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Sulu Slavery Treaty. Acting Secretary Meiklejohn Addresses Letter to Mr Bryan. Wasbiegtoe, Oot 9 ?Acting Sec? retary Meiklejohn, of the war depart' moot; hae eent the following letter to Hon W. J. Bryan, who apeaks at Peorie, HI, today : October 6, 1900 "Dear Sir : In the preaa reports ?eat er day of yoer addreee at Tipton. nd. in which yon referred to the overthrow of human slavery in the United Ststee resulting from the sac owes of the armies of the Union yoo are also reported as eeyiog h tbot connection : " 'Weifbeght theo for the id op tion of a constitutional amend meat that provided that no men could own ? slots, end yet before the Philippine wer is ended we have the Solo treaty, which recognises slavery ' ??Permit ose to invite yoor attention to toe foilowiog ext. acte frcm the letter of the secretory of wsr to Maj Gen Otis com mending the Utited flutes foroee ie the Philippines, ?oder date of Oot 17, ISM : " 'The president instructs ose to advise yoo that the sgreement signed Aegost 90,lott, between Brigadier Oeosrol Jose 0. Betes, repieeenting ehe UoKed Stesse, of the ewe psrt, ehe solus of Jolo, the Data Sajsh Mods, the Dato Ajtrk, the Dsto Oslbi ssh) the Dsto Joekeolkiu of the other Kie'cooSrssed sod spprovod, sab to the action of eowgrsss pro sided for is IUI eisewe of the treaty of peace between the Unitod Ststee sswl Seem, which provides 'the civil rights sod the political steine of the active lahahiUaU of the territory hereby eeded to the Uslted Ststee shell be determined by congress,' aad with the aodereUadieg sod roservatioa, which should be distinct to oofooissieetei to the eslus of Joto, Hist this agreement ie oot to be wssmel io eey wey to authorise or give the eoaeeet of the United 8Utee to lbs existeoce of slevery la the Solo archipelago, a thing which io impossible by the 18th emend t to the ooeetttotloo of ths Uoited saoattJ "It io probsbly unnecessary to call yoor etteotioo to the foci that io the aheeoce of the approval of the preoi deal, it is impossible for oe 'to hove the Solo treaty' or eey other treety "Very reepeotfolly, "O. D Meiklejohn. "Hoo W J Bryso. Peoris, III." Bryan Replies to Metkeljobn Kelemssoo. Mich , Oct 10 ?W ?1. Brysa to-lay took cogoisaooe of the .letter eent to him by Assistant Secretary of Wer Moikeljobo which waegiveo oot yeeterdey ond prepared ?a reply to it The reply oays: "I am is receipt of your fsvor of the 8th ie regard to the sigeiog of the treaty It io tros that ths presi dent two months after the sigoiog of the treety. eent to Gen. Otic the in strocttooe which you quot) Too will sote that ths treaty, or agree ment, as the president describes it, w4* conSroaed end spproved sobjeot to the sction of oongrees sod the oaly exoeptioo that ho made was thst la r*gerd to article 10 relatiog to slavery You ceo but know, how? ever, that since the president eeet those instructions, the Republican party, with the opproval ot the admin twtrati >a, has adopted the theory that the constitution doss not follow the I flog, and, therefore, the Thirteenth amendment does sot interfere with slavery in tbs Solu archipelago "The Puerto Klean low asserts the doctrine that ths people of Puerto Rio are beyond the* p?erection of the const tofmn and can t>* governed by the arbitrary and oorewirained power of the president and oongrees. If the restitution itself csnnot resch the Went Indies, bow ceo the Thirteenth ?flaendmrot 6od its way e*r?>e? the Ps*i8c into Asis? The Seeeident does not repudiate Article 8. which reads ss follows: 'The Uourd fttetee will give full protec tkm to the sultan and hie eobj??ts H sny f?f<*igt? nation ahnold attempt to ImpoiMt upon tbem ' I "In view of the fact that the prcsi dent iii hie letter of acceptance de ? eiar-H it dangerooe for ua to agree to protect a Gerietian republic in South Afrir?. would it not be wise for him to withdrew the agreement to protect a Mohammed*!! island in the Philip pieea ? The agreement doee not re pud tat* Article 14, which reads ss| follow* : 'The United States will not sell the island of miIu or sny other isisur) of the* Sulu archipslago to any foreign nation without ?h? consent of the eolron of Sulu ' "It w bought all the Philippine ielsnde from Spain without tie con? sent of the inhabitants is it fsir that ? we abould agree not to sell sny of the Sulu islands without the oonaent of ths eulte:? ? In other words is it more importsot thst s sultst/s wishes should be considered tbsn thst the lotereeto