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fHE MORNING- OEEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29,. 1904. V DUTYTO FILIPINO Taft Says America Must . Teach Her People. NOT YET READY TO GOVERN He Hqpekhe Tariff Wall Will . Be Let Down. EVENTS OF WAR REVIEWED Secretary of War Shows It Would Have Been Impossible to Aban jdbn the Islands-OIney Takes Up His Remarks. - CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 28. Members Df the Harvard Law School Association assembled here today for the first gen eral meeting since 1S93. The occasion was also of special significance because at tended by many men prominent through out the country. Secretary Taft delivered the oration at the meetfng, and Chief Jus tice' Melville W. Fuller, of the Supreme Court of the United States, presided. The members assembled in front of Austin Hall and marched to Sanders' Theater, Where the exercises took place. At the annual business session. Chief Justice Fuller, '55, was elected president of the association. Among the vice-presidents chosen are Richard Olney, '5S, of Massachusetts; Oliver "Wendell Holmes, C8, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; George Gray, C3, of Delaware, Justice of the United States Circuit Court; Edward O. Walcott, '75, of Colorado; Robert T. Lincoln, 65, of Illinois. Secretary of "War Taft was unanimously elected an honorary member of the asso ciation. Jn introducing Secretary Taft, Chief Justice Fuller said: "To a man who comes to us with a marked success in a political career, the association extends a heartfelt welcome." Mr. Taft discussed the relation of the United States to the Philippines from nearly every point of view, reviewing events in the Islands from the time when their disposition was left an open ques tion in the protocol with Spain to the present day, and declaring his ideas as to the future. Allies of Aguinaldo in a Sense. "Could, we have given the Islands back to Spain?" asked Mr. Taft "With our consent and indeed at our instance and with arms furnished by us, Aguinaldo had raised an army which assisted us in in vesting Manila and in its capture, and which, during the suspension of hostili ties, had gone on driving the Spaniards out of their Interior posts. We were, in a sense, allies of Aguinaldo and his fol lowers, united for the purpose of driving Spain out of the Philippines they to avoid further oppression by Spain, wo to cripple our ,enemy by taking what .he had It was 'our destruction -of the fleet id Manila Bay- that broke the power and prestige of Spain in the Islands, and on this Agui naldo bullded In his subsequent conquest of other points in the archipelago, but for more than five months our action was joint. To desert him as an ally, to restore to Spain Manila, which was the key of the Islands, and thus enable Spain to drlvo him back into the interior and Anally -disperse his forces, would have been violating an obligation which the circumstances of our joint action created and would doubtless have subjected the Islands to another and a bloody war. "Could we have taken the Islands from Spain and then have turned them over to Aguinaldo and his government? "Were we tinder obligation to do so?" Inquired the to his own "questions, Mr. Taft referred to Agulnaldo's claim that Ad miral Dewey agreed on behalf of the United States that this country would acquiesce in the independence of the is lands. In refutation he cited the denials of Dewey, and Consuls Pratt and "Wild man, that any such agreement or prom ises had been made, and said that now a document has come to light, signed by Mablni, as Agulnaldo's Secretary of State, containing secret Instructions to two envoys In respect to negotiations with General Otis. In which occurs the statement that the United States and Aguinaldo had made no agreement, but had merely united with a common pur pose to drive Spain out of the Islands. Aguinaldo Was Not Misled. Aguinaldo knew, the speaker declared, that it was for the Government at "Wash ington to decided what was to be done with the Islands. A fair review of the evidence showed that Aguinaldo was not misled, and that the refusal of the United States to turn over the Islands "was not the. act of perfidy, and treachery which certain of our fellow-citizens at one time seemed determined to call 1L" Mr. Taft sketched Agulnaldo's career up to the present time, reviewing his re lations with Dewey, and relating the cir cumstances of the killing of BIncalflo, the founder of the Katipunan Society, and of Antonio Luna, the insurgent leader. "The persons In this country who have Idealized Aguinaldo have indignantly re