The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-16


part did the Anti-Imperialist CLUBS
play in the presidential campaign? What
was their membership:
The National Association of Antl-ln-
perialist Clubs had. in the forty-hve States
and Territories, a membership OF over
10000, and in it were included many OF
the leading citizens of the country. l
will name a few Of thousands: Arson
Phelps Stokes, Andrew Carnegie, and Carl
Schurz, New York; Judson Harmon, ONO;
! e. M Shepard, Brooklyn: Senator George
L. Wellington, Maryland. With me on
the Executive Committee We're Governor
Lind Minnesota; j. |. SpauldlnS, Geor-
gia; Colonel T. w. Higginsoa, Massachu-
setts: s. II. Smith. Kansas; the Rev. DR..
7. S. Bacon, Maryland; W l. Boreman,
West Virginia: T. E. Johnson, Indiana; f.
B. Schultz Wisconsin; Colonel Edward =
Stacey, Delaware, and Willis Y. Patch,
Maine.
MANY MEETINGS.
The work done was OF a general charac-
ter but special eXertions We're made IN
The doubtful States of Indiana and New
York. In New York large mass-meetings
were held in Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica, Al
bany and other points In Greater New
York we held 1,056 meetings in all. These
gatherings We're addressed by 900 speakers,
and the enrolment within the city lines
was more than 100000. The city vote
proves how effective the clubs were.
The election over, the National Associa-
ton of Anti-Imperialist CLUBS was formal
" dissolved, and in its place a permanent
league was formed. 1t is called ,llat
American Liberty League. mis- pody
will have two standing committee
the Law Committee and the Congressional
Committee. The former will be charged
with the duty of bringing before the SUI
creme Court OF the United States for adj
Indication all infringements of the Con-
stitution, and the latter Will attend to
the work of gettirg up petitions 10 Con-
sress in every Congressional district, urg-
ing congressman to advocate the views OF
the League; and in 1902 in every district
where a candidate has not been nominated
whose views are in accordance with tine
ideas OF the organization ii Will become
the duty OF the League to select q man
pledged to support its principles. The
American Liberty League has come to
stay. and means to do ali III it's power to
conserve the fundamental principles and
theories of the fathers Of the Republic SO
far as they apply to existing conditions.
EMINENT MEN.
My four rnorths' experience in the last
campaign was the first that I had III
politics. 1t was most interesting. During
the contest met nearly all the leaders on
the Democratic side. State and National.
I studied them Observation-Disclosures their
methods ard mental characteristics. Mr..
William J. Bryan, Mr.. :Stev enson. Senator
Jones. Governor Stone. Congressman
Rfcha rason W. r. Hearst. Willis J. Alb
bott. John r. Stanchfield, Senator S1ackay
X Mcclure, Frank Campbell, OF the
state Committee of New York; Bourke
cochran. f. NJ Shepard. Horace White.
Norman E. Mack, DR.. Felix Adler. Carl
srhurz. Ex-Governor Hill, Perry Belmont,
and scores of others almost eqtrati y emf
nent with whom I came in contact. deep
" interested me. I was, as it were, IN "A
new world.
ma short time. I found that some Of the
strongest men in the East. WINE aeept!
hostile to imperialism in every phase and
form. were, nevertheless. because OF the
financial and other questions. In FAVOR OF
mckinley. Among them were Wheeler
r Peckham Oswald Ottendorter. An
drew Carnegie. John G.. Carlisle, Everett
p Wheeler and Abram S. Hewett. My
exnerience,, said Mr.. Hewett one day rs
that in a national campaign the leadership
rests compare lively speaking. In very
few men" That found to be true. OHf
the Republican side. Senator Hanna was
unn,lestionablv the dominant force in the
direction[of; the campaign. He demonstrate
al clearly that he was business man In
nolitics. with marvellous executive ability.
and a rugged aggressivenesss that swept
everything before him with a merciless,
7 might say, brutal, spirit. It Is not mat
ter OF surprise, therefore. that MI. Hanna,
with these mental characterictics.ztt tres
mendous energy. and unlimltec cailpeien
funds, elected Mr.. Mckinney.
~ MONEY AND LEADERSHIP.
n looking back at the election. tnero -
,,,,1,,s ona cnnc,1,s sion TO ha reackad, 0aWa1Ts