The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-22
HALLETT VS.. IMPERIALISM

Undoubtedly, undoubtedlv.', Trdgo
Hallett spoke wi.a the same iudioioI 81
ms honor uses when handing down an
important decision in an eo,,it,, o,ea
uhoouptedly we are on the road n ,
Hlonarchlcal government and If tba CO..
at the funeral" want lo pe
Judge Halletts name has been irrevoc-
AMY connected with the anti-imDariaI iStic
sentiment in Colorado and with tbo
dnli-lm1er,aI liberty congress. which 10
soon TO be held at Indianapolis. and he
is glad of it anu H0
want everybody to know whore 7
stand on what is certainly the greafest
CuesIlon mat ever has come before mis-
t; Sllce the signing of the Deelara-
IN III vi independence, and l am willing
tnat the papers should advertise - -
tnSlr cartoons If they like" he added
r, InoSe which appeared in the News and
republican were weak indeed hut theI,
St5a my purpose, and l am very glad
the cartoonistS care to interest +benn-
selves in my stand in regard to the Re
puDiIcah party as it is today
II is nigh time that the people were
necomlng alarmed We must not allow
our republic, for which so much sacri.
nee. so much mighty effort, has been
expended, 10 become exactly what the
great men for hundred years back have
prayed and fought against. The Repub
lcan party as il is TODAY. renrecerfad
by Mckinley and Roosevelt. is % rrI;,,e-
US there as fast as it can We are fOI7
lowing England's policy to the letter
ana now we can adopt her methods with,
GUY becoming what England is I do not
uIl9erstand. Within 100 years, governed
under the present policy, we shall he
under monarchical ruler
. me Spanish war was the beginning of
~, ana we are drifting there so fast now
lhat IL VIII require strenuous effort to
save us L firmly believe that if a free
expression of opinion in regard TO this
question could be obtained from the peo-
PIE OF the country, the sentiment against
ing vote.
But I believe in the old-fashioned Re
publican doctrines. the ideas set plainly
Iortn IN the constitution of these United
states and lived strictly by Abraham
Lincoln There is no similarity between
the party principles as they were then
ana as they are now. There is no party
IN the held which represents them.
VIII there be? All, as TO that 1 can
Judge Hallett declined further to an
sWer the question as to whether the In
/ olanaoohS assembly might or might not
put candidate in the presidential field.
AIDING declSlvely in answer to a second
| question; NO. no, indeed. I should not
think or accepting a nomination.
nave never before taken an active
part N this movement" he concluded.
because have not had the time. but
now that / have realized its mammoth
Importance and have the time shall de-
vote myself to the furtherance of the
| anti-imperialistic policy. I was invited
by the league to attend and urged to do
all in my power and this I shall do. l
| have already received a great many let
tiers from prominent people of this city.
and they are enthusiastically with me.
The convention will be attended by about
| 1.1oO delegates. a number of whom Will
go from Denver
I'VE shall probably not be troubled by
! men active in the politics of any of the
parties; they have their own business to
attend TO- The attendance at this league
viii be mainly of business men, who
| sincerely wish to see our country as OuI
patriots wished it should be"