The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
MberzaAsm Discussed
at q Boston Bam-
quet.
asserted AgzllmaMo Is
Nearer Right Than
Mckinley.
BY Wire From Boston, May II.

A meeting of members Of the anti-impe-
rialist league was held at Youngs hotel last
night. The feature of the meeting was an
address delivered by ex-Gov. Boutwell,, pres
ident of the league, in which he upheld the
position Of Aguinaldo and answered Secre-
tary Long.
Before reading his paper, he said that the
first part of what he was about to say had
been submitted to the executive committee
OF the league, and had been approved by
its members, so that in some results it
might be taken as the voice of the anti
1mperialist league.
Ex-Gov. Boutwell, began by denying the
charge that the anti-imperialistic league or
ganlzatlOn was engaged in improper deal
lngs with the army in the Philippines, but
stated that it was the purpose of the league
TO Drlng the army out of the Philippines
by quiet influence of the American people
at home, acting through the channels of in
tercourse or communication, but failing
in that effort, then we propose to so act as
to summon the army from the Philippines
by the influence of the votes of the Ameri-
can people, and without thought of the con-
sequences to men, to administrations, to
political parties or to questions of domestic
concern"
After some further reference to the work
in which the league is engaged, the speaker
entered upon discussion of the subject
OF imperialism, taking up the most recent
developments in the Philippine situation.
He said:
If the opinion Of one person upon the
question whether the president of the
United States or Aguinaldo is in the
right is of any value to the advocates of
Imperialism I am prepared to make
answer. The president asserts right to
govern others, right which has never
been possessed lawfully by any one, and
which has never been exercised through
fear, fraud, force and war. AS between
Aguinaldo and the president, Aguinaldo
is in the right, and the president is in
the wrong. Aguinaldo can only bring
the war to an end by the surrender of
all right to self-government in himself
and in his people, and by the recogni-
tion of right in the president to gov
ern and tax 5000 900 Filpinos in what
ever manner shall to him seem ex-
pedient.
Mr. Boutwell, held that the niquity of i'm
perialism was bearing harvest Of evil in
many quarters, in support Of which state
ment he cited recent events in Samoa and
Hawaii.
set of six resolutions was then offered
which affirm the political principles of the
declaration of independence demanded JUS
tice to the FilipinOs, whom we made our
allies in the war with Spain" and their in
dependence and denounce the war against
them as an act Of treachery.
The fifth resolution states:
That the punishment of our criminal
aggression against this brave, betrayed
and unfortunate people is already evil
dent in the usurpation of illegal powers
by the president, in the unjustifiable
censorship of the press, and in the
threat Of prosecution for treason Of an
eminent and patriotic citizen who was
acting strictly within his legal rights.
The last resolution is as follows:
Resolved, That we protest against this
attempt to degrade the great republic
into great empire, to destroy it's moral
leadership of the world, and to make it
succumb to ideas and principles which
it was born to oppose and we solemnly
appeal to the conscience of the American
people to Illustrate it forever by return
ing with ten-fold loyalty to the spirit
of '76.'
After the passage of these resolutions, a
resolution favoring encouraging closer re-
lations with anti-imperialists wherever
found, was introduced and adopted.