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and property of all residents of the

and property of all residents Of the.
islands, 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 ratih-
cation assumed the sovereignty of
the Pacific coast, became entitled to
the vast commerce of the Pacific
ocean, of which the Philippines
furnish the key.
One 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
out or settled his rebellion with
Spain for $500, 900 before Dewey
set sail for Manila, and as I. part
of the bargain with Spain Agui-
naldo agreed to leave the islands
and never return.
Dewey took the willy agitator
back to the island. supposing, as
matter of course, that Aguinaldo
would naturally be an enemy of
Spain and friend of the United
States. In this Admiral Dewey
was mistaken. Aguinaldo, as soon
as he landed on his native soil,
organized 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 or
ganization was formed in the
United States called the Anti I'M
perialist league, which has for the
last two years co-operated with
Aguinaldo's Tagal junta, with
headquarters at Hong Kong, to
supply literature and materials of
war for Aguinaldo. President
Mckinley had no authority to buy
out Aguinaldo's rebellion against
the United States, but was bound
by the treaty (Which was the SUI
.preme law of the land) to maintain
law and order and protect life and
property in the islands. 1t re-
quired large army and the ex-
penditure of hundreds Of millions
of dollars to put down Aguinaldo's
rebellion. The assistance and the
encouragement he received from
the Anti-lmperialist league and the
enemies of the United States. both
at home and abroad, made his
barbarous and irregular war bloody
and expensive. Congress, how
ever, made all necessary appropri-
atoms, providing the executive
men and money to maintain the
authority Of the United States in.
4 the Philippines. The so-called
anti-imperialist declared that the
policy pursued by the government
to put down the rebellion and
maintain law and order in all terri
tories of the United States, with
out regard to the time when such
territories were acquired, was sim
i perialisn'' and that any use of the
army to maintain law and order
however necessary-was "militar
ism" and that giving aid and COM
fort to rebels in arms against the
!. United States was 'smaintaining
the principles of the Declaration
of Independence"
/. Mr.. Bryan's unparalleled cam
paign for the principles OF the Chi
cago platform and his insistence
upon the adoption Of that platform
at Kansas City induced the people
to suppose that the campaign Of
| 1900 would be conducted On the
issues of 1896. In this it seems
they were mistaken"
Senator Stewart then quotes Mr..
BrYan's declaration of his inten
I ton, if elected, to call an extra
ordinary session Of congress to give
the Philippines freedom upon the
same terms as Cuba. He also de-
nounced the recent convention of
anti-imperialist at Indianapolis.
He also denounced Mr.. Bryan for
promising to attempt to "extend
the Monroe doctrine to the Orient.