El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-13
The Gallant Old War
rior In Ell
Paso
4 TALK With Him
In Which He Reveals The
Situation In The Philip
pines And Facts About
Himself

: During his brief stay in Ell Paso las
evening General Joseph A. Wheeler, @
Ala bama, the veteran hero of thre
wars, talked agreeably and affably t.
the many people who came to see him
and incidentally took occasion to ex
press himself on three points of gen.
eral interest.
1. The Phflipp.aes, said the
general, should be retained by the
United States, under certain condi
tious.
=. The old soldier, Notwithstanding
reports of resignation. is still major
general of volunteers in the army OF
the Uaited States, and in his official
capacity, is taking to Washington q
report on the Island of Guam.
;. There is no truth in the repor t
| hat he has announced his candidac
for the governorship of Alabama, and
he refused to commit himself last
night.
MANY PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE HIM.
There were many people at the G g.
q. station last night to see the geuer-
al, when the Southern Pacific over
land train pulled in from the west. and
until he was safely hidden away In the
sleeper again. half an hour later, there
wasn'ta moment when he was free
from an admiring crowd which lis
tened with admiration and respect to
all he had to say.
He was looking remarkably we'll,
and displayed to best advantage those
two striking characteristics that have
always marked him the inclination to
be perfectly gentlemanly and court
eous always, and e tendency to be in
three places at one time.
The last tendency kept the crowd
guessing for awhile. Immediately on
the arrival of the train the general
slipped out, and was comfortably eat
ing his dinner at the Orndorff. while
the waiting crowd at the train
wondered where he had gone.
CHARACTERISTIC STORY
HIS movements were reminiscent of
the story of the man who hunted for
Wheeler in the capitol and couldn't
find him.
Said the attendant:
DO you really want to see General
Wheeler?''
Il certainly do, replied the visi-
tor.
Then take my advice, sir. Pick
out any spot on this side of the capitol
1T doesn't matter where, and stand
lv fn to-
morally certain the general will come
by 1t, and thus yon will have the op-
portun1ty to speak l, him.
II expect that's good advice" re-
turned the visitor, land Think 1 will |
stay right here for while"
In less than three minutes General
w heeler bounced into the room, and |
seeing his friend, expressed the ut
most delight in the meeting, while the |
1oorkeeper looked on with an I-told-
7ou-so air
CORRALED AT LAST.
The general was finally surrounded
It the train last night about ten min
ties before leaving time
We'll, general" said some one as a
tarter, How about the war in the
There Is no more of a war in the
hi lippines than there is in this
ountry, was the answer, 'certsinly
OF as m uch as in Kentucky, from all
we heard"
The crowd liked the answer and the |,
eneral went on to explain
I'm the Philippines right now."he
aid, the vast majority of the people
re really with US, and in favor of
-meri can control. but they are afraid
, assert themselves.
There are now perhaps two million
eople under our. direct control, and
hey are getting along famously under /
merlcan rule. in the Philippines {
mere Is intense antagonism between 1
ertain tribes, snd particularly is this t
D IN the case OF the Tagalos, whom we
ave been fighting, and the Msccabees
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