The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-14
GOVERNOR TafI'S TESTIMONY TO THE
COMMIT TEE.
QUESTION AS TO SALARIES
The Governor Receives 100000 and
the ala for Residence, the Other
Commissioners SIS, eOO-This Hard
ly Enough for Their Support-Ques-
ton of announcement to Insur-
gents by Speeches Made in Con-
gress-Senator ~Patterson's Objec-
tionable Query ms to Senator Hoar's
Recent Speech.

Washington, February 10.-In con-
tinuing his statement concerning condi-
tons in the Philippine islands before
the senate committee on the Philipp. mes,
today, Governor Taft said:
TT was necessary to make salaries
from 20 to % per cent. higher than in
the United States"
rs each of the commissioners paid
$40. O0O?" Senator Culberson asked.
No" vas the reply. When W. first
went out the commissioners were Zach
paid $4,000 n the chairman $4,000.
and in addition there was an allowance
of s5.5 500 to each for expenses, making
the total SIS, 500 and SIT, 500 respectively.
When 1 was appointed civil governor
L was allowed $4,000 for my legislative
duties and 5000 for my duties as an
executive, making 10000. The other
commissioners were allowed 5000 for
their legislative services and SO, 900 for
their executive duties. making SIS. 0oO.
all in gold"
What other allowances are made?"
None except that l am allowed as
governor to live in the Malacanan, the
old governor-generals palace"
rs it an extensive placer"
Rather. 1t costs me s125 in gold per
month to light it and l pay $4,000 a year
out Of my own pocket for servant hire. :
Are the other members of the COM
sion provided with residences?"
They are not. All of them pay rent
and 1 a assure you that 1 would mulch
prefer to pay mine to being required =
live ar Ma1ananQn and Rapn I'M fhnt
establishment. If I may be allowed -
word personal I would say that of my
SIT, 500 salary last year l had only 81. 500
left at the end of the year and l an
sure that If my illness had not prevent
ed my entertaining to a fuller ex-
tent there would have been nothing LETT
of the $50, 600 now paid, and Genera
Wright and Judge Ide have assured VII.
they cCul1 save netting. There Is mucr
entertaining necessary, especially Of
native ladies and gentlemen and the
cost Of everything is greater than in
Washington"
Senator Carmack reverted to some or
Governor Taft'S former testimony TO
the effect that the Filipinos are not III
dustrious and asked whether this con
ditlon would render necessary tn i'm
portation of Chinese.
Governor Taft said that it was to -.
pIOlOuiluly uOpSu lIdl ILLS "OOlu ilol
prove to be the case. He was hop flu.
tina the native people could be brough:
into a condition of greater efficacy.
HAS the commission ever recon-
mended the admission of the Chinese?"
asked Senator Lodge. The reply was
an emphatic negative.
Senator Carmack and other uemu-
cratic members of the committee asked
a number of questions calculated ~
chnm tho affoof of Ar,orioon claims -
the Philippines, which caused the Wit
ness to remark upon the criticisms of
the acts of the commission. These crit-
iciSmS came, he said, from both sides,
thus placing the commission as it were,
between the devil and the deep sea.
There is no doubt, however," NJ
said, that much fear is aroused over
the pros ect of the exploitation of the
islands by the American people. The
fear is generally voiced by the inSur-
gents and one also hears it from others
who do not sympathize with those VINO
would make trouble for U.s."
Senator Lodge asked as to the effect
of utteranceS calculated to encourage
the Filipinos to resist the authority If
the United States, to which the reply
was: Such utterances are a great OBJ
stacle to the success of u efforts"
Senator Patterson inquired as to tho
elect OIL SSldlOT f1OdT 3 TSCeHl SpcStIi
in the senate. That speech, he said,
was full of sympathy for the Filipinos,
if circulated in the Philippine islands
would it not subject it's author to arrest
n Imprisonment. ?"
To this inquiry, several senators MADE
vigorous protest, among them Chairman
Lodge. who said he did not think it jus
to Governor Taft to place him in the
position of characterizing or critlcisius
the speech of any individual senator.
Governor Taft begged to be excused
from replying to the question at this
time.
Senator Lodge drew from Governor
Taft the statement that the military
force of the United States had been re
duced from II 1000 to Al, 900 troops. The
governor added hat he had been IN
formed by the secretary of war that i
was the intention to sti1 further reducs
the force in the immediate future I,
80. 200 men.
HAS the withdrawal Of the troops
produced %trouble?" asked Senator
Lodge.
o the contrary" replied Governo;
Taft, 'Tn h pacified provinces Ee eff
feet has been to increase tranquility"