The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-26
Colorado Colonel Shows Up
Bryan's Friend.
HIS STATE REPUBLICAN
Long at CoIdwater--PoIitiCs
in COmanChe.
1speoial correspondenee Of the EagIe.l


Question came before the American peo-
PIE is Colonel Noses of Denver, Colo.
Colonel Moses went to the Philippines as
senior major of the First Colorado volun-
5ears. The regiment was commanded in
the beginning by Irving Hale, whowas
made a brigadier general just before
Fred Funston was promoted TO the rank.
Then the lieutenant colonel became col
oneI and Moses became lieutenant col
oael, and as such was mustered out
Moses is a formerly fellow"
lie is a brother Of Ed Moses, the Great
Bend grain man and Longs COMPRESSION
al committeeman, and Of Clayton Moses
OF the same place. The Colorado Moses
went to the mountain state some years
ago, and for five years, pior TO his
Philippine service, was adjutant general
o. oC5orado
met Colonel Moses on the train the
other day and had quito and extended
conversation with him. He was a free
silver Republican in 1896 and voted for
and supported Colonel Bryan, but he says
that if he is forgiven for that break, he
VIII do all he can for President McKin-
icy this year.
Speaking Of the issue of expansion, Col
onel Moses says that he is in favor Of
keeping every foot of the country. I'VE
have a duty TO perform there" he says,
(which can not be evaded. We secured
the islands as honorably as we did the
purchase Of Louisiana, florida, the Mex
lean territory or Alaska Our RESPONSE
bIity there, our duty, should actuate US
chiefly in remaining there. But there is
still another reason. believe the Phil
ippines Islands to be the most profitable
we ever have taken in. An American,
with a limited capital, but with Amer
ican energy and brains, can go to the
Philippines and prosper perhaps more
than in any other place in the world.
There are minerals in abundance. Gold
Is in every stream which comes from the
mountains: iron almost pure, is found
IS found IN many portions of the island
of Luzon. oCal is absolutely inexhaust-
ible. To the south, the hemp industry is
the leading one, and always will be- But
I regard the hard woods which are found
IN the islands as the most valuable pro
drct the Philippines have. There are
known to be sixty-seven varieties of the
lignum vitae family-mahogany and
rosewood pTedominating, and as common
as elm and cottonwood in this country.
Ebony also abOunds in vast quantities.
The housein which my fellow officers and
myself lived in the city of Manila was
three stories in height, and constructed
Very largely of mahogany and rosewood.
The floors were the most elegant ever
saw. Yes. sir. believe in retaining the
Philippine Islands"
Colonel Moses discourses in an inter
esting manner of the rebel leader Agui-
naldo, Bryan's friends, and his follow
ers and associates. Speaking of this Fill
ipino viii O. the wisp he said:
';Aguinaldo is not a brainy man. He
IS under the average for ability. He is
however. quite a shrewd fellow and has
some bright associates and counsellors.
The leading man under him is Buencam-
i1o. who is a little dwarfed fellow. of
not much education and withal repulsive
But he is as smart as a steel trap. It
IS be who writes all of Aguinaldo's pro-
nunciamentos: drafted the constitution
OF the alleged republic, and issued all
public documents, in Aguinaldo's name.
The fellows VINO do business in con-
nection with Aguinaldo and who are real
~ at the head Of the instruction are
Buencamino. Alejandrino and three 9TH
ers. one is a merchant, one a dentist
snd three are lawyers. They are the
brains Of the insurrection, and Aelinal-
CO does what they think best fer him to
-.
ter"
But II Aguinaldo is such an ordinary
man, I inquired. ''how does it come that
he is heralded abroad as the leader, and
WHY Is it that these other men, whom
you say are far ADLER, do not take the
lead?~
Colonel Moses replied: "Aguinaldo's
father before him. and his grandfather,
led unsuccessful rebellions against Spain
and lost their lives His father lost his
through treachery. Aguinaldo himself,
while a mere boy, was engaged IN re-
hcIlion. So il is that the question Of
Aguinal5o's leadership was not based on
brains OF ability but on mere sentiment
That is how heNcomes to be the leader"
Colonel Moses says that Asuinaldo IS
one-fourth Chinese and three-fourths
Filipino. This is readily seen when you
recall the numerous iikenesses Of the
Tc-elt leader and the peculiar slant of
hs eyes. a certain mark of Chinese /
b ,od.
Necording TO Colonel Moses the strains
O. blond which go to make up the Fill
pino race Of today is a very interesting
study. Away back in the past. there
were the Nesritces. These were the orig
inal people They were short Of stat
,re had bushy hair, and the negro fea-
lures. They were, in fact as the span
ish name Negrito indicates little ne
saSes.' In the interior far removed from
Tie influences of oft recurring invaSions
and conQuerings. and stnl there remain
today these Nesritoes Then came the
sIalays and conquered the Negritoes and
becar-s >rSimiated. The Moors. the
READ Othellan kind. were the next in
Tade-s. and they. in turn. left their i'm
press on the cast Of features Of The ma
tiyes. After the Moors the japanese and
Chinese came. and they, too, added a
strain OF their blood 40 the amalsamated
mixture. and thus it : chat We have the
Filipino Of today It Is composite race. /
ma lust as certain and distinct as any
,ther race.
There are sixty tribes Of the Filipino
zee. Some are small, some large. The !
Tagslo of which Agulnaldo is one. and
,ho i've on tAe island of Luzon. is tho
,l,ief tribe. All the other tribes. and
rerv many Of the TaSaloes. have virtually
" entirely acknowledged American au-
.hori1y and are ready TO abide by their
government Down n Paney, and in the
senap provinces. the natives have been
friendly to the Americans. Colonel Moses
-. -, 90, ras. aluanst nniimitai cnr-