The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02
Of the Ohio League of BimetaIIic
Clubs.
SOME WORDS AGAINST IMPERIALISM
Speakers Declare That the Govern
ment Gould Not Exist With Sys-
tom of Half Colonies and Half
Sovereign States.

Louisville, June 1.-At the night session
of the Ohio Valley League of Bi-Metallic
clubs Hon. Henry Warrum, of Indiana,
was one of the principal speakers. He
brought good greetings from the Hoosier
state and said that the democracy of In
diana had remained steadfast in its de-
termination to have the principles as
enunciated in the Chicago platform prevail,
and that it would continue until BIZ
metalism had succeeded.
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I'VE shall go into the next cam
+paign," said Mr.. Warrum, mot on the
defensive, but on the aggressive; we
shall not go into the next campaign
with the odium of mismanagement, but
the republicans WILL"
He contended that the business i'm
provement of which the opposition boasts
has been simply that fluctuation which
comes to any government, and that it is
not the substantial, lasting kind"
Elimination of Financial Question
The speaker directed his remarks to the
proposed elimination of the financial ques-
ton from the next national democratic
platform, contending that the work of
designating politicians who wished to sur
render the true principles of democracy by
supplanting the money question. He said
the imperial policy was not the policy of
the American people, and he quoted Lin
coin as saying that this country could not
exist half free and half slaves, and that
we could not exist half colonies and half
sovereign states.
The republican policy has been to create
the trusts, and they have been made pos
sible by a high tariff and inevitable by
gold standard.
He paid his respects to the administra-
tion, saying that McKinley's name was in
odium throughout the land. He closed
with an exhortation to stand by bi-metal
ism and victory would be the result.
An uproar of applause greeted Mr.. War
rum as he took his seat.
Hon. E. B. Finley. of Ohio, was intro
iuced by President Tarvin. The speaker
advocated the retaining of the free coinage
ssue and had much to say against imper-
alism. He satd in part:
Territorial Expansion
''In addition TO the vital issues pre-
sented by the Chicago platform we will
torial expansion, which, being an un-
tried experiment and departure from
the American system is perhaps the
most important question that the Amer
lean people have had to meet.
I'm forming our line of battle for 1900
am opposed to taking amy backward
steps. I am for the Chicago platform
in its entirety without the change of
single line or word.
"SOm0 of these gentleman now
advising US what to do IN 1900 and are
sugges ting that We get together and
drop the money question, and take up
the tariff and other interests, and inti-
mate that if we do they will forgive US
and consent to again take their posi-
tionS at the head of the democratic
party.
1--WE cannot enter into an alliance
with this coterie of so-called democrats,
without abandoning the principles for
which we contended in 1896. There is
nothing in common between US. Our in
terests are antagoniste. They would
control the government by the enforce
ment of a policy benefitting the few.
We ask a governmental policy for the
benefit of the masses.
1.-THE power to check the opera ton
and restrain the further growth of
these corporations Is what the people
want
Only Hope Is in Democracy
ITO accomplish that end 1t ought to
be apparent to all that the only hope
of success lies with the democratic
party, which, as the party of the plain
people has always stood for the
masses.
81 am opposed to imperialism. don't
favor the so-called expansion policy
of President Mckinley. The conduct of
the administration touching the Philip
pine question has been un-American and
from first to last In violation of the
principles expressed In the declaration
of war with Spain ;and our treatment
of the Filipinos has been simply dis
graceful.
1.-The purchase and seizure by armed
force of the Philippine Islands and the
proposal to govern them as tributary
provinces, denying to their people the
right of self-governrent, and the rep
resentation in the home government,
and our holding them as provinces and
enforcing taxation, while denying citi-
zenship, Is an abandonment of the
American system and the adoption OF
the Roman-European system, which,
in my judgment Is fraught with great
peril to the stability of our form of
government.
"a violation of the principles Of free
government in the Philippines may be
but the forerunner of violation of the
same principles I'm the United States,
and we should never entrust to any
party the power to deprive our people