Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1894 — FT. WAYNE A. P. A.’S. [ARTICLE]

FT. WAYNE A. P. A.’S.

How They Controlled the Recent Re. publican Convention. The Ft. Wayne Jouonal gives the following account of the recent republican convention held tn that city:; At last the mask is off ana the secret organisation known as the A. P. A. is foremost in the council of the republican party. A man who has taken a solemn oath to vote and work at all times ana all places against a large body of his fellow men, asks for the right to pi aside over the city for the next two years. No attempt at concealment was made in the canvass just closed- Mr. Geako wont down at the primaries because he would not pledge himself to the organization. An effort was made to stem the tide in the convention, when Mr. James Madden introduced the following resolution: "Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that we denounce the society known as the A. P. A. as un-American and inimical to the best interests of the republican party." But it nut with small support in a convention which had over sixty of its members as delegates and was greeted with cries of "Nol No!" “Shut up!" l«Put him out!"eto., and when Mr. Peter Pohson arose and asked that Mr. Oakly come forward and either deny or affirm the charge that he is a member of the A. P. A., his voice waa drowned in a storm of disapproval. The resolution of Madden waa, on motion of Levi Griffith (an A. P, A.), laid on the table and Mr. Poirson’s motion was declared out of order by tbe ohaiimnn, (an A. P. A.) and his decision was greeted with deafening applause.