The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-27
brains. There are people behind him,
some of them lawyers and able fellows,
who make a tool OF Aguinaldo.


Dewey Criticises Otis.
Here, by the way, is a cane which he
presented to me- and the admiral pro-
duced a thick black stick, carved and
resembling Irish bog oak more than
anything else.
II thought" said the admiral, that
this thing in the Philippines would be
over long before this. 1 cannot imagine
how they have stood out until now. OF
course, there was the rainy season, and
/ suppose little was done. One great
trouble out there has been that General
Otis has tried to do too much. l told
him so. He wants to be general, gov
ernor, judge and everything else-to
have hold of all the reins. No man can
do that. This is the great trouble 1t
is enough for a man to do 1le thing,
to be one thing, but when a man tries
to do everything and be everything, it
is easy to imagine the result.
THE fight in the Philippines should
be, easily ended. The people have been
so badly treated for such a length of
time by the Spaniards that they are
diStrustful. This is the great difficulty
in dealing with them. Where we have
met them and they have been in such
contact with US as to learn that We.
mean to treat them well; where they
have seen that we mean what we say,
there is no trouble. They stand by US
all the time. They will set from under
the influence of Aguinaldo, or rather,
those people who are behind Aguinaldo,
who, as I said before, is a mere tool.
Not Fit For Selfgovernment.
do L think the Filipinos are fit for
elf-government? Well, no, not just
now. They probably Will be in a little
time. They are a very queer people
a very queer mixture. Many of them
are quite civilized and good people, but
1 do not think they are fit for self-gov-
eminent just yet.
But when 1 say that, must add at
the same time that it is my candid
opinion that they are more fitted for it
than the Cubans; that they are a better
people than the Cubans in every way
I do vAsh, however, that the whole
business was settled, and I think that
after little the F'ilipinos will take
kindly to US
1t was suggested to the admiral that
the Democratic slate had been settled,
with Admiral Dewey for the presidency
and General Wheeler for the vice pres
idency
WELL said the admiral, I'VE should
make pretty mess of it. General
Wheeler, of course, has had some train
ing in the political school, but then he
is a West Pointer. l had forgotten
that He would want to run every
thing as he would a regiment, and of
course would make splendid mess of
it. You cannot run a government as
you would regiment
Sailor Not Politician.
well, admiral" suggested the re-
porter, sit would not be such a change
from the ship Olympia to the ship OF
state.'
Yes" said the admiral, ''it would be
very great change. 1 am not a poll
tician; am a sailor. My training has
been all that way. 1 am at home on
board my ship. l know my business, or
at least should know it, and L do not
want to mix up in the affairs of gov
eminent. 1 am perfectly satisfied to
live and die a simple sailor, who tries
to do his duty. 1 am not politician.
1 cannot make a speech even. 1 wish
L could. but 1 have TO be content with
my lot"
Some. one said just then to the .ad-
miral that his son was reported to have
made a statement to the effect that his
father was a dyed-in-t hewool Repub-
lican.
The admiral laughed outright, and,
turning around, pointed to piece OF
wood laying on the deck some yards
away, at the same time saying:
MY son knows as much about what
my politics are as that piece of stick"
The admiral would not say word
about the alleged interference of the
German admiral, Diedrich, at Manila.