St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-22
1T IS ANXIOUS TO ne A FACTOR IN
NATIONAL PGII~
TICS,
OPENING OF ITS CRUSADE,
THE FIRST STEPS TO RE TAKEN
AT A WASHINGTON ME&T-
ING
The Association VIII Plead for u Re-
Years Ago.

WASHINGTON, March 81, - The
American Protective association, bet
ter known as the A. p, A.,which has
been a factor in the state and munic-
ipal politics OF several states for a
number OF years, has announced its In
tCntion to enter upon the field Of ma
tional politics in the coming presiden-
tian campaign. It's first move toward
this crusade Will be taken at meet
ing of the supreme advisory board Of
the organization, called to meet In
Washington on Tuesday, March "a.
This meeting is preliminary to the ses-
sicns Of the supreme council, which will
be held here in May. Prominent mem
bers Of the order from every congress
sional 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 plat
forms this year Of the planks Of the
Republican and Democratic platforms
of 1876, in which both parties declared
against sectarian appropriations and
emoluments from public monies or
property. In that year Mr.. Blaine pro-
posed in congress an amendment to the
constitution, which follows:
article XVI.-Neither congress nor
any state shall pass any law respecting
an establishment of religion, or pro-
hibiting the free exercise thereof, or
use the property or credit of the United
States, or of any state, of any money
raised by taxation, or authorize either
to be used for the purpose of found
Ing, maintaining, or aiding by appro-
priation, payment for services, eXpens-
eS or otherwise, any church, religious
denomination or religious society, or
any institution, society or undertaking,
which is wholly or in part, under Sec
tartan 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 advis-
DRY board will deal is what the polit-
zeal leaders of the A. p. A. call a cam
paign of education. They declare that
their literature shall reach every post
office in the country, and every voter
before election day. Senators and rep
resentatives have heard from the A. P.
A. organizations Of their states during
the past month. The following is
copy of a letter which has come to
nearly all of them:
cat a recent meeting of the state
council of the American Protective as
ISOLATION resolution was unanimous
ly adopted that we request our SEN
ators and representatives in congress
to work and vote for the following
bills which are now pending: A bill
to secure a just distribution of fed
eral offices, known in the last con-
gress as hause bill 1884; bill to
establish a national university, known
in the last as house bill S,949; a bill
to restrict immigration and regulate
naturalization, known as Unions bill,
house bill STA; Unions joint resolu-
ton No. IL, amending the constitu-
ton, prohibiting for all time sectar-
ian appropriations; a bill to prohibit
advertisers or others from using the
national emblem as an advertising
device.
I'VE hope that this expression Of the
representatives of so many of your
constituents will meet your indorse-
ment as being In the interests of our
country and in line with the ideas
of the founders of our government.
We also desire to call your attention
to the fact that it is the design to
place in statuary hall statue Of Pere
Marquette. We regard this as a dan
gerous innovation. The Jesuits have