The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-17
THE VIEWS OF A PRIEST
SERVED AS SECRETARY TO ARCH
BISHOP CHAPPELL IN MANILA.
He Calls A~guinaldO and the TagaIogs
"LoOters"-Talk with samuel
III. Spooner.

connected with the department Oh JUSTICE
of the United States government and who
has for several months been represent
ing the government on the Pacific slope.
will make several speeches in Indiana be-
fore the election. Mr.. Spooner is enthusi-
astic over the favorable condition of the
Republican party in the West, and believes
that Mckinley and Roosevelt will carry the
whole Pacific slope.
81 have Travelled in the last six months
over nearly all of New Mexico and in
southern Colorado from Trinidad to Du-
range in the extreme western portion of
the State" said Mr.. Spooner last night.
1.-THE change of political sentiment in the
portion of Colorado through which l have
travelled is simply astonishing. 1 was told
every place that Colorado had never en-
joyed such prosperity as 1t is now having.
In one town which gave Mckinley but
one vote in 1896 he will receive almost the
entire vote Of that place at this election.
In New Mexico the Mckinley sentiment Is
very strong indeed, and If that Territory
could vote for President. its electoral vote
would beyond any question be cast for the
Republican candidates.
I'm the early part of August I went to
Texas, and on my way from Ell Paso TO
San Antonio / had the pleasure of meet
ing a most estimable and companionable
Catholic priest, who was just returning
from the Philippine Islands, where he had
spent the past six months as secretary to
Archbishop Chappeli. On this journey /
spent a great deal Of time in his company,
and very naturally, so far as 1 could, di-
rected our conversation to the conditions
and situation In the Philippines.
FACTS ABOUT AGUINALDO.
He told me that 1t was his business to
study the situation there and that he had
done so very carefully during his stay at
Manila. Said he: The only tribe that Is
unfriendly to the government Of the United
States is that tribe which is led by Aguin-
aldo-the Tagalogs. Aguinaldo and his
followers are simply, hooters. The Filipinos
are wholly unfit for self-government and
could not. if they were free to do SO. estab-
lish a safe and stable government in the
archipelago. Every one would be happier,
and personal and property rights safer
under the authority of the United States
than under any government that they
He was very emphatic i'm his declara-
ton that the Catholic Church prefers the
government of the United States and be-
lieves that the maintenance OF Its authority
on the island is the only hope of the peo-
pie. Independence of the Filipinos now
the priest added, is simply out of the
question. Aguinaldo and his followers are
no respecters of the Catholic Church and
its property rights, and constantly insult
and maltreat church officials because they
are loyal to the United States government.
All other tribes on the islands besides the
Tagalogs are friendly To the United States
government, and that tribe does not exceed
two millions in number. many of whom
If they were not under the coercion Of the
leaders of the instrumentation would ha
friendly
CONDITIONS IN TEXAS.
1.-THE last two months I have spent in
Texas continued Mr.. Spooner, ''and 1
was surprised to read In an interview
with Ex-Governor Hogg, of that State.
that the imperialistic issue was even
thought seriously OF down there. / have
talked to Democrats in a dozen different
counties. and L did not meet one who did
not ridicule that plank In the Democratic
platform. One ex-confederate that 1 met
"a man of prominence, too, in Texas, and
| who is a supporter of Mr.. Bryan-told me
in talking about the question of imperial
ism, that the doctrine of the consent of
the governed, upon which the doctrine of
Imperialism is based. as an issue I'm this
campaign, never had any literal a~pplica-
ton, and that If such a doctrine was ever
entertained In the North, when Lincoln
sent the Yankee troops across the Potomac,
the North gave 1t up forever; and when
the confederates surrendered at Appomat-
tox. they surrendered that doctrine which
was the basic principle of secession. Mr..
Bryan will receive, in Texas, from 10000
to 1000 less votes than he received four
years ago, and there Is a strong probability
Of the Republicans carrying at least one
congressional district that is now repre-
scented by a Democrat in that State. The
San Antonio Express, the leading Demo-
cratic paper of the largest city In Texas,
in a recent issue. published an interview
with Captain Hall, an old Texas ranger
and Democrat, who had just returned
from the Philippines, where he had been
serving in the army. He said In this in
terview: Il have been a Democrat all my
life. but after witnessing the conditions
that exist in the Philippines. and knowing
| personally of the effect of the anti-ex-
Filipinos. | shall cast my first Republican
| vote at the presidential election. for Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt. The war over there
has been protracted by the encouragement
which the Democracy in this country has
given to Aguinaldo and his people,, but
IL Mckinley is elected. the revolution will
end in a very short time
THE Express, in an editorial mention of
this interview, continued Mr.. Spooner,
said there was but one thing TO be done
by this government. and that was TO put
down the revolution, and never to haul
down the flag until that was accomplished.
This may not be the exact language used
in the editorial, but 1t was that strong"
Bankruptcy Affairs.