The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-05-20
M'KinIey Denounced.
A. P. AS Pledge Themselves
to Defeat Him.


council, closed its sessions to day,
but few delegates remaining to the
adjournment. The most important
action was that of discontinuing the
advisory board which was accom-
plished after a long discussion, in
which it was specifically stated that
the recent developments in the
Mckinley boycott had nothing to do
with the action and no reflection
upon Judge Stevens, the chairman,
was intended. The supreme council,
composed of the supreme officers Of
the organization, replaces the advis-
ory board and this body was by reso.
luton directed to pass upon the
status of the presidential candidates
of Republican, Democratic and other
parties and report publicly Of them.
Washington was adopted as the
permanent headquarters Of the Amer.
ican Protective association and Kan
sas City selected as the next place of
annual meeting.
Four Of the principal officers were
elected Saturday and the list was
completed as follows: Supreme sec
retary, W j Palmer, of Butte, Mon.;
supreme treasurer, + G Campbell, of
Minneapolis, Mlpn.: supreme SER
geant-at-arms, J W Ellis, of Indian
Territory supreme guard, w B
Howard, of Omaha, Neb.; supreme
sentinel, I s Henson, of Colum-
bus, 0.
The convention closed with pub
lie mass meeting tonight which was
presided ever by Congressman Lin
ton.
At meeting of delegates to the
supreme council representing ~ diff
ferent States, held this evening, after
the council adjourned, the following
preamble and resolutions were unani
mously adopted:
Whereas, the supreme council OF
the American Protective association
of the United States, a, its session
Saturday evening, by unanimous
vote adopted the report OF tine ma
tioral advisory board, which report
endorsed the action of the executive
committee OF said board and in plain
language, said that the executive
committee was justified in publishing
the politica! afiliatiou of Mckinley
with the Roman political hierarchy,
which afiliation is proven by the
af6davits of reputable members Of
the order, and which afidavits have
never been controverted except by
the unsworn statement of Major
Mckinley himself; and.
Whereas, Major Mckinley did on
May l4th, 1896, to committee of
the national board, in the city Of
Canton, O.; state that he heartily ap-
proved the principles of the Amer
lean Protective association, and on
the following day All interview
to the press denying that he had met
sush committee, thus giving the
lie to the report of the committee,
which was composed of honorable
and truthful gentlemen; and,
Whereas, the members of the su.
preme council have during its scs-
sion been bounded and badgered by
a large Mckinley lobby, composed
of members aud non members of the
order. that used the most disreputa-
BILE blackmailing methods to dis
credit the advisory board and to tuwl
the supreme council into Mckinley
ratification meeting, and, having Gig
nally failed to clear Mckinley of the
consequences of his pro papal poll
tical record, to-day, after two thirds
of the delegates had started for home,
attempted to take revenge by abolish.
ing the national advisory board, and
accomplished the same by vote of
80 to % E;
Resolved, That we, the delegates
in condemnation meeting assembled,
denouuce the unwarranted interfer-
euce Of the paid Mckinley lobby
with the affairs Of the order and de-
nounce the cowardly denial by Nc
Kinley of his endorsement of the
principles of the order given by
him to our committee and,
Resolved, That because Of his re
cord as reported by the national ad
yisory board, we herewith pledge
ourselves, by our influence and
efforts, to accomplish his defeat.