Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-20
M'KINLEY AND THE A. P. A.
His Friends Here Satisfied With tn
Orders Opposition.
They Think the Association Managers
Have Overestimated Their
Strength.

The friends of Mr.. Mckinley in this city
are feeling very well satisfied with the
way the A. P. A. opposition is working
They have long feared clash with this
powerful organization, and now that 1t
has come, they are congratulatirg them
selves that it has developed in way which
they believe will relieve it from the force
that many would suppose it would carry.
The A. P. A. circular against Mckinley
opposes him en- the ground that he has
appoint Roman Catholics to office when
governor of Ohio. 1t does not charge that
he favors sectar.an appropriations Of any
kind or has violated any principle of the
A. p. A, except in the appointment Of
Catholics to Office. If that be principle of
the order. The Mckinley managers had held
numerous consultations regarding the or
der and the attitude that Mr.. Mckinley
should bear toward it. They have proposed
to keep A. z. A.ism out of the campo! en-
They claim that the attitude of the repub-
licans i'll Congress on the subject of sec
tartan appropriations has been sufficient to
indicate without the possibility of a quib-
PIE, mat the republican party is unalter-
ably opposed to any union of the church
and state in any form whatever. If the A
+. a. mana cement had desired to know
Mckinley's attitude on this question il is
said there would have been no difficulty
about having them informed on the sub
ject.
It's strength OVerestimated.
The Mckinley men here believe that the
A. P. A. managers have overestimated
their strength, and have interpreted the
opposition in Congress to sectarian ap-
preparations as being A. P. A.ism pure and
simple. There is no doubt that the republi-
cans are almost unit against Congress
spproprlating any money to be expended
by sectarian Institutions except in cases of
emergency, in which event the approplia-
ions are to be expended under government
supervision and control. But MANY men in
Congress have entertained this belief, while
they nave no sympathy with that extreme
form of A. p. A.ism which demands that
1ne 1act that a man is Catholic should
public office. This is what it is Thought the
A, p. AS overlooked.
The Mckinley managers complain that
the "A. +. A. managers took the action
shown in their public circular not heca use
they had been given a cold shoulder Nv
the Ohio candidate, but because the McKin-
ley men failed to go to the A. P. A. 1t was
question which Of the two should have
gone to the other with friendly oyertures
and the Mckinley people didn't recognize
any DUTY on their part to "see" the A.
p. A. managers
Not Many Will he Influenced.
1t is not believed by Mckinley men that
any considerable number Of men will be
Influenced to oppose their candidate be-
cause OF the grounds on which the A. p
A. has placed its opposition to him. Nc
kinley men say they believe that any pres-
idential candidate who should be charged,
on good grounds, with favoring sectarian
appropriations would have no chance nj re-
celVing the republican nomination, ard if
dominated could not be elected Thcy be-
lleve that that is the only issue involved in
A. L. A. principles before the country at
this time which receives the support of
lberal-minded men. They will defy the
A. r: A to show any reason for their op-
position to Mckinley, except the one that
Cathohcs had been appointed to office by
him and they do not fear any considerabIe
disaffection in the republican ranks on that
account. They believe the A.P.A. managers
nave been overhasty in issuing their cir
cular, and they would not be surprised if
there should be rebellion in the order
itself against their course.