Evening journal., 1900-01-26
CoNCERNINe THE FILIPINo
PROFESSOR WORCESTER : TELLS
WHAT SORT OF A SAVAGE HE


PROFESSOR WORCESTER TELLS
WHAT SORT OF A SAVAGE HE
Is.
The first annual dinner OF the Ma
tiOnal Jewellers Association and Board
OF Trade was given al the Waldorf AS
toria last night, said the New York
Sun OF Tuesday. Although Colonel
Bryan was not there and not expected,
be Was not forgotten. Several OF the
speakers alluded to him by name and
all OF them handled him without
gloves. Every mention Of the gold
standard was applauded, while the
pleas for keeping the Philippines, made
by every enc OF the speakers, from the
business man to the preacher. aroused
great enthusiasm. The men who gave
the dinner represent nearly every sec
ticn OF the country They came 10
New York to attend the second annual
convention CT their Organization. of
which the banquet was the closing
event The dinner was served In the
grand ball room. An orchestra Of un-
usual size furnished the music and all
the first-tier boxes and many OF the
boxes on the second were filled with
women.
The president OF the organization. A.
X. Sloan, OF New York, made a short
speech IN calling the diners 10 order
aud then introduced Professor Dean. G.
| Worcester, who was a member OF the
Philippines Commission Professor
/ worcester was enthusiastically re-
ceived -
The sentiment TO which. he wan ask
ed TO respond was Our Newest Fossss-
sions." He said that ne had Passed
four years IN the Philippines. ana dur
ing that time he had studied the is
lands and their peoples with some care.
tic SAID he might be- pardoned, there
fore for concluding that be rather
knew something about what he was
talking. Professor Worcester said ia
part .-.e
: While was in the Philippines I
met few travellers who were wiling
10 say the natives were capable Of Sc 4
government. | don't know where they
travelled. but ii they spent much time
In the North their ideas OF self-govern-
ment must be peculiar As an instance
Of the civilization OF many OF The
tribes, ! may tell you that they take
rs much Interest IN mailing collections
4 a. human heads. rs 'onr BOYS take Ia
! cclleciine postage stamps. ~ ey have
} practically no marriage law, Theii. pre-
iesscr OF mathematics, hy counting on
their toes. are able TO count as hiah
as twenty. The average man, however
J can only count as high as three. II they
! see photographs OF themselves, they do
not recognize the pictured face They
are absolutely without religion.
They are intolerant of anyone who
: NOT
? any Filipino said among Filipinos what
Is said against retaining the islands in
D our national Congress- the majority
D without ado, would take that man out
+ and shoot him. That's how they trea,
. opposition, And because Of that they
\ conclude that the people IN this cotin-
y try VINO are supporting them must be
IN the majority. They cannot undar.
D stand how persons not in the maiorit,
z should be permitted to utter such view.
: and live"
I Professor Worcester told seter1
. stories about General LAYTON and
: every mention OF his name was cheer.
; ed. He said that when Lawton wrot,
home that, If he was killed bv a 'FlIii
h pino bullet, he might as well be shoI
! by one Of his own men, he wrote wbat
4 was absolutely true. for the insnrrec
- ton Is kept alive by Filipino sympa
\ thizers in the United States Profes
n scr Worcester closed his speech witt
y a toast to the flag: May il AWAY
stay wherever it is raised" The teas
4 was drunk standing. amid vociferou
= cheering.
= observation-disclosures Woodruff spo,,
q 70 the toast, The America OF Today.
lie said:
= This territorial expansion which W
e nave undertaken was necessary re
A. SUIT OF our conquest OF the Pacific. CAD
y plause and cries Of Rightly The Phil
= ippines are no further away. from on
~ western boundary today than was Ore
gen ucm the Atlantic at the time O
the Northwest purchase Distance 1
now measured in hustling America NO
- by miles, but by hours. When we as
Ga Mexico to take back Texas, whe
y we ask England to take back th
Northwest Territory, when we as
Russia to take back the gold fields {
~ Alaska, then, and not tin then, will W
y return 70 Spain or surrender To Aeul
40 pines. ~ ''i
Us IF Aeuinaldo be a Philippine Wssl
~ lngton' the men who style him sue
OF are benedict Arnolds. The Tories VIII
OF called Washington a turncoat and il
Ut noramus; the Copperheads who calle
X Lincoln a butcher; or the men VIII
ne are today calling Mckinley blundere
'rs Jefferson didn't ask permission OF thol
no who dwelt in the land, OF the Louis
OK ana purchase what they wanted. b,
10 vent right On governmeuting the
at from Washington and. following n
'h- plusrious example OF the Father q D.
Ca mocracy, that's what we'll DO with Il
IN philippines" loud cheers
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