Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 11, 1892, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBL Y\IH D EVERY VIHRI\IN() l‘ ROSEWATER, Editor. moux. PAPER OF THE um T Hm~ OF SUBSCRIPTION. Ree (without Sunday) One Year. One Year. ALY hnd S y and Sunday, ix Months, hree Months undny Bee, One nturday Bee. One Yo Veekly Bee, One Y 800 10 00 5 00 2 50 2 00 1060 100 OFF ll ES. Oninhin, The Bee Building. South Omnha, corner N aid 26th Streets, Couneil RIS, Chicago Office, New York, Re Bullding i Washington, 513 1 enth Street. CORRESPONDENCE, smtunientions relating to news and 1 mntter s 1d 1 Adressed to the 1 Depart BUSINESS 1, Al husiness Tetter addressed to The Bee Publishing Compan Oma Drafts, checks and postoffice ord Yo be made puyable to the order of the con pany. THE EWORN STATEMENT OF Etate of Nebras) County of Doligl Org L Tzschue "llh“\tll; comy he nctual clreniad i the week ending ows: unday, Decembor 4 r of Commerce. , 14 and 15, Tribune All wditor Editor! TTERS. BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. CIRCULATION cretary of Tie BEk aturdhy, December 100 Average, " GRORGE b J Sworn 1o before me and subscribed in my ce this 10th day of Deccmber, N AN IMPORT CHANGE. Beginning tomorrow o very marked phange will take place in the make-up and tontents of Tie Omana EvesiNe Bee. Up to this time the evening edition has repro- @uced the bulk of the dispatches, local news gind all the editorials that appeared in the orning edition, to which was added the Jater current news of the day and brief edi- Rorial comment on local affaivs. Hereafter the two editions will be dis- inctive in cvery respect. The morning edi- fon, a8 heretofore, will contain the full As- pociated prc ches, Bennett cable: Frams, comme orrespondence, latest city nes nd editor- sucs of the day. will be mado as much iha paper for the home While it will contain all up to the hour of going to 1 be bailed down, iven gre paper will beof a short storics, crisp and pacy miscellany, departments devoted to fsubjects of specialinterest to women, applied science for mechanics, and matter relating o workingmen generally. | The editorials in the evening edition will mited to topics of local interest, and litical discussions will be excluded, ex- ‘eepting in the midst of a campaign. New features will be introduced from time ur EyENING Bep On the other hand n asit is, the and the family Ahe latest new: 88, the gene: and local news will be large portion of the Biterary characte o popular than ever. . "me Mon i Ereatest m This side of : Patrons of Tk Brr residing in this city will find it to their advantage to take both editions, which, including !agill be_deli GRETNA remains even in Nebraska, & place to which elopements are made Just as it is on the Scottish border. THE new state administration in Kan- .pas will omit the inaugural ball from the ‘ceromonics. There’s nothing like Kan- " pas populist simplicity. COTTON continues to be king in the gpeculative market and is the only staple in which the market shows any uncom- "_mon activity. Millions of bales are changing hands every week, but the speculation does not help the producer. yln spite of a short crop the price shows o upward tendency. THE news comes from Boston of the (finding of Volney B. Cushing, the late prohibition candidate for governor of Maine, who had left his home some two weeks ago. Drink caused his downfall and disappearance. Only ten yours ago Mr. Cushing, whoisa brilliant, brainy man, was an Unitarian minister in Towa. UNDER the “sweating” system 1n Chi- cago 1 cent apiece is paid for finishing vests, and the poor women who are com- polled to resort tosuch work to keep body and soul together are suffering bitter privation. Two of theso wretched ‘women who work togethier have stated hat by toiling all day ana far into the aight they are able to earn $1.50 per weok between them. There are various xeasons why the ‘‘swenting” system ought to be suppressed, but the maker of clothing who will grind poor women down to such wages ought to be obliged to work under the system a fow months before it is outlawed THE statement of Miss Lillian Russell that she was offered the privilege of posing for the Montanu silver statue of Justice to be exhivited at the World’s fair upon the condition that she shouid pay $5,000 for the advertissment which it would give her is supposed to mean that Miss Ada Rehan, the gifted actress who has posed for it, must have paid that sum. This is denied by Miss Rehan’s friends, but she, herself, de- clives to talkk about the matter. It is not easy to understand why Miss Russell refused, nid on the other hand it is dificult to believe that Miss Rehan ac- wepted such terms; but it is ai least certain that those Montana people are thrifty. THE lynch law sentiment is still strong in Mississippi and the Winchester con- tinues to be popular as a means of dis- posing of objectionable people. A mob of 500 citizens in pursuit of & man who shot another in & yuarrel is revorted from Carrolion in that state. The pur- muers aro friends of the’ man who was Rilled, and judging by their numbers he wwust have been a general favor- gle, though