CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-11-01


n Democrat of Democrats. For TWEEN
ty years he was editor OF an aggressive
Democratic newspaper. For twelve
years he was a Democratic representa-,
tive in the Illinois Legislature. He
was elected to Congress as a Democrat
In 1896, and he resigned this place In
1905 only to fight for his country He
went as Democrat to the Philippines,
and as Democrat he has examined
the whole question OF American author
ity In those islands.
After months OF service In the field.
after talking with natives Of all
classes, and after defending peaceful
Filipinos from Aguinaldo's brignnds,
Colonel Campbell declares that the In
surrcctlon would have ended almost ms
soon as II began but for the encourage
ment given 1t by Mr.. Bryan and the
Democratic party. Then this lifelong
Democrat says;
Bryan has on his hands the blood Of
our boys who have been killed In the
Philippines. am done with Mr.. Bryan
and his party. l am good and loyal
Democrat. but ] cannot vote for Mr..
Bryan and Aguinaldo while ! am In the
army trying TO put down the insurrec-
tIon which they are keeping alive. I
shall advise all the Democrats I know
who are Interested In me and the ILL
nois boys who went with me us men,
bers OF the T'hirtieth volunteers TO
vote for the party ilai supports the
flag and the soldiers"
Private w. w. Micksall. Forty -eIgfh
infantry. writes 10 a ncmocrntic school
mate mt Terre Haufe. Indiana:
II tell you the trutb-you know was
always a Democrnt-If was back In
my old home In Lexington. Kentucky.
would shout for Mckinley | know
the effect those .'nnti-imperinlists" are
having on these barlinrians We arc
not politicians: we ore here for one
thing-to defend the dag. We ARE NIL
Americans and true to NIL that II for
American Interests. Every man here
In the field thinks II unfair to the
American people TO misreprescni things
ns Brynn has done. hope you arc not
an "anti-imperiailst." " you nrc. you
are Indirectly shooting OF our hends.'
Corporal VIII II. Rohrcr. Thirtieth
infantry. makes Mr.. Brynn's reSponsI-
bilify for the continued shooting OF our
soldiers even clearer. In a letter to his
home paper. the Elkhart undiana) Re-
view. he says:
"such traitors ns I.everxon. Bryan.
and others are the murdercrr OF the
soldiers here. These insurgents believe
half OF America Is with them. To nil
friends and relatives I say that when
you raad OF soldiers being killed here.
lay the blame to those men who nrc
making these specch.s Of treason"
The other day there wns published
In the Daily Record OF Columbia. South
carolinn. n letter from Captain Claude
u. Sawyer, n South Carolina Democrat,
to Senator John 4. McIaurin. also
n southern Democrat. Captain Sawyer
is serving in the Philippines. His let
ter Is dated Luzon, August 23, 1900
Captain Sawyer was evidently writing
privately. He strongly complains OF
the administration OF President McISin-
ley In the Philippines. not because Il
hns gone too far. but because he thinks
II has not gone nearly far enough. hold.
Ing that the President behaves with
undue lcnicncy and does not treat the
insurgents with proper severity. Con-
dcnsing his letter, II runs In part ms fol
lows.
II have Just seen Filipino paper
printed In Spanish and published In
Mnniln. containing the Democrntic
platform and some cablegrams from
London, giving some utternnccs Of Mr..
Bryan. which indicate TO me that the
American people are going crazy. !
notice In the Democratic platform that
they make three pledges In reference
to the FilipInos: First, TO give them
n stable government second. to give
them Independence and third, to
protect them ngninst NIL powers Can
this be correctf Is II possible? What
have all these good men from Lnwton
down died fory What have we nil suf-
fered forf Did we give Spain $40 .O0O.-
900 for these islands and turn around
and present them 10 the trcacherons
Agiinnldo. who sold out his people and
then refused TO stand by his bargaInf
There is one thing sure and certain,
II will be nat admission that the
United States are defeated: that the
F'ilipinos have whipped us; that our
statesmen are but children that when
we do thing and II meets with siren
uous opposition we have not the STAN
Inn to stnnd up for our acts. II will
ruin us In the eyes OF the great ma
tions OF the earth. We can not give
to these people a stable government
unless we govern them. because they
nre not capable OF seif-govcrnment.
| ucy utStsiptAph. lucy
will resort to trcnchcry. poison and ev-
cry foul means known to savage races.
We have n plain. ,,ndIsputcd title to
these islands. acknowledged by every
milton OF the earth. Are we to give
II up because the politicians have seen
1T to use 1t ns a mems to getting into
power? Bryant have lost all conf
dence In him. l nm n Democrat. hut
not the kind represented by the Kan.
sas City platform.
surely. President Mckinley and
the Republican party do not intend 10
ret up Filipino government here md
then pretend to defend them against all
other nations. If we do we will soon
get into war with every nation OF til.
world nnving commerce here. They
win chcnt, wrong. defrnud steal from
and Imprison Foreigners. and these wa.
tcrs will be full OF pirates In year
and then they VIII sell Ms out and turn
around and fight us. We might just
ns well set out to protect nm archi.