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A (tin ek, WMre ! Wmweter--
KrHltiMil V. Him water.
No pvlltltel tarty dt seises lo he.ie
cWmI If lhy permit IhfBiwIves to be
ilUUU J toby nx-n of the Ilk of R.nmv
wairr Mil M'xir.
rnt hiulil end II C. Jordan rea
now put tho llwn condoling each other,
both nl lot In the board of educe
lion primaries ani convention.
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Not on of the legUlellvo rsndldates
hestatJ whether or not ha will favor
a lw thit sill give Douglas muniy
grand Jury at least twice a year.
When thit writ of ouster comes down
It will be la order for "Nebraska's
greatest men' to road another lecture
to the highest court lo the tt.
The "American lllble Study" article
wa not written thl wook. To put It
lo thrt language tf Ihe Quaker, "tho
spirit did not move ur," to we kept (1111.
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When corruption get Into a politi
ck! party It It like tewor (ran In the
houno i - It can he found everywhere,
and Its odor blights everything it
touches.
If there Is a pepUl on your ticket to
sure to vote for the man on the other
ticket. Never vole for a Unman Cath
olio even fur road eupervlior. They
cannot be trusted.
0ing to the late arrival of the man
uscript ef "Chrint'i Saoond Coming,"
by Rev, Fairbanks, the article rannit
he set up In time to appear In thin litue.
It will appear next week.
If the peoplo of Omaha would bo free
roin Roiowator rule they must them
selves strike th Mow, F.very known
Kotewster tool shi.uld be marked and
slaughtered at the ballot box.
While this paper bai been opposed
to the municipal ownership of the wa
ter work lyilem we cannot overlook
the fact that the plan setim to be grow
ing In favor among our cltlzeni.
President John Ireland wet at jChl
cairo and toon charge ot McKlnley on
hli arrival. In hl tpeech he told Mr
McKlnley nsveral thing that the
United Slittet must do ilnoe It hat taken
the pope' territory with Hi mllllom
ef Roman Ciithollo votert, prlosts and
nuns, .,
Some three week have panted ilnce
the Omaha Use made Its cowardly and
uncalled for attack on the supreme
court of N libra. k a for rendering a
decltloa again! Moorrt "on the eve of
moinentooi political campaign," and
yet that ptpjr hat not apologized lo
tb court.
If worklngmen could realize how
closely connected I the question of oily
and county revenue and taxation with
tbelr own well'belnff, they would be
more on the alert to lupport no man
for office who haa been a party to eharp
practice or downright dlthoneaty In
publte aCalri.
There would be one benefit which
would accrue to the Republican party
if the city owned the waterworks.
Tbooiandiof dollari which the com
pany now pay i the nee company at
rental could not be ued to keep alive
paper which never tupporte ajtepub
Ucan candidate that It cannot uae.
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Omaha, the falrcit commonwealth lo
tha weit, should rite In the majetty of
her might, and atrlke down every man
and destroy every Influence which have
brought reproach to her name. Where
dlthonetty hat held carnival, let hon
city hn enthroned; where boodllng haa
ruled, let purity prevail; for ember-l-ri,
tubttltute men of Integrity; for
hribe-givert find a place io the peni
tentiary; oo ward ice should be tup
planted by moral courage; and Rose
water and bia Imps should be driven
and excluded from every position' of
leadenhip and trust.
