The Portland daily press., 1900-08-17

ia1oeed VINO satisfied him better than
MIR Bryan.
Thomas NJ. Osborne of New York lead.
er of the Nationalist. - OF the third
party, was recognized to speak on the
resolutions. He said there were many
who could support neither Mckinley or
bryan, not believing it right to remedy
one wrong BY substituting another. "We
cannot trust the Democratic party as it
stands today" (Cries OF "bosh, ssHow
much did Mark Hanna pay you to come
hereby
Following Is the report of t he commit
tee on resolutions:
'Ihis liberty congress of anti Imperial
lists recognize great national crisis
which menacss the republic upon whose
future depends in such large measure the
hope OF freedom throughout the world,
For the first time in our c3untry's history
the President has undertaken to subju-
gate foreign people and to rule them by
despotic power. He has thrown the pro-
teetion Of the flag over slavery. and poly
gamy in the Sulu islands. He has AFRO
gated to himself the power to impose up
on the inhabitants Of the Philippines
Islands government without their consent
and taxation Without representation. lie
Is waging war upon them for asserting
the very principles for the maintenance
Of which our forefathers pledged their
lives. and their sacred honor. He claims
FOR himself and Congress authority to
govern the territories OF the United
States without const itutfonal restraint.
*We believe in the Declaration OF Inde-
pendence. It's truths, not less evident to-
day than when first announced by our
fathers, are OF universal application and
cannot be abandoned while governm ent
by the people endures.
"Me believe In the constitution Of the
United States. It gives the President and
Congress certain limited powers and Sc
cures 70 every man within the jurisdic-
ton OF our government certain essential
rights. We deny that either the President
o. Congress can govern any person any
where outside the constitution. We are
absolutely opposed to the policy OF Presi-
dent Mckinley which proposes to govern
millions of men without their consent,
which In Porto Rico established taxation
without representation, and government
= by the arbitrary viii OF a Legislature IN
r fettered by constitutional restraint, and
2 in the Philippines provokes "a war Of con-
quest and demands unconditional sur
+ render from people who of right, are
g free ana independent. The struggle of
}. men for freedom has ever been a strugg le
for constitutional liberty.
{ There is no liberty # the citizen had no
g right which the legislature may not IN
+ wade, If he may be taxed by the legisla-
= ture In which he Is not reported, or # he
Is is not protected by fundamental law
e against the arbitrary action of executive
ie power. The policy of the President
d offers the Inhabitants Of Porto Rico, Ha-
Z wall ana the Philippines, no hope of in
$ dependence no prospect Of American citi-
y zenship, no constitutional protection, no
II representatives IN the Congress which
C. taxes him. This IS the government Of
T. men BY arbitrary power without their
d. consent; this Is imperialism.
&C There Is no room under the free flag
he of American FOR subjects. The President
u and Congress who derive all their powers
te from the constitution can govern no man
without regard to its limitations.
ae We believe the greatest safeguard of lib
erty is a free press and we demand that
u the censorship in the Philippines which
ID keeps from the American people the
j. knowledge Of what is done in their nam e
"a be abolished.
u We are entitled to know the truth and
we insist that the powers which the
l. President holds in trust for US, shall be
le not used to suppress it. Because we thus
l. believe, we oppose the reelection of Mr..
g. Mckinley. The supreme purpose Of the
K people in this momentous campaign
S1 should be to stamp with their final dis
1t approval his attempt to- grasp imperial
power. A self-governing people can have
a no more imperative duty than to drive
y from public life chief magistrate who,
weather IN weakness or of wicked pur-
q pose. has used his temporary authority to
i subvert the character of their government
: and to destroy their national ideals.
@ We, therefore, in the belief that that it
o is essential at this crisis for the Ameri-
e can people again to declare their faith in
the uniyers al application of the Declare
S tion Of independence and to reassert their
a viii that Ktheir servants shall not have or
g exercise any powers whatever other than
those conferred by the constitution,
earnestly make the following recommen-
! dations to our country:
- First, that without regard to their
{ views on minor questions of domestic
= policy they withhold their votes from
Mr.. MCKINLEY, in order to stump with
y their approval what he has done.
Second, that they vote for those can
: didates for Congress in their respective
!, districts who win oppose the policy Of
4 imperialism.
J Third, while we welcome any 9th er