The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-07-06
BADCONDITION
Of Affairs i'm the Philip
pines. Degenerate People
and Severe Climate,
WASHINGTON NEWS
As Given by n Special Correspondent
Bryan will Carry New York.

Washington, June 2S, 1S99.-"Too
good to be true" ,is the general COM
ment upon the rumor that preceded
Secretary Alger's return to Washing
ton, saying that having made deal
with PIngree to support him for the
Senatorship Alger would soon resign
in order to devote his whole time to
trying to get to the senate. There
are too many picking in sight for
Alger to voluntarily resign before he
gets his share of them. Those Porto
Rica concessions are yet to be given
out, and the scheme of enlisting
volunteers for the PHILIPPINES with
out regular call for quotas from the
States, which was devised so as to
leave the appointment of The officers
In the hands of the War Depart
ment instead Of the governors of the
States, where it would have to go
If the usual course was followed, is
an additional reason why Alger isn't
likely to resign in the near future.
1t il denied at the War Department
that Gen. Miles is to be sent to the
Philippines 50 as to have him out of
reach when congress meets, as was
rumored several days ago. The
Agriculture Department made pub
lie report that it had just received
from Lieut.. A. p. Hayne, California
Heavy Artillery, on agriculture in
the philippines, which shows those
islands to be anything but desirable
possessions, although the country is
now adding more than million dol
lars day to the original big price
paid for them. The report quotes
Senor Manuel del Busto, formerly
chief of the agricultural experiment
station, at Manila, to show the social
stagnation; the increase in popu-
lation from lS42 tolSSS was less than
40 also their characteristics; "the
middle and lower classes are almost
of the worst possible type, ire
sponsible and degenerate, morally
and physically, insensible of any
contracts or obligations, written or
oral ready to cheat and expecting to
be cheated, and am enable to no sort
of persuasion except brute force,
from which they are always ready
to escape by moving their habitat" u"
After reciting the difficulties con-
al i,,C
getting a crop planted, the report
says: "When this is accomplished
and luxuriant crop is raised,-it is
at the mercy of the first typhoon,
which IN the northern part of the
archipelago, is severe. These wind
and rain storms level crops, uproot
trees, demOlish houses and flood
with water everything that has been
left by the wind, turning plantations
into lakes and swamps, and render
ing the primative roads impossible
for long periods" Here is another
extract: "piseases, so far hardly
known to European doctors, result
from turning up of this virgin soil.
According to competent medical
authority many of these strange dis
orders cause death in few hours,
while by 9th ers, even if the patient
RECEIVERS, lie is doomed to wretched
and lingering existence. One of the
commonest of these diseases is
temporary or permanent paralysis,
with almost endless complications" "
Mr.. William Ryan, of New York
City, now visiting Washington, said
In reply to questions: 1.-The factional
strife that is going on in New York
City isn't of mach consequence to
the democratic party at large, for no
principle is involved in it, and the
whole struggle is for personal ag-
grandizement.
The taint of commercialism IN
fact, is over everything in New York
and dominates its politics absolutely
The mass of democratic voters in
New York are for w. J. Bryan fol
President and for a re-adCption OF
the Chicago platform. If Mr.. Bryan
is chosen next year he will carry
New York State"
1t is regarded as significant tha'
the administration should have con
sidered it necessary for the Post
master General to make public ar
official denial of the charge that
letters Of the volunteers in the Phil
ippines were being censored.
The Sampson clique is still on tor
in the Navy Department and is still
determined to try to down Admira
Schley, and as the clique owns Sec
retary Long it is able to use all tn,
machinery of the department for iti
own purposes. 1t has compelled
Lieut.. Commander Hodgson to make
monkey of himself by subscribing
to an official statement branding
himself as liar, in order to bolster
up the absurd claim that Admira
Schley ordered the Brooklyn to rur
away from one of Cevera's ships
although to do so he had to come
dangerously near to colliding will
the Texas, and it is even contemplat
ing the ordering of court of inquiry
by Secretary Long, to be made up O.
officers who can be depended upor
by the clique to report against