CANDlOAIIM rttAU HMJHH"
II U IWUrk, rK.I a, 4
MrwMtrae IVI I Antral IW
vattW. liii!rwa
WavaTn Aminh sw hIIikkI H
lf ttttowfal vf tl iafdiii
the ll. setf.f wait It ,m erv the
tgrs we ar iHhw4 vhi rcitaM
aitthtwHy lhat ) Itttrw trd thriw t
Vn rrptt i.r IMIr tfiilv dual MfV
awiirl taem at th tim I) at
tti would take rare tf that Wenrh t f
that ami ttfi Thevflwlvf thH tfe
cUloa ha lwrn to pla eveiy ramll'
dale OA the ufrr.Wf, and lnttal f
adilmlig thtmwIvM Ut qutvt'ons of
gix d gorttmihl, Ihry have twn va
(tginl In i plaining tl em ilvft to ev
er)one thry m r I. Whi-o Ihry n r-t a
Itoteoator hemhmn tbry tll one
kind ot a tlory, and whoa tin y mwl
that much larger elaa of HopuhlU aat
who have determined that the rule of
KoMiwa'er, Mwitet, Tom PinnUuii,
Martin While and Hilly KlcnU d thall
come to an end In thin community, they
ting ao entirely different tong. If you
have uot advlned the candidates what
to do, then you have ttegleoted ao Ira
porUnl duty, and you have laid your
committee open to the euiplclon
that )ou are afraid of lUuofca
ter. In any event, Tub Amek
ICAN expected better thlngt. The
lat county central committee,' pretldid
over by G. R. Wllllamt, now a candi
date for com mlimioner of public lands
and buildings; who, as county commis
sioner, entered Into a bargain to white
wash the man who hae since hcn
found guilty of cmbrzxlomont by tho
highest court of tho stste, disgraced It
self by voting down every proposition
which was Intended to bring rancality
to an end. Every man on the commit
tee know that Moores was guilty, but
they rifused to act on the pretext that
It was not within the province of the
committee to Initiate a preceding that
would bring a Rnpubllcan rascal to
Justice. When II 0. ilurbnok was
elooted chairman of tho present com
mlltee by men who profeis to be antl
Koeewator Republicans, we suppoitod It
mi ant a departure from the moth-eaten,
hackmy,d and dishonest cuntutn of
trying to find some little hole some
where to crowd through, to avoid
mentlng poople, who pay taxos, fairly,
bravely and honestly on questions
which concern them.
(Jet tie mm of the committee, jou
should reallxe the position In which
you have placed yourselves by closing
the mouths of candidates who would
olhorwlse throw off the fetters of Hose
waterlsm, and star.d up In the majesty
of ao honest manhood and dodere
themselves against the further domin
ation of A corrupt and Infamous politi
cal ring, You should remember that
you have candidates on your ticket
whose records cannot atatd the search
light of truth, aad by making ao order,
wholesale, such as you are said
ti have made, do you not be
come parties to a scheme to
further plunder the taxpayers of the
county? If yju, gentlemen of the com
m It tee, are to assume responsibility for
the oonduct of this branch of the cam
paign, we call upon you o an.e all
the questlois which have been put to
candidates. We eta you to exp'aln, If
you can, why you as a Republican com
mittee are advocating the election of
the Democratic chairman of the Hoard
of County Commissioners chrome
and dangerous Roewater tool, who bas
voted away the people'! money lo defi
ance of law and lo utter contempt of
public sentiment? We ask you to ex
plain, If you can, why you do not allow
your candidate for county attorney to
open bis mouth and answer the ques
tion whether or not he bat made bar
gain with Rosewater? We ask you to
explain, if you can, what objootloo
there can be to allowing Candidate
Beverly to say whether be will be a
Roeewater tool or not, as he hat been
lo the past; and we ask you to explain
why you refuse to allow the other can
didates for the Senate and House to de
fine their positions on this live issue of
the present campaign?
It will also be Incumbent upon you to
speak for 0. R. Williams and to ex
plain how the people of the ttate can
expect him to be faithful lo collecting
the ttate school fund, which will be bit
duty if be should be elected commit
i loner of public lands and buildings,
when he allowed a man whom he knew
to be A defaulter to get away with a
portion of the state school fund be
longing to Douglas county, until the
THC AMERIOAN,
(iIiimiwumJ m-4 Vl a fcwtvti
. wiVi-r a 4 Kit inf e4 v
! tl . A a It-1 uWirtr,
IMrStll a'M VM ItWit lU'f, IkH
vtiiy at Wi, to saptwt
pMU ee e.1'!e' hf tV, eil
ek i to tr;t, H ) m r Vr
jeu Sf to I If u to il ie.s suit at
ihe seme time trwe U thtrtut til Jtta
L Witt-r, m long a Mirwf, Hj t
watalrg la . . wUh !:. Ur, 1.
trtrv-tly h Ipinf In kalfe Vlmr n.t
the who have hwi rtnialaaM to
suppori him at candidate for the
L'nl- d Niw-t senati ?
