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THE HORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1905. THT GOMES -HOME Discusses Affairs of Philip pines and Orient. INDEPENDENCE IS FAR OFF Jle Thinks Chinese Bojott Will Pa do Away Outbreak of Ia " drones in Oavitc Janancso Sentiment on Peace. (Continued From Page 1.) rer free frem bUune in respect to them, tkaa a native cevernment. Seme or the younger men of education kave been adx-oeatlug immediate independence. It therefore became necessary to state with eMiMrable emphasis the policy of the aa jRlaistrntton on thlo subject, and to say that, ta the opinion of the administration, there was posMble hope for Independence short of a generation, because the people could jot be Utted for elf-government in that time; indeed, it will proboWy take a much loRger period. The party consisted, as Is known, of Demo cratic as well as Republican Senators and CongrtvMncB, and they in their views ropre seMod all tides of the Philippine Question, but with a Helf-rostraint and moderation uhicfe cannot be too highly commended, it was tacitly agreed among the members ot the Congressional party on both sides that H wohM be moi!t unwlw for them to aiscuss before the Filipinos their differences of opin ion, and therefore that any statement should be mad by the representative of the Ad jHtntKration as to the policy of political ad ministration. Hence the rtght which some of the Irreconcilable Filipinos had hoped lor. to wit: a constant combat between the Republican and Democratic member", with tne Filipino people as on audience, was not presented, and I cannot express empnaticaii mr annredatlon of the patriotic stand which or Democratic brethren took in this matter t remitting a discussion of differences of opinion to the proper representatives in Own ers. Investigate Tariff Question. Ail the days in Manila were spent by the Congressmen in investigating agricultural con 4Ktoas with a view to the possible effect of a change of tariff upon the Philippine pro duction of toeaoeo and sugar. An opper tMtty waa also given to those Filipino strong ly In favor of immediate independence to nrrrent their views. All this was reportea and will be circulated. doubtless. In a Con- crermonal document. After a week's fcstlvitlm in Manila the party proceeded on the transport Logan on a towr among the islands. In Manila, Ilelle and Conn we heard complaints of the fail ure of the crops and of the stringency of the times. At Tacloban on Leyte, one of the nrovtncee, and again at Legastl, the chief city of Alnay. the greatest of the hemp provinces, we found the people very happy and a con dition of prosperity prevailing, due to the ptwHtaMe production of hemp. Returning to Manila the delegation resumed its investigations and the consideration of 00 in plainly, while I waa occupied with con ferences with Governor-General right, tne various members of the commission, promt nt Filipinos, and upon questions of govern' meat practice and policy. Received Well in Canton. From Manila we went to Hongkong In tite transport Logan. There I received a telegram from the President, requesting that I vMt Canton and that I confer with the Viceroy on the subject of the boycott then snpeoted to be in force. The Vlcoroy was pprionnly 111 in bed, but he sent, through tne American Consul, an invitation to the entire party to a luncheon with the Provin rial Treasurer, who represented the Viceroy ta the absence of the latter, this function being held at the Monchu Club in Canton. The whole of the party went to Canton, but it was not thought wise to enter the old city, lest the members of the party be Insulted. The Vloeroy has Issued a proclamation earn standing peace and directing that no Indig nity be offered to any American; and It is tme that a number of the venturesome mem- mers of the party went into Canton and were not molested in any way. " Still the great body of them were entertained in a different way. IVc went out on a railroad trip and then up the river to the Manchu Club. We returned to Hongkong that night and the next dRy were the recipients of a nannnet given by the English Governor of Hongkong colony. Sir Matthew Nathan, and ec a enpper given by the Hongkong Club. The next day. September C. the party di vided and about 30 of them continued on board the Logan, while Miss Roosevelt and her immediate party, together with a number of members of Congrrw and others to the number of 90 went direct to Taku and Pekin. Abowt 0A of the party, thoffe who landed today, took passage on the Korea at Hong kong and went to Amoy. Shanghai, Xagasakl, Xofee and Yokohama, the regular stopping places for the Pacific Mall line. Toklo Riots Aimed at Minister. We heard much while we were at Shanghai of the riot in Japan, brought about by the popular diegnet with the terms of peace With HwsMa. and at nrst we were greatly ex ercised, becawe it seemed as if the dls tnrbaaces were directed against foreigners, especially Americans. Upon going to the seat of the disturbances. However, we found tbeta to be greatly exaggerated and that tfeeir purpose had been confined to the ex pression of hostility toward the ministers and police, who had most unwisely