'IV.
vl
'4
THE AMERICAN
A 1 1 M.Y M. PArt' K, Ato ftU A HM AVfU ANw w t wM tt U . Aw tie n At e V Mat itnt wui te
IKH K IhK I KM
Nl MH ST.
OMAHA, NnUMMKA. IUUUY, JII.Y T, m.
SOME PERTINENT
QUESTIONS.
Wm WUI'ara M.Klnlry tH?r
alnrer la fclt reedy ecptanre of the
A, r. A. fHnrtplHt m ptwm4 Id H
by the t-owttalttee from the supreme
rtxtnrit eembled In 1?
Did Archbishop Ireland know hit
roan In the person of William M Kin
ky before bit nomination and election
to the pretldemy?
1 It pri-Uable thiit the president In
tended to Intuit hi patriotic frlcnda
who elected him president la commit
tins himself to the papal pulley In the
fiit mat Ion of hit cabinet and Id hit
subsequent appointments?
Did tht president Ignore true Arar
trans and choose papists for hit cllef
advisers?
Has the president been wine and
stateamanllke tn hit Philippine policy
alnce the close of the war with Spuln,
and In hit treatment of General Agul
naldo and hit armlet who were fur
mrrly his allies In the war?
How can the pope of Rome be better
pleased than with McKlnley'o papal
policy In his administration?
Is not the combined papal and li
censed liquor power In politics ln.thlit
country growing stronger, more defiant
and dangerous to the government and
nation?
Where are the patriotic Americans
formerly called the A. P. A.'s?
Can the patriotic Americans vote for
the re-election of William McKlnley
president In 1900?
Will not the reform voters of the
A PAPAL CONCLAVE.
When the seventy cardinals arc as-
layer walls up all doors snve one, and
In turn the windows, leaving at the top
of the latter one or two panes to Im
part a dim religious light to tho In
terior. The next morning tho master of
ceremonies rings a bell at the entrance
of each cell and repeats the summons
half an hour later, At nine ho rings
the third time, crying, "To chapel, my
lords." Then the cardinals, fully
vestod, with their scnrlet burette, at
tended by their conclavists or chap
lains, march to the Pauline chapel,
whore mass Is sung by tho dean of tho
aacred college, After service In the
. I. ...... 1 , .. .. I J ! I . .. I -
.iiiiyn luiiM'a in run Mini, looowillg
which tiicli' eminences, in cassocks
y only, proceed to the fllstlne chapel to
prepare for the first scrutiny. Tho
chief font ii re of this funr.tlon Is tho
canting of a paper ballot of peculiar
design, called a schedule.
When tho count of tbo schedules
shows that no election hut been reach
ed, tho papers are gathered together,
and, being put with some straw in a
grating In tho fireplace, are set on fire.
The smoke lamiltig from the chimney
top Informs tho watchers outside that
no choice has been made, This Is the
celebrated sfumata, of which so much
has been written and concerning
which so many wugers have been
made.
All things com to an end, and fco It
is with a papal conclave. Political In
trigues,, differences and Jealousies
among the cardinals, an honest Incerti
tude as to who Is the best one to voto
for, may prolong an election, but In
due time the question is celled and a
new occupant henceforth alts on fit,
Peter's throne. Then, according to
custom,' the senior cardinal deacon
' goes to a window and announces to
the people assembled below, "Papain
habemus,"---"Wo havo a pope;" tho
artillerymen on watch at Castle An
gelo receive' the signal and fire their
guns; the workmen at St. Peter's,
hearing them, tear down the wall
which closed up the entry to the great
balcony; tho new pontiff steps out,
and gives bis first benediction to an
country, the fatrtntlc Amt-rl at, all
the dttrnt hirnhM of the tmtper
in element ant the federation tf
labor all nnlto la one '-t reform
politic! party called My mm name,
hating for lit untied ami all-nwhlng
political imue the national abolition
of the licenced liquor traffic, the papal
power In politics and the money mono
poly ami twerp ih country In tiH)?
Will ttol these reform forces now
come together and prepare for the
mlKhty struggle of national reform
agalnat vice and corruption In politics
and civil government which ought to
be fought otit and gloriously tri
umph at the next presidential election?
Where Is the "Modes" that will set
tht ball of national reform In motion
In this direction?
