Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-19
The A. P. A. Supreme Counsel Ad-
journed Last Night.
OFFICES TO Be ESTABLISHED HERE
Tho Resolutions Adopted Against
Mckinley and Their Cause.
T II E M ASS ETIN

OF the several hundred A. P. A. delegates
who came tc the city last week not over a
dozen remain today. Included in this num-
Der are Past Supreme President Bowers
Supreme President Echols, ex-Secretary
| Beatty al d Treasurer Campbell. Judge
Stevens, the man who attracted more at
tention than sny other of the A. P. A. Off
GERS, left this morning for his home in st.
Louis. Before leaving he stated his inten-
ton to sol give out statement of the
controversy between himself and Gen. Gros-
venor. The facts in the matter were pub
lished fully in The Star last week Judge
Stevens said that he irtended to return
here in a few days, and talked as if there
might be some Proceedings in the courts
before the affair was settled.
Going to Have Offices Here.
The Supreme Council decided to allow
President Echols to establish his Offices
here or in Atlanta. just as he pleased. but
required that Secretary Palmer should
| make Was hirston his home
To Star reporter this morning Presi-
dent Echols, who is threatened with fever,
said that he had decided to make Wash
!ngton his home. The headquarters of the
order will be moved here Within a month.
There were. he said, already several prop
oSitions for offices in the city. He would
go to Atlanta tonight end return here in
about ten days, when the matter of the 10
cation of offices would be DECIDED. 1t was
learned that the newly elected supreme
secretary, w. j. Palmer of Montana had
been given until the 10th of June to get
his business affairs in shape TO take charge
Of his office. He left last night for his
home to arrange his business.
Last Work of the Council.
The unexpected occurred in several
things in the Supreme Council yesterday
afternoon. The body finished work and ad-
journed at o'clock, but not until it had
decided, by vote of 30 to - to abolish
the advisory board This action will leave
the executive committee to attend to what
ever political matters are to be looked
after this year. The executive committee
is composed CT the newly elected supreme
officers. The majority of them are said
TO be democrats. There will be no politi-
cal work to be done except the passing
upon the records of the democratic and
doubtful if much attention is raid to the
democrats. as it is generally believed the
national democratic convention will adopt
L platform denouncinS the a. p. a.
The unexpected also occurred in the Sc
lection of the place for the next annual
convention. 1t had about been decided to
| make Washington the permanent place Of
meeting. Instead of this, however Kansas
City was selected.
The salaries of the supreme president
and supreme secretary We're fixed at g., 500
u
lowed the supreme secretary for clerk hir.
vas cut Off. Mr.. Beatty will continue 20
act as secretary until Secretary Palmer
takes charge in June.
Still Fighting Mckinley.
Last night the following was given to the
press having been adopted by the rep
resentatves of twenty different states al
tending the Supreme Council:
Whereas the Supreme Council of the
American Protective Association of the
United States at its session Saturday even
ing, by a unanimous vote adopted the re-
port of the national advisory board, which
report Endorsed the action of said board
and in plain language said that the eXecu-
tive committee was justified in publishing
tie political utilization OF Mckinley with
the Roman political hierarchy, which aftil-
iation proven by the affldavitS of rcpu-
table members of the order, and which -affi-
davitS have never been controvertcd, eX-
cept by the unsworn statement of Mai.
Mckinley himself; and
Whereas Maj Mckinley did, on May il,
1885, to a committee of the national ad-
v!sory board. in the city of Canton, Ohio,
state that he heartily approved the princi-
pies OF the American Protective Associa-
ton, and on tie following day gave an in
terVleW to the press aSSociati lions DENYING
that he had met such a committee thus
giving the lie to the report of the commit
tee, which was composed Of honorable ard
Il uthful gentlemen; and
Whereas the members of the Supreme
Council have during its session, been
bounded and badgere1 by a large Mckinley
lobby, composed of members and nom
members of the order, that has used the
most disreputable Matchmaking methods to
diScTedit the advisory board and to turn
the Supreme Council into a Mckinley rati-
hcatlon meeting; and having signally failed
to clear Mckinley of the cons aqIences Of
his pro-papal political record today, after
tWo-thrds OF the delegates had started fer
home, attempted to take revenge by abol-
a nd
complished the same by vote of thirty to
tWenty-nine; therefore,
Resolved, That we, the delegates, in con-
demnaticn meeting assembled denounce
the unWarranted interference of the maid
Mckinley lobby with the affairs of the or
der. and denounce the cowardly denial of
Mckinley of his Endorsement of the princi-
pies of the order given by him to our com
mittee, and
Resolved. That because of his record, as
reported by the national advisory beard.
we herewith pledge ourselves to, by our in
f1uence and efforts, accomplish his defeat
Only Few Engaged in 1t.
No names were given of the men pres
ent in the conference which adopted the
resolutions. This fact has aroused the
delegates who were in the city this
morning. 1t is not approved by Presi-
dent Echols or any Of the officers From
trustworthy source the informal ton was
men were present at the alleged confer
ence Which drew up the resolutions These
men, it is said, were members of the cam
paign committee. way didn't these men
| make a fight in council?' a delegate said
TO Star reporter this morning Instead
OF twenty states being represented in the
opposition to Mckinley there were not
twenty men, and l can name them on my
fingers. Not three stat g were represent
ed in the gathering
While tho authors of the resolutions
Keep themselves in the background, it is
surmised that Judge Stevens was at the
head of the conference. 1t is also said that
nothing of this kind would have been done
had not the council Yesterday afternoon
voted to abolish the advisory board. This
irritated the members Of the board and
OF the campaign committee.
One Of the alleged authors of the reso-
iutions Is said to have stated last night
that the friends of the campaign commit
tee would be able to control enough A. p.
A. votes in the st. Louis convention to
defeat the nomination Of Mckinley, but
1t is believed that there will be no ma
terial opposition to Mckinley from the A.
T. A men who are in the convention In
fact. 1t Is believed he will gain instead
of losing A. P. A. votes.
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