Interfered wH (WW peaceful public expressions of dis approval of the terms of the treaty. Onr part went ashore at Kobe and a number went from there to N'ikko, to Koyoto, to Osaka and Yokohama by rail and all were treated with great politeness and no one war offered any. indignity. The Bmperor was good onough to send his Chamberlain and others to greet us at Yokohama and the Governors of Yokohama and Toklo and the Mayors of the two cities came to explain that the disturbances were not directed against the Americans, but against the police, and such were the results of my Investigation. The trip home on the Korea waa very pleasant. Improvement In Philippines. "While the conditions In the Philippines were not as favorable as we would like to have . them, and probably will not be favorable until the depressing conditions shall be fol lowed by a prosperous season, still progress Is being made. The government is more efficient, inefficient men are being eliminated and things are eettllng to business. Economy Is being practiced more and more In the government: Filipinos are being Introduced vry rapidly to take the place of Americans and on the whole, in looking back over two years, decided steps forward have been taken. Of the Questions which were opened when we started on thin trip, and in the settle ment of which it was hoped the trip might lead aid. one was the establishment of a rpecial tribunal for the hearing of dlsnuted questions in relation to possession of churches and rectories and cemeteries. I am glad to say that before we reached the Inlands a satisfactory law had been enacted which, it is hoped, will rapidly dispose of theae cases. The law refers the issues directly to the Supreme Court. There was also remaining unsettled a ques tion about the title to one-half the Friars lands those owned previously by the Domin ican Order. After a conference with the representative of the Vendora. a satisfactory compromise was effected by which good title to the lando will be Immediately conveyed to the Government and possession given, as far as that possession Is In the Vendors, and the difference as to nrlce. a matter of seme $200,000. will be left to adjustment by arbitration. The querftion of the operation of -the internal revenue law is still under consideration. The principle of the law taxing tobacco and al oohoNo liquors is. of course, to be maintained, but the questions whether the provisions of the law are not too inquisitorial with respect to ether matters and whether the tax is not too high at present require eome study before they can be decided. Boycott Will Fade Away. "With reference to the boycott In Canton and China, I am not sufficiently Advised to peak with great authority. My Impression Is that it will fade out because of the neces sity that the Chinese merchants are under of patronlrlng America to secure what will be In great demand In Manchuria. Chinese mer chants themselves are losing money and their influence is not likely to further it. Surges tloas were made as to possible amendments In the exclusion laws which, without in any way opening the doors to the coolie clam, would remore the stigma which the present regulations. It is insisted, put upon the classes ntitirf to ntw. f have those suggestions from merchants in Hongkong and elnewhere and shall prerent them to the rrestaenu The President proclamation and assurances that Justice "would be done tne wnmeio ne an excellent effect. Japanese Opinion on Peace. Many of the people in Japan are disap pointed at the terms of the peace, but the great sober majority of that people, I em sure, are deeply graceful that peace baa come and grateful to President Roasevelt for his assistance In bringing it about, and oensclous of the fact that Japan, was under a great strain and that true stateemansblo required that, when she could make an hon orable peace, fihe should do so. The peace is honorable, in that she accomplished every thing and that, had ehe continued the war for the Indemnity, she would simply be in the attitude of fighting for money. There is not, in -my Judgment, the slightest fear that the people of Japan will not continue to be as friendly to Americans and America as our J reception ui wuij wwtu mi uicj then. Of course. It Is too soon to epealc of prob able legislation by Congress upon Philippine matters, but I am eure that the trip has added greatly to the Interest in Philippine question whleh will taken by the members of Congress who were in the party, and that the more accurate information which they now have will lead to wioe and intelllrent legislation. OPINIONS OF CONGRES S3DEN Independence in Distant Future. Awakening of China Begun. SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. 