Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-20
IS AGAINST M'KJNLEY.
A. P. A. Advisory Board Sub
nits Report.
0hioan Accused of Discriminating
Against the Protestants.

Boston, Mass, April 16.-A circular
was issued last night by the secretary
of the advisory board of the American.
Protective association, from which
these excerpts are taken:
After several months quiet, persistent,
painstaking estigations as to the stand
ing and records of these candidates on QUE
principles, and American questions, the eX
ecutive committee of the national advisory
board recently met i'll Washington, d. c.,
and New York, where, curing several SEES
sions, the majority gathered, with the
statements tabulated and the reports sub
mitted were carefully examined and dis
} ssqs thss sa0ns 'ns conclusions rs'ene0
Tnat tie national advisory board adopt nc
candidate as the candidate which the order
Would Would be s' most unwise and fmpoiitis y
After carefully analyzing the evidences
adduced, the committee found to be true
the charges made against one of the can
didates, viz: ExGov. Mckinley, of dis
eliminating in his appointments in favor of
Romanists and against American Protes
tantS because the latter were members of
the American Protective association. For
example, among other appointments, one
was that of a Roman Catholic Irishman,
who had been suspended FOR Drunkenness
while the application of an American Prot
estant, a Grand Army man and an A. +. A.
longed to the order, though he had been
PROMISED the position by the governor.
Among other instances reported to the com
mittee is that of w. w. Lanhing of Frank
lin county, o., who was a candidate for
sheriff. He was prominent A. p. A and
known to be such; also Republican OF
sterling integrity and 50 popular that he
that was Democratic by 1900 nominally.
After his defeat, hacked by the most promi-
nent Republicans in the state for the posi-
ton of district oil Inspector, Mckinley said
that the reason why he could not use Lam
ming was because of his prominence in the
order
Among the managers and active support.
ers secret or public, of Maj. Mckinley are
Richard KerenS, ROmaniSt of Missouri,
who has again and again in the public press
denounced the A. p. A. organization in the
most yindictiye terms and sought, but in
vain, to have the National Republican com
mittee denounce the organization; also Ste.
phen Elkins of West Virginia.
OF the other candidates, viz: William B.
Allison of Iowa, Senator Quay Of Pennsyl
vania, Senator Cullom of Illinois, Gov
Bradley of Kentucky, Gov Morton of New
York, eX-President Harrison and Thomas b.
Reed. the committee was satisfied with
their Americanism and sympathy with the
principles of the order. Concerning the
charges made against Thomas b. Reed, the
committee found them 20 De grOuIdleSS.
For instance, in regard to the matter OH
Speaker Reed leaving the chair when the
House started to consider the Indian ap-
preparation bill, we would state that the
House went into committee Of the whole
and when that is done it is the rule that the
speaker shall leave his chair and chairman
is chosen for that time.
state conventions that have thus far incor
porated principles of our order in the plat.
forms are the states that are now booming
Mr.. Reed, and on such platform, it nomi
mated, he must stand.
The committee regrets that it has beer
unable to make any statement with respect
to candidates of the Democratic party from
the fact that as vet no candidates nave
come to the surface.