The tw opU will aUdfxwt l. k o
from you whpther )im are gving to al
low tha li fl ivni e of your cimltUr 't
he um1 to furtht-r line the prK-kelt of
the K. pub:l(n r y's gnattwt ton mi
in Ndbratka, I y inablln him to ro'lin-t
lhouaiids of dollar In rental from ti e
Unltnl Mtati's govvrnment for armj
heai?i(urtis. Thee are a few of the
particular matters which should claim
your attention. Oilier may he sug
geted as election day draws Dear,
FOrUIUNISM.
Until but a few years ago the true
American tontlmentof our forefather
seemeu to be waning. This was, er
baps, the natural retult of the lm
nienne foreign Immigration landed on
our shore, and I' was also natural that
those same foretgrer ihould cling ten
aulousty to the unagns and custom of
their futncrlaml, and thu forolgnlsm
through contact ha grown among the
American people. The Roman Catho
1 lo church ba born no small factor In
the oollnlssatlon of this country and lo
It may be ascribed the downward ten
dency of Ainerloanlam and ntln r rollg
lous denominations have followed In
III wake. Many of the brightest and
bent men that this country has pro
duced havo looked dura tho Una of
tlmo and have warned tho people of
tho danger to bo feared. True, they
did not all call It by the same namo,thoy
meant the stmo thing, Various pstrl
otio t'Jolotlf theva launc'ied thofr prin
ciple and lentlment up n tho puoplf,
aud all have performed some rolxtiun
In staying tbeonwsrd pr"grrMof fr
olgnltm and tho downward tendency
of trui Amortcailm, hut n ine havo
reached the root of tho evil, and what
ever they may have eonompllilii d hsa
boon ovenhadowod by the action of tha
various political parlies, Right here
In eur own olty of Omaha the party
tickets are not ma le up with a vlow to
honesty and compttoncv, The ques
tion Is how Ut oaten the forolgo vote?
We have known a nationality that was
fortunate enough to have a represent
live on one or more of the party tick-
ets to secretly advise their people to
vote only for such men lo the exclusion
of all others and that too without
taking Into consideration the qual
ifications of sjoh candidates, We
tingle out no particular nationality nor
do we blame any one except tho loaders
of the poll Ileal parties, who are blinded
lo their ambition for siiccei at the
polls, and to this end public poiltlott
are bartered and told, They atone are
to blame for the decline of American
manhood.
The war between the United States
and Spain ha done much to bring tbo
poople of thla country to their senses,
It haa done much to raise the plane of
American citizenship and to command
for us tho respect of other natl nt so
that today the name of America Is no
longer a by-word. The progressive
nations of Kurope ire now forond to
become our friends, while tho declining
nations know not bow to act. Yet, lo
faoa of All this, the political parties
continue lo the old rut.
Wt care not In what country a man
may have been born, or under what
flag, so long at be It an American cltl-
xen and has cat aside the garmeatt of
the land of hit birth And adapted him
self to America end her Institutions
without a mental reservation. Rut we
protest against making American poli
tics subservient to any foreign element
of our population to the exolusloo of
honest American oitlensbip. Foreign
lira ihould not be a factor io tho poli
tics of the United States!
Us the M. K. church In Omaha gone
Into politics? It seems so. Notsatla
fled with having a notorious rake, em
bezxlcr, whlsky-aot and convict occupy
tho pulpit of tbe Flrtt church, it goet a
step further And invitee a candidate for
offloe Mr. Meroer to occupy the pul
pit of the Hansoom Park church.
i'4t4ie rail le a UatMa
a tt tt kral f las M Y rfcr) la
lMr.mr.H-llt to the rr,t that tlit
ltg ut ptiUie e4 ftia:la I !
