Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-11

W. we halfes IN tncir homes, In their
enpluymehis' aud in tleir rerx5Aal and
'e"s'ous rights
Ipstructions u. pb,lipu,ua c,,rmsssio,.
In orlor "a so,iit4.4, ~. ,, hno,,na
pnciac ana nrracti,,.,' ,t,,S ~ o,,,t,,,t'
throughout these Islands. and TO secure
with the least possibIe deiav. the bpueBts
of wise ana uenerous ptntpctlon Of ne
and property TO The Inhabitants. apDoirt.
ed III Jnnunry. fso. commission. co,,s,et
ing of Hon jacob t,ould SchurInan of New
York: Admiral George Dewey. United
states Navy; Lon. Charles Denny of In
,,aha' ,,,l' PROFESSOR beah = worcester OF
m' niehisuh, niiu M"lor ueheriu nlweIi 5.
Uus, oniten states arlny' Ihelr instruc-
''vrs vr vvi'"i''eu e tne loi'owlng:
~ i '.e Psri"iih'n'e p VI tHls duty the
.,,i eon,,,a.ss,onsts "is enJo'ueu 10 meet at the
,''se - poseiDN p u'I y" 'ne YIN oi Mhnilla'
-, " ~ p"u'ic proclamation
.ne,l piesenVe a"u ,ne mission intrusted
AZ, ~ ~, III, , .. eii' ' aei''iis i"r'h that' "hlie
~ 'Vi'',"eh' "ilrauE proclaimed
70 w "e ',''ii'"ineu anu continued so long
80 n"S require ehorts VIII be
=, "iie' !'ie rue burden OF taxation,
inuNStral ana commercial pros
pens.s, ,s a"u W 70 provide ior the safety Of per-
s "i, vi property DE such means as may
' .,,,,' MIN 'oiioucNe 10 'nose ends.
e voiiiiilSsiohers VIII endeavor, with
80 VI ,n ne on'ted states. now In control
VI .ne iniiippiheS 10 ascertain what ameh-
,io'i III Tue CONDITION OF the inhabitants.
u Wh"t improvements IN pubic order
.,y "y pe practlcahie' ana for this purpose
.,es WIN study attentivey ne existing so
,ai anu poiiticai STATUS OF the various poru-
"'ioHS particularly as regards the forms
Vi local government, the administration of
justice, 'he cohectlon ot customs ana other
'"NeS' the hie.thS oI transportation. ana the
eu VI pubic HnproFemehtS' Ihey VIII
i,port .he results OF their obServa-
uons anu rehectlohs' ana VIII recommend
sun eNeoutNe actioh us may from time
W , ,,i'ie seem 70 tnein "lse ana usetui
me commissioners hre hereDy anthoriz-
~ 10 CONFER au'horitativeiy with any per-
% ons lesiuen, III the iSiahds from whom
n"! pe'eNe themselves aDie 10 derive
i,' ''''io"' VI SuSsestlohs Valuapie Tor
.ne purposes Oh 'heir COMMISSION or whom
~ may c"ooSe 10 empi"F us agents. as
az ue ~, nrcessar! i"r 'nis purpose.
,., - my "eS,re 'hu' III a.i 'heir reiatiohs
WIN 'he ihhapithhts OF the Islands the
,,,Ns,oherS exercise uue respect Tor an
ny, iueais. cuS'ohiS ana institutions OF the
49, Mnion compose tne popula'ioh' en-
pnS upon ali OCCASIONS the just ana
esn' @ in,en''ohs OF the government OF
ne oni'eu suites. ~ Is aiso my Wish ana
] ]sNpe.'a,ion 'h"t 'ne commissioners may be
and thort,o1 commemorative. A. 49,,
lean republic dulv commissioned on nc-
count of tbeir knowledro slim ,nd in+ao
rity as bearers of the pood viii the nro-
lection and RICHEST blessings Of a Iih-
Grating rather fban n connnariny nation -
On +ba eth of Ioh.,o. Iooo a.. .,
v.s rot,eod h .h 80, 20 49,, r,y y
Statos ora +ho ,an,,rass t,,,,,,,ts. .'
nronr,atad soo 200 onn =, 30 rn a,,, ,t .p "p
siops THO rotiscotions n,ara av',anopd S ~,
the Irnited stotos anI Sna,, a, re ,,t; i
Of Anvil $500
Fiah OF S"Verhment proposed.
as early as April, 1899, the Philippine
commission, of which DR.. Schurman was
president, endeavored to bring about peace
In the islands by repeated conferences
with the leading Tagalos, representing the
so-called insurgent government, to the end
that some general plan of government
might be offered them which they would
accept SO great was the satisfaction of
the insurgent commissioners with the form
OF government proposed by the American
commissioners that the latter submitted
the proposed scheme to me for approval,
ana my action thereon Is shown by the
cable message following:
MAY 8. 1890