Show TO DRY BRYAN AN Assistant or of Wr War Calls iii to 10 Constitutional Amendment I the Iho li an or of tue hue III Chicago Oct Ott Geo George D secretary of oC war baa tM the following letter to W v J 3 Dryan which the latter will re recelle receive celle today Chicago Oct Sir In your our to me ot of the 1011 Inel you ou refer reter to this fact that the can adhere to its III doctrine that the Constitution cannot be extended to flew territory acquired by the trat treaty making pol power of at our government nor norby norby by the military command r ot of our ar ml rules You then than declare that therefore the t its not ol obliged to refuse hi bl approval to 10 that portion ot of the lulu Sulu agreement which permitted lh the tam continuance of oC the alleged slav laI cry In the Sulu islands Island The poInt to Which I 1 called your attention In my communication was wa that the President dId refuse his approval anti therefore that t portion ot of the II not I am that you dl di direeL reeL attention to the fd fact that Lb pr pre tint ent admInistration does doel nut not require III the force lorce or of constItutional provision to prompt It to recognise the rights ot of men Inen ins to 10 call your our attention to the words word or of orthe the am amendment to the Constitution to which you reter neither slavery nor In involuntary voluntary servitude shall exist within the d Stat States or tillY place subject to their jurisdIction amendments to the lion Uon are under consideration will you give an explanation or of the discrepancy between your our Platform this Ihl year elu and the one on which Tilden hIs can onn Your platform declares W We the representatIves of oC the tue Dam Dem party parly assembled In convention on the anniversary ot of this the Declaration ot of Independence do our faith In our Immortal principle ot of Inalienable rights or of man and give hl our allegiance to the Constitution framed In harmony therewith b by the fathers Cathers or of the pub lie 41 framed b by the fathers ot of the reo re ImbUe the Constitution recognised slavery and provided thAt a 81 elave ve es esc escaping c caping III Into to a trIPe free Slate Stal did not become tree free and must mut be returned to its Ill own 1 IV section 2 ela clause II III I 3 The Constitution as framed b by Ih the fathers did not contain the guarantees for lor the rights of our colored provided b by the fourteenth and amend amendments ments menta The Tilden declared as al follows lor or the Democracy ot of the whole count country we do here our faith In the 1 the tho Pu Iou Ion our devotion to tb the Constitution ot of the United States State with lit amend accepted as a flash settlement ot of the controversies that en ea engendered gendered war and do here herl record our steadfast confidence nce In the ot of the republican men meat WhY does Ilou your our platform refuse ad to the amendments to the Con Constitution In view or of your present con contention might I beg ber to request an u ex ot of the concluding word of the Chicago platt platform ot 1 IRM on admission of which reads We recommend that the territory ot of luka be granted II a delegate In Con on tl and that the general lend land and 18 laws I of th the States be eX cx tended to said laid territory Vel Very res ree II y GEnE I lion illiam J 1 Cleveland O 0 |