May It not be possible that God has
his eye upon some man or men who
will strike the key note In this united
national reform which will arouse the
people to action, to certain success
and triumph?
And now, Mr. Editor, will you or
some other champion In the use' of the
pen answer the foregoing questions
according to your best Judgment and
belief? The friends of humanity, and
of good government want all possible
light upon the matters to which these
questions refer, to aid them In the
right use of the ballot.
, J. 0. PINOREE.
Dundee, 111.
expectant world, "Urbl et Orbl;" nnd
the strain which has sorely' tried,
perchance agonized the assembled
cardlnnlate, Is over. From an article
on "Pope-Makers and Pope-Making"
In Self Culture for July.
TROUBLES OF THEIR OWN.
A dispatch from Bun Francisco
says: "A tremendous sensation hns
been caused hero In Catholic church
circles by a suit brought by
Father Gray, rector of St, Patrick's"
church, to recover from Archbishop
Illordan $.10,000, with accrued Interest,
compounded semi-annually from April
1, 1879. This money, Father Gray
alleges, was advanced to Father Ale
many, then archlbshop of the diocese,
to pay a debt on a tract of hind do
signed for use as a cemetery, Father
Gray, who Is an old man, had seem
ingly been content to let the money
remain In the hands of the archbishop,
but the priest has two nephews, and
these young men, It is asserted, are
urging the priest to act. Growing out
of this suit has come a quarrel which
threatens to become more than 'na
tional, Father Gray Is a member of
yio Pan Francisco archleplscopal
council of five, and because of the suit,
it Is said he was lately removed from
the rectorship of Bt, Patrick's and
from tho council, although It Is assert
ed that ho cannot be removed from tho
council without an order from Rome,
Against his removal from tho rectory,
which Is owned by the priest, Father
Gray and his parishioners have ap
pealed to Mgr. Martinelll, receiving a
reply that the ablegate does not like
to Interfere in diocesan matters, but
will give this appeal most serious
consideration."
Bays tho New York Herald; "Police
man Jeremiah Moran of the Oak
Street station was tried by President
York of the police board yesterday,
on charges preferred by Roslo Dar
barlnl, of No. 38 New Ilowery, Bho
charged that on May 30 Moran refused
to make an effort to arrest a thief
who had stolen her pocketbook. Po
lice Inspector Cross also charged
Moran with refusing to answer ques
tions asked him at a heurlng before
him. In a sworn statement made by
Miss Darbarlul, the uald that on Bun-
ot, Jnee I. I ert tV1 vf Pi J
i fctm ,fttm tk In !?. fit inrt, nt
fer IHe tiwM lit tMtrt !
M Va Xhtff lef tti
Mi-t Mil feet IMI Mm lM roiwf t
tttiw witli ei-Ttlret rH-oiM'
tu frwn IT. Ktue, of t. JanW
thuciK. and tt'rd (tut thry hmtll
rtlte the ra tWwK hrm Ffct
aid thai aw aarreM Wat liw tip
bf the prl-nt whun called tr Mr
tn pay h-r It. The aarrrttient, the
eld, the and Moran ttgned. Me wet
then told to withdraw her complaint
when the reee came In trial. Moran
admitted railing on the prlett. and de
clared that when the tutgenilon wat
made (hat he should pake good the
ide that he should pake good the
T loss, he arquleed, lather than
e any trouble. IvAhIh In the cae
glrl'i
hav
was reserved,
Bays the Cincinnati Post: "An at
torney has been retained by the chil
dren of Ignatius Rounder with a view
of contenting the .will of Gregory
Hons Iter, who bequeathed an estate
valued at 170,000 to religion and char
ity. Chief beneficiary Is the Catholic
Orphan Asylum at Cummlnsvllle.. St
Xavler's church and the Little Sinters
of the Poor are also mentioned In the
will.
t
Says tho Clnclnattl Post : "Many
residents of Camp Waahington were
before Judge Samuel Smith Thursday,
Interested In the efforts of Emll A.
