Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-01
DEWEY sUsTAINs HIS POINT.

IN LhC o&DaN -
annears the following statement:
A reporter for The Press called
IN Senator Pettigrews and showed
him, the denial by Admiral Dewey
OF the letter of Alejandrino, d
Filipino general who had written
a letter addressed to Senators Pet
tigrew and Hoar In regard TO the
.uromise by Admiral Dewey that
p the Filipinos should have their IN
dependence.
senator Pettigrew said he was
not surprised at the admirals de-
NAL. but that the time had come
when it was Mr.. Dewey's duty TO
. tell the truth, the whole truth n
nothing but the truth In regard 10
his relations with the Fil!pinos,
and cease to equivocate, evade \
avoid. and undertake to get
around the facts.
The only way the admiral can es-
cape the charge of exceeding bad
faith, and a willingness to aVoidthe
facts and deceive the American
,people. is by admitting that he has
reached an age where he no longer 9
remembers current events; for he
saws he never heard of Alejandrl-
no. while it Is a matter already
proven that Alejandrino went to
Manila with Admiral Dewey. 30 'a#
The following letter from Admiral
Dewey tells the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth eau he
has no motive for telling anything
else:
Office o. the Admiral. 1,747
Rhode Island Avenue, Washington,
d. c., August II, 1900.-Dear Sir:
I have to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 7th Instant,
enclosing a report OF an interview
with Senator Pettigrew, and re-
questing from me such reply as the
facts may warrant.
After a careful reading of the
clipping sent, | do not deem 1t wise
or necessary to enter into a detail
ed discussion OF the inaccuracies
contained in the several para
graphs. Instead of doing so, | re-
iterate and stamp as correct in ev-
cry particular my statement upon
which Senator Pettigrew's inter-
view is based; and / will at the
same time speak in reference to
two allegations made, viz:
. . for he says he never
heard OF Alejandrino, while Ii is
a matter already proven that Ale
jandrino went to Manila with Ad-
miral Dewey.
Just before sailing for Manila
two or three F%ilipinos came on
ho~-l 49, ssnIunntap aud OaUn
them permission to accompany me;
But they, perhaps through fear Of
the anticipated fghtiog, declined
to take advantage of my permits
sion, although three American gen.
tlemen, travelling for pleasure, ac-
companied the squadron as news
paper correspondents. I there
fore make the statement that
neither Alejandrino nor any other
Filipino went to Manila with me.
= a translation Of the
proclamation issued by the Fflipi-
b no leaders in Hong Kong, and sent
over to the Philippines in advance
d OF the American squadron. This
proclamation was issued after
many consultations with Admiral
eve
There Is no truth whatever in
this statement, for l had no n
situations, before going to Mani
la, with any Filipinos, except the
talk with the two or three herein
before mentioned, whose names |
did not know, on the subject of 60
ing to Manila with me. Very truly
yours, Signed.) .r... s. ... ...
George Dewey.
Hon. Charles H. Burke,
Pierre, South Dakota. .
The following paragraph quoted In
the Press article as proof of Petit
CREWS contention on the contrary sus-
tains Dewey's statement because II
shows that the Filipinos went to the
Olympia, as the admiral asserts, but
does not claim that they went any
further: ..-.-. . ..-
Any person who will refer to
document 62, part /, third session,
Fifty-ffth congress, p. 337, will
find the following letter from Cen
sui General Wildman at Hong
Kong to the state department:
"On April 81, In company with
Consul o. F. Williams, we received
another delegation, composed of
Senior Sandigo, Jose Maria Basa,
Tomas Mascardo, Lorenzo l.. Zial-
cita, Andres z. de Garchitorena,
Manuel Malvar, Mariana LAMA,
Salvatore Estrella. We agreed on
behalf of Dewey to allow two of
their number to accompany the
fleet to Manila; consequently on
the same day / took In the tug
Fame Alejandrino and Garchitore-
ma, accompanied by Mr.. Sandico, to
the Olympia In Mrs Bay. On
May 2 Aguinaldo arrived in Hong
Kong and Immediately called on