The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-22


can produce personal letters showing
that I wrote to friends IN Ohio and
New York on the subject of Mr.. Bryan
AND Ills platform, in which expressed
myself more extremely than I did In
e;theT OF my letters to You. I have, on
different occasions, In private conver.
sations with friends, made statements
SIMILAR to cliSse cnnta,netf In my ley
ters to you. ] stand by all have writ
ten. regardless OF what they may say
and there Is no power on earth that
can drive me from my position. II any
man In America Is to be allowed to
write to say what he thinks OF Mr..
Bryan and his absurd cry OF Imperial
Ism. without being branded as tra..
tor. / certainly ought to be granted
that privilege.
am one OF those who believe MIR.
Bryan, by his unpatriotic utterances
concerning the policy OF our govern.
ment in the suppression Of the Phil
ippine insurrection, is Indirectly re.
EQonsble for many lives that hare
bsen lost, AMI much OF the blood that
has been shed in those islands. Gen.
ere! L.-to2 SAID: "!e s,i; killed iss1-
Bryan. by tae encouragement he Is
giving t., insurgents, will be respon-
SlDl2 Tor my death.
had sen in the full vigor OF his
young manhood, with q thorough mil.
itary education, VINO, through ting
Kindness Of President Mckinley. was
maze senior captain in .he % III Vo,uu.
teer Infantry. He was looked upon by
all who knew him, and recognized by
all his superior officers, from General
Macarthur down, as one of the braveet
n n faf fY1d IN In n1nt
was also dreaded by the insurgents,
probably as much as any other Amer.
lean officer, on acc Tlnt OF his daring
and successful scouting into PLACES
that were thought to be ia,Dregaaole.
The mountain Of Cavi:e, at tEa Ba;io
OF Paya9a, in Batangas province. on
the Island OF Luzon, is stained With
mis- blood and brains, and he now sleeps
In ccad and silent grave, with g.
young widow to struggle through l.fs
without his help. and four little chill
dren to be raised to wonanhood with
out 4 fathers protection. loved my
son, and was proud OF the record hT
made as soldier. On receipt Of the
news OF his death, his comm handling Of
ficer Immediately issued the following
general order:
1T Is no exaggeratlcn to say ttat in.
Captain Crenshaw's death The reg
ment has suffered an irreparab'e lcss-
That is high encom!um, but in his
case !. is deserved"
Ta,!s same officer in writin. to MAJOR
General H. G. Co.0in. Adgt. Gen. U.
S. A., said among other things:
"M-. Crenshaw does not know what.
fearless and devoted soldier his son
was. From the first moment my eyes
rested upon him at Manila. he was all
attention to duty. Fear he did not
know; his physical powers never Eag-
ged; his willingness to work in ths
line of his profession knew no bounds
and he had the rare faculty cf insp!r.
ing his men with his spirit. He was.
brave and constant. l was just upon
the point of recommending him 1or
the brevet OF major and lieutenant
colonel. when word was received that
he all too soon :iad passed beyond the
reach Of earthly reward"
Such are the records ON file In the
War Department at Washington. D.
c.. concerning my son. How could I
feel otherwise than proud Of him.?
Although shot In the head. with his
brains oozing out, he retained his pres
ence OF mind and directed the fight
unit. mis- soldiers, who mad learned 10
love him, had route1 and put to flight
on enemy outnumbering his command
ten to one. After suffering months OF
pain through the cavity made by an
insurgent bullet, he reached home,
! where he had come to die among his
loved ones On his death bed he said
to me: Father, VIM. Jennings Bryan
Is certainly responsible for my condi-
oil nP nr1yo me nj tor a 80
known and understood by the insur-
gents IN the Philippine Islands as we'll
as they are here, and they are simply
keeping up the insurreetion in hopeS
that Bryan will be elected. and that
tbe trr;cspns will be Withdrawn and tho
islands turned, over to them" He'
further said: "If Bryan is defeated,
they will coon quit figh k.nas
Mr.. Bryan Is against the re. ,s.i.aon ,e..l VI
the Philippine Islands, and has GU. J.
:nitted the Drrn ocratic party to the
same line Of policy. Mr. Bryan fayors
the pulling down Of the flag OF our
country which our gallant soldiers. by
the sacrifice OF their lives and tia she'd
ding OF their blood planted upon
these islands. favor It's retention
forever, and IL It is treason against
the Democratic party for me to 80 ex-
nress myself, then offer myself as
willing sacrifice to the decree.
cannot and will not admit the
cause for which my son fought ana
gave his life was wrong. Narrow-mtn-
ded men, who ere afraid OF q free and
fair discussion, may charge me With
boitlng the Democratic party. with
seeking an appointment from Presl-
dent Mckinley = and with counting
on the junior Senator from the Palmet-