The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-01-12
WPOL|T|CAL MOVE
FuSiOniStS Start the American League
to Help Along the Building Of the
Campaign. ~.
Schools Lands in DAWSON and Other
Counties Will be Reappraised by
the State Board,
Soldiers Who Died or We're Killed in
Philippines Brought Home at Coy
ernmant Expense.
THAT AMERICAN LEAGUE.
The New Party Movement Got Its
Official Start in Mitchell
Friday Evening,

So far Mitchell has got along pretty
we'll without the assistance of the
American league, that new organizat-
ion which was started in Sioux Falls
several weeks ago by the friends of
Senator Pettigrew. However, Mitchell
was not to be passed by, and late yes
terday afternoon bills we're put out an
nouncing that the league would be
organized at the court house in the
evening. Perhaps 35 people gathered
at the court house to hear the speeches.
The meeting was started by Abraham
Boynton who called the people to order.
John Colvin was made chairman and
F. 81. Winsor was elected secretary
The first address was made by w. T..
LaFollette, member of the state rail-
road commission, who explained the
object of the league. Its object is to
perfect an organization in this state,
| and others, we persume, taking the
Philippine war as basis and sailing
| into the administration with all pos.
sible vigor. Before Col. M. L. Fox
delivered his address an opportunity
was given the people to sign the card
OF the league and thus become
members. Probably twenty of the
fusionists signed the card and
half as many mem mbers of the party de.
clined to become associated with the
organization. This is the wording on
the card:
Believing that the safety of the
republic depends upon strict ad-
| herence to the principles of the
| Declaration of Independence and
the Constitution Of the United
States, we hereby form ourselves
into an American League for the
purpose of sustaining republican
institutions against the existing
tendency toward Imperialism, mill
| tarism aud the control of all indus
trial institutions, and even the gov
ernment itself. by organized aggre-
gated capital
So much of the movement appears al
this time and the political part of il
will appear when the C IN paign begins
This movement is presumed to be non
partisan, in order that more people car
be drawn into the net, but the men al
the head OF it precludes all possible
idea OF its non partisanship
Col. Nj. L. Fox. who spent three weeks
in the Philippines and made study o
the situation in that time, presented
the ideas of the non-parlisan move
ment from a populistic standpoint, bu
was not inclined to follow the advice o
a local anti-expanionist to 'give it tt
them hard, as he thought the time
was not quite ripe for displaying tn,
political side of the league.
L. E. Whitcher, editor of th,
Gazette. had some resolutions which
had been prepared in advance. Brer
Whitcher thought the time had abou
come when it was necessary to expires
some sympathy for the Beers in Soutl
Africa, but previous to presenting tn
resolutions he had some impressiv
remarks to make on the situation an,
reached the sentence: "Mr. Chairman
move you''-when the fire alarm
sounded and the entire audience move'
aud the resolutions for the Beers va
not presented at that time.
Over at Sioux Falls one of the meet
ings called to express sympatb
for the Boere wound up with an ,ex
preston OF sympathy for the Philippin
insurgents.
The promoters OF the league in thi
city propose to extend it's branches int
all parts of the county in order to Civ
the mem bers Of their party an oppol
tunity to declare in an impressive Wa
that they are adherents of the decla
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