Aguinaldo himself publicly recommended Evangelista to head the revolutionary government that would be established in place of the Katipunan Government, according to Aquinaldo, Evangelista is "the most educated" in the organization and that Evangelista could "command the respect of the Spaniards." Evangelista presented his draft constitution for the proposed government to Supremo Bonifacio but this had earlier been rejected as too similar and finding it plagiarized from the Spanish "Maura Law" - the same law that laid the basic foundations for Spanish Municipal Government in the Philippines. It is named after its author, Antonio Maura y Montaner the Spanish Minister of Colonies at the time.
Sa ginawang pagbalik sa Pilipinas, lumabag na muli sa kasunduan ng Pack of Biak na Bato. Marami pang paulit ulit na mga meeting ni Aquinaldo at mga Amerikano. Hangang iproklama nga ni Aquinaldo sa Kawit, na kaniyang lunsod ang Kalayaan ng Pilipinas noong Junyo 12, 1898. Subalit ang pagkaproklama na sinagawa ay hindi dinaluhan ni isang Amerikano. Bakit, hindi ba’t sila ang ating comrade at arms? Kaibigan? Kakampi? Walang Gringong dumalo kahit mayroong imbitasyong isinagawa at ibinigay ni Aquinaldo. Maliwanag na ayaw ng mga Amerikano na kilalanin ang sting kalayaan.