The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-19
And All Fighting in the Philippines
while the "Aunties- Were En-
couraginE the Insurgents.
CLOSE OF THE CONFERENCE
RESOLUTIONS DENoUNCING THE poll
ICY OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
Rev. III. :. Bigelow's Rabid utteranceo
and w. Bourke Cockran's Tenn
perate Address.

CHICAGO, Oct. 1S-The sessions OF the
anti-imperialst conference In Central Music
Hall closed tonight. During the day and
evening addresses were delivered by Her
bert Myrick, Rev. Herbert s Bigelow. w.
Bourke Cochran and others.
During Rev. Bigelow's speech a sensation
was caused by a stylishly-drcssed woman.
who arose I'm the audience, and extending
her gloved hand toward the American flag.
which hung suspended over the speaker.
exclaimed:
Take down the flag don't disgrace IL any
longer"
She was hurried from the hall, and 40
she left the building she refused to give
her name, but she said she was the sister
OF one soldier, daughter of another and
wife of another. all of them now hghung
In the Philippines.
A declaration of principles was submitted
by the resolutions committee and unanf-
mously adopted. Ii denounced the policy
Of Imperialism as hostile TO liberty. as un-
constitutional and as tending toward mili-
tarsm. The policy of the administrations
Is condemned and the cessation OF the Phil
We I'VE propose to Contribute to the defeat
OF any person or party that stands Tor the
1peSe er 81 any %Re in
White House or I'm Congress betray Ameri-
can liberty in pursuit of un-American ends:
parties will support and defend the Declar-
alton of Independence in the closing CAM
paign of the century,
The declaration closes with an invitation
for cooperation "of all mon and women
who remain loyal TO the Declaration or In
dependence and the Constitution of the
United States"
]. Sterling Morton, Of Nebraska. presided
| to-day. The speaker OF the morning was
Herbert Myrick. of Springfield, Mass. Mr..
Myrick said in part:
Treat the Philippines as we arc treating
| Cuba-help the Filipinos to independencs
under the protectorate of the United States.
bans. Immediately war will cease. Friend
ship will displace enmity. In the Philippines.
material. material soc social. inteiie .tuai and political
development will be by metes and bounds.
The present cost TO. the United States in
will speadiy become self-supporting. Soon
hsG osner & 6s 6ns aSs we so SaS ne
| them. Thereafter they will be no expense
20 US. Meanwhile the United States Will be
| gaining every advantage IN the way or
trace ana many oeaers, rI,enoS S, MI give Gus Us
| rifice of American ideals. we should thus
possess greater advantages in the East than
piete Ha success success of imperialism or subjusation
| Il firmly believe that We should annex
the arid West instead OF the tropics; A
/ and irrigation would yield vastly greater re-
! turns 10 the United States than Oriental
1
| liable as our foreign commerce-our life
here infinitely more important 70 us than
| conditions abroad Let us first cherish the
| former without neglect OF the latter.
| BIGELOW'S ADDRESS.
| At noon a public mass meeting held.
| conducted by j. Sterling Morton. Congress-
| man J. j. Lentz and Rev. Herbert =. Bige-
low, of Cincinnati, delivered speeches. Here
are some points from DR.. Bigelow's address:
| what right have we TO compel a people
| to act contrary TO their wish in matters
| hut the right of might? What right but the
| divine right of kings.
Tell the coolies of China. tell the fella.
| hin OF Egypt, tell the pariahs OF India that
| governments are bestowed upon them. But
| tell the President OF the United States upon
whom we have bestowed some limited power
| for a brief season, that such language -
| offensive 10 the American ear.
I'VE paid twenty millions for pretext
to call criminal aggression benevolent as
| similation.' We have paid twenty millions
for a tablet on which TO write the epitaph
say @ 'an The % war must 60 s on 10 the he grim end
and We call that Christianity. To men who
| dare TO fight for freedom we say sur
Providence. II that is Providence. then
| appeal from the decision of Providence To
"Iiumanity-what are the claims OF hu-
mapity. what is the offense of polygsmy.
what is the crime of slavery compared with
the insult Of the rebel AguInaldo In refusing
to lend the knee to the Emperor William
and his great hign priest, .Hananias'7
"If i were a Filipino and any canting
| lion of sovereignty and the uitimatum to
disarm and be baptized. | would say to
him: Son OF insolence. lombard our
| cities. set fire TO our villages. NOW down
our crops. make of every woman a widow.
OF every child orphan and every home
| an ash-heap. and then when you have left
| enough evidences OF your Christianity, 90
back with your blooo- stained hands and
| gold that drips with tears and boast OF the
desciation you have wrought. the people you
have vanquished. but forget not TO tell that
a graveyard and the peace OF the dead,
| Tagal.'
But, Mr.. Chairman. perhaps We ought
| not TO talk of war and carnage and mur-
| der. We are not fighting the Fiipinos-
| They are simply undergoing a process or
assimilation. They are being disested We
| aggression is shocking Imperialism Is too
bad. Expansion Is only toierable. Duty.
| destiny. the logic of events. Providence,
battle cries, especially for a. presidential
What is treason. The traitor is the
patriot who fails: the patriot Is the traitor
ION with the mask OF tyranny, Away
| with the despot's whine, God and the king.
patriotism and religion. the Bible and the
| that authority I'm church and state which
| have always appealed when they have
wished 10 arrest the thought OF the people
ship OF bunting deprives patriotism OF prin-
ciple and makes slaves Of freemen.
| The devil Is I'm his element when he can
get good people 20 practice iniQuity for the
fix their gaze upon the stars and stripes.
| that his conduct may escape their scrutiny.
Il is the duty Of The pstr,eSs 70 ,,s save hI
and hissicg beneath the -ql11 Of the naR