The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-16
.IONGWORTH AGAIN HEARD.
81 ais on the Filipino, Declaring
Him To Be Shifttess.
BELIEVES ISLANDS WORTHLESS

Advocates our Getting Rid of Them Al
Soon As FeasibIe-His Third Speech
As Member of the House Of Repre-
sentatives Well Received by Both Re-
publican and Democratic Members.
Washington. D. C. = Representative
Nick" Longworth, of Ohio told the
House of his trip to the Philippines as
member of Secretary Taft's party.
1t was on this trip that Mr.. Longworth
wooed Miss Alice Roosevelt.
Mr.. Longworth plainly does not like
his little brown brother of the Phil
ippines, for he denounced him as dis
honest, untrustworthy and lazy, and
denied emphatically that there was any
brilliant future for the islands.
with the sole exception of the love
of family and home that the average
Filipino possesses, can see nothing
bright in the Filipino character" he
declared.
Mr.. Longworth was giving his own
views, not the reflected views of the
President or any one else. This speech
was his third since he became a mem
Der of the House, two years ago. His
first speech was in defense of Boss"
Cox, of Cincinnati; his second was on
the needs of the diplomatic service.
When Mr. Longworth rose to speak
there was craning of necks to see
whether Miss Roosevelt was present.
The executive gallery was vacant ex
cept for the grizzled old doorkeeper.
At the beginning of his speech Mr..
Longworth appeared much embar-
raised. He said this was because so
much had been said already ON the
question; he feared he would nave
nothing new to add
At the beginning | wish to say that
| differ very much with my colleague,
General Grosvenor,1 said Mr.. Long
worth, ''as to the brilliant future and
the high and noble character of the
Filipinos.'
Having gotten this off his mind Mr.
Longworth seemed easier He damned
his left hand into his trousers pocket,
rested first on one foot and then on
the other, and either grasped the back
of chair with his right hand or per-
mitted his finger tips to touch the top
of the desk in front Of him. His hands
seemed to bother him at first but to-
ward the end he was going along as
smoothly as Colonel Hepburn, John
Sharp Williams or any other veteran.
The young Congressman said he was
going to vote for the pending Philip
pine tariff bill because he was conf
dent 1t would not harm single Ameri-
can industry and might help the people
of the Philippines. No one, after smok-
ing one native cigar, he said, would
want another.
II am not in favor of holding the
Philippines as a part of the United
States moment longer than can be
helped" he declared. How soon we
can release these islands to the FiIipi-
nos providence alone knows, but the
sooner the better. Two things will OPP
crate against the FilipInos for all time:
First the Filipino has no idea of the
relation between public office and the
people, and secondly, every Filipino be-
lieves it to be dishonorable to work
All labor must be imported
Mr.. L0ngworth's speech was given
close attention. The Democrats had
planned to "hazev him a little, but he
appeared so seriously absorbed in his
speech that the jokers did not have the
heart to interrupt him. He was vigor-
0usly applauded by both sides when he
concluded