The record-union., 1899-04-08

PHILADELPHIA, April 1.-THE third
annual meeting of the American Aead-
smy of Political and Social Science be-
gan here this morning, and will con-
tinue tomorrow. Many distinguished
men from all the country are in attend
ance, and the sessions promise to be
more than usually interesting.
The general topic for discussion is
"The Foreign Policy of the United
States, Commercial and Political" This
is divided into two heads, one for each
day, to-day's subject being The Gov
ernment of the Dependencies
Professor Samuel McCune Lindsay of
the University of Pennsylvania soccu-
pied the chair There were formal ad-
dresses by Professor A Lawrence Low
ell, Harvard University; W. -Allyne Ire
land of London, and Professor q. w.
Huffcut, Cornell University The dis
cussion that followed was participated
in by Talcott Williams of this city, Pro-
fessor J. o. Adams and Professor L.
Rowe of the University of Pennsylva-
MIA. FE
Professor Lowell said in part: That
the colonial administration ought to be
Independent Of party politics in Amer
Philippines ought not to be a party
hack who is not big enough for posi-
tion in the Cabinet. needs no demon
stration. 1t is no less evident that the
Governor General ought to be advised
by a council drawn from the wisest
officers of the colonial service.
THE employment Of capable, infu-
entail natives by the Government is
tt,as
leads naturally to the suggestion, often
made of late, of governing through the
native chiefs, as Great Britain has done
IN India and the Malay peninsula That
such a system Is advantageous wher-
ever practicable, English experience
amply provides and it is now a. maxim
in India that every native State ought
to be, preserved with scrupulous care.
"a permanent civil service is essen
tial to Porto Rico as we'll as in the
Philippines, although it would have a
somewhat different character. In the
Philippines we must depend in the main
on American officials, while in Porto
Rico the service ought, after the first
few years, to be recruited almost -eX-
clusively from the residents.
+; IF the people Of Porto Rico are to
acquire our political ideas and tradi-
tions, it must be chiefly by means of
the court of law, for relation of the
courts to the administrative officials
and the citizens is the fundamental
point of difference between the Anglo
Saxon form Of government and that OF
the Latin race. 1t is the force which
prevents the government from being
automatic; that makes it a government
Of laws and not of men"
Professor Woolsey said to accomplish
the desired ends in Cuba, military oc-
cupation must be accompanied by the
gradual resumption of civil government
in all the municipalities, and by the
formation of an island Legislature to
control internal affairs, subject to the
veto of the United States representa-
tives
He continued: Whether the issue of
the protectorate is independents, or as
many believe, annexation, the process of
education, of pacification, is the same.
1t consists, in a word, in granting as
much control over internal affairs as
the inhabitants are able to bear And
We must so regulate their duties ans
revenue laws and commercial rights as
TO. give them a prosperous life, even at
our own cost, that is, if we wish the ex-
pertinent to turn out well. Thus we
should open the door to- foreign trade on
as favorable terms as our own
In the cases of Porto Rico and the
Philippines, we are under constitutional
limitations. Here there is no presump-
tion Of future independence. They are
our spoils of war. to govern as Spain
did. or to govern as Great Britain
would, so far as our Constitution al
lows. I do not think we will shirk the
work Of permanent government Cor