The herald., 1896-03-22
THE A. ?. AS IN POLITICS
AN INTENTION EXPRESSED TO INFLUENCE
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
A Campaign oi Education Begun to sscuso
the Passage Of . Constitutional Amsa1sl
msnt Prohibiting dovernmsnt Suppert e
Ssctarian Institutions
Associated Press Special Wire.

AssoelAteo Press Special Wtres
WASHINGTON. March 21 1.-The Americas
Protective association, which has been y
factor in the state and municipal politics
of several states for number of years, has
announced its intention 10 enter upon thol
field of national politics in the cominQl
presidential campaign. Its hrst movenon6I
toward this crusade will be taken at mootsl
ing of the supreme advisory board Of thel
organization called to meet in Washington,
on Tuesday, March Oath. This meeting jo|
preliminary to the sessions of the -
preme council, which will beheld here In
May. Prominent members of the ort1eR
from every congressional district in thol
country will take part in the delibe ratlon9|
of the supreme council and will determin4)
the part which the supreme council win
take in the campaign.
1t is part OF the program to insfgt 0D|
the re-enactment in party platforms thiD
year of the planks Of the Republican and
Democratic platforms of 1879, in which
both parties declared against sectarian ap-
preparations and emoiuments from publlO
moneys or property. In that year Mr..
Blaine proposed in congress an amendmantl
to the constitution as follows:
Article XVI-Neither congress nor any
state shall pass any law respecting an -
tablishment of religion for prohibiting he
free exercise thereof, or use the property
or credit of the United States or OF 80
state, or any money raised by taxation, q
authorize either to be used, for the pm.
pose of founding, maintaining or aiding ~
appropriation, payment for services, ex.
penses or otherwise, any church, religious
denomination or religious society, or any
institution, society or undertaking which
is wholly or in part under sectarian or -
ciesiastica al control.
During this congress Mr.. Linton ok
Michigan, introduced the same amend
ment, and the A. z. A. will endeavor 10
l.axr tha ant 1. e a.
constitution. Another feature Of the pro-
Rramme with which the advisory board
will deal is what the political leaders Of
the A. P. A. call a campaign of education.
They declare their literature shall reach
every postoffice in the country and evory
voter before election day.
Senators and representatives have heard
from the A. P. A. organizations of their
states during the past month. The follow
ing is copy of letter which has come to
nearly all of them:
"At a recent meeting of the state council
Of the A. T. A. a resolution was adopted
that We request our senators and represent.
atIves i'll congress to work and vote for the
following bills which are now pending:
IA bill to secure just distribution Of
federal offices, known in the last congress
as house bill 1884; q bill to establish
national university, known in the last ses-
sion as house bill S949; bill to restrict
immigration and regulate naturalization.
known as Linton's bill; house bill STA,
Linton's joint resolution No. IL amending
the constitution. prohibiting for all timo
sectarian appropriations; a bill to prohibit
advertisers or others from using the ma
tional emblem as an advertising device.
ave hope this expression of the repre-
sentatives of so many of your constituents
will meet your endorsement as being In
the interest of our country and in line with
the ideas of the founders of our governments.
I'VE also desire to respectfully call your
attention to the fact that it is the design to
place in statuary hall statue of Rere
Marquette. We regard this as q dangerous
innovation.
1.-THE Jesuits have been banished from
almost every Catholic country. and yet
here in Protestant America they are not
only allowed to remain and plot against
the liberties of our principles, but it 10 even
now proposed to violate the principle OF
non-union of church and state by the in
PRODUCTION of the statue of one of these
traitors to oil governments among the
statues of those patriots who have given
their lives that government by the people
should be preserved; and we appeal to you
SO TO use your endeavors that this idea
shall not be carried ont -