The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-05-21
M'K|NLEy IS INDICATED.
THE A. Z. A. DECIDED TO RAISE
THE BAN RECENTLY PLACED
ON HIM.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE SENT 70 OHIO.
They Interview Mckinley and Come
Away Satisicd-A Statement That
Catholics Are About to Get
Control Of the Government.

Washington, May 1G.-Today's session
of the A. i. AS supreme council was the
most interesting of the convention be-
cause the action Of the executive commit
tee of the advisory board in Dlacil.sting
Mr.. Mckinley as presidential candi-
date was to he reviewed. The report Of
the advisory board upon the action of
its committee was made to- the council
late in the session. 1t was technically
an endorsement of the executive commit
tee. 1t asserted in substance that the
executive cOmmittc was warranted III
placing n ban upon Mr.. Mckinley, but in
addition il states that further cXamna-
ton of the testimony by the full board
has convinced the members that the wit
ncsses were unreliable and that their
statements were Incorrect: therefore the
board concluded that Mr. Mckinley
should be placed upon the same footing,
so far as members of the \. l.. \. are
concerned. with other candidates for the
presidential nomination and should not
be Disseminated against.
Appended to this report was state
ment in writing by Delegate Huddleston
of California, who asserts that commit
tee, of which he was chairman, inter
viewed Mr.. Mckinley mt his home in
Canton, Ohio, on the 18th inst, and
that the interview was satisfactory.
The other members of the committee
are stated to have been Delegate Won
Fossen of Washington and {. h. Seep,
state chairman of kentucky.
The morning session was devoted to
the consideration of amendments to the
constitution IN the committee OF the
whole One was adopted TO establish
the permanent. headg,igrters III wash
ington ana to make y 0plleat9ry upon the |
supreme president ana tue supreme secre-
tary TO reside mere.
A second amendment takes away lns
privilege of seats in the. supreme council
from the presidents ana past presiuehts
VI the state councils, except th0se regu- /
arly elected to be delegates.
The recommendation of Supreme
President Traynor that the right vested |
in the supreme president to arbitrarily |
remove state officers be taken away was |
carried into effect by another amend
ment.
The afternoon was consumed III
adoption of amendments. Several
were adopted. The most
of these provides for the APP
pointment of a committee OF iive to take
steps toward the establishment IN WASH
nHtOn OF Duredu VI Iiluis, anu the
collection of facts regarding the alleged
activity Of the Roman Catholic church |
in politics.
The preamble of these resolutions |
saws; THE organization of the Roman |
Catholic church is politically centralized |
ut the national capitol in it's papal Legal
ton, and October ,, 1890, the American
Roman Catholic church made signifi-
cant reorganization of the bureau of |
Catholic Indian missions, making the |
board of eastern men located |
in the pivotal centers of population |
rather than western men, located near
the Indians.
Priest stephen is continued as director, |
who saws: I'VE have kept quiet too |
lonr. we have been badly treated; we |
nroposc now to stand by those who |
stand Inv MS"
The preamble also charges that one |
branch of the war DEPARTMENT is so |
dominated by the Catholic church that in |
lis REORGANIZATION undcr this admins |
irntion thn nor cent of Catholics was in |
creosnd from % to n. that the pension |
hurcot, is controlled Inv that church and |
,hnt memher If the cabinet has said |
,h,t tr.n.th;rds of tho clerks wore mem
hn"' ~ tbat cburcb
"' n " ,n", r,oro olso odontod do |
,,,,e;n', tho oct;nn of Tho senate in con
G'.'',;n,, ,ba nominot;on NJ CoI Copninger
IA "i'n7 ~, a;am ,,anor,I on Tho gro,1nI
~ n,,,as oi,oTioncn to another nowcr
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