Show BU B UJS HIS H BRIDGES I George S Boutwell Turns His Back on Republicans I r I i DECLARES FOR MR BRYAN 1 I ExGovernor Massachusetts In tho AntI p6rnstc Convention at Indianapolis Makes Known flish Purpose to Join tho Democrats Attendance At-tendance Upon the Convention is Small Only About 300 Delegates Being Present JBourke Cockran Sends a Letter 1 Indianapolis Ind Aug 15The first days session of Liberty congress of thaNational t AntiImperialistic league l was somewhat disappointing so far n the attendance of delegates was concerned I I 1 con-cerned About 300 accredited delegates 1 were presentand more are promised J for tomorrow In spite of the small attendance the speeches of Edwin B Smith the temporary chairman and George S Boutwell the permanent president brought forth much enthusiasm enthu-siasm The public meeting In tho evening was much better attended and I the t reading of Bourke CocRrans1 letter was the signal for tremendous siSnai applause I ap-plause but the greatest demonstration of the session came this evening when George Boirtwell exGovernor of Massachusetts Mass-achusetts and Secretary of the Treasury Treas-ury In the Cabinet under President Grant concluded his address a chairman chair-man with the declaration that ho had I turned his back on tho Republican party par-ty and should support Bryan for President I Presi-dent The delegates rose In their scats and tendered the exGovernor an ovation ova-tion that lasted several minutes I Tomllnson hall was elaborately decorated deco-rated with American flags pictures of J Washington Lincoln Jefferson Thorn I S as A Hendricks and Oliver P Morton SWunh directly over the speakers platform plat-form was an Immense banner with the following Inscription foUowlnS Insclipton lI spook not of forcible annexation for that cannot be thought of That by our code of morals would be criminal crimi-nal aggression William McKlnley Behold a Republic standing erect with the empires all around her bowed eneath the weight of their armaments a Republic whose Hag Is loved while other flags are only feared William J Bryan Gen George Mercer of Philadelphia called the convention to order caled lhe convcnton at 11 oclock presenting Edwin Burrltt Smith of Chicago as temporary chairman chair-man Prof A H Tohnan of Chicago read the Declaration of Independence Rev Herbert S BIgelow of Cincinnati Invoked i the divine blessing on the de liberations l of the body after which Mr Smith delivered his address He spoke in part o follows BITTER AGAINST MKINLEY The American people must once for all pui away the Imperial crown which McKlnlcy proffers to them A self governing people cannot acquire hnd hold power to rule others The pro posal that the people of the United States are or can be a source of gov ernment whether good or bad gO a purchased or conquered people wholly ignores the basis of the Republic and does violence to Its most cherished Ideals i They are organized to govern themselves Their government fs tin expression not a source ot authority Neither they nor their government 0 can exercise legitimate authority over any cn but citizens of the Republic There Is place for none but citizens beneath the American flag It therefore follows that all who cherish American liberty all who he i lleve In the universal application of the principles of the Declaration of Inde pendence all who would perceive the supremacy of the Constitution all who Consttuton with Abraham Lincoln would repulse the vanguards the miners und sap pers of returning despotism should In the coming election withhold their voles from McKinley thel We propose to disregard all minor questions and issues while we drive from the temple those who have be trayed the law of the Nations life REGRETS VOTING FOR MKLNLEYa Gen John Beatty of Columbus 0 aroused much enthusiasm by his re marks I have been a Republican for Republcan fifty years he said and j propose to continue a Republican until idle I pray that God will forglverme for vot ing for McKinley in 1S9C 1 did not think that he would turn hid back upon the eternal peace of the Republic If Republc I Cleveland or Reed or Bryan had been L I President there slent would have been no war in the Philippines no butchery 10 of Inoffensive Christian people no deaths of brave American soldiers there but out flag would now have boon hailed hnlce1 with acclaim by n new republic PROPHET FROM COLORADO Judge Moses Hallett of Colorado said Ills j State was sure to go for Bryan whatever the action of the convention By a standing vote the fpaVenton adopted a resolution expressingsym oluton m pathy with Carl Schurz in the death of his son D C Tlllotson of Kansas chairman of tho committee on permanent organ ization f reported In favor of George S I Boutwell for permanent chairman Gov Boutwell was accorded a great demon Stratton said when he took the gavel Ho LEAVES REPUBLICANS Having In mind many of tho honors that I have received from my country men In times past I shall when this day is gone have no more favorable recollection of any one of them than I shall of this This Is a historic occa sion If the peril of this Occa I peri country Js I what we think It Is If J the question be qUCSUfn fore you and your countrymen Is the question of the continuance of the Re < public then no greater question has ever been committed to an assembly of men or to the country We are op posed to Imperialism We are In favor of a Republican