The morning times., 1896-05-16

The Mckinley denunciation issued by the
executive committee OF the American Pro-
teetive Association remains unrefuted
After stormy session last mght the
advisory board adjourned shortly before
midnight without having arrived at any
decision as To Gov. Nick iuley. The meeting
OF the advisory board was the scene of u
heated discussion. The Mckinley advocates
received late yesterday aft ernoou Il batch
of evidence which they claimed would quick
| ly settle the denunCiations.
1t was laid before the board last night,
but had not the Immediate effect expected.
| The special secrecy surrounding the meet
ing made it impossible To learu just wlau
! the evidence submitted amounted to, but
| an expression of one OF the members of the
| board that they were as much at sea as
| ever confirms the belief that the executive
board still nIaintaius the upper hand. AT s
| O'Clock this morning the board will con-
| rene again, and report arranged II an
| agreement can be arrived at.
Col. Sapp, of California, member of
| the advisory board, arrived in Washing
| ton yesterday from Canton, Ohio, where he
went day or two ago to confer with
{ the Mckinley people on the subject. 1t is
! known that he learned not hing definite and
| had no special Information for the board.
tIGHI FOX OfflCE.
at the council meeting yesterday after
| nOou several CongreSsnIen maue addresses.
| The speech of the occasion was that OF
| Congressman Linton, of Michigan.
All the addresses were OF u Cunciliatory
! nature, aud drifted toward cementing Of
| the differences between the dele
| gates over the Mckinley denunciation. So
| pacIrying were the remarks that several
delegates expressed the belief that the con-
| yention will not go out OF its way to Censure
| the Big Seven.
| Another Influence which will tend to heal
| the wounded feelings is the struggle for the
supreme officers of the supreme
| council. Deals for the presidency
! are being consummated and more than once
| State deiegat ions held caucuses 20 select
| some one of their number TO put forward.
Georgia is making the fight for supreme
| president with Judge EChols as the can,
didate.
1t was learned last night that one of the
| deals places Echols for president and gives
| the District of Columbia the office OF secre-
| tary. SO far the Georgia and District OF
| Columbia NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. thestrong
est. Major j. B. Burke is the first Wash
ington city man n the field for the office of
secretary. Should Echols win Ma jor Burke
Will very likely succeedin his canvass.
SEAT OF THE OPPOSITION.
The opposition to the EchOis combine is
| found in the Van Fossen party OF W. ashington
! state. e. W. Van Fossen, the present SUI
preme chaplain, is announced for the
presldency and Washington State has
! selected as his running mate Delegate
Taylor.
Boston 5 ma king a fight for the vice presi-
| drnc y andtwo Candidatesareinthefiel
| the Bay State. T. H. Dunbar, supreme
| secretary of State, and Henry S. Williams,
/ a well known Boston business man are
the candidates announced. 1t Is under
stood that California is to get the office of
supreme secretary of state but so far has
been unable 10 agree on candidate TO
| put forward.
The West is anxious 10 combine to elect
officers believed to be in accord with
! the silver policy. They also want the
! office of the supreme board located in the
! West, while the East is putting up a good
! contest in favor of locating in Washington
| city.
Should the EchoIs combine succeed, Wash
| ingtun Will likely get the Eeadqua rters
/ of the American Protective Asso citation.
! The Eastern delegates seem To agree OH
/ the National Capital. and the controversy
| will be principally between the East and
| the West.
| Present indications point to a pro
| longed session of the association. The
| Is much business to come up. lne ADVISORY
| boards report will he presented today,
! and the election of officers will! commence
| this morning. An effort Will be made to
! commit the supreme council to what the
| silver men call an American monetary
| policy. aud resolutions are looked for
| tending to remove the secrecy Of the order.
OPEN-AIR MEETING
The first open meeting of the A. P. A
in this city was held last night at Center
| Market Han. the attendance nearly fill
ing the gre greatauditorium. The meeting was
held under the auspices of the nine councils
! of this city. who were. of course, largely
| repre- Sented on the floor
On the stage were many of the most
| prominent members of the order now in
annual session in the city. Near the close
| Of the meeting the Woman's A 2 A. of the
| city marched into the han and were given
| seats on the stage, being cheered loudly as
| they advanced down the aisle. With them
was Mrs. Carrie OSdike. the supreme pres-
| dent of the W. A p. A of Anne RIGA This
lady also made speech, which was well
| received.
See w. D. Clark's ad. on 4th page