The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-02
OPENING GUN OF
THE CAMPAIGN
Historic Fanueil Hall Scene of
Rousing Democratic Meeting.
ANTI-IMPERlALISM THE CRY
COLORADO AN EXAMPLE OF NIL
ITARY RULE.

persons crowded INTO Eanueu hatt
today TO hear ". BOuTke Cochran or
New York, Governor L F. c. GsTvin
Of Rhode Island and Charles Francis
Adams of this city address mass
meeting called by the New England
Anti-ImpeTialistic league
Adherence to the Democratic Plat
form" was the slogan Of the speakers
George A Boutwell,. former governor
of Massachusetts and the president OF
the New England Anti-ImDeriafistic
lea que, presided. Mr.. Boutwell, made a
brief Introductory address and intro
duced Governor Garvin, who said in
part:
Governor Garvin's Speech.
AS was to be expected. our denial
Of the right of self government 10 other
people has already reacted here at
home. The latest and most fragrant
Illustration is to be found in Colorado.
As a result OF anarchy on the part o.
the constituted authorities there have
arisen strikes, accompanied by VIC
fence, martial law and finally an alb.
rogatiOn Of the bill Of rights through
the deportation Of citizens beyond the
borders of the state.
Analogous instances of disregard OF
law are occurring in other states
Governor Garvin declared his inter
est not merely in the abolition of i'm
peTialism, but in the abolition Of that
government of the few which had mad
imperialism possible. To this end n
advocated a more direct and complete
control by the people Of the state ami
national constitutions. He would have
the power conferred upon per cent
of the voters to propose constitutional
amendments and to have them sub
United TO the entire electorate for
adoption or rejection.
Mr.. Adams Address.
Charles Francis dams spoke in part
as follows
We Americans do not ike that 20
itical situation eXemplified and brought
TO its tragic conclusion in the recent
assassination Of Won Plehve. for We are
assured that, as we in the Philippines
so the late chief of secret police in
Russia recognized the necessity Of bes-
towing large measure Of scIf-gOVeru-
ment upon the people as soon a they
have become fitted to receive il. The
words sound Familiarity, whether uttered
by Won Plehve at St Petersburg. OF, as
yesterday, at Washington.
To imagine that any community liv-
ing under a representative system Of gov
eminent, especially a community thor
oughly democratic in lis organization can
long go on in sufficiently political shape
without the presence within Ii of an eff
fectiye opposition as well as Of a party
in power, is, I hold, contrary TO reasO1i.
For eight years. for reasons which ID is
wholly unnecessary now to enter upon.
this country has been without an oDpo-
sitiOn either effective or self-resr ectIng.
The first duty. therefore, as I hold
It, of any thoughtful Independent man Is
to do in the present canvass whatever
lies in his power towards bringing such
an opposition into existence. If complete
success should happily attend him in this
effort. the most that could happen would
be the opposition would become the gov
eminent and the present government
would become the opposition
Attack on the Senate.
They talk today of paramount issues
the issue OF anti-imperialism. the great
race issue in the south. the issue of the
tariff. the money issue. the issue OF
trusts They talk of curbing the trusts
/ maintain there is no issue before the
American people so important OF so diff
ficult to meet as the issue Of curbing the
senate The Oligsrchic body has gOt 90
he brought back to its proper functions
in the machinery of government or dis
aster viii result. As was predicted in the
early days OF the constitution. a pOr-
ton Of the legislative body clothed with
a share of executive functions has
uSuCped functions, one by one, which dbl
not belong to it. until even appointments
in the judiciary have been turned over
10 members Of the senatorial ring to be
disposed of as comfortable. berths for life
for their political 'heeleTS-' There Is no
department Of the government today In
which that irresponsible chamber ~ not
actually supreme under the operation Of
what is known as The courtesy Of the
senate
The courtesy. of the senate. 8Ir. Adams
declared. was distributed by President
Roosevelt. Senator Lodge Senator AID
rich of Rhode Island and Senator 2. G..
Knox OF Pennsylvania.
Cochran Applauded.
Congressman w. Bourke Cochran was
greeted with enthusiastic and prolonged
applause.
we have not assembled to suggest any
T~
Cochran said. We simply ask that the
policy of freedom, justice and liberty es-
taDIished in Cuba, which has proved
creditable and profitable to US. which
the Cuban people have found "a source
of progress, a beacon Of freedom and a
bulwark of order. which the whole world
applauds as most valuable COntrIbU-
ton TO civilization. shall ne substituted
for the impeTialistic policy which has
proved wasteful and discreditable 10 this
country in the Philippine islands.
The decision Of this Question at the
polls Will not only affect profoundly the
people of the Philippines out u VIII also
affect the American people AMI. indeed
the whole progress Of civitizs ton. The
violation Of every moral obligation IN the
Philippine islands has been followed by
the violation of constitutional limitation
in the United States The spirit which
led our imperialists TO deny the right OF
self-gOVerumenC to the Filipino mani
tests Itself in their bearing az home
Law has fallen into contempt. N some
states Republican government IS wholly
abolished. Men are deported and beaten
by = self-COustituted military autherit7--
This extraordinary method is justified on
the ground that il is q necessary pre-
caution to avert graver excuses But
even if this be So IL only shows the
startling decay of that orderly. sober.
law-abitiing spirit which was formerly
instructive among all American Citi-
zons-
Imperialism's Worst Aspects.
THE worst aspect Of Imperialism is
not the individual expressions which. It
perDetrates but the wholesale democrat
ization worked by the spectacle Of sue
cessfuf corruption 1t has already per-
Ineated our whole government struc-
ture.
THE Democratic minority demanded a
fun examination of all the departments
That demand was refused in the sen
ate Mr. Roosevelts personal representa-.
tive declared that the majority would in
vestigate-nOt when the welfare of the
American people demanded il. but in its
own way and at its own time What is
this but a confession that investigation
would be fatal to their prospects %
During the meeting letters were read
from prominent anti-imp erialists through
out the country. including Carl Schurz,
Henry Wade Rogers, dean of the Yale
law school, and Edward u. Shepard OF
New York.
UNION MEN OUT.
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