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Members Of the Order Hold a Meets
Ing After the Adjournment of the
Supreme Council 20 DenOunce the
ohio Candidate for Denying Meets
ing a Committee Of the Advisory
board on May IA Mckinley
Lobby.
Washington. May 18-The American
Protective Association supreme council
closed its sessions to-day. but few dele
gates remaining TO the adjournment.
The most important action was thaa
Of disseminating tho advisory board
which was accomplished after a long dis
cusslon. IN which IL was specifically stat
Ell that the recent developments In the
Mckinley boycott had nothing to do with
the action and no reflection upon Judge
Stevens, the chairman, was intended. The
supreme council. composed Of the supreme
officers OF the organization. replaces tho
advisory board. and this body was by
resolution directed TO pass upon the status
Of the presidential candidates Of the Ie-
publican, democratic and other parties,
and report publicly on them.
Washington was adopted as the perma-
neut headquarters Of the American Pro-
tective Association and Kansas City was
selected as the next place Of annual meets
Four OF the principal officers were elect,
ed Saturday and the list was completed
to-day, as follows:
supreme secretary-w. J. Palmer OF
supreme. Treasurer-F. c. Campbell %
Minneapolis. Minn.
supreme scrgeant-at-Arms-J. W. Ellis
supreme Guard-w b. Howard Of ON
supreme sontineI-T. N. Henson OF Co
The convention closed with a publlo
mass meeting tonight. which was pre-
SIDED over by Congressman Linton.
preme council, representing twenty differ4
ent states, held this evening, after thu
council adjourned, the following pream1
Die and resolutions We're adopted:
Whereas, the supreme council OF the A.
- a. or the United States, at It's session
saturday evening by an unanimous vote,
adopted the report Of the national al.
Nisory board which report indorsed tho
action Of the executive committee Of said
board and IN plain language said that
the executive committee was justified in
publishing the political afhliatiOn of Nc
hlnley with the Roman political hier-
archy, which aiiiliation is proven by the
aiiiaavites Of reputable members OF the
order, and which afiidavits have never
been controverted. except by the un-
sworn statement Of Maj. Mckinley him
SELF and,
Whereas, Nal Mckinley did. on May IA.
As.""f ~ q tbuNlltLtt OF the uNLiOnal du-
visory board, in the city Of Canton, o.,
state that he heartily approved the princi-
pies OF the a. T. A., and on the following
day gave an interview TO the press, de-
nying that no had met such a committee,
thus giving lie to the report Of tho
committee, which was composed of hon-
orable and truthful gentlemen; and,
whereas, The members of the supreme
council have during It's ses-
ed by a large Mckinley lob
by composed OF members and non-mem-
bers OF the order that used the most dis
reputable blackmailing methods to dis
credit the advisory board and 10 turn tho
supreme council into a Mckinley ratihca-
tion meeting, and having signaly failed
70 clear Mckinley of the consequences OF
his pro-papal political record to-day, after
tWo-thirds OF the delegates had started
for home, attempted to take revenge by
abolishing the national advisory board,
ana accomplished the same by a vote Of
30 TO 29
Resolved, That we the delegates in con-
demnation meeting assembled, denounce
the unWarranted Interference Of the paid
Mckinley lobby with the affairs of the
order and denounce the cowardly denial
by Mckinley Of his endorsement of the
principles OF the order given by him to
our committee, and
Resolved, That because Of his record as
reported by the national advisory board,
we herewith pledge ourselves to. by our in-
fiuence and efforts, accomplish his defeat.