of the rest of the people shosld be regarded f Very respectfully yours, to Qoo. W. J. Bryon, which the lottor will receive todey : Chicago, III. Oot. 11. Dear 8ir : Id your communication to me of the lOih inst , you refer to the fact that the Republican party adberee to its doctrine that the con? stitution cannot bo extended to new territory acquired by tbe treaty mak ing power of our government, nor by the military Commanders of our armies Yon then declare &at, therefore, the president was nor. obliged to refuse bis approval to that portion of tbe Sulu agreement which permitted the temporary continuance of tbe alleged slavery in tbe Sulu islauds The point to which I called your attention io my communication woe that tbe president did refuse bis approval and that, therefore, the por? tion of the agreement is not existing. I em grstiBed that you direct atten? tion to tbe fact that the present administration does not require the foroe of constitutional provision to prompt it to reoogoize the rights of men Permit me, however, to call your attention to tbe concluding worda of the amendment to tbe con? stitution to which yoo refer : "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude aboil exist witbio the United Statee, or aoy other place subject to their joriadiction n While amendments to tbe constitu? tion are under consideration, will yoo give en explanation of the discre? pancy between yoor platform this year and the one on which Tilden made hia canvass. Your platform declarea: "We, the representatives of the Democratic party of tbe United States, assembled in national oooven tioa on the anniversary of the adop? tion of the Declaration of Independ? ence, de reaffirm onr faith in that immortal proclamation of the inalien? able righto of man and onr allegiance to the constitution framed io harmony therewith by the fathers of the re public ." Ao framed by tho rathers of tbe re public, the ooostitatioo recognized slavery and provided that a slave es? caping ioto a free Stste did not be? come free and must be returned to hit owuer?article IV , section 2, olaoae 3 The constitution as fram? ed by the fathera did oot cootaio the gnaraotee for the righto of onr color ed citizens provided by the 14th and 16th ameodmente. The Tildeo platform declared as follows : "For the Democracy of tbe whole country we do hereby affirm onr faith in tbe permanence of the Federal Uoioo, oor devotion to the constita tioo of the United States, with its amendments, universally accepted as final settlement of the controversies that engendered civil war, and do here record our steadfast confidence io the perpetuity of the Republican aelf government '* Why doee yoor platform refuse ad horence to the amendments to the constitution ? In view of yoor plessaot con ten tioo 1 beg to request an explanation of the ooooluding words of the Chi? cago platform of 1896 on admission of territories, which reada : "We recommend that the territory of Alaska be granted a delegate in congress sod tbat the general land and timber laws of the United States be extended to eaid territory " Very respectfully, G D Meikeljobn Hon Wm J Bryan, Cleveland, 0 aal ??#?? -*aa?^??-1 CLEVELAND'S VIEWS. Cbisajro, Oet 12 ?A speeisl to The Tribune from Looiaville. Ky. says Kx President Grover Cleveland baa replied to a letter written by Joho S Green of thie city inquiring if the former presi deat had ohenged bis views oo the financial qirstioo as espresscd in his letter to Onioego business men on April 18. 1895. Mr Cleveland in his letter, ?hieb it dated Bound's Bay, Oct 7. 1900. repliod as follows : "I have reeeived yoor letter ioelos ia a eopy of my letter written more than fire years ago to tbe bosioess men of Chicago I bad oot seen it in a loog time, bot it seems to rae I eould not state tbe eaae better at this time if I should try. "I have oot changed my opinion as tbse '((pressed io the least " saw ? ? ? * ^mm^-? Mexicau Cotton Mills Meziun City, Mo. Oot 7.?Exchange on New York has fallen from 110 to D2i9.V Bankers do not anticipate a steady rise in silver The demand for Meneao dollars for China eontinucs There is nome talk io eotton msufaotur ing oirelie of asking the government to remove the duty of seven oents per kilo grain oo imported cotton, but this re? lief woold oot help the eitoaiion much. Those ootton manufacturers who pre par ed long ago for the making of high grade oottoo goods aro now roapiog the reward of their foresight. Everywhere mills are runniog oo reduced timo ?soa* ?<??*?"