he was the aggressor . -Bn the quarrel by which he lost his Nife. The law is too slow to suit these reckless southerners and seldom gets a chance to deal with offenders. It 4s chiefly this disregard for the dignity- of the law and this readiness o appeal to armed force that retard the pros- perity of many portions of the south. | and remittances should fal news, political reviews, | BOARD OF TRADE REORGANIZATION. Tho consensus of opinion among the ‘nctive businesa men of Omaha is that | the Board of Tradaas now o-ganized is of very little practical use for promoting the commorcial interests of Omaha. Without disparaging the efforts that have been made from time to time by its make the board nn luential factor in | stimuluting commotce and industry by | the Ioeation of new jobbing houses, the | establishment of new mils and fac- | tories and the maintenance of an open grain and proiuce market, it has long been manifest that tHe board has been a failure in its most escentinl functions. Its usefulness and 1nfluence have been almost entirely con- | fined 10 the reception and entertainment of aistinguished visitors, juniets to at- tractive tour ond health re an oceasional advertising schemo. Out- #ide of thess features und the collection { of rents from the Chamber of Commerce building the board has been for yeas a | dead letter. Tts have been } slimly attended and the members who meetings o most prominent in trade have turned | | the1 bhoks upon it and ignoved it. This unpalatable stato of facis stares | the board in the face and must be dealt | with at an enrly day, not osly for the snke of Omaha’s reputation, but as matter of vital concern to the mercantile rowth of this city. The Om=ha Board of Trade can only be made a true representative of her commerco and industry by a radical change in its directory and policy. board must, if possible, enlist the live business men and make its influence felt wherever the commercial supremacy of Omaha is nssailed or her rights us a ship- ping and jobbing centor are abridged, either by discriminating railroad tolls or by favoritism to competing points. The new directory should be aggre: wetive, It should not be content with collecting rents und cireulating second-hand statistic 1t should | centrate its influcnce and remove every | ier and embargo that keep people | vesiding in tributary territory from trading in Omaha. It should organize and maintain a freight burcau with a man at its head who knows the ins and outs of railway traffic jugglery and who will fight the battle of Omaha and not merely be u tin can to the railrond hog. With such a program and the earnest co-operation of all the business men the Omaha Board of Trado can t o | farreaching influence toward pushing this city on its race toward the 200,000 population quarter-streteh. WE MUST COLOSE THE CONTROVERSY. A house divided against itself cannot stand. A community embroiled in sectarian contention and turmoil cannot grow und prosper. [verything that tends to divide a community into war ring factions and arrays neighbor against neighbor must seriously retard its material progr Nothing so ein- bitters men toward each other as a feud engendered by religious fanatics and no explosive, not even dynamite, dancerous as religigh - politics, " "1f Tue BEE has aself-imposed mission it is to help build up Omaha and con- tribute toward the development of the vast and varied resources of this mag- nificent state. The bitter and relent- less religio-political warfare that has been in progress in this city and state for the past year 1s to be deplored. Livery intelligent man and woman ia- terested 1n the future prosperity of Ne- braska and her metropolis cannot faii to realize that a continuance of this sectarian feud would cause incalculable damage without corresponding bonefits. To rake up the embers of religious hatred and fan the flames of bigotry on either side scems to us suicidal if not criminal. The cruelties of the inqu: tion or the horrors of St. Bartholomew cannot be condouned, neither can the burning of witches at Salem, the perse- cutions of dissent by the Puritans and the Connecticut blue laws. Let the | dend past bury its d In the repub- | lic founded by Washington and saved | by Lincoln there is no place for intoler- ance or social or political ostracism by | reason of creed. There is no danger | from an invasion of America by the pope,of Rome and there is no danger that our next presidont will be an +Orangeman. If any serious wrong or abuse has | erept into our system of government it can and will be eradicated by the force of that patriotic sentiment which has for more than a centary sustained our free institutions and the rights guaranteed’ to each citizen by our natioaal constitu- tion in the face of sedition, conspiracins and rebellion. Thesafety of America is in the pohitical equality of her citizens, regardless of race or creed. So long us the republic rests upon this bedrock of liberty there can be no serious danger or menace to its existence and perpetua- tion. In conformity with its time-honored custom to permit a full and free discus- sion of questions that agitate the public through