The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-09-13
STEWARDS RETURN.
The Nevada Senator Returns to the
2+f Old Party.
Commends the Pre1ident's Philippine
Policy and Denounces the Course
A Of the Anti-Imperialist
Democrats.

NSWiAoih aug. Sos--OtHdlOT Vlllidm
M. Stewart, of Nevada, called atrepub-
lican headquarters to-day and said he
had decided to vote for President Nc
Kinley. He made a statement in part
as follows:
1.-THE United States went to war with
Spain, urged on by the democratic party.
The popularity of the war was such that
MT. Bryan Joined the army. The war was
successful, a. treaty Of peace was entered
into whereby the United States agreed to
pay 2o.ooo.o 900 and accept the sovereignty
and public property of Spain in the Philip
pine archipelago. There was opposition to
the ratification Of the, treaty. Mr.. Bryan
came to Washington and persuaded his
democratic friends to vote for the treaty,
and it was through his influence that the
treaty was finally ratified. 1t then became
the duty of the United States to maintain
law and order, and protect the lives and
property Of all residents in the islands,
whether native or foreign born. The Unit
ed States at the time Of the ratification of
the treaty held military possession of Ma
MIA, and Immediately after such ratifica-
ton assumedthe sovereignty of the islands.
Ihe people of the United States, and par
tlcularly of the Pacific coast, became en-
titled to the vast m of the Pacific
ocean OF which the Philippines furnish the
key.
Agutnaldo's Double Dealing.
One Aguinaldo had raised a rebellion in
Luzon against Spain before the commences
ment of the Spanish wal with the United
states: This ~adventurer had sold out or set
tled his rebellion with Spain for S400,0 900 be-
fore Dewey set sail for Manila, and as a
part of the bargain with Spain Aguinaldo
agreed to leave the island and never re-
turn.
Dewey took the willy agitator back to the
islands, s%upposing, of course, that Aguinal-
do would naturally be an enemy of Spain
and a friend of the United States. In this
Admiral Dewey was mistaken. Aguinaldo,
as soon as he landed on his native soil, or
ganized a rebellion against the United
States, which would have been of little con-
sequence If he had not been able to obtain
comfort and aid in this country. An or
ganization was formed in the United States
called the Anti-Imperialist league, which
has for the last two years cooperated with
Asuinaldo's Tagal junta, with headquar-
ters at Hong-Kong, to supply literature and
materials of war for Aguinaldo. President
MCKINLEY had no authority to buy out Agui-
naldo'i rebellion, against the United States,
but was bound by the treaty (Which was the
supreme law of the land) to maintain Law
and order and protect life and property in
the a 1t required a large army and
the expenditure, of hundreds of millions of
dollars to put down guinaldo's rebellion.
Aid from Anti-Imperialists. E
"The assistance and the encouragement
he received from the Anti-Imperialist
league, and the enemies Of the United
States, both at home and abroad, made his
barbarous and irregular war bloody and
expensive. Congress, however, made all
necessary appropriations, providing the
executive with men and money to main
tain the authority of the United States in
the Philippines. These so-called anti-im-
perialists declared that the policy pursued
lion and maintain law and order in all ter
~ritories of the United States, without regard
to the time when such territories were ac-
quired, was imperialism and that any use
OF the army to maintain law and order
however necessary-was Imperialism and
that giving aid and comfort to rebels in
arms against the United States was main
tanning the principles of the Declaration of
independence .
"Mr. Bryan's unparalleled campaign for
the principles of the Chicago PLATFORM, and
his insistence upon the adoption of that
platform at Kansas City. induced the peo-
pie to suppose the campaign of 1900 would
be conducted on the issues of 1896. In this 1t
seems they were mistaken"
Senator Stewart then quoted Mr..
Bryan's declaration of his intention, if
elected, to call an extraordinary ses-
sion'of congress to give the Philippines
freedom upon the same terms as Cuba.
He also denounced the recent CONVEX
ton of anti-imperialists at %Indianap.
oils. He also denounced Mr.. Bryan for
promising to attempt to "extend the
Monro doctrine to the orient"