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Col. KJwln A. Sherman, author of
"Engineer Op of Hell " live lu
Oakland, Csl Writ him for term.
We do not think the li liienee of the
Roman CAVbolic church in the affairs
of flute In as potent as It wa before
war via declared against Spain.
The Roman Catholic hay lo the law
maker: "If you pus itut law we will
vote o!ldly against you." What is
that but Intimidation? And Intimida
tion to secure either the passage or the
defeat of a measure ia unlawful.
Frank C, Pcttlfor, who Is known to
all the old-time printer In Omaha, wa
visiting h's friends In the various olllje
In this city Thursday. I'et It now editing-
the Nep:net News, one of the
host papers In Illinois, and Is prosper
ing oven beyond hi expectation.
In these time when party loyalty U
lauded a a virtue, where la Wm. I.
Klertead to come In? It will be re
membered that he was elected to bit
present office on the democratic ticket,
but he it working for a second term at
the hat ds of the Republican party, and
Rosawater is bl chief support.
If the government agents will search
the re ldenee of Gibbons, Corrlgan,
Ireland, Martlnelll, Fitzgerald and
other Roman Catbolto dignitaries they
may And enough Incriminating docu
ments, re poit, plats and plana to hang
a thousand men. Rome and Romanism
are the deadly enemies of this republic.
Dr. Oscar Hopper of London, Ont., Is
In the city with a vlow to locating
lie is at present the guest of Mr. F. W
Corliss, his uaole. Dr. Ilopper would
be a valuable addition to the medical
fraternity ol this city, as he graduated
with the highest possible honors from
the leading medical college cf London.
We shall be pleased to welcome him as
a citizen of Omaha.
Up to the hcur of going to press the
men arrested and accused of being
Spanish sphs, so far as bai come to our
notice since the last Issue of The
American, are, Max de Schemangk at
New York; Romlgno Sapertero Jimnex
at Key West; Stanley Bryan at Marlon,
N. C; Mariano Soto, W. II. Stroeks
and H. E. McDevltt at Washington, D.
C, and Frank Miller of Mooee Jaw, N.
W. T., Canada, at Tampa, Fla.
The arrest of W. F. Bjchel and T.
K. Sudborough on charges of embezzle
ment which was reported today was not
a surprise to men who are acquainted
with the history of these gentlemen for
several years. They have been deep
In politics, and have spent money like
water and always on the side of Edward
Rose water. Oiher corporations who
have confidential men who are in poli
tics and oo the side of the king of cor
ruptionlsu should not delay investigat
ing their accounts, A man who has
anything to do with Rosewater in poll
tics can expect to go wrong, for that
Romanized individual has no use for
man who is not his abject slave and
obedient tool. It takes lota of money
to run Rosey's political machine.
Rosewater has selected T. W. Black
burn as his candidate for county at
torney. The lesson which the Repub
lican party of Omaha has learned dur
ing the past year ought to be remem
bered. Mr. Blackburn has been one ol
me i actors in sustaining a man as
mayor who has been found guilty in the
highest court of the state of an offense
which in a proper proceeding would
send him to the penitentiary. The
only public office which Mr. Blackburn
held was cot administered in such a
way as to coaimend him to the people
as a trustworthy man we refer to his
record as a member of the board of ed
ucation. None but clean men and
methods should be tolerated from this
time forward.
IT IS THE WOLF'S BARK.
The IrUh U nian CatholV ae j jt
aervid notice tn Pret'dent MiKioley
and on the men-ber f Congre- that
they must u-Jt enter lo:o an alliance
with Great Britain.
Great are the Human Irthl
Now let the American op'.e serve
notice on the pack of disloyal at.d trait
orous Irish who boad of being Roman
Catholics hcf.re tb y are citizen of
this republic that they im;t notutu mpt
to Intimidate public t ftiolal when tlity
are hcne-iUy attempting to do their
duty.
This Rnumn Catholic interference lo
the affair of state of thl republic un
der the cloak of Irish American citi
zenship should be unmasked. It should
be known that out of the hundred of
thousands here not one Protestant Irish,
man will join tho dishonorable tang
that jump when the pi le! pull the
strings.
The people of this republic never
bear a murmur or a protest from any
Irishman except he i the tool and pup
pet of the Church of Rome. They
would not hear from the bead-teller,
either, except for the positive command
of their spiritual masters, who, to Bub-
serve their ends, have their Instru
ments meet and pans resolutions which
they have dicta tod to some lay Jesuit.
