The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08
PRESIDENT IN EARNEST.
m. ROOSEVELT DOES NOT WANT
 ANY TBIERD TERM.
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 Washington. Oct. 1
 A Democratic United States Senator MT. simmons of North Carohna-nas drawn from President Roosevelt the insertion that he Is in earnest about retirement from office after the expi- Nntion of his present term.
 Referring to the repeated assertions that when his present term expires the people will demand that he again De candidate. Mir. Roosevelt said he would not allow himself to be a candidate in 1908, and that he was as firm now as he was when he first made the an nouncement that he would not stand for the nomination again. He said that the consciousness of this unalterable resolution was the complement of the freedom he enjoyed from pledges when he entered on the off1ce after his election as President 1t left him free to act as he thought was right, gave him great satisfaction and enabled him to enjoy his ofi1cial life better than he could have done if he were striving for fur ther political ambition.
 Of the party of congressman who ac- :ompanied Secretary Taft to the Phil ippines was Representative William A. Jones, of the First Virginia sDistrict, which comprises the eastern part of the State taking in the counties on the lower Potomac River and along Chesapeake Bay. MT. Jones is the dean of the Virginia delegation and is now serving his eighth term at the age of fffty-six years. He is one of the staunchest Democrats in Congress, . man of sagacious judgment and bear ing . cool selfpoise at all times. Of the party with Secretary Taft none was better equipped to take useful note of what he saw and heard in ous island possessions than this distinguished virginian.
 MT. Jones. while enjoying with the rest of the official and other tourists the novelties and striking features Of the trip, along with the lavish hospi- talities which greeted the Americans wherever they tarried, gave himself to something more than. the pleasures of the occasion. He studied and tnvestfga- ted as far as opportunity would per init and came from the Philippines with an assortment of convictions which he will doubt employ as member of the House Committee on Insular Affairs, Ond which will assuredly attract atten- ton, coming as they will from one Of the coolest and ablest of congressman.
 MT. Jones has had time to talk but curiously about the Philippines to those of his friends who have seen him since his return, but what he did have to say was extremely interesting and instructive.
 Asked how he would summarize the situation as to its stability and the temper of the native Fflipinos toward the United States government, MT. Jones said:
 Tt seems to me the peaceful safety of the whole situation hangs on Taft. There is no telling. what will happen when he is out of the ruling. Secre- tary Taft is undoubtedly very much be- loved in the islands-far more than Fiiipinos whom he likes as well as any Fflipinos. He has himself said that he has friends among the in Cincinnati. The natives appear to believe in Taft, to think that he under stands them. that he is sincere when he repeatedly said: The Philippines for the Fiiipinos.
 Did you see anything of Aguinal- do?" MT. Jones was asked.
 ssI saw moro of him than anybody else did. saw him several times and talked to him considerably. l accept ed his invitation to visit him at his home in Cavite. He is a man of ex- ception ability, a man of much more force and dignity of character than most of our people think"
 As Mir. Jones was well known to the famous Filipino chieftain through the bold stand taken in his behalf while the yirginian was senior Democrat on the Insiiart Affairs Committee, 1t may be ina gined that his reception at the Aguinaldo home was extremely cordial.
 He related to MT. Jones the story Of his life as 1t had to do with the aspira- tions of the Filipinos and besides fur nished him with written presentation of his views. MT. Jones is taking good care of the manuscript for future refer epee.
 On the theme of the ability of the Filipihos to govern themselves MT. Jones said: '"They are fully as able to goven themselves as are tie Cubans. I am sure from what I sa| on my trip that they are much better able to gov ern themselves than the United States is to govern them. I was never more surprised than when I reached Cavite to find that our army of occupation had introduced the very methods in that, the richest of the island provinces, which Weyler had employed in Cuba which called forth the general denun- citation of our people-the race-destroy- ing reconcentrado policy. I was still more surprised when I learned that this fact had been so well kept from the world. Cavite is the richest anC most fertile of the provinces, and ye
 
 inhabitants being concentrated in thu municipalities. Kept in camps as theI are, there is no way for them to sustain themselvs. The logic of their condi ton, as it was of their race-kinsmen il Cuba, is poverty. decay and starvation Our people in 1898 rose up in righteou indignation over the spectacle of Wey ler's monstrous inhumanity in Cuba but I hardly suppose they will do sucl a thing now. I asked some of tn officers of the army about it, and the, practically admitted that the Spanisl policy had been adopted. saying it wa the only way to deal with the natives
 "Aguinaldo. who has been releases from prison, has farm about ten mile from Cavite. but, like the other natives he must stay within the camp of recon centration. Nevertheless, the Filipin ex-leader sorrowfully says that ther is no hope for his people execp through the generosity and reserves greatness of the American people. H has realized that further arme' struggle against the power of tn United States is quite useless. and he i continually admonishing his people t