The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-27
The A. P. A. In New York.

The American Protective Association,
commonly referred TO by the newspapers
as the "a. p. A." and notorious as a
secret society whose purpose is war on the
Catholic church, has been so bold as to
approach the constitutional convention of
the state Of New York with its objection
able teachings. A few days ago every
delegate to, the convention received a
copy of a cartoon illustrating the fable
of the farmer and the serpent, in which
the serpent was labeled Catholic
Church" and the farmer Uncle Sam"
The artist had thrown in a wealth of hor-
rible detail by way of showing how
Catholicism is strangling the public
schools, the purity of the ballot, the
country's financial system and the judici-
airy, and seeking to dominate the whole
government Where the cartoons came
from is not known, but it is believed they
were made in New York, and the fact
that they were distributed in Albany is
taken as evidence that the propaganda of
the association has got a foothold in the
state.
Heretofore but little has been heard of
the organization in the east, though it
has become political factor in certain
sections of the west In Kansas City, in
deed, in the last municipal campaign the
order made hot fight, one outcome of
which, it will be remembered, was a
bloody riot at the polls, in which several
persons were killed. In other western
towns more or less bloody conflicts have
occurred between the "A. p. A" and
Catholics. The membership of the order
is said to number thousands in almost
every state of the west, and at the last
meeting of the supreme council" held
at Des Moines, Ia, on May 6, it was re-
ported that the membership was rapidly
growing.
The inception of the association is ac-
credited to Boston 1t is said the first
lodge of the order was organized
there about eight years ago But the
bigoted teachings of its promoters did not
flourish within the shade of Faneuil
Hall, so the promoters went west And
in the west, where the populist had in
famed the public mind, the "A. p. A. :"
found an inviting soil. For some time the
order has been working its way east
again. and it has recently been heard
of in Texas and other southern states.
The "declara ton of principles" of the or
der, it is said, pledge the members not to
buy from Catholic merchants, and to boy
colt the commuaicants of the Catholic
church. II is alleged to be the purpose
of The society to drive out the Catholics
first and then to give its attention to the
Jews. That the order is bold and aggres-
sive is probably better shown by its as
sault upon SO eminent a body as the New
York constitutional convention than by
any other of its recent acts. 1t is dan
gerous organization, but, like its prede-
cessor and progenitor, the Know-Nothing
party, it will soon be numbered among
the crazes of the past, American liberty
will not tolerate any such organizations.
The differences between Brazil and Por-
tugal have been .amicably settled There
was never any real danger that the out
come would be anything but a peaceful
one. Neither country could afford to 60
to war, and Portugal still less than
Brazil. Portugal is old, and proud and
poverty stricken; Brazil is weak from in
ternal strife and greatly in debt Had
the countries really gone TO war. by the
way, the chances are that the South
Americans would have come out ahead.
They have navy far superior to Portu-
gals.
The candidates for the state Offices be-
low the goyernorship appear to be lost sight
of during the primaries and mass meet
ings. How about the commissionership