The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-09

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wa IN full blast An the tTadins
ets1igd 10 81 IN charge Of women, who
bought and sold things TO eat ana
things to wear, fruits. sugar meat, ana
4 supposedly delicious mixture in the
salad form, Of gnalls sumqthing IKE
angle worms, and cocOanut oil HAD
We expected to attract any attention
our vanity would have suffered sorely'
for we camped In the plaza, and not
even the women and children CWomen
and children, you know, ara said 80
often TO be the opponents Of the lighter
weaknesses OF human naturel came py
to cast curious glance.
One could not suspect these pam,
simple, quiet, honest people 10 nave
been the cfucible In which the inexslll-
gulshable FIRE Of the love Of liberty mas
10 iercely burned. They only want
now what they have wanted before
they want to be left alone. NO DOUBT
these people have been oppressed, ana
no doubt, too, they can be governed IN
a way that Will tighten their burdens
and better their future, but 'somepooy
will have to do It for them-they are
not strong enough to do y themselves:
The agitators have hypnotized some OF
them bv the cry OF Liberty, freedom
and independencew But they have had
no conception OF such an institution.
No doubt there can be found IN the IS
land enough endowed and educated men
to I'LL all the ofilces OF q republican
government, and many such candidates
for each ONCE besides. Bnt unless the
people Of, for and by Whpm the gov.
eminent Is, are wise enough TO select
their officers. and strong enough to
change or depose them, they cease 20 pc
free-they have no liberty II the unlT
ted States relInqulshes Its soVeEeignty
over these Islands and the beloved m
dependencia IL gained, 1t can mean LOT
the people an ollgarchy or an empire:
There Is one tribe, the Tagalos, VINO
have lived about Manila and In the ca
wife province across the bay, IN which
there is much intelligence and educa-
tion: as they come IN close commercial
relation with the spaniards IN anu
about Manila, who would dominate any
local government, and such q govern
ment would be for the reward Of that
tribe and the determination Of others
An Affair Of Leaders.
This insurrectlon bears more and
more evidence Of being an affair solely
of the leaders. These leaders were not
satisfied with any terms of the United
States when they were specializing on
fbeIr much acclaimed independence
dependence or fght-because the repre-
sentatiyes Of our government did NOT
present any scheme which would fur.
nlsh the patriots with Jobs at once.
For wears these liberty lovers have seen
the Spanish officials harvest and garner
the coin Of the island and carry 1t back
to their mother Spain, and sweet nave
been the dreams Of a liberty--an indie
pendence that would grant them the
same Offices and the same easy ana
beautiful reward. OF course there can can
be no doubt Of the cruel loss that VIII
be sustained by those who would nave
ruled under colonial goVernment-eVe,n
though the same patriots take places N N
the local administration; they can only
have modest positions and then the
United States will try to keep them
from making more than a small salary
out OF their offices OF trust.
ACuinaldo's dreams Will fail taf
short of realization II he has to take
place in the custom house as clerk, or
any other like position that he may
have the ability to Gll II q score OF
the insurgent generals who have worn
red and green pants and have had
Spanish officers for machacas (ser-
vants) for the past while they have TO
starVe or go back to their old JOBS on
the railroad as conductors engineers or
station agents, Of course, then, there
will still live the love OF freedom ana
there will live, too, throughout TINS
generation rotaries who will ever and
always be ready to drop n tear upon
the grave of their murdered indepen-
dencla. I picked up in CamelinE an OIL
flcial list Of Spanish prisoners held In
that town on May 10, 1888. the num-
Der was 1OS. Can anyone who describes
50 beautifully the nobility and grand
eur Of the character OF the representa-
tive. and the sacredness and sublimity
Of the cause OF the insurrection, tell,
too, In the execution Of what noble purr
pose have these poor Spaniards been
held to endure life so mlserably or to
die? One cannot fail to notice the ligtle
interest these people in the country
take in business other than their own
Season Of Harvesting.
This is the rice harvesting and
threshing season. The women and chill
dren work us they can along with the
mon. both in cutting the rice and In the
laborious process OF pounding 1t with
n club to thresh of the husk and pre-
mare II. for food. AS our column has
passed along the road and through the
towns and liamlets 1t seemed to me that
the exhibition presented might easily
have been thought novel by the people.
Soldiers of an Invading army on their
first appearance, would have considr
cred a subject worthy of "rubber-neck-
ing" but our infantry, cavalry md ar
tIllery filed by-all men OF dlnerent
country and race, and different color
but the women pounded sullenly thelr
little sheaves Of rice. The children SAT
in the door-yard, and the men plodded
with the caraboa or kept up their cut
ting OF rice in the field.
There was no scamperinE OF children
to the roadside to perch on the fence'
no women grabbing babies to drag
them to the front gate; no eyes follow
ed us out OF sight as we passed on. Al
one little town there happened to be q
string band OF a few pieces, including
the attachment OF cello with an ar"
fist in charge who essayed solos, ana we
were greeted by the strains Of March
ing Through Georgia. The people
have few wants that they do not sup,
ply themselVes-they are content ana
do not strive for fortune: ABOUT al
the Fiilpino needs from the store" Is
few wards OF cotton cloth and sewing
material. Dishes and cooking utensils
he cannot make himself are luXuries.
Rice is his stan Of life. and staunch
one It proves to be, even when leaned
upon heavily. He builds his own house
and furnishes It from the bamboo, and
the GRASSES and leaf plants. He works
at the beginning of the day season gar
nering his rice, then lie plowB the fields
and sows again The rain begins, and
then he ats in quiet, humble dignity
under dry roof and on floor high
out Of the water, and threshes out
now and then. the rice lie needs for his
daily bread.
From such a peaceful and contented