Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-06-06
GEN. GRANTS REPORT.
Says War In LuzOn Was Only Kent
Alive by Hope of Bryan's
Election.

Among those who arrived in the
United States transport Sheridan at
San Francisco was Brig. Gen. Fred
ericG Dent Grant, Who is back from
Manila after two years of service.
Gen. Grant, after landing, said:
"Slnce the first campaign progress to-
ward order and peace has been steady and
rapiG. The greatest revival of activity was
aftei Bryan's speech of acceptance of the
democratic nomination. You could trace
the Csrect result of every anti-eXpanson
speech in congress after that. In fact. the
connection was close between pro-Filipino
outbreaks in the United States and native
revolt in the islands. The better class in
the islands. who held property, were puz-
zled by these declarations by prominent
Americans that the Philippine government
should be given over TO the hands of the
insurgents. They saw plainly that they
would lose both lives and property as coon
as the backs of the Americans were
turned. From Bryan's first speech to the
close of the campaign, all the war in the
Philippines was useless war because we
could make no hsadway against the sinis-
ter influence of anti-imperialism. The
troops were kept as quiet as possible, as
every one saw tha futility of active effort
until after the el s1tion was decided.
mo one who WAS not an eyewitness of
affairs in the Philippines can appreciate
the disastrous results of this democratic
anti-eXpansion campaign on the innocent
F'ilipinos. In rampango province over
i00, 900 people were killed for refusing to
swear allegiance to the nsurrection. Three
hundred people were burned alive in one
small district. Not far from my camp eight
men were killed in one day by Filipino
desperate named Lorenzo Caimayer, who
boasted that this fate would fall upon all
loyalists when Americans evacuated the
islands II these rOlll1 he cgd
directly to the receipts of those seditious
speeches and tracts from the United States.
1.-The Filipinos are timd, and ii was
natural that they should hesitate to es-
pouse cause which had such active and
violent opponents in the United States.
Hence it was useless carrying on warfare
under such conditions. All active opera
tions among my force were stopped after
Bryan's nomination, and 1t was only few
days before election that we again began
to prepare for war. When the announce
ment of President McKnley's election
came struck, and struck hard. The end of
the insurrection was in sight when the ma
tives were convinced we were in the Phil
ippines to stay.
$50 you may say the insurrection Is dead.
All that remains is to clean out few thou
sand Ladrones and gather up guns. But
the work of giving natives good govern
ment is a difficult task, which will require
great judgment and executive ability.
These islanders are descendants of pirates
and they still pay tribute to brigands A
certain class will continue to rob and pill
lage until they have felt the laws heavy
hand. But so far as political result is con-
cerned, the insurrection is ended. Before
AguinalG'o's capture 1t was dead. a com
pany of my Macabebe scouts were the men
who actually made the capture of the rebel
leader.
THE work of pacifying the islands is 60
ing a mid rate since President Me-
Kinley's election. My district included the
provinces of Bulacan, Pampango and Bo-
taan, all Tagalo provinces, with 100000
population. They were regarded as the
most lawless in the islands, and my work
was mainly wiping out small insurgent
strongholds in the mountains. Now not a
single robber band is left in the district
Local government under a civilian gov
ernor Is in operation and we are teaching
the people and building roads"