Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1903 — Bryan's Champion Meets Aguinaldo. [ARTICLE]

Bryan's Champion Meets Aguinaldo.

Helen ML Gongar, of Lafayette* is now making a trip around the world and has poor old hen-pecked Joe along with her to do the chores. Helen is the party into according to her own declaration, “rolled up her sleeves clear to her for Bryan. “ She might also have added, that she nnr her tongue out dear to her midriff, in the same cause. She was in Manila a while baok, and while there engaged in hunting up and flattering the bandits who not long ago were engaged iu killing American soldiers. The following account of her interview with Aguinaldo has been received:

When Mrs. Gougar reached Manila she sent word to the former insurgent leader that she wished to meet him, and the interview be* ing granted, she called at bis home with her husband, several tourist friends and an interpreter. “Tell Mr. Aguinaldo,” TMrs. Gougar said to the interpreter, “that as Americans passing through the oity, we feel it a great honor to pay our compliments to him. Tell him that we desire to express onr appreciation and admiration of the brave fight he made for the independence of his country.

“Tell Mr. Aguinaldo that I expeot and hope before long to see him the president of the real Filipino republio with oomplete independence.”

Mrs. Googa* explained to Aguinaldo that she was intimately acquainted with Mr. William Jennings Bryan, who, like Aguinaldc himself, has aspired to become president; that she has exercised her effort to elect him president before and expected to help do it in the future, that she corresponds with him and oarried letters of re oommendation from him.

To this Aguinaldo said: “I admire Mr. Bryan very much and appreciate fully the great assistance he gave ns in the last insurrection. Is it really true that he will be eleoted president of the United States?”

Mrs. Goug&r oould not quite assure the Filipino of Mr. Brycn’s future success. The interview ended after Mrs. Gougar had praised Aguinaldo and his followers for their "heroic’ conduct and again wished him at the head of the "independent Filipino republic.”