??? ?? We Lead The World. Washington. Oct 10 ?A cablegram reeeived here today from Commissioner Qeoerai Pook at Paris oontaius an an ootioeemetit of tho results obtaiocd by the various countries io tbe form bi awards at the Paris espositioo. Tho Uoitsd Htatea reeeived 2 4":"? swards. Gsrmooy 1,826, Grsst Britain 1727 end Rossis 1.498 The United Stetes leads tOt OOly in the grand total but also it all grades of awards, from grand m merely honorable mention. College Boys Howl While Bryan Speaks. ? Ann Arbor, Miob, Oji 11.?There was a mildly wild time this afternoon when Mr Bryan oame to Ann Arbor. Tbe ?tudents of the Siato university whioh is located here were at the mert ng iu largo numbers and each one made bis presence felt. A platform bad been erooted on tbe south sido of tbe court bouse building tod the entire south side of tbe fquare or well as tbe adjoining street wu* oovered with a solid mass of humanity, a majority of those oesrest the stand beiog students Mr. Bryan had no sooner shown his face than tbe boys began a olamor wbioh did oot oease for 10 or 15 min utes. ??en after Mr Bryan advaooed to tbe froot of tbe stand tbe din oon tiooed, but it ultimately subsided suffi? ciently to allow bim to begin, "if you are willing to listen." A few viocea responded: "We are williog." "If I were so imperialist," Mr Bryao went oo, "I should eall out an army to suppress you, but I am oot." This sally seemsd to please tbe young men, and most of tbem laughed aod cheered. Some of tbem jeered to suoh an ex? tent, bowevsr, that an officer was com? pelled to enter the orowd aod arrest ssveral of the noisiest. After this, wbils ths ioterroptioos wers frequeot, they geoeraliy took tbe abape of questions. Oos of tbs questioos brought out tbe explioit declaration from Mr Bryso, "the Demooratio party is for tbs frss soioage of ail?er at the ratio of 16 to 1 without waitiog for tbe aid or consent of aoy other nation." By tbe time Mr Bryao concluded tbe ooofusioo bed oeased eotirely aod be departed amid obeers. Wbeo informed of tbs arrssts of ths ?todeots Mr Bryao immediately seot tbe following letter: "Hon M. J. Cavanaugb, Ann Arbor. "My Dear Sir : If it ia true, as I am informed, that somo of the oollege boys were arrested for disturbing tbe meeting, please ask for tbeir disobarge I am sore it was tbe result of boyisb thoughtlessness aod oot malioe. "W.J Bryan.'; Mr Bryan took up the trust question sod st tbs beginnio g of the speech bo was naked : "How about tbe lee trust ?" "Will you explain to me," be replied, "why every Republican knows there is an ioe trust aod yet no Republican koowi anything about aoy other kind of trust ? Erery direetor of the ioe trust is a Republican (Applause and oriei of "no" aod "how about Cro ker?M) Mr Croker is oot a direetor. He ie simply a stockholder. (Cries of "oh V* mod applaose ) Tbe governor of the State of New York is a Republican and if be were in New York punishing tbe iee trust instead of makiog speeches oot here there woold be oo iee trust. (Applause ) We bad an iee trust in Omaha last spriog, bot we have a Dem ooratio attorney geoeral there aod be commenced suit against tbe ioe trust there aod it dissolved on the first day of August, bat tbey do oot do tt io New York in that way. (Applause ) A voice?How about tbe cotton trust f1 Mr Bryao?The geotleman speaks of tbe cotton bale trust Now, let me tell yoo tho facts Tbe cotton bale oompaoy has a pateot for making roood bales, and it bales less than one twen? tieth of tbe cotton of the United States, aod yet yoo Republicans say nothing about a salt trust that controls 9*5 per eent of tbe output, but you howl about a ootton halo trust that has ono twen? tieth of tho output. Are you honest ? (Crios of "yes") Theo you must have beoo igooraot (great applaose), for oo hooest man would condemn a 5 per eeot eottoo bale trust and defend a 95 per eeot salt trust because it was Repoblioao. (Great applause ) Let me call yoor attention to tbe faot that your party has oo remedy for tbe trusts A voioe?What would you do T Mr Bryao?We have a remedy, aod our remedy is, first to put overy trust made article on the free list ; second, we propose that ooogress shall provide that before aoy corporation does busi oesa outside of tbe State of its origin it aball take out a license from the federal government and this lioense shall ooly bo given wbeo tbe corpora? tion shows that it has no water in its stoek and ibat it is not attempting to mooopolise any braneh of business. 