The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1902, Page 29

(TSR Y ) Gretttotes i ; : i ; Pages 2010 40 A s s s e s s e ad e s s e e e S g Gretttteee® SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1902. DRUMMERS TO FILL SAMPLE CASES WITH BURNT.CORK OUTFIT AND GO ON ROAD TO AMUSE CUSTOMERS WITH END-MAN JOKES G STOLL °F SACRAMENTO C:mmercial Men’s Mastodon Minstrels Ready to Swoop Down Upon Interior Towns in All the Glory of Black Face. d of * i n way of T s composite body o amateur artists the ranks of t of muc AGUINALDO the se aim 1 has been formed g representatives of e hous: Minstrel a tour of the State. This a bright, merry to set in good returning favor organization I | ¢ “burnt cork” from on the coast ve won the confidence business men with in daily commercial | velers have been time and time h hospitality at ! 'S CAP the hands of thelr customers and it oc- curred to them to form this minstrel.or- ganization to tour the towns and cities and give their patrons all the jollity and scintillating humor which are a part of the trademark of the “drummer.” As a guarantee of the excellence of the musical programme of Freeman and Lynn’s Commereial Men’s Mastodon Min- strel Company, the organization boasts that the musical guardianship is in no| less capable hands than those of James H. Doolittle of the Hotel St. Nicholas; this city. As the organization has been formed with the social idea predominating there is no desire to make profit by the per- formances, but any surplus over and above expenses is devoted to add “‘spe- | ces entertainment. The tour of the Commer- cial Men's Minstrels this month covers two weeks. The places in which they will rattle their bones and bang away at their tambourines and crack funny jokes and sing the howling corner man's medley and the sweet-toned tenor’s love plaint, are Willows, Red Bluff, Redding, Chico, Oroville, Marysville, Auburn, Grass Val ley. Nevada City, Sacramento, Stockton and Woodland. There is not much fear but the “drum- mer” minstrels will prove eminently su ul on their tour, for past experience has shown their capability to draw well, The hotel lobby-saunterer, though, will be a loser to some extent. for unless he visits the halls in which the commercial travelers are to appear he can depend on it that he will hear noné of those brand new jokes and stories which were‘in the clalties” of a kind that must enliven the | past ‘enjoyed over a clgar_and a ginger TOR SAYS BRA TMENAIER - - UNDERDIRRC & Tor, | * 4 MEMBERS OF THE COMMER- CIAL MEN'S MASTODON MIN- STREL COMPANY. e 2 ale or other harmless beverage peculiar to the “‘drummer.” These jokes and stor- ies are now botiled up and corked and will be poured out upon the public only when their guardians are on the boards, Shop talk will be considered an offense of proportion equal to treason; indeed, business rivalry must be forgotten and the lion “drummer” must lie down with the lamb ‘‘drummer” to think only of madrigals in place of shoes or gents’ furn- o REMIE-. or aacmAMENTe OF SAN FRANCISLO INTERLOCUTCR. Shop Talk Is Batred and Business Rivalry Tabooed During Two Weeks’ Tour of Emerson’s Latest Emulators. ishings, to ponder over quartets in place of the latest brand of baking powder or the king pin feeding bottle for .1902: to rack the brain over the lines of a fun skit, “The Drummer’s Revenge, or Wh Didn’t He Sell It?” instead of explaininy the virtues of the latest discovefed ironing machine or pressing the purchase of a line of locomotives. v The history of these “‘Drummer” min- strels is of more than local importance and who knows but what they may rival the fame of Haverly,. of Primrose and West, of Dockstader, Field, Billy and Emerson? The footlights have draw to their inyiting folds many with less op portunity- than is enjoyed by this troupe of commercial men who in December, 1800, first developed the idea which is placirg them in a position to-day to entertain their patrons and, incidentally, the gen- | eral public. ‘When in ages to come the dust covered f NDS OF INSURRECTION STILL SMOLDER archives of some property-room are burst open the records will reveal tne informa- tion that Freeman and Lynn’s Commer- cial Men's Mastodon Minstrel Company was developed by W. V. Freeman, Ed M. Lynn, R. M. Richardson and A. G. Stoll. It shall be learned by philologists yet unborn that the “Drummer” Minstrels in the year of grace 191, finding that _he Pacific Coast Hardware Assoclation did suffer at their annual gathering at Wood- land from lack of sufficient entertain- ment to go the rounds, did with due ex- Rice | pedition and twentieth century hustie al- low themselves to be pressed into the service of the same har and to their credit upheld their reputa- tion. On Friday, January 17, these commer- cial men minstrels have planned to once more assist at the annual session of the association, which this year will be held at Nevada Ci ware association | Bandmaster Cassasa with twenty-five musicians will accompany the minstreis. The following are on the official list: W. V. Freeman, E. M. Lynn and A. G. Stoll, proprietors; James H. Doolittle, musical direc- tor; Charles H. Cassasa, bandmaster; Esple A. White, stage manager; L. G. Joseph, prop- erty man: John Kenneflck, stage carpenter: F. L. Martin, advance agent; R. P. Walsh, super- intendent 'of electrical effects: John Skelton, master of transportation; Carl Enbanks, cos- tumer; Fred Remele, treasurer; John Campbell, superintendent of scenic effects, and George King, press representative. A farce entitled “A Drummer's Quiet Wedding” is to be given, in which the following members of the organization will shine: Ted Hall, W. T. Hobson, W. V. Freeman, Andy Hampel, W. N. Hunt, W. E. Lovdal, Ji rome Carroll, Harry Smith, E: Little Bertie, C. H.,Ellsworth, C. Tommie Holder, Wallie Young. "AMONG FILIPINOS AND ONLY AN IRON HAND CAN PERMANENTLY SWEEP AWAY FROWNING CLOUDS OF WAR Believes Big Army Will Be Needed for Years to Uphold Civil Government. FUNST home pearan: sprightly Wa 1 of arms who cap- perfol talk afternoon. spent baby have worked ; have e ¢ America ENERAL FRED- across