The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-22
LINTON A GENUINE CANDIDATE
A. p. A. Men Say That He Will Appear at
st. Louis With Host

| ST. Louis WIN q Host
| Chicago, April H.-The statement wa
made yesterday that Mckinley will no
be Endorsed by the Republican stat
convention at Springfield, nor will an!
resolution instructing the delegates-at
large to the st. Louis convention b.
passed, if the American Protective as
ISOLATION, otherwise known as the A P
A, can prevent il. All delegates TO th'
state convention who are members o.
the order are expected to vote agains
any expression in the convention fav
oring Mckinley. An official utteranct
on the subject is expected from State
President c. P. Johnson within a few
days. The leading members of the A
| P. A in Chicago assert that the candi
dacy Of William S. Linton is genuine
that he will have the support not only
of the A. P. A, but OF many thousand
of voters not directly connected with
the organization, and that his inter
ests will be furthered 20 the exclusion
of those or any other candidate. Nc
Kinley is declared to be especially dis
| tasteful to the order. while Reed or Al
/ lison might be acceptab BILE in the event
| Of Unions nomination appearing i'm
| possible. The latter contingency they
will not admit, however, because they
will have, they say, between 40 and
200 Of their members as delegates in the
Republican national convention, and
that this solid band can name the Pres
idential nominee.
To question as to whether the candi-
dacy Of Mr.. Linton was bona fide, Coun-
~ President Saunders replied yesterday
''Mr. Linton is a genuine candidate for
the Republican nomination for presi-
| dent. We prefer him to Mckinley or
any one else, and his strength Will as
tonish a great many people"
"Will members of the a. P. A. who
may be delegates ito the Springfield con-
vention vote against Mckinley instrnc-
tions?' Mr.. Saunders was asked.
THAT is a question 1 would prefer
not to answer" he replied.
Another official of the order was not
so reticent as President Saunders, but
spoke only on the condition that his
name should not be disclosed.
Every A. P. A in the state conven-
ton will vote against Mckinley instruc
TONS he said.
How many will there be7"
well, that is a leading question,
which | would not care to answer. but
would venture to predict that McKin-
ley will not be Endorsed, nor will Nc
kinley instructions be voted by the con-
vention. We expect a communication
from State President Johnson within a
few days. and then 1 may be able to
talk more definitely, and for publication
in the shape Of an interview. Our or
der is opposed to Mckinley because of
our experience with him. When he
ran for governor of Ohio he had the uni
ted support of the order, but while he
was in office his conduct-and 1 can
not go into detail-was not pleasing to
US"
There was popular impression that
the order was supporting Mckinley;
was it wrong?" the gentleman WA
asked.
well, there was nothing special said
about the presidency until the meeting
of the national advisory board in Wash
ington about ten days ago." was the
reply. ''At that meeting the situation
was canvassed, the different candidates
were discussed, and it was decided that
the order should bring out a candidate
Of its own, and W. S. Linton was nam
ed as our choice. Now he has the
unanimous endorsement of the order"
How do you explain the fact that in
this state. where the order is so strong
county after county, and convention
after conven ton, continue to instruct
for Mckinley"
THE explanation Is this: The pro-
ceedings and the DEGREES of that meet
ing of the advisory board were not sent
by il;they were promulgated through
the order by word of mouth, and the or
CARNATIONS in the interior Of the state
are but just now receiving them"
Then, prior to the meeting of the
board, the members of the order were
mostly for Mckinley
81 wouldn't say that. 1 think we
had ais many Cullom men as Mckinley
men,
suppose you find you cannot nomi-
nate Linton, who will be your MANI"
Reed or Allison would be accepta-
bic to US. But Linton is a genuine
candidate and he will have more votes
in the national convention than most
people think for. We will have be-
tween 40 and 200 men on the floor Of
that convention"
The Mckinley men are inclined to
minimize the A. P. A. influence In the
state convention and in the national
assemblage at st. Louis. IT'S a case
of spite because Mckinley would not al
low the A. 2. A. TO dictate TO him."
said prominent member of the Bust
ness Mems Mckinley club. When
Governor Mckinley was here to attend
the banquet at the Auditorium, State
President Johnson came here and want
ed me to arrange an interview with Nc
kinley for him. l refused to mention
the matter TO Mckinley. 1 have been
told that some one did breach the sub
ject to Mckinley, but he declined TO
see President Johnson. When the advi-
sorry board of the A. P. A met in Wash
ington they sought Mr.. Grosvenor of
Ohio, who is looked on as McKinley's
in Washington, and tried
TO get him 10 treat with them in Nc
kinleyS name. He refused to have
anything TO do with them and then they
declared war on Mckinley. That is
the secret of their antagonism TO him.
am informed they were treated more
1eferentially by the representatives OF
other candidates and by the candidates
Meanwhile the Mckinley men are
getting ready for the hottest kind of
4 fight in the state convention. They
have resolved 10 be the aggressors and
they propose to contest for the tempo
-ary organization of the convention.
For several days some of the strongest
followers Of the Ohio statesman have
been in Chicago comforting with the |
Mckinley men here as to the best
method of procedure. They have been
endeavoring 10 learn whom the state
central committee will name as tempo |
AIRY chairman of the convention, but |
-hus far they have not succeeded in |
ioing so. Their plan is TO oppose the |
committees nomination with a man |
# their own selection and 70 make the |
ight ..riChr of the rel, ? 3 one ~ tha--,