The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-22

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 21-
The American Protective association
which has been a factor in the state
and municipality power of several
states for a number of years, has an
nounced its intention to enter upon
the field of national politics in the
coming presidential campaign.
Its first move toward this crusade
viii be taken at a meeting of the
supreme advisory board of the organ
ization, called to meet in Washing
ton on Tuesday, March "a This meet
ing is preliminary to the sessions of the
supreme council, which will be held
here in May. Prominent members of
the order from every congressional
district in the country will take part
in the deliberations of the supreme
council, and will determine the part
which the organization will take in
the campaign.
1t is a part of the programme to in
sist on the re-enactment in party MIA f
forms this year of the pIanks of the
Republican and Democratic platforms
in 1876, in which both parties declared
against
SECTARIAN APPROPRIATIONS
and emoluments from public moneys
or property. In that year Blaine pro-
posed in congress an amendment to
the constitution as follows:
Article XVI.-Neither congress nor
any state shall pass any law respect
ing an establishment of religion or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
or use the property or credit of the
United States, or of any state, or any
money raised by taxation, or authorize
either to be used for the purpose of
founding, maintaining or aiding, by
appropriation, payment for services,
expenses or otherwise, any church, re-
ligio1s denomina ton or religious So
ciety, or any institution. society or
undertaking which is wholly or in
part under sectarian or ecclesiastical
control"
During this congress Mr.. linton of
Michigan introduced the same amend
ment. and the A. p. A will endeavor
TO have the amendment made a part
of the constitution. Another feature
OF the programme with which the adj
visory board will deal is what the DO
htical leaders Of the A P A. call a
CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION.
The. declare their literature shall
reach every postoffice in the country
and every voter before election day.
Senators and representatives have
heard from the A. P. A organizatio
OF their states during the past month.
Inc following is copy of a letter
r-''ioh has come to nearly all of
them:
~ a recent meeting of the state
council Of the 4. P. A a resolution
was unanimously adopted that we re-
quest our senators and our representa-
tives in congress to work and vote
pending:
"A bin to secure just distribution
of federal offices, known in the last
congress as II. B. No. 1874; a bill to
establish national university. known
in the last session as H. B. No. S,e49; !
a bill to restrict immigration and |
regulate naturalizati ton. known as Lin |
tons bill; H. B. No. STA; Unions |
Joint resolution No. II, amending the |
constitution, prohibiting for all time |
sectarian appropriations; bill to pro- |
hibit advertisers or others from using |
THE NATIONAL EMBLEM
as an advertising device.
I'VE hope this expression OF the rem
Tesentatives of so many of your CON
stituents will meet your endorsement
as being in the interests of our coun-
try and in line with the ideas of the
founders of our government.
We also desire to respectfully call
your attention to the fact that il is
the design to place in statuary hall
statue of Pere Marquette We regard
this as a dangerous innovation. The
Jesuits have been banished from al
most every Catholic country, and vet
here in Protestant America they are
not only allowed to remain and plot
against the liberties of our people. but
1t is even now proposed to further vio-
Ia tie the people of church and state by
the Introduction of the statue
of one of these traitors to
all government among the sta
tues Of those patriots who have given
their lives that government by the
people should be preserved, and we
appeal TO you to use your endeavors so |
this idea shall not be carried out"