La Junta tribune., 1900-11-03

~ years he was editor OF an aggressive
Democratic newspaper. For twelve
years he WIS a Democratic representa-
tive In the Illinois Legislature. He
was elected to Congress Us Democrat
In 1896, and he resigned this place In
1SaS only to fight for his country. He
went as n Democrat to the Philippines,
and ms 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
Fiiipinos from Aguinaldo's brigands,
Colonel Campbell declares that the in
surrection would have ended almost rs
soon as II began but for the encourage
ment given IL 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. | am good and loyal
Democrat. but I cnnnot vote for Mr..
Bryan and Aguinaldo while ] am In the
ARMY trying TO put down the insurrec-
tion which they are keeping alive. !
shall advise all the Democrats know
nois boys who went with me as mem
bers OF the Thirticib volunteers TO
vote for the party that supports the
flag and the soldiers
Privaie W. W. MicksaIl. Forty-eigth
infantry. writes to n Democratic school
mate at Terre Haute, Indiana:
Il tell you the truih-you know I was
always II Democrat If WAS back in
my old home in Lexington. Kentucky.
] would shout for Mckinley. | know
the effect those ''anti-imperiaIists" are
having ON these barbarians. We are
not politicians. we are here for one
thiugto defend the flag. We are all
Americans. and true to all that Is for
American interests. Every man here
in the field thinks II unfair to the
American people TO misrepresent things
as Bryan has done. I hope you are not
an 'anti-imperialist:" II you are. you
are indirectly shooting OF our heads"
Corporal Will II. Rohrer. Thirtieth
Infantry, makes Mr. Bryan's RESPONSE
bility for the continued shooting of our
soldiers even clearer In letter to his
home paper. the Eikhnrt undiana) Re
view, he says:
'.Such traitors MS Leverson. Bryan.
and others are the murdererr OF tlIs.
hnlf OF America IL with them. To all
friends and relatives say that when
you read of soldiers being killed here,
lay the blame TO those men who are
making these speeches of treason"
The other day there was published
In the Daily Record OF Columbia. South
Carolina. a letter from Captain Claude
f. Sawyer, South Carolina Democrat,
10 Senator John r. McLaurin, also
a southern Democrat. Captain Sawyer
Is serving in the Philippines. His let
ter is dated Luzon. August %, 1900
Captain Sawyer WAS evidently writing
privately. He strongly complains OF
the administration OF President McKin-
ley in the Philippines. not because it
has gone too far. but because he thinks
II has not gone nearly far enough, hold
ing that the President behaves with
undue leniency AMI does not treat the
insurgents with proper severity. Con-
'ensing his letter II runs in part as fol-
lows:
Il have inst seen n Filipino paper
printed In Spanish and published in
Manila. containing the Democratic
platform and some cablegrams from
London. giving some utternnces 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
"A stable government: second. to give
them independence and. third. to
protect them against all powers Can
this he correct? Is 1t possible? What
have NIL these good men from Lawton
down died for! What have we NIL suf-
fered for? Did We give Spain so. Co.,
600 for these islands and turn around
and present them to the treacherous
Aguinaldo. who sold out his people and
then refused to stand by his bargain:
There is one thing sure and certain.
II will be nat admission that the
United States are defeated: that the
Filipinos have whipped us: that our
statesmen are but children; that when
We do thing and 1t meets with siren
nous opposition we have not the STAN
Ina TO stand up for our acts. 1t will
ruin us In the eyes of the great ma
tons Of the earth. We can not give
to these people stable government
unless we govern them. because they
are not capable Of seif-government.
They arecruel beyond description. They
will resort to treachery. poison and ev-
cry foul means known to savage races.
We have plain, Wndisputed title to
these islands. acknowledged by every
nation OF the enrtl. Are we to give
It up because the politicians have seen
mt to nse 1t az means to getting into
power! Bryan! I hive lost all conf
dence In him. am q Democrat, but
not The kind represented by the Kan
sas City platform.
Surely. President Mckinley and
the Republican party do not intend TO
set up a Filipino government here and
then pretend to defend them against all
other nations II we do we will soon
get into war with every nation OF the
world having commerce here. They
VIII cheat. wrong. defraud. steal from
ana imprtson foreigners. and these wa