its columns, THE BEE has given considerable space to the deplorable Catholic and auti-Catholic controversy. The debate has now progressed far enough and its further continuance would in our opinion be detrimental to the public interest. We tharefore serve notice upon all concerned that we #hall decline hereafter to printany further let- ters on this subject. We sincerely hope mixed ~with rs | citizens of all ereeds will join with each other in every enterprise that tends to promote the pub'ic welfare and let Omaba and Nebraska leave the religious war for the Cuanadians, Mexicans and South Americans. IMPROVING PUBLIC ROADS. The firet state congress ever assem- bled in the interest of good roads opened in Indisnapolis on Tuesday. The im- provement of public highways was ably discussod and a great variety of views as to the best methods to be followed were presented. The one point upon which there was eatire unanimity was fuetive system of road building wo take the place of the present worthless plan. The National League of Good Roads was represented by General Roy Stone of New York, its vice president and secrelary, who read an able paper in board of directors and seoretary to | oits and | The | 5- | con- | is so | that the agitation will cease and that our | the prossing need of a uniform and of- | which he strongly advoonted a national system, which he beliaved could be es- tablished by a general organization of the friends of road improvement, and the co-operation of the national, state and local authorities. The plan of the | league is to combine the efforts of all | interested in the roform, and it does not propose to interfers in say way with local or state organization. In the dis- cussion which followed General Stone’s paper it was shown that the views even of those who are actively interested in road imnrovement are as yot very much unsottled. Some believe in a national system, some in state and others in county supervision, while still others think that the present plan wonld serve the purpose it it were effectivoly en- forced. This convention of public road enthusiasts, in fact, afforded abundant proof that such conventions are needed as a means of erystalizing public senti- ment into a form that will be effectual when legislation is at length asked for. What is true of the roads of Indiana is true of those of many other states, Some of the westorn states in particular, owing to the mellow quality of their s0il, can show as bad roads as any that ware described in tho congressat lo- dianapol The same urgent intere: that called that body together should be the cause of similar assemblages else- where. Tn plished in the way of important reforms without agitation and organization, and in the cuse of a reform of such magni- tude as this the agitation may need to bo continued for years. It was by this means that England began more than 100 years ago to build up hor present magnificent system of public roads. Her ours of when it trol and the present day, was taken out of local a substantial turnpike plan was adopted it only took thirty years to build 30,000 miles of just such roads a8 the people of the United States are beginning to demand at tho close of the nineteenth century. The conditions are different in this country, and the ),000,000 annually expended to main- the highways of Iingland and Wales would not be laid out on the same number of miles here. That it pays to expend money liberally for this purpose is shown hy the experience of England | and France for many years. France has 150,000,000 miles of hard roads and pays $18,000,000 annually for keeping tham in repair. The money goes back into the pockets of the people in numberless | ways. It will not be easy to veconcile the American people to the expense that must necessarily attend the carrying out of a public roads system so widely different from the wretched one to which thoy have so long beon neccus- tomed. The reform will move slowly at fiest, but will proceed rapidly when its benefits begin to be appre- ciated. There has been talk of holding a public roads conveution in Nebraska similar to that of Indiana. If all the states would do this the |x|lc|(,st, of xl)c 82p18 lii the 8ubject woyl ¢ ened and the day of definite m.l.ion would be brought nearer, A NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH. The opinion expressed by Prosident Harrison in his annual the whole subject of quarantine regula- tions should be taken into national con- trol und adequate power given to the executive to protect our people against plague invasions, has heen very gener- ally acquiesced in. It is not questioned that quarantine regulations should be uniform at all our ports, nor can there be any doubt that the president is right in the view that under the con- stitution such regulations are plainly within the exciusive federal jurisdiction when and so far as congress shall legis- late. It would be manifestly absurd to assume that th's most important matter | of providing against an invasion of con- tagious and infectious diseases must be left entirely in thoe control of the states, for the obvious reasons that such an ar- rangement