If the American people ever had any
respect for.au Irish Roman Catholic
such a stand as that taken by the Ro
man Irish of Chicago would turn It into
contempt.
The priest owned race 1 always first
to be heard from in op,x sltlon to any
thing desired by a Protestant country;
likewise It Is the last to be heard from
hen this nation Is opposed to a Roman
Catholic country. Are the American
people blind that they will not see this?
Tho assertion of John F. Flnerty,
which in all probability was inspired
by Archbishop Fehan, that the Irish
Roman Catholics would fight an alli
ance between America and Britain on
the platform and at thi polls might
have been as forcible if it had been ren
dered "we will fight from the
PLATFORM AND ATTHE POLLS, EVERY
MEM HER OF CONGRESS AND THE PRES
IDENT IF THEY DARE TO DO ANY
thing that will hrino victory to
american arms in this war with
Spain after the pope has blessed
the Spanish armies " But they
did not say it that way. Not, probably,
because they did not mean it, but be
cause the American people wjuld read
11 y see that Romanism here as else
where, favored the cause of Roman
Cathollo Spain.
No man can be a true Roman Cath
olio and a true American clt'zen at the
same time, as each demands absolute
primary or first allegiance.
This cannot be successfully denied
The Declaration of Independence of
the U sited States saj all men are ere'
ated equal, but the Canon Law of the
Roman Catholic church under which
those Irish Roman Catholics of Chicago
were reared says priests are, fathers
and masters even of princes. These
are the cardinal principles of two con
dieting forms of government are too
much at variance to ever be reconciled
One or the other must fall. Either the
doctrine contained in the Declaration
of Independence must stand and con
tinue to be an incentive to humanity
everywhere in all future ages, or that
contained in the Canon Law of the Ro
man Cathollo church must prevail and
eventually drive men back into the
chains of the mental bondage that fet
tered the Intellect of mankind during
the Dark Ages; when every evening
iky was reddened with the glare of a
thousand funereal pyres: when every
zephyr bore upon its soft, cool wings
the moans, and cries and groans of the
victims of Rome's hellish inquisition
when babes were crushed and maimed
because their parents dared to think.
to read, dared believe that God was
greater than the pope; when women,
disemboweled, saw the papal, priestly
murderers mutilate and slay their un
born babes; when hell itself blushed
for its innocence, when brought in con
trast with the Scarlet Beast of Rome.
And the day is at hand when Ameri
cans must choose which of those doc
trines shall prevail in this country
Their good common sense should tell
them that popery Irish Romanism
is a menace to the nation because it is
controlled and used to further theambl
tious designs of the pops of Rome to
jpftsct this country, let the cost acd
the rhk be what they may.
AN INCRIMINATING DOCUMENT.
Archbishop McCloskty of New York
In 170 U1J a meetirg of ht bishops at
Rjcbesttr, New York, where a com
mittee of hi council, reinforced y a
CJmrnl t-e of lawyers from the latly,
drafted an addre to Piu IX, then
pipe, which red D.c. 4, IfTO In
St Patrick' Cathedral, Na York,
and unanimous1' adopted. That
adJrt s a:
Must II ly Father: Tue Catholic
ckvy if the diocese of New York, both
secular and regular, TOGETHER
WITH TUElIt FAITHFUL PEOPLE,
apprcach the foot of your apostolic
thrjne and offer to your hollnets, In
the present trying time, TUB AVOW
AL OF THEIR HOMAGE AND
OBEDIENCE TO THE SEE OF
PETER, of their filial affection aud
spiritual allegiance aud devotion to
yjur august person, o lnexpresslr-ly
dear to them, and of their sympathy
with you in the affliction and outrages
to which you and, in yju, the Catholic
church, as the holy spouse ol our Lord
esu Christ, are at present subjected
by faithless and unworthy members of
that church, whose supreme pan lor
you are.
With the Indignation of honest men,
who respect no less the obligation
of laws and treaties than the rights of
nations aud legitimate rulers; with the
just and religious abhorrence of Chris
tians who revere the sacred sovereign
ty of the Iloly Sje over Us temporal
domain, we repudiate and condemn the
awless injustice which has invaded
your legitimate dominion a a sover-
lgn prince.
We aUo denounce the sacrilegious
lolence which has assault jd and
brought under captivity the sacred
person of your Holiness, the Vicar of
esus Christ on earth, and ai such en
titled by Divine right to complete lib
erty in the exercise of yjur sublime
office, AND BY THE MOST PER
FECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO
CIVIL PRINCEDOM, a necessary
safeguard and bulwark of that liberty.
