The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-12-21
WISE MEN OF THE ISLANDS

The American government ap-
pears to have been unfortunate in
its selections of smen to direct the
affairs and policies of the Philippines
Cuba and Porto Rico. General Leon
ord Wood has been press-agented by
all the typewriters in political head
quarters and in Administration cir
cles. The General has finally de-
cided, after having repeatedly ask
ed for an extension. Of time to as
sumo his duties at the University of
Pennsylvania, to continue as Gov
ernor General of the Philippines, be-
cause he has not completed the work
of carrying u his policies" The
Philippine legislature has been
"slow" to accept the schemes and
plans of the Governor General. and
therefore he has decided to remain
in the sofest berth within the gift
of the National administrator until
the Filipions do his bidding. Mean
while, careful students of the Philip
pine situation are brought closer and
closer to the belief that the political
conduct Of the Fflipinos, eve though
not particularly pleasing to General
Woods, is demonstrating beyond a
doubt their capabilities for self
government.
Another military gentleman with
similar opinions about discipline is
General Crowder of draft fame, who
is in Cuba as the representative of
the United States government, and
who is insisting that all the ills to
which these Latin-American peoples
have been subjected since they first
met the Spaniards will be cured if
the Islanders will only swallow his
sugar-coated pills that are guaran-
teed to produce better government.
To add to the misery of the Cubans
who have been pleasant to the "un-
welcome guest" Mr.. w. P. G. Hard
ing, whose administration as Gov
ernor of the Federal Reserve Board
was not satisfactory, has been add
ed to Crowder's staff, and these
two financial Sxaerts" and "efi-
cheney experts" are posing as wise
acres among the Cuban legislative
and administrative bodies-in the
name and by the authority of the
iTIrstoJ C+o4oc Coyo.,noox 49,
1t has been discovered who E.
Mont Reilly was, before he became
Governor of Porto Rico. Snatched
from the ranks of second-rate poll
ticans he was inflicted upon the Is
landers. He is the most unpopular
representative of the American gov.
eminent in any station jim the world.
The Porto Ricans have denounced
him in all their legislative bodies
and before the Congress of the
United States. Every now and then
he comes to Washington to fix up
his fences.
The situation with reference to re-
presentation in our insular posses
sions is not new to the present Adj
ministration. Rather it seems to
have grown into a habit that has be-
come a sort of political inheritance.
As a result we infict upon the Philip
pines, Alaska, Hawaii, and other
PARKWAY possessions a class of men
authorized to represent the United
States Government, who in most
cases, could not be elected as alder
men in the wards in which they
live. One wonders why such re-
markable wise men" are loaned to
the Island people, when constructive
genius such as they are reported to
possess, is much needed at the Ma
tional Capital.
INSULTING THE WHITE HOUSE
1t must be the love of the specta-
cular that takes groups of people
carrying banners to the gates of the
White House, because it has been a
regularly occurring performance
since the Wilson days when the suf-