pelled the " charges that Aguinaldo com passed those two deaths," continued Mr. Taft, "but one must say that the moral evidence Is very strong against him. "I do not wish to traduce Aguinaldo, or to show that ho is a murderer in our sense, because I do not now so regard him. ""What he did he doubtless thought to be Justified by political exigency and self-defense. But I deem it important to bring out the facts. In order to show the character of government that he was es tablishing, that Its corner-stone was vio lence and bloodshed; that under such a government there was no hope of civil liberty "To sum up, then, it Is clear that the corruption and abuses of Agulnaldo's government, and the certainty of'anarchy that would follow, due to the peculiar conditions I have Just described, would have made it an act of folly on the part of the' American people, strongly to be condemned, to abandon the islands." "If then", said Mr. Taft, "the Govern ment could not be turned over to Agui naldo and his followers, the only other course was that America should assume sovereignty over the Jslands and conduct a government there for the benefit of the Filipino people." Court Held the Transfer Legal. Continuing, the Secretary .said: . "The Supreme Court of the United States had held that the transfer of the sovereignty by the treaty of Paris from Spain to the United States States was a legal transfer, and that the United States was the lawful sovereign in the archipelago after the treaty of peace was signed. Its authority was resisted and the question arose, what was its duty. I conceive that its duty was exactly that of any government In which -a very considerable part of the people subject to Its control, desire to withdraw frpm its sovereignty and set up a government of their own. The United States was obliged to enforce its author ity,, and afterward to prepare the people of the island for popular government." Mr. Taft also recited what the United States had done for the Filipinos, sum ming up as follows: "The organization of municipal and pro visional government on bases so liberal In the matter, of autonomy, "as to sur prise the inhabitants of the islands, the suppression of Ladrones by a native con stabulary, the founding of an educational system that shall give elementary In struction and a knowledge of English to all children who attend the schools; the construction of public works and road building, and the establishing of a Ju dicial system part native and part Amer ican." Civil Rights of the Filipinos. Taking up the question of civil rights in the Philippines, concerning which he had received letters "from suspicious in dividuals resident in and about Boston," the Secretary ot "War averred that any inhabitant of the Philippine Islands id entitled to apply to court for the preser vation of every right mentioned" in the bill of rights save the right of trial by jury and the right to hear arms, and if he will assert his right it will he secured him. "It may be," he added, "that In the province of the Cavite, where Ladronlsm Is so Ingrained that It has been necessary at times to declare martial law and to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, this is not true. Everywhere else it is the fact" People have been arrested for exhibit ing seditious plays, he said, and Instanc ing a case in Manila, said Its suppression by the arrest of the Instigators was no violation of the bill of rights. As to whether a man may freely advocate the Independence of the islands by peaceable means, Mr. Taft's answer was that there was a party the Nationalist party a plank In whose platform Is the obtaining of independence by peaceable means. As to the Future. As to the future. Mr. Taft thought It unwise to promise a conditional inde pendence that should wean the people away from the importance of the present government "I axh in favor" teaching the people how to govern themselves," said he, "and 1 cannot assume that such a lesson so dif ficult to learn can be taught to a people, 10 per cent of whom are grossly Ignorant today, without any political experience whatever In five years, as some of our opponents say, or in 20 years, as others suggest" Best for Filipino. "I regard .the learning "of English as one of the Important steps in the educa tion of these people. Important in creat ing a solidarity among the people and in enabling the people to understand each other; Important in bringing them into touch with Anglo-Saxon world, where they shall drink in the principles of civil liberty." The government In the Philippines was, Mr. Taft said, nonpartisan, and Included about as many Democrats as