The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-19


was not finished before IL could fairly
b. commenced: aud pray We may NOS
add to that other elemenS VI disAsesr.
pausing In the work before t 70
,horoughlv aud forevss aoue-
This war 10 like all other warA IL
needs to be flushed before IL v stopped.
am prepared to vote either TO
make our work thorough OF even now
to abandon it. A lasting peace can be
secured only BY overw helming forces In
oea selsss action until universal and ab-
solutely fnsl defeat 10 inflicted on the
enemy. To halt before every armed
force. every guerilla band opposing us
il dispersed or exterminated. will pro-
long hostilities and leave alive the seeds
of perpetual iusurrection- Even then
We should not treat To treat at all 10
to admit that we are wrong. And any
aniet 50 secured will be deluslve and
fiesrlng. And false peace will betray
Us; Q sham truce wall curse uA
Had Aguinaldo not undeEstood that
IN America, even IN the American con-
gress, even here in the senate. he and
his cause were SUPPORTED; had he not
known that tt was proclaimed on the
stump and in the press Of faction in
the United States. that every shot his
misguided followers fred into the
breasts Of American soldiers was like
the volleys fired by Washingten's men
against tine soldiers OF King George, his
instruction would have dissolved be-
fore 1t entirely crystaiized- Tho utter
ances Of American opponents Of the
war are read TO the ignorant soldiers OF
Aguinaldo and repeated In exaggerated
form among the common people.
Utterly Incapable OF Self Government.
But, senators, II would be better to
abandon this combined garden and
Gibraltar OF the Pacific aud count our
blood aud trea sure air ady spent . profit
able loss than TO apply any academic Ar.
rangement of self government to these
children. They are not capable OF self
government. How could they be! They
are not of q self governing race. They
are Orientals. MalayA instructed by
Spaniards TX the latter's worst estate
Tic most enlightened among
them declare that selfgovernment