The record-union., 1896-09-27

renee of the House with the Senate
amendments, which referred only to
some mineral lands in Oregon. Johnson
was, tacitly at least, responsible for the
defeat of the bill.
McGlashan said he would have re-
celved the nomination for Congress by
the Democratic party also-at least he
had heard it so said-if he had not
been an A. p. A. So to secure Con-
gressional nomination it was necessary
that man be not an A. p A. Some
twelve years ago he had become en-
| Unused with the idea of protection tC
| California labor from the cheap labor
OF CHINA and Japan, which had practl-
cally driven white labor out. lie had
taken prominent part, being Presi-
dent Of the organization in Truckee,
and for the past eleven years no China
man has ever been employed in True
kee. Even the Southern Pacific Com
pany did not dare import a Chinaman
within forty miles of that village. The
speaker believed. he said, that the rail-
road company took offense at the part
| he had taken in the matter. He be-
| ICHSu 81 DGCduSG OIL Cne ABUSE Hcdptu
upon Hmm by John p Irish in his pa
per, the "Alta-Californian.' and he be-
lieved so because Of the abuse heaped
upon him by the Record Union" But
he would rather have the commenda-
tion of the Truckee people and stay at
home, than their condemnation and go
t0 Congress a dozen times. And that
! brought him down to the question, DO
! l belong to the American Protective
Associations
II do belong to the American Protec-
| tive Association, and have since it's in
! ceptiOn, and by the eternal gods, | m
proud of it. I'm proud Of it, even if the
Catholic organ of this city, the Bee,
says l am out in the interest of Grove
L. Johnson and the Southern Pacific
Company. Though l don't know as that
should cut any figure, for the Bee
never supported a candidate who was
| elected, nor assailed one who was not
| elected"
| The Sacramento Catholic organ the
| Bee" and the Examiner" continued
the speaker, had branded him as an A.
?. A, but the class of people who took
the places evacuated by the Chinese at
| Truckee We're almost exclusively Cath
olics. He had no objection to Catholics
or to the Catholic religion. He had no
objection to any man drawing nearer to
| God through the Catholic Church or
any other church. The A. p. A. did not
asSail the Catholic Church or any other
| religious organization but the asSOcla-
| tion did aSsail any organization which
| threatened the existence Of American
| institutions.
| When the American Protective Asso-
| citation was formed it was known fact
| that 90 per cent. of Government officials
were Catholics, and that 80 per cent. Of
| all municipal officers in the United
States belonged to the same denomina-
! ton. 1t was also true that 30 per cent.
| of the school teachers in the United
| States were members of the same relig-
| ious order and to-day the corporations
and railroads and trusts could not exist
| did they not work hand and glove with
the Catholic Church. This was what
| the A. P. AS proclaimed against. This
was their fight, and their battle cry was
| America for Americans, and Don't Y You
| Forget it,
The edict, at the instance of the Cath
olic Church, had gone out before the
conventions We're called that no a. p.
A. should be nominated as candidate
| Tor congress, Dut the eQlct naU not
| been followed to the letter.
] To-day" said the speaker, there
are are three A. P. A. candidates for
| Congress in the field. / am one of them
| III not call names. I'll let you guess
! who the others are"
| Then after the nominations were made
| came, continued the speaker, a demand
| fer fusion. 1t reached him and demand
ed that he resign, and by so doing chop
lis own head off. The Catholic organ,
the Bee said he was out in the inter
est of Grove L. Johnson, but If such was
the case he would have resigned at once,
for everyone of the 10000 A. P. A. votes
y hich he would receive would then have
been thrown to Johnson and against De
| Vries.
| Il told De Vries,'' said the speaker,
that he could not be elected, whether
| withdrew or not and | told him / be-
Heved I could be elected, and | say so
now, for besides the votes of my Popu-
list friends, shall get everyone Of those
| &c 600 A. p. A. votes. If Mr.. De Vries
| or any other man can show me that my
resignation will elect him or aid in as
sisting Johnson's defeat. then 1 will re-
sign and chop my own head off, but un-
til that time / remain in the field, man
without a party. but not without hopes.
! | am out to win, and / believe | shall
do So even though / be an A. z. A.