The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-09
No Civil Government Yet.

NO ClV1L r0QV6EunSuL 4ebs
1t was Gen. wheeler's Intent to es-
tabllsh a civil government here. but 1t
is evident that the time has not yet
arrived, nor can the candidate for civil
honors be found, as no garrison can be
left here and no guarantee can be given
that an insurrecto bolo-party might not
wait on him after we depart and care
fmiiy chop OF his head. The peaceful
and no doubt loyal bombTe lately born
again 10 American citizenship was so
oppressed by the thought OF having to
wear the robes OF ofiice-as he was
offered all the civil honOrs Of the city
as a test CT his patrlotlsm-that he az
once hit the road, or more technically
speaking ''vamoosed, and is now no
doubt In another province. You have
read a great many opinions OF the ma
tIves in these islands, given especially
with the view of their capabiltty Tor
self-Eovernment. Such opinions have
always been given in great commence
and they have doubtless varied accord
ing to the opportunity for observation
enjoyed by the writer. or the state
ments In the books he has read. Those
observers have known something OF
Manila and of the best type of the Fill
DIno and there are to be found the edu-
Gated and cultivated. But the popula-
Hon NJ those islands does not live IN the
city. but II, the country, and one TO
study the ueople must see them In the
country. History furnishes no better
Information in the Philippines than IN
cuba, where It is now well known what
wretched stories official figures tell
In the system OF Spanish colonial
government there was motive to per
vert public figures to private ends. In
the province OF Larlas the governor was
paid as a yearly salary 81 for each citl-
zen In the province. and he doubtless
took the census to determine his salary.
can IL be thought that ne ever went
undernaId? have lately read In the
daily press the statement that the INIT
eraCy in the Islands was less than IN
the state OF Massachusetts. This state.
ment was made by the newly-appolnten
representative of the Roman Churcn IN
the archipelago. Statistics douotless
show as much. but an aequaiInt a..l!.s
with the people make the aatement
humorous II "IIteracy" means an anu-
ity to read and write, great many
natives can make and understand
few written characters IN their own
dinlect. would not attempt to guess
| Mt the number OF dialects on these ISL
ands. surely they are many. enough
| 10 give evidence to the belief that IN
this region somewhere IL the site OF
the tower Of Babel. The Spanlards dis,
couraged travel By requiring passes ana
passports. md the Church confined heT
teachlngE 10 the local tongue and dld
rot try to Introduce the common lilu-
guage Of the spanlards,
The president or mayor or Paniqua
assured US, when we we're trying to pro
cure n guide 10 lead uS to this place.
thnt no could not find n man who had
hnpn ovpr the entire distance, but u
man could be found to take US half way,
1Chpn another man would know the roau
| for the remaining part OF the march.
| The natives thar came here with US
! from PanIqua cannot TAX 10 tne W W
hnbItants n this town. As a rule we
hSvs nIways been able to hnd some ae-
c0mniIshpd bombre who could speak
Scvsr"i Idlomas and act as an inter.
p,sipy / went with n detachment hVe
miles bnvond this place TO the town OF
Ton,e,inS n pueblo Of 1900 lnhabl.
| tnnfs sS called, but that includes MI
The Iitilr suburban settlements calico
\ barriOa, Representative cltlHeIA anu :, I,
native priest were interviewed ana ali
they wanted was n peaceful govern
"s"'' In a IuzOn Town.
They cvlneed neither desire nor a
capacity for self-government and have
had no government since the spanlard'
left, although the town was safely with
in the insurgent lines and entirely wltn-
ont the sphere Of foreign Influenza
place admirably designed for the exec
Itive OF my OF the governmental ideas
that these lovers Of freedom might hol1.
si'he day OF our visit was sunday ~
/ --..-- :. 49, sbn,te,ht an tii-n1Vlgeu day