Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1894 — THE DARK AGES. [ARTICLE]

THE DARK AGES.

As the Sentinel pr. dieted some months ago the dense bigotry and fanaticism of the dark ages is now pretty well rt vived in this country which had so long boasted of be*, ing the home of religious lib irty and the refuge of thejoppressed of all nations. In a number of the city elections of Tuesday the A. P. A. took a leading part, and everywhere in support of the republican ticket. In several of these cities riots occurred, growing out of this revival of knownothmgism in politics. The worst occurrence was in Kansas City, where the A. P. A. seem to have followed thi example of the Toledo organization, and armed themselves. An A. P. A., with revolver in hand, undertakes to make an arrest, and shoots a siity officer who questions his right to carry a deadly weapon. A volley of shots follows from all sides, and one man dead, three fatally injured, and two wounded, are the fruits of the affair. Fiona the same city comes the report of another shooting by an A. P. A. man earlier in the day, but his vic'im is not fatally wounded. What a record tor one day for an American city. What a pleasant intimation of what may be expected else where as this business proceeds. W e call especial at ention to the fact that these elections demonstrates everything that The Sentinel has said concerning this trea sonable organization. It was|or«i ganized for political purposes. As appeared fully by reading the dispatches the A. P. A. was an active factor in the election everywhere. It was formed as an adjunct to the

republic m party. Everywhere that the A. P. A. showed itself it was in support of the republican ticket, just as it was here in the last city election. At Milwaukee there was an express A. P. A. issue between the. democrats a. d republicans and the republicans carried the city by the A. P. A. vote. At Galesburg, 111., the'republicans swept the town, and every man elected was an A. P. A. At St. Joseph, Mo., both the democrats and the populists were routed, and the republican ticket was elected by A. r. A. votes. Other places show similar results. There is no room left for ques ion that this movement was organized by republicans for purely political purposes, and that we are indebted to ;hat party for the flool of insane jigotry and race prejudice that is now being poured out upon the country. To that party we owe this worst blot on the enlightenment and civilization of thisjcentury in this country.—lndtanap olis Sentinel.