Washington telegraph., 1900-08-24
iDECLARE FOR BRYAN
Anti-Imperialists in Liberty Con-
gress Favor His Election.
hhe Policy of Mckinley Administra~
ton nased Upon ImperiaIistic
Principles-philippin and
Chinese Troubles.

AT the first days sessions of the Ma
tiensl Anti-lmperialist league, In
dianapolis, August Is, the name of
William J. Bryan was greeted with
the widest enthusiasm and the adj
dresses OF Temporary Chairman Ed
win Burritt Smith and Permanent
Chairman George S. Boutwell, we're
interrupted by lengthy applause at
every mention of the democratic cam
didate for the presidency. The minor
speeches, those of the delegates, all
favored Mr.. Bryan's election. Per-
manent Chairman Boutwell's speech
is here given in part:
This is an historic occasion If the
peril of this country is what we think it
is; If the question before you and be-
fore your eountrymen is the question of
the continuance of the republic, then no
graver question has ever been commit
ted to an assembly of men or to the
country. We are opposed to Imperialism.
We are in favor of a republican form
OF government We respect the teach
ings Of our ancestry, thu glory of the
history they have left to u.s. and stand
ing between the past and the future it is
our duty to transmit to posterity the
principles of the fathers and the insti-
mission to-day as the representatives of
45 states of this union
Il charge that the policy upon which
this administration has entered will
mean the abandonment of the principles
upon which our government was found
ed, that it will change the republic into
an empire. The first of the means be-
fore US for the preservation of the
union, If our allegation is true, is the
overthrow of the administration.
The President Responsible.
I'VE are told there is peace in the PHI
ippines, and our $4,000 soldiers there are
merely performing police duty. The
president has said the Philippines are
ours, and there will be no abatement of
our rights and no seuttle policy. This
seems to indicate that we have entered
upon colonial policy, | always follow
the president by his doings, not by his
speeches. When the speeches of men and
the actions of men appear not to mar
menize, | look to their actions for the
truth therefore l have never looked to
the words of President Mckinley as pre-
senting substantial evidence of what he
would do. | am not able to explain
the motive of Mr.. Mckinley in taking
this policy | believe he is the master
mind in his cabinet, and that nothing
has tfdnspifed except that which he
himself has originated And he has car
ried it through thus far without inter
ruption, He interpreted the protocol
with Spain contrary to its language,
and framed the treaty Of Paris accord
ing 10 his own IDEAS and he has since
interpreted his powers upon his own
theory as to what he was authorized to
do. He is the ore person responsible
for what has been done, and if we are
opposed to what has been done, our
chief duty is the overthrow of the ad-
ministration of which he is the head,
The Chinese Trouble.
J "The troubles in China have been ag-
gravated and the missionaries and am
bassadors of the various governments
have been put in peril by the policy of
the United States. Is it not true that
in the last ten years there have been
statements again and again that it was
the purpose of the various states of Eu-
rope to partition China? When we en-
tered the Philippines it was add-
tional menace to the Chinese empire, and
it has led to the revolution in China and
put the missionaries and ambassadors
in peril of their lives Instead of being
a fortunate circumstance, the fact that
we were in the Philippines was the chief
occasion of that revolution in China. l
ask is Gen. Chaffee or Gen. Grant to
be put under the lead of prince of the
house of Germany or on the other hand,
is the government of the United States
to take upon itself the peril of allow
ing one of it's officers to take command
of the troops of England and France
and Germany, and be responsible for
all the mistakes? If we had treated
China in the month of June we would
have treated Great Britain under SINH
lar circumstances, there would have
been no peril. 1T a rebellion should oc-
cur in London and our minister there
should be in peril of his life, would we
send Il force up the Thames to lombard
London? No, we would appeal to the
different nations through diploma tic
channels before engaging in a military
undertaking. Was it not a declaration
of war when we trained our guns upon
the citade:s of the Chinese empire? Who
authorized it? Under the constitution,
congress alone can declare war Can
the chief magistrate make war in the
absence of a congressional declaration
of war?
Leaves Republican Party.
How is the overthrow Of the admins
tration to be Accomplishment? concluded
Mr. Boutwell,, In my youth l had no
DISCUSSES. 1 turned aside and left the
democratic party when it surrendered
to slavery. In my age l leave the re-
publican party, now that it has surrsu-
dered itself to despotc and tyrannical
motives. Great APPLAUSE l helped Gre
ate the republican party, a party at that
time of justice and principle and hon
esty. l now believe it is a party of IN
justice and despotsm, and | will help
to destroy it. And how? There is but
one available means, and you know what
that is. l am for Bryan.
We are to have a platform containing
n plank against this administration, and
] hope a recommendation to support
Bryan. Next March l trust we will
have an Inauguration to be followed by
policy which will bring the troops out
of the Philippines diminish the death
roll and the massacre of people in these
distant lands; and we shall then set up
three young republics which shall glory
in their origin through the policy of
the American people; raised from con-
dition of tyranny into an opportunity to