Moreover, as citizens of this Republic,
the United States of America, whose
constitution and laws recognlza the
liberty which the church has received
as an Inalienable right from Almighty
God, we protest against the violation
of religious freedom and the rights of
conscience which has bean perpetrated
In the desecrated name of liberty.
We also protest against the invasion
of the liberty of the church, in the
person of Its head, both as an outrage
against the sacred prerogative of your
holiness as Supreme Pontiff, AND AS
THE VIOLATION OF A RIGHT
WHICH WE, AS CATHOLICS,
POSSESS OF BEING GOV
ERNED BY A CHIEF COM
PLETELY EXEMPTED FROM
AND INDEPENDENT OF ALL
CIVIL AUTHORITY, FOR IN NO
OTHER CONDITION COULD OUR
INTERCOURSE WITH HIM BE
FREE AND UNRESTRICTED.
In the full sincerity of our loyal
and Catholic hearts WE PROMISE
TO CONTINUE FAITHFUL TO
YOUR HOLINESS AND TO THE
APOSTOLIC SEE AT ALL TIMES
bat especially in periods when distress
and trouble LIKE THE PRESENT
oppreis the church. We ask your
Holiness to accept this assuranoe that
we will not cease from making every
effort in our power to aid and assist
you in the maintenance of your just
rights and the fulfillment of your
arduous duties; and that we will con
tinually pray to God with a confidence
greatly strengthened by the example
which your Holiness has never failed
to set before us, that he will deign to
give you and the See of Peter anothe
triumph more signal and illustrious
than any of the past victories of the
church over the gates of hell and the
powpers of darkness. Finally, we
humbly implore the prayers of your
Holiness for our steadfastness in the
faith, and our eternal salvation, and
your Apostolic benediction upon the
Diocese of New York, and upon each
and every one of us, your devoted
children."
We have copied the above at this
time because of the splurge of the Irish
Romanist ia Chicago and because of
Davltt's claim that the Roman Irish
Catholics were in favor of the United
States as against Roman Catholic
Spain, and because nothing will more
truly demonstrate the true inwardness
of Romanism in this country.
In the first paragraph they make an
"avowal of their homage and obedience
to the See of Peter" which, in para
graph three, they declare entitled, "by
the most perfect of human rights to
civil princedom." In the fourth para
grapb they "protest against the in
v as Ion of the liberty of the church in
the person of its head" "as the vi
olatlon of a RIGHT which we, AS
CATHOLICS, POSSESS OF BEING
GOVERNED BY A CHIEF EX
EMPTED FROM AND INDEPEND
ENT OF ALL CIVIL AUTHORITY
And w bat reason do they give on which
to bae their protest? Because ' IN
NO OTHER CONDITION COULD
OUR INTERCOURSE WITH HIM
BE FREE AND UNRESTRICTED."
strange: They cannot have inter
cour.-e with b'm except he I a tempor-
1 prince! But what do they promise
Im lo the rext paragraph? That they
11! "continue faithful to" his ' holi-
m and to the Apottolic See at ALL
TIMES; but e-p?clally In period when
Utres and trouble LIKE THE PRE
EN T distress the church." They ark
im to "accept this assuranca that"
bey "will not cease from MAKING
VERY EFFORT IN" their "POW
R TO AID AND ASSIST" HIM "IN
THE MAINTENANCE OF" HIS
JUsT RIGHTS."
Now what are thore "just rights?"
The right to temporal power and the
riiht, as a temporal prince, to exact of
those acknowledging him as their sov-
re'gn, the most perfect obedience, and
the right to settlo all disputes between
ations. And what do the Roman
Catholics claim in that address? That
they, AS CATHOLICS, not a Ameri
can citizens, but as Catholics, have the
right to be "governed by a chief ex-
mpted fron and independent of all
civil authority." Webster's Unabridg
ed Dictionary says governed means to
ave the actions and conduct controlled
or directed by established laws or by
rbitrary will; yet these Roman Cath
olics who vote here and claim the pro
tection of the American flag demand
the right to be governed, controlled,
trected, by a foreign temporal chief
or prince in the person of the pope.
Tnere is but one word that describes
such paopla and that is the word trait
or. The Protestant Englishman, the
Protestant German and the Protestant
Scandinavian does not as a Protestant
claim to possess the right to be gov
erned by a temporal prlnca outside of
this country who is not subj -ct to but
is independent of all civil authority.