a M. ! Aw.rl. rl'U A"
l n vt l.ta U t'4 In
l rt Hite almlltrr-J lae Item a
Ca'ho rim erh. The Mlhll.i will
t iti lo i-rttflt hy the to tsa'hl
the I tot a (ih '!., Nee Is the time
Iluptl,e a. tl.. Will od dt tt
Vol ti.n' H up! t thl pH.r to np
p-e il l n ite In the ll.ian t'a'
n e rHur H aed ;h at It la a Prole
lmlrhMcS. It will ant Uo It. Ithw
live and ha the mureg Wi say tHt
tl.D M I: ft tirrh did Wiong, and tlml a
iHo'l .n or to onen wiii rsuie no
end of rm"rramet) and lilleeileg
a nil" if u r neiib-r. Tho Ho
mans thouM havt a inonoimly of the
practice. We ho.ie th's warning will
he aHHpted In the spirit It Is given
and not taken a a threat. We do not
threat n.
Hilly K emted says his cUlm of
over 1.1 MX! again! the county, lo allow
which It wss nooeaary to Involve the
county In tho paymont of over IIOO (XH)
with 41 per cent Interest for 20 years,
was a Jut clslm. Tbe fact Is from
moral as well as a logal point, it wa
an unjust and unlawful claim. If the
Douglas county poor farm lots had sd
vancod In pi leo,Judge Doanr,who was a
claimant, would never have started
a suit to sot aside the sslo. Hut the
property fell In price, and then tbe
clamor begun for dno'arlng the pro
ceedings Illegal, and Mr, Klertd was
one of the claimant who took no action
until his claim wit burred by the ttat
uto of limitation, Whet he became
A candidate for county commtstlotior
hi was tho reprenenUtlvo of Djuglas
Addition cla'mantr and tholr crcdltur
TiiK AmkiiicaN can find no fnult wit i
Mr. Klcrsteil, tho private citizen, fo
trying to collect hlscUlin by honorablo
and legal methods, but when bo ucd
his ofll'to a county oomm'snloner to do
fut tbe law ami sot asldo the written
opinion of W. I). JleckoU, the board's
stt.orney, thnrnhy Involving the county
In A bonded debt of 111)0,01)0 moro than
Itothorwliie would have been, he for
full tbe ropK)t of honust mnn and
hould te coiiilemnod by votor and
tax payor. If tho holder of the out
lawed olalmt had not dofoa'od the bill
before the lat leglatature to empower
the county board to make derd the
remedy would have been ample and
Jiut; but they knew they had an untir
ing worKer in Commlsionor-Clalmant
Kiorsted on tho board, and they did
notiwaottlie property; they wanted
money and thrjugb Klorslcd's pnrsivt-
entand dlshoneat course they got It.
Of ooiirno, Claimant Klertted would
say It's a Jut olslm. The evil door never
wants for an excuse, Hut It wss his
duty, as defined by the supreme court,
to plead every legal (lofente, and the
sUtuteof limitation wa a good dofenco,
and when that defence bad prevailed
the remedy, as above tuggettoJ, was a
deed from the county, which could be
given by authority from tbe legislature.
The gelvemz td gall of K. Rosewatcr
la pretending that he was influential io
inducing ('resident McKlnley to visit
Omaha, provoke a smile. More than
A year ago Senator Thurston stated to
friends In Omaha that be was going to
fell McKloley "that tbe only thing he
owes me is a visit to tbe Trans-Missls
I'ppl Exposition." The most influen
tlal man with President McKlnley is
Mark Ilanna; tbe next is John M.
Thurston. The people may thank
Thurston for the president's visit; all
Roiowater did was to sorve as mcsion
ter boy to bring tbe word from McKln
ley that be would bo io Omaha October
I2th,
Wbeo Mel, Itedflold, a county clerk,
was pressing defaulter Moorei for a
settlement, Congressman D.vld II,
Mercer went from one ward club to
another Abusing And deriding him and
throwing bis Influence with Rosewater
oo tbe side of the roost corrupt ring
that ever fattened cfT the tax payers of
Douglas county, Will Mr. Mercer jus
tify himself?
