The Red Cloud chief., 1896-02-07
CLAIM 6,OOO.o 900 VOTES.
pnc ThoIsand Leader of the T.. D.. 4. H.
Secret session.

CutctCo, Feb. THE Times. Herald
prints the following from it,, New
York correspondents.
one thousand delegates of the supo-
rior council Of the American Protect.
i've ASSOCIATION met in annual session
last Tuesday and Wednesday in Eo.
chester. Tho convention represented
an actual voting strength in this State
Of 3l5. 600, and in the nation of about
.. 800, OOp. The business of the convcn-
ton was conducted with such secrecy
that not even the wide awake Rochcs.
ter newspaper reporters had Il suS.
picion hat "a meeting of vast concern
to the public aud politicians was be-
ing held in that city, and that in
Nam street, IiochCstcr's broadway.
From one of the heads of the aSsoci-
alton wa obtained the facts that arc
given here and that will form the
most important and most sensational
story of secret political DEVELOPMENTS,
and actual, active political strength
that has been made public in many
years.
One OF the peculiar features of the
convention was that in the resolutions
that we're adopted no mention was
made Of any candidate for President
or any Office. State or Territorial.
Discussion of candidates came up
either informally on the floor of the
hall or else in committee. The superior
council, in following ont the require.
mcnts of its constitution, declared it
would indorse only that party or those
parties who should nominate candi-
dates whose records are not opposed
to the principles of the association.
upon a platform which should embody
patriotic u~ttcranccs consistent with
these principles.
one of the startling statements
made by a member from Albany was
To the effect that senator David Is.
Hill had acknowledged to Il friend II
lack of political foresight when he
undertook to carry the State for the
Democratic party in loJi upon an anti
A.. l.. 4. platform. Another candidate,
who was declared tn he persona non
grata to many in the association, waS
Roswell l.. Flower.
The members of the A. L. A.. Dem
ocratic as well as Republican, are
anti-Tammany through and through.
They will not support for president or
for any other Office candidates who
are nominated mainly through the
help Of the hall. Notwithstanding
his nominal association with Tam.
many as a representative Democratic
organization. ". G. Whitney did not
seem to have many enemies among the
Democratic members. Many favored
the nomination of some mau like Colo
mel Morrison of illinois or Ex-Governor
Boics of Iowa. stephen u. Elkins the
p,ap'l b.y. mona ,F
HOSTILE 10 REED.
There was cvinced q considerable
antagonism to the candidacy of Thorn
as H. Reed, who, il was declared, had
spoken against the a. l.. a. in an in
tervicw in the Columbian of Portland,
Me, the only Roman Catholic news.
paper in that state.
No charges were preferred against
Governor Morton. Ex-Governor Nc.
Kinley of ohio, Senator Allison of
Iowa, Robert y. Lincoln Of Illinois,
Governor William q. Bradley of Ken
lucky. or any other Republican candi-
date
MIR. Cleveland, were he to he re-
nominated, would not receive the sup
port of the Democratic members Of
the order, although Mr.. Olney, secre-
tary OF state, was not charged with
any act inconsistent with public prin-
cipleS.
The support which Richard Kerens
of Missouri, where the association is
very strong, and Thomas Carter of
Montana are giving 20 General llar-
rison'S candidacy, has caused some of
the members of the association to
question his availability. This adj
me-. Nnpfiprlnt I,tAV.~ l. ln,.-.
counteractcd by the publication Of an
interview in which w. j. Traynor, the
supreme president, advocates the re-
nomination of General Harrison, be-
cause Of his ardent support of the
Indian School bill and his appoint.
mcnt Of Thomas Morgan To bc COM.
missioner OF Indian affairs.
CLAW TIiE BALANCE OF POWER
The allied orders make claim 10 n
membership representing more than
one-fourth of the voting population of
the United States. They assert that
they hold absolutely the balance of
power to elect or defeat any Presi.
dental nominee. This table shows
their voting strength, as it was repre-
s2ntcd by Il delegate to the Rochester
convention, who gave this Iurorma-
ton:
Amcrici IA Protective hS ,ociation. ..... Q jOlOUI
National League tor thu Protection of
American INSTITUTIONS .,... ...,.. 5000 0
Junior Order United American M,chan.
les .......... ......... 500 90
P~at.iotlc .Sur'U America ......... 100. 1000 D
tiicr ~ Icputlc-.. ........ ....... 5000. I. 90
Al utlcr ~Idlilo,ic organizations. .,,... $4,000
Total .............. ....-.,.....8I 300
About =, 500, 900 Of this membership
is associated with two or more of the
organizations, so that the actual vot-
ing strength of the allied urgani2a.
lions is not far from LOCO, 600.
Regarding the personnel of its mem.
bcrShip, an interesting report was
read at the Rochester meeting. II
was said hat los members Of Con
grcss, the governors of four states,
majorities in the legislatures IF several
states, the school boards of IA cities
and towns, and a majority of city and
town officials in Severy Central and