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OMAHA, NEB., JUNE 10, 188.
The Irish are always jrelllng for home
rule for Irelasd. Thoj never peep fur
home rule in their churches. How
consistent.
St. Louis, Mo., church clrcloi were
agitated again last week. A Protec
tant girl married a Roman Catbollo
man. She will repent at lelture.
The war department should prohibit
the carrying of any flag other than
the national colon. Our reason for
making thlt suggestion la that other
flag could be used as signals. This
Is a religious war and at the proper
time all Romanists will openly aid
Spain; and Romanists are the only ones
who want to carry any other flag.
The Information from Vlotorla, D. C,
that reaches us Is to the effect that x
Priest Ruth ren has the Roman Catho
lics completely whipped. We have
heard 0 Mr. Ruthven ' before and al
ways In very favorable terms. lie has
the reputation of being both an orator
of more than ordinary ability and a
darlug, fearless fighter. We wish him
continued success in his contest with
Old 8, the Man of Sin, the pope of
Romo.
A dispatch from Manila to the Lon
don Times says "Agulnaldo's treat
ment of tho Spanish prisoners Is exem
plary. Few excesses are reported ex
cept where priests were mutilated be
fore being killed. Foreigners, with the
exception of the French nuns, remain
In Manila." The laity ought to mutil
ate the priests in this country and there
would be fewer girls ruined. B.sides,
there is no necessity for a priest being
a perfect man.
Elder Stebbeds, who has delivered
a number of lectures on the Signs of
the Times in the Advent church on
Twenty-fifth Btreet, near Indiana street,
during the past week, will lecture at
the same place next Sunday morning at
11 o'clock, and evening at 8 o'clock,
on "What Do These' Things Mean?"
We have heard Elder Stebbeds and he
puts more of the Bible in his lectures
than any man we ever listened to. It
will pay you to spend the morning and
evening with him
The many friends of C. E. Atterbury
whe have not already heard of his
death will be grieved to learn that he
died last Friday, June 3rd, of Bright
disease. Mr. Atterbury had been a
resident of Omaha for about 11 years,
and was manager of the Frontier Steam
Laundry for 6 years. He was an ar
dent and consistent American, and was
an active and enthuslastio member of
the A. P. A., the Jr. O. U. A. M. and
the A. O. V. W. His remains, were In
terred in Forest Lawn.
DOLLARS NOT HUMANITY IN
FLUENCES THE POPE.
The cat is out. The reason John
Ireland was willing to betray this coun
try Into the hands of the Spanish bond
holders, was because the Vatican was a
heavy bolder of Spanish securities.
This is a serious charge, but it Is
amply borne out by facts that have since
come to light, and no amount of gloss
can now hide from the American peo
pie the hideous form of treason- that
lurks beneath the lying cloak of mod
ern Romacism.
The Review of Reviews for May, 1898, '
commenting on the indebtedness of
Spain, which now amounts to about
12,000,000,000, says: ,
"IV next becomes important, if we
would really know what was going on
at Washington, for us to understand
something of the distribution of this
Spanish debt. In the early part of the
present century, the property of the
church in Spain had so accumulated that
it might be said almost without exag
geration that the ecclesiastical estab
lishment had absorbed the wealth of
the country. Whereas there are now
perhaps thirty-five thousand priests
and monks In Spain, there were in 1S20
not less than one hundred and fifty
t housand of these Spanish clergymen,
not to mention the scores of thousands
of nuns (of whom there are now only
about fifleea thousand) Clericalism
has played a very large part In the
struggles of dynasties, factions, and
parties in Spain throughout the entire
century. The success of a particular
dynastlo faction ia IMS meant the de
feat of the clerical party; and this was
followed by sweeping confiscatory de
crees, which led to a protracted quar
rel between the Vatican and the Spanish
government. This quarrel was kept
up for near! a quarter of a century,
and was finally compromised in 1859 by
a new Concordat between the Spanish
government and the Pope, In accord
ance with which a large amount tf
church property was sold off, and there
was Issued to the church several hun
dred millions of dollars of Interest-
bearing Spanish bonds. This huge
block of securities held by the Roman
Catholic church to day must of neces
sity make that ecclesiastical organiza
tion especially anxious for the main
tenance of Spanish credit. A war with
the United States means Spanish bank
ruptcy almost beyond a peradventure;
and It Is hard to see how the holdings
of'Spanlsh bonds by the Catholic church
could be protected In the general break
up of Madrid finances. The particular
plan by which the church cane Into
possession of the chief part of the
Spanish internal debt was arranged
with the Vatican Itself, and It would
be strange Indeed If the Vatican should
not now, In this critical time, have felt
very keenly its responsibility for doing
everything in its power to protect
what it had been able forty years ago
to save out of the far greater posses
sions formerly held by the church in
Spain. All this was reasonable enough.
