The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-06
ALL AGAINST IMPERIALISM.
Washington Speakers Heard ut 4
Baltimore Mass Meeting.

BALTIMORE Mass Meeting.
BALTIMORE. Sept 6.-Nearly 1000 DEM
ocrats of the Eighteenth ward and wards
in the Second Congressional district gath
cred last night at a mass meeting held I'M
der the auspices OF the Eighteenth Ward
Democratic Association.
Features of the meeting were the attend
ance of Mayor Hayes, who presided, and
of three Republican speakers from Wash
ington, Gen. William Birney, President of
the Washington Anti-Imperialist League;
DR.. w A. Croffut, Secretary of the League,
and n. E. Dawson, for twenty-five years
secretary to General Grant, Senator Ali
son, and General Miles.
Mr.. Dawson recently lost his position,
said DR.. Croffut. through the Secretary of
War, who objected to his anti-imperialistic
views. General Birney is eighty-two years
of age. He was a major general in the
Union Army during the civil war, and is
son Of James G. Birney, who ran for PreBi-
dent in 1910 and 1874 on the Freesoil tick
ct. DR.. Croffut stumped Maryland for Nc
Kinley in 1886, for which act he said he
hoped to live long enough to forgive him
SELF
The association also swung a fine new
banner across Lafayette Avenue at Strick
er Street. Upon the banner were like
nesses of Bryan and Stevenson, the name
of Fred c. Talbot, the Second district Con-
gressional Democratic candidate and these
inscriptions: Republic or Empire.
Which? p Republicans. / Dare You to Put
Money Value on an American Life
As the banner was unfurIed there was
great cheering and patriotic selections by
a band.
Mayor Hayes was introduced by PresI-
dent John Gourley and spoke of the injus-
tice OF the Porto Rican law, the iniqulty
of the tariff legislation against il and the
dangers of Imperialism. He then turned
mis- attention to trusts and said that the
welfare of the people demanded that spe-
cial and class legislation which enabled
possessors of capital to consolidate and
use their wealth to destroy competition
should be stopped.
Trusts, he said, were the offspring Of Re
publican legislation and administrations
and the tariff has been a prolific source of
trusts and monopolies. The tariff law IRE
vents the consumer from importing arti-
cies OF foreign production to compete Win
the trust product. The Democratic party
promises in its platform TO put on the
free list everything produced by a trust,
which would destroy every trust by giving
competition.
The imperiaIistic sympathy ana tend
ency of the Republican party" said the
mayor was shown by the treatment of
the war now waged for liberty by the
Beers. The South African ENJOYS were
scarcely treated with courtesy in Wash
ington. Congress should have given a
word of sympathy for this people.
"A feature of the Democratic platform
that should not be overlooked is the de-
mand in the interest of organized labor. II
declares IN favor OF a Cabinet officer in
the interest OF labor and condemns tie
system OF blacklisting by employers
The Washington speakers devoted their
speeches to condemnation of Mckinley S
impeFialistic policy General Birney
spoke also of trusts and showed how the
the Republican party was not opposed to
them because il fostered them by legis-
ton. He said that President Mckinley
pliabIe as he is. could never be made 10
take the title OF Emperor, but what mat
ter the title when the power WaS had.
He now exercises powers not granted in
the Constitution. He organizes courts
+ with powers of life and death us kes mu-
nicipal laws. appoints ccmmissi> rs to or
game civil government collects Gus
/ toms and eXpends the money, establishes
school systems, wages a merciless war
+ against innocent populations, consents ID
place American troops under Hessian
1 commander, sends our army across the
seas thousands of miles away aids IN
/ capturing and holding tie capital city of
+ China-aGd all without consulting Cen
! gress-
DR.. Croffut made an extended sp- ech,
! in which he reviewed the pres mt Admin
+ istration and compared it with events IN
the history Of the country, deplored the
subseryiency to Great Britain and con-
/ demned the Porto Rican and Philippine
( policy of Mckinley in Caustic terms He
also paid his respects to Roosevelt, or
Teddy the Terror" as he called him.
There has been introduced in this cam
paign,' he said, something unique 1t is
the picture OF a buckIng broncho. and
remarkably clothed, wearing upon his
head an adhesive hat. smilingIy showing
/ aggressive and protruding teeth. carrying
| in one hand iasso and in the other q
! blood-red sword with edge hacked like a
/ saw It is Teddy the Terror the con-
/ Queror of Cuba, as he himself admits
Down he charges upon you, and the blood
{ from his uplifted sword tTickles down his
hand and runs down his back. He says
he shot a man in the back The man was
+ unarmed and running away from him
j Grant and Napoleon never admitted kill
! ing a man, but they were not Roosevelt
/ Shapespeare was great prophet. He saw
! three hundred years ahead. He had Roo
! sevelt in his mind when he portrayed the
/ character Of FaIstaff. He wants to be Vice
! President in order that he may throw his
/ Savel as President of the Senate at Wei
| lington and Pettigrew He is for blood
/ red war. He says war builds up country
/ and peace demoralizes it,
Addresses were also made by Assistant
! City Solicitor Bryan and Morrill, n. Pack
ard.