0. 0. Irey the only man renominated
by the Republican party as a candidate
for the school board, ihould not receive
tbe lupport of any truo friend of tbe
public schools. No self-respecting cit
izen ihould support him. He has been
a t tin fcM (.an
4H a tim le tfcrre e
ai4 4il-iiMt, tl we tkatWufs htm
Wt pll ti a !el Ur whet his
vnlr wa ;) Iv far ? ths las
ptjfra. V r hmi frf t A wjaat
the Irr j htard ea if ha U A Psiru-il
.hi of A sue! tea tr a vassrr st the
JueUrodtr. "vry frUad of ihe pv.
le hmtl should ) all la hi otr te
d ft ti'f In-y,
The pope ha rrfuwd to jllnn tla
rar't prtHial for a gonsr! dUsrtna
meet of the nations f the wtrld urlll
the quodlon of the poM's temxra
mwer 1 "tt!"d. That q it-dloa I st-
Hi d io ihe mind of every one hut the
ii-l-e, aid tf he ha any Urathatla
tbe.e (itjs ol progrets and civilisation
he will lie h r muted to sgaiu acquire
temporal K)er he I hedly tiiUukcn.
The World Hi raid has been tryln
lo out the way for Onaha's future
l io-pu.lty. The Amkhican bellevot
that thero can be no permanent pros
perity for Omaha without a radical re
duutlon In taxation. There can be no
reduction In taxation so long as polltt
Cl loaders ancoursge hmidllng lo poll
tics ani bribery In public affairs
RotswaterUm mut go.
The Spaniards have a provorb that
" a scalded cat runs from cold water."
After tbo scalding the taxpayers of
this county have had, they should hie
themselves at the sight of an Iceberg
Tbe candidate who will not declare
himself agalnt tne corrupt methods
that havo prevailed In politics and in
office should be marked for defeat.
Now I it with you, Pieildcnt Iilng
ham? lias tbo bun of the mayoralty
bee lulled you to sleep, while the over
burdom d taxpayers are crying out for
relief from Rosewater rule? Your
b.xim Is being nursed by Captain I'al
mor, and he has bocomo uburvlent
to Roewater a to loin hit lndlvldu
allty. .
Tho Irish Iteman Cathollo Regi
ment, tho Ssvcnlh Illinois, together
with Col, Marous Ksvauaugb, has
boon mti to rd out of service. No t
one of them smolled powder, but tbat
will not prevent Hit Ir going Into old
soldier organization hereafter and
boallng of Irish Roman Calollo
loyalty.
The Republicans have announced a
serle of csmpalgo mooting lo the va
rious wards of the city and propovo to
"make business lively" until election
day, while tbe Fuslonlsts who have an
nounced Uidr moating, will endeavor
to make tbe people believe tbat
"bulne stagnation" U running ram
ptnt, The houe of blihops of the l'rotes
tint Kp!co itl church bas passed A
resolution favoring an Anglo-Ainerloan
alliance, This don't sound very much
like that church was pandering to Ro
manlsm, May it nover be any more
nearly allied to tbe ppaey,
Even If Rosewater does not know ex
aotly what Thk Ahkhioam is driving
at in this campaign, we do, and when
the polls close he may have learned a
oew lesson In politics,
TBE POLITICAL LANCE,
The campaign thus far has not boon
very enthusiastic so far at Omaha It
concerned, Politician of all partlei
bave seemingly lost all interest In tho
nominees and there Is likely to be
tome unsatisfactory public servants
folited upon tbe people. Rotb ticket
contain unsatisfactory and incompetent
men and The Lance advises the people
to be careful lo making tbelr selec
tions. We know men who are so en
thusiastic io tbelr support of Senator
Allen that they announoe ihelr inten
lion of supporting every man on the
fusion ticket la order to secure that
gentleman's re-election to the United
States senate, Can It be possible tbat
ourcity'i Interest pale into Insignifi
cance to tho face of Senator Allen's en
deavor to be hit own tuccetsor? The
Idea tbat the people must elect unsafe
men lo tbe Interest of one man savors
somoftaai ef the dictatorship of Rose
water. Whllo we all reoognlzo tbe
good record of tbe senator is It not pos
sible that there are other men who are
equally capable and honest? Tbe Lanoe
would not deprive Senator Alleo of any
tf his lerK M h fan M f
ttit iirt t tse i-rot-le if Outage
eel l-n.!a wwatf thHiM
W t4 la Ihe aa4 wvt
see
The ItrpuhiUee twisty atral
! lave vt"ae4 vew-pe'ie h4
ta't ti "A Ihe Patfra-ui Vwek, al the
etraet IHH aid faraam slrw. It
It softtettftio inlet to have a untie
trrrt and ol egrvtt from eampa'ft
hralq tarter.
