The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-11-02
GOOO PRESENT TAT|ON
Col. Lee Stover Gave a Fine
Address on Philippine
War Thursday Night.
Was With South Dakota Regi-
ment During War and
Knows the Situation.
He Told the Facts Just as They
Existed and Was an Hon
est Presentation.
WAS A STRONG DEFENSE,

VINO "A nONu DEE GNOLi
Col. Stoyer Presented the Philippine
War in Its True Light Thurs
day Night.
The coming of Col. Lee Stover to
Mitchell was welcomed by very large
audience at the court house Thursday
evening and the people listened to one
of the best speeches of the campaign.
Col. Stover is one OF the candidates for
United States senator. Ling before
the hour for beginning the meeting
the court house was crowded and many
stood up during the address from be-
ginning Sc end. Before the speaking
began the Mace ,bee Male Quartet sang
q select;p Of political nature and re-
sponded 10 with another song. The
boys wete heartily cheered for their
mus C.
L. oevolved upon Sergeant Coursey to
Introduce the speaker of the evening,
1iOLl WIG i<tCb bldb DOth UOI Q
comrades in the Philippines together
the one soldier in the ranks and the
speaker of the evening at the head of
one of the battalions of the South Da-
kota regiment. Col. Stover's remarks
were given not in an oratorical manner
but simple plain state ment Of the facts
and Incidents as they came under his
observation and some POI ,ts that his
tory will bear ous all he said. In open
ing he gave fine description OF some
of the important towns IN the Philip
pines and of the customs OF the people
and which gave many of the listeners a
different insight into the character OF
the Filipinos than they have had. he
touched upon the Pettigrew incident
when he declared that he was ashamed
of his country and would haul down the
flag, and that he would blot out the
history ef the past two years; how Pet
tigrew denied that he had ever said be
was a. amed of his country at Hitch
cock, which MIR. Stover granted nigh
be true, but he insis' ed that he die
make nc stat ment at Woonsccket ano
that P-ttigrew did net, dare deny it
for they had the proof to flash at hin
the m ment that he denied it. OF hoy
Pettiorew at Lake Preston said tina
he would bring the flag back from th'
Philippines and wash the stain from il
| The sp aker wondered if the senato
mean, hat he would wash the stail
from tie flag that had been made b,
the life olond of some South Dakota sol
dier as he fell on the field of battle ant
gave his life for his country. He di,
not believe that the people OF the stat
would endorse man who was ashame'
of the nag and his country.
Colouel Slower referred to the man
ner Of toe cor struction OF the houses i
Manille, which were built more in tn
nature OF prisons than dwelling or bus
ness houses, and he asked the questio
why il was so necessary for the peopl
there 10 SO build their houses ii the MS
tives @ytre so highly educated and s
we'll pr4pared to run their own govern
ment. for il would seem if such wer
the case there would be no need of 8
much protection of the homes and III
business houses.
He said there had been some dist
greement as to the starting OF the wa
and he gave a statement of some of th
things that transpired before the We
broke out which went to show tht
Aguinaldo was not the friend of til
Americans that some of his friends i
this country tried to make cut. 81
said that one day he was sitting in th
headquarters at Manila when 50
was brought into the room aud ssarci
ed. On his person was found an orde
in Spanish ordering an uprising of til
Filipinos against the army Of occup
pion, which was to be destroyed and \
ter that had been accomplished ever
white face in in Manila IS to be kille
and none but the native Filipino was
be saved from the destruction. tn
order was signed by Aguinaldo. ar
the colonel said that he saw the si
nature. Such is the man whom Il
opposition regard as the second Georg
Washington. He also referred to tt
assassinat of Gen. Luna by Agui
aldo's body guard, simply because Luz
and Aggy was afraid OF being supplar
ed by his under general.
AS an instance of the culture and +