Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-28
TWO VIEWS OF GENERAL OTIS.


now exist at Manila, "y~ The Literary
Digest. he personalit. # he man in
conman may he the kr, ~ the stu
alton. If he liz II diplomat, but not Il
sol Her. re may fall ~" one error;
liza soldier. hit not :, iir'l mat. lie
may fall INTO another. - IS IDLY wnree.
Yet while almost every orncr fact
conpec Ell wi h the troubles there
has been brought on to- the search
ing llIhi uf riticIsnI, ;IIe rharaCterIs-
ties of the ,'nuImandIn.: general Ina.
How IS j., then. will, General Otis?
From Two men who have kuown him
per-oDaily come wild, ~ different esti-
mates !tr first is fr"n !"' editor Of
the Seattle Herald, vino lays he WAS
OH ~ an employee Of General Otis.
The enInluN err reduced THE wages of
his men. and hen the men rpmon.
stratrd ,ui asked hItratinn, the en-
pimer. ac 'rrdIng to 80. Hernld's ac-
com. sai @here was no hing to ar
br'rute." 81 have ma la Il new scale"
Sal he. "and yon can ii TIER accept it.
or get out The editor places the
IT, # hi estimate the uuesnon:
as General Otis the American Wcy-
ler?"
Another view Of the Philippine
commander is given ~ the American
Review ~ Reviews by William Co.
nanl Church. editor of :he Army and
Navy .Ionrnnl. Mr.. Church sketches
General Otis's career .aI'pointed cap.
tain of ON any e. I40,h Regiment
of New York Volunteers. September
1852, hrrveited cOlon"l and brigadier-
general January "a, 1865, for gallant
and merit"rious service" ut Spoits.
vile and Chapel HOUSE; from 1876. to
1881 in command of regulars on the
frontier; organizer of school of infan
try and cavalry at Fort LeAvenwor II
1881 80; superintendent of recruiting
service. 1890; brigadIer. general of
regular army November lS93--and
pictures HIM rs both soldier and
diplomat, and a worthy commander
Of the body of officers and men at
Manila
The editor of the Herald says:
"Prohahly no worse man in this
country could have been placed in
control "r the American forces than
General Cts. This man is by nat ure
despiser ut human liberty. He be
lives in a ruling class and a serving
CLASS in \merica. A stern arstocrat,
who conceives an utter CONTEMPT for
the common people, or srabble, he
has always opposed any recognition
OF popular rights. TO his mind the
lahorcr who becomes dissatisfied with
an animal existence and demands fair
wages and fair hours is an migrate and
should he treated as nm anarchist X
"Snch liz the migrate who rules in
Manila. Knowing what we do of the
man it is easy to imagine the avidity
with which he may have seized the op-
poriunlty his mission to the Philin.
pines affords 10 play the tyrant. His
contempt for an Inferior race was
probably shown by many high hand.
ed acts, calculated to raise the ieors
and suspicious Of the roor islanders
and prejudice them against the Amer
leans. We are sure that General
Otis would not treat the Filipipos M
thongh:they had am rights which a
conquer was bound to respect. With
pompous dictator, 'Iording it over.
them, could results different from
those reported he expected?
"Fe" will dispute that it is necce..
-sary to shoot down rapacious pillap.
ers in Manila, il such exist, and nro.
tect life and property; but il 1t finally
comes to light that the tyran;coI
treatment by the American antbor.
titles was responsible Tor the slaugbtor
OF FEBRUARY 4th then General Otio
will go down in history as the Amsr
loan Wevlerp