Amador ledger., 1900-08-31
.EX. MINISTER DENBY'S VIEWS
A Lifelong Democrat Now a
Republican.
HIS Letter URGING REELECTION OF KEINlEY
Says Bryan Has Assumed the Re-
sponsibility for the Ratification
of Treaty With Spain,

Hon. Charles DENLY; soldier, lawyer,
diplomatist, journalist, was born June
l6, 1880, at Mount Joy, Va. In 1853 he
went to Evansville, Ind, and became
assistant editor of the Evansville EN-
quirer." :" In 1856 he was elected Rep-
resentative to the Indiana Legislature,
In 1851 he was prominent in raising
volunteers for the Union army and was
commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of an
Indiana regiment. He served until 1863
and was promoted to Colonel for GAL
liant conduct. In 1885 he was appointed
by President Cleveland United States
Minister to China. President McKin-
ley made him membe of the first
Philippine Commission as representa-
tive Democrat and an accomplished
| diplomat.
Hon. Charles DENLY of Indiana, a
lifelong Democrat, has written letter
urging the reelection of President Nc
Kinley. 1t is entitled Organs atti-
tude toward the Philippines, and is
made public by the Repu blican National
Committee. The letter, in part, is as
follows:
In his speech Of April II, 1900, in the
Senate, Mr.. Hoar said that he could not
forget that Mr.. Bryan, unless he is
much misrepresented, used all his pow-
er and influence with those of his
friends who are ready to listen to his
counsels, to secure the ratification oil
the treaty, meaning the Paris treaty.
There were seventeen Democratic
Senators who voted for the ratification.
A two-thirds majority was necessary.
The treaty was ratified by one vote.
Mr.. Bryan has squarely assumed the
responsibility of the ratincation. We
had taken Manila on August Is, 1898.
In December 1898, Spain had made a
treaty ceding the islands to us. We
had occupied them until February 5,
1899. On that day Aguinaldo made war
on US, our soldiers having to fight for
their lives. The treaty was ratified on
February J, 1899. Mr.. Bryan advised
| his friends in the Senate to vote to
ratlfy the treaty after the battle of
February 5th had been fought. He
knew that war had begun. He might
have readily foreseen what complica-
tions might possibly occur out of the
existing conditions. Then was the time
to have talked about the consent of
the governed and not now, when every
speech he makes adds ten names to the
roll of our dead and one hundred to the
Filipino dead.
MIR. Bryan, having the undoubted
power to prevent the ratification of the
treaty, actually by his own confession
| advised its ratification. Neither in law
| nor in morals can ne be permitted now
to secure political advantage from de-
| nouncing a course of conduct which he
himself advised.
MIR. Bryan gives as his reasons for
advising ratification that 'he thought it
safer to trust the American people to
give independence to the Filipinos than
to trust accomplishment of that pur-
pose to diplomacy with an unfriendly
nation
This put Mr.. Bryan in the attitude
of desiring independence for the Filipin-
os very ardently. Why should he be-
come so suddenly imbued with antag-
onism to the Democratic principle of ex-
pansion as exemplified by all Democratic
statesmen from Jefferson to Voorhees,?
If he could stand the annexation of Ha-
waii, why balk at the acquisition OF
the Philippinesr
"Mr. Bryan's own explanation is as
follows;
"I believe that we are now in a bet
| ter position to wage successful contest
against Imperialism than we would
nave been had the treaty been rejected
"Here, then, we have the real reason
for this strange parody of Jekyl and
Hyde. He wanted to create the bogy
OF imperialism in order that he mignL
hight and overcome the monster. Ii
Mr.. bryan had opposed the ratification
OF the treaty the tilipinos would have
gone their way, either into the arms O,
spain, or Germany, or into discordant,
warning and petty States. At al,
events, we would have done with them.
Ihls would not have suited at all, be-,
cause Mr.. Bryan wanted to wage a sue.
cesstul war against imperialism AM
so Imperialism was born, and its actua.
father was William ]. Bryan. He L.
now endeavoring to destroy his OWL
child Let it be remem bered that this
extraordinary dread of imperialistlI
rule comes from a gentleman who has
accepted the nomination of the fusion.
Populists, or Peoples party. The Pop
ulist platforms demand that the coun-
try should own and operate the rail
roads in the interests of the people, Is
nOt tnaG imperialism!
Mr.. Denby then reviews the work oil
the first Philippine Commission, ap-
pointed in January, 1899, and contin-
ues:
Another commission was sent to es-
tablish civil government for the Phil
ippines. 1t is now at Manila, and the
government it has framed will be put
in operation the 1st of Septem Der, 1900.
Is it not right and fair to assume that
it be tested to practice before it is con-
demned?
1T is believed by the insurgents that
Bryan's election will insure there indie
pendence. and they are encouraged to
hold out. The success of the Demo
cratic party means success for them.
If the Tagals quit fighting and take the
oath OF allegiance on that moment the
paramount issue is dead, and so is the
Democracy. In this contest the Demo-
Gratis stake their all on the continuance
of the fighting. 1t strikes one as odd
that great party should base its hopes
OF success on the killing and wounding
of our troops.
"Will not flame of patriotism arise
up over the land which Will testify that
at all hazards we will stand by the flag;
that, come what may, we will not turn
our backs on the Filipinos, a disgraced
and dishonored nation?
What we may do with the Philip
pnes ultimately is not the question:
now. The Democratic platform favors
an immediate declaration of the ma
tion's purpose to give to the Filipinos,
first, q stable form of government: Sec
ond, independence; and third, protec-
tion from outside interference, such as
has been given for nearly a century to