The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-18
ALL THE PROMISES THEY WANT.
Demands of the A. p. A. Do Not Phase
Mckinley.
A Committee from the Order Visit the Ohio
Statesman at His Home in Canton
What is Said of the Trip.

A Committee from the Order Visit the Ohio
What is Said of the Trip.
Washington, May 16.-The Star tonight
says: AT the first of this week the Star
gave it as coming from one of the anti
Mckinley men that their plan would be to
have committee appointed to visit Nc
Kinley and to get from his own lips his
opinions Of the A. p. A. The actions of
the advisory board, when it met the early
part of the week, were so secret that it
could not be learned for certain whether
the committees was appointed. This
morning, however, ithe. news came from
undoubted sources that the committee
nesday, spent some time in Canton Thurs
day and returned here last night These
facts were known to but few men.
Judge Stevens it is said, appointed the
committee and it was his plan to have
this done.
Mckinley received the committee at
the house." delegate told Star report
or this morning, 'and they are said to
have spent the night with hiB. AT any
rate the committee returned hore with
a written report that the ommittee had
seen Mckinley and that he had promised
that if he WAS elected President he
would support the principles of the order.
That is the report the committee made
to the advisory board, and the report to
be made to the Council today by the ad-
VisOry board will contain the written re-
port of the committee. I see statement
III the New York papers this morning
that Mckinley denies that the commit
tee visited him OF that he knew anything
about proposed visit from the commit
tee. The committee did see Mckinley
and the fact is in black and white, and
will be before the Supreme Council to be
passed upon by it"
A Star reporter learned that member
of the committee which went to Canton,
and probably the chairman of it, was
Delegate Huddleson of California, and
that the committee was accompanied by
two delegates, one of them being Col.
Won Fossen of Washington, and the other
State President Sapp of Kentucky, who
is said to be Mckinley delegate to St.
Louis. On receiving the Information
the Star reporter called Mr.. Huddleson
out of the hall in which the, Supreme
Council is in session, and the following
conversation ensuei:
''Were you chairman of the committee
which. is reputed to have visited McKin-
ley at Canton?'
II cannot tell you anything"
AOo JOu WOlO uOt OllhlI1udA VI Uuo
committee or member of it?"
Il cannot tell you anything except
that the matter will all be laid before
the Supreme Council"
did you stop at hotel in Canton or
at private residence?"
1--WE were there only short time. I
cannot tell you any more. F"
Then Mr.. Huddleson turned on his heel
and walked away, but he confirmed the
report that committee went to Canton.
That the committee did see Mckinley
and had some kind of conversation
with him is confirmed, it is said, by the
report which the committee Is making to
the advisory board. Had Mckinley, it is
said, refused to see the committee or CIV
en- it no satisfaction, the report made by
the committee would have been very
different, and would have resulted IN the
Supreme Council turning against the
Ohio man.
Promises Have Had Their Effect,
Washington, May 1e.-The report of the
advisory board of the Supreme Council,
A. P. A., which was finally completed
this morning, while exoneratinQ Major
Mckinley of some of the charges that had
been made against him and withdraw
ing the boycott. does not declare him to
be the choice Of the A. P. A. The Ohio
candidate, as far as the boards action
affects him, is to stand on the same foot
ing before the A. P. A. as the other Presi-
Dental candidates. The board condemns
no one and does not indorse any one.
The executive committees. which issued
the boycott, is not excoriated, as was
predicted in some quarters. The board
recommends that it's report be given to
the press. 1t Is understood that some of
the Western Republican members of the
order insist that the report does not 20
far enough and they are determined
that the Supreme Council shall make
good the deficiencies.