Aberle, a butcher, who resides at Tafel
and Wagner streets, to recover posses
scion of Anna, Alma and Franclska,
his minor children from tho Bt. Aloy
slui Orphan Asylum. Aberle placed the
little ones In that Institution In May,
1898, after the death of his wife. He
married apoln the following Novem
ber, and wants to complete his family
circle by taking the babies home. The
orphan home trustees stand on a con
tract which Aberle signed, allowing
them to keep the children until they
hud attained their majority, Aberle
says he did not understand that con
tract, and was Induced to place his
children In the home by his brother-In-
law, F. A. Juengllng. The latter
denied this. Attorney Arnold Spelser,
for the asylum, asked Aberlo If he had
tried to hove these children, who nre
Catholics, placed In a Protestant asy
lum. Aberle said 'No "
t
The Chicago Times-Herald prints
this dispatch, dated Madison, Wis,,
Juno 22: "Archbishop Katiter must
pay taxes on bis residence tn Milwau
kee, This is the decision rendered by
the state supreme court today In the
case of the archbishop against the city
of Milwaukee. In 1892 the city as
sessed the archleplscopal residence
and levied a tax on It. The some ac
tion was taken in 1893 and 1891, but
tbo taxes were not paid, Archbishop
Katzer maintaining that the house
was church property, and hence not
taxable under the law, Finally he
brought suit In the Milwaukee county
circuit court to havo tho property de
clared not taxable, and that court de
cided In his favor. The supreme court
was asked by tho attorneys for the
archbishop to recognize tho laws of
tbo Roman Catholic church under
which tho archbishop holds tho prop
erty In trust. The court does not
reeognlco tho law referred to, saying
that In a former case at the suit of
the archbishop himself, It decided tho
archbishop was tbo absolute owner of
tho church property of the diocese, and
that It cannot now go back and find
him only tho owner In trust. If there
Is a trust, tho opinion continues, it
must be such under the laws of the
state."
THE IN3IDK SITUATION AT MA
NILA.
peter MacQucen, special war corro
spondent of the National Magazine of
Boston, and now In tho field with
General Lawton's troops In the Philip
pine Islands, writes In the June num
ber regarding the situation at Manllo
as follows: ,
' f t nriHw l WttiU v
i n.ft tfce Itttplew oftiet
h feme tetti tt Ml 4 Mantis
m t tcestM l tt Am !.
witr4 and h r !' tad
t -mm. ( art. m i Afftff;
l Ai " Vi.ny iMoretnrMi ltli.im
rte trnlf la fvt ot the Amulets
".t U late, lt; la frw Wwlit
1 1 it .tn i a em Into the tunny hmltoe.
The Anit-rlrtn tnit tit Hied every
dty, The ttltplno unVert and ml
illri watched I hem. Nothing It more
marked In orientals than their won
del fill power to Imitate. Agtillialdo't
mm went btrk to their cam. and et
ailly Imitated the evolution of the
Americana, with this significant et-
crptton. that while our boys nearly all
had the obeotcte Springfield ride, the
Filipinos had the Mausers raptured
from Spain the most deadly weapon
known to warfare.
What shall 1 say of Filipino valor?
The Filipino "haen't got no papers of
bis own; ho hasn't go not nteduls and
rewards." Hut there Is only tint opin
ion concerning his lighting qualities,
and that Is, that they are beyond all
praise. Give the Filipino the same
resources we have, and we could not
subdue Luzon with too, ooo soldiers.
The doctors at the Hospital .told me
they never had a cose of one Filipino
soldier who had shown the slightest
fear of ' ,ln or death. They look at
us with dull, sullen defiance. We do
not kill nor wound nearly as many
of them as Is reported. They man
age their retreats remarkably well. 1
saw two hundred of them, with rifles,
keep 2.G00 of our boys at bay for two
hoars. Of course the Filipinos had
an Immensely strong position; but we
had cannon and rapid fire guns, 1
try to get at tho very truth of things.
Must of our folk are agreed that the
Filipinos are very brave, but that they
are treacherous and great thieves."
THE CHURCH IN MEXICO.
Suddenly a deep hush fell upon that
vast assembly, and down In tho dust,
that lay several Inches deep In the
streets, went every man, woman and
child, the rugged beggar by tbo side
of tho well-dressed bourgeois, Some
knelt and covered their eyes with their
hands; others fell flat on their faces.