27. Members of the Taft party who arrived from the Orient today have summarized, for tod Associated Press, tholr impressions as follows: Representative Coopor, of Wisconsin, chairman of the House committee on insular affairs, said: One effect of the trip will be, in large measure, to take the question of immediate Philippine independence out of politics. Per sonal study of the situation has. I think, con vinced the members of our party. Democrats and ftepubllcann. that the inhabitants of the Philippine Island are not now capable of free self-government. This conclusion is admitted to be true by educated, conservative Filipinos themselves, though tbey, like a majority of the other people of the Islands, hope for an independent government when the inhabitants of the islands rhall become fitted to maintain it. The prosperity of the Philippines depends upon their agricultural productions. The United States has done many noble. wonderful thing In tho Philippines, but its moot glorious work is the establishment there of a splendid system of American common school. These schools, stead Hy increasing In number, attended now by 375.000 children out of an enrollment of more than 300,000. will. mere than any other Influence, help to abolish the multitude of dlaleeU and tongues and regenerate the people of the Philippine 1st ands. China Is Awakening. OHr experiences in China and Japan were most Interesting and instructive. China is being affected by powerful Influences, one in ternal and the other external, and these are at last having an effect on her anolent conserva tlsnt. To me the most .significant thing of the whole trip was a statement made during a conversation that I had at Canton with a Chinaman high In Chinese business and of ficial life. I had remarked upon Japan's great success in peace and war. "Yes." ald he, "we Chinamen have ob served Japan's succers. IVe have studied the reason for It, and we know why she has euo ceeded. We are going to profit from our study. China ought to turn over. She must turn over. I assure you that she will turn over. It will take time. Powerful mfluences are opposing, but China la going to turn over. Among other things he declared that the greatest benefit ever conferred by one nation upon another was when the United States forced Japan to open her doors. All this. from a Chinaman new an authority upon China, was very wignlflcant. The trip has left many Important and last ing Impreestons. but the ehiefest of these is the Impression of the great part that the United States i playing and must fower continue to play In the world's affair?, and of the consequent grave responsibtlitios that attach to citizenship in the United Eouos, and especially to membership in the American Congress. . . Naval Bases in Philippines . Representative Foss. chairman of the House committee on naval affairs, said: I made this Journey largely for the purpose of making a study of questions coming within tho scope of the work of the committee of which I am chairman. I had the good for tune to reach Japan soon after the battle of the Soa of Japan, and was given every facility for Inquiry and Investigation by the Japanese naval authorities. I return home more firm ly convinced than ever of the vital importance of the establishment of an extensli'e and thor oughly equipped naval bae in the Philippines. Patterson Takes Gloomy View. Senator Patterson, of Colorado, said: The Philippines, the more you knew of them the more Mrious appears the problem. I am convinced that in their government we are getting farther and farther away from Sec retary Taft's patriotic and humane policy the Philippines for the Filipino and ultimate independence. The gulf between the native and the American Is widening. X fear the Philippines are a smouldering volcano. My visit to China has convinced me more than ever of the wlrdom and necessity of Chinese exclusion. I believe the boycott will soon be over, but in any event American man hood and civilization is ot greater moment than Chinese commerce. Japan won me from the first. An admirable people in many ways. The disgust after the treaty was an organized effort to' prevent the Bmperor from ratifying it. Japan is the most formidable competitor that the United States and England will have for the com merce of Ada, and in a few years, if they hold their own against Japan, many economic and Industrial changes must take place. Taft Will Study Socramento River. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27. Secretary Taft will leave tomorrow morning for Sacramento by boat. Ho will be taken up the Sacramento River as the guest of the California River Improvement Association and be Informed of desired changes In and along that watercourse. At Sacramento tomorrow night ho will take tho overland train for theEast. FEW NEWFEVER CASES New Orleans Steadily Recovering From Disastrous Epidemic. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 27. Yellow fever report to 6 P. M.: New cases is Total cases to date 2,918 Deaths .-. 5 Total deaths ... 550 New foci 5 Cases under treatment 227 Discharged . 2,266 Encouraging to a high degree was the report today on the number of new yellow fever cases. Fumigating gangs were put to work in the various public school buildings. The remarkable feature of the report to day Is the small number of new cases, tho smallest report on any day since the early days. of August. The news from the country showed a steady Improvement. j Now Cases in Pensacola. PENS ACO LA, Fla., Sept. 27. Following Is the official fever report to 6 P. ill: New cases, six; total to date, US; cases discharged, 47; cases under treatment, W. Four Deaths at Yicksburg. VICKSBURG. JvHea., Sept. 27. There were four deaths from yellow fever here today and five new cases. Speedy Turbine Steamer. HAMBURG. Sept. 27. The Hamburr Amerlcan Steamship Company's nrst tur bine steamer, the Kaiser, made a success ful trial trip yesterday, reaching 27 miles an hour, or a mile above tt contract stlpulatlpsu GOMEZ SIS IIP FIT RESIGNS CANDIDACY RATHER T0IAN CAUSE REVOLUTION. Accuses Palma of Using Force and Avoids Revolt Ist United States Intcrvcno in Cuba. HAVANA, Sept. Z7.