1 believe that that would be a remedy for tbe tiusts. I believe that uo private monopoly oeuld exist. A voioe?How about North Caro? lina? Mr Bryan?I thought thoro would be some North Carolina mon here and ho brought a bulletin issued by the gov? ernment uodor this administration and therefore 1 know it niuit be right It was itfsuod Aug '29, and when yoo people worry about tho oduoatioual qual? ification iu North Carolina I waut you to know (bat your own administration has fixed an eduoational qualification for voters in Puerto Rico, aurt accord ing to this bulletin only 17 per soot of the nogrocs of voting age in Puerto Rioo can vote under the educational j qualification* fixed by your own preii ! Uent Aod my fncndu, remember that ! io the south tho educational qualifica . ticn does not tako from tho mau the protootiou of the constitution, so far as his rights are oonccrocd, hut yoo take fr<>m the peopio of Puerto Rioo the I protection of our constitution and under tbeso qualifications we shut nut So per eebt ot tbe blaok men there. -_ - ?? ? Our Subjects Riotous. FOUR PERSONS KILLED IN A STREET RIOT WHICH LASTED ALL NIGHT. San Jaun, P. R., Ojt 9 ?Four per sons, one of them a woman, were killed in another political street riot in Guayama, whiob lasted ail n'gbt The riot etaried io the cafe, when a member of the Fede'ral party shot and wounded a Republican Sevora! of the latter'* purtj frieods tried to lynoh the Federal, but wero prevented by eight Americans The Federals froiit Arryo hastened to reinforce the Federals in Guayama and a bloody street riot followed Tbe rioting was kept up doting the night and threo men and a woman wero killed, while twenty otbere, in oludiog several polieemoo, were wound cd. Ono will die. AruDod bands paraded the streets later, shooting and yelling, terrorizing tbe town. The whole district is armed and tbe people are unable to nope with the rioters. Tbe parties are about equally divided in numbers. Leaders of the Republicans are urging their fol? lowers oot to engage io rioting, bot tbe Federals are determined to avenge the tbe shooting. Animosity between tbe Federals sod Republicans in increasing as tbe time for tbe elections approaoh and all over tbe island are evideooes that tbe trouble may break out at aoy moment. A GRUESOME PROPHECY. The most famous of newpaper cor? respondents, Henri de Blowitz, takes o very gloomy view of tbe future. De Blowitz is generally considered the beet ioformed man on politics in Europe ood bis views usually carry great weight. For 30 years be has been tbe Peris correspondent of the London Times end has frequently known more state secrets thso any statesman in Europe This wise correspondent is usually very cairn snd conservative, bot of late be seems to have token the role of sn alarmist He predicls that in tbe near future there will be a war be tween all the civilized nations, a war whiob in tbe magnitude of its pro? portions and its results will surpass all of tbe great conflicts of tbe past The nations, as viewed by de Blowitz, ore full of fight Tbey have ambitions and schemes which are so conflicting that a clash between tbem very soon is inevitable and when tbe tronble starts it will almost certainly involve all tbe powers. When the czar called the great Peace Conference de Blowitz pre* dieted that it would accomplish noth ing He now sees more signs of war than have been visible for a long time and bis high cbaractor as an observer bos caused his prediction to receive very general attention T. E. Thackston Pardoned. Colombia, S C , Oot 9 ?Governor McSweeoey today pardoned T. Esell Tbaekstoo, a young white man of Greenville who was eoovioted io 1897 of maoslaogbter and eenteneed to the peoitentiary for five years. Tho crime for whiob he was convicted was the killing if a mulatto woman with whom he had beoome infatuated. Tbaokston seems to be thoroughly peniteot, and during his ssrvioo as a convict hie eooduot has beeo good. The penitentiary directors unanimously recommended to tho governor that tbe pardon bo granted. Jodge Watts, who saoteooed him, said that in view of his good ooodoet he favored the exercise of executive clemency Tbaokston bss beeo employed oo the State farm at Hagood and wrote pathet? ic lottere to the governor, in which be said that if the serious errors of bis youth were forgiven he would try to load a better life. His mother also wrote tbo governor in behalf of her boy, and bis sister added her appeal for his pardon. 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