Bryan. I disagreed with him and his party as
to every other issue then pending before the American people.
So differing from him, I found nothing in his attitude or
that of his party, to induce me to support him, or even to
inspire my confidence in their settlement of the question of
Imperialism or expansion.
In my opinion, if he had been elected, he would have accepted
the result, have put the blame for it on his predecessor
in office, and matters would have gone on very much as they
have under Republican control.
I have been told by many Senators who voted for the Treaty,
that they regretted that vote more than any other act of their
lives. Enough Senators have said this to me in person, not
only to have defeated the Treaty, but if they had so voted,
to have defeated it by a majority. A very eminent Republican
Senator told me that more than twenty Senators, who voted
for the Treaty, had given the same assurance to him. But
they are very unwilling to make the declaration public. Several
gentlemen, however, have publicly expressed their regret for
their vote, as is well known, enough to have changed the result.
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