Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-06
Stand Up for the Republic of the
Forefathers.
In Appeal to Patriotism and Conscience to
PRESERVE Liberty Five Hundred ON.
GERS of tho National Association of Anti
ImperIaiis. Clubs Sign Resolutions That
Express tile Sentiment. of All rrne
Americans.
The resolutions are as follows:

iioSe PorletttouS campaign is at hand,
when the merits Of it's issues, and OF
the respective candidates for the Pres
idencY. are to be finally submitted to
the Jury of the people. submit the fol-
lowing as a, synopsis of our position
and upon it invite the support of the
membership of this association and of
patriotic voters generally:
We object to the imposition of tax
alton without representation by the
mckinley administration upon the
people of Porto Rico. as an unpardon-
able violation OF American principles.
We object to the recognition of slav-
cry ond poiygamy by the Mckinley adj
minlstration, in its illegal treaty With
reference to the Sulu Islands. as an
outrage against the letter and spirit
of American law.
We object to the perversion and sup
preston of news and information by
the Mckinley administration. either
by means of censorship at Washington
or by subsidized press, as the most
immediate danger threatening Ameri-
can liberty
lNFANIY IN PHILIPPINES.
We object. as a people still devoted to
righteousness. to the infamy committed
in the Philippine Islands by the Nc
Kinlcy administration upon our own
troops. as well as upon people in
nocent Of any offence whatever toward
our nation. as the most shameful OIL
cial crime in the annals &c American
history.
We object to every form OF tacit I'M
Outstanding by the Mckinley admins
tration with monarchical governments
and which to-day dcprives a people
struggling for self-preservation and
Republican form of government in
South Africa. OF the moral support and
sympathy which our poodle would
gladly extend
we object TO the arbitrary exercise OF
executive power by tho Mckinley 'ad-
ministration. unrestrained by the pro-
visions of the Constitution ar by the
customs and usage of more than
century. We object to the prostitution
q otN American doctrines and ideals and
10 Inc delivery of our people to the
methods OF despois and to trc suaru,
OF Imperialism
NOW. therefore. appealing to tho
members Of these clubs as well as 10
an voters who place country above
purity. we ask that they make the rc
ciection of Mr.. Mckinley irpossibIe NV
oecilning TO vote for him. and to maxi,
positively certain that such calamity
may be averted that they do cast thai.
votes for Mr.. Bryan.
Ahson Phelps Stokes. president: ]. +
HaTuer. George l.. Wellington. Edwin
nurrltt Smith. Gamaliel bradford
aueouore M. Banta. Edward NJ Shcp-
g. G. Hughes. secretary treasurer:
Frederick William Jassen, assistant
etary-treasurer
a FEW SINGNERS OF RESoLU.
TON.
@. Kyle, Alabama; Thomas O. To-
land' california; II. II. Cuff. Connect
cut; Samuel Bancroft. Jr.. Delaware.
captain Patrick O'Fcrrall. District of
Columbia; j. j. Spau,dinG. Georgia.
rroi. VIM. Nj. Saltcr. Illinois: CATO
3eiis, Iowa; W. b. Smith Kentucky:
Joseph Lee. Massa chusetts: Governor
John Lind. Minnesota: y. I. Nolan
MeDraska; Charles T.. Falsey. New
Mexico; ,. BrynjOlfson, North Dakota:
IL. IL. Nichols, Oregon: r. c. Dun.
aIeTas, w. III. HoSe, Virginia: r. a.
Mcbonaiu, Washington; NJ. r. Ruff
ner. West Virginia: f. d. Schutz Wis
consin; John Martin, Wyoming: James
r. Read, Arkansas; Judge w. S. Deck
or, Colorado; Colonel Edward r, sta
GSy, Delaware; Rev. Joseph Brown
Tucker, Delaware; Cromwell Gibbons,
Elorida; James II. Hawlcy, Idaho; It.
~. Johnson, Indiana; s. II. smith.
Kansas: Rev Dr. Il. S. Bacon, Nary
tand; Myron Fl. Walker. AIichigan: J,
mack. Nevada; J. p. Mcdonnell New
Jersey; Charles b. Wildly, Ohio; Nf. l..
foX. south Dakota: William NJ Brad
iey Utah; Edward Holton James.
Washington; Alexander f. Matthew's.
n.
Virginia; George Wild, Wisconsin
james d. Phelan. San Francisco.
Cal; L. Is. Parish, Phoenix, Ariz; A.
IT, Austin. Suilield. Conn; Cyrus Beck
with, New London, Conn; c. l.. Sivley.
Oxford. Miss; Governor a. III. Longi-
no, jackson. Miss: Ex-Governor Robert
Lowry. Jackson, Miss: G. c. Miller
Melidcn, Miss; Walter A. White, BIZ
loX Miss; j. G.. c. Black. Augusta
Ga; =. W. Meldrim. Savannah, Ga.
Charles Roe, Rochester. n. Y: VIII
liam A. Beach. Syracuse y. y: Will
liam Townsend, Utica. n. Y; Albert
Ross Parsons president a. c. NJ. of
the University OF the state OF New
York; f. w. Hinrichs. Brooklyn. N. Y.
Thomas L. Anderson. Louisiana. Mo-:
Harvey Bliss, Big Timber. Neb.; Jacob
Hizer. Lexington. Mont; c.. p. Green
Bern, N. c.; Josephus Daniels. Raleigh,
N. c.. Samuel Ferguson. Mayville, n.
D.; Thomas 1ileinogel, Fargo. N. D.:
Robert A. Neff. Newkirk. oklahoma:
DR.. Abner l.. Davis. Findlay, Ohio;
Judge L. w. Brown Wauseon. Ohio;
DR. w. w. Oglesby Junction City, Ore;
T. o. Marshall. North East Pa;
Charles H. Fisher Somerset. Pa; ].
w. Meyer, Pottsville. Pa: w. S.
Thomas Harrisburg, Pa. Joen NJ. Gar
man, Wikesbarre. Pa.
Il. Q. Minehart Johannesburg. Pa;
Dr. Thomas o. Moon. Ashland, Neb.:
James c. Dahlman. Omaha, Neb.; j. II,
Mccormack. Reno New; j. f. Morris
Passaic. N. j.; j, j. Quad, Sayreville,
n. j.: Charles Fl, Simmerman, Glass
boro, N. j.; John IT. O'Connor Pater-
son. n. j.; William Fuile. Newark. n,
j.; j. 70. Mears, Newark. n. j.; II.
Abrams. New Brunswick N. j.: James
A. Hamle. Jersey City, n. j.: James
G. Howard. Lock, Ky; f. b. I<ruch-
nit. eW Orleans La: Robert s. Len