A few American tourists alone re
mained standing. Instinctively I t)Ok
off my hat os I looked In the direction
In which all eyes were turned, A
third-class cab, Its yellow badge con
spicuous In the bright sunlight, was
coming quickly toward us, leaving be
hind It a thick cloud of white dust,
As It passed I caught the gleam of tho
orange vestments of the padre who
was carrying extreme unction to some
poor soul that had almost dono with
all things earthly. As If frozen to the
earth the people remained llko a
mighty groups of statuary, Nor did
they move until the cab had passed
end drawn up before a miserable little
abode hut, destitute of any passage for
air, light, or humanity except an open
doorway. Not until tho priest en
tered did they arise; and even then
they remained with heads uncovered,
Tho Mexican flag waves over every
church In the republic, as a symbol
of tho power that tho government ex
ercises over all Its subjects within the
realm, and the priest has not stand
tng in the eye of tho law; but tho
church lives as strongly as it ever
did In tho hearts of the great mass of
the people, -From an lllustroted arti
cle on "Life on the Vlga" In 8el? Cul
ture for July,
Viewed from the human standpoint,
nothing can bo more Joyless than the
dally life of the Roman Pontiff at the
present day. Tho era of magnifi
cence, of pageantry for the Roman
Court, haa forever passed away. Kx
treme austerity, at least .outwardly,
distinguishes the dwellers In the Vat-
ban. The Btmoatphere there Is gloomy
and chill. The Pope lives alone; no
one shares with him even a meal. A
walk In the garden attached to the
pnlace has been for years the only
source of relaxation for him who,
while styling himself "Tho Vicegerent
of Christ," Is nevertheless, by his own
volition, "The Prisoner of the Vatt
can." Self Culture,
fit:oTt:En PAFcn
u?c.i i::r:r,iALisn
nettat!n l i4Mg bt than the
rfltn of aibltitiy wr. And twoe
lltlltm la the tame the world over;
er haa teen and rr will be. In
plain f'nglltn. aiblttwry Miner la law
c poner-the will of the Individual
or a combination of Individuals ack
nowledging no tonM It tit totial restraint.
It hat well been tald that "law and
arbitrary power are In iletnal en
mity" It follow a as a logical outcome
that atbltrary power mnnot be trade
to conform to principles, or be held It
check by constitutional limitation. At
every step constitutions lire a barter
In the exercise of arbltraiy power
Wherever a constitution la In exis
tence, one of three thlnet must lake
place. Kit her the const'.'utlon must
remain as It was framed, nnd be Inter
preted as It wos Interpreted by Its
fromers; or, It moy bo misinterpreted,
misconstrued and perverted so as to
become the constitution of arbitrary
power; or else the rotiHtUutlon must
be torn down and dethroned as no
longer the supreme law of the notion.
So long as tho first condition re
mains, the exercise of arbitrary power
ran find no soil upon which to flour
ish, for the constitution defies its
claims, and Is a bnrler against its pro
gress. Hut arbitrary power may flour
ish, and arbitrary rule may exist un
der either of tho other conditions; or,
with a mixture of the two, Now let
us apply these principles to American
Imperialism.
When we look at tho sanation as it
Is, as tho history of tho nation has ac
tually been written during tho last
few years, we may well say, In a fig
ure, that allco after slice of the na
tional constitution has been cut oft till
there remains no more any safeguard
for the rights of the peopled civil or
religious. Yet, as a matter of fact, tho
constitution remains, safely housed at
the copltol of tho nation; while Impe
rlallnts are as loud as may be In de
claring their reverence for that sacred
document. Hut, "by their fruits yo
shall know them," And In order to
prove their loyalty to the constitution
they havo set themselves to the task
of misinterpreting tbo constitution to
make It fit the theories end tho acts
of imperialists, Some havo declared
that this Is not now a government of
law, but of will; that constitutional
government has been succeeded by a
government of arbitrary power, And
this seems to be about tho condition of
things. Some have said that,"tlils na
tlon has become a giant who Is no
longer content with Iho nursery
rhymes which were sung around bis
cradle." Others have said that the
"right to arqulro," and "the right to
govern," are "not limited by the con
stituflon." Still others have said that
"governments derive their powers from
tho consent of some of tho governed."