Republicans. The policy of the United States was "The Philippines for the Filipinos." If ulti mately the Filipinos were taken in "be hind the tariff wall, as I hope and pray they may," it would tend to develop the islands in such a way that the Filipinos might prefer to maintain "some sort of bond that they may remain within the tariff wall and enjoy the markets, rather than separate themselves and become in dependent" Upon the completion of the exercises In Sander's Theater, the members of the as sociation proceeded to the Harvard Union, where dinner was served. The banquet speakers included Richard Olney, Justice Knowlton, of the Massachusetts Supreme Court; Baron Kaneko, special Envoy from Japan to the United States, and President Eliot, of Harvard University. Mr. Olney In his address, referring to Secretary Taft said: "Having absolute mastery over the lives and fortunes of 7,500,000 people, he has won general admiration arid applause by uie justice ana SKiuiuiness oi ais ruie ana hy the tact patience and humanity of his dealings with an alien and subject race." Olney Takes Up Speech of Taft. Continuing, and referring to American rule In the Philippines, Mr. Olney said: "According to him (Taft) we are rich enough and can afford It, and therefore it Is our duty" to sacrifice American lives and American treasure indefinitely, and without stint for the education and ele vation of Filipinos according'to American standards. But out of any such proposi tion at once Issues another legal puzzle for the modern American lawyer to find In the National Constitution any author ity for purely philanthropic enterprises right in that Government to turn itself into a mission to the benighted tribes of islands In the South Seas, 7000 miles from our shores, or any powers to tax the toll ing masses of this country for the benefit of motley groups of the brown people of the tropics between whom, and the tax payers, there Is absolutely.no community either of interest or sympathy. "Again international law being part of American law and the equality of na tions' Interests, without regard to size or strength, being the very basis of all in ternational law, still another search Is needed to find in American law any right In a strong nation to appropriate the sovereignty or territory of a weak na tion, either In the name of collective civ ilization, or in any other name, or any other pretext whatsoever. And If the search be "successful, and the doctrine vindicated that there are superior peoples In whose Interest inferior peoples may rightfully be subjected to a process which would be expropriation, if it did not lack the element of compensation to the vic tims, question: Is not a' rule which Is good for nations good for individuals also; and why may not the lives and property of weaker and inferior citizens .In any community be rightfully expropri ated for the benefit of the stronger and superior? "That new conceptions of law and of government like those just indicated with others akin to them are rife among us today Is not to be denied. "It Is imperative that the lawyers of the day should give them earnest consid eration. It is for them to say whether there is a break with all our past which ought to be and is to be perpetuated; whether American principles as embodied In American constitutions and state pa pers, once deemed models of wisdom and inspirations to humanity the world over, are now to be relegated to the limbo of antiquated superstitions; whether the flag shall symbolize the Ideas and the ideals of the great Americans who are Identi fied with all that is more glorious In our past history, or shall stand for the the ories of the new guides and teachers of the present hour. WIPE OF XOOItllS GIVES TJP. She Is Prostrated Over His Myster ious Disappearance. PARKERSBURG, "W. Va., June 2S- The name of the brother of Assistant Secre tary of State Loomls, whose mysterious disappearance has attracted much interest since the Kaiser Wilhelm landed in Europe over a week ago, is Frederick Kent Loomls. not J. Kent Loomls, reported In the cables. Frederick Kent Loomls was manager of the Parkersburg Dally News. He was Ijighly connected socially and In business here. His wife has a baby five weeks old, and Is pros trated over" her husband's disappearance. She has given him up as dead. Still No Trace of Loomis. CHERBOURG, June 2S. The report, carried by a London news agency yes terday, that the body of Kent J. Loo mis had been washed ashore near here. Is false. The investigations made do not disclose any foundation for the rumor, as no body has been found near Cherbourg recently. The American Consular Agent H. J. B. Hainnerflle, after an Inquiry into the matter, also pronounces the report false. Start Today DON'T WAIT PAY CASH FOR YOUR TABLE SUPPLIES You can buy twice as much from us for cash 'as you get from the ordinary retail market on time. Below is a few of our many bargains for the entire week: Sugar, 18 pounds for ., ........ $1.00 Carnation Cream, two cans for v. i 15 Choice Sweet Butter, per roll 35 Fifty cents' worth Navy Beans for 7..J 25 Fifty cents' worth Fancy Rice for 25 Two pounds of Best Cream Cheese for 25 Boiling .Beef from Choice Steers, per pound .... .G$ Pot Roasts, tender and juicy, per pound 8d Rolled Rib Roasts, formerly 15 cents, now . . .' .10 Bologna and "Liver Sausage, per pound 7 Portland Packing Co. DEPORTS MORE MEN General Bell Puts Thirty-Six Miners on Train. WILL BE PUT OFF IN STATE Cripple Creek is Unaware of the In tention of the Militia and There Is No Demonstra tion at the Depot. "VICTOR, Colo., June 2S. Thirty-nine men affiliated with the Western fredera tlon ot Miners who have been arrested at various times since June 26, were de ported tonight. In the number were several men arrested at the time of the According to Adjutant-General Bell their destination is Colorado Springs. There was ao demonstration at the time the train pulled out of the depot, and few people are yet aware that another deportation has taken place. Vill Act for Men Held Prisoners. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo.', June 58. At torney Frank J. Hangs, representative of the Western Federation of Miners, in dicated tonight that he will tomorrow commence test cases In the District Court .before District Judge Seeds, to .determine whether the detained union men affiliated with the Western FederaUon of Miners are held as civil or military prisoners. He will apply for writs of habeas corpus directed to the Sheriff and City Marshal, and if the applications are granted, these officials will be required to show cause why prisoners are being held In the city and County Jail with no charges against them. EDITOR NOT THREATENED. Proprietor of Victor Record Denies He Made Such a Statement. DENVER, June 28. A special to the News from "Victor, Colo., says: The following statement was given out tonight by George E. Kyner, editor and owner of the Victor Record: "My attention has been called to cer tain statements printed in various papers to the effect that I have stated that my life had been threatened and that I held the Citizens' Alliance responsible for the wrecking of the Record plant. "I take the opportunity of denying these statements in whole, or In part, and deny the responsibility for them. It has been suggested to me that I owe this statement to the citizens of this community and state, and particularly to the military now in power here. However, I make them in defence of no one, but Relieving that an Injustice has been done "and with the determination not to be a party to such an injustice. I will state further that the editorial published in the Record on June 6 was written by me and on the sug gestion of no other person. It was not written through fear, but represented my honest convictions In the matter in ques tion, namely, the ending of the strike and the possible advent of peace in this state. "GEORGE E. KYNER." The editorial referred to advised the miners to end the strike at once and go to' work. Two days later, the Record of fice was wrecked by a mob. GOVERNMENT IS INVESTIGATING Bureau of Labor Will Go Into All Phases of the Dispute. WASHINGTON. June 2S. The Bureau of MyStomach , "It feels so uncomfort able. Food distresses me. I get blue and despondent.1 I fear it is my heart. But my doctor says it's my stomach." And what did your doctor tell you to take? AVer's Sarsaparilla? Quite likely, for he knows. Aii&S'uts. When the liver is rrong, everything is wrong. The digestion is weak. The disposition is weak. The nerves are weak. Nothing acts "well. Just one of AVer's Pills each night toII nuke these wrong things right. 2Sastu J.CAYE2C0.,LmiI.Kus. Honesty is the easiest policy too. Schilling's Best has made it so. Money back.: f Labor is making an Investigation ol the labor difficulties In Colorado under the or ganic act of the bureau, which charges the Commissioner of Labor to Investigate the causes and the facts relating to con troversies between employers and em ployes. The investigation which Is al ready under way may last for some time, as It Is the intention of the bureau to go to the very beginning of the trouble, and endeavor to ascertain exactly what the difficulties are and the causes leading to them. WILL BE NONUNIONIZED. Portland Company Closes Reduction Mill to Make Repairs. