Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-12

there. and everywhere. Not even o"'o'
Tho state Of Mr. Mckinley and liahh"'
&c immune. A day or two ago two IN
euentlal men from the western reserve OF
that State called at the headquarters vi
the Anti-Imperialist League IN boS'o'i
and reported that there was marked dis"i-
lection among the Ohio Republicans WIN
benevolent assimilation" This. they
soid. was particularly manifest In their
section OF the state. man sonnec'eu
with the Michigan University at Ann
Arbor has written TO the Huh heaoqu"'
tiers that a league would be FORMED ih
Ann ArbOr before october Isl. ana Nn"'
State league was In process OF VT
ganizatjon which expected 10 institute
branches I'm all the Michigan cities ana
towns Moreover. this same Ann Arbor
correspondent announced that 1t hao pee"
decided. beginning November LIST. to pup
lish I'm Michigan an ant-imperiais'
monthly review.
An oregon correspondent writes thdt
the treason" movement hes taken prac-
teal and definite shape in that state. ana
fhat II Is the purpose Of the TRAITORS
al the head OF II TO plant and cultivate
the seeds of treason" in all the oregon
towns and cities; and Iowa traitors
have made n requisition on the Boston
centre for a large consignment OF rea-
sonable" literature. the requisition being
accompanied by the assurance that the
campaign against the Philippines war Is
assuming encouraging proportions
among the Iowa Masses" On the 18th
or this month the TRAITORS" Of Cincin-
natl. Philadelphia. and Washington VIII
begin active work, and We are told that
so great is the demand upon the mother
league at Boston for information ana
documents that a larger office Is 10 De
taken and the clerical force Increased
But this IS not the worst Of 1t, so Tar
as the administration is concerned
Treason" Is even beginning to faint ne
publican conventions, as witness the
piotform Of the Maryland Republicans
When that deliverance came TO deal with
tho Philippines question il INDUCED IN
the usual praise of our soldiers and sail
ors and deplored the '1nsurrection in the
islands wherein by cessiOn from Spain
we ACQUIRED the right of sovereignty"
But lust here. while giving the Presi-
dent a little "taffy," it turned It's back
on him and permanent possession OF inc
ACQUISITION. For the deliverance goes on
to say duty demands that We retain
and pacify them 0he islands, and safe
guard the interest of commerce until
(hcre the back-turning comes I'M the pro-
blem of their final disposition be solved
in such manner that the glory of our
flag be not sullied nor the liberty that
it stands for restrained; and 1--WE re-
d. Sc our trust for such a solution Of the
problem in cur wise and patriotic Pres
ident there's the taffy) and the Republi-
can majority in Congress" II this Is
not a significant concession 10 the In
"treasonable"-that is, anti-im-
erialistic-sentiment of the country IN
the name of all that Is as plain as
p.ke-staff, what is it?
We repeat that of a truth, treason"
IS prospecting in this country. The trial
tors" are multiplying and the virus is
iroculating many who. it was natural 10
believe, were thoroughly protected. 50
widespread Is this incubation that It be-
gins to look as if our patriotic Presi-
dent" in order to the carrying out OF
his Philippines policy. will need not only
a larger army in the islands. but a
larger one at home as well. The trail
o. r.u a. homo arc threatening TO prove
as great a stumbling-block i'm the way
OF benevolent assimilation" as the rebels
i'm the Philippines. They are becoming
ir fact so numerous, so bold, and so ag-
eressive as 10 menace the continuance
I'm power Of the present patriotic adj
regime. unless they are taken
I'm hand by Mr. Mckinley and silenced'
II is true that to- do this would be con-
trarv to certain rights guaranteed 10
American citizens by an antiquated In
strument called the Constitution, but Mr..
patriotic" construction and
{, eatment of that instrument in the
past iustifies the conclusion that he would
not stand on a bubble" in this matter
SO the Ohio Democrats seemed to think
when they made their pronouncement
AGAINST miltarism, and the woods are
full of others who agree with them.
Many Of those in agreement have
heretofore affiliated with the Republi-
can party. and the Democratic leaders
the country over would do well to digest
that fact.