Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-21
STEWART WILL VOTE FOR
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY
He Declared That Democrats Urged
War With Spain and Denouce
Its Fruit-Other Points.


New York. Aug. Ex-senator Will
lam NJ. Stewart. of Nevada, called at
Republican headquarters and said he
had decided to vote for President Nc
Kinley. He made statement in part
as follows:
1.-THE United States went to war
with Spain urged on by the Democratic
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 aged to pay $20,000.e00
and accept the sovereignty and public
property Of Spain in the Philippine
archipelago There was opposition to
the ratification of the treaty. Mr..
Bryan came to Washington and per-
suaded his Democratic friends to vote
for the treaty, and it was through his
influence that the treaty was finally
ratified. 1t then became the duty
of the United States to maintain law
and order and protect the lives and
property Of all residents in the islands,
whether native or foreign-born. The
United States at the time of the rati-
fication of the treaty held military
possession of Manila, and immedi-
ately after such ratification assumed
the sovereignty of the islands, The
people of the United States, and partic-
ularly of the Pacific coast, became en-
titled to the vast commerce of the Pa
eific ocean, of which the Philippines
furnished the key.
"One Aguinaldo raised a rebellion
in Luzon against Spain before the COM
mencement of the Spanish war with the
United States. This adventurer had
sold out or settled his rebellion with
Spain for 100000 before Dewey set
sail for Manila, and as part of the
bargain with Spain, Aguinaldo agreed
to leave the islands and never return.
"Dewey took the willy agitator back
to the islands, supposing. as a matter
of course that Aguinaldo would nat
urally be an enemy of Spain and Il
friend of the United States. In this
Admiral Dewey was mistaken. Agui-
baldo, as soon as he landed on his ma
tive 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
Anti-Imperialistic league, which has
for the last two years co-operated with
Aguinaldo's Tagal junta, with head
quarters at Hongkong to supply liter
allure and means of war for Aguinaldo
President Mckinley had no authority
to buy out Aguinalde's rebellion
against the United States. but was
bound by the treaty (Which was the
supreme law of the land to maintain
law and order and protect life and
property in the islands. 1t required
large army and the expenditure Of
hundreds of millions of dollars to put
down Aguinaldo's rebellion. The as
sistance and encouragement he receiv-
ed from the Anti-Imperialistic league
and the enemies of the United States.
both at home and abroad. made his
barbarouS and irregular war bloody
and expensive. Congress, however.
made all necessary appropriations,
providing the executive men and
money to maintain the authority of
the United States in the Philippines.
The so-called Anti-Imperialists declar-
I'd that the policy pursued by the gov
eminent to put down the rebellion
and maintain law and order In all ter
tories of the United States without
regard to the time when such terrific
ries We're acquired was Imperialism,
and that any use of the army to main
tain law and order-however neces-
sary-was militarism, and that giving
aid and comfort to rebels in arms
against the United States was main
tanning the principles of the Declara-
ton of Independence.
"Mr. Bryan's unparalleled campaign
for the principles of the Chicago plat
form and his insistence upon the adop-
ton of that platform at Kansas City
induced the people to suppose the
campaign Of 1900 would be conducted
on the issues of 1905. In this they
were mistaken"
Senator Stewart then quoted Mr.
Bryan's declaration of his intention