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 28. The reduction mill at Colorado City, owned by the Portland Gold Mining Com pany, closed down this afternoon for two weeks. The necessity of making re pairs and a shortage of ore, occasioned by the recent closing down of the mine at Victor by the military authorities, are given as the reasons for the action. There Is no doubt that the mill will be non unionized when it resumes operations, since the mill and smeltermen's union Is affiliated with the Western Federation of Miners, against which the Portland di rectors declared themselves ten days ago. If this action Is taken the nonunlonlzlng of all four of the Colorado City Reduction plants will be completed. , Will Not Allow Men to Land. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., June 28. Upon the arrival of the train in this city afS;20 with the deported miners from Victor, Captain H. B. Moore, In charge, was met by Chief of Police Reynolds and a force of policemen and ordered not to permit the men to get oft the train. " At 12:30 the train was still being held await ing the result of efforts on the part of the military and police to arrange for the transportation of the men to Palmer Lake or Denver over the Rio Grande. Chief R evn olds eays the men will not be per mitted to get bftHh'e train here. Unions Receive" Requests for Aid. INDIANAPOLIS, June 28. Circulars asking for financial aid for the striking members of the Western Federation of Miners, and strongly condemning the present situation In Colorado, are being received from the American Federation of Labor by various unions in this city. THIBETANS CLEARED OUT. British Troops Win Another Great Victory. SPECIAL CABLE TO THE LONDON TIMES AND PORTLAND OREGONIAN. LONDON. June 29. The Times corre spondent at Gyangtze, Thibet, under date of June 28, says: "General MacDonald commenced clear ing operations this morning by a wide movement down the valley to the west ward, his objective being the Tarchen Monastery, a stronghold along the Shi- gaise roaa. $y the end of the day the Thibetans had been cleared from every position In the valley, in the face of a rifle fire and heavy volleys of stones." ANTI-W0IC0TT MEN CAPTURE IT State Central Committee Fails to Dp as the Convention Directed. , DENVER, June 28. The antl-Wolcott wing of the Republican party In Colorado captured control of the State Central Committee today and by a vote of 66 to 49 postponed the election of a new chair man to succeed D. B. Falrley until the State Convention meets. This action was in opposition to resolutions adopted by "the recent State Convention directing the committee to elect W. S. Boynton chair man at today's meeting. The committee called a State Convention In Denver September 14 to nominate can didates for Governor and other state of ficers. California Exhibit Dedicated. ST. LOUIS, June 2S- The California state exhibit, which is the largest In the Agricultural building, was formally dedi cated today. Addresses were made by WED INVITATIONS and 66 DIDN'T HURT A BIT IS WHAT We can extract one or all your tee'th without liurtlng a bit, and put in new teeth the same day if you desire. Our system of crown and bridge work Is simple, quick and painless. Established in Portland 17 years. The reason we advertise la to let you know where we are. VH. 1. P. wxajb. WISfc BROS., DENTISTS rOS-213 FAILING BLDG. Open evenings till 9. Corner THIRD AND WASHINGTON STS. Goods Bought First Agency x tit You Can Shop hpman,Wotfe&Co. Good Goods Only Quality Considered, Our Prices Are Always Lowest In the Men's A Towel Sale That Offers 1 Union Linen Huck Towels. 18x36 inches, value extraordinary, tor this sale at the low price of, each 11 Hemstitched All-Linen Huck Towels, .'20x39 inches, 35c values, for this sale at the low price of,, each 24 All-Linen Knotted Fringe Damask Towels, 22x46 inches, marvel ous value for this sale only at, each .24 Fine quality Hemstitched Huck Towels, 21x42 inches, the grand est towel ever offered at $his special low price 35 Heavy Bleached Turkish Towels, 19x41 inches fine, big, heavy towel great value at 17 Heavy Bleached Turkish Towels, 24x52 inches, 35c value for this sale, each 23 12c Flannelettes 8 Twenty-five hundred yards of New Printed Flannelettes dark, light and medium colors dots, floral and Persian de signs. Bathing Suits Women's Suits and Costumes Reduced $18.50 to $27.50 Tailor Made Suits Made of Broadcloths, Etamines and Cheviots, in black and col ors Eton and Jacket styles all of them new, this season heretofore $18.50 to $27.50 today for 7.95 Governor George C. Pardee of California; C. B. Brown, of Stockton, Cal., presi dent of the California Exhibitors' Asso ciation, and F. W. Taylor, chief of the World's Fair Agricultural building. Washington Postal Orders. