The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-07-14
wHATAN ORANGEMAN SAYS.

In former years the Orange aud
American Protestant Associations affiIi-
ated on these anniversary occasions and
marched side by side to the music o.
their bands without fear of molestation
But during the last few years there has
been split among them, and last year
this split came to an open rupture, when
forbidden to take part in the Orange
procession. The knowledge Of this
trouble emboldened the Catholic party,
who took advantage Of the weakness OF
their opponents and commenced the
assault which ended so fatally. The
same banners, devices, music, insignia
and everything that had been used on
former occasions without offense were
then used, and had been proposed for
use to-day also, and up to the hour Of
closing bushes very few except the lead,
ers had any knowledge of the action Of
their officers countermanding the pro
cession. Patterson, n. j., was to have
sent over 500 men, Jersey City, Hobo
ken, Hudson,Citv and around 1900, AMI
BROOKLYN, Williamsburg, New York
and Westchester 1000, so that not more
than five thousand men would in any
case have paraded. Those outside OF
the city would parade by invitation OF
New York lodges. and, as we yet be-
leve, they will come over here in citl-
zens' clothes, and without Iegalla or
music, and
WILL ATTEND THE PICNIC
a. if nothing strange had occurred.
Nearly all the lodges held meetings last
evening, and were supplied, or had sup
piled themselves, with revolvers for self,
protection. 1t had been decided also
that women and children should not be
allowed to join the procession, but they
were to 90 by cars and assemble at the
park independently. In some lodges
orders had been issued to the bands not
to play party tunes during the process
sion nor to give cause OF ofense in other
ways.
The origin of the split between the
A. p. AS and the Orangemen arose
from the latter claiming to be distinct
organization and refusing to admit
Orangemen on equal terms unless they
went through all the paraphernalia.
This was deemed by the latter" an at
tempt at extortion, seeing that their
principles and organization were alike,
and that both were sustained solely or
mainly by lrishmen. There are about
thirty lodges of A. P As and twenty
Of Orangemen in the city. And since
the muttering of opposition during the
past two days six new lodges Of the
latter have been formed. The average
membership Of the Orange lodges Is
forty and Of the A. P. A. sixty-fvr.
1t is now proposed to bring the two
parties together under
ONE ORGANIZATION HAVING A DISTINCTIVE
AMERICAN NAME,
it being deemed by many o. the more
sensible Orangemen that that name
should be dropped. And "a rose 10y
any other name would smell as sweet -
or otherwise. 1t is believed, too, that a
new name and a new organization would
take more readily with American Pro
testants, who are rather chary of ally.
ing themselves to European religious
feuis and associations of any kind. An
anti. Catholic association has had some
footing in this city for year or more,
and is extending itself through nearly
every ward in the city, and a great
many Orangemen and A. P. AS are
members OF it, And this new move
ment will seek to unite all classes and
creeds
OPPOSED TO CATHOLICISM
into one body. The movers design also
to make a special effort among Ger
mans, and whenever the new associa-
ton shall be thoroughly organized and
strong enough it will use lis voting
power at the polls to defeat Catholics
running for any office and to put well
known men of their own ranks into
place. And as there is considerable
party within the several Protestant
churches and districts of this State al
ready at work to bring out the full Pro-
testant vote to defeat the sectarian leg
islation practised at Albany, these new
movement parties expect to receive great
aid and to be eminently successful in
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