The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-15
THE EGIS ANDNT'GI I,GEWER.
A. T.. 4. IN 4 TRIANGLE.

Ane leaders of the A. p. A. have
lately become eutangled in general
quarrel, and some interesting facts
have come before the public. We
publish the following from the Balti-
more Herald:
The internal strife involves some of
the most prominent leaders. Editor
Boyer, of the A. p. A. organ, The
United American criticised Mr.. Eas-
ton in his paper, and in the course of
his article denied that the organiza-
ton had sought to influence the cleo
ton in Maryland.
This assertion provoked the indig-
nation of President Burton, of Council
IL, who, i'll order to refute che state
ment of the editor, makes a remark
able disclosure. After having contra
dicted certain editorial utterances of
Mr. Boyer, Mr.. Burton continues as
follows:
DIR. Easton,n said Mr.. Burton,
''knows poitively from Mr.. Boyer
how much the latter got from the
Democratic party in Maryland for an
can. Boyer's friend and colleague, J.
G. Birchfield, went to the Republican
headquarters before the Maryland
election and tried to negotiate for the
sale of 10000 copies of his paper
He says in that paper, in regard to
some of his published statements
about Mr. German, that after mature
investigation he found himself to be
wrong. But he did not publish the
retraction of these statements until he
had hoisted his flag for Hurst and
German. In regard to the disaffection
of DIR. Easton, | want to say it has
been all some of us could do to retain
him in his place as President of Coun-
Gil No. IL since he returned from the
national convention. Mr.. Boyer's
statement that DR.. Easton's grievance
was only a personal one is untrue. l
was a delegate to the convention of
the national A. p. A. at Milwaukee,
and know of the facts that have caus-
ed DIR. Easton's action, and | indorse
every word uttered by him.
Il want to say that Mr.. Boyer has
also misstated the facts in regard to
the Maryland campaign. He says
In Maryland there was no real Ameri-
can issue at stake, and it cannot be
said that any victory was scored there,
for the reason there was no fight of
any Importance in which we took
part | want to state that the reason
Mr.. Boyer made this assertion was be-
cause of his arrangements to which L
have already referred with the Demo
cratic party.
"Twenty-seven of the 60 Democrats
on the Baltimore City ticket were
Catholics, while on the Republican
ticket there were no Catholics, and of
the 60 men to be voted for, IS belong
ed to the A. P. A. Henry Williams,
Democratic candidate for Mayor,
while IL Protestant, refused to sign
documents brought to him by a com
mittee of the A. p. \. On the other
hand, Mr.. Hooper, the Republican
candidate for Mayor, acquiesced i'm
mediately, and therefore the Republi-
can ticket received Il majority of
10000 in Baltimore. This is certainly
the greatest victory ever obtained by
the American people, they holding
the balance of power in the state. If
Mr.. Boyer calls this non-issue of our
order, we fail to discover where any
victory has ever been gained by the
order.
1.-The A. p. A. favored Lowndes, the
Republican candidate for Governor.
While Mr.. Lowndes is not a member
of the A. P. A., he is a member of the
Junior Order of American Mechanics
and member of the Sons of the
American Revolution.
''Mr. Hurst is Protestant, but the
reason OF Hurst's defeat was because
he had from Cardinal Gibbons a spe-
cial dispensation to build Il Catholic
altar and marry his daughter to /,
Catholic prince of Italy. Another
thing that came up was that Arthur
p. Germans daughter was to be mar
ried to Catholic, the ceremony to be
presided over by Cardinal Gibbons.
Our organization does not want to
control the religious privileges of any,
body. | am not fighting any particu-
lar church. If any denomination OF
the Protestants were to favor uniting
church and state | would fight it.
Our principles are to divide entirely
the church and state, to the stoppage
of immigration and to the taxation OF
church proper as any other property
We are against any organization that
fights to tear down our public school