The record-union., 1899-10-19
Delegates at Chicago Trying to
Perfect 1t.
]. Sterling Morton of Nebraska Pre-
sided.
A Woman With Fighting Relatives
Tells Them Not to Disgrace the
Flag Amy Longer-DecIaratio
of Principles Adopted Denounc-
ing Imperialism as Hostile to
Liberty and Unconstitutional.

ing Imperialism as Hostile to
Liberty and Unconstitutional.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1S.-Delegates to the
anti-imperialistic conference at Cen
tral Music Hall to-day resumed the
task of completing the organization of
national anti-imperialist league. j.
Sterling Morton of Nebraska presided.
The speaker of the morning was Hon.
Bert Myrick of Springfield, Mass. Mr.
Myrick said in part:
1t is fundamental error to assume
that imperialism, militarism, despotism.
or any sacrifice of the tenets of liberty
| and government are essential to
the largest possible DEVELOPMENT OF
America, internally or externally. On
the contrary, sacrifice of our princi-
pies OF government means added bur-
dens at home and new sources of dis.
| aster to domestic industry, with corre-
spending restrictions upon foreign COM
merce.
The immediate effect of free trade
between the East and West Indies and
the United States would be to seriously
jeopardize American agriculture.
The cigar tobacco industry in the
United States, both it's culture and
manufacture, must be obIiterated if
cigars and leaf come in duty free from
the tropics.
Our domestic sugar producing in
dustry cannot stand up against free
sugar from Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii
and the Philippines.
The vital issue, therefore. is. shall
the entire industrial and political pol
/ icy Of the United States be revolution
lied for the benefit of a single monop-
| oly-the sugar refiners' trust?
Shall we foster the sugar industry
abroad to the destruction of sugar pro-
duction at home?
The West and South would be sadly
held back in their development by any
policy that might thus interfere with
the largest growth of these and other
phases OF their agriculture. l firmly
believe that we should annex the arid
West instead of the tropics. A few
millions 70 Federal storage reservoirs
and irrigation would yield vastly great
er returns to the United States than
Oriental trade. The competition of
tropical agriculture will injure our
farmers at the East a thousand
fold more than DEVELOPMENT of the arid
West, or Of the as yet untouched re-
sources Of our own South and South
| west. Our home trade is ten times as
valuable as our foreign commerce-our
life here infinitely more important 10
us than conditions abroad. Let us first
cherish the former without neglect OF
/ the latter"
Following Mr.. Myrick's speech a gem
eral discussion of the Philippine ques-
ton occupied the time until noon.
A public mass meeting was then held
congressman j. j. Lentz and Rev.
Herbert S. Bigelow of Cincinnati deliy-
cred speeches.
During Rev. BigeIow's speech a
sensation was caused by a stylishly
dressed woman who arose in the audi
enee, and extending her gloved hand
toward the American flag which hung
! suspended over the speaker, exclaimed: !:
Take down the flag; don't disgrace
it any longer"
She was hurried from the hall by q
friend, and as she left the building she
refused to give her name, but said she
was the sister Of one soldier. daughter
of another and wife of another-all OF
them fighting in the Philippines.
George c. Mercer of philadelphia
made an address on president McKin-
ley"
The last address of the afternoon
was made by Professor Shore of the
| Chicago University.
A declaration of principles was unan-
imously adopted. 1t denounced the pol
icy Of Imperialism as hostile to liberty.
as unconstitutional and as tending to-
ward militarism. The policy of the
present National Administration is
condemned, and the immediate cessa-
ton of the Philippine war demanded.
Continuing, it says: I'VE propose TO
contribute to the defeat of any persons
or party that stands for the forcible
subJugation of any people We shall
oppose for reelection all who in the
White House or in Congress betray
American liberty in pursuit of un-
American ends. We shall hope that
both our great political parties will
support and defend the Declaration of
Independence in the close of the CEN
tury.'
The declaration closes with an ap-
women who remain loyal to the Dec
laration of Independence and the Con-
stitution of the United States"
The anti-imperialist meeting at Cen
trail Music Hall came to a close to-
night, Hon. Bourke Cochran of New
York delivering the grafton of the
evening. The hall was filled and the
remarks of the orator were greeted
with approval by those present. Mr..
Cochran based his objection to the
policy of the Government on the broad
ground that one people had no right
to force a government on another He
discussed the question in a dispassion-
ate manner, claiming that there were
many reasons why the United States
should hold the islands, but no reason
why it should attempt to force upon
sny people form of government to
which that people objected The con-
ference adjourned at the conclusion of
Mr.. Cochrans address, those in charge
of the meeting expressing themselves
as delighted with the success of the
affair.
Taussig on Waiting Orders.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S.-The naval