would render uniformity ot regulations almost impossible, a proper vigilance on the part of all the states would be difficult to secure, and indiffer- ence or carelessness by tho authorities of a single state might render worthless all the efforts of the others to exclude diseases. The necessity of establishing a na- tional systom of quarantine being con~ ceded, the next question is as to the best method of accomplishing it. A movemeant toward the solution of this question has already been made in con- gress by the introduction in the house of representatives of a bill to create a national board of health as a bureau of the Treasury department. This measure provides that the bureau shall consist of a commissioner of quarantine, a commissioner of sanitation, and n commissioner of vital statis- ties, who shall constitute an executive commission, and that thero shall be an advisory commission composed of the surgeons-general of the army and navy and of the marine hospital, together with an officer of the Departmeat of Justice. Tie duties of these officinls are amplied in their titles, The bill forbids | enter any pirtof the Unitad Siates ex- cept in conformity with the rules osta- blished by the commission, the penalty for a violation being a heavy fine. It is also provided that vessels cleaving for un American port shall be required to obtain a consular bill of health, which | is to be a part of the ship’s papers. The general plan contemplated by this measure is practicable, thouzh in order to insure its bzing absolutely offective it ought to provide more fully than it does for the complete supremacy of the federal authority. Any legisla- tion on thissubject that leaves aoything for state authorities to do will inevit- ably provide a way for cooflicts and | difficulties which in an exigency might be found very ombarrassing to the work to be douo. If a nationil board of health is created its powers should be so clearly und broadly defined that there could be no misapprehension 0 conts tion regarding them. There may be objection to creating o bureau of this kind o2 the score of the expense, but no partisan considerations will or should enter into the discussion | of the proposition. All the people, with- | out distinerion of party, want protection | work. these days little is nccom- | road system was then similar to | message that | werchant ships from foreign ports to | | to against plaguo lnvqnlone. As to the cost of providinff® Such prowection it will undoubtedly,.hs large, for thero would have to be a numerous force of agents and inspectors, but for the pur- vose of safoguarding the country against an epidemic of cholera no expenditura cnn be too great. Iiven a Holman might be expected to condado thi e Qe BETTER THAN .COLONIZATION. An effort is being made in Georgia to interest the negroes in a great project of emigration to ‘Africa, and many of the prenchers of that race ave present- ing to their congregations highly col- | oved pictures of the improved condition | vaits those who secic homes in the continent. There are no at work among the col- people as heretotore when similar emigration schemes have been sot on foot, but the eloqueace of the col- orca ministers appears to be doing its The alleged discrimination against the negroes on the railroads in Geor has stirred up much feeling among them, and an order street car company in Atlanta assign- ing seats to the colored people has added fuel to the fire. Recent political events have also had something to do with the prevailing feeling of discontent among the colored people of the south. Past experience in negro colonization in Afrl has not been such as to cffer much encouragement to movement. Within a year past some of the most hopeful of those who have gone to the dark continent expecting to find it a land flowing with milk and honey have returned with ontirely changed views, No doubt the colonization idea is agents oved a romedy for all the evils which now suffer, but as a matter of fact the condition of the colored people 1s not likely to be improved by such o means. they | usually ¢ | knizht to issued by a | the present | ¢ | hibits in strong light Mr. fascinating | | tothe ignorant because it seems to offer They might gain civii rights, but they | would lose neariy everything else. F ucation und industrial training will do more for the colored man right here in the United States than all colonization schemes. HE PEOPLE A CHANCE. The acti of the Central Trafic as- sociation ut its meeting in Chicago on Thursday was not such much ground for the hope that the rail- road companies will make any impor- tant reduction of fares during the World’s fair. Allof the roads in the territory emuraced by the association were ropresented, and after a discussion of the subject two com- mittees were appointed to make recommendations. One reported in vor of a 2 cent rate for round trip ticicets on regular trains from the prin- cipal points-to Chicago and return, and the other recommended a reduction of rates only for special excursions, to be agreed upon by the lines directly inter- ested, and that the regular taviff rates be churged on trains equipped