The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-25
APAISTS DENOUNCED
PRINCIPLES OF THE ORDER CON-
DEMNED BY ARCHBISHOP IRELAND.
He Likens the Threats Of mi To
the Croaking of q Few Frogs In n
~Pond-BIand to BE Opposed.

NEW YORK, April 24-Archbishop Ireland,
of st. Paul, who has been in Washington at
tending the conservation of the new bishop OF
Sioux Falls, DR.. OGorman, was at the Fifth
avenue Hotel tonight. In an interview with
a reporter he said that his church duties did
not interfere with his political opinion as an
individual American citizen. Asked to state
his preference in regard to a presidential
candidate. the Archbishop said: "As the sum-
mer advances I shall be better prepared to
answer that question"
The A. p. AS? Well. / have heard a
great deal about them, but / have seen very
little of them. The name of the A. p. AS is
not legion. They are not numerous In Amer
lea and where they are found they are usu-
ally imported Americans. They croak a good
deal. to make believe that they are numer-
Gus. Two or three frogs in a swamp may
keep a whole household from sleep. The
chief reason of the secrecy they attach to
their meetings and their membership is that
they must hide their fewness Of numbers.
Why, IL they count votes by millions, as
their spokesman say, do they not come out
and support a regular A. p. A. ticket? This
they will never dare do. Their usual plsn
OF campaign Is to hitch themselves TO the
tail OF a party or of a mar whom they think
likely TO win and afterwards to claim the
victory as their own. l have known several
III tLC NCSL WACIC pOlfllClduS dklAtQ
the stigma of the A. r. A. on tickets which
they wished to defeat and to which it did not
al all belong. A good deal Of intriguing
avowed principles of Apaism are utterly anti
American and worthy Of our supreme con-
tempt; mo man mar d. Deserving s5s ';,s Of the i, A% fnsnrs
would c0untenance them for In instant. The
only peril 1 foresee is that politicians and
leaders Of political parties show cowardice
believing A. P. AS to be lying around thick
as autumnal leaves In Vallambrosa, they
may be frightened into speaking and voting
the least heed to Apaism politicians show
their own folly, their own lack of principle;
and they. lose immensely more than they
could gain. Every concession to Apaism
gives offense to multitudes Of good citizens
who do not say many loud words, but who
do a lot OF quiet, solid voting"
A. p. A. VIII Fight Bland.
ST. LOUIS. April 24.-The Republic to-day
says: Every indication points to a bitter
fight on Silver Dick Bland in the event of
an effort being made In the Chicago conven-
ton to nominate him for the presidency Of
the United States. 1t has leaked out that
Mrs. Bland is a devout member of the
Catholic Church and has raised her children
ton Of the great 16-to-1 free-silver apostle
will come from the members of the A. p. A.
AS far as could be learned here Bland Is not
a Hi VI III uIC diu II HiilCllnCu u
be liberal in his views on religious subjects,
but the members Of the secret religio-polit-
ical organization that will oppose his NOM
being nominated In spite of their opposition,
will not spare him for that. 1t Is sufficient
for them to know that a member Of the fam
lily Is allied with the Church OF Rome to lead
them to make a fight on any man who seeks
political preferment- An authoritative an
nouncement that the A. p. A. would fight
BANDS nomination and election was given
to a reporter by Judge Stevens. State presi-
dent Of the order for Missouri and member
Of the national executive board"
Catchines Would obey Instructions.
WASHINGTON. April A.-Gen. Thomas c.
Catchings, one OF the anti-free coinage sill
yer men in the Mississippi delegation in the
House. has written a letter in reply to a
letter asking him II he would vote for free
ed him to do so. General Catchings replied
that he would not stultify himself by sur
rendering his convictions but that he rec
tsnlt to ,n ,n ! raef abs Oh nom, Tomi n q ~ S Ses,red
While personally he was opposed to in
structions, he said that IL nominated and
instructed he would carry out the will Of
Pledged for Mckinley.
BUSHNELL. ILL.,. April 24-At the Fiji
tenth district congressional convention here
to-day Col. B. F. Marsh was unanimously
nominated for Congress. These delegates to
the Republican national convention at ST.
Louis: j. M. Shell. OF Carthage. and j.
o. Anderson, of DEBORAH, with Wash Brock
man, of Mount Sterling. and j. H.. Basterot,
OF Quincy, as ~alternates. They had been
required to pledge themselves for Mckinley.
Political Notes.
In the New York Assembly Yesterday the
bill requiring political clubs to register and
account for all money expended was de-
feated by a vote of So yeas to Al nays.
The Virginia Republican convention yester-
day elected State Senator w. NJ. Flanagan,
Jesse Simmons, colored, j. b. Gardner and
H.. n. Lewis. colored. a~lternates at large to
the st. Louis convention.
The Republicans of the Fifth Maryland
congressional district have selected Sydney