Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-04-23
is AGAINST M'KINLEY.
A. P. A. Advisory Board Sub
mits Report.
Ohioan Accused of Discriminating
Against the Protestants.

Boston, Mass, April 16.-A circular
was issued last night by the secretary
of the advisory board of the American
Protective association, from which
these excerpts are taken:
After several months quiet persistent,
painstaking investigations as to the stand
ing and records of these candidates on our
principles, and American questions, the eX-
ecutiye committee of the national advisory
board recently met i'll Washington, ID. c.,
and New York, where, Curing several ses-
sions, the majority gathered, with the
mitted were carefully examined and dis,
cussed., Among the conclusions reached
We're these:
That the national advisory board adopt no
candidate as the candidate which the order
should support, as to do so at this time
woald be most unwise and impolitic.
After carefully analysing the evidences
adduced, the committee found to be true
the charges made against one of the can
didates, viz: Ex-Gov. Mckinley, of dis
eliminating in his appointments in favor of
tantS because the latter We're members Of
the American Protective association. For
example, among other appointments, one
was that of Roman Catholic Irishman,
who had been suspended for drunkenness,
while the application of an American Prot
estant, Grand Army man and an A. T. A.,
longed to the order, though he had been
promised the position by the governor.
Among other instances reported to the COM
mittee is that of w. w. tanning of Frank
lin county, o., who was a candidate for
sheriff He was prominent A. Z. A. and
known to be such; also Republican of
sterling integrity and so popular that he
came within 600 votes of carrying u county
that was Democratic by 1900 nominally.
After his defeat, backed by the most promi-
nent Republicans in the state for the posi-
ton Of district Oil inspector, Mckinley said
that the reason why he could not use Lam
ming was because of his prominence in the
order.
Among the managers and active support
ers, secret or public, of Maj. Mckinley are
Richard Kerens, a Romanist of Missouri,
who has again and again i'll the public press
denounced the A. p. A. organization in the
most vindictiye terms, and sought but in
vain, to have the National Republican COM
mittee denounce the organization; also Ste
phen Elkins of West Virginia.
OF the other candidates, viz: William 3.
Allison of Iowa, Senator Quay of PennSyl-
vania, Senator Culom of Illinois, Coy.
Bradley of Kentucky, Gov. Morton of New
York, eX-President Harrison and Thomas Il.
Reed, the committee was satisfied with
their Americanism and sympathy with the
principles of the order. Concerning the
charges made against Thomas Il. Reed. the
committee found them TO be groundess.
For instance, in regard to the matter of
Speaker Reed leaving the chair when the
House started to consider the Indian APP
House went into committee of the whole,
and when that is done it is the rule that the
speaker shall leave his chair and Il chairman
is chosen for that time
1t is also a notable fact that the only
state conventions that have thus far incor-
porated principles Of our order in the plat
forms are the States that are now booming
MI. Reed, and on such PLATFORM, II noml'
mated, he must staEd.
The committee regrets that it has been
unable to make any statement with respect
to candidates of the Democratic party from
the fact that as yet no candidates have
come to the surface.