The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-07
[QNGWORTH AGAIN HEARD
Spills on the Filipino, Declaring
Him To Be Shiftless.
BELIEVES ISLANDS WORTHLESS

Advocates Our Getting Rid OF Them As
Soon As Feasible-Bis Third Speech
A. a Member of the House of Repre-
s~entatives 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
A 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 lie 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. I can see nothing
bright in the Filipino character. he
declared.
Mr.. Longwerth 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 men,
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 a 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 lave
nothing new to add.
"At the beginning I wish to say that
I differ very much with my colleague,
General Grosvenor," said Mr.. Long
worth, "as to the brilliant future and
the high and noble character Of the
Filiplnos."
Having gotten this off his mind Mr..
LongworM seemed easier. He jammed
his left hand into his trousers pocket,
rested first on one foot and then on
the other, and either grasped the back
of a chair with his right hand or per-
mitted his finger tips to tou.h 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 it would not harm a 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. e.
81 am not in favor Of holding the
Philippines as a part Of the United
States a moment longer than can be
helped" he declared. How DON we
IAN release these islands to the Filipi-
nos providence alone knows, but the
sooner the better. Two things will op-
crate against the Fi1ipinos 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.. ~Longworth's speech was given
close attention. The Democrats had
planned to "haze" him q little, but he
appeared so seriously absorbed in his
speech that the jokers did not have the
heart to interrupt him. He was vigor-
ously a%pplauded by both sides when he
concluded,