Evening journal., 1896-04-16
THE FIELD OF POLITICS
Mckinley and the American
Protective Association.
AN OFFICIAL CIRCULAR ISSUED.

Editor Morrow's Emphatic Denial OF Re
( cent Charges -Nebraslsa and North Da-
I kotn Republicans For MoHiniey-Free
silver Democrats For bland.
Boston, April 1e. "A circular has been
issued by tho secretary Of the advisory
board OF the American Protective associn-
tion, from which these experts are taken;
After several months quiet, persistent
painstaking Investigation as to the stand
ing and records OF these candidates on cur
principles and American questions, the
executive committee Of the national ad
yisory board recently met In Washington
aud New York, where during several SOS
sions the majority gathered. and the
statements tRbulatod and tho reports sub
mitted woro carefully examined and dis
cussod Among tho conclusions reached
were these:
First That tho national advisory board
adopt no candidate as the candidate which
the order should support, as to do so at
this time would be most unwisc and Inn
polite.
Second. After carefully analyzlng tho
evidence ndducod the committee found
70 be true the charges made against one
OF the candidates-yiz, FIX Governor Nc
Kinley --ocdisoriminating in bis appoint
ments in favor OF Romanists and against
American Protestants because the litter
were mombcrs Of the American Protective
association. For example, among other
appointments one was that Of Roman
Catholic Irishmnn who had been suspend
ed for drunkenness, while the application
of an American Protestant a Grand Army
man and an A. p A., was rejected on the
ground that he belonged 70 tho order,
though he had been promised the position
by the governor. Among other instances
reported TO the committee is that OF w.
w. Lanning Of franklin county, o.. who
was candidate for sheriff. lie was prom
inent A. y. A. 0nd known To bo surh,
also a Republican of startling integrity,
and 30 popular that no cnmo within 600
votes OF carrying county that was Demo
cratic by / 800 nominnlly. After his de-
foat, backed by tho most prominent Re
publionns in tho state for position Of dis
trict oil inspector, Mckinley said that the
reason why no could not use Lanning was
because Of his prominence in the order
Denouncos Mckinley.
Third Among the managers and active
supporters, secret or puhlic, Of Major Nc
Kinley are Richard Kerens Romanist, of
Missouri. who has again and again In the
public press denounced the A. p. A. or
ganization IN tho most vindotivo terms
and sought but In vain, to havo the ma
tional Republican committee denounce the
organization; also stephen Elkins Of West
Virginia.
or the other candidates. viz, William
B. Allison OF Iowa, Senator Quay OF Penn
sylvania, Senator Cullom Of Illinois, Gov
ernor Bradley OF Kentucky Governor
Morton OF New York, ex- President Harri-
son 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 to be groundloss Eor instance:
an regard 20 the matter Of Speaker Reed
loispinefhe chair when the house started
TO consider the Indian appropriation bill,
we would state that the house went into
committee Of the whole and when that IS
done It Is true that the speaker shall leave
his chair and a chairman is chosen for that
timo
VA 1t Is also q notable fact that the only
sthte conventions that have thus far in
corporated principles Of our order In the
platform are the states that are now boom
ing Dir. Reed, and on such platform, II
nominated he must stand.
The committee regrets that II has been
unable 70 make any statemeBt with re-
spect to candidates Of the Democratic
party from the fact that as yet no candi-
dates have come to the surface.