The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-11

paign of 1900 would be conducted on
the issues of 1896. In this they We're
mistaken. An hallucination induced
Bryan to make war on an army of
ghosts and hobgoblins. which his dis
eased brain created. His instinct.
which had formerly led him to con
slider realities. depai ted. He sought his
closet in pursuit of phantoms and
strung together ten thousand words,
which he gave to the public at Indian
apolis. He omitted all mention of the
issues of 1896. and summarized the
paramount issue of the present cam
paign in the following pledge to the
Tagal guerillas:
''lf elected. | shall convene Congress
in extraordinary session as soon as /
am innugurated, and recommend an
immediate declaration of the nations
purpose first, to establish IL stable form
of government in the Philippine isl
ands. just as we are now establishing
n stable form of government in the
island of Cuba: second, and give indie
pendence to the Filipnos. just as we
have promised to give independence to
the Cubans; third. to protect the Fill
pinos from outside Interference while
they work out their destiny just as we
have protected the republics of Central
and South America. and are, by the
Monroe doctrine. pledged to protect
Cuba"
The pledge to support Aguinaldo's re-
bellion has already borne fruit. The
Anti-Imperial League of America CO.
operating with the Hong Kong Tagal
junta. Immediately convened at Indi-
annapolis and nominated Mr.. Bryan for
President. and promised to support him
with all the zeal and fidelity with
which they maintain the cause of
Aguinaldo.
Whether Mr.. Bryan cherished the
hope of falling into the arms of and
being embraced by this unpatriotic
band ut the time he pledged fidelity to
Aguinaldo's cause is immaterial. His
allegiance was established when he
made the pledge. and the cordial sup
port of the friends of Aguinaldo's guer-
lila bands. who are numbering our sol
diers in the Philippines. was natural
and timely. He is now the full-fiedged
candidate of Aguinaldo. and of Aguin-
aldo's friends and supporters at home
and abroad
VIII the people who mourn the death
of their relatives. murdered in the
Philippines by Aguinaldo's guerillas,
support his candidate in this country
VIII n country which has sacrificed
thousands of lives and hundreds of
millions of dollars TO maintain the au-
thority of the United States elevate To
the office Of president the cnndi-
date of IA league which is cXerting all
its energies to tear down the flag?
The promise of Mr.. Bryan. If elected
president. TO exert all the power of
that great office TO secure the indie
pendence of the Tagals and rob the
United States of all we possess in the
Orient was not enough. Mr. Bryan
promised them more than the Tagals
themselves had the audacity to ask.
He promised in the above quotation.
if elected president, he would exert all
his influence. after all the territories
in the United States in the East had
been surrendered and Tagal govern
ment set up. to extend the Monroe
doctrine to the Orient. and protect
against all the world such governments
as the Filipinos might have in the
archipelago. The Monroe doctrine Is
II declaration on the part of our goy
ernment that the acquisition of terri
tory and the establishment of mon
archial governments by European pow
ers ON this hemisphere would be re-
garded as unfriendly to the United
States. This declaration was made
benevolent interference with the af-
fairs of other people. No European
nation has acknowledged this Monroe
doctrine rs international law, but all
the nations have refrained from inter
| ference on account of the paramount
interests of the United States. The
maintenance of the Monroe doctrine
in the Orient after we have lost our
possessions there would be opposed
and resisted by all the world. To
dominate and control the relations of
the numerous governmental organiza-
| tions which might exist in the Philip
pines with all the nations of the world
would require Il military establishment
equal to that of the combined powers
Of Europe. If such Il conception is
not an hallucination, why build in
sane asylums?
| The evidence that Mr.. Bryan's unpa-
| triotic associates have sacrificed the
lives of our soldiers and the money of
our people to an enormous extent is
abundant. General Lawton, the most