The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-17
BRYAN FORMALLY ENDORSED
Anti-Imperialists, PLATFORM.

4
Anti-Imperiaiists' Platform.
This liberty congress OF anti,imperi
|alists recognizes 4 great national crisis
future depends In such large measure l ht
| hope Of freedom throughout the word. tol
the first time In our countrys history tlt
President has undertaken to snpJugate
foreign people and to rule them by uespotltt
power. He has thrown the prolectioh Va
the nag over slavery and polygamy IN IN,
Sulu islands. He has arrogated TO himself a
the power to Impose upon the lnhanllu,n i y
of the Philippine islands government WIN
out their consent and taxation without rep
resentaton He Is waging war upon thelL
for asserting the very principles Ior !, tne
maintenance of which our io aen thejI
sacred honor. He claims for himself a i
D. congress authority to govern the teffltorleS
OF the United States without constitutions
restraint. 1,do
pcndence Its truths, not less self-evlaena
to-day than when first announced ny oul
fathers. are OF universal application anu
cannot be abandoned while government ny
I'VE believe In the Constitution of the
United States 1t gives the President ana
Congress certain limited powers anu se
cures to every man WITHIN the Jurisui ~
of our government certain essential rlghts.
I'VE deny that either the President OF
Congress can govern any person anywhere
outside the Constitution. We are absolute
ly opposed to the policy of Presloen1n, NJ Nc
Of men without their consent, when, IN
Puerto Rico. establishes taxation without
representation and government by the ar ar,
bitrary will of Legislature unfetteTe,u, -, ny
pines prosecutes q war of conquest ST ana a
demands unconditional surrender from u
people who are Of right free ana lhdepe1h l.
emf. The struggle OF men for freedom MS 1ilf
ever been II struggle for CONSTITUTIONS ''o-
sThere is no liberty If the citizen has no
right which the Legislature may not invio =,
i( he may be taxed by the legislature III
protected by Fundamental law against The
arbitrary action of executive power Inc
policy of the President offers the inhanit-
ants of Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the fhll-
pect of American citizenship, no consti .,l,
tional protection. no representation III tne
congress which taxes him. This is the gov
eminent of men by arbitrary power Without
their CONSENT tins IS lmperl tha freo FAC If
America for subjects. The President ana
Congress-, who derive all their powers IRON
the consttqioa fa m g1Iers no We believe M
the greatest safeguard Of liberty Is free
press, and we demand that the censorship
In the Philippines which keeps from the
American people the knowledge OF what Is
done in their name to pc anot thd tr,tb and
we insist that the powers which the Pfesl-
dent holds IN trust for us shall not De USED
to suppress 1t. ...,a,o t,,,,
reelection of Mr.. Mckinley. The supreme
purpose of the people In this momentous
campaign should be to stamp with their
final disapproval his attempt to grasp IN,
peria power any pe thne 'do to
drive from public life chief magistrate
who. whether In weakness or of wicked
purpose has used his temporary authority
to subvert the CHARACTER Of tnelf , govern
I'VE, therefore, In the belief that 1t Is es-
sential at this crisis for the American PEG
pie again to declare their faith In me UNI.
versal application of the Declaration OF
and to reassert their VIII
that their servants shall not have or eXer-
,ise any powers whatever other than those
conferred by the Constitution, earnestly
make the following recommendations 10
First. THAT without regard to their
views on minor questions of domestic pol
Icy, they Withhold their votes from Mr.; Nc
lllnley In order to stamp with their dlsap'
proval what he has done.
Second, That they vote for those candi-
dates for Congress IN their respective dis
trtcts who will oppose the policy Oh lhlpe-
rialsm. "a,
cd of opposing the reelection of Mr.. Nc
Iinley we advise direct support of Mr..
Bryan as the most effective means of
crushing imperialism:
I'VE are convinced of Mr.. Bryan's sin
,erity and of his earnest purpose to secure
10 the Filipnos their independence. His
position and the declarations contained IN
he platform of his party on the vital Issue
# the campaign meet our unqualified APP
,roval.
1--WE recommend that the executive com
nittces of the American Anti-imperiallSt
League and Its allied leagues continue ana
extend their organizations, preserving the
of the movement; ana that
hey take the most active part possible In
he pending political campaign.
Until now the policy which has turned
he Filipinos from warm friends to bitter
which has slaughtered thousands
II them and laid waste their country, has
,een the policy of the President After the |
next election 1t becomes the policy. or eV-
,ry man who votes to re-elect him and |
yho thus becomes with him responsible for
VERY drop of blood thereafter she'd
The following resolution proposed by. W.
!, Holden of Chicago, was later added to |
he platform as reported:
"Resolved, That In declaring that the |
principles Of the Declaration of Independ |
nee apply to all men, this Congress means
o include the negro race In America as well /
IS the Filipinos. We deprecate all efforts, |
whether In the south or In the north, to |
leprive the negro of his rights as a citizen ,
lnder the Declaration of Independence and |
he Constitution of the United States"