The times., 1899-10-18
THE ANTI-IMpERTALIsrs.
Atkinson and His TroubIe-Makers
Assemble in Chicago.

CHICAGO. Oct. 17.-The anti-imperaliss
conference, which opened at Apollo Hail to-
day. was more notable for enthusiasm than
for numbers. only about 100 persons being
In attendance. Among the delegates were
Edward Atkinson, of Boston; Carl Schurz.
former Governor Boies. Horace White, os-
wald G. Willard, and Winslow Warren.
Mr. Atkinson was in many respects. the
central figure OF the day. After permanent
organization was effected and a number of
speeches had been made. the Boston man
was called TO the chair temporarily. With
out any formalities he attacked the Admin
istration and called upon the delegates to
make an aggressive warfare in their Con-
gressional districts which divided closely at
the last national contest, and expressed in
glowing and picturesque language the sue
cess of what he termed the dominant MI
nority,'' which is opposed to this war in
the Philippines.
1t was evident as soon as Edwin Bur-
rift Smith, chairman of the executive COM
mittee of the Central Anti-Imperialistic
League called the delegates to order there
would be no mincing of ,yords. In his ad-
wave Of applause. After Mr.. Smiths
speech addresses were made by Patrick
0'Farrell, of Washington: George A. Ken
dali, of Denver; Winslow Warren, of Bos-
ton; W. N. Roundy, of Lake Bluff, H..
Herbert Welsh, of Philadelphia, and 9TH
ers. The following permanent officers
were elected:
]. Sterling Morton, Chairman; Rufus B.
Smith, of Ohio, and Edwin Burritt Smith
n.
low, OF Massachusetts, and w. j. Mize, of
Illinois, permanent Secretaries. Commit
tees ON programme and on resolutions and
permanent organization were appointed,
with Mr.. Smith and Carl Schurz respective
ly as chairmen.
The radical address of the morning was
that by the Rev. G.. w. Sample, of Mime
apolis. He fayed without mercy and in
language that bristIed with torrid phrase
ology and sarcasm the policy Of imperial
ism as expounded by the Administration
at Washington. He compared the Amerf-
can Emperor. William First, with the VIII
liam Mckinley of two years ago, and spoke
of the change of heart with which he had
been seized after he had passed through
the hands of Mark Hanna and the train of
expansionists whose interests he WIS now
serving, while stampeding the country
aboard the Presidential special
AT the afternoon session the delegates
listened to addresses by Prof Albert FL.
lehman. of the University Of Chicago and
Rev. Herbert s. Bigelow, of Cincinnati.
Prof Tolman said in part:
lust one important official message was
sent TO the Fihpinos by this Government
previous to the outbreak of hostilities at
Manila. This was the proclamation OF
President Mckinley, dated December q,
1898. and made public in this country on
January 5, 1888. There is one adjective
that will describe this document fully and
fairly. 1t is a Spanish proclamation. just
such an one as the Filipinos had many
times listened to. There is the same pa
rade of benevolent purposes and the same
tyrannical substance. The natives Iecog-
nize the document as one OF the kind to
which they were accustomed
This evening the convention adjourned to
Central Music Hail. j. Sterling Morton
presided and the principal address was de-
Iivered by Carl SchurZ- Tomorrow even
ing Bourke Cochran viii make the leading
speech in Central Music Hall. Speeches
also viii be made by Senator Mason, Ho a.
ito White, of New York, Edward Atkin
son, Henry Wade Rogers, and ctaers.