Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-09-22
BURO Nv INFERMAsHUN
WASHINGTON, D. G.

WASHINGTON, D. G..
Tu the Editur:
In mi opinyun the time hez cum wen it
IL our dooty tn Recognize the services Nv
Mr.. A%guinaldo, hoo il provin hizself tn
be an efishunt ally Nv the Dimicrstic
party and SIGH Republicans ez kin be de-
pended on tn work with EN- in opposin
the Fillipeen policy Nv the administra-
shun. Mr.. Aguinaldo hez bin labesin I'M
der menny difikilties, but he hez bin an
activ and enthusiastic young patriot hoo
hez devoted hiz time, and hiz legs, tn
plantin the prinsiples NV liberty and indie
pendence intu the swamps and jungles
Nv wun Nv the Fillipeen Islands. This
nooze l hev strate frum MI. Edward At
kinson, and Senator Hoar, and other
anti-imperiaiists NV Massachusetts, hoo
hev stood sponsor fer hiz lofty patriot
ism, witch, tina asshoor me, il Nv the same
brand tibet George Washington handled
doorin our Revolooshunary war in 1776.
l never herd tibet George accepted a bride
Wv two hundred thousan dollars, tn sell
out hiz country, ez Aguinaldo took from
the Spanyards, but l kin see the ad-
vantig Nv not bein left in poverty and NV
havin munney enuff tn pa travellin ex-
penses in case the Amerikins made it tn
hot fer him.
Ez neer ez I kin make out, frum the
infermashun given me hi the distinguish
ed citizens Nv Massachusetts, hoo l hev
referred tn, Mr.. Aguinaldo IL the only
man Twin, or tryin tn live, in the Fill
peen Islands, hoo hez got the right idees
Nv government. Ez I understand it he il
the garden Nv k~onstitooshunal liberty
In tibet v~isinity, and hiz simpathizers air
the only people hoo kin be depended upon
tn take kare Nv it in the Yoonited Stats.
Therefore ez konstitooshunal liberty is
alwaze a tender plant in the tropics, it
wood seem tn be our first dooty tn see
that Mr.. Aguinaldo, hoo is acclimated,
hez a chance tn watch it's growth and see
whut kind Nv fruit it will %prodooce. At
present he IL being grately interfered
with hi the officers Nv the Amerikin
Army and Navy hoo air layin plans that
du not meet biz approval. They hev
gone k%ontrary tn hiz wishes, and hev on
konstitooshunally opprest his subjecks
wen tina didn't hev eny clothes on, and
hev perpetrated crate wrongs upon a hi
toned shivalrous, and liberty-lovin people.
Now I ask in all seriusness how kin
Aguinaldo du ez he wants tn if we wunt
let him; and how kin he raise the right
kind Nv konstitooshunal liberty if sum-
buddy with different idees il goin tn in
terfeer with the job? I kin see plainly
enuff, now, how little Dewey and Otis
and Lawton knew whit tina wuz doin
when tina wanted to establish Amerikin
authority and make it soopreme on our
own territory. Tha shood hev konsulted
Aguinaldo and asst him whut kind Nv a
government he wanted and whut biz
price wood be fer supporting it ontil sum
thin better turned up.
1t seems tn me tibet a little .ioodishus
diplomacy, backed up by the paymaster,
wood hev prevented war with him and
made him one Nv us ez long ez he found
it profitable tn du so. Instid Nv pursooin
this %reezonable and safe course, fer the
time bein, our generals hev bin pursooin
Aguinaldo. hizself. and he don't feel right