Pope Leo, that venerable figure the
loftiness of whose personal character
has won for him the esteem of good
men of all communions, is not for a
moment to be charged with any sordid
or improper motives In what has
been on his part a commendable efiort
to secure a solution of the Cuban ques
tion without a war between Spain and
the United States. The only unan
swered question Is, why the Pope had
not Intervened on behalf of his suffer
ing Catholic subjects in Cuba. The
Vatican has had no lack of wise advis
ers in this country, and has clearly
perceived, if we mistake not, that
Spain must inevitably give up her hold
on the Island. It seems to have become
the cherished hope of Leo that Spain
might be pemiaded to withdraw under
some terms that would not sacrifice
Spanish pride at eveny point, while the
essential feat ires of the demands of
American public opinion should hive
been granted. It was to this end that
the Pope offered his services as a
mediator; but there were ample rea
sons why from the point of view of the
Oovernmintat Washington this was
Impossible. And the Spaniards on their
part declined the Pope's urgent re
quest that we should at least abstain
from armed intervention until we had
allowed a certain number of days to
elaps in which the Vatican, with the
co-operation of certain European gov
ernments, should bring moral pressure
upon Spain to see what concessions
might be seoured at Madrid in the in
terest of peace. It was this effort
of the Pope, undoubtedly, that led to
the postponement of. President McKIn
ley's message from Wednesday to Mon-
day. ,. ' , .
It is simply to be remarked here that
it would have been safe enough to
have allowed the coun try to know the
facta. It was a mistake to counten
ance the news reports that the me-
s
sage was withheld on account of some
possible danger that its delivery to
Congress might inflict upon Americans
in Cuba. The European governments
are adepts at the game of diplomatic
mystery; but our government at Wash
ington is not organized for that kind
of business. With us, nothing suc
ceeds half so well as downright frank
ness, and the influence of Mr. McKln-
ley during the month of April was on
more than one occasion sadly Imperiled
by the secrecy surrounding highly
honorable efforts which required no
mystery. The efforts that his holiness
Leo XIII. was ma king were wholly
creditable to him. They furnished a
good and sufficient reason for the post
ponement of President McKlnley's
message. It would have been decided
ly better, therefore, it the real reason
had been known and the sham reason
the absurdity of which was bound to be
exposed bad not been sectationally
foUted upon the country. Archbishop
Ireland, who is understood te have
been the mtn whose explanations to
the President had secured the post
ponement of the message, is an Amer
ican of the highest quality of patriot
Urn."
The above article will demonstrate
to any thoughtful American that the
pope, through John Ireland, attempted
and Is now attempting through other
channels, to It Hue nee the policy of this
nation, tn the end that the Vatican be
able to realize the full amount of money
represented by the Spanish bonds run
ning in its favor, and very often it ap
pears that they are making progress,
yet Immediately afterward something
transpires that shows that the work
of the agents of the pope has been off
set by the common, horse sense of our
chief executive and his advisers, or by
agencies loyal to the government and
heartily opposed to ALL foreign Inter
ference, whether it Is ecclesiastical or
political.
That Is a sentiment which Is ecdorsed
by ALL truly loyal men, and one which
the government will do well to remem
ber whenever there Is an attempt at in
tervention by the United States of
Europe. And that there is hope in
Roman Cathollo circles that mediation
or Intervention will finally be deter
mined upon we quote a portion of a Mad
rid dispatch to the New York World.
That dispatch says "there are strong
rumors again of INTRIGUES BE
TWEEN THE VATICAN AND THE
AUSTRIAN COURT TO BRING
ABOUT A CONCERT OF MEDIA
TION THIS SUMMER."
This country should be Its own medi
ator. When it has accomplished the
work which it was called to do, though
victorious at every point, It Bhould say
"let there be peace."
