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Show JllIM VU CANDID 3 ANSWERJB TAFT Intimates that Set retary of War Is Either Deceptive or JjSf Ignorant. Jmpeclares his position l TIMEI) M HISTORY i Laughs. Over Statements that He mm I,ea(N?,S Democratic Party M Against Its Will. ftxB DENVER. April 7. William J. JEBryan spent, a rjuiot morning in this ls$pcity after his strenuous flay yestcrdav. vVKcITc made several personal calls and vis-f.JEjtcd vis-f.JEjtcd the local national Democratic WBMcadquarters. At 11 o'clock he was t ujMJftntcrtnined b,v the Denver Press cluh ' 7BInd at 1 o'clock ho left over the Burl-Islington Burl-Islington route for his home in Lincoln, -.fkhrro he will rest; for a week. !2ML "Mr. Taft is either misinformed or jtSHglie larks candor when ho says changed ttSjffront on the Philippiuo question." said VSKMr. TTrvan today to an inter viewer, re-iMk'firrliiE re-iMk'firrliiE to the address of Secretary of jgKWnr William JI. Taft. ar Omaha " last Kniglit. Mr. Taft undonbtcdlv -had rcf-r'eneo rcf-r'eneo to 1 ho statement Mr. Tirvau made Ijmhlie while rhe Paris treaty was pond-ling pond-ling before the Senate. Analyzes tho Question, ft' "The question presented at that Hflme. said Mr. Bryan todav. "was this- Shall wc reject the treaTyeontinue Itno slate of war and force Spain to Orccognize the independence of the Phil-linpincs, Phil-linpincs, or shall we, ratify the treatv Mml declare our intention "to recognize, flhc independence of the Philippines lourselves? I took the position rhnt it Sttbs easier for us to act alone than to oree .Spain to art, and that we had as Much right to recognize the independ-(fliioe independ-(fliioe of the Philippines ourselves as to rforce Spam ro do it. The Senate rati-itcd rati-itcd the treaty and came so near deciding decid-ing in favor of the independence of ihe Miilippinos that it required the vote tot the "Vice President lo defeat, the resolution. Had the resolution received ;pne more vote we should have been saved more than o00,000,000 in expense and saved rhe menace of war in the orient and the humiliation of having suspicion east upon our adherence to grKthc doctrines of the Declaration of In-jiwnependence. g I Taft's Chance to Explain. mi r, "Mr. Taft ought to explain whether I L5 purposely conceals. rhe important part t of my plan or whether he is reallv ig-S5 ig-S5 ftoraiit of the subject. There has nover m ie en a day since the treaty was rati- wed that we cr.uld riot- have, ma'de the 5 premise of independence and 'thus mad s$ri6nds ox fcfhe Filipinos. Xo excuse jjCoiiJd be given for our colonial poliev vflxcrpt an excuse which attack the principles prin-ciples of slf government." Mr. Bryan was somewhat amused at ..line reference of Seerotarv Taft to "the jjgcnHcman who still seems to have the (jiowor of leading the Democratic partv gainst its will.7' II "That can hardly be true.' suggested sug-gested Mr. Rryan, "when T have no tfmy of forcing anybody to agree with Jrnc or to faor me, and the harge .comes with poor grace from one whoso .nomination is being urged bv all tho 'President's olliee-holdcrs. Ji"Tbis otYicc-holding activity has become be-come so great that the Republicans al-Tpndv al-Tpndv have contesting delegations in a ? tiunibor of States, protesting against, tho n psc' ol jiatronage to force the nomiun-Jion nomiun-Jion on tho partv." |