Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-26

| February D. the anniversary or the Dlrtn
| Of the immortal Washington.
The resolutions further provided that
| committee composed OF the officers and
| three members of the association be APP
| pointed to cooperate with other state asSo
Citations for a proper national celebration
4 of Washingtons birthday.
To Celebrate February 90.
1t is proposed to take up this action in
1fegard to the national celebration of Wash
| ington's birthday at once with the other
! state associations for the celebration next
| month. President ODonoghue appointed
| for the California association the following:
NJ. F. ODonoghue. Charles w. Otis, Ciar-
| ence Williams, c. T. Vogel, G. C. Gorham,
Leonard J. Carver and A. J. Boyer. 1t is
| expected that other associations will take
| up the plan, and that the committees can
| get together and plan for the proper cele-
| bratiOn.
| President NJ. f. O'Donoghue was In the
| chair and Chas. w. Otis acted as secretary.
| During the musical part of the program
Miss Audrey Harvey played piano solo,
| and she was followed by Thomas Corwin In
! an excellent violin solo, accompanied by
! Mrs. F. P. wilkins. Wiley Davis sang
| tenor solo and responded to an encore, and
| A. B. Griffith entertained those present with
| some whistlng and vocal numbers. ban
| 10 and guitar duet by George Furbeshaw
| and William Lowd was enjoyed. Mrs Ge-
| Eevra tombstone Bishop captivated her
| audience by her singing and she was loudly
! applauded.
| The opening address of the evening was
| given by Representative 8. c. Smith of the
| eighth district OF California. He said that
| the talk of congressman from other states
| seemed commonplace to him. He astound-
| ed person, with whom he was lunching
| few days ago, he said. when he told him
that 10000 of his constituents lived below
| the level OF the sea, and Furthermore. that
\ Mount Whitney. the highest peak In the
| country. was also located In his district
| Mr.. George c. Gorham. ex-secretaTy of the
a q q ms in a
| state of California, reviewing lis history
4 briefly. He stated that when he went to
| the city of San Francisco. after slow trip
| around the Horn in 1S49. he found a city
| with one wharf, the streets so full of mud
| that a horse was occasionally drowned in
| 1t, sidewalks that consisted of two planks
iaid down. tobacco was used to I'LL up holes
| in the streets and papers OF lacks were $40
per package.
| The Taft Trip.
In his discussion of the Taft expedition to
the Philippines last summer. Representa-
| tive Duncan E. Mckinley emphasized the
| warlike attitude of most OF the people at
the present time and of the amusing ideas
| OF self-goyernment which some of the ma
| tives have, and he left the impression that
| the natives that have families. planta-
| tioEs and other ties that bind them to the
| Islands appreciate the government which
| the United States Is giving them and wish
| that 1t will continue
| AT the beginning of his lecture he spoke
| of the battle of Manila bay, of the fact
| that troops under Aguinaldo. including 49,
| 600 headsmen. who were waiting to take
! the city and loot 1t, were lying just back Of
| the city, of the sending of the United States
| troops there to protect Manila and of their
| putting down the instruction; of the par
| tial failure Of the Schurman commission to
| solve the problem and the sending of the
| Taft commission and of the government
| which they established.
| ha of ha nd
| they were divided into thrty-four prov
| inces. with governor, treasurer and su-
! pervisor appointed for each to administer
| the affairs of the government there. Judge
| Taft was made the first governor general
| under this plan. Under the Spanish regime
| no universal language was taught, the
Standards being satisfied to have the babel
| of tongues go on. The United States es-
| tablished a system of education and the
| American schoolmaster Is doing wonders
| there in teaching one common language.
| Reception In Manila.
The party landed In Manila on Saturday.
/ the speaker said. and on Monday monster
! parade was given. to show the progress
| that had been made in four years under
American civilization. The parade vas
headed by the police. the first brigade beng
| the old Spanish policeman with his SLOUGH
| ing walk bearing his pipe and lantern, and
| the second brigade, the splendid American
| patrolman. equipped with his baton and
| other appurtenances, which would do credit
| to any city in this country. For the fire
| department, the Spanish way was shown
| by the carabao the slow-going animal OF
| all work in the islands. making about two
| miles and a half In an hour and a half
| pulling a fine engine with about two barrels
| of water in II. Following this down the
| roadway dashed three black horses wit
| an immense modern steamer behind them
| and hose hook and ladder wagons, chem
| tcal engines, etc, following.
| After a series OF meetings at Manila,
| during the course Of which the people OF
the Islands were allowed to air the
| grievances, the speaker said. trip was
| taken through the islands. The first stop
| was made at Iloilo. on the island of Pa
nay the hemp and cocoanut island a city
| of 10000 prosperous and growing In all d.
| rections Thence the trip led to the island
| of Negroes, or the sugar island Here the
party saw O. parade of school children
numbering about 500, all nearly clad
| shouting salutations to the American com
/ mission In English. Thence they went to
Zamboango, on the island Of Mndanao.
/ Here they found that although they could
| trace their history no farther back than
| the Spanish conquest. the people were Mo-
hammedans and wore clothes and carried
| weapons like the ancient Arabian equip
| ment. II was found that In the growth of
Mohanrnedism followers penetrated to In
dia, thence to Borneo. whence 1t was only
| 200 miles to the Philippines.
Sultan Of Jolo.
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