The San Francisco call., 1899-01-23

- NEW YORK, Jan. ga. mass meet
Ing Of citizens was held in the Academy
. 2f Music tonight under the auspices
oi the Continental League for the pur-
=. pose of protesting against the policy
.Rf imperialism and entangling alli-
- anees with European powers"
The meeting was attended by a great
:: crowd Long before the doors were
. opened 5000 people were clamoring for
admission and in a short while the po-
= lice ordered the doors unlocked because
6l the crush. Ten minutes later there
was not vacant seat in the house.
:. list of vice presidents read included
these names: Wheeler II. Peckham,
. Abram S. Hewitt, Henry Loomis Mel
. son, William H. HornbIower, Roger A.
Pryor, Francis Wayland Glenn, John
"a. Sheehan and Frederick r. Coudert.
.. A number of vice presidents were an
bounced as representing the Central
Labor Union, including Samuel Com
pers, president of the American Fedora
tion Of Labor; John NJ. Parsons, gen
sraI master workman of the knights Of
Labor and Daniel Harris president Of
the State Federation of Labor.
Communications were read from ex-
President Cleveland. Colonel William
regretting their inability to be present
Mr.. Cleve1ord . his letter said: Il am
So opposed to the eXpansionist craze
now infliCting ur body polite that any
organization fOrr-~- opposition to it
has my hearty sympathy and ap-
proval"
Bryan said that he was fully in SYM
pathy with every effort put forth to
save the nation from the dangers Of
Imperialism.
Bishop Potter wrote: THE purposes
of the meeting have my hearty an
prOVal and I should be glad If l had
time to saw no strOnglr I feel that the
. policy of imperialism or expansion. in
:&any such sense as proposed at present,
:. threatens eQV lily the moral integrity
OF the nation and the conditions on
which its prosperity has hitherto
3: rested"
T. Resolutions were adopted declaring:
H. =. First-That the full discharge of our
. obligations to the inhabitants of the Phil
.ippineS requires that we should, without
0efay, help them 10 secure in their do
nestic affairs nrst order and then lib
'et5y, and that we are absolutely and un-
j. qAaliiiedly opposed TO the annexation of
the Philippine Islands as a permanent
:pQrtiOn Of the national domain.
~ .SecOnd-That we are unalterably op-
- posed to the abandonment by this repub-
nc OF the American ideal OF national
Z growth, in favor of the European ideal
Of colonial conquest; we unreServedly
=. subscribe to the theory that government
=. derives all it's just powers from the con-
Sent Of the governed, and to the theory
that there should be no taxation without
.. representation, and we believe, moreover,
"~that such theories are wholly applicable
70 the inhabitants of all the places aban-
nened by Spain as the result Of the late
. war.
~>~Third-That neither the Government nor
. the people Of the United States have in
CURED any responsibility or obligations as
. TO. the result of the recent war with Spain
f1h nv dhfNp p~tV frOVf
abandonment of the policies and prin-
cjples laid down for the guidance of the
- republic by Washington in his farewell
.5aQgiress to the American people.
e, : *Fourth-That we are opposed, there
3 fore, to the idea that the peace-loving and
. free people of the republic, who are
=. gagged in the grand task. as yet uncom
- pleted of developing their resources and
..of establishing upon a firm basis their
=. the people, should now. or under any
q. conceivable circumstances, enter upon
any alliance with any European power
the result Of which might be to embroiI
.Gs in European controversies in which
our real interests are not concerned.
+ That we place on record our high appre
O.. citation and sincere thanks for the con-
%. ':sbicuOus services rendered to the Ameri-
=: can people by Senators Hoar. Hale,
Mason and Wellington in preventing the
=. new and dangerous policy OF imperialism
from being forced through the Senate Of
1.-THE United States without proper and
adequate discussion, and we commend
10 an citizens of this republic the high
sense of public duty and enlightened pa
triOtism which have characterized the ac-
.tiOn of these Senators in resisting 1nnoVa-
tiOns on our system of government mat
- are pregnant with Generalization and dis
aster
ti0ns be sent 10 the President of the
United States, to the members OF the
Cabinet and 10 both houses of Congress.
The first speaker was James b.
Eustis, former ambassador to France.
Mr.. Eustis said in part:
I see before me an audience in which
recognize the type of true Americans,
Re-. banded together to protest against eXpan-
sion and imperialism. What strange
sight a meeting of intelligent American
citizens on American SOIL protesting
against Imperialism and the imperialistic
policy of the American Government. The
representatives of che people OF this great
country are combating the idea ana
- hardly feel as though were living IN Inc
- republic of the United states; leel as
though / were living instead in some con-
1inental country where Imperialism Is rec
- The sentiment Of the American people
is against the rash idea of eXpansloa, for
10 fight the Fiipinos would mean the loss
of life to the American soldiers IN the
future in sickly cline, If this wild
. theory is carried out. There are only TWO
.: persons whose ideas on the question OF
= .anneXing the PHILIPPINES nave gwen me
cause for serious thought. one OF them
thought that by annexation certain Unit
=: ed States merchandise could be sold TO the
FilipinOs. The other was q preacher VINO
thought by expansion and annexation he
could sell some Protestant Bibles to the
natives. The President of the United
States will on March 4 next adjourn Con-
gress, which viii not meet again until
December. during which time he will be-
come military dictator Of more than r.
500 900 people in these conquered islands
Yes. our constitutional President Is going
to govern them by his personal Will, and
will you not tell me that the act will not
afford him swelled head?
Mr. Eustis referred to the late war
with Spain and contended that the
signing Of the peace protocol after the
suing for peace by Spain was in itself
sufficient to decide the questions in
VOlved.
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation Of Labor, was
the next speaker. Mr.. Gompers Sc
. verely criticized the inconsistency
Of the United States Government
. in going TO war to free the Gu
bans and Of denying the same meas
ure Of freedom and liberty to the Fill
pinos. He declared that the flag of the
Nation should never be used to hide
tyranny. He said that it is not at all
improbable that the Filipinos will yet