more than that, they owe him an apology for electing such a man at Moores, then at the dictation of Moores and Rose water defeating him (Redfield) for re-election thereby placing a premium on dlshon wtyi ftnd serving notice oa all public servants that they must not expose po- uuCal criminals who are seeking posl tlons of honor and trust If they want to be re elected to office. Mayor Broatch could oat a graceful tribute to a oour ageous, honest, capable and efficient citizen and win the lasting esteem and respect of thousands of Omaha's best oltizeni lf B0 would ask Mr. Redfield to ukfl om0 responsible position in the olty nlce. There will be no position wllhln nlg gm which Mr. Redfield mM not fill wltn credlt anil profit the city. REDFIELD TO THE PEOPLE We print below some extracts from the letters. Interviews and speeches of M. H. Redfield during the long contest which has culminated in the findings 0f Referee CUments In the Broatch Moores case. The contest did not In- volve the mere question of what Indl Tidual should hold the office of mayor. rt wat a supreme effort to overthrow boodlerlsm and crookedness In public affairs and to this extent Is hardly paralelled In the history of municipal governments anywhere for many years: jjo political calamity would be equal tne election of Frank E. Moores as mayor, The people have been plundered long i enough. It is time that some spoke the truth. The brand of Cain should be placed Pn eTJ Publlc offloUl wh0 Pumlc lrust- i The prevailing sentiment that any thing gotten from the publlo, no matter how It comes, la honest, should be con- . , I believe that the best service a par- I tizan officeholder can render his party is to faithfully serve the Interests of I the people. The leaders of a great party have forced the Issue along the lines of com mon honesty. The responsibility Is upon them. The party powers have passed into the hand8 o partJ bog, who lacked oi,ur ,v diction or the couraee to do tnelr duty, 1 -There should be the wideit publicity i la nubile aftair. There la danfer in -crtcj It is the intidlout influence of the caucus and the secret chamber which cosH the peop'e money. If there Is a doubter io this room let him go to the court house and satisfy himself by an In. paction of those pub lic record. And for rebelling against thit condition I am made the target for crltlum, ridicule and abuse. The regret I bave in this whole mat ter is that circumstance placed me where I bad a very unpleasant duty to perform. I repeat now what I tald at the time the controversy aroe, that my political future mutt take care of Itself. No party machine can tway me. If strong men and honest men who would take the people Into their confi dence, could be brought to the front and kept there men who would de mand fair dealing and the crushing out ofchlcauery and crookedness and ring rule, the cause of complaint would be removed. The professional lobbyist and manip ulator Is seen In every walk of life. In nearly every subdivision of the irovernment there is a trained body of men who trade upon their party mflu ence and the ultimate goal and object 1 to directly or indirectly draw money from the public treasury. It Is a known fact that I supported the Republican party in the last presl dential campaign. The platform was pledged to International bimetallism I do not approve the construction that was given to the platform by some par ties after election, for I do not believe there can be permanent prosperity with gold as the only primary money On the 23rd of August 1897 I decided to become an Independent candidate for county clerk. I did so to force an issue against a corrupt combination. I did so because Edward Rose water, who was prime mover and manager In the nomination of Frank E. Moores to the office of mayor of Omaha was recently scheming and plotting my defeat in the Republican county convention. I should have made this campaign as an lndenpendent candidate If I had not been indorsed. I was aware that when I refused to withdraw the charges of rascality and defalcation against a protege of Mr. Roeewater's that I took my reputation in my hands, and that I would be met with opposition from Rosewater In every possible form, and it 11' ust rates what I have contended that it Is abso lutely neoessary to divorce Mr. Rose water's nefarious Influence from public affairs, for the reason that he UBes the columns of his paper to Intimidate pub 11c officials from doing their duty, when in so doing it conflicts with his wishes or his interests. My fellow citizens, I ask you for the time being to forget that you are par tisans, and when you have dismissed that idea from your minds to ask your selves whether the narrative I have given does not suggest that there Is something radically wrong In the politl cal affairs of our county. Thirty-six of our counties have been plundered. Over a million and a half of the people's money has been stolen, and yet metropolitan newspaper, supported by the people of the state defend a a man who Is silent with such grave charges hanging over his head. One hundred years ago, and until the last quarter of a century, the spirit which animated the people was one of honor, glory, chivalry and patriotism This has been supplanted by the greed of gain; that argument is strongest which appeals to cupidity, at the same time Industrial and economic condl tions have broadened the gap between the rich and the poor. It is not my purpose to rail at established InBtltu tlons. This republic will stand. What is needed Is an intelligent analysis of our troubles and then an awakened public sentiment, that will If necessary smash party slates and stand united until the wrongs are corrected. It seems necessary that the inex orable law of force must rule, and yet the history of our country In every crisis is the story of supreme self-sacrl fice, so that if in what I am about to ssy I shall be accused of invading the realms of fancy there Is ample juslitica tloa fer the motive which prompts it OptimUtie and conservative by nature prefer to think that the government of our fathers will go on a blessing to our people and a beacon light to the oppressed of all lands, guiding them in tbelr struggle for liberty and happi ness. And yet, at we bave seen, there are flashes on the horizon which por tend an approaching storm. Efficient aw with stringent penalties, fitted to our condition, will go a long way to correct existing evils; but an awakened Interest among the people; a manhood tbnt will be honest, just and generous; an industrial syttem that will embody the spirit of the Declaration of Inde pendence "that all men are by nature free and equal," a patriotism that will ilisdaln to bribe or evade the tax-gath