The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-06
INFORMATION FOR SENATE.
President Sends That Asked for on the
 Philippines.

Washington, March 5.--The president sent to the senate to-day the correspon- dence called for by resolution Of Sen- ator Hoar asking for information rela- tive to the action of the executive and his subordinates in the Philippines.
 The presidents letter of transmittal rectes the resolution in detail and spec flies the communications forwarded. These are placed in eight groups and in- clude: All communications from Agu- naldo or his associates addressed to the president or any. executive officer of the government; instructions relating to proclamation sent to General Otis and the generals proclamation; copies or translations of constitutions etc., pro- mulgated by Aguinaldo; copies ot the presidents instructions to the co1nmls- sioners to the Philippines; such lnfofm- ation as has been received relating to uprieings of the Filipinos; information concerning the treatment Of prisoners or other inhabitants of the island py the insurgents, and also such information as has been received "as to ald or en- couragement received by Aguinaido and his followers from persons Ill the Unlleu States as to what pamphlets, spescfes or other documents emanatlng Tn the United States and adverse to US au- thority and it's policy were clrculatea' in whole or in part, among the Fllipl- nos in arms against the United states among other inhabitants of the island, or among the soldiers of the United States"
 f1tiS' nrncl1 nA- tion the president says: No dlsap- proval of the said proclamation was eX- pressed by my authority or that or the war department. It was, in fact, ap- proved by me, although no formal com muncation to that effect was sent to General Otis"
 Included in the correspondence Of last October between General MacArthur and Aguinaldo's representative General Anbrosio Flores, in regard to the de- livery of sick Spanish prisoners IS protest against what General florres terms the ''suspiciousness" of the Amer jeans. He says "the treatment aWard- ed necessarily corresponds With our po- Iitical condtion," adding that in the name of soldier they honor l protest against such suspicion, as we have nev- CT resorted to indirect means in order to wrest by artifce the recognition of our beloved independence.
 In the second batch of papers Gener- al Otis proclamation of January 4, 1899. and General Merritt's proclamation of August IA, 1898, are given,
 The instructions to General Merfltt are also transmitted but not those to General Otis, which the report says were given in cipher.
 The instructions from the president to General Merritt, May 2S, lSsS direct the issuance of the proclamation saying that I've come not to make war upon the people of the Philippines, nor upon any party or faction among them, put to protect them in their homes, m their emp1oyments and in thelr person. al and religious rights. All person Who either by active aid or by honest ad- mission cooperate with the united States in it's efforts to give erect 10 tbis beneficient purpose will receive the ward of it's support and protection. Our occupation should be as free from se- verity as possible
 The presidents instructions to the
  1seg are given In full. The peace treaty had not been ratified, but the president expressed the opinion that It would De .'by the time of the arrival or the com missioners at Manila" Alter referrlns in the fact that the temporary govern ment of the islands is entrusted to the military authorities and authorizing a proclamation the president says. Tne commissioners may render any Valua- ble services by examining with spec ia1 care the legislative needs of the , various groups of inhabitants and by reporting with recommendation the n, s,res which should be instituted for the maintenance or order, peace ana the public welfare.
 "It is my desire that, in all their re- ations with the inhabitants ol the | Philippine Islands, the eommlsslohers exercise due respect for all the ldeals customs and institutions or the trlp9 and races which compose the popula- tion. It is also my wish and expecta- tion that the commissioners may be re- neived in a manner due to the honored and authorized representatives Of the American republic duly commissioned on account of their knowledge, skill and integrity as bearers of the good Will, the protection and the richest piessihsS of liberatng rather than conquer ing nation. c.,- The records shows that on the fourth of May 1899, President Sehurman or the commission notified Secretary Hay or cessation of hostilities in order 10 get vote from the insurgent congress III favor of autonomy, to which secretary Hay replied as follows:
 "You are authorized to propose that under the military power of the presi-