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, June "28. James M. Kay was to day appointed postmaster at Queets, Wash., vice Harry D. Thompson, re signed. Additional vrural free delivery service was today ordered established August 1 Mood's Pills Do not gripe nor Irritate the alimen tary canal. They act gently yet promptly, cleanse effectually and . Sold by all druggists. 25 cents. ANNOUNCEMENTS WASHINGTON BUILDING. FOURTH AND WASHINGTON STS. 99 THEY SAY OR. W. A. WISE. Sundays from 9 to 12. Phone Main 2029. . DING Today or Tomorrow Charged Store Today Men's $1.50 7Qkn Shirts f Drawers 27 Best Underwear bargain yet Fine Mercer ized Lisle Shirts and Drawers white and light blues shirts have French necks, silk front, fine pearl buttons and felled seams drawers have French sateen waist and suspender tapes, large pearl buttons. These goods have never before sold for less than $1.50 each while they last, each 79 Men's 35c Fancy 1 Q Half Hose at . . These Socles come in fancy striped and em broidered effects are all new, fresh goods and would sell ordinarily at 35c for today and tomorrow at the very low price of . . 19 $1 Nightrobes 65 Handsome Flannelette Night Robes, best patterns and col orings, full sizes needed for the Coast regular $1 values for 65 for Men, Women, Children Women's Alpaca and Brilliantine Bathing Suits, black and colors, very attractive styles exceptional values at 2, 2.50, $3, 3.50 and up to $6.00. Misses' Alpaca and Brilliantine Bathing Suits, black and col ors great values at 1.50, 2.00 and 2.50, Little Girls' Suits, with skirts great values at SI. 50, 2.00 ana pAiQv Men's Two-Piece Jersey Bathing Boys Two-Piece Jersey Bathing Suits 75 Boys' One-Piece Jersey Bathing Suits 50 Men's Trunks 25. Boys' Trunks lo plain and stripes. Complete line of Bathing Caps and Shoes for Women and children at lowest prices. Novelty ' Linen Costumes Reduced $20.00 Costumes 15.00 $25.00 Costumes 17.00 $27.50 Costumes 19.00 $30.00 Costumes 21.00 $35.00 Costumes , 24.00 $37-50 Costumes 26.00 $40.00 Costumes 28.50 at Spokane County, Washington, with one carrier. To Increase Size of Mill. THE DALL.ES, Or.. June 28. The Wasco Warehouse Milling Company, of this city, which operates the large flouring mill at this place, has let the contract for the enlargement of the plant so that the ca pacity will be 1200 barrels per day. The mill at the present time has a capacity of FURS CLOAKS SUITS JhtrfiM Welcome Visitors To the Mardi Gras Make our store your' headquarters while in the city whether you intend buying or not. Come in and look. We will be very glad to show you. All our goods must be sold at once, as we intend to open our new store with an entire new stock. Everything in the store at cost or below cost. I A Few Specials We Are Offering SUITS All' our Fine Suits m' Examine and Novelties, in blouse and Eton styles, in black and' col ors regular $45 and $50 special 21.65 Shirtwaists and Neckwear at Half Price Great reductions in Fine Furs. Remodeling of Furs at Summer prices. y Headquarters for Genuine Alaska Sealskins (London Dye). on July Account For the Teeth Sheffield's Tooth Paste for 12 Pasteurine Tooth Pasts for 14 Lyons Tooth Powder.l3 Sozodont, small bot..l5? Sozodont, large bottle.49 Rubifoam, bottle 15 IGc Draperies For Summer Cottages 26-inch Fancy Bright Colore con ventional and Oriental de signs great value 75 Sheets Pillow Cases Torn and hemmed ready for instantaneous use. Sheets, 72xgo-inch, each . ,50 Pillow Cases, 45X36-inch, each 10 Great Values Flags All Sizes Our stock of Flags is absolute ly complete muslin, silk and wool bunting. Prices are guar anteed lower than elsewhere. Suits 1.00 to 2.50 $37.50 to $50.00 Tailor Made Suits Positive highest, class Novelty Tailor-Made Suits all the most popular effects in trim med and plain styles, colors and black heretofore sold at $27.50 to $50.00 19.75 600 barrels, and the demand for feed and flour has been such during the past two years that it was necessary to double the capacity. The power for operating the mill Is brought from the falls of White River, about 20 miles southeast of here, and the company, aside from furnishing the. power for the mill at this place, furnishes light for The Dalles and Dufur. The Intended enlargement will make the mill the second In point of capacity In the state. 283-285 Morrison Street JACKETS The New Smart Tan Covert Jackets,' the correct thing regular $15 and $17.50 spe cial 12.85 0