Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-08-16
THE ANTI-MIPDRlI
Iibert, Congress- Of the League
at indianapolis.
SPEECH OF GEO. Q. BOUTWELL,.
The Ex-seeretary u che Treasury
Made Permanent Chairman of the
Convention, and Asserts Himself In
Favor OF bryan.

KAe EA~SeSES0Axy "a me hEct1ehF$
Made Permanent chatwman of tho
Convention, and Asserts Himself In
Favor OF bryan.
Indianapolis, Aug 16-The first
days session OF the liberty congress
OF the National Anti-Imperialisti
League was somewhat disappointing
so far az the attendance of delegates
was concerned. About 800 accredited
delegates were present The public
meeting in the evening was much bet
ter attended. The greatest demonstra-
ton of the convention came In the at
ternoon, when the venerable George
S. Boutwell, ex-governor of Massachu-
sets, and secretary Of the treasury in
the cabinet of President Grant, con-
cluded his address as permanent
chairman with the declaration that he
had turned his back ON the Republican
party and would support Bryan for
president.
George G. Mercer, of Philadelphia,
called the convention to order at II
O'Clock, presenting Edwin Burritt, of
Chicago, as temporary chairman. Pro-
fessor A. H. Tolman, of the University
of Chicago, read the Declaration of In
dependence, and Rev Herbert S. Bige-
low of Cincinnati. invoked the divine
blessing on the deliberations of the
body.
D. C. TiIlotson, of Kansas, chairman
of the committee on permanent or
ganization, reported in favor Of George
S. Boutwell, for permanent chairman
Temporary Secretaries Winslow and
Mize were made permanent. Cover
nor Boutwell, was accorded demon
stration when he took the gavel He
said in part:
Having in mind many of the honors
that have. received from my country
men in times past, shall, when this
day is gone. have no more favorable
recollection of any one of them than ]
shall of this If the peril of this country
is what we think it is. if the question
before Won and before your country
men is the question of the continuance
of the republic, then no grayer dues-
ton has ever been committed to an as
sembly of men or to the country We
are opposed TO imperialism. We are in
favor of a republican form of govern
ment. We respect the teachings of our
ancestry. the glory of the history they
have left to us, and standing between
the past and the future it is our duty
TO transmit to posterity the principles
of our fathers and the institutions that
they founded. That is your mission to-
day as the representatives of 45 states
of this Union. 1t may be a representa-
ton without an organized constituency,
but it is a representation that speaks
for itself and for the people of the
country
We have accomplished something
The Anti-Imperialistic league have
made the name and the characteristics
Of Imperialism known and spoken in
every palace, every log cabin and every
prairie camp on this continent. We are
told there is peace in the Philippines
and our 10000 soldiers there are mere
ly performing police duty. The presi-
dent has said the Philippines are ours
and there will be no abatement of our
rights and no scuttie policy. He in
terpreted the protocol with Spain con-
trary to its language and framed the
treaty of Paris according to 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 one 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 administration
of which he is head.
when we enteredsthe Philippines it
was an additional menace to the Chi
nese empire and it has led to the reyo-
luton in China and put the mission
aries and ambassadors in peril of their
lives. Instead if being fortunate cir
cumstance, the fact that we were in
the Philippines was the chief occas-
ion of that revolution in China
"Tf we had treated China in the
month of June as we would have
treated Great Britain under similar
circumstances there would have been
no peril If a rebellion should occur in
London and our minister there should
be in peril of his life. would we send
force up the Thames river to lombard
London2 No, we would appeal to the
different nations through diplomatic
channels before engaging in a military
undertaking
TN my youth l had no DISCUSSES.
turned aside and left the Democratic
party when it surrendered to slavery.
In my age leave the Republican party
helped create the Republican party.
am for Bryan in spite Of what ne may
believe concerning the currency or
finances Of the country"
At the conclusion of Governor Bout
wells address the committee on reso-
buttons was announced, and the COM
mittee will report the platform today.