The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-20
He likes MANILA.
Editor Howe Pleased With the
Philippine City.
AS Large as San Francisco, With
Splendid Buildings.
MANY AUTOMOBILES.
Attended a Concert in an Electric
Lighted Park.
The Finest Sight He Has Wit
messed in M@y Years.
MANY AUTOMOBILES.

Thursday. Dec. IL was coaxed on
the Manila trip by my daughter; for
some reason 1 always dreaded it, long
before saw the "Tean." I can now
understand how mothers are apt to be
managed by their daughters; it is diff
ficult for fathers to avoid it. Here
after I shall be a bully.
The route over the China sea we
are taking is the. route Dewey took
when he fought his battle at Manila
He slipped out of Hong Kong, slipped
into Manila bay, and gave the Span
ish a tremendous drubbing; and
there was really no reason why he
shouldn't, for the Spanish were not
prepared; in all their fighting" they
did not wound a single one OF Dewey's
men. The only man in Dewey's
fleet who was hurt was wounded in
an accident, he mashed his thumb
while passing up ammunition, or
something of that kind Dewey was
never in as much danger on that trip
as am in my trip on the Team" If
my countrymen would do the right
thing, they would erect an arch in my
memory, because of my bravery in go
ing to Manila in the Team During
the battle" in Manila bay, the men
on the American ships stopped fight
ing, and ate breakfast; a thing 1
have not been able to do since leaving
Hong Kong.
Although I hope I do not lack pa
triotism. 1 have never greatly admired
Dewey, or thought much of our exper-
iment in the Philippines. What 1 say
of the Philippines Will therefore be
prejudiced. although I shall state
my impressions as fairly as 1 can.
realize that I am prejudiced in a good
many ways; every man is. / might
/ investigate some subjects a century,
and not change my mind; to many
/ questions there is really only one side
! that I can see. The government fire.
/ quently employs men to make ''re-
ports on certain subjects. Investi-
| cation rarely causes these men to
/ change their minds. If a Republican
| is employed to investigate the Demo-
| cratic party, all his testimony will be
against the Democrats. The govern
ment lately employed a man to make
| an investigation and decide whether
/ the law should be changed prohibiting
/ Chinese immigration to the Philip
pines. The agent knew the kind of
report that was wanted the agent
who made the Investigation was Sc
lected because it was known he had q
certain tendency. 7 don't know this
to be true, but it might easily be true.
Before accepting an investigation,
consider the man who made it.
While Longing on the lower deck
today. I talked with the assistant
| engineer, while he was off duty.
Eighteen months ago he was wrecked
in a typhoon, his ship being driven on
a submerged coral reef by the force of
the wind. After three days in this
perilous position, the chief officer, the
second officer, the second engineer and
five Chinese sailors put off in a small
boat to look for assistance. After
sixty hours they encountered a steam
err and the steamer went to the res
cue of the wrecked crew. Not a man
was lost. although the ship. q big
freight steamer, was wrecked. The
second engineer says that the five
Chinese sailors in the little boat would
not drink any water out of the keg
which contained the water supply; he
never knew why The first officer
became very seasick in the little boat
and was not of much use. The CHIEF
engineer of the .tTean" often becomes
seasick, and so does the captain.
East night. while sleeping on the hatch
on the lower deck-the mattress from
my bed had been removed there from
the stateroom by the steward tried
to rearrange my second pillow. This
morning I discovered I had pulled {
pillow from under the head of a strange
woman sleeping on the other side Of the
hatch, and whose head was next tC
mine.
At o'clock this afternoon, we saw
land on the island of Luzon. but we
Will not reach Manila until tomorrow
morning.
The sea remains very calm; the cap
tain says this is the most favorable triI
he has made in six months. The cap
} tain really wants to be agreea BILE: the
trouble seems to be lack of discipline
lack of cleanliness. This evening. a lady
passenger dropped a S. gold piece or
deck, and the captain and chief Officer
secured lanterns and looked for it.
hear great many typhoon stories
out here, and reply to them with cy-
clone stories. A cyclone out here would
make a typhoon look silly. They say
that the center of a typhoon is so calm
that you might light your pipe therein
with a nacteh: but all around, there is
! great whirl All the birds collect II
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