The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-06


 should recommend al this time spec tlc and final form Of government f,
 these islands. When peace shall be r stored it will be the duty of congre
 to construct plan of governmei which shall establish ana maintain free
 dom and order and peace in the Phl
 ipplnes. The insurrection is still exis
 ing, and when 1t terminates further 1T
 formation will be required as to the ac
 tual condition of affairs before inaugu
 rating permanent scheme of civil gov
 ernment. The full report of the commis
 sion, now in preparation will contai
 information and suggestions winch wi
 be of value to congress and which will transmit as soon as it is complet 1 ed. As long as the insurrection con
 einues the military arm must necessar 1 fly be supreme. But there Is no req
 son why steps should not be taker
 from time to time to inaugurate gov
 ernments essentially popular In thei
 form as fast as territory Is held an' | controlled by our troops. To this ent l am considering the advisability ol the return Of the commission, or sucl of the members thereof as can be se cured, to aid the existing authorities and facilitate this work throughout the islands. I have believed that recon struction should not begin by the es- tablisilment of one central civil gov ernment for all the islands, with its seal at Manila, but rather that the work should be commenced by building up from the bottom, first establishing mu- niclpal governments and then provin- cial governments, a central govern ment at last to follow.
 Until congress shall have made known the formal expression of its will I shall use the authority vested in me by the constitution and the statutes to uphold the sovereignty of the United States in those distant islands as in all other places where our flag rightfully floats. I shall put at the disposal of the army and navy all the means which the lib erality of congress and the people have provided to cause thls unprovoked and wasteful insurrection to cease. If any orders of mine were required to insure the merciful conduct of military and naval operations, they would not be lacking; but every step of the progress of our troops has been marked by humanity which has surprised even the insurgents. The truest kind ness to them VIII be a swift and effec- tive defeat of their present leader. The hour of victory will be the hour of 7lemency and reconstruction.
 No effort will be spared to build up he waste places desolated by war and by long years of misgovernment. We shall not wait for the end of strife to begin the beneficient work. We shall as we have begun, to open he schools and the churches to set the md trade and agriculture, and In every way ln our power to make these people | whom providence has brought within ,ur Jurisdiction feel that it is their lib ,rty and not our power, their vel are and not our galn, we are seeking o enhance. Our flag has never waved 'uer any community but in blessing.
 believe the Filipinos will soon recog- 'lze the fact that it has not lost its fit of benediction in it's world wide ourney to their shores.
 
 ion has occurred by reason of the pe- uliar status which the Hawaiian Isl- nds at present occupy under the joint esolution of annexation approved July
 1898. While by that resolution the apubllc of Hawaii as an independent ation was extinguished, it's separate overignty destroyed, and it's property nd possessions vested In the United | tates, Yet a complete establishment ] { ,r its government under our system { as not effected. While the municipal lWs of the islands not enacted for the ( Ilfillment of treaties and not inoon- l stent with the joint resolution or con- 2 ary to the constitution of the United 1 rec, yet these laws relate only to the + cial and internal affairs of the islands t Id do not touch many subjects of im- d ortance which are of a broader na f onal character For example, the a awaiian republic was divested of all p le to the public lands in the islands, n n Id is not only unable to dispose of W nds to settlers desiring to take up | sites, but is without power (! give complete title In eases where f, nds have been enteved upon under e ase or other conditions which carry ie tn them the right to the purchaser, ii ;see or settler to have full title n anted to him upon compliance with rs e conditions prescribed by law or by e, s particular agreement of entry o1 estions of doubt and difficulty have pi io risen with reference to the collec- W n of tonnage tax on vessels coming G nm Hawaiian ports, with reference u the status of Chinese In the islands, fl air entrance and exit tilerefrom; as to nj tents and copyrights; as to the reg CT CT of vessels under the navigation ssih vS; as to the necessity of holding m ctions in accordance With the pro- dt ions of the Hawaiian statutes for 1GSN1 choice of various officers, and as to he reral other matters of detail touching du interests both of the island and of , en
 federal government. he V the resolution of annexation the ba sident was directed to appoint tn commissioners to recommend to I,, Tnl gress such legislation concerning on islands as they should deem neces- of UT pioPei' Ahe9S eoiiiii'io'ioheio ab a duly appointed and after careful UT astigation and study of the system he laws and government prevailing in sw islands and of the conditions eX- gu ng there, they prepared a bill to du vide a government under the Aitle of iif if, ss,Territorv of Hawaii" The report me