Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-06-13 | Page 4 | Local News

Mr William E Curtis of the Chicago I Record has Just received a circular I frbm Manila In which Aguinaldo calls I upon his followers to continue their I I resistance of the Yankees until Mc I Kjnlcy is defeated for reelection and Bryan wlll give them Independence Aguinado says his friends in the Senate have assured him that Congress will sustain Bryan and order the Yankee troops withdrawn from Manila Ma-nila Another page of the circular Is made up of extracts of speeches of ex Senator Boutwell Edward Atkinson and other antis The most Interesting feature Is a letter dated last August and purportlrrg to come from Washington Wash-ington In which the announcement Is made that MI W J Bryan the I Democratic candidate for President of the United States has achieved a veritable veri-table triumph having been vociferously vociferous-ly I applauded before the national Democratic Demo-cratic convention at Omaha Neb which was composed of more than 10000 Ier = onsAnd It adds The triumph or Mr Bryan Is also that of the Philippine I Philip-pine cause for Mr Bryan will declare I the independence of the Filipinos as ho I I has repeatedly set forth in his j I speeches Thus we have It We seethe j see-the Democratic press exulting that guerrilla fighting Is going on and I I every little while there are papers I showing how that lighting is kept up solely by the promise that If the Democratic Demo-cratic party can elect Mr Bryan the Filipinos will have their Independence The only result Is the killing of more American soldiers and the spending of i more American money because If Mi i Bryan were President he could no more give the Filipinos Independence than he can now and more he would TiQfWant to His party would nOt have It