with siceping or parlor cars from points east 6f the 8astorn bound®ry_of the associa- tion. These reportd will bo consideren by the managing officers of the various | lines next weelk. The position taken by the Central Traffic association on this subject may doubtless be fairly assamed to be that of the rate-makers generally. The public has been led to expect that reductions of some importance would be made in con- sequence of the immense passenger business assured for the months during which the exposition will be open; but it rnow appears to be a matter of doubt whether any cut whatever will be made from the regular rates on desirable trains. A reduced rate for ex- cursion trains is of no esnsequence; the railronds have always conceded that, and as a rule those who have patronized such trains have not made anything by their investment. It pays the com- panies to make a reduces te if people will consent in consideration thereof to bo handled like cattle. To be packed, and jammed, and suffocated, and side- tracked, and subjected to delay and worriment generally is too often the fate of the excursion train passenger, and during the exposition these evils will be far more prevalent than usval, Why cannot the makers of railroad rates look at this question from a ra- tional point of view. The railroads would make money as well as friends by giving the public a first-class service at greatly reduced rates during the World’s fair, The regular rates, or even a slight reduction from them, will not be paid by many thousands of poos people who would find the means to go to Chicago next summer if a reduction were made in proportion to the magni- tude of the traflic. A reduction on tickets good for two or three dayson occasional excursion trains will not by any means satisfy the people. THERE is perfect willingness on the part of the taxpayers of Douglas county to provide for the paupers who may rightfuily claim relief from cold and hunger at the oxpense of the county, though there are always some who | abuse public charity; when people of this class flock in frdm other states to be cared for here it is time to draw the line. It appears that muny are now coming here from South enjoy our hospitality winter, and if their are to be depended for the upon they | aro encouraged to doso by the ofiicials of the counties from which they come. This practice shoyld be stoppod by as to afford | to M the African | fructiferous power Dukota | statements | proper steps on the part of the Douglas | county authorities, Tt is an old trick that has often been worked, and this county has puid out money every winer for the support of pifipers that should have been taken care of elsewhere, Douglas county has rnot a very great number of dependent poor, but she has enough. 1tistime to restrict this kind of immigration. Tug work of the state reliel commis- sion, apart from ail consideration of charity and humanity,, has year in increusing the agric duction of Nebrasks. The value of grain raised from seed furnished by the state aggregates $7.019,181. Possibly the sysiem abuses, but it cannot be doubted that upon the whole it is valuable, | w produced | good practicul results during the past wmay be subject to somo | | THE RELIGIOUS WAR. OMatia, Dec. 10.~To the Editor of Tuw Bre: With your permission T will say few words through the columns of T Bre tive to an article in its Sunday issue, en titled “The Religious War,” by T. W. Black burn, That title surprised me, as 1 was not aware of the existence of anything of the kind in this city, except that which is prevalent everywhere throughout christendom, between the multitudinous Christian baptism, transubstantiation, the Trinity original sin, the real Sabbath and a thousand and one others, which quarrcls, or disputes, loast, bloodlass, if not entirely harm ud to which we are all so mucl that they excite in us no othe tion than that of pity for the stupidity trifiing wrang My surprisc was intensified on learning that this religious war had assumed such proportions as to make it imperative that Mr. Blackburn should enter his public pro test {n order to stay the scething, sanguinary billows raised by the ehurch militant in our tiot, peaceful city, and the query itself Who is this doughty hom such a debt of gratitude is due for his ti 1y interposition to call off the unleastied dogs of wr He may not a prophet prophet,” but he assures testant and the son of o what seems of more importance than all elsethe son of a Protestant iy ind that he married the daughterof a Protestant minister, none of which matters of family history can be of great public interest (ow- ever mueh they may redouy and glory of M. Blackburn) \ with the g dercd this city by his timely protest Ho says, *No Catholic has appealed for sympathy or suggested that 1 should say Lin his behalf,” which does not seem at all strange, as the Roman Catholic pricsthood » least, as well edu ated as Mr and generally bet ter trained in_polemical theology than he, nd consequently mor ble of their peculinr religious system, but it ex Blackburn’s mag, nanimity in thus voluntarily und, without icitation, gratuitously championing a re- ligious