The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-25
STEWART FOR M'KINLEY.
Denounces Bryan's Attitude o" tne
Philippine QuestiOn-Pays Ills
Respects to Anti-Imperialists'


William M. Stewart Of Nevada
called at Republican headquarters
today ard said he had decided to
vote for President Mckinley. lie
made a statement, i'll part as tol-
lows:
THE United States went to war
with Spain, urged on by the Demo
cratic party. The popularity OF the
war was such that Mr.. Bryan join
ed the army. The war was sue
cessful, treaty of peace was EN-
tered into whereby the United
States agreed to pay S2o,ooo,ooo
and accept the sovereignty and
public property of Spain in the
Philippine archipelago. There was
opposition to the ratification OF the
treaty. Mr.. Bryan came to Wash
ington and persuaded his Demo
cratic 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 is
lands, whether native or foreign
born. The United States at the
time of the ratification of the treaty
held military possession of Manila,
and Immediately after such ratifca-
ton assumed the sovereignty of the
islands. The people of the United
States, particularly of the Pacific
coast, became entitled to the vast
commerce of the Pacific ocean, Of
which the Philippines furnish the
key.
Zone Aguinaldo had raised re-
bellion in Luzon against Spain be-
fore the commencement of the
Spanish war with the United States.
This adventurer had sold or settled
his rebellion with Spain for $500, =
900 before Dewey set sail for Ma
Mia and, as a part of the bargain
with Spain, Aguinaldo agreed to
leave the island and never return.
dewey took the wiley Aguinal-
do back to the islands, supposing
as a matter of course, that Aguin-
aldo should naturally be an enemy
of Spain and a friend of the United
States. In this admiral Dewey
was mistaken. Aguina1do, as soon
as he landed on his native soil, or
gained a rebellion against the
United States, which would have
been OF little consequence if he had
not been able to obtain comfort and
aid in this country. An organiza-
ton was formed in the United
States, called the anti-imperia1ism
league, which has for the last two
years co-operated with Aguinaldo's
Taga1 junta, with headquarters at
Hongkong, to supply literature and
materials of war for Aguinaldo.
president Mckinley had no au-
thority to buy out Aguina1do's re-
bellion against the United States
but was bound by the treaty (Which
was the supreme law of the land)
to maintain law and order and pro-
tect life and property in the islands.
1t required large army and the
expenditure of hundreds of millions
OF dollars to put down Aguinaldo's
rebellion. The assistance and en-
enlargement he received from the
anti-imperialist league and the enc
mics of the United States, both at
home and abroad, made his barbar-
Gus and irregular war bloody and
expensive. Congress, however,
made all necessary appropriations,
providing for the executive men
and money to maintain the author
ity Of the United States in the Phil
ippines.
The so-called anti-imperialists
declared that the policy pursued BY
the government to put down the re-
bellion, and maintain law and order
IN all the territories of the United
States, without regard to the time