The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-27

know $50 would pay a whole ship load of
After that the archbishop had a very
decent respect for US ana pecame very
friendly. Here I have a picture of Gen
eral Luna which was given to me by the
archbishop
The admiral then sent an orderly for
the picture of the Philippine general
who was murdered by order of Aguin-
aldo" as he said. The picture was that
of a negro in a sort of military uni
form. On the back was an inscription
in Spanish to the archbishop OF Manila,
Father Bernardino Mesalado; It was
signed by Luna Admiral Dewey then
said that Luna was the best man the
THipinos had.
ate him. A crack swordsnan was placed
as sentry and when Luna appeared he
SiIInpIy sta DDeu HLul-, A1l THESE reno VS.
all SAID the admiral, are queer lot-
They were simply servants and stable
men m H. ana Agnin9aldq f %s Is 2nnior G5eTk
fellow. I know him pretty well In fact
matter yet, but he has not the brains:
There are people behind him, some of
make a tool of AgufnaIdo. Here by the
way. is cane which he presented to me-
stick carved and resembling Irish bog
oak more than anything else.
this thing in the Philippines would be
over long before this, as it should have
stood out until now. OF course, there was
the rainy season, and 1 suppose little
has been that General Otis has tried to
do too much. I told him so. He wants
thing else, to have hold of all the irons.
No man can do that; This is the great
one thing, to be one thing, but when
man tries to do everything and be every
The fight in the Philippines should be
badiy treated for such a length of time
ful. This is the great difficulty in deal
ing with them. Where We have met them
and they have been in such contact with
US as to learn that we mean to treat
" "a
Tbev stand 6v US ali the time lao All Of
them hem viii Will learn this in time. They viii
get from under the influence of Aguin-
aldo. or rather those people who are be-
hind Aguinaldo, who. as L said before, is
do I think the Fflipinos are fit for
They probably VIII be IN a little time.
dueer Tng @ xture very Many Of PP6eR are QUITE
civilized and good people, but I do not
think they are fit for self-government
Just vet But when I say that I must
add at the same time that it is my can
than the Cubans, that they are a better
people than the Cubans in every way. I
ness was settled and | think that after a
little the Filipinos will take kindly to
it was suggested to the admiral that
the Democratfc slate had been settled
and General Wheeler for the vice presf-
Well" said the admiral Eve should
make a pretty mess of it General
| Wheeler. of course. has had some train
ing in the political school. but then he
is a West Pointer I had forgotten that.
He would run everything as he would a
| regiment, and of course, would make a
splendid mess of it. You can not run a
! government as you would a regiment
''Wen. admiral suggested the report
er. 1T would not be such a change from
the ship Olympia to the ship of state
Yes" said the admiral, 1T would be
I a. very great change. am not a politi-
clan; am sailor; my training has been
all that way. I am at home on board
my ship; know my business, or at least
/ should know it, and do not want to
mix up in the affairs of the government.
! I am perfectly satisfied to live and die
/ a simple sailor, who tried to do his duty.
| I am not a politician. I can not make a
| speech even. I wish could, but L have
/ to be content with my lot
Some one said just then to the admiral
that his was reported to have made
/ statement to the effect that his father
! was a dyed-in-the-wooI Republican.
The admiral laughed outright and turn
| ing around. pointed to a piece of wood
! lying on the deck some yards away, at
the same time saying:
My son knows as much about what nv
l politics is as that piece of stick
/ The admiral would not say a word
| about the alleged interference of the Ger
/ man admiral, Diedrichs, at Manila.