Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-30
Former President Strongly
Condemns Policies Of Gov
ernor General Of Philippine
Islands,
.REPR0VES SECRETARY
FOR HEATED LANGUAG
Insists No Partisan Spirit Ac-
tuateS His Condemnation
of HarriSon'S Admin.Sta-
ton.

lev AoRetNo iouhHAt aFuciAt ttAeEu wiHal
New ulycu Cont. Nov gg-FW-
mor President William Howard Tuu
in statement made public here tY-
night characterilc8 Secretary thr-
SONS aragnmcnt of him tor h.s lt-
uudo on Philippine affairs us uu-
just vehement and unmcasurcd
Mr TAFT says that there has not
been The slightest tngr of PARTISAN
ttelug IN his interest in the PhNp-
pine problem 'lt seems tn me hc
says, 'that / have not been mmlu T.
ul of the necessity for standing ay
this democratic administration iu na-
uonal crises without regard to party
considerations
Tho statement i'm part follows
MIR Taft's statement.
MT Holman and Mr. Lewis of the
Oakland Tribune. asked mo, when n
san Francisco i'm, September to come
mcnt on Mr. Jones article / did not
see Mr. Jones or hold amy commm
cation with him before his article Was
published IL was sent i'm manuscript
to me at san Francisco, where first
saw and read H. What he said ls M
the decentralization OF the present gov
ernment due to the elimination oi
Americans In the civii service ana ga,
influence Of Filipino politicians IN
controlling Nh Hprrisous action, had
come to me from many other sources
i knew To be reliable. ana 1 therefore
wrote q short aruele saying So III,
letter Of Mr Jones, which Mr. Gar
rison publishes greatly injuries Jones
crcdihuiy us a witness and ! greatly
regret chat he should put himself ID
such am cquivocal and indefeusihlc po.
siton
Doesn't Depend on Jones
"The Justice of the general doscrip-
ton of the bad effects of the present
policy i'm the islands, to which / re-
ferred n nay comment does not, how
ever. depend ON the aredibility OF ON,
witness The success which attended
our policy la the Philippines was
largely due to the admirable quality
of the civil servants who We're the
guiding force in the bureaus and de-
partments II was model colonial
service, made up of men who knew
the language, the people, the history
of the government and It's aims
CrltlclIcs Harrison.
I'm October 1913. the now policy
was introduced II involved the sep
orntlon of Governor General Forbes
ana an the commissioners and the
substitution of men with no Philip
pine experience whatever MI Har-
rlson went to Manila with the Filipino
delegate. Mr. Qucszou He announc-
cd publicly that Qucszon had APPROX
ed his appointment lie gave 1t out
that he did NOT caro- for American nd
vice ana only wished to confer with
FHipinos His partisan attitude was
shown by his declaration In the press
In Honolulu. thnt he took sardonic
pleasure in turning out republicans
Discharges Old Officers.
lie discharged upon his arrival, Nc
Coy collector OF customs sleeper.
director Of public funds. Wilson, as
slstant director of public Hnds; Leech.
director Of printing, Parsons. consult
ing architect. Welsh, assistant cxecu-
tive secretary Hogsett assistant di-
rector of printing HELM, director of
The bureau Of NAVIGATION; Harding.
chief Of Manila police: Scott captain
lf police BY abolIshng their offices,
assistant and acting director
)f the civil service bureau; Randall,
special agent of The executive bureau,
md Williams, chief commissioner to
san Francisco exposition were climi-
mated Frank Carpenter executive
of the islands for ten years
and assistant for wears before, was
transferred To the Moro governorship,
with whose duties he was not famil-
ar. This was ian order TO make way
.or Filipino iu an office the inn
1ortance and political power Of which
ire greater than those Of any other
bureau position
Makes Clean Sweep Quickly.
THE official record .hows that be-
wccn October 1913 when Governor
ieneral Harrison landed, and January
/, 1914. 1913 Americans were separat-
"a from office and that by July A.,
.914. the number separated had in
,rcased 10 f76, and rhat all of these
we're officially reported to have rem
lercd satisfactory service
"ln addition 10 those am informed
BY Dan f.. Williams that Mr. Taylor
lircctor of agriculture, MI Stewart.
lirector of PRISONS Mr. cotterman,
lirector OF posts; Mr. Hastings. mem-
Der Of the Manila municipal board
.lr Bowditch. secretary Of the More
iroyince Mr. Robertson. director of
he Philippine library Mr. smith
.hief Of the mining division Of the
bureau Of science; Mr. Robclin, chem
81 Of the bureau Of science. Mr Kear
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