And again It Is said that "the Declara
tlon of Independence was mads to suit
a particular existing state of things,"
and that It does not fit tho giant, They
declare that "tho Idea that all men are
created equal Is not tho fundamental
law of tho land." We are further told
that wo are to "resist the crazy ex
tension of tho doctrine thtit govern
ment derives Its Just powers from tho
consent of tho governed;" which Is to
say that this doctrine and Its benefits
are not to be allowed to other people,
Resides all this, wo are told that "the
constitution must bend.' "That wo
have outgrown the constitution. It Is
not worth while to dlscits.1 It."
In view of all this I would ask In
the name of the Inalienable rights of
all men I would ask: Where Is the
Federal Constitution? What has been
done with the constitution of American
republicanism? Where Is the safeguard
of the rights of the people? That din
ument no longer remains as the bul-
! t e.nt n iin, li t,,t n
tirtnl nr th hn M wat te
trt fcied H i h ftn-te trt Wed
to ttilt ttie demindt t-f Imp"' Ul(w,
It et, In thrtr Vanita, lcetw as la
He," Hhlt la the feint they b nr,H
at a iMf Ned, Ittey admit the
trf-aittf- of the ptliullr lmt
OVtlle our free InMUnMiini," but In
the tame brth they Ml nt ' they at
hot capable of lltrral applli atlon."
Thua we see that the rnnMItntlon of
American republicanism has h-cctiie
the constitution of American Imperial
lain. And this means Hut It has lie
come the constitution of Roman Ca
Ihollclsm. That which waa once the
Instrument of delegated and limited
power, has become the Instrument of
unlimited and Inespoimlble power.
That which was once Iho safeguard of
the rights of the people, has become
the Instrument of their subjugation
and enslavement. That which waa
once the safeguard against the en-
ronchments of Rome, Is now the In
strument by which she will ride Into
"tiWers.il jru H. : PHKLt'S
A SUGGESTION.
Mr. John Ireland, you are tbo boy
who wants to be boss and show to tho
pope and the Jesuits what you can do.
Some of the American soldiers havo
deserted and gone to the Filipinos,
and aro acting as officers, they ray.
and tho circumstantial evidence is tbuf
they are your boys, and fighting
against tho United States, and for the
pope, who Is at Rome, Now, go to Iho
president and get permlislon to nend
ten thousand of yotjr drilled men to
lielp put down these Filipinos. Then,
after you get them there, by tho money
of this government, havo them fight
with tho Filipinos, so ni to pay up
the United States for lighting against
and whipping tho dear dacghter of Iho
pope Spain,
In this way you might get tho (or
dinal hat. Of course, Uod and every
man, who has a grain of common sense
would know you would havo a cardinal
heort, to do a thing of Mils kind, but
you are after position, and this would
surely give yon position there and
hereafter, In tho Roman Catholic hea
ven. Now Is tho time to' act, if you
havo any acting to do. You should
bo able to get every faithful Roman
Catholic In the army to help you, and
the pope would surely give you hi
blessing, The Jesuits might bo mad
because they might think that you
were taking work that they should at
tend to, but what have tho Jesuits
done for you, anyhow? And by doing
a trick of this kind you might turn the
tide against the son of the saloon
keeper, who lives In Not York, and
who keeps the Tammany tiger.
This is a world of opportunities, you
know, M, J. I,
PAPAL IAVK PRESERVERS,
Soldiers In the Philippines who aro
under tho Roman pope have tattooed
on themselves pictures of tho Virgin
Mary, that Ihey may bo spared from
tho bullets of Remington rifles, This
Is one of tho "fool tricks" of the papal
agents. This kind of protection wm
given to the Indians before tho fight
at Broken Knee, They called their
protection ghost-shirts, and they were
told they would protect them against
tho bullets of tho whites, If this is
all that papacy can do for these peo
ple, the Indians and tho Filipinos, that
church bad better hang Its harp on
some convenient willow and snoak to
tome obscure pluce, out of tho sight
of man and beast. S. I. T,
Chief Clerk K. M. Snyder of tho
United States quartermaster's deport
ment gives an extended interview to
church In tho Philippines, to tho ruin
of discipline nnd the scandal of tho
army.
a San Francisco dally, and says that
General Otis, Is doing everything In
bis power to help the Roman Catholic