The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-12-08

witness and 7 greatly regret that he
should put himself In such an eouivo-
cal and tndefensible position.
''The justice Of the general de-
sersptscn Of the bad effects OF the
present policy in the islands, to which
referred in my comment, does not,
however, depend upon the eredibility
Of cne witness. The success which
attended our policy In the Philip
pines was largely due to the admir-
able quality OF the civil servants who
were the guiding force IN tho bureaus
and departments. It was . model
colonial service. made up OF men. who
knew tho language OF the people, the
history Of tho government and Its
alma
: "1n October, 1918, the new policy
vss introduced. It involved the sep
arstion OF Governor General Forbes
and all the commissioners and the
substitution Of men with no Philip
Fine experience Whatever. Nj. -aar-
yison went to Manila with the Fill
.Sino delegate, NJ. Quezoa. He an
nouneed publicly that Quezon had Sc
cured his appointment. He gave 1t
ont that he did not care for Amert-
csn advice and only wished to confer
with Eilipinos. His partisan attitude
vss shown by his declaration IN the
press In Honolulu that he took sar-
donic pleasure In turning out ReDub-
Heans.
aHe discharged st once upon his
arrival Mccoy, collector OF customs;
Gseeper, director Of public funds;
Wilson, assistant director Of spublic
lands; Leech, director OF printing;
Parsons, consulting architect;
welsh, assistant executive secretary;
Hogsette, assistant director OF print
ing; Helen, director OF the bureau or
na1isattor- xyarding. chief OF Manila
DoficS. anE scott, captain OF police
By oboiishins their offices, Enright.
assistant and acting director OF the
esysf service hcreeu; Randall, special
agent Of the executive bureau, and
williams, chief commissioner to the
Ian Francisco Exposition, were elimi-
mated. Frank Carpenter. executive
secretary OF the islands for ten years
aad assistant for years before, was
transferred to the Moro governor
ship, with whose duties he was not
familiar. This was In order TO make
way for . Filipino In an office the
Independence and political power OF
which are greater than those OF any
other bureau position.
''The official record shows that be-
tween October, 1913. wheE Governor
General Harrison landed. and jan
usry /, 1914, ons hundred and nine
ty-three Americans were separated
rom office, and that BY July II.
1914, the number had increased to
four hundred and seventy-six. and
that all Of these were officially re-
eorted to have rendered satisfactory
ain addition 70 these I am inform
"a BY Dan r. Williams that Mr. Tay-
scr, director Of agriculture; Mr.. Stew
arr. director Of prisons; Ar. Cotter-
man, director Of posts: Mr.. Hastings.
member Of the Ma7ils munition
board; Mr.. Bowditch, secretary OF the
Moro province: Mr.. Robertson, dtrec-
Tor Of the Philippine LIBRARY: Mr.:
Smith, chief Of the mining division OF
the bureau Of science; Ar. Rotenn,
chemist Of the bureau Of science; Mr:
Ksarney, chief clerk Of the bureau OF
oosts: MIR. Bearasley, chief OF the
postal savings bank division; MT.
Gee. chief clerk Of the division OF the
public works bureau: Mr.. Cobb. Su-
creme Court recorder, and Judge,
Crossaeld. Of the Court Of First In
stance, resigned because OF cuts In
salaries and uncertainty OF tenure.
"Tne policy Of eliminating these
strong ana effective Americans ere
ated 6emoralization, which showed
stseie almost at once. L have not
SPACE 70 elaborate the instances BY
transferring the office OF public
lands from Sleeper, an expert, who
wssrapidly making certain the crea-
ton Of q sinking fund to meet the
seyen.millcn friar lands bonds, to e1
Filipino fnsurrector general named
Tinio, who had no experience OF any
kind, and who In six months had to
be relieved after s:tria1 for malprac-
eiee and acquittai, this important
achievement Is made very doubtful.
Tho arrearages IN collections from
leases Of friars lands are said TO
have exceeded 100000 pesos, due to
snefficiency.
''Simiiar cases OF inefficiency oc-
Cured in the bureaus engaged In at
tempting to suppress the dangerous
Rhiderpest, in conducting the hos.
pStal, In collecting internal revenue
L usually takes some time to show
due to changes because
were almost immediate. A reorgani-
ration OF the judiciary, entirely un-
necessary and most wasteful. was ef-
fected to give more places for Fill
sinos. Ny authority for these re-
salts is in statements OF Dean Wor- |
pino people their due? Should we
wish the Filipino people to judge o.
by the drunken, truculent !
American loafers who infest the
small towns OF these islands. living |
On the fruits Of the labor Of Filipino |
women, and give Us more trouble |
than any other element in the Is
sandss'
"Mr. Taft says that what Mr.. Jones
states IN his article was not news tc
him-Mr. Taft. It was unquestion-
ably news to Mr.. Jones, because he
made Il up himself.
"In q letter written to Gen. Nc
fntyre, the chief Of the bureau Of In
srler affairs Of the war department.
dated October rs, 1915. Mr.. Jones
says:
"swhen reached Berkeley
August "a M. Loomis OF the Oakland
Tribune asked me for an anti-admin-
strasson article. I told him that
ss6 a. much II not more to say for
he administration than had
against It. But gave him what he
Lsked for BY making the article dis
.ussion Of the treatment OF Amer!-
ans n the P. IL. l.
"Ee published this il two Sunday
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