The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-05-16
$3.50" hAiALEY AND rHn
Council Has wo,,
Deiicate Nature. u

Delicate Nature. OF
oo Washington. May u IN.
c,a uucl' OF the American Prorac,,. supreme
ra.S. neld an informal mas.,n. 1Asso-
aas "ns. NO business as trar.aa ms
49, 'ne appointment Of a comm,.+S ~
en'.ais. The morning was snas. W
Ao delegates listening r. ..sn.. go. Wy
Evarv So. mere are about 200 delegates
ranra y STATE and territory except three -.
amon Inc consensus of oninion
to hr;aa eastern delegates is that attemnts
WI" ~, De checked. :" 'ne 1rout
ne meeting marks crisis in +ha .,.+
~ ~ ane organization, from the fsct tSa,
10y prominent members. and a+ r,hn as
caIiod me special session has hean
;%eu, are OutspOken in their dan,nc'a
~, ~ - .ne OPPOSITION that has been nffara1
49,, sumo OF the officials to Major McK,r.
go campaign for the presidency Al,
oo,.s VI stories have been floating ahou.
ounsi!ig the origin and motive of This
hean s.o among other things, it has
oeon stated that certain members If tho
organization were influenced IN Tro,,.a.; az
silis opposition by purse variouslv statad
- sio'ooo 70 $4,000. Not much stock is
saAen IA tnls particular rumor, but at the
same Time many Of the leading memhe,
DeheVe that there should be an investipa
tlon, and that the association should th,1s
We renewed from an odium that might i'm
PAR It's future usefulness. 1t Is contendel
,io,eoVer. that this investigation is due
poln 70 Governor Morton and Governor
oIauley, whose presidential interests are
sald to have been championed by the anti
Mchinleyites. Some of the latter. how
ever, emphatically deny that their atti.
tuue against the Ohio man has been due
10 preference for any of hrs competitors:
and Judge Stevens, chairman of the su
preme Judiciary board of the association.
mas summarized the objections entertain
ca by himself and bis associates against
the ex-governor as follows:
Mr.. Mckinley has stated in the pres-
ence OF several witnesses that the Cath
Ole church is the strongest and most per-
feet organization in the world.
"Second-He has shirked the silver cues
ton.
'"Third-Mark Hanna, the manager Ut
his canvass, is capitalist and monopolisc {,
and his sympathies are not with the Door
and working classes.
'FOurth-McKinley has promised more
offices than there are under the govern.
ment, and if elected could not carry out
these pledges to the one-hundredth part
Therefore, his election would be followed
by a scandal and clamor that will be
disgraceful and without parallel In the
history of this country
Some of the deegates are emphatic In
their declaration that the issuance of tbs
Keed manifesto by the Boston members al
the advisory committee has involved tae
very life Of the A. p. A., and there is tall
about breaking away from all present en-
tanglements and forming an alliance WITH
the populists or silverites. Just how man,
protests from state councils against thu
action of the advisory council are to bt
submitted is not known. The Illinois del
egates, however, have a resolution which
reads substantially as follows: 1--WE here
by declare it to be our firm conviction ina
our state president has, in this virulen
attack upon Major Mckinley, assaile(
with baseless accusations the good nam'
and untarnished character of one Of tn
foremost statesmen of the day, who ma.
endeared himself to all classes, and espe
cially to the toiling millions. by his un
selfish devotion to American principles OF
the field Of battle, and IN every civic posi-
ton in which he has served during hi
long and honorable public career.
I'VE hereby denounce the efforts to dis
credit the candidacy Of William McKinle.
and bring him into disrepute with our or
der as a most unworthy and disreputabl
proceeding, and call upon the American
Protective Association the land over t
stamp it with their disapproval and tn
seal of a righteous indignation.'
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