The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-16

BOSTON, April ia circular was
issued today by the secretary of the
advisory board of the American Pro-
tective association, from which these
excerpts are taken:
after several months quiet, per-
sistent, painstaking investigation as
to the standing and records of the
candidates on our principles and Amer
lean questions, the executive commit
tee of the national advisory board re-
Gently met in Washington, D. c., and
New York. where, during several seS-
sions, the majority gathered, with the
statements tabulated and the reports
submitted, were carefully examined
and discussed.
AMONG THE CONCLUSIONS
reached were these:
"F'irst-That the national advisory
board adopt no candidate as the can
didate which the order should sup
port, as to do so at this time would
be most unwise and impolitic.
"Second-After carefully analyzing
the evidence adduced the committee
found to be true the charges made
Governor Mckinley, of discriminating
in his appointments in favor of Ro-
manists and against American Pro-
testants, because the latter were
members of the American Protective
associa ton. 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 Pro-
testant, a G. A. r. man, an A. P. A,
was rejected on the ground that he
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been promised the position by the
governor.
OTHER INSTANCES.
Among other instances reported to
the committee is that of S. W. Lannlng
of Franklin county, O., who was can
didate for sheriff He was a prominent
A. P. A. and known to be such; also a
Republican of sterling integrity and
so popular that he came within 500
votes of carrying a county that was
Democratic by 1900 nominally. After
his defeat, backed by the most promi-
nent Republicans in the state, for the
position of district oil inspector, NC
Kinley said that the reason why he
could not use tanning was because OF
his prominence in the order.
''3. Among the managers and active
supporters, secret or public, Oh MAJOR
Mckinley are Richard Kerens, a Ro-
manist of Missouri, who has again and
again in the public press
DENOUNCED THE A. P. A.
organization in the most vindictive
terms, and sought, but in vain, to have
the national Republican committee de-
nounce the organization; also Stephen
B. Elkins. Of the other candidates, viz,
VIM. B. Allison of Iowa, Senator Quay
of Pennsylvania, Senator Cullom of IL
linois. Governor Bradley of Kentucky,
Governor Morton of New York, ex-
President Harrison and Thomas B.
Reed, the committee was satisfied with
their Americanism ana sympathy with
the principles of the order.
AS TO REED.
Concerning the charges made
against Thomas B. Reed, the committee
found them to be groundless. For in
stance, in regard to the matter of
Speaker Reed leaving the chair when
the house started to consider the Indian
appropriation bill, we would state that
they went into committee of the whole
and when that is done it is the rule
that the speaker shall leave the chair
and a chairman is chosen for that time.
1T is also a notable fact that the
only state conventions that have thus
far incorporated principles of our order
in the platform are the states that are
now booming Mr.. Reed, and on such
platform, if nominated, he must stand.
THE committee regrets that it has
been unable to make any statement
with respect to candidates of the Dem
ocratic party, from the fact that as yet
no candidates have come to the sur
face