Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-12
AID TO REBELS.
Senator Stewart Leaves the
Party OF Bryan.
NO USE FOR NEW ISSUE.
Bryan's Influence Brought Philip
pines 10 Us.
70 USE FOR NEW ISSUE.
NO GOING BACK ON FACTS.

The Nevada Silver senator States His
Care with vigor-why lie eau Not
Suppurt the Trumpery Issue of I'm
perisiism Pays His Respects to
the Tr-Asouabie Convention Recently
Held at indianapolis.
Because of his early prominence in
the Silver party. u. S. Senator Will
liam NJ. Stewart, of Nevada, is a man
of influence with that element, and
his announced purpose to support Nc.
Kinley is an added evidence of the
danger of the Democracy in their
humbug cry of imperialism" Sena-
tor Stewards statement, as authorized
through the Associated Press, is a
strong arraignment Of the fallacy Of
the Democratic position and he will
confirm it by campaign speeches for
Mckinley and Roosevelt.
He makes plain that it was through
Bryan's influence in his visit to
Washington for the purpose, that the
treaty with Spain was finally ratified,
by which the Unitel States accepted
"the sovereignty and public property
of Spain in the the Philippine archi
pelago. 1t then became the duty OF
the United States to maintain law and
order, and protect the lives and prop
erty of all residents of the islands,
whether native or foreign-born."
Aguinaldo. the adventurer," who
had taken 100000 on his promise
never to return to the islands. was al
lowed to come back by Dewey, sup
posing, as a matter of course, that
Aguinaldo would naturally be an en-
emy Of Spain and a friend of the Unit
ed States" In this, Admiral Dewey
was mistaken Aguinaldo, as soon as
he landed on his native soil. organized
rebellion against the United States,
which would have been of little con-
sequence if he had not been able to
obtain laid and comfort in this
country.
Senator Stewart denounces the anti
imperialist convention at indianapolis
as part of this, and objects to Bryan 5
plan of convening congress to give the
Philippines freedom upon the same
terms as Cuba; and also denounces
Mr.. Bryan for promising to attempt
Orient"
AS silver man, he seems to feel
that Mr.. Bryan has surrendered their
cause by pushing this new issue to
the American aid and comfort to
the Filipino rebels against the right
full authority of the United States. is
so clear and succinct as to make a
tinually, that the people may not for
get the identity Of the public enemies.
An organization was formed in the
United States called the Anti-Imper-
two years co-operated with Aguinal-
dos Tagal junta. with headquarters
at Hongkong, to supply literature and
means of war for Aguinaldo. Presi-
uNil NlNNlillCg lIti ~ lubllOllly "
buy out Aguinaldos rebellion against
the United States, but was bound by
the treaty (Which was the supreme
law of the land) to maintain law and
the islands. 1t required large army
and the expenditure of hundreds of
millions of dollars to put down Agui-
naldos rebellion. The assistance and
the Anti-Imperialist League and the
enemies of the United States, both at
home and abroad, made his barbarous
and irregular war bloody and expens-
i've. Congress. however, made all
necessary appropriations, providing
the executive men and money to main
tain the authority Of the United States
in the Philippines.
The so-called anti-imperialists de-
clared that the policy pursued by the
government to put down the rebellion
and maintain law and order in all
territories of the United States with
out regard to the time when such ter
ritories were acquired was imperial
ism and that any use of the army to
maintain law and order-however
necessary-was militarism, and that
giving aid and comfort to rebels in
arm against the United States was
maintaining the principles of the De-
claration of Independence"