system which brands all Protestan s hereties, thei s 08 invalid and system of ¢ L with all which ' t implics, and which has ever been the most bitter, virulent and relentless enemy { Protestantism but of human those principl history, and sinc it the claim of forgi and at its indulzences, uttered a whole papal system wmd whose in wil- socts, s preseited 101 the son of a theis a Pro. i, and liberty became Martin Rome of pow shameless tra protest that from_couter its Luthe * to te in shool to th lions of Protestant carth all oyer in the g wdant in so many lands today, Wt light of modern science cannot extinguish, and stic conservatism can onl 1 never suppr 1 most cheerfully concede generous motive Blackburn in the course pursued by | him, while at the same time T cannot excli from my mind the idea that that course | bears o very marked resemblunce to the | dominant characteristics of the hero of the story written by Cervantes, cntitled “Don Quixote The incubus that rests with sucl weight upon the mind of this_protestin Protestant is characterizod by him as an ecret political organization.” i he might be in its designation, but, presumably, he refers to the American Protective_association, cor monly known as the A. A., and in his | mind this patriotic society, 5 co The purple testament of ble In some way ver came established “here fo that there was something in it inimical to | ic faith, | heralded by no_flourish of | trumpets. quict._and ord in all things and at all times. 1t interfered in no way with the rights of any. and yet Roman bed upon roofs, ascended f 3 usted all possible means to | At windows {67 ts ceremonics ar some por of ht discover some of its secrets, They assaulted and beat members on the strect when leaving a place of meeting. The riously entered the house of the se tary of an A society in Council Bluff in the night time, in his absence and that o is fay 1 stole the vecords of that list of its mem- . which was the o the giving the ch. T was as the outed ; n, e id in the which the which its ¥ hinder, h erushing i) 0 ope . the order be- o > name the crowded opera hous dence and occupation of at that meeting and read, Romans present trm!” and duriug all thi vipple of disturbance was member of the A. P. A, ¢ name was 1led promptly answered. When'contemplating the manifold outrages perpetrated by Romans upon membe: this unoftending patriotie Am AN organi zation, Lam constrained to say with Macbet s (hings be, cloud Bicott'em ! s time not a | aised by any | spt when as a the” owner of that name | “here 1 su And overcome us like i sumuie Without our speciul wonder. Who commenced a boycott in Omaha? | Surely it was not the A. P. A., and, so far as my knowledge extends, not a single assault | wiss ever incited or perpetrated by a mewber | of the A. . A. upon a Roman Catholi And now will the Protestant champion of ion that brands him and all Othorsof his faith as herotics, and. wo against whom the s st anathemas of | that church ave fulminated, part of nds? the A A. toward his dear fri 1 mistake not, he or specitic char trouble would se in the neighbor. hood of the elective franchise. 1 desire to know just what is the matter. | 1 he is a democrat it would be st he voted to any considerable ¢ repub and, if a republican, the demo- hom he castsa ballot would be i and far between.” > believes the princi- y are inimical to the best inte of the country, and being | a good citizen he votes as his conscience and judgment admonish him is for the best in- y—yet is no war, no thought of any insult, or wrong, done to a'political adyersary. s any wrong done a Catholic nt prefers a Protes! And can a Catholic be blamed for preforing a Catholic? 1f the Catholics of this city resolve to voto implication the nge if | xtent for because a to | tome | defending | that dot the | | necessary to v tell us of one | g ade no definite | optimistic view of the situation and submit as gracofully as possible to the mevitablo ! Tt is belloved protty generally in the | Protestant world that " Catholicism contem | plates the ultimate conteol of this govern | ment. The whole Catholie world is making | & most desperate struggle to restore tem Jomal power. to the pope. U read the follow | Ing in'a Catholic paper Recent events in R ‘ 10 world the inte position of the Lol | survcillance | ernment ftself, as theso intelligent A, P. A.'s woul have us belleve. Why spoak of the inquisition, however, when we have before us in comparatively re- | cont times equally harsh instances of the use of Protestant power? Lot Mr, Froom a reliable history of the English tion, of the time of Titus Oatos (who, by the bye; much resembled an A, P, Jdeffroys in England, of rention of Roman Catholies ' in crmany. 