The Irish standard., 1895-05-11

.oficer Of the Repsa. MN ganization of
the country he played no favorites, per-
sonally he was for Tom Reed for pres
ident, first, last and all the, time.
Suddenly change came over the
spirit of Joseph's dream. He got that
tired feeling" in very acute form. APP
pointments made months ahead in pur-
suit of the noble science Of delegate
forming-and Chairman :Manley, who
never appeared more hale and hearty 1n
his life, found it absolutely essential to
seek rest in sea voyage to recuper2s e
his failing health and restore the tone
of his shattered nervous system.
Do you want to know what Frustrated
the sturdy Joe to the verge Of paresis,
and what shattered his nervous system
and almost turned his brown locks white
over night-a simple notice from the
grand potentate of the A. p. A., that
If Thomas Bracket Reed did not join
the American Protective Association
within a specified time he might hang
his harp on willow tree as memorial
of the lost cause, for as far as concerns
presidential aspirations, his name would
no longer be Thomas, but Dennis
Naturally the American Protective
folk, rank and file, cotton to Benjamin
Harrison. AS emphatically the camp
meeting candidate, they prefer him to
any other exponent of the G. O. P. ma
chine. His inhexible narrowness COM
mends him to them, and certain deft
phrases in recent interviews are looked
upon as intimations that, even without
specific pledges, the brethren may rely
on him to promote their purposes In q
general way. ...
With Mckinley it is different. He, too,
has dropped some soft, firtatious words
during his swing around the circle OF
politics. But his airy nothings fall up
on deaf ears, and it would anke the
strongest Of blue-ltght oaths and blood
singed contracts to make the disciples
Of '56 Fillmoreism support the putative
parent of the crazy-quilt monopoly tar
if. The POPULARITY of reasonable prices,
especially among the women, is discussed
in the midnight conclaves Of the lodges,
and no one realizes better than the A.
P. A.-ites how necessary is female sup
port to any fanatical crusade.
ALLISON, MORTON AND M'MILLAN.
The mid Western group of states is
SO permeated with A. P. Allied Repub-
licanism that even a liberal man like
Allison might possibly be accepted by
the proscriptiontsts in reliance on the
force Of local sentiment to keep him in
line. Otherwise, in the bitter strike be-
tween Harrison and Reed, with McKin-
Icy as a side show, Allison is supposed
to be strong compromise probability,
and, from the reasons above given, A..
P. A.-ism may not successfully antag-
onize him.
Senator James Mcmillan, of Michigan,
is looked on with favor, coming from a
section where the American Protective
Association has effectually overshadow
ed and absorbed the Republican party.
While not personally regarded as a
bigot, he would be controlled by his en-
vironment, and he has the immense adj
vantages of great wealth and unsu1-
passed experience In open craftsmanship
and in secret partisan manipulation.
Stranger things have happened than
either of two events that Mcmillan
would turn upon the Republican nation
al ticket in first or second place, or in
first place as A. P. A. nominee.