-Jose Miguel Gomez, Governor of the province of Santa Clara, who was nominated by' the Liberals for the Presidency, has resigned his candi dacy. In letters to the executive commit tee of his party he gives the reasons ior his action, laying part of the blame on the United States, owing to the Piatt amendment. Governor Gomez says: It is lroposlble to continue the campaign within the bounds of tho law. The govern ment has won a complete and overwhelm ing victory With LI be rain in Jail and with the rises of armed forces and even the dag gers of hiwd assassins against unarmed vot ers, the problem confronting me is whether I should continue to lead my followers to the polls and permit them to become tho victims of this sort of treatment One other road is open, that followed by other nations in analogous circumstances, namely. lh right of revolution; bat Cuba stands la a peculiar position, as an armed conflict would inevitably bring forelga Irter ventlon. Before this was accomplished, how ever, our material prosperity would run grave danger, and property, which is to a great extent in foreign hands, would bo de stroyed, while the neutral element would suffer. Therefore, 1. who had the courage to rebel against Spain, which waa a thousand times stronger than Palma' government, de cline to accept the responsibility ot plunging the country icte "war. SEIZE ARMS OF LIBERALS Arsenal Contains Dynamlto and Other Kinds of Ammunition. PINAR DEL RIO, Sept. 27. The police here today visited the house of a promi nent Liberal and seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition. At Tunus rural guards found 14 cases ot dynamite and othor cxpJbalvos. Italian Agitator Expelled. HAVANA. Sept. 27. The Italian agita tor, Jose Pinnlno, was deported to Carta gena today on a cattle steamer. President Palma's decree ordering his deportation on tho first steamer leaving, Havana, was carried out. Tho government Is informed that Pinnlno had been expelled from Italy. Admits He Killed Vllluendas. CIENFUEGOS. Cuba, Sept. 27. A rural guard named Acosta. who is in a hospital seriously wounded, says that he killed Congressman Vllluendas in last Friday's fight after he himself had been wounded. BLAMES THE BOYCOTTERS Bomb-Throwing at Pekin Attributed to Anti-Americans. PEKIN, Sept. 27. Nothing has trans pired yet regarding the motive of last Sunday's outrage. Prominent Chlnose be lieve It was a direct outcome of the anti American boycott movement, the more violent of the agitators reseating the re straining measures of the government. The generally accepted view of the affair Is that It was directed against the dy nasty. The thrower of the bomb has not so far beon identified, but he is known to be long i the better class. Viceroy Yuan Sbal kal. of the Chill Provlnee, is taking energetic steps to capture the conspira tors. Cannot Suppress the Boycott. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 27 (Special.) Chinese merchants in Seattle slate that they have mail advices from Canton which declare the Viceroy of that province has acknowledged his inability to put down the boycott. The Viceroy Insists that the merchants and people will buy as they see fit. He add, though, that the sentiment is being resisted and that some gains have been made by the government's ef forts to suppress the boycott. WAS SMITH'S PLURAL WIFE Prophet's SIster-in-Law tho Bone of Contention Among Mormons. SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 27. Mrs. Catherine Phillips Smith, who claimed to have been the plural wife of Patriarch Hyrum Smith, who, with his brother, the so-called Mormon prophet, Joseph SJtnlth, was slain by a mob in the, jail at Carth age, I1L, in 1644. died here today. Mrs. Smith has been a central figure in tho controversy that split the Mormon Church into the two branches known as the "Brighamltcs" and the "Josophltes." To disprove the allegation of tho Josephltcs, or the reorganized church. that the so-called prophet Smith had never countenanced the polygamous prac tices of the Utah Mormons, Mrs. Smith two years ago made affidavit before a notary that she was not only the plural wife of Hyrum Smith, but that "the seal lng was performed by the prophet- Joseph Smith, himself, in Nauvoo, State of Illinois. In August, 1S43." Sho further testified that so great was the feeling in Nauvoo against persons suspected 01 having entered into plural marriage that with her mother she moved .to St, Louis near the close of thru year. Up to the day of her death Mrs. Smith maintained the accuracy of her affidavit. HOODOOED BY A BISHOP Subway Tavern Can't Succeed, and Closes Finally. NEW YORK. Sept, 27. (Special.) Even the change from clerical to lay auspices did