Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-18
DON'T DISGRACE THE FLAG.
Sensational lueiden, al The ImpetialIs, Con-
ference Today
Dramatic Action OF Woman whose
Father, Brother and Husband
IRE American soldiers.

Chicago. oct. iS.--Dclcgatca TO the
anu-impcrlalist conference at Central
Music Hail today resumed the task Of
completing the organization OF "a ma
tlonal antl-imporinllst league.
j. sterling Morton. OF Nebraska, pre-
sided.
The speaker OF the morning was Her
bert Myrlck of Springfield, Mass. ful-
lowing Mr. MyrlckH speech, q general
discussion of the Philippine question oc-
cupled the time until noon. a public
mass meeting was then held Com
Hrc7smau j. j. LgntH and Rev Herbert
3, Bigclow OF Cincinnati delivered
speeches.
The iIav Herbert $. nlgclow, OF cln-
clnnau, said
there nrc impeunlistlc designs lurking
ln the mind % Cen AguIuuldo. that he
Is seeking 90 establish over the lFlnuds
&. tanny, and that In rupprcsslng the
Instruction wn ore ughtlng fIr tho
right of the Flllplnus 10 lu'" Them
selves Why not cay that Co ilem2
AFulnhldo g. keeping up the hght under
tho protest ~ resisting American epvcr-
eighty. Take away the prctcNt; let
Congress issue a proclamation declar-
Ing the right N the Flllpinos 10 rule
themselves and promising to recognize
the government ~ their choice. Then
what cause would there be Tor disorder
In those islandsf
hut how do We know that Agulnai-
do does not represent hiF pcopieY Sup
pose they urr Overwhelmingly with
him; would the censorship youchsafo
10 us tho infnrmation2 nut n We are
not permitted 90 know anything that
would lniure tho administration We can
only uae our own best Judgment uH 60
tho probable utlte Of annira IL any
man ready Co rty Of the finest armies
the world ever snw that thoy have been
unable I'm all these months % costly
warfare 10 suppress an lnEigulhcnut
uprising Of Tow ambitious loadera
! who are looked upon even by their own
cuuntrymrn na dreaded tyrlntaf II
there any man 90 blinded by partllan-
| chip ua Co believe that the manage
mcut Of tho war could possibly have
been 90 incompetent as thntf 10 the
majority VI the Flliplnos dread a Tagal
tyranny aud look 90 ua no their deliver
ere. why do they not cnllft In largo
numbers 90 hello ne save them from
! their oucmlcHf
"Tho argument that the war "a iustl-
| ncd because Agulnado doeH not rep
! resent hlH people ls an argument with
| "a double edge ! suspect that the man
4 who ia willing 10 lead % i1rlorn hope
| against gigantic odds In defense nf the
/ Declaration ~ Independence ~ closer
/ Co the hearts of tho American people
| and moro representative Of their seu-
! timouta than those who tell ua that
| the Constitution "a no LONGER worth
discussing, and that Il o. time we were
/ learning the nhHurdity or the principle
| for which the men OF Bunker IAN and
| Valley Forge ravc their llveF'
During Rev nlggelow'a speech "a scn-
| satlon was caused by "a atyllshiy dressed
woman who arose. In the audience, and
/ extending her glovrd hand toward tho
American tlgg which hung suspended
| over the speaker exclaimed;
"rakc down the nag, dont disgrace
| II any longer"
she was hurried from the hall by q
friend ana ns she lott the building she
refused ca Elvo her name hut said sht
was the sister of one soldier daughter
of another and wife of nnothcr-all OF
them now lighting Ia the Philippines,
a declaration OF principles was unanl'
mously adopted II denounced the pol
icy OF imperialism as hostile TO llber'
IS. as Unconstitutional and na teudinf
towards militnrlsm The policy of th'
present national administration ~ con
demncd and the Immediate cessation o
the philippine war Is demanded.