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Conservative. a
the following resolutions , which are
now the charter of the league :
"First. That our government shall
take immediate stops towards a suspen
sion of hostilities in the Philippines
and a conference with the Philippine
leaders , with a view to preventing fur
ther bloodshed upon the basis of a recog
nition of their freedom and independ
ence as soon as proper guarantees can be
had of order and protection to property.
"Second. That the government of
the United States shall tender an official
assurance to the inhabitants of the Phil
ippine Islands that they will encourage
and assist in the organization of such a
government in the islands as the people
thereof shall prefer , and that upon its
organization in stable manner the United
States , in accordance with its traditional
and prescriptive policy in such cases ,
will recognize the independence of the
Philippines and its equality among na
tions , and gradually withdraw all mili
tary and naval forces. "
If the objects of these resolutions are
not immediately attained , the league is
resolved to make them effective in the
political canvass soon to begin. Trans
lations of its literature into German and
other languages can bo effectually used
in the northwest and in the southwest ,
while there is a constant demand for
the pamphlets , circulars and broadsides
now on hand ; for speakers and assis
tance for local efforts from all parts of
the country.
The league earnestly appeals for con
tributions in aid of its work to its 80,000
members and to all lovers of their coun
try and of human freedom. Contribu
tions , small and great , will be acknowl
edged by the treasurer , Francis A.
Osborn , 48 Milk street , Boston , Mass.
Washington , April 18 , 1899.
The following well-known men are
the officers of the Anti-Imperialist
league :
President , George S. Boutwell ; vice
presidents , Grover Cleveland , George
F. Edmunds , John Sherman , Henry
Codmau Potter , H. S. Pingree , Samuel
Gompers , John G. Carlisle , Andrew
Carnegie , Charles Francis Adams , Carl
Sohurz , Reverdy Johnson , Samuel
Bowles , Edward Atkinson , James O.
Carter , John 0. Bullitt , Patrick A. Col
lins , Herbert Myrick , Theodore L. Cuy-
ler ; treasurer , Francis A. Osborn ; sec
retary , Erving Winslow ; executive com
mittee chairman , Winslow Warren
William Endicott , jr. , Jaines J. Myers
Albert S. Parsons , David Greene Has
kins , jr. , J. P. Munroe.
If the govern
CHOP STATISTICS. , . , . , . . ,
ment of the United
States would spend an amount o
money equal to the annual interest upon
the twenty millions of dollars paid Spain
for a job lot of islands and a few million
of tropical savages , on an annual farm
ensus for collecting reliable agricul-
; ural data , it would confer a benefit
upon farmers.
The present method is founded upon
, fallacy. County agents who gather ,
ir are presumed to gather , facts as to
rep acreages , conditions and yields are
Corking , or pretending that they are
parking , without compensation. Un-
iaid employees are irresponsible.
A much more reliable and efficient
stimate of the wheat , rye , oats and
. . , . . . corn , crop as well
A Better Sys- , ,
tern than This. the cotton cr ° P'
could be organized
hrough United States experiment sta-
ions. The government maintains one
of these in each territory and state.
Make it the duty of each station to re
port the area of each cereal and of cot-
; on in each. The acreage being given ,
lie productiveness of the soil known nnd
he climatic conditions and changes
) eiug published from week to week ,
hrough the growing season , every in-
, elligeut farmer , and every consumer
ould estimate and approximate more
correctly the amount of cereals and cot-
; on in a crop than the division of ag
ricultural statistics can under present
methods.
If the actual area of Minnesota or
STorth Dakota which has been put into
wheat is given , and the weather condi-
; ious as to temperature and moisture
are afforded general publicity from day
to day the amount of wheat to be turned
off by those states can be approximated
without much difficulty and made to
lorne very nearly into harmonywith real
results.
The same information from states
raising cotton could be utilized the same
way. Experiment stations with weather
bureau stations could furnish in that
way far better means of estimating
reps and do much more to enlighten
farmers as to probable prices than can
the present unsatisfactory methods.
The committee
UPHOLD THE appointed by
STANDAKD."PP"
GOLD STANDAKD. ,
President Morton
to act on the resolution offered by Mr.
Ingolls , consisting of Mr. Atkinson , Mr.
Wells and Mr. Hepburn , met at the
office of the League on March 29 , and
prepared the following , which un
der the power granted them by the cen
tral council becomes the declaration of
the League :
"Resolved , That the National Sound
Money League demands that a declara
tory act of congress be passed , making
all bonds , notes or other obligations 01
the United States payable in the lawful
unit of value , which is by statute a dollar
lar made of gold ; also an act of legisla
tion giving the holder of any note or
coin of the United States the right to
demand redemption under suitable pro
vision in respect to subsidiary coins o :
less than one dollar each , in said unit o
iralue or dollar made of gold or its mul-
iples in other gold coin.
"Resolved , That so long as the gov-
rnmont continues to reissue its notes to
-irculate as moneythe League favors leg-
slatiou establishing a separate bureau of
ssne and redemption in the treasury de-
lartment , in which shall be held a sepa-
ate reserve of gold coin in sufficient
.mount to assure the prompt redemption
if all the demand obligations of the gov-
srunient. " Sound Money for April.
OSTENTATION.
OSTENTATION.more vulgar than
ostentatious wealth. And nothing more
certain than the tendency of newly or
suddenly acquired riches to make dis
play and in an irritating manner vaunt
ts power.
The people who do most to array the
day laborer against all men who happen
not to be day laborers are those silly
possessors of money who are constantly
ticking their pocketbooks under the
mblic nose and insisting upon the
sweetness of the perfume of their dirty
dollars.
Those who , after long years of toil and
self-denial , acquire wealth , appreciate
; he fact that every dollar they possess
represents toil and self-denial. Such
never boast the value of cash nor make
vain display or extravagant use of money.
But the gambler who , in anight , wins
a fortune at cards , or in a day gains one
stock speculations , or the prospector
and miner who stumbles on one in the
mountains , is typical of a class who use
wealth as an aggravation to legitimate
labor. It is the pedantry of riches that
makes hatred for the vulgar who possess
; hem.
This saturnalia
THE FEAST popular dur-
OF FOOLS. . \.i . , , ,
mg the middle
ages. It was intended to commemorate
and honor the ass upon which the
Savior made his triumphal entry into
Jerusalem. This most absurd and im
piously frivolous feast was celebrated
always on January 1 circumcision day.
The office of the anniversary was first
sung , or chanted , in travesty ; then , a
procession being formed , all sorts of
fantastic garments and every thinkable
grotesqueness of manners with loud and
absurd instrumental music followed.
But an ass was the foremost fea
ture , the italicised individuality of the
occasion and from time to time the en
tire procession imitated the braying of
that sturdy animal.
Can it be that the various Jeffersonian
banquets whore the wine has been to
the food as sixteen to ouo ; and whore
orations have all been in imitation of the
master brayer and the foremost feaster
have been mere evolutions ?
And does riding into fame and candi
dature on free-silvor-at-16-to-l suggest
asininity on the part of the rider or his
worshipers ?
