The Red Cloud chief., 1896-05-22
IT'S NNUALADDRESS
a. p. A. PRESIDENT ON THE
POLITICAL PHASES
ia In National Politics ADVISES Against
rn,ting up an 4. J.. A. for President
only a Few Prominent Republicans so
far Openly Endor,ed Their Principles.

WAsmSGroN, May iG-Thc most
noteworthy feature Of yesterdays ses-
sion of the American Protective As.
sociation was the innovation made by
giving to the public the annual adj
dress Of President W. y. n. Traynor.
He deals ut great length with tho
political phases OF the A. T.. A. Ito
says:
The American Protective Associa-
ton Is to-day IA recognized feature in
American politics, whose favor /,
openly courtcd by political leaders,
organizers and postulants for pu bli1
office, who, a year or two ago, ignored,
treated with contempt or denounced
it."
Then he warns the order against
eleventh hour converts aud says:
''lhe A. +. y. is "A standing menace
to the pcrpctuity Of every party, being
composed, as it is, Of the members Of
every party. So long IN it remains
unmovcd by threats, u~nyiclding to
the pressure of party machines, it will
be hated but respected by every party
which dares not INCORPORATE the plat.
form OF the order in its own
1.-The great majority of our order
have waited patiently during the past
year for some sign from n or other
of the political parties that it has re-
ccIvcd u change of heart and Is honest
enough to publicly express IL. There
are a few Republicans, such rs Linton,
of Michigan; Gear, of Iowa; bradley,
of Kentucky, who have been fearless
in their Endorsement of our princi-
pies, and while it may he fortunate
that they are Republicans. it is more
than fortunate that they are not
either the Republican party or repre-
sentatives of that body, and the qucs-
ton should be asked and answered
here and now that while the A.. =.
A. isms OF these men Is tolerated by
the party for the A. l.. A. votes which
each of them carries behind him, what
assurance have we that this tolera-
tion will not cease the moment tho
votes have been delivered.
The only references to church mat
tiers in the address arc the following:
"A well meaning aud by no means
unlmportant section OF the order has
arisen which advocates peace with the
priest and his subjects and harmony
tncW ana the WcNlDerS OF the
order. Some would even go so far as
to negotiate with them politically.
thar which nothing could be more
dangerous to the pcrpetuity of the as.
sociation. Others 90 so far as 10 take
the position that u member OF the or
der possesses the right to determine
for himself the question Of loyalty or
1~isloyalty OF any papist postulant for
Office, n reserves to himself the
right to persuade others to vote for
SAID papist. Such u contention is not
only absolutely ~untenable, but highly
dangerous. The candidate volunta,
riiv the right Of private
judgment In this essential when he
becomes a member Of the order. IL is
a solemn compact which he can
neither modify nor amend. The key.
stone of the A.. l.. A. il the fact that
= papist, no matter how liberal nomi-
nally. Is not a consistent citizen OF
the United States. Entire ~renuncia.
lion of the papacv must prccede his
acceptance OF our association as a
candidate worthy Of its suffrages."