This country has no desire to extend
its boundaries, and should acquire In
the captured provinces only treaty
rights in consideration of and exchange
for the assistance afforded . the
insurgents in establishing Independent
governments. ' To do more would be to
stand before the world in a false posi
tion, for this nation began this war in
the interest of humanity, and was actu
ated by the highest, most noble and gen
erous Impulses and 1 ot by a single sor
did or mercenary motive; and because
of this fact which might be consid
ered a covenant with God in case He
permitted our arms to win victory
from those blessed by anti-Christ, the
pope of Rome we believe the people
will favor living up to the declaration
of war.
The statement in the above article
that John Ireland is "an American of
the highest quality of patriotism," is
as false as sin. NO man who is a con
sistent Roman Catholic can be "an
American of the Highest quality of
patriotism." John Ireland is no ex
ception to the general rule. Either he
Is true to Rome and a traitor to the
United States, or he is loyal to this
country and disloyal to the Roman
Catholic church. He can choose which
ever horn of the dilemma he wishes.
And what is true of John Ireland is
true of every other Romanist in the
country. There can be no such thing
as loyalty to or patriotism for country
among men who accept as binding the
laws and dogmas of the Roman Cathollo
church. They breed disloyalty and
encourage treason, "
No Romanist should be trusted in
time of war. They should never be
trusted when the Roman church la in
terested on the opposite side. ?
Early this week we received an anon
ymous letter written partly in red and
partly in black ink in which we are
referred to as "the dambdest rober in
not only that but a rog and theef." It
then asks who freed this country, and
answers It with the assertion that
Washington said that "out of twelve,
seven were cathoilcks." The writer
does not say that out of every twelve
men who fought for national independ
ence seven were Roman Catholics but
that "out of twelve, seven were catho
ilcks,'' which would leave the casual
reader to infer that he claimed Wash
ington had credited the Roman church
with furnishing seven-twelfths of the
fighting men in the war for independ
ence. The writer also Informs us that
Washington also said all religions were
equal. And we will say that is some
thing the author of the letter and his
ecclesiastical superiors never have and
la all probability never will admit, as
they claim the Roman Catholic to be
the only true church. Following the
"equality1 declaration cames the ques
tion: ' Who is doing all the fitlng now
but catbollcks now. You amerlcaa
protect society are the darnedest lot of
cowards out of hell that was ever cre
ated the catholic are doing all the filing
jjtt at present Eaven commodore
Dewey Is a catholic eaven Sampson is
catholic eaven dark is a catholic and
whear Is your great amerlcan protec
tive soclet at tbay are in the Hole."
The writer is a little premature in his
statement that the catholics are doing
all the fighting, unless he acknowledges
that the Episcopalian and other Prot
estant churches are more Cathollo than
the Church of Rome, as Dewey I ad
Episcopalian as was also Ensign Bagley
who was killed In an engagement in
Cuban waters. As to the charge of the
writer that the members of the Amerl
can Protective Association are cowards
we will say that the Roman church
would do well not to blind itself with
such assertions lest it be surprised at
their valor In defending their country
against the as-aults of traitors who are
guided and directed by Roman Catholic
priests in an effort to subjugate It and
establish the law and government of
the papacy in lieu of the liberal and
enlightened form now in force. When
you get ready to striae, Mr. Roman,
"lay on, and damned be he who first
cries, 'hold, enough!' "
Anti-Catholicism In Italy.
Private advices from Italy confirm
the published information that Rudinl's
new cabinet is contemplating severe
measures against the pope and the
Cathollo church. If It carries them
out its policy will be suicidal. Indeed,
the persecution of the church on such
Imperfect and biased evidence as the
government now has at Us disposal
could have but one result. It would
rouse moderate men to anger and des
troy not only the makeshift cabinet
now in power but endanger the stability
of the throne itself. There Is, indeed,
no sober proof that the pope himself or
his advisers, or any body of men whom
he immediately controls, have joined
the late forces of the revolution direct
ly or indirectly. The most that can be
said Is that there have been isolated
cases in which over-zealous priests
have patted revolutionary agents on
the back and preached the doctrine of
' Down with Humbert, the Jailer of
the Vatican!" It is hoped here that
for the sake of common sense the Ital
ian government will limit its campaign
to take proceedings in such isolated
cases, and will not call on itself the
curses of moderate and thoughtful Italy
by any wholesale attack on the pontiff
or his church. London dispatch to the
Chicago Sunday Tribune.