If they do not, why should thy toler
ate It in the Romanists? Rome has
already too long exacted privileges and
claimed rights which men of other re
li ious beliefs would spurn with con
tempt if offered them and denied to
their neighbors. For that reason
there should be no tempori.lng when
dealing with Romanists. Either they
are loyal or they are disloyal, and by
the quotation above loyal Americans
will have no trouble in placing them
Inlthe proper category.
We will only add a quotation from a
dispatch and then call your attention
to a declaration in that address. The
quotation is as follows:
The pope has informed the queen
regent that he "would not fall to use
his Influence wherever the occasion
offers, in order that the legitimate
wishes of the Spanish government may
be realized and the prestige of the
noble Catholic nation be unimpaired."
This dispatch coupled with the declar
atlon of those Roman Catholics that
they would not cease from making
every effort to aid and assist him in
maintaining his just rights, in connec
tion with the Roman Irish declaration
against an alliance between two Prot
estant nations should be sufficient to
convince the most skeptical American
citizen that this country cannot afford
to accept as sincere the protestations of
loyalty from Roman Catholics. They
should receive a credit mark for loyalty
ODly when they return bearing the
scars of battle.
It will not cost the American peopl
anything to be on guard against Roman
Catholic treachery. It will be a great
deal better to be on the look-out and
be disappointed because nothing hap
pened than to be unguarded and over
whelmed with surprises.
Watch all Romanists.
Give the government
It is doing very well.
little time
Police Think They Have a Spy.
A dispatch from New York to last
Sunday's Chicago Tribune says:
Max de Schemangk, who, after bain
arrested last night on suspicion of be
log a deserter from the United States
army was caught trying to dispose of
certain papers, is baing held at Gov
ernor's Island until it can be ascer
tained whether the man is a spy. De
Schemangk had opened a so-called re
cruiting office in Second avenue. The
authorities had their attention called
to him by men who said he had take
money under false pretenses. H
charged the men who proposed to en
list for hi services.
The original charge aairt biro was
obtaining mon.y under false pretense,
When be was arreted, S. Tosckoskl of
Battery E, Fifth Artillery, Furt Ham
ilton, thought he recognized the man
a a private who had deserted from the
First Artillery several year ago.
Da Schemangk was tnkeo to the
Governor' Island larding. After the
government ferryboat Hancock had
tartej for the Island the prisoner wts
seen to take a bundle of paiiers from an
inside pocket. He was about to threw
tbem overboard, when they were
natched away from him.
The papers were written in German.
They are now in possession of the com-
and in officer, and are being trans
lated. What the papers contain is be
ing kept a secret, but the effljer now
suspect the man of being a spy.
The Pope .Not a I'urly.
In ItsieMie of April 20th the North
western Christian Advocate published
the following article under the above
heading:
At the risk of apparent repetition,
we bear i!y re emphasize the statement
that no papal dignitary is a recognized
party to or a valid element In the pres
ent conflict between the United States
and Spain. It is again and again inti
mated that the pope "greatly wished
to reach the ear of President McKin-
ley." It is repeated that "the holy
father" at first proposed to use his ab
legate now in this country as an inter
mediary, but was later informed that
that said ablegate "has no political
standing In Washington." The next
step was to secure some American-born
dignitary who "personally knows the
president and all his cabinet." There
fore Archblthop Ireland was chosen,
about whom the papers have had much
to say, within the week past. We are
told that Archbishop Ireland "received
his certificates" of agency, which he
'duly presented to the state depart
ment and on that basis the discussion
has gone forward."
While readers soon learn to discount
the average newspaper yarn, it yet is
quite possible for the expert reader to
discover a consistent trend which in
time amounts to safe practical informs
tlon. The mention of these papal in
termeddlings are so persistent and so
general in all the papers that no one
can doubt that papal Rome, New York
and Minnesota are seeking to gain rec
ognition as elements in the current
diplomatics of the day. The President
and his advisers may be easily embar
rassed. It is not a trifle to seem to
treat great cavalierly, or with the
slightest trace of curtness. Rome has
never been suspected of modesty. That
camel nose thrusts itself Industriously
and persistently against all the parti
tions that should separate them from
those in secular authority. Due respect
should be paid to the fact that the
world Las millions of these religionists
but no one should for a moment, forget
that the leaders of these millions always
have misused their secular power.
