Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-01
ARRIGNMENT is
BRANDED UNJUST
taft Asserts Garrison Will Some Day
Regret Using Words He Did in
Denounoing Ex-President.
DENIES ANY PARTISAN BIAS


NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. 30
Former President William Howard
Taft, in a statement made public here
tonight, characteriEes Secretary Gar
rison's arraignment OF him for his
attitude on Philippine affairs as "un-
Just. vehement and unmeasured"
Mr.. Taft says that there has not been
the slightest tinge of partisan feel
Ing in his interest in the Philippine
problem. 1T seems to me-" he says,
that have not been unmindful of
the necessity for standing by this
democratic administration in ma
tional crises without regard to party
considerations"
Taft's Statement.
The statement in part follows;
Mr.. Holman and Mr.. Loomis OF the
Oakland Tribune asked me, when In San
Francisco in September, to comment on
Mr.. Jones article. l did not see Mr..
Jones or hold any communication with
him before his article was published. II
was sent in manuscript to me at San
Francisco, where l first saw and read
It. What he said as to the Generalization
of the present government, due to the
elimination of Americans in the civil
service and the interest of Filipino politi-
clans in controlling Mr.. Garrison's action
had come to me from many other sources
1 knew to be reliable, and I therefore,
wrote short article saying so. The
letter of Mr.. Jones which MIR. Garrison
published greatly Injuries Jones credibility
rs witness and greatly regret that he
should put himself in such an equivocal
and indefensible position.
Model Co1onial Service. t
The justice OF the general description
OF the bad effects of the present policy
in the islands, TO which I referred in my
comment, docs not, however. depend on
the credibility of one witness. The sue
cess which attended our policy In the
Philippines was largely due to the admir-
able quality of the civil servants who
were the guiding force In the bureaus and
departments 1t was model colonial
service. made up of men who knew the
language. the people, the history of the
government and it's aims.
In October. 1919, the new policy was
introduced. 1t involved the separation OF
NJ
missioners and substitution Of men with
no Philippine experience whatever. Mr..
Harrison went to Manila with the Filipino
delegate. Mr.. Quezon. He announced
publicly that Quezon had secured his an.
pointment. lie gave it out that he did
not care for American advice and only
wished to confer with Filipinos. His
partisan attitude was shown by his
declaration in the press in Honolulu, that
he took sardonic pleasure in turning
out republicans.
Discharges Mccoy.
I've discharged upon his arrival Nc
Coy Collector of Customs; Sleeper, direc-
Tor OF public funds; Wilson, assistant
director Of public lands; Leech. director
Oh printing; Parsons, consulting archi-
tect; Welsh. assistant executive secre-
tary; Hogsette. assistant director of
printing; HELM. director of the bureau
Of navigation; Harding, chief of Manila
police; Scott, captain of police. BY
abolishing their offices Enright, assist
ant and acting director of the civil serv-
ice bureau; Randall, special agent of the
executive bureau and Williams, chief
commissioner to the San Francisco expo
sition were eliminated
Frank Carpenter, executive secretary
of the islands for ten years and assist
ant for years before. was transferred to
the Moro governorship with whose duties
he was not familiar. This was in order
to make way for a Filipino in an office,
the Importance and political power Of
which are greater than those of any
other bureau position.
1913 Lose Their Jobs.
THE official record shows that be-
tween October. 1913. when Governor Gem
eral Harrison landed, and January 1.
1914, 1913 Americans were separated from
office and that by July II. 1914 the num-
Der separated had increased to 47s, and
that all of these were officially reported
to have rendered satisfactory service.
In addition to these 1 am informed
by Dan r. Williams that Mr.. Taylor d.
rector of agriculture; Mr. Stewart, d.
rector Of prisons; Mr.. Cotterman, direc-
tor of posts; Mr.. Hastings. member OF
the Manila Municipal board; Mr.. Bow
ditch, secretary of the Moro province;
Mr.. Robertson. director of the Philippine
library; Mr. Smith. chief of the mining