the bay The few in absolute | ON came onr] ce. ht and clear and he| step. The care- hat was evident rrived in the rren was gone. rmed many other | eared him | pecple was | ed freely of the | i | | and was out- remarks. said that he believedsa | 000 men would be necessary to exert the proper moral infiuence over the conque: ves of the Philippines. He | though uld be necessary to keep that number of ops there for the next two | or three years G ter that time he | thought a force 10,000 m. would be | necessary to prevent an u. prising. General | Funston spoke commendably of the Phil- ippine Commission and said that body was taking the proper steps to educate the ratives and gradually bring them un- der civil restraint. Absolute civil restraint in the . Philip- pines; according to General Funston's ideas, would not be brought about durin this generation. In an. interview Genera Funston sald: Enotty Problem to Solve. ‘“The situation in the Philippines is a knotty problem. It is one for great minds to ponder over, and nearly every problem that confronts the mation has its two sides. Personally T do not think that in the present generation it will be possible to bring the natives under the absolute control of a civil goverrment. “I believe that for the next two or three | prevent an uprising, gea!‘s it will be necessary for the United tates Government to malintain a strong military force on the islands in order to exert a moral influence on the na- tives. The troops will not, perhaps, be compelled to suppress or oppress the na- tives, but the fact that they are there will For the next two or three years I think it will be necessary to maintain a military force of 40,000 men in the Philippines to keep insurrection down. After !hat‘parlnd has elapsed, if there are no signs of trouble, I think that a force men will be enough to maintain order and prevent an uprising. ““The Filipinos, while 1 do ot belleve as a rule’bitterly hate the American peo- ple, are certainly not very fond of us. The difference in race and language and the fact that they have absolutely nothing in common ‘with our pecple make thelr final consent to be peaceably governed by us a hard matter to bring about. Agitators and Schemers. “Nearly all of the educated Filipinos, the professional men and wealthy land ownets are political agitators and schem- ers of the worst sort. They would not hesitate to embroil the Philippines with the United States for almost an indefinite period if by so doing they could gain their ends and secure the independence of the islands, thereby getting control of the va- rious dapartments of the government, especially the finances, in order to give themselves an opportunity to steal. “If one would except a very few men, of whom Chief Justice Arellano is the type, there are no prominent Filipinos wha 'have any sense of political morality. Their only idea of public place is that 1t gives them an opportunity to oppress their ePemles, reward their friends or to fill thefr own pockets with public money. In iny opinion’the greatest possible mis- take that could be made by the United States in dealing with the Filipinos would be to give them any form of elective leg- islative assembly composed of pcople of their own race. A Filivino ' legislature would merely give opportunity for a num- ‘ber of vestilential asitators tn keen tha 1 General Funston Avers Nearly All Educated Natives Are Corrupt Agitators. ; country stirred up.and in a state of tur- moil by holding out to the people a vain hope of ultimate independence. 32 “I do not feel prepared to state an opin- fon as to exactly what form of govern- ment_should be given them. It seems to me that the present commission could not be very well improved upon. Native Officials Are Corrupt. “All the officers, in my opinion, except municipal and provincial officers, should be gp}whted b‘y the Governor of the isl- ands instead of being elected by the peo- ple. for the reason that if the people werg allowed to elect their own officers agita- tors and schemers would be chosen to fill the offices to the exclusion of the better class of patives. The moral influence of troops will make the Filipinos understand that anv uprising would be summarily | i 1 crushed. ““There- are only two provinces on the archipelago that are not under absolute | restraint at the present time. One is the island of Samar and the other is the prov- | ince of Batangas, on the island of Luzon. Both these provinces are in a state of turmotl, but in all the remaining portions of the archipelego human life is as safe as it is in most parts of the United States. There are ample troops stationed in all | of the provinces and there are a number of towns In which peace and quiet reign where no soldlers are stationed. “The provincial governments established by the Philippine Commission have been, as a rule, successful largely because all of the Provincial Treasurers apd most of the Goverrors are American. Native offi- cials are, with rare exception, inefficient, lazv and forrunt. i “It certainly will not be very long be- fore the last of the insurrection is en- tirely crushed out in Samar and Batan- gas.” It cannot, in my judgment, be more than twe or three months at the outside before the natives are conquered. After that, if we keep a firm hand over the Filipinos, give them to understand that for the present such a thing as a native legislative body is out of the question and rigorously enforce the excellent laws that have been passed by the commission and make them fuily understand that any outbreak will be stamped out with an iron hand. we will have no further war in the Philippines. Educating the Filipinos. “I believe that so far as the education of the Filipino is concerned, the proper steps are being taken now. The employ- ment of Ameriean schoolteachers and the introduction of the American school sys- tem will ultimately have a beneficial ef- fect on the natives. but I fear this genera- tion will never notice the change for the better in that respect, It will takke years and years of patient work to bring about Continusd on Page Thirty.