Thev who are not Romanists will not
for one moment consent that that
church shall ever become even con
structively a considerable element In
our public affairs. It has never earred
that right in the world. The very
troubles which now promise war be
tween the republic and Spain are Rom
anist fruits. One reason why Spain
dare not yield Cuba is her jusj fear that
a Spanish Carllst faction will punish
Spain by revolt fr yielding up Cuba,
That faction is the pledged friend of
reaction. It has, within two or three
decades, shown tenderness to the pro
posal to reimpose the Inquisition upon
Spain. The church trained Spaniards
in the cruelty against which Cuba now
revolts. That church has so accus
tomed Cubans to obedience to unjust
authority that their present resistance
is not as effective as it might be. The
e ntire conflict is a legitimate product
of Romanism, and it now is the extreme
of effrontery for that church to propose
to become in any sense a referee or ar
biter as between our republic and Ro
man Becular oppressors.
We are not deceived or touched one
whit by the statement that "the pope
is really sick frcm anxiety and solici
tude lest war 6hould break out." His
holiness' solicitude would have been
very much in order about twenty-five
years ago when he was stronger and
better able to undego such strains. He
ought then to have taken Spain in
hand. However, tiat was tot In hi
programme. The real trouble fjr
Rome In tbi time of trial is that super
Roman Sia in is about to te humi'ed,
the al ged d.vlne right of king i in
danger of ooe more stunning blow, and
Spain herself my re about to give
Eurcpe oce more i.f those haled repjb
llcs. That is the tear future hl:h
trouble " the holy father." He Is be
set by Spanish dcitanda for support and
he sees e'ea ly tlal defeat for Spain
meais more thai, temporary lo a of
sovereignty In that ruthl. ss land.
Wbl'e we dei r. cate all papal attempt
k. II. II
to .ecu the far Ol our rresiueot,
and to embarras cur sturdy plans with
respct to Spain and Cuba, we cannot
but fetl sorry for the pope and his re
actionist advisers. However, tcoe
gentlemen themselves have made many
people "f el sorry." It is their turn
now.
We sincerely hope that not one word
or act at Washington will for a moment
give room for suspicion that papal p9l-
ltics, or any constructive hint of Romta
diplomacy is acquiring any standing
whatever at the capitol. Nothing can
offend our people more than the least
image of such a suspicion. The people
will pardon a mistake in secular policy
but their confidence in magistrates will
have short shrift if papal agents multi
ply in Washington. The boundaries
between legitimate moral influence ani
undue political meddling are exceed
ingly thin. Romanism as such has no.
standing in the republic, and our offi
cials will do well If that is clearly un
derstood. Rome has ruled the world,
and that rule swiftly degenerated into
misrule and arrogant tyranny. We
should deprecate any message from the
Archbishop of Canterbury, except un
der clear circumstances wherein the
motive is unmistakable.- Undercertaln
circumstances that dignitary would be
told to mind his own business. The
same suggestion is In order with re
spect to conceivable other ecclesiastical
authorities.
England Plated.
"In 1850, a great commotion was pro
duced in England by the act of Plus
IX dividing the country into one met
ropolitan and twelve episcopal sees. . .
The new bishops were enthroned with
much pomp and ceremony. The whole
country was in a blaze of excitement at
what was considered an arrogant ag
gression of the pope of Rome." It is
full well that different societies are
formed to oppose the society which in
every possible way is trying to run the
earth. If it were truly a christian so
ciety it would be different, but it is a
semi-pagan society and the idolatry is
pronounced. Now let all people fight
this "close combination," and thereby
benefit the dupes who are in the ma
chine. None are so blind as those who
will not see. Let every one fight to
keep people from becoming the slaves
of this despotic power, and let every
one who can show them their blindness,
in regard to their position. If they
can be shown that their religion is ver
itable rot, they may drop the combina
tion on that account. They not on-ly
want Eagland but they want the earth
and will have it if they have the cour
age and power. E.
New Leader.
It is about time the Roman Catholic
church in the United States was look
ing for another leader. The people at
Rome is too much like the Bramia's
Brahm, he is too far in the heavens to
have communication with men. And
the pope seems to be too much inter
ested in the affairs of state, in regard
to Spain, to be able to do much for the
splrital necessities of the Roman Cath
olic church in this country. We would
therefore suggest that Ireland, or one
of the other leaders here be the general
manager and director till they can
make the necessary arrangements in
regard to polity and doctrines of the
body. Of course they would not have
the doctrine of the inf allibiUty of the
pope in it. Beside that, there are a
great many Roman Catholics who have
no use for the pope and the priest as a
politician and they would be glad to
see a change of this kind. It could be
called the American Catholic church.
Of course it would be a good Idea to
change the plan In regard to celibacy,
so that there would be no convents, at
least such as exist at the present time.
The pope would not suggest this to the
clergy here, therefore they should sug
gest it to him. Haya.