form of government We respect the teachings of our ances try the glory of the history they have left to us and standing between the past and tho future It Is our duty to transmit to posterity the peace of the fathers and the institutions that they founded That IR your mission today as tho representative of fortyfive reprcsenlalvcH C Slates of this Union I maybe a rep resentation without an organized con L Btltuency but It Is a representation that speaks for Itself and for the people of the country and for the generation Is that advancing to take our places l I I and llIs n representation that has representalon a I right toapeak n representation that I will be heard at Washington today hoard ovrr the world speaking as we do for the preservation of Republenn I I institutions rcpi renting tho Vmcili n republic the Hhi of whlrh Ir It flaill t I jyo out will nfv r be rvkiiuflcd on the i surface of the earth I 1 WHERE POLICY WIfyl ttNO < L charge that the policy upon which this Administration ha entered will mean the abandonment of tio peace upon which our Government ya3 I founded that ItiWlI1 changoutho Rii 1 I I publlc into an empire Tub first of the meant before us for the preserva I tlon of tho Union if our allegation lat la-t true Is the overthrow of th0 Adminla J tratlom I am not disposed to make J j Issues with men but my former friend and fellow citizen Mr Long the Sec rotary of the Navy has made a remark re-mark which of Itself may not appear very I significant but nevertheless I I chooso to make some comment upon It Mr Long says what we call Imperialism Imperial-ism Is only a cry and that the anti impcrlallsts here arc few In number and of no considerable Importance He I says Their voice Is only n cry That may be true a census hat not been I taken and we dont boast of numbers taB ut nineteen centuries ago n cry was 1 heard In the wilderness of Judea heard by only a few but now the I I I echoes of his voice are heard the world I over And now we arc crying for an 1 i open path of Justice for all people repentance re-pentance for the wrong that has been done In the past and reformation In the future We has accomplished something some-thing The antllmperlallstlc league have made the name and the characteristics charac-teristics of imperialism known and spoken In every palace every log cabin and every prairie camp on this continent CONDITIONS IN CHINA Gov Boutwell then turned the attention atten-tion of his audience to the condition I of affairs In China declaring his belief be-lief that it Is the Intention of the powers I pow-ers to partition China He added l 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 I a rebellion should occur In London and our Minister shouldbe jInlsler be In peril uf his life would we send a force up the Thames river to bombard London No we would appeal to the diplomats before beginning a military undertaking underta-king Was It not a declaration of war when we trained our guns upon UK tw bns thesi citadels of the Chinese empire Who authorized It Under the Constitution Congress alone can declare war Can I the Chief Magistrate make war In the abseBie of a Congressional declaration of war I Who does not see that the delivery of Englands downfall is approaching And we are asked to follow her example ex-ample and tread In the Imperial footsteps foot-steps of Great Britain knowing that these steps are leading the British empire to destruction Now la theme ti the-me for the people to Cult this progress pro-gress to ruin and the laboring men o f this country are the men to whom I appeal I I DECLARES FOR BRYAN In my youth I had no disguises I turned aside and left the Democratic party when It surrendered to slavery In my age I leave the Republican party par-ty now that It has surrendered itself to despotic and tyrannical motives I helped create the Republican party a party at that time of justice and principle prin-ciple and honesty I now believe It Is a party of Injustice and despotism 1 and I will help to destroy it And how There Is but one available 1 means and you know what that Is I am for Bryan I am for Bryan In spite of what horn I ho-rn believe concerning the currency or finances of the fnances country This question ques-tion to which we Invite the countrys attention is a question of life or death to the Republic In such a crisis shall we stop to consider whether silver should Is be worth more or less them It TRUSTS THE NEBRASKAN I you have not been deceived In a man and he promises to do what Is right you arc not to blame If you try him h Mr Bryan to me stands in that position Even his enemies say nothing noth-ing i against him ns a man In this very city he has made the most explicit ex-plicit promises to pursue that policy which we advocate I arn disposed to trust him Jf I look on the other side In my opinion President McKinley has promised several things and then done several things that do not run In harmony har-mony with his promises But now ho pledges himself to pursue a policy which we condemn If we vote to support sup-port him In that policy we have no right to complain I believe Bryan Is honest In his purpose to redeem this country from degradation and It Is a policy of Imperialism as any man I who sits In this audience knows There fore for one I am In favor of supporting supportng Mr Bryan In spite of his belief In thinGs concerning which he has not m y approval WHAT HE HOPES FOR We are to have a platform