That interchange of remarks, by these two
political prostitutes. was overheard, got into
the newspapers, and neither of the two dared
to deny it.
Who were the deserters from the Georgia
delegation? IF ho were the soldiers from our
State that went over to the foe. and turned,
their guns on their own lines? "Who are the
betrayers of the people whose defection as
sured the success of the new law which is add
ing so tremendously to the expense of living?
Here they are:
BILL HOWARD.
IF. G. BRANTLEY.
GORDON LEE.
CHA RLES EDWARDS,
LON LIVINGSTON.
With your ballots.
' SHOOT THESE DESERTERS!
(P. s.—Jim Griggs was one, too, but he is
dead now.)
The Prayer of the Filipino
(EVIDENCE OF JORGE DEL FIERO, BEFORE THE
TAFT COMMISSION, SEPTEMBER, 1900.)
Question: “Charges have been made against the
friars that many of their number have caused the de
portation of Filipinos, members of their parishes, and
that in some instances they were guilty of physical
cruelty. What, if anything, do you know on these
subjects ?
Answer: “A Filipino prayer, written by me long
before I had any notice of the interrogatories to which
I am replying, will answer this question satisfactorily.
Here is the said Filipino prayer:
“‘My Cod and Master! Have compassion upon us,
the Filipinos; protect us from the Dominicans, Au
gustinians, Recoletos, and Franciscans. By instiga
tions of these friars, thousands of Filipinos have been
torn from their homes, some to eat the hard and black
bread, or the pinaua of deportation, and others to shed,
blood in streams at executions. They were conducted
to the calabooses, and there they were suspended from
a beam with a pile of rocks on their shoulders, and
several others hanging from their feet and their hands.