Thebtard if cuatf (nimiwlMloners
are "httwwa the devil And the deep
h'ue ie la Ihe matter of the puhllt a
Ilea of the delli q n nt t ltt la Ihe
nrplrt printed la a tmelge Ian
guage, ani they are atd to he threat
ened with annlhl'atloo at the han Is of
the various foreign elomentt tt the
polls If the demands of the papers
are refuted. The Lmce fall to dis
cover any jdttlce In tbe demand of any
foreign newpp,-r tbat the peopto's
money should be iquandored lo thla
way. The language of thlt oonntry
and of thlt state la Eigllsh and
all our laws are published and all
Igal bus!nei Is transacted In that lan
guage, and all cltlxeniof foreign birth
ought to iwcar allegiance to aol adapt
themselves to our laws, Institutions,
language and customs. Of late years
It seems tbat the tendoncy of our
people bas been to t)ady to foreign
isn. Even the political parlies over
lockgonulne American citizenship lo
making up their candidates for public
ofTlce, They select this maa because
be is a "German-American," that man
because he is an "Irish-American,"
another because he Is A Sw do, another
became be Is a Itohemtan, and still
another became ho represents the col
ored population All this Is dono with
out reference to the qualifications of tbe
men, but with tho sole Idea of catching
the votes from these various nationali
ties. The effect hai been to decrease
tho love of country and honost Ameri
can sentiment, No man should be
chosen a public servant because he rep
resents some foreign nationality, hut
his solo qualification should he his
honesty and capacity to Impartially ad
mlnl.tor the people's Internals. Tbe
toadying to newspapers published in
foreign languages cornel In tbe saite
ot' gory, and if thce papers have ee
hotter cUlm to patronage than that
tbey represent soma particular foreign
nationality, they have no light tiex
pect that It will be gives thorn.
Corrections.
Io Article III on "ChrUt'i Hoc
ond Coming," Oct. 14, by A. D. Fair
banks, tbe following erron oscurred
through tbe carelessness of the ma
chine men:
In the flrit line, the word 'oonnonial'
should read 'ceremonial,' lotbeeightb
line from tbe bot tom la tho same col
umn tbe word 'dignifying' should read
'signifying.' In the sentence, 'At truly
will Cbrlsts come the second time,'
should read, 'As truly has Christ come
tbo second time,' Again, In 'When
any of those plcturisls got through
with this prophecy,' It should have
read, 'When any of theo futurist got
through, Io 17th lino from bottom la
same column expunge 'and ocuntt,'
lie v. Fairbanks sayt there are other
mistakes but that those are the most
absurd.
Item Of Interest
Some anxiety Is said lo be felt la
high ecclesiastical circle In Rome
over the coming publication of the
memoirs of Mgr. Cariccl, who died
three months ago, The dead prelate,
whospent much of bit time lo the pa
trloiao society of Rome, was known as
a man of keen wit and bitter and tar
castlo tongue. Ills memoirs are In the
same itrain, laying bare foiblo and fol
lies relentlessly, and great effort is be
ing made to prevent publication.
There an In Spain 126 protestantt
schools, with 61 male and 79 female
teachers. They lntruct 2,600 boyi
and 2,100 girl. Thero are eighty Sun
day schools. Tbe t'rotestante publish
lo Spain six Journals la toe Interest of
Prl tester. t religion.
Call and consult tbe. most reliable
palmist and card-reader of tbe age
Only here for a few weeks, Iours
daily, 0 a. m. to 10 p. m.; Sunday, I p.
m. to 10 p.m. MAUAME WESLEY,
1022 South 10th St.
Do-To-IIm for fifty Cmi
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