contain Inc bt n plank against this Administra ton I hope to support Bryan Next March I trust we will have an Inauguration Inaugu-ration to be fqllowcd by D policy which will bring the troops out of the Phil ippines i diminish the death roll and the massacre of people In these Islands and we shall then set up free young republics which shall glory In their origin through the policy of the Amer ican i people raised from a condition of tyranny to an opportunity to govern themselves and enjoy the fruits of their own Industry and to decide for themselves t what their public policy shall beAt polc be-At the conclusion of Gov BoulwcHs Boutwels address the committee on resolutions S was announced among the members amonS being Louis Ehrlch of Colorado and I D C Tlllotson of Kansas NIGHT MEETING HELD A wellattended public meeting was held tonight at Tomllnson hall at hnl a which addresses were delivered bv Field Storey Boston Slgmund Zels SIgmund ler i of v Chicago Rev Herbert S BIge low l of Cincinnati and Capt Patrick OFerrlll of Washington The reading of 0 letter from Hon Bourke Cochran to Edwin Burrltt Smith at Indianapolis In response to an Invitation to attend and address the antiImperialist < antImperlalsl congress In that conlress city August 1C 1900 brought forth n tremendous round of trcmencouB applause I was dated New York August 1Hh and was as follows 11 MR COCICRANS LETTER coCaS LETTEf My Dear Slr1 I regret very much that owing to business bllneso encasements hero 1 will ho unable to attend the LIberty con vention at Indliiiuipolls on the IQth the lio IHll attitude of antlliupcrliillst to linpoilnllsm cannot be open to debate and therefore 1 assume the object of tjio Convention Is not to express opposition but to devise a method of mulling that opposition ef fective Tho lniuo l of Imperialism having bof > n oqunroly raised between tho two great parties It must be plain that tim only In which way a citizen can exercise any direct Influence upon tho CnL rClul cercso voting for thin Republican caudidalo who c1ldlfCl nupportu or the Democratic candidate Democratc candldlll who opposes I Nothing can bo ncconipllBhcd by tho nomination of f third candidate that cun not be iiccompllnhetl 1 by nbslenllon from the nlon polls uxcept that tho citizen who re cllzn mal ut homo on election dny passes un nollced while ho who voles a third ticket attracts all tho difference between a jillont and I 1110nt a vociferous refusal to exercise the suffrage JH not worth illMCUHHlon since ab stention ft on civic duty In novcr com m ndable When the Republic Is In dan fjor the only place for the mitrlot Is I In lllriol tho rank of Its executive dofcndorB Ab sonco from the Hell of elera or shoot Ing the air can never be Justified HESITATE ABOUT BRYAN I ciumot be denied thai whllo untllm whll untIm pcrmllfllK unanimously approve Mr Bry alf position on Imperialism many of them hoslialo to vote for hit election to I the Piesllency because they regard his vlewH on other questions with distrust fluestorl wih tJllrHt and apprehension Upo cannot hope to deal Intelligently with tho Issues of this campaign mil II wu liberate ourselves from the domination of tho questions discussions and pnualona of thc luto campaign n Within four years II political condlllonn luivo changed dccl slvcly and as condition chtmtcc Issues IS8UlR chanKO with thiiin Thu question which I the people must deUrlo now la l tadlcally different from that ubmlltod to them In lfc < Then iho I cMtUm of Mr Bry n I would have placed the Democratic party Dmoerllc In complete contrpl of tho legislature MI well l of Hi 1 ix i orutive branch of the Qovcrnnvnt with full power to onaqt all UK uonf n jnio lav while now hlA election will t mill not In placing tho control of the Government In the hands of the Dam ocratic party but In dividing Its control I between the two parties Whatever may be tho result of thin election tho Sonatoi will remain Republican for jwp yearn 1 certainly and probably for Your JSVon Ifj tho people rained Mr Bryan to the presi dency In November Iho Dcmocrntlfcpnr ty cannot possibly achieve any p w Prrl I legislation during tho existence Otlho next ConurcsB and without IcclSlutlvo sanction no change In the standard of value no reorganization of the Supremo court no modlllcrxtlon whatever of our llnnncJnl Industrial or political systems could bo accomplished There Is one 1s I SHO which the poouhir vordlrt will settle Irrevocably and tliat Is tho Issue of Imperialism Im-perialism I the Republican party bo successful Itw control of Judicial nWell r OR of the executive and legislative 1el purtments of the Government will bo absolute ab-solute and its disposition to exorcise all Ha power for the enforcement of nn Im pcrliillHtlc policy cannot be doubted At iho end of four years hnporltxllom will be so Irmly Imbedded In our political life Hint It enl never bo expelled WHAT BRYANS ELKCTION MKAXS Mr Bryans election of Itself would put 0 quietus upon tlio Imperialistic adventure I adven-ture No policy specifically condemned bye I th by-e peoplo has over been adopted Into our system unl Imperialism would prove no I I qxcoptlon to the rule Mr Hoars pug I Kcstlon that the Semite would refuse to follow a Democratic President In n pollcv of humanity approved by the people does I faint justice to his own patriotic capacity capaci-ty when liberated from the exigencies of n campaign for rcclcctlon his