The Globe-republican., 1900-08-02
THEY DID THE SAME.
DEMOCRATIC PRECEDENT FOR
FIGHTING THE FILIPINOS.
War n New Mexico After Its Conquest
by Direction of Democratic President
Who Claimed the Fullest Right OF
S0vereIgnty.--OnHciaI Records.

Little by little it becomes apparent
that the Democratic criticism of the
methods of the present Administration
in regard to newly acquired territory
is a criticism of the methods followed
by its own leaders and Presidents All
of the vast territory added to the area
of the original thirteen States was
under Democratic control, and the
leaders of the party, in and out of Of
fee, planned and plotted and schemed
to add the islands of Cuba and Haw-
ali long a desire for more slave
territory stimulated them to activity
Driven from their former positions
by these developments, they now un
dertake to criticise the fact that the
President is using the army to put
down the instruction, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the treaty with Spain
was ratified by Democratic votes after
that insurrectfon had been begun. 1t
seems hardly credible that men could
attack the President for carrying to a
finish a war that was in existence
when the purchase of the islands was
authorized by their own party leaders
Yet such is the fact. The attack OF
the Filipino forces upon our troops in
the Philippines, began on February 4,
1899, and on that same night Aguinal-
do issued his proclamation declaring
WdA oSa4ASC lie OAAIcd states let
it was not until February 6, two days
after. that the treaty was ratified, and
that by ten Democratic and three Pop
uliSt votes The statement has also
been repeatedly made that some of
these votes were cast for the treaty
by the advice and consent of Will
liam Jennings Bryan.
By this action the leaders of the
Democratic and Popu1ist parties DELHI
PratRIV hOuchf q OH DIV
on, agreeing that the United States
should pay $40 900, 900 for it, and in
so doing placed upon the shoulders of
President Mckinley the duty of carry
ing it on He could not do otherwise.
Yet they are criticising his course,
though, of course. it is well under
stood that the criticism is for political
effect only.
But the leaders of the Democratic
party did. in another similar case, just
what President Mckinley is now do
ing, and did it by the direction of a
Democratic President. Papers COM
piled by the War Department show
that, after the conquest of New Mexi-
co by the military forces of the Unit
ed States was accomplished by the
campaign of 1876, General Kearney
the officer in command, organized a
civil government for the occupied ter
ritory, and filed the executive and jul
dicia1 offices by appointment. These
civil functionaries entered upon the
discharge of their duties in apparent
Inconsistencies of exposure to more
than ordinary peril. In Decem Der,
1916, the native inhabitants organized
a conspiracy to overthrow the United
StNtes authority in New Mexico. On
the night of January Is, 1917, the gov
ernor, the sheriff. the circuit attorney
the project, and a number of Others
States, and Mexican supporters of
United States authority, were assassi-
mated in the town of San Fernando
de Tayos- On the same night seven
other Americans were killed at Arroyo
Hondo and two at Rio Grande. It was
then apparent that the instruction
was general, and the purpose was to
kill all the Americans and those Mexi-
cans who had accepted Office under the
American Government.
Col. Sterling Price was then com
mander of the army of New Mexico
with Headquarters at Santa Fe. He
learned of the uprising and attendant
atrocities, January goth, 1S47. and that
the army of insurrection was marching
against Santa Fee. He took prompt
and vigorous action and marched out
to meet the insurgents with a force of
about 400 men. There were many Sc
riOus and sanguinary engagements
but the enemy was no sooner dislodg ICED
| from one position than it took refuge
| in another, and maintained a deter
mined resistance throughout. The
| losses were heavy on both sides. Ow-
/ ing to the mountainous character of
| the country, and the fact that the cam
| paign took place in the winter time
| the American forces suffered many
| hardships before reaching the town OF
San Fernando de Tayos, where the
| governor and party had been foully
| assassinated- A particularly severe
| engagement occurred at Pueblo de
| Tayos, which had been strongly forti-
| fed The insurgents took position IN
"a large church which they had pierced
| with embrasures for rifles. The
| Americans were compelled to retreat
| to Fernando.
The following day they returned
| and renewed the assault, but the ar
| tillery fire seemed to have no effect
| upon the church walls Ladders were
| then made and holes cut in the walls
| with axes through which the soldiers