Show MR BRYAN ON SULU SLAVERY At Fort Scott Mr Bryan was asked What about North Carolina 7 whereupon where-upon he replied I want you to read the Sulu treaty and having cone that I think you will blush until election day and never have time to think of North Carolina When Mr Bryan made that reply he practiced directly upon the supposed ignorance of his hearers and without making any assertion as-sertion of fact he deliberately sought to carry the idea that President Mjc Klnley hal in dealing with tho Sulu Sultan treated to restore slavery In territory belonging to the United States A Washington correspondent of the Sl Louis GlobeDemocrat discusses that and another charge which Mr Bryan has been making regarding Republican Re-publican disfranchisement of negroes in the District of Columbia and as the < communication covers both cases perfectly per-fectly we copy It that decent people may sec how desperate are the means resorted to by Mr Bryan this year 1 Isn5 subjoined aif Bryan referred to tho allcgwl rec nlelp ognition of slavery In that document but ho did not have tho honesty to tell his uufljcncp that President McKlnlcy had distinctly disapproved of any part of the treaty Which COUld lift rnn > itrii < f1 Jnfn i recognition of slavery The whole treaty vftn subject to tho action of Congress but tho President specifically disapproved of anything that resembled recognition of recoJrltol slavery na l > fully proven by tho follow Ing ofilelal corCpondenco on the subject I al Deparment VutsiulngtOii Octo ber 27 1E0hSirThu President instructs me to advise YOU that tho agreement wlgned August 2 1B50 between BrlprGen John C Bates representing tho United Stated oCtie ono part the Sultan OC Jolo the Dato Rajah Muda the Ditto At tilt tho Dato Calbl and tho Dato Joaka nlan of the other part lo confirmed and approved subject to tho action of Congress Con-gress > provided for In that clause of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain Which provide that thn civil rights and the nolitieni gtatu of UIQ native na-tive IiituibiliinlB of the territory liorpby I conceded to tho United Status shtiu bo determined de-termined b > CringresH and with tho understanding un-derstanding ant reservation which should lo filRtlnctly communicated to tho Sultan of Jolo that this agreement la 1 not to bo deemed In tiny way to authorize or to glvo tho consent of the United States to the existence of slavery In the Sulu archipelago a thinS which IH made Impossible Im-possible by the thirtieth amendment to tho Constitution of the United States At tho same time when you communicate to the Sultan tho abovementioned understanding under-standing the President desires that you should make liiqulry u to the number of persons hold In slavery In tho archipelago and what arrangement It may bo practl I cable to malo tor theiremaimeipatlori I i Is assumed that the market price referred to In thQ agreement oC August O 11 ht I not very high It present and It may bo I that n comparatively moderate sum hlen Congress might be willing to np I propriatn for that purpose Would tulllco to secure freedom for the whole number It Is needless to sUggcat that Inquiry I should bo prosecuted in ouch a way as not to create the Impression that wo now have authority to make such an arrangement arrange-ment and In such a manner as not to create extravagant expectation cry truly yours ELlirU ROOT Secretary of War MaJGon Otis commanding United States forces In the Philippines Manila i I I P I Another part of Mr Brvan demagogic I nnd pettifogging addrcos was Intended give ino impression uiai 1110 ivujinuini ImpICBIOn 1no the party had discriminated against negro In the District Columbia He declared I de-clared that tho Republican parly had many years ago disfranchised the negro In tho District of Columbia This uteri ance was made by a man In full knowledge i knowl-edge of the fact that all clllzcns of he District of Columbia both white and I black arc disfranchised but ho deliberately deliber-ately misrepresented conditions and made entcl a willfully tale statement In order to pal r halo In snmo < degree the political crime committed by his party against the nc groco In North Carolina |