Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-11

opportunity to study the situation, arc
convinced of the fact that the opposition
made to the ratification of the treaty of
peace with Spain. under which the Phil
ippines We're coded to thisc country, led up
to the breaking out of hostilities.
But for this condition of affairs it is
not at all likely that Aguinaldo would
have taken up arms against the federal
forces at Manila. He was fired with the
hope that the great body of the American
people was against the policy of retain
ing the islands and would rebuke the adj
ministration for it's efforts to hold them.
This d was strengthened when every
copperhead in the country began to praise
the cause of the Filipino barbarian. and
demand a reversal of the policy of "con-
quest i~naugurated by the national adj
ministration. &
Captain N. NJ. Dyer. who was promi-
nent in the fight that destroyed the ships
VI NIOltSJo IL Ndlllld Jay, oh llC CN0A
full day that shouldered upon the, Amer
lean nation the responsibility of retaining
the Philippines, declares that the anti
expansionists are responsible for the con
%tinuation of the war. He says:
The rebellion would not have lasted
nearly so long if it had not been for the
sympathy of these people. They are do
ing more harm than they know. They are
deluding the insurgents. Information of
what is going on at home is sent to the
insurgents at once. They are led to be-
lieve that all the acts of the government
are discredited by the people, and that
as soon as the people get a chance to do
so they will overthrow the administra-
ton. So the insurgents think that if they
hold out for a while longer the present
administration will be overthrown, and
that. they will be allowed to do as they
please. This state Of affairs is due al
most entirely to the Vaccinations of these
goody-goody people of Massachusetts and
other states. They should be suppressed
as quickly and effectually as possible,
that the work of putting down the rebel
lion may be made easier and quicker.
H. What Captain Dyer says Of Massachu-
sets applies with equal force to Mon
tana. While the brave volunteers from
this state have been fighting with I'M
fame upon the battlef1elds of Luzon, dy-
ing in hospitals and in trenches for the
honor of the flag they nave sworn to de-
fend, such short-sighted newspapers as
the Anaconda Standard, the Helena In
dependent and the Butte Miner have
sought to secure a political advantagesby
trying to show the Filipino junta that
the sentiment of the great state of Mon
tana is against the national adminis1,a-
ton and in favor of the cause of Aguin-
aldo.
In reviewing the situation in the United
States, the junta assumes that the.seri-
timent of Montana is against american
occupancy of the Philippines. and there
fore in favor of the downfall of the Otis
campaign, basing it's judgment on the ed
cratic morning papers of this state.
While those newspapers do not represent
he views of the loyal citizens of Mon
tana, in attacking the war policy of the
administration, any more than a super
animated senatorial grandmother repre-
sents the patriotic sentiments of Massa-
chusetts in declaiming against the policy
of maintaining the honor and dignity Of
the American flag in a distant cline,
Aguinaldo's junta finds encouragement
and hope in interpreting surface symp-
toms in behalf of the Filipino cause.
The war Of the rebellion thirty-five
years. ago was prolonged by confederate
sympathizers in the north, and history is
repeating itself in the present contest in
the Philippines. The men who are try
ing to embarrass the administration in
it's efforts to bring the Filipino wal to a
successful conclusion will live to bitterly
repent the error into which they fell, but
such repentance will come to them like
their admiration for Abraham Lincoln
long after the opportunity to repair the
injuries inflicted has passed away.
DECLARING FOR PEACE.
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