Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-08-30
STEWART FLOPS.
a Nevada Senator Deserts tho
Bryan Ranks.
In a Letter to the Public This Lead
ing Advocate OF Free silver Gives
His Reasons for Returnin.
TO the Republican Fold
After Long Absence.

New York, Aug. Ex-senator Will
liam NJ Stewart, of Nevada, called at
republican headquarters Monday and
said he had decided to vote for Presi-
dent Mckinley. He made a statement
in part as follows:
"The United States went to war
with Spain urged on by the demo-
cratic party. The popularity of the
war was such that Mr.. Bryan joined
the army. The war was successful,
| treaty of peace was entered into
whereby the United States agreed to
| pay $2O.OOO,000 and accept. the sover-
| eighty and public property of Spain
in the Philippine archipelago. There
was opposition to the ratification OF
the treaty. Mr.. Bryan came to Wash
| ington and persuaded his democratic
friends to vote for the treaty and it
was through his influence that the
treaty was finally ratified.
at then became the duty OF the
| United States to maintain law and
order and protect the lives and prop
| erty of all residents in the islands,
whether native or foreign born. The
| United States at the time of the rati-
tication of the treaty held military
possession of Manila and Immediately
after such ratification assumed the
sovereignty of the islands. The peo-
pie of the United States, and partic-
ularly of the Pacific coast, became
entitled to the vast commerce of the
Pacific ocean, of which the Philip
pines furnish the key.
zone Aguinaldo had raised a rebel
lion in Luzon against Spain before
the commencement of the Spanish
war with the United States. This adj
venturer had sold out or settled his
rebellion with Spain for 100000" be-
fore Dewey set sail fer Manila. and
as a part of tn" bargain with spain,
Aouualdo agreed to leave the islands
and never return.
Dewey took the willy agitatCr
back to the islands, supposing that
ACuinaldo would naturally be an en-
emv of Spain and a friend Of the
United States. In this Admiral
Dewey was mistaken. Aguiraldo, as
soon as he landed on his native soil,
organized a rebellion against the
United States, which would have been
of little consequence if he had not
been able to obtain comfort and aid
in this country.
"An organization was formed in the
United States called the Auti-lmpe-
rialist league, which has for the last
two wears co-operated with A@uinal-
dos junta, with hea quarters at
Hong Kong. to supply literature and
materials OF war for Aguinaldo Pres
idcnt Mckinley had no authority to
buy out A9uinaldo's rebellion against
the United States, but was bound by
the treaty (Which was the supreme
law of the landD to maintain law ano
order and protect life and property
in the islands.
1T required a large army and the
expenditure of hundreds of milliOn'
of dollars to pat down Aguinaldo !
rebellion. The assistance and the en-
cCura agcmcnt he received from thi
Anti-Impcrialst league and the enc
mics of the United states. both a
home and abroad, made his barbar
Gus and irregular war bloody anc
, expensive. Congress, however, mad,
, all necessary appropriations, provid
| ing the executive with men anf
money to maintain the authority o
the United States in the Philippines
The so-called anti-imperialisrs d"clar
ed that the policy pursued by th'
|
and maintain law and order N nj
| territories of the United States, with
: out regard to the time whcn sucl
| territories were acquired, was impa
, rialism' and that any use of the arm.
I to maintain law and order-howevet
: necessary--was 'militarism,' and tha
giving aid and comfort to reblls il
arms against the United States wa
maintaining the principles of tn
1 Declaration of independence
l. Mr.. Bryan's unparalleled campaign
4 for the principles of the Chicago plat
: form and his insistence upon tn
= adoption of that platform at kansa
City, induced the people to suDpos
: the campaign of 1000 wonld be con
7 Quoted on the issues Of 1896. III thi
it seems they were mistaken
Senator Stewart then quotes MI
Brvan's declaration of his intention
: if elected, to call an eXtraordinar
: session of congress to give the Phil
5 ippines freedom upon the same term
y as Cuba. lie also denounceS the rC
II cent convention of anri-imperialist
n at indianapolis. He also denonnce
e Mr. Bryan for promising to attemp
$ to ''cxrend the Monroe doctrine I
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