The sun., 1897-11-30

ants may profit
WHEN permitted to work under walls that fall and crush
them DEATH becomes pertinent question: "What do have
building inspector ior?'-The Every Evening.
IT was to say the least violation of good the part OF
the Johnson of Washington whose church the President
attended Thanksgiving Day. inject into his sermon special
reference Roman Catholics Office seekers office holders IN
the place the time most inappropriate and secondly the
presence of the Chief Executive of the nation should have re-
strained the reverend gentleman from singing out large number
of his eowzes subjects for Indirect if not direct attack
The President represents the whole people of the United States
and belief unbeef it his duty to make
no distinction between te either collectively Individually
No recognizes that fact clearly than does President MIC
Knley and lecture the subj much like an aon
by him who delivered it. DR. Johnson to think he was ex
hbtng great agnanimy in declaring that Catholics are entitled
to public office and honors the other citizens In reality
he only making exhibition of qualities the opposite to mag
nanmy The expression Of such sentiments carries with 1t the
implication that the distinction might be made without overste
ping strict line of justice but that he in his generosity is not IN
favor of it. the days f the Revolution Roman Catholics
have the work of founding defending and per-
petuag the republic They have not been behind the members
of any other church in their devotion to the Constitutions and
standing equality with them before the law they are as
entitled the hono and rewards Of public lite as are the
members of other denominations is matter of favor IS
question Of right Two Catholic nations one directly and the
other Indirectly helped the colonies achieve Independence and
noteworthy fact that when the Congress OF the
decred the second national Thanksgiving Day to be held ON Dec
3o 17S enumerated among the tor praise and
gratitude the goodness Of the Almighty i'll dsposlns the heart OF
powerful monarch into alliance with us lha
alliance with Catholic France settled if ever in doubt be-
cause Torym Of the me the fate of British rule
in the colonies with all religious tests That the Amer
principle AS candidates for Office the ory questions asked
should be the great eersonan questions: SIS he hones IS he
capabe he faithful to the Constitution '-The Sum- New
York.
THE Nebraska argument which giving good deal of encou
agemen Democratic papers, apt to be deusve
n
for f1siou in 1897 did for Byan in 1896 lyan party
is get votes i'll the Congressional elections OF 1898 III
ka and in all the other Western States which he carried last
year the Republicans These papers find that the Repu
can this i'll Nebraska and the other States which had
elections considerably below last years mark and therefore Re
publican strength relatively mcatc is declining Doar
wheat is helping the Republicans they say and as doa
wheat is likely years succession, the Repu
licans will make poorer showing in the Congressional canvass
than they did in the State elections In this chain OF reason
ing important links left out Nebraska DID, indeed
give nearly big Popocratc plurality three weeks
it did last year, but how about Kansas and South Dakota? These
two Bryan in 1906 but they back to the Re
pucans 1907 index of the direction and strength OF
the partisan these States ought to be as reliable as the
one which the Popocatc candidate of 1896 lives That cand
made desperate effort this year hold his State in line He
felt that his chances for the nomination depend IN large
degree on this gear the fight OF his life
and he held his Dollar wheat and Republican prosperity d1d
not Nebraska from the Popoca Two why these
things did bring victory for the Republicans State pride
and Bryans efforts maintain his ascendency IN his party An
other that the Republicans made earnest attempt to
win Nebraska But the result the other States gives different
story from which Nebraska tell In Iowa the Re-
pucas poed heavier than they ever did before except III
1906 and rolled large plurality Oho $4,000 lead Tor Bush
nell above the Republican plurality in the off years OF the
past Often fact in the Governo1sp election Immediately fol-
lowing Presidential Ohio goes Democratic This years
result in Ohio and Iowa shows that the Republicans III the Con-
election and the Presidential canvass OF 1000
likely to at least hold their in the West The Republican
revolution in Kansas and South Dakota gives promise of Reub-
can gains this regor All this that the Nebraska arg1-
worth little The Republican line in the West stands r
may quarters in 1898 and 19oo but these are
likely to by gains in other States No other
elections in the year Immediately succeeding the Presidential
struggle we the past quarter of century, 50 favorable to the
nartv in mower in Washington as were those of 1897.