Intellect I ami his conscience would be restored to harmonious and effective operation Imperialism rebuked tit the polls and shown h to be unprofitable would not have Klnclc In the a l supporter country Within n month of plcclion Senator H oar could Induce his ablo concuptlonR I of freedom nnd duty to definite proposals i of pacification which both partita would I accept Tho country having pronounced for Justice politicians of every ahapo and description will bo eager to do Justice nnd when the desire for Justice Is sincere iho way to Justice Is oon discovered I ASKS A QUESTION Sinco the clectloil of Mr Bryan In certain cer-tain to deliver tho country from the Imminent Im-minent peril of Imperialism can tho Liberty convention hesitate to support him because of Impalpable danger arising I from hiM opinions on subjects with which as President ho cannot possibly deal I I confess It Is hard to understand the attitude atti-tude of those gentlemen who would havo supported him U the convention had been I i r si lent or ovaslvo on tho free coinage 0 I I si hesitate to him silver but who support ion i-on 0 platform which excludes that question I j ques-tion Jrom I the serious discussion of the I contest of relegating It to a subordinate I position rio Democratic platform do I clnres Hint Imperialism la I the paramount Is sue o tho campaign and Mr Bryans Speech i at IndlunajOils accepts thin conception con-ception of the Issue emphasizes It nnd I vI llcules It But a declination that Imperialism Im-perialism Is a paramount Issue I Is equiva I le lent nt to a declaration declaraton that thnt It IB the sole is sue for no Presidential election over decided mere than one question HIS OPINION OF PLATFORM I I i In my Judgment the platform actually I adopted by tim DemochUle convention should bn much more satisfactory to I soundmoney men than any of the substitutes substi-tutes 6ugsestet by older nnd more con ts I servative managers Since nobody pretends pre-tends that Mr Bryans opinions on tho question raised by the Chicago platfoim I of 1S35 have been changed his refusal lo disguise them In any way Is highly creditable I da able to his honesty and honesty Is tho fi tat essential of patriotic Presidential I i ner ice Mr Bryans conversion to a belief In sound money would In my opinion be a reason for national rejoicing but any I abandonment or abasement Of tho frankness I frank-ness and sincerity which have always dla lingulshcd him would bo little short of a national calamity Wo need not accept Mr Bryan ns an Infallible or oven as a Bund authority on economic to acknow edpo that his Integrity his truthfulness and absolute sincerity havo been among the most salutary Influences of this generation gen-eration on our political le GOLD STANDARD LAW I Is I certain that this country lo Indebted In-debted to him for the gold standard law which though It has the defects of Its party origin Is the best contribution to our national stability since the resumption resump-tion of specie payments I tho Democratic Demo-cratic platform of 1SOG had been evasive as unquestionably It would two been It the BOcalled conservatives had controlled Iho convention can anybody doubt that tho Republicans would have met evasion I wHi evasion anti that tho financial Issuo I I would be still unsettled hanging like a ws sinister shadow over our Industrial Astern As-tern t Mr Brynnn frank sincere and unequivocal un-equivocal advocacy of tho free coinage of silver forced tho Republican party reluctantly I re-luctantly l lo declare In favor of tim I gold I standard r The result watt not that which L Mr Bran sought nono the less It was produced by him Because ho wns sin cercly wrong ho forced tho Republican I politicians to become Insincerely ricIn To this sincerity of Mr Bryan tho country I I coun-try Is Indebted for the opportunity to i pass squarely and decisively upon tho I Issue i of imperialism J tho Republic Is lo bo overthrown tho assault must now nonI be made In tho open light of day U In no longer possible to strangle It undercover under-cover of misleading and hypocritical I phrasesWILL WILL PURSUE OLD COURSE In this open light for liberty auroly every nntllmperlnllat should bo ready hear b h-ear his part Hesitation to avail ourselves our-selves of tho leadership under which lone opposition to Imperialism can bo made effective through distrust of tho leaders l views on an economic question not now In Issue would be as BonBeless as 1 hesitation to employ n surgeon on oif whose skill depended tho solo prospect of < slc1 llfo l through dislike of his religious beefs I H be-efs leCs cnn hardly be necessary to say thnt we who four years ago sacrificed our alO political prospects and personal nssocla poltcnl rather than lend oven a passive support of ollcnco to declarations which we believed to be subversive of order will i beleved same course again If lies 0 questions should over recur Tho best evidence of our capacity to deal with the issues I of IWtt or 1WM whatever wih ever they may Is to deal Intelligently now with tho Issues of 1900 On that Issue Is-sue Mr Bryan stands for Justice liberty and tho Constitution and slnco all theso would bo Imperiled by his defeat It Is to I be hoped thnt the liberty convention will not bo swerved from supporting him by prejudices sprIngIng from past antagonisms antago-nisms or by groundless apprehensions of the future Yours very sincerely W BOURKE COCKRAN |