The Washington herald., 1907-11-05
AT THE HOTELS.


pOrium, Pa, yesterday at the Shoreham.
Mr.. Julien became conversant with con-
diuons in the Eastern possessions Of the
United States while employed by the Du
Pont Powder Company He has no love
for Filipinos and bases this upon what he
saw while on the other side OF the world.
In the first place" said Mr. Julien. "the
Philippine Islands a-e for the Filipinos.
That may sound entirely all right, but Il
isn't. BY that statement I mean that no
sooner does a Filipino become able.
through education, 70 take the place Of an
American in some government Office. tnan
be gets the place, while the American
can 90 hang.
In the second place. labor conditions
on the islands are extremely poor. You
can't get a Filipino 70 work. II he can
possibly help It. In many instances the
natives refuse to work. because they IN
derstand that the United States will not
let them starve."
Mr.. Julien said that he has watched
the labOrs Of Filipinos day after day, and
that he has never seen one Of them who
was worth a small pinch OF salt. None
stay al il more than five DAYS a week.
and few Of them work more than four
The tales Of the water cure. that
caused so much adverse comment among
soft-hearted people in this country. are
probably true" said NJ. Julien. .'Rut
If these people knew what cruelr.es
these FilipinOs nave enacted on wounded
American soldiers. they might not be So
ready 10 condemn I know OF several
instances in which atrocities were com
miJted on wounded soldiers which are
too horrible 10 put in print. Can you
blame the friends Of the men using the
water cure-a thing that IS unpleasant.
but which does not produce half the tor
tures that have been inflicted by the
Fillpinos
Cruelty is bred in the Filipino, Just
IS Iaziness Is I have seen it manifested
in al sorts of ways. Boys scarcely out
Of their teens. men old enough 20 have
found out better. wOmen-au are fe-o-
ciOUs and cruel
An American. Mr.. Julien said, has 10
chance among the FiHpinoS The Judges
are FiiipinOs, the policemen. or. at least.
q majority, are natives. and woe betide
the man who commits any police Of
/ fense against a native. He SAID that in
business there is but little opportunity
for a young American 10 forge ahead. as
all the positions are quickly snapped Up
by FIipluos.
The natural possibilities Of the Islands.
AIr. Julien declared, are wonderful The
country is capable OF enormous prOduc-
ton. but this fact IS o. small use be
cause the brown men viii not work 70
cultivate the fields Most Americans. he
said, who go 10 the Islands for any length
Of time get thoroughly disgusted with
conditions and long 10 leave.
y do not believe that we can give
the Filipino his Own government for many
years There are hundreds of tribes
between which, IN the large majority OF
cases. there IS the most deadly enmity,
more marked. indeed. than that between
the natives and the Americans. This
condition alone makes il extremely i'm
probable that we can give them inde-
pendence. Why. they cannot even talk
20 one another. generally speaking, with
out using Spanish OF English
D. Il. Morrissey. OF Cleveland. president
o. the Brotherhood Of Railway Trainmen.
was al the Raleigh yesterday. Nj Nor
rissey has spent some time in conference
with officials in Washington. but he was
smlIingly nonc0mmunicative yesterday.
lodging inquiry with this story
This all happened in Minnesota. where
a campaign for some ONCE or other was
on between the Republicans, who had as
their candidate a man named Dunn,
and the Democrats. whose champion bore
I! the name Of johnson. An outsider looking
for information on the outcome Of the
/ election approached one Of the big Swed-
I ish politicians Of the State one day and
put the following queries to him
Wen, 4Ir- OIeson. what are Mr-
7 Dunn's chances Of eiecUOn2'
" Oh answered the Swede. 'Mr. Dunn
vary fine man, Republicans ban strong
I for him
How about Nh. Johnson? continued
the inquirer
Wei, Johnson. he ban strong with
/ Swedes- He ban strong all over. too
q" But interjected the persistent man.
/ who has the best show
The Swede looked thoughtful for
moment, then smiled serenely. and said
: Well. I t'ink Ringing Brothers hat the
vary best show
1T is time that the government has
decided TO bring the Ute Indians down 20
/ earth,'' said George y. Evans. Of Du-
/ luth Mimi, who was at the National
/ yesterday 7 have on numerous Oc-
1 Casions had opportunity to observe these
( redskins. and believe that some such
T lesson Is needed The Ctes have steadily
grown less in number in the last few
+ years. and they have seemingly just as
steadily grown more intractable
The Ute brave does not believe that
I he has to work he has had government
rations for so long that ne has an idea
I that they must continue forever. Conse-
I quently, he has become morose and in
| different. and lately beIligerent- There
/ are not more than 500 Of the tribe in
/ South Dakota, but even this number. II
/ they decided To get ugly. may cause
some alarm. The day when the Indian
/ can successfully lead any maSsaCrsiUg
/ expedition, however. is, I believe, far
past. He Is still more or less willing To
/ take a few Scalps but his spirit IS not
I the same as IL was twenty or thirty
years ago. The Indian mas seen the ap-
parentIy inexhauStible supply Of white
men sweep out over the prairies, and he
/ is not so much cf a fool as 20 think that
/ he can ever conquer the race.
/ what the Utes probably do believe is
, that an excursion like this one they are
now out on VIII result in return Of
/ government ra-ions and that they VIII
/ not be compelled 10 work 10 get bread.
/ That is very likely all they desire"
NJ Evans said that while canpai igning
in the DakOtas viii not be an easy mat
! ter. especially with winter approaching,
( the difficulties in the way of capturing
the braves viii not call for the dispatch
of more troops than have already been