not remove tne "hoodoo' from "the Subway Tavern," the Institu tion once opened with religious services by Bishop Potter. It this afternoon closed for good. Since tne original man agement save up in disgust some time ago. the owner. W. IL Skldmore, has been conducting it on his own behalf. At 2 o'clock today locks were put on tho doors and a sign was placed ou the windows reading: "Closed for repairs." "Mr. Skldmore said: "It Is closed for good. It did not pay at all and I have lost money. No more Subway Tavern for me." - The Subway Tavern was dedicated as a temperance saloon by Bishop Potter, August 2, 1904, and Immediately there after became one of tho curiosities of the Cjlty and was Included in the list of sights on the routes of "rubberneck wagons."" DR. HARPER NEAR HIS END Malady Is Said to Have Mastered President of Chicago University. CHICAGO, Sept. 27. Special.) Alarm ing reports come from the bedside of President 'William Ralney Harper, of the University of Chicago. It is said his mal ady has at last mastered him, and that he has but a short time to live. The fam ily and physicians refuse to confirm these reports, but statements made privately admit the truth of the report that Dr. Harper Is In a critical condition. Absent members have all bcn summoned home. The report from the university late to night Is that Harper's condition Is unchanged. SURGEONS AID IN VICTORY Convention Hears of Care Taken of Gunners' Sight. DETROIT, Sept. 27. Surgeon-General Suzuki, of the Imperial Japanese Navy. today In his address bcrore the conven tion of Military Surgeons of the United States, made what was declared by Med ical Director J. S. Wise, of the United States Navy, to be the most valuable con tribution of modern times to naval surgery. Much of our success In the treatment of wounds," said Dr. Suzuki, I ascribe to the fact that before every engagement I ordered each member of the crew to bathe and put on perfectly clean under clothing. On a great many cases of shot wounds fragments of clothing are carried Into the body, and our Insistence on clean underclothing prevented many cases of blood-poisoning among our wounded. Our experience during the war proved that the conning tower of a warship Is a most dangerous situation; fragments of shells penetrate through the silts In the tower made to furnish the commanding officer a range of vision do great damage. Real- izlnz this fact. Admiral Togo In all the naval engagements directed his fleet from the compass bridge of the Mlkasa without receiving the slightest wound. "The vision of the men who fire the guns on a warship must necessarily be of the very best If their shots are to count. Before every engagement, the sAgeons In the Japanese fleet exam ined carefully the eyes of all the gun ners. Any of them found with slight impairment of vision were treated, and if the Impairment was too grave to yield to Immediate treatment, they were trans ferred to another station and their places filled byt men whose eyes were perfect." An address by Colonel Valery Havard. U. S. A., on his experiences with the Russian Army in Manchuria, was tho feature of the afternoon session. Col onel Havard said that losses from ar tillery fire in the Russian-Japanese war were greater than from this source In any previous war. He as scribed this somewhat to the fact that much of the time the artillery fire between the two armies was so heavy that it prevented the men from getting; Into close enough contact to make their rifle fire entirely effective. PASSENGER JTRAIN IS AFIRE Result of Collision in Which at Least One Man Is Killed. CONNERSVILLE. Ind.. Sept, 27. Spe cial.) A nassencer train is htlrn!nr at Glen wood, eleht m!iM trKt nn th Cin cinnati, Hamlllton & Dayton, as the re sult 01 a rcar-ena collision with a freight tram tnis evening. An unknown tramp was burned to death and eight persons wore injured. The engineer of tho nancrr rfM nnt see the freight, on account of a curve In the road ar that point, and when the train aasncd in view the cars ahead were Within 103 ViTfrls nf -CChor thA rxttlUtnn occurred. The engineer and fireman lumnwl and iroro hurt hut n nf fatnltf All the passengers were badly shaken up ana more or iam rut nnri hniiwrf T Grosscup, of Lincoln, Nob.. Is Injured the worst ot any, ana may die. Shortlv after the rnlllslnn flr ttartnl In the debris and the fire Is still raging. ThrPA TUtECAntmr nui)i nnri it-r- lm. cars ircrn rflnmimwl Thi mnia nt tV a disaster Is believed to be due to the al- iegea carelessness or conductor Fox. In charge of the freight, who was busy switching In the yards at Glenwood and forgot to keep tab on the time of the passenger. He has disappeared. FAIL TO AGREE ON FUSION Anti-Tammany Conference In New York Finally Disagrees. NEW YORK, Sept. 27. Five minutes sufficed to dissipate hope of fusion among rw' FOR A SUCCESSFUL UK (PORTLAND Today's Special This genuine oak Umbrella Stand, 30 inches high, 10 inches square, like cut, will Be on sale all day today It has a solid neat m appearance. Just what you need in your hall this weather. Regular $ LOO Special Get the1 "Prize Eclipse" Heater A first-class air-tight Heater. 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