Show ENQ OFIIS iNU1N He Passed Through Ogden Yesterday Morning TALKS ON THE FILIPINOS c He Says They arc Getting1 Corrficlcnc3 in the Good Faith of the Americans Ameri-cans and the Business Men and PropertyOwners Have Given Up the Idea of Independence Does Not Hatter Whether Aguinnldo is Dead or Not His Prestige Before tho People Is Gone Gen Otis late In command of the United States forces In the Philippines was in Ogden a short time yesterday morning arriving on the Southern Fr cIfic at Gl0 and leaving on the Union Pacific at S oclock lie traveled in an ordinary Pullman car and was unattended unat-tended During the wait In Ogden he strolled about the depot and grounds taking tIme air but as It was early he attracted the attention of but few people peo-ple In his berth he cordially greeted n Tribune reporter and while he would make no statements concerning affairs embraced In his report to the Government Govern-ment he talked very pleasantly and entertainingly for a time concerning conditions In the Islands He is on his way directly to Washington and will not stop until he reaches the national capital When asked whether ho thought it probable that Aguinaldo had been killed he replied that lie might be and might not be The rebel leader was known to bo In the section of country from which his reported death came and had been theme all time Lime notwithstanding not-withstanding all conjectures to the contrary Gin trary Continuing on that subject Gen Otis said It really is not of very great importance whether he Is dead or not as he has lost the hold which he had upon the people The leading Filipinos are directl and strongly opposed op-posed to him while the common people are very rapidly losing all confidence in him At the time when the American troopu landed In Luzon Aguinaldo had all kinds of power over the mass of the people they regarding him almost as a divine leader and holding him In superstitious awe but all that Is now changed ITe has but a few supporters probably 100 or 500 and as fast as hIm people flnd out that the American murder them troops are not there to and destroy their property the Flu plnos are coming in and leaving Agu naldos cause The mass of the people idea of are coming to have a different the American troops than they had of the Spanish troops and when they fully realize that our object Is simply maintain order all and to restore is rebellion Tho Double vlll cease practically ovcrJ S Oils said Sneaking of the people Gen quick to vory that the Filipinos are for great thirst learn and have a knowledge Schools have been cslab lishecl there and they are crowded otw thBtanding the fact that every teacher It Is possible get Is employed from the ranks who anti even soldiers Jho fitted for the worlt ere detailed as arc desire for teachers In the schools This education Is remarkably noUceable and young and old evince the J sire The knowledge of the English language is becoming widespread and rapId with this knowledge la coming a and customs of change In the manners The Government has al the people rlndv expended over S 10000 in the purchase pur-chase of school book for the use ot the natives In the schools The General also said that the natives na-tives take to politics like a duck to water An election was recently held in the Inland of Negros and the campaign cam-paign was carried on w ith some advice ad-vice and suggestions from the Govern orGcnoral very similar to an American Ameri-can political campaign The leading Filipinos the wealthy class and the business men say they are heartily sick and tired of the independence idea and that they desire a government on the plan of the United States and arc anxious to be a part of this Govern miid I Tho General exprcssc the belief that within a comparatively short time the Filipinos would be thoroughly competent compe-tent to administer their government they ame naturally bright quick to learn eager to kno and knowledge Is being disseminated among them rapidly rap-idly In regard to the administration of law the General said that the Supreme court of which MaJ Young Is a member mem-ber and which is composed largely of Filipinos has been administering the Spanish law of the I island but that now a now code of proccciuie has boon lire pared and piinted a code patterned Utter the code In use in the States of the United States and this will regulate regu-late lie procedure hereafter The Filipino members of the court express themselves as pleased with the now code and predict great results jrom its use The work of JNIaj Young as a member of time court was highly praised by Gen Otis who expressed thp utmost ut-most conlklencc in his good judgment and ability The General Inquired very earnestly after MaJ Grant and spoke in terms of time highest praise of the Majors bravery and of his soldierly qualities |