1t will give him food nand prabably enlighten his ig- That would scom to confirm opinfon | 1t is absurd to bring to bear such a fossil- | which has been vapidly ing ground in | ized argument as the inquisition. Tt shows otestant cire t the pope contem 10 miserable weakness of My, Froom's po- | lates removin nited States. sition, that he has to g0 back to the Dark T reac a Roman source Ages 1o find a Roman_ Catholic iniquity on lowing: which to base his enmity. He should have | ._“Ttis time for the ( iutroduced this thrilling reference at the tates, following in the wake of the | time of the Columbus celebration in tho vhind plenary | It is true that we cannot accept cortain | Baltimore, to boldly loyally § tenots of the Roman Catholic church, and | declare for the temporal power would not have them thrust upon us, but The allegiance of o Catholic this applics equally to every scet that differs any other government is secondary from another. Does that, then, justify uu ordinate to his -allegiance to th | forming secret societios that adopt the ve | Catholicism many secret societies me methods that the A. D.As, in thele | ave military organizations, thoroughly insuffererable Pharisceism, accuse them of and equipped for service, I am informed | practicing. that am nizations ave the i Mr. Froom's assertion th ber flos, ‘,h- Rot imett guards, olic dar ot vote for a | the hts of Father Mathew, the | ridiculous, too childish to call for rebuttal. [ Kuights of the Red Brauch, the Mafia awd | e does not helieve it himself if ho does his the Clan-na-Gael, for membership in any of ance is 8o gross that he had better for- | which no Protestant need apply wve held his pea | It is said that the available military It is 1ot true that they capture overy pub- strength of the Roman Catholic chureh in | lie ofice: but suppose they did, have wo not the United States is 800,000 well disefplined | the same means to attain victory—the Amer- men ican's pride -his freo votet If our votes he Catholic church in the past won't carry the offices we have no right to ried fire and swor vl famine them, for wo are in the minority and the noop)x | majority must rule. the asce e fact is, the prime movers in this or- Nlored ot 1oy from Spili ove ganization consist of disappointed ofice- of its best inhabitants. The Jews and Moris- | scekers and broken down politicians who ocs, tolerant of ench other's diverse religious | have fajled to wake a success in any opinions. wrought harmoniously together— | decent line of conduct, and the sooner they established schools, libraries and work- | this ~is understood by all Protestants | shops. The the bet The position of a certain sec gri tion of Protestants toward these lead sembles that of laborers whose delegates huve incited a strike—the former * half starved and shut out on all sides, while the lutter are urging themon and fattening on their credulity Lot all Protestants give this matter care- ful thought and they cannot but conclude that the A, P, A., so'called, is an un-Ameri- can organization, and that it behooves every decent Protestant to raise his voico against it me have revealed to able and harassing father, subject to ‘the and cumity of the Italian gov- the the fol tholic laity of the council of nd to this or and sub. Yope. that avmed a Roman Cath- heretic' is too 1,000,000 ,tma from the om Cape O the | Gau he laind was resonant with | the sounds of productive industry. Roman Catholicism came, expelled those who | ma garden, and transformed into u dese Chumbers' clopedia | number of Protestants slain in Bartholomew's day at 80,000 and says | pope celebrated the events of that day procession to the church of St. Louis, Te Deum and the proclamation of a'y | Jubilee.™ Vhat tinually 1 is the price of 1 One word mor best citizens of Omaha ave Catholic church, 1f the best citizens of Omaha that church 1 should not question it, but 1 don't like to see that superlative adjective confined o any particular class of réligion- ist 1 Jnow En imates the wre public issues to be fought out between factions and parties let it be done openly and above board. Let them be well Ventiluted in the publie press till they go to ud then It the best man win. omy card, 1 remain respectfully yours, Fre members of the S il ¢ d some of A RUDGET OF BRIGHT ON are men s of History is con- ternal vigilance Mr. Blackburn says the une: — “Rrother ‘L stop your o with the nt us didn’tagreo but we didu’'t drop scription list on that e with us bu from our sub- it Boston Transcript: Hicks bound torise in his profession. Wicks—At any ot chance, Tie can't lower now unless he dig in the crawls into it. wmany members chureh whom 1 hold in very high estimation, and whom I am pleased to consider my | friends. T have known some Catho priests. with whom I have beenon terms of | intimacy, and whom I rezarded as among the very best and most conscientious of men, | but Inéver believed in their peculiar ligious doctrines. Belief is not a matt volition, and I have the most profound speet for every man's honest opinions, ever divergent or antagonistic they ma o my own. IMUND BARTL the Catholic Hamfatter 1s an_oxcellent than he is hole und and New 01 that the oc Budget: “Lot us exclaimed an upt that matter, | ns Picayune It does not follow nswell is high roller, re- S cotton as an example,” . “Or, for O, batter The Reverse View of It, l Owama, Dec. 10.