San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
ANOTHER MAN WITH A PAST.

From the New York Catholic News;
Contributed to the LIGHT, by John Il.
Brady, of San Antonio.
When the world gets a glance at
the careers of the men who are
engaged in the despicable work
Of promoting a spirit Of hatred of
Catholics, what is revealed is not
much to be proud OF. Our readers
will remember what sorry figure
was one notorious fanatic, whose
dishonorable record is to be found
in the archives of the war depart
ment in Washington. Now we
have another man with a past in
the person of w. ]. H. Traynor,
the head Of the A. P. A. in this
country. A writer in the True
Witness, of Columbus, Ohio, turns
the light on him.
"Mr. Traynor," says this man,
sis a Canadian Irishman, who
came from Toronto, Ont, and
located in Detroit shortly after the
war closed and engaged in the
business Of saloon-keeping in that
city on Atwater street, near Water
street, one Of the most disreput-
able parts of that city. On each
side Of Traynor's saloon were two
houses Of i'll repute, which were
known to the public as the House
Of Lords and the House of Com
mons, owned and operated by
Canadian prostitutes, which the
chief of police, Martin V. Barge
man, cleaned out, and TraynOr
then gave up the saloon and en-
gagged as travelling agent for the
wholesale liquor house Of Doolittle
& Robinson, on Woodward avenue
near the docks. At that time they
had no state license on saloons in
Michigan. Traynor made some
money. He then started a paper
in the interest Of the Liquor Deal
ers' association, called the Public
Leader, to fight the license law, in
the columns of which he most
shamefully lied and abused Rev.
John Russell, founder Of the pro-
hibition party, and all other
clergymen who dared to speak
against The liquor traffic. whisky
Judice Hobs Traynor,' as Rev. Mr..
Russell called him, made money
o1G Of this enterprise. His office
was located on West Larnard
street. Whisky Bill, as he is known
in Detroit, commenced to publish
infidel articles of Tom Paine and
others in the Leader, for which he
lost subscribers and advertis-
ments, and the paper had to go
under. Traynor then started a
paper called the Detroit Hotel Re-
porter, and made 1t the official or
gan Of thieves and prostitutes, but
he did not run it but a few months
when the police closed him up.
"W. j. II. Traynor, supreme
president of the A. p. A., is now
editor and proprietor of the Detroit
American, the official organ of
that party in the United States.
whisky Bill Traynor,' as he is
called in Detroit, while publish
ing the Public Leader in that city,
not only abused temperance minis
ters OF all denominations, but he
resorted to the lowest and most in
famous abuse of the members of
the w. G. 7. U. Mr.. Traynor is an
avowed infidel, and has always on
every occasion, advocated the prin-
ciples of infidelity as he does to-
day. He was schooled and trained
on the Toronto Globe by George
Brown, grand master of the
Orangemen Of Upper Canada.
Brown was murdered in his own
Office by a brother Orangeman
named Bennett, a cousin to Rev.
DR.. Bennett, OF Columbus. w. j.
81. Traynor, the supreme president
of the A. p. A, has more then
once denounced the American flag
and the Grand Army organization,
and goes over to Canada every
18th OF July to celebrate Orange
mems day."
Surely our Protestant friends
who support the A. P. A., must be
proud of the noble protector OF
American institutions.