Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-01-26

Now York, Jan. IA mass meet
30 citizens was held In the Academy of
sIusic under the auspices Of the Con
~t,nantal League for the purpose Of pro-
tasting against the policy Of imperial
,sm and entangling alliances with
European powers.
The meeting was attended by a great
crowd. A list of vice presidents was
read. including these names Wheeler
IT Peckham, Abram s. Hewitt, Will
lam Hornblower, Roger A. Pryor, Il.
Wayland Glenn, John G. Sheehan and
y r. Coudert. A number of vice pres
idents was announced as representing
the Central Labor union. including
samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor; John
M. Parsons, master workman Of the
knights OF Labor: Daniel Harris,
president of the State Federation OF
Labor.
Communications e read from ex-
President Cleveland, Col. w. j. Bryan
and Bishop Henry C.. Potter, regretting
their inability to be present MI.
Cleveland, In his letter, said: II am so
opposed to the expansionist craze now
affecting our body polite that any or
ganization formed in opposition to 1t
has my hearty sympathy and APP
prevail" Mr.. Bryan said he was in
full sympathy with it.
Resolutions were adopted declaring:
'First--That the full discharge or our
obligations to the inhabitants of the Phil
ipplnes require that we should without
delay help them to secure In their do
nestle affairs. first, order and then lib
erty, and that we are absolutely and UNI
qualifedly opposed to the annexation Of
the Philippine islands as a permanent
portion of the national domain.
'Second-That we are unalterably op-
posed to the abandonment by this repub-
lie of the American ideal OF national
growth, In favor of the European ideal
OF colonization, we u~nreservedly sup
port the theory that the government de-
rives It's just powers from the sanction
OF the governed. and TO the theory that
there should be no taxation without rep.
resentation, and We believe. moreover,
that such theories are wholly applicable
TO the inhabitants OF all the stands
abandoned by Spain as the result Of the
late war.
"Third-That neither the government
nor the people OF the United States have
incurred any obligation or responsibility,
as the result of the recent war with
SPAIN ENHiNH tttAGitES any departure lEOMl
or abandonment OF the policies and prin-
ciples laid down for the guidance of the
republic by Washington in his farewell
address TO the American people.
"~Fourth-That we are opposed, there
fore. to the idea hat peace loving and
free people of the republic who are en-
faged in the grand task as yet uncom-
pleted of developing their natural re-
sources and OF establishing upon a firm
basis their W theory of government by,
OF and for the people, should now or I'M
DER any conceivable circumstances enter
upon any alliance with any European
power, the result OF which might be to
eanbroil us In European controversies in
which Our real interests are not con-
cerped.
Tia we place on record our high ap-
probation n sincere thank for the con-
spicuous services rendered 10 the Ameri-
can people by Senators Hoar, Hale, Ma
sen and Wellington in preventing the new
ana dangerous policy of Imperialism from
Deirg forced through the senate of the
United States without proper and ade-
Quate discussion. aui we commend to all
citizens of this republic the high sense OF
pubic duty and enlightened patriotism
which have characterized the action of
these senator's In resisting innovations on
our system of government that are preg-
hant with decentralization and disaster"