Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-11
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| Crosby and Ford. These are the men
| against whom the fight is now leveled.
Judge Stevens is particularly a target for
| the Mckinley men. His friends say that
| he has received mere abuse in the last few
| weeks than in all the years of his connec-
| ton with the order They aver, however
| that when it is all over he will be on top.
Ohio and Kentucky Delegates.
The Ohio and Kentucky delegates will be
| conspicuous in the fight against the cam
paign committee. President Sapp of the
! Kentucky council has publicly made known
| his opposition, and has come out squarely
| for Mckinley. Nearly all of the Ohio coun-
| ellis have &C ndemned the report of the COM
mittee.. They declare in resolutions that
| the committee had no authority and that
| it's work Is Illegal.
| a Band Wagon business.
Talking to Star reporter this morning
an Influential delegate said: Nearly every
| one of these men now here and shouting
against the committee was against Nc
| Kinley three weeks ago. when they thought
he would not be nominated. They are try
| ing to climb on the band wagon. That's
all. l think that if the order is to be
made subservient 20 the desires of parti-
sans, something will have to he done My
understanding has been that craftsmanship
would be relegated to the rear"
There is not only a great deal of political
juggling going on among the delegates at
the hotel. but it is charged that outsiders
men who have no business to do So are
mixing in the fight. 1t Is said that the
local councils have taken hand in the
struggle and that at a meeting of one of
II EN- Saturday night Judge Stevens was
denounced. Stevens. it Is said. was sick in
his room at the hotel. and was aot present
at the meeting.
The local councils are talin.. deem inter-
| est in the matter. Some of them met sew
eral weeks ago and approved the work of
the campaign committee. Others have dis
approved it.
Full Committee to Meet
A meeting of the full advisory hoard will
be held tomorrow night. at which the cam
paign committee will present its evidence
as to Mckinley's alleged opposition to the
order. The full board will pass upon the
work of its committee. 1t is not known
whether there are many members of the
board opposed to the committee but il is
thought the board will approve what has
been done. Then the matter will 20 to the
Supreme Council. 1t will be Wednesday or
Thursday before the fight gets into the
council proper.
Ii Will Meet Tomorrow
The Supreme Council will be called to Dr.
President TrayEor. The meeting will be
held in the hall at the northwest corner of
PENNSYLVANIA avenue and AZ street. News
paper men will not be allowed within a
half mile, If it can be helped. Sentinels
VIII be placed at suitable points to prevent
anybody from getting in earshot.
The first days session will be devoted to
routine work The report of the committee
on credentials and the organization Of the
convention VIII be the chief work
The election of officers does not take
place until the last day of the convention
While there Is some talk about the cand-
dates now, ii Is not as interesting as l. will
be later OIL. The convention will be in ses-
sion from six to ten days, and it Will prob
ably be the first of next week before officers
elected.
Committee Meetings Today.
Two committees held meetings today
They were the judiciary and executive COM
mittees. The judiciary committee is COM
posed of lawyers. and Judge Stevens is
chairman of it. John W. Echols of Georgia
and II. J. Swain of California were ap-
pointed members of this committee this
morning by President Traynor. The eXecu-
tive committee meeting was for the pur-
pose of looking into the reports of the
treasurer and other officers.
Some of the Delegates.
There were not over fifty delegates in
town this morning. but they are expected
in large numbers this afternoon, tonight
and tomorrow. Among the arrivals today
were Col. E. H. Sellers, Detroit. president
of the Associated Patriotic Orders; Vice
President Stilwell, Iowa: John T. Gibson,
West Virginia: Chas. Tucker, Ohio; r. b.
Haughawant, Carthage, Mo-; NJ A Purs-
ley. Missouri: c. G. Simmons, Wisconsin;
Joseph Waldrop, Healdsburg, Cal; W. W.
tanning. Ohio: Fred. I. Taylor and G. w.
Van Fossen. Tacoma, Wash; Henry b.
Ingram, New York: H. J. Swain. Stockton.
Cal
The delegates all claim that the order is
nourishing in their respective states.
The Order In Georgiu.
State President Echols of Georgia is one
of the best-known lawyers of the Atlanta
bar and stands we'll throughout the state
Talking to Star reporter of the condition
of the order in his state, he said: I'VE
don't make any exorbitant claims to mem
bership in Georgia We have a little over
1900 members in good standing. We have
councils in five Of the leading cities Of the
state sts When l return we expect to push
the organization of councils, and hope,
within a few years, to have councils in
every county in the state. / think our
membership would have been much greater
but for several ill-advised political moves,
manipulated by leading A Z. 4. men from
outside the state. The next meeting Of the
superior Council of Georgia will be held in
April. 1897, at Fitzgerald, the new city
founded by the G. A. r. men who have
moved to Georgia. They gave us warm
invitation to meet there next year"
The Founder of the Order.
The founder Of the American Protective
Association Is II. F. Bowers of Clinton,
Iowa He is the past supreme president
OF the ORDER and is being advocated for
reelection as supreme president. Mr..
Bowers has attended every meeting of the
supreme body since the organization Of
the order. nine years ago, and is looked
upon with reverence by the younger mem.
bers.
Mr.. Bowers is an attorney at Clinton.
he Is about fifty-eight years old, and Is
deVout and prominent member of the
Methodist church. He told a Star re-
porter this morning the history of the
rounding of the American Protective As
ISOLATION; He said: The condition of af-
fairs in this country in 1887, and up to that
tlne was such that the institutions of.
our government were controlled and the
patronage was doled out by an ecclesiasti-
cal element. under the direction and heavy
nand OF foreign ecclesiastical potentate.
1 MS power became so influential that it
steod as a unit in many places against
institutions Of no