Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-23
A. P. A. to Take Part in the
Presidential Campaign.
THEIR ADVISORY BOARD
To Meet in Washington, Tuesday
First Steps Will Be Taken,

WASHINGTON, March y. - Il II e
, American Protective Association,
that has been factor in the state and
municipal politics of several states for
a number of years, has announced its
intention to enter the field of politics
In the coming presidential campaign.
It's first movement toward this cru
SADIE will be taken at a meeting of the
4 supreme advisory board of the organi-
zation, called to meet in Washington,
Tuesday, March "a. This meeting is
preliminary to the sessions of the
supreme council, which will be held
here in May. Prominent members
from every congressional district in
the country will take part In the ses-
sions of the supreme council and will
determine the part the organization
will take In the campaign.
1t is a part of the programme to in
sist upon the re-enactment in party
platforms this year of the planks of
the Democratic and Republican plat
forms of 1876, in which both parties
declared against sectarian appropria-
tions and emoluments from public
money or property. In that year Mr..
Blaine proposed In congress an amend
ment TO the constitution as follows:
"Article 16--Nelther congress nor
any state shall pass any law respect
ing an establishment of religion or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof,
or use the property or credit Of the
United States, or of any state, or any
money raised by taxation, or author
ize either to be used for the purpose |
of founding, maintaining or aiding |
by appropriation, payment for SER
vices, expenses or otherwise, any
church, religious denomination or re-
liglous society, or any institution, So
ciety or undertaking which is wholly
or in part under sectarian or ecclesi-
astical control"
During this congress Linton, of
Michigan, introduced the same
amendment, and the A. p. A. will en-
deavor to have the amendment made
a part of the constitution.
Another feature of the program
with which the advisory board will
deal Is what the political readers of
the \. p. A. call a,campalgn Of edu-
cation. They declare their literature
shall reach every postofiice and every
voter before election day.
Senators aud representatives have
heard from the A. p. A. organizations
Df their states during the past month.
The following is copy OF a letter
which has come TO nearly all of them:
"At recent meeting OF the state
council OF the "A. p. A. a resolution
was unanimously adopted that we re-
quest our senators and representatives
IN congress to work and vote for the ,
following bills, now pending; il
"A bill TO secure a just distribution
II federal offices, known in the last !
as house bill s9Sl; a bill TO
establish a national university, known
N the last session as house bill 1919; a q
)lll to restrict immigration and regu-
ate naturalization, known as Linton's
)ill, house bill STA; Linton's Joint
'esolution, No. Ill, amending the con-
'tltutlon and prohibiting for all time
ectarlan appropriations; a bill to
prohibit advertisers and Others from
lslng the national emblem as an adj
ertising device.
I'VE hope this expression of the
representatives. of so many of your con-
tltuents will meet your Endorsement,
$ being in the interest of our country
nd IN line with the ideas of the
ounderS of our government.
I'VE also desire to respectfully calI
our attention TO the fact that il Is
he design to place in statuary hall a
latue of Pere Marquette. We regard 4
MS as dangerous innovation. The
esuits have been banished from .
lmoSt every Catholic country, and 3
et' here In Protestant America, they &
re not only 10 remain and plot Q
salnst the liberties of our people, :,
ut it is even now proposed 20 further v
lolate the principles OF church and Il
ate by the addition of the statue of p
ne OF these traitors TO all govern L
ehts among the statues of those N
ltrlots who have given their lives =
lat the government by the people n
lould be preserved; and we appeal TO II
III TO use your endeavors so that this fe
ca shall not be carried out.n Dc