Shot Insulters of the Flag.
Altoona, Pa., June 2. Word reached
this city late tonight of a riot which
occurred at Scalp Level, a little min
ing town in Cambria County, between
anti-American foreign and American
laborers. The provocation was an in
sult to the flag by some Huns. So far
as can be learned, six Huns were shot,
but none fatally. A dozen or more
Americans and Austrian Huns were in
jured by stones.
The insult was offered during a flag-
raising in the town. A group of about
twenty-five Huns, Italians, and Poles
stood on the outskirts of the crowd and
jeered at the flag as it was raised on
the staff. A dozen Americans, angered
by the outbreak charged the anti
American foreigners with sticks and
stoaee and a battle resulted. The citi
zens were outnumbered and were grad
ually driven back through the town,
followed by the frenzied foreigners.
The cause of the riot came to the ears
of a number of veterans. They pro
cured rifles and revolvers and charged
the foreigners from the rear. They
sent several volleys into the rioters and
several were seen to fall. The injured
were quickly hustled away by their
compatriots and the foreigners re
treated to their shanties.
An Italian who speaks English is
said to have given out that six foreign
ers, all told, were wounded by the fire
from the guns. None of them, he said,
was in a serious condition. The Amer
ican laborers followed up their advant
age by posting a notice giving all for
eigners In the town twenty-four hours
to leave. New York Sun.
A Typical Amerlcaa Beglmeat.
It is both interesting and instructive
to examine the table of data in yester
day's Tribune relative to the makeup
of the Second Regiment of Illinois Vol
unteers. It shows just what a typical
American regiment is, and indicates
the cosmopolitan character of the great
American army cow united in the love
of a common country and in the attack
upon a common enemy. The average
aee of the 1,008 privates in the Second
Illinois Is 24 years, and the average
height 5 feet 9 Inches. The average
ttiture of the twenty-two officers Is the
same, though the average age Is 37
years. Most significant is the analysis
of the nationality of the regiment Its
members were born in no less than
twenty-four d fferent countries, though
all are now naturalized American cltl
zees. The United States is the birth
place of 773 of the men and 19 of the of
ficers; Germany comes next with 71 of
the men; Canada follows with 23 and
Norway with 27; England and Sweden
each give 24; Ireland, 15; Scotland and
Denmark, 8 each; while smaller quotas
ball from Russia, Austria, Hungary,
Swl'z rland, Italy, Mexico,' Bohemia,
Palestine, India, South Africa, Poland,
Belgium, Servla and Cuba. Three -ot
the officers of the regiment come from
Scotland, Canada, and Servla, respec
tively. The whole It a remarkable and
noteworthy example of true American
ism. It is not in the narrow sense a
United States regiment, or even an
Anglo-Saxon regiment. It Is something
of larger meaning still an American
regiment No more striking otject
lesson could anywhere be found to
show the fusing and unifying effect of
American citizenship and ot the ideas
and institutions for which the Stars
and Stripes stand. The Second Illinois
typifies the army, and the army typi
fies the nation, both in cosmopolitan
origin and in American patriotism.
Chicago Tribune, June 5th.
And Halligan Wou.
A case is In the courts at Rochester,
N. Y., which will establish a precedent
and also determine whether It is within
the power of a priest to decide that a
man is not a practical Catholic who
send his children to the public schools.
One James C. Halligan was recently
expelled from the C. M. B. A. because
he continued to send his child to the
public schools a'tar he had been noti
fied to withdraw her therefrom. Halli
gan claims that he did not fail in his
duty as a practical Catholic, while
Priest O'Hare holds otherwise. It Is
about time that the government of this
country took notice of the un-American
action of the Roman Catholic clericals.
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness is a farce where a church can ex
communicate and persecute one of its
members for sending his children to
the public schools of the nation,
American Tyler.
The court issued, in the above case,
a writ of mandamus requiring that Mr.
Halligan be reinstated or that cau9e be
given for refusal to relnst ite him. Be
fore the hour set for hearing the case
Mr. Halligan was restored to full mem
bership in the C. M. B. A., which paid
all the costs and asked that the case be
dismissed, thus admitting that a man
can send his children to the public
schools and at the same time remain a
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