—To the ditor of Tax | Br T am an Episcopalian by heredity and i by personal principle, but stimulated by Mr. Blackburn's noble example T cannot refrain from expressing my disgust- at the ignoble methods adopted by the American Protective association in antagonizing the Roman Catholic element, Ifail to see that any inimical antagonism is called for, but even be it so it seems to me, and to all Bpiscopalians whose views I have heard, 1o be a narrow and contemptable ad- mission of weakness that it should bhe fe vt to the underhand wor of a secret ty, the leadorsaf which, st in this section of the countr: are at t bringing those sects of y I they profess to defend, ceful shame and contumely. [tis time that Protestants should enter a vizorous protest st the enemy that is Chicago T the whole Tump, bu leven maketh the other fellow's ¢ ¥ Pittsburg Ch rying to ancisco house onic 3 in the southern store whil Tt is Ted for a philosopher to foot ball should be ealled N [\lul;::n. hoveling coal is considered Harvard L. fend Tt see hing like 1 18 {0 me befc mpoon L purchaser. i 118 attention to a cment which concludes, Dby Is done drinking it must nd laid in o cool pliice under LI the Iml)( does not thrive on fresh { il it should be boiled. 3 5 carnod tha © Protest- N AN Judge. rt hoy doing th TION. s, Is there a that because a person is g he must ne y be vile? Yet this is what this organization would have us believe, Whilst accusing them of every kind of self- ishuess and evil principle these very Christ- fan A, P, A's ignore, or, what is more probable. ‘are utterly iznorant of the fact that the Roman Catliolic vorld over ave foremost in missis y in self sac While we a and 50 on, making hysteric overnight del are quictly nursing the sick, giving meat and coal to the poor and holding open the doors of their hospi whether infidel, heretic or give alike toall Wwe_have so many in- ht here in Oma Toom triumphantly m. How very wedarisome! The in- was founded” centuries ago with a elfare, although a t was the fanaticism and violent age that abuse of the powers and not the tenets of the church "Tawas the sn Who of rev ust i ) the tholic ipper prodignl son w “And why was it slippery But the s 11 boy still was on ¢ are told when his fath w I||||| t the old man fell on his neck.” THE WAY OF LOVERS. ew York Herald, IN THE PA A beautiful custom had lovers In the days over which all poets weep, i k when parted, Vlover o frazment would keep— p it and de 1t tok “of destiny fraught; od their valuo singly taught. ensational revivals 1 converts of Each frag to the E But their favorite trick in the Ts one that is hardly as swes Tsish with regret as 1 write it, They now break a bill when ihey meet; They break iton concerts suppers, On operas, theaters, flowers And that's why on the love of the present sl bird who has tested it sours, inquisit present quition uived, =SBROWNING, KING=2D Largest Manufacturors and Retailers of Olothing in tue World. for no man for any oftice who docs not belong to their church, is it any of my busincss, or ! have ight to couplain? 1f Protestants resolye to vote for nono but | protestants, should a Catholic object? Whoever heard of a democrat be embittered against i republican becau: voted for none but republicans, and can oint £o o republivan who ascribed of turpitude to the proud boast democrat that he never voted anything a steaight democratic ticket ? 1t is one of the deavest men of this republic, a right guarded b; with the most jealous care, that the st a secret buliot and express the servants “without let o » he any | of but | oice hind <1 pr entless and un ch is now being waged in this st my Catholic fellow citizens I such an array of pond preceding the word “warfu he gave us light us to which th 55, rel sonabl was mani fest, as, in the absence of such light, we are left wholly o conjecture Two years ago the Catholics of this city, although a winority of the population, held a large majority of the offices It is not so now. If that the lachrymal tide to deluge the checks of | Mr, Blaciburn, 1 can offer bim no consola tion, us Lis fellow Protestants in the interest of fair play and American institutions | changed the program by the aid of that American weapon, the ballot, upon which the members of the A. 1. A. rely exclusively for the salvation of this republic weapon that comes down us still A As n'm»\)l kes fall upon ‘ll{lufllll xe L froeman’s w b docs the will of God f their rights as In manner \tlessness in is what causes the reckless exercise freemen they relentlessly elected 4 few meu to office who were not Catholics, for which unreasonableness they are execrated | If that is the burden of Mr. Blackburn's | grief it really seems to me that it would be | better for him to dry his tears, take a more vights of the free- | | Great fall Of snow we had last week created such big demand for warm and serviceable clothes have had about all we could do to fill orders. The “broken lot” sale is “still going on with the sizes a little more broken, but the prices are cut accordingly. The cut mcludes odd sizes in overcoats, ulsters and suits for boys and men. You can save from $5 to $10 on a suit and $10 to $15 on an overcoat if you buy at this sale. Every one is a dead sure bargain. BROWNING KING & CO., §. W. Cor, 15th and Douglas Sts that we Store open every evening till 9. Saturday vl 10, eneth ¢ 3ET