The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-03

The many-sided Marcus Aurelius Han
M has recently developed in n striking
degree his slumbering talent as an ora
tor, Conceiving, no doubt, that the stu
alton an Ohio is becoming more and
more dangerous to the cause Of imperial
Ism. that great statesman deemed # in
dispensabte that he should assume his
new character. Polish in speech or man
ner Is not one of the characteristic pos
sessions of the Ohio statesman. in which
regard it is needless to say that he diff
fers somewhat from the great Roman
whose name he bears. The modern
Marcus Aurelius is rather practical
man who usually adopts the shortest
way to the accomplishment of his pur-
poses.
In sustaining the failing cause of i'm
perialism the Ohio statesman and ora
tor has found It incumbent upon him 10
personally abuse that arch traitor and
rebel to imperialist authority, Aguinal-
do Here is the Ohio statesmans analy-
sis on the character ard conduct of the
Httle niger who is making so much
trouble for the Washington defenders
of our flag:
That miserable spy and renegade first
Soid himself and seventeen of his chief
Jalns to Spain. He then fled to Hong
Kong and Singapore. He cheated Snai6
as ne Will try to cheat everybody else
nile Dewey's guns were laundering at
Mania Aguinaldo was protesting friend
sup 70 Inc United States. He was taken
10 Manila on board one of our boats
AgulnaIdo quickly proved what he was
renegade; spy and cheat. He never in
tended that there should be peace be-
IWeen the United States and the Filipinos
lie desired to be dictator. and the idea.
OF the Democratic copperheads comnar~
Ing him to Washington!
The Ohio statesman, we are sorry 70
observe, is decidedly short on facts and
long on very coarse abuse and falsifoa-
ton of the man whom he assaiIs. IF
ne had known anything at all Of tho
career of Aguinaldo in his relation 70 +ba
United States prior to his appearance IN
revolt against its authority, he would
never have made the statements con-
tanned above unless his purpose was 70
nnTyr
as clearly established as 1t can be that
Aguinaldo did not cheat Spain, and that
when he was taken to Manila on board
of one of our boats. as the Ohio states-
man says. he was taken as the ally of
the United States and fairly fulfilled that
character as long as Senator Hanna and
the other inperialist conspirators al
lowed him to bear it.
OF course Senator Hanna in his blunt
and somewhat coarse manner merely re-
peats the false statements Of his deputv
in the White house. The president can
hardly be Chargeable with the Ignorance
which it is reasonable to impute to a
man like his chief adviser. A trust fund
of 100000, which was in the nature of a
partial restitution to Aguinaldo and his
tcrty-two eNiled chiefs for their DESTROY
ed CT confiscated property, was undoubt-
edly created by the Spanish government
1t was paid on Aguinaldos departure
from the islands, and by the unanimous
consent Of all interested was deposited
In TWO Hong Kong banks. Half of this
money was withdrawn by AguinaIdo after
he had been induced by Admiral Dewey
to unite with the American forces in
their attack upon Spain. 1t was invest
ed in munitions of war to aid tbe
United States In driving the Spanish
from the islands, and was in part used
In that undertaking. The balance of if
thanks 10 Senator Hanna and his co.
cP!lspirators, is now being used to resist
the aggression being made upon Agui-
naldo and his followers.
This is the answer to Senator Hanna,e
TRADE, and the facts of it Senator
Hanna could have found In the documents
transmitted to the president of the SEN
ute on the 4th of January, 1899.
The C l o b hopes most sincerely that
Senator Hanna will long maintain his
new role of imperialist orator. His
first essay In that direction in defense
of the trusts was a masterpiece. Judg.
ing by this latter performance, the Ohio
campaign is liable. unhappily, to come