The evening times., 1899-10-19
The Return of DENLY.


DENLY, dear TO the Administration at
any price, and also dear in another and
holier sense TO the packing interest of the
great West, is reported as arrived AT Van
couyer. B. c., on his brigh. and thinning
way to the Capital of the Nation. He
comes not alone. for he has a pedagogue
/ in attendance. of the name of Worcester.
/ This, however, is a negligible incident.
! What is much more important is the fact
that he is also accompanied by an ennis
sary from the "best business interests of
Manila, with most edifying message to
the President of the United States. When
the character of the communication is ex-
piained IL Will at once occur to people who
know DENLY that the movement it repre-
sents must have been undertaken entirely
without his knowledge or consent.
The message is said TO be in the form
Of petition to Mr.. Mckinley from the
merchants of Manila, asking for the re-
call of General Otis. II has a further pur-
pose, which has been exposed by the
bearer, one Seymour, said to be a news
paper correspondent, in an interview.
What is wanted in the Philippines, ac-
cording TO Seymour, is the removal of
Otis, and the appointment of "a man like
Colonel Denby'' as Civil Governor.
We have been long expecting a propo-
sition OF this kind, and the fact that the
merchants of Manila look upon DENLY
as the proper person TO advance their in
terests, considerably re-enforces our near
ly confident opinion that already he has
done much toward the creation of a COM
mercial system which must be eminently
satisfactory TO its beneiciaries. The trou-
bic is that the same system has not ap-
pealed to the American people as a desi-
rable one, nor one calculated to assist the
Government in bringing the insurrection
TO a speedy close. Denby, doubtless is as
yet ignorant of the extent to which his
career in Manila has been watched by an
the almost youthful energy and activity
of his actions. He will be surprised. in
deed, to learn how much is known OF his
course and methods, and, very likely. will
be delighted accordingly.
We must express feeling of pity for
the merchants of Manila" because the
expense and trouble they are at in this
matter, in all probability, will be wasted
No petition from them is necessary to ac-
complish the removal of Otis. The Presi-
dent will be driven TO attend to that by
the force of public opinion at home; or,
falling to submit to the national will, he
will accept consequences of which he is
painfully aware. That clears the field for
consideration of the other point, which is
DENLY.
Let it be understood in advance that if
the individual referred to were as accom-
plished diplomatist as Secretary Hay, as
good a lawyer as Judge Brewer as able
an administrator as Leonard Wood, as pat
riotic, loyal, and honest as Admiral Dew.
ey. and as pure in character as the late
Mrs. Julius Caesar was expected to be,
neither he nor any other man equally as
good" could be appointed Civil Governor
of the Philippines, without exciting howl
of indignation that would shake the coun-
try from ocean to ocean. The reason is
plain. Civil governors are the last things
to be thought OF in present circumsta tances.
1t will do to talk about civil government
in Luzon after The Tagals have been whip
ped into obedience, and when the plains
and swamps they roam have been occupied
and controlled by our military forces For
the time being, and until the insurrection
shall be crushed and become a thing of the
past what we need at Manila is the strong
and just. but stern hand of q military
commander: one who will fight rebels and
never give them moments rest until they
lay down their arms and submit to our au-
thority fully and finally. Equally he should
be man -whe would punish the best
business interests" dealing in arms and
with the rebels, smuggling ani
the like. with military rigor and under
military law.
From the knowledge we have OF the
scandalous and criminal conditions that