The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-04
AN A. P. A. CIRCULAR
PR .cSIDENT TRAINER REVIEWS THE
WORK OF HIS ORGANIZATION,
Calls Attention to Measures Before
Congress, Discusses Presidential
Candidates and Denounces Papacy.

DETROIT, Jan. 3.-w. ]. Fl. Traynor, the
tective Association, will tomorrow issue to
the councils of the order throughout the
country circular of nearly 5000 words re-
viewing the progress OF the organization and
the political situation. Mr. Traynor states
in his circular that large number of the
members of Congress are also members
of the A. p. A. pledged to the following
measures, most of which will be introduced
into the House during the present session:
AZ bill to secure a just distribution OF
federal offices Qxnown in the last Congress
as House Bill SS9i)
A bill to establish a national university
(known in the last session as House Bill
8949)
A bill to restrict immigration and regulate
naturalization known as Linton's bill,
Linton's joint resolution No. II. amend
ing the legislation prohibiting for all time
sectarian appropriations,
A bill to prohibit advertisers or others
from using the NATIONAL emblem as an ad-
vertising device.
bill to open to public inspection all
monastic and private or semi-public institu-
tions that are not under State control.
A bill prohibiting the official recognition
by the United States or any officer thereof
or church or the official recognition of such
as the delegate representative OF any
church or ecclesiastical power.
A bill prohibiting any body OF men other
than members of the United States army
and navy and Of the militia Of the various
States from drilling or parading with.
arms or deadly weapons of any kind, such
act not to extend to the uniform ranks or
benefit societies except TO debar them from
drilling with, carrying or keeping firearms.
Mr. Traynor reviews the presidential pos
sbilities and attacks President Cleveland In
these words: ut is doing no Injustice 70
Iax.1 %,
States had been a papal country and the
Pope a temporal sovereign. our President
could not have given more recognition 10
the papacy as a temporal power than he mas
during his present term of Office, commence
ing with his obseQuous present of mag
nificently bound edition OF the American
with the disgraceful promotion Of Colonel
Coppnger, who is worthy or notice only,
and that notoriously, as fervent adherent
of the Pope of Rome and an ardent admirer
of papal institutions, two facts sufficient in
themselves to eternally debar him from any
public office in the gift of a free nation or
any Of its representatives"
Allison and Reed come in for a fair share
of condemnation for what Mr.. Traynor al
leges a. their .propapal attitude and their
sents the names Of Hon. w. s. Linton, OF
Michigan; Senator John n. Gear, OF Iowa (;
Governor W. o. Bradley. Of Kentucky. and
ex-President Harrison as worthy of the sup
port of the A. p. A He affirms that in the
event of any indication or the Republican
party ''truckllDS 10 rome tldt new
party should and must be the result" He
criticises Chairman Carter. OF the Repub-
licap national comittee. and Harrity, of the
Democratic national committee, as uncom-
promising Papists.
Traynor declares that the movement for
the arming and drilling of Irishmen I'm this
country IS sinister movement of the Ro-
man Catholic Church to mobilize Catholic
army in the Republic to supplement the
moral force OF the church to secure ascend
ancy when the Nation shall be involved In
a crisis such war or rebellion. He ad-
yocates biennial or triennial sessions OF the
Supreme Council In place OF the present
annual sessions on the score OF economy
and better administration. He urges the I'm
mediate establishment OF a patriotic or
gan and printing house at Washington
He upholds the Monroe doctrine. but de-
nounces the war scare as the result Of a
conspiracy between the President. the
priests and piutocrats-the first TO secure
reelection, the second to gain ascendancy
while the Nation is involved in war with a
foreign country and the last to profit by
bond issues at war rates Of interest on a
gold. interest-bearing basis. Mr.. Traynor
ouposes a bond issue as infamous and de-
ciares that a war between England and the
United States would be mutual calamity
and an international SIM.