Evening journal., 1900-09-05
TREASON AND TREACHERY

Bryan s managers are making labor
ed efforts in this state to keep Free
Silver in the background and to drive
imperialism to the front Here is a
copy OF a circular letter sent to a Will
mingtonian whose name had been sup
piled to the National Association OF
Anti-lmperialist Clubs by some Bryan
enthusiast in Delaware:
National Association of Anti-Imper-
ialist Clubs,
13 Astor Place.
New York, August 81, 1900.
Dear sir:-
have been directed to advise you
that you have been unanimously elect
ed IN honorary vice-president of the
National Association of Anti-Imperial-
list Clubs upon the nomination of w. j.
Mize, secretary OF the American Anti
Imperialist League. We trust that you
Will see your way clear to accept.
The object OF our association is to
form a state association in every state
in the Union; this being done in the fol-
lowing way: The honorary vice-presi-
dents and member of the Executive
Committee get together and organize a
state association. A few men can meet
and form the state organization and
the membership can be built up after
wards. ] enclose a copy Of our National
Association Constitution, which you
can use as a standard in framing the
constitution for your state association
We would suggest that after you have
a..
organize club in every county in the
state. We also suggest that you do this
In this manner: Call upon the regular
Democratic state and county officials
to send you in a list % a few names
from each county and these few men
in each county could form the county
lclub. We inclose copy of a county
club constitution, which can be useC
as a standard for county club constitu
tions.
The primary object of our associa
ion is to form Anti-Imperialist organ
izations and in this way enable Cole
Democrats, Independents and Republic
can Anti-Imperialist voters, who are il
favor Of the election OF Bryan anC
stevenson, TO band together. OF course
/ 1t Is understood that as soon as th'
independent voters form these Anti
lmperialist organizations, that the ranl
and file Of Democracy can join thes
clubs and swell their numbers, so a
20 make a good impression on the com
munity as to the value of the Anti
llmperialist movement and in this wa
demonstrate that Anu-Imperialism 1
the paramount issue
We may also state for your informa
ton that it is the intention Of our Ma
uonal Association, on or about tn
18th OF October, to affiliate with tn
National Association OF Democrat
clubs. so that these two association
working for the same end (the electio
lof Bryan and Stevenson) will be in en-
tire accord. or course it is understoO
that II a Democrat belongs to a regr
lar Democratic club and to an Ant
! lmperialist club, that he is doing two
! fold good for the cause of Bryan an
stevenson, and we desire to encourag
! such a reciprocal membership. "
should be glad to furnish any numb,
of our standard constitutions and an
] Quantity of campaign literature thi
G you may desire. We will forward yC
r on application a copy of our paper, II
Republic, which contains all informs
: tion as to the proper manner or orgal
I zaation in county or state.
We trust that you will do your be
e to form an oranization in your sta
and that you will send us addition
n names for our list OF honorary vic
l. presidents. Yours sincerely,
G.. G. Hughes Chairma
-e The recipient OF this letter was su
n prised to have such unsolicited homo
n thrust upon him. Being a Republics
IN he could do nothing less than decli
a. to be used as a puppet by the Brya
p ties We invite the attention OF eve
le Republican and Independent party m
e to the Democratic scheme so elab,
to ately outlined. It tells its own ste
ut OF national treason and parts
ch ltreachery of the Anu-Imperialists.