erer; mat win oe active in pouiicai affairs, stern in the treatment of dis honest public officials and courageous In every civic duty, will be more potent than marshalling troops and the dread havoc of war. You have all noticed the statue of justice, with ecales in hand, on the dome of the court bouse. Like a guardian angel her mission Is to pre serve peace and tranquility among the people. By her mandates right are preserved and society protected. From her pretence transgressors of the law have gone forth to hear the clanking of chains behind grated bars and win dows, and murderers have been sent to the gallows and the grave, outcasts from society and the world. This god dess is said to be blind and Impartial. I would not pluck one (lower from the Action of her being but It is a travesty noon the efficacy of the law when an officer of the court Is permitted to go on year after year perpetrating frauds and wrongs against the DeoDle in the very records which are kept lor their protection The same pen that wrote the commit ments which sent criminals to the soli tude of the felon's cell made the record of other crimes more sweeping in effect, for they struck at the founds-! tion of society itself. Those records tell the story of the betrayal of a con fiding people. Do you wonder that the statue of the goddess of justice turned black? The artisan's touch has been nlisted to cleanse and brighten the exterior, but all toe decorative art which talent can supply will not re store her beauty and purity in the minds and hearts of the people so long as she Is compelled to face a city hall that is presided over by a mayor who has betrayed the people while In her service. Frank E. Moores, with all his faults, Is not so bad as the man who attempts to defend him through the columns of his caper and attempts to ridicule and belittle the findings of the referee In the Broatch-Moores case. The crime of defalcation does not hinge on the amount in default any more than the crime of rape does on the number of women assaulted. It is not necessary for a public official to misappropriate 11.000.000 In order to be a defaulter any more than It was for the Bee man to assault an asylum of deaf and dumb girls in order for Paul Vandervoort to have an excuse for saying the Bee man had raped a deaf and dumb girl before she could writs no on her slate. A few years ago the American peo ple were sending car loads of provisions to the starving Roman Catholics in Ireland. Today those same starving Roman Catholics would rejoice to see Roman Catholic Spain cripple the hand that is ever ready to lift and succor the weak or defenseless. It is reported that the Archbishop and his priests in Havana have cele brated the Spanish "victory" in Ma nila and have offered to enlist In the army and fight for the honor of Spain Their holy persons will be as accept able targets for a truly loyal American as the most miserable peon. The American sends greeting to Col. Tom Majors, and invites him to come to Omaha after May 17th to see our new mayor take his seat, vice Acting Mayor Rosenwaeser, klckek out for defalcation and other crookedness. Some people say It Is easy enough to understand why Broatch won his case They say It was because his attorney was Wright. Wriwi 'orTa A taic AIERHa'S BATTLE CRT. BY ELIZA A PITTSINGER. From ooe. n to ocean the toct'n it heard! And the valiant hearu of our people are stirred As never before. The grand crist hat come'. And our slogan is "Lihkrty hattmss with Rome! " Ye heroes of Freedom, stand firm and stand fast! The Great Armageddon has founded her blast! The bugles are pealing! With helmet and shield. Brave sons of America, speed to the fiejd Pres on to the battle! Your foe is the land Whose pope is supreme aid is ever at hand- And through the dark seasons of war- fare and woe Hit priest is a general guiding the blow! Woe, woe to the murderous traitors of Spain! On their hands Is a brand, an indelible stain. That never will fade 'till the '-Dragon' is slain! Tis the brand of the criminal, assassin m; iy, Alu the cannottfface the dread stains with a lie Thev are there for a sign, they are there U teach What our true-born heroes have told in their speech; What the Scriptures have taught, and their prophecies claim, And the records of ages so clearly pio- claim; They are there for a sign, by the proph et are seen As they break on his view through the sweet morning sheen- While the heralds of Time as they stand on the wall, Have given the warning and sounded the call, (With their banners of Liberty bright ly unfurled) To a thoughtless, unheeding aid le- thargic wordly. The curtain is lifted, Spain wins her renown, nd the great lUt wu Mrucl when vur warship went dawn; Would we swallow the poison and play with the flame? lf so, let us reap the reward of our shame! Retribution, at last, the great leader has come, And the gleam of his sword is a flash in the gloom- As a terror to sin he is loyal to rigm, And his weapons of wai are the weap ons of might. ha battle is on! and our slogan shall , Shot and shell FOR the "holy" murderous SEE ! We must strike at the root, aim our blows at the heart, Instead of a member that's only a part; That root is the Vatican fountain and head. By which seas of Innocent blood have been shed. Poor pity for Spain! She's the daugh- ter of Rome. wk nH npimi have encom- - passed her doom, Till bereft of her reason and drunken with sin, The final dread scenes of her ruin be- gin- The stars that o'ershadow and tarnish her fate The last act of her Infamy sadlv relate; Her horoscope gleams with the horrors of time, With the Black Inquisition that sprin kled her clime With the blood of the martyrs, who spurning the sod )f the Rome-cursed land, died trusting lo God. Her assassins have lived, they are liv- lng to-day, And the germs they have scattered are death and decay Isabella and Alva were fed on her creed, And Phillip, in sowing Its murderous seed, Bedlmmed the few shining gems of re nown That gilded her fortune and shone in her crown. Their blood-stained mantles on Weyler now fall, Who springs, like a ravenous beast, to the call Of a power that sits by the Tiber to plan The fall and the final destruction of man The master commands, and his servants obey, And a cyclone of crime is the sign of his sway. O, Spain, thou destroyer, inquisitor God's judgment Is sure His time draws nigh! He avenges His people whose limit Is passed, While the kingdoms of earth are now standing aghast- Trou land of assassins, whose pop-f la their god. Come forth to the battle, and reap thy reward ! ! ! O.Cuba, thou gtlef s'.ricken, desolate I le! Thou art stung to thy death by the ser pents of guile! 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