The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-05
Congressman i ellis Ofs
What He SaWI.I In Phil
ippines and Japan.
TAFT THE HOPE
OFlIHE PHiLIP1NOS5
Have Great Affection the
Secretary Of War-A Meal
With Aguinaldo and An- 5$S
other With Mikado. ,385.
Insult to Miss
Roosevelt. 853

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b WASHINGTON D. G.. October e. ~
Representative William al Jones X ana
wife, iert this afternoon for E'rederi cks-S,
burg, where they Will take the boa III
the morning for their home in Richmond Il
county which they have not seen since 1
early IN last July, when they started I
Tor the Orient on the trip with Secretary
Taft and party. They reached here Mon-@
day AFTERNOON. and went to- their homo
IN q Street, where they rested yesterday
and to-day. Newspaper men, who want
ed to find Mr. Jones, thought he had 1
gone to his Virginia home, but he mp,
tanneds looking as though he had usts CONG
up from a jaunt down into Virginia. ir-Es
stead Of having landed from a X three
months trIn over the other side Of t llas
world. 33t 2 a gSS
Ancient History.
Mr. Jones has not yet heard all the
news of the Virgin primary, and II ti.5isS
humorous to hear him asking for details
or a a$contcst which has grown into an-Y
5cient history in virginia Judge Carson %
Of tho Philippine Supreme Court, a -vir.5g
81 man. received cable gram the day fol-sg
lowing the primary, which read
Swanson, Martini u s VI sS5}
\ He showed the message to Mr.. Jones.M
which they Interpreted to mean that N r.s
Swanson was the gubcrnatorinl nomlnee,
and that Mr.. Martin had been nom1i-Ss
mated for reelection to the Senate. Mr.
Jones was utterly unable to learn an-5ss
other word OF tho primary, as The Tim es-s3s
Dispatch has not a very ex tensive circu.Es
1atlon in the Orient When he landed in
San Francisco last W eek he went to tho q
newspaper offices and searched the ftlesE
for news of the Virginia conf est, Z tla$i
papers IN that city had no 7 printed s as5 All
line concerning 1T. It was only " hen
he landed IN washington that he d was N n
fight. 81 w y IN
Will Take Stump. sSs l5a
Mr.. Jones wrote State Chairman FL ly-SSss
/. son that he would ent ter the IA Virginia
carnpais, at once ,and would go to any
2''I an, a little behind ms 10 the lssuass9
that are engaging the attention OF the
Virginia people this year. he said, 20 ncSSS
Will have to study up some '".,3 3s
I have rarely conversed with a ma
who has been In the Phillppl mes who !! eIs ss8
seemed to have a clearer idea Of tStr tha % 8%2
conditions there and Of the needs ads & otsS3
the DeOulG lkldl A'AA ocAASs'
hours talk with him regarding our n \ ll.sss
sular possessions In the Far East, and fs ~
concerning Japan and CHR a.. was y Ike {a 5F5
flying trip to tho hlther side Oft ha5 III; Is
world. j5} NJ GA .
"The future Of the Philippines and or.
4 he Flllpinos hinges very largely. Y upon8s
the personality of Secretary Tai ,isI tl nf 3 III
said Governor General Wrlght rs y, ! as /.
able man, n good man, and one VINO no., " lss3
trying to do the best he knows for ne II.
people over whom he rules but the a. f-55S
5fections of the people of the PhillpplnesS$
centre about the Secretary OF 53Sf ar#tns ,, M M
American who went over there and 8,dld ~ s
so much for tho good OF tho people !, otsSs3 sS
the Archipelago. Taft loves tne ei,l ~ s5
friends among them ass he has IN his Eold I9 3s$
home at Cincinnati. They have a won
derflll affection for him. for they be-
.lfeye he is sincerely deslrous Of doinG M
them good and fitting them for SCI selI
government. Were Secreta ry laI AZ - ~
cease 10 take an interest N the SWotisgS
he is doing for tho Fllipinos, In my iudi -88
ment there would be serious trol'pla - ;5
the Islands" 81. n MI
Saw Alguinaldo.
While in Manila Mr., Jones saw q great
daa1 Of Aguinaldo, the former rebel q!
leader, and lunched with hlmSat his home me- St
In Cayitc The eX-rebel was ~ most
a rreeable gentleman and while tho con-
We rsa ton had to be carried on through N
thc medium of an interpreter, \ Agulnaldo sS
and the senior Democra tic member OF the Il
Committee on Insular Affairs 4 had sew
eral Intimate conversations &concerninSs
In the island, 4 guinal ldo flnaily
wrote ont his views. which he gave 70 ss5
Mr.. Tones. This Is the ilrst time the for-
mer rebel has ever taken an american
into his confidence to this extent, tia 3l
also gave Mr., Jones n box of Cigars Whlc q
were sent to him while he was a prisoner 35sg
after being captured by General Funston.5si
"The reception which we were given S NJ
In Japan was cordial beyond anything 8
we had expected" said Mr.. Jones, From Ne
the time we landed. even before we haa 5E
landed wa were the recipnts OF atten-g$
tiens more work ed tnan any that had ever
seen shown visitors to the country, Enor- KS
nous crowds met us at the wharf, every
nan and woman waving American tags,
ana everybody uttcring the 'Banzal, with IA
which all Of us have become familiar
since the Russo-Japanese war. y was i;
said that the crowd which greeted the III
party In Toxic was greater than the one
which met Admiral Togo on his return 38
from the scene OF his naval triumph.
Flag-Covered Train.
"A special train. absolutely covered with
American flags. conveyed us 70 TOXIC,
and shall never forget the crowd that ss5s
met US at the station, y was said tnat
me hundred and ffty thousand people &
were there. I hardly ever saw so many 933#
flags at one time. The M'kRdo q
sent carriages to meet MS, and II was
often impossible for the vehicles TO pro-
ceed, so closely crowded tho people IN q
their easarness 10 welcome the represen~
tatiyes OF the nation whtch had sympa-