The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-11-01
DEWEY sUsTAINs HIS POINT.

IN OilO WiCo 0IalCAhSAie
A reporter for The Press called
on Senator Pettigrew, and showed
him the denial by Admiral Dewey
OF the letter of Alejandrino, the
Filipino general who had written
q letter addressed to Senators Pet
tigrew and Hoar In regard to the
promise by Admiral Dewey that
the Filipincs should have their in
dependence.
Senator Pettigrew said he was
not surprised at the admirals de-
NAL, but that the time had come
when 1t was Mr.. Dewey's duty to
tell the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth In regard to
his relations with the Filipinos,
and cease to e~quivocate, evade aud
avoid, and undertake to get
around the facts.
The only way the admiral can es-
cape the charge Of exceeding bai
faith, and a willingness t~oavoidthe
facts and deceive the American
people, ID by admitting that he has
reached an age where he no longer
remembers current events; for he
says he never heard of Alejandri-
no, while it is a matter already
proven that Alejandriro went to
Manila with Admiral Dewey.
The following letter from Admira
tells the truth, the whole trutl
and nothing but the truth because h
has no motive for telling anything
Office of the Admiral. LAT
Rhode Island Avenue, Washington,
ID. c., August 11,1900.-Dear Sir:
/ have to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter Of the .7th Instant.
enclosing a report of an interview
with Senator Pettigrew, and re-
questing from me such reply as the
facts may warrant.
After a careful reading of the
clipping sent, l do not deem 1t wise !.
or necessary to enter into a detail
ed discussion Of the inaccuracies
contained in the several para
graphs. Instead of doing so, | re-
iterate and stamp as correct in ev-
cry particular my statement upon
which Senator Pettigrew's inter-
view is based; and l will at the
same time speak in reference TO
two allegaticos now made, viz:
for he says he neve
heard Of A~lejandrino, while ii is
a matter already proven that Ale
jandrino went to Manila with Adj
miral Dewey. =
Just before sailing for Manila
two or three Flipinos came on
board the olympia" and | gave
them permission to accompany me;
But they, perhaps through fear of
the anticipated fighting, declined
to take advantage Of my permits
sion, although three American gen
tlemen, travelling for pleasure, ac-
companied the squadron as news
paper correspondents. I there
fore make the statement that
neither Alejandrino nor any other
Filipino went to Manila with me.
a translation OF the
proclamation issued by the Filipi-
70 leaders in Hong Kong, and sent
over to the Philippines ia advance
of the American squadron. This
proclamation was issued after
many consultations with Admiral
Dewey.
There is no truth whatever in
this statement, for I had no con-
situations, before going to Mani
la. with any Filipinos, except the
talk with the two or three herein
before mentioned, whose names !
did not know, IN the subject of go
ing to Manila with me. Very truly
yours, Signed.)
George Dewey.
Hon. Charles II. Burke,
Pierre, South Dakota.
The following paragraph quoted II
the Press article as proof OF Petit
crews contention on the contrary sus
tains Dewey's statement because !
shows that the Filipinos went to thu
Olympia, as the admiral asserts, bu
does not claim that they went an,
further:
Any person who will refer to
document 62, part l, third session,
Fifty-ffth congress, p. 337, will
find the following letter from Cen
sui General Wildman at Hong
Kong to the state department:
"On April 81, in company with
Consul o. F. Williams, we received
another delegation, composed of
Senior Sandigo, Jose Maria Basa,
Tomas Mascardo, Lorenzo l.. Zial-
cita, Andres e. de Garchitorena,
Manuel Malvar, Mariana Llama.
Salvatore Estrella. We agreed on
behalf of Dewey to allow two Of
their number to accompany the
feet to Manila; consequently en-
the same day I took in the tug
Fame AIejandrino and Garchitore-
ma, accompanied by Mr.. Sandico, to
the Olympia In Mrs Bay. On
May 2 Aguinaldo arrived In Hong
Kong and Immediately called on
ms"