Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-17

~ So~S4 essnfdA DoVSner and his
! Filipino bluff went up against the
real thing last evening in this city. It
happened this way: Dovener wander
ed into the city Friday from the south.
| filled with the oxygen OF plain duty
and benevolent assimilation" He
registered at the Blennersassett. and az
! once proceeded TO expound the doctrine
or how easy it is for the administration
to shoot this aforesaid benevolent as
sanitation" into the FiHpinos. He pro
gressed admirably until he tackled a
gentleman whose views were substan
TALLY the same as those of WASHINGTON.
JEFFERSON, Lincoln and other Americans
OF some prominence. Here he struck
snag and when he saw Ii was irnpos-
| sbble for him to ward OF the hot shots
poured into him. in his confusion, he
turned on Hon. w. e. r. Byrne who in
company with Judge Bennett, had just
entered the hotel lobby, and PROFOUND
| ed this question:
Say, Byrne. this fellow has the nerve
TO say the Filipinos were our allies,
| what do you think of that?"
Il coincide with the gentleman's
views, exactly" replied Byrne, in his
suaye, easy manner, which only irritat.
| ed the hostile Congressman all the
more.
What" said Dovener, do you know
what you are talking about? Don't
you know there is nothing about an al
lance with the Filipinos in the rec
| ords?"
Il was not aware of that. but I have
every reason to believe that there isl
said Byrne, "and am surprised"
But you don't know" snapped Dow
ener. Have you ever read the official
records?"
Il admit" replied Byrne, that have
never had acsess to those documents,
but +"
Yes, that's it," interrupted Dow
ener, you've never read the official
records. j know; I've read EN-"
"As ! was saying when you inter-
rupted me- replied Byrne. Il have not
| read the Official records, but / have
learned considerable concerning the
Filipino question from Senator Hoar
and other eminent Republican gentle
men"
''Hoar! Hoari" shouted Dovener.
angrily, at the mention Of that vener-
able statesman's name, what does he
know about 1t? What does he amount
to anyway? Official recordsi That's
what counts"
Now, Capt. Dovener," replied Byrne,
you have asked me a question and /
want you TO understand that you must
listen until have answered it, You
have interrupted me several times, and
you have tried that old blum on me be-
fore. want to tell you, it's played out;
it won't work with me-"
All right" said Dovener, cooling of
perceptibiy, "Ill give you fifteen min-
utes to answer 1t"
You'll give me just what time de-
sire" retorted ByTne You know that
ever since this administration thrust
this war upon the helpless Filipinos;
that with all the reports OF inyestigat-
ing committees; with the evidence
submitted before the Paris peace COM
mission; the testimony OF General An
derson, of Commander Bradford. OF
Consul General Pratt. of Major General
Green, and of Consuls Wildman and
Williams; in the face of all this evil
dence, not a single Republican in this
country has dared to deny that the Fill
pinos were our allies and that without
been indefinitely prolonged. And al
though Admiral Dewey, in his letter TO
Senator Lodge, says: I never treated
him (Aguinaldo) as an ally he says
further, Except to make use OF him
and the natives to assist me In my
operations against the Spanlards.' 1t
strikes me that Admiral Dewey did
make an ally Of Aguinaldo, whether be
treated him as an ally or not. An
other thing, Captain, that strikes me
as peculiar is that every Republican
offlceholder and every Republican
newspaper in this country from the
early part Of April, 1898, until few
days after the fall Of Manila, on
August ii, 1893. lauded Aguinaldo to
the skies, heralding him as the de-
liverer OF his people, and eulogized him
with all the old Fourth of July speeches
they had in stock; but now there is
no epithet too vile or too dirty for
them TO apply to him"
Its not Official record" Interrupted
Dovener; not official record.
There are times" replied Byrne
when facts are OF more poignant ef-
feet than official records. For instance.
presume you will shout that the
change of front of the President against
forcible annexation 10 a party and
conspirator in criminal aggression is
not official record, but it is fact ana
the truth, and you know IL.
Here Doyener made a dash for the
stairway, and as he struck the first
landing he shouted back.
No. sir; it's no official record. I've
read EN-"
'Byrne," said Dovener, as he reached
the second landing. you know I've got
TO have the last word
Yes, retorted Byrne, Il always as
cord that privilege 70 children. Good
night"
And in the early hours of morning
the slumbers of the guests were dis
turbed by the ineoherent mumblings Of
Dovener in his dreams about "fishal
reck-ords, and ssnevent similatfon"
The representative OF the Morning
News. who happened TO be listener
to the above discussion. had to draw,
10 a very material extent. on his pipe
dream" faculties In order to produce
the graphic account In the columns Of
his paper q how Dovener @did =