New-York tribune., 1900-08-21
STEWART OPPOSES BRYAN.
NEVADA SENATOR GIVES HIS REASONS
FOR REPUD1ATING THE NEBRASKAN,
WHOM HE SUPPORTED IN 1896.

Senator William NJ. Stewart, of Nevada who sup
ported william ]. Bryan four years ago. has come
ont openly against Mr.. Bryan. Although Senator
stewart has been one Of the strongest pillars of
the free silver party in the West he has declared
that patriotism and common sense compel him to
repudiate Mr.. Bryan utterly. signed statement
by Senator Stewart given out yesterday at the
Republican National Headquarters, in part as fol-
lows:
cipIes OF the Chicago platform, and his insistence
upon the adoption Of that platform at Kansas CiM5y M
induced the people to suppose the campaign or ISD
would be conducted on the ISSUES Of 1895 naa5 In at3
Bryan TO make on army Of ghosts ana hob
gobins which his diseased brain created tbs tbs
realities departed He sought his closet in pursuit
Words which he gave to the public at Ire.anapolis;
He omitted all mention of the issues O. 1895 ana
sa%Pagn n the the Dedge to the &
already borne fruit The Rnti-Imperial League Of
America cooperating with the 'Iong-Koug Iagai
nR M Bryan for and
support him with all the zeal and dei5y wi;h
W the people who mourn the deaths m OF k9 t9eir
naidos reSye serss support his candidate in this
try? VIII country which has sacrificed thousanHs M
authority Of the United States elevate 70 the once
Of the m m enere ene to- tear the ag
The promise of Mr.. Bryan, IL elected President to
fSsFi Se H ns RSws the Tagas rob the
Of m III III h'
the Tagals themselves had the audacity %
ask He promised that If elected President
he would exert all his influence, after all the
ferritcres in the United States in the East had
been surrendered and Tagal governments set up 10
extend the Monroe Doctrine to the Orient and pro
tect against all the world such governments as the
FiIjpnos might have in the archipelago. To doHi-
nate and control the relations Of the numerous gov
Ornamental organizations which might exist IN me
Philippines with all the nations of the worio woula
REQUIRE Il military establishment equal TO that OF
the combined Powers of Europe. II sucn cohceP-
tion is not an halucination, why build insane asE-
lums? ..-... z,oi
ates have sacrificed the lives of our soldiers ana
the money Of people to an enormous eXtent
is abundant. General Lawton. the most PTiiia9t ant
and successful soldier of the war, lost his n1e
through the machinations Of the Anti-lmpeTiai
League. Before mis- death he discovered conclusive
evidence that the enemy he was aghting IN he the
philippines was the Anti-Imperial League OF the
United States. and that if his life was sacrificed
the league would be responsible. -.
The Ant-1mperiaI League cannot excuse Its
crimes against the United States by contendinS
fiat the United States is wrong and that the rebels
are right The crime of treason Is complete when
aid and comfort are extended to the enemy. When
Mr. Brvan affiliated with that league and secured
its support he betrayed his American followers
and became the candidate of the enemies CT the
Tinted States both home and abroad To his
Inordinate ambition and unparalleled efforts TO be-
come President must be attributed his BIASED Judg
ment and unbalanced mind. He will not be Pres-