The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-01

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Al yEsninnsy ssDests - ~ CO..
tfasy nsewttksfan1in9 a. aAmlnistra-
ton Appears 70 - rna1ing desirable pro
eres toward szsatlng aueanSay % ~
new eoloulal pouDsau1nnA ard H. yellow
Journals ana he emotional hearts d the
poaiticai mock-mcralists ere nnding that
they have been neither rood prophets
nor wioe ce1o1sA
Fsestaent 1GcH1nley. Il - appearA
wfn 90 - fAs = y psseiaim y Cuba -
fore the assembling Of Congress not
only he purpose ~ the United states
TO install local civil government. but the
definite measures b. which such gov
eminent WIN be inau&urated. In Purto
Rico. local government has only awatt-
ed the report Of the insular communications.
which was fied With ~ war Depart
ment yesterday.
American impatience frequently for
gets how long were he processes b.
which the sxisting Amsriean autonomy
was acquired and estAhlisbed. ana thAt
many a. the same sasps ase 70 ~ gone
over again in Cuba. Porto Rico ANA the
Malayan Archipelago. 4 would Be well
x President Nckiniey's critics wsss -
array before themselves carefully the
speciAp proceasss ~ which a inAApen-
Aent eonrnonueaith en- - constructed
from m olisarchy. and fairly and hon.
estIy discover whether or not the presi-
dsnt hss not mads most rapid progress.
Cuha. Tor instance. came into Amer
lean posaession On January Int last. II
was fslled at that time with discordant
and fActional army q natives. clamof-
ins for pay and disiaeltned 70 accept
the civil ofices tsAdered BY the United
States. Nearly three months elapsed
before IN agreement could b made
whsrehg The Unitsd States could under
take % 1iauidate the unpaid claims Of
the soldiers. Within Lam than week
astes he 0omes-Porter arrangement was
e6ectsd. the Washington AuthoS1ties had
placed the necessary ss.0oo.ooo In Ha-
vana. hut. thanks to the internal dis
senstons ana 1ealousiss Of the med ~
ceiving the payment ana their ais
honesty in preparins the pay rolls. the
disbursements iingsrsd along for nearly
Ave months. the last being made only
last week.
II would have been impolitic. - well
| - impossible. 70 discontinue the Amsr-
lean military pccupstion pending the
completion, Of these payments. for BY
their completion the last phase OF both
the Spanish occupation and the Cuban
rebellion was TO be brought to an
end.
immediately with the closing Of the
| last account the announcement was
made that the president would proclaim
| the beginning Of practical autonomy.
He had arranged In the meantime for
| the taking Of . complete census Of the
isiand-exactly the step taken by the
United States Of America before they
proceeded TO the election Of Legislators
and president. Upon the basis Of thia
census the people are 10 receive the
suffrage. select their officers. frame their
provincial and municipal constitution
and return them to the president fos
his approval.
The process Il entirely logical and
reasonable. and u done In any other
way or In any greater haste would have
caused undcubsed controversy and ain.
Guilty.
Porto Rico han known from the out
set that II would he self-governing. !,
has made comparatively little protest
against such delays ~ there have been
and II viii doubtless accept the report
of tho insular commission "a satisfac
tory.
In the philippines the PRESIDENT {,
powericss to move any faster than h,
has done We're there even no insur
rection on hand. there would EN- be
~ many grada.ions 10 pass ~ Their,
were In Cuba before = satisfactory gov.
eminent could be- inausuraied.
II requires sine To make new govern
nsenss. because governments are people
and people harmonire into co-operativ,
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ani,s only after they have come 10 a,
understanding Of each other and Of tn
leadership under which thcy move. tn,
president at Washington MUS, not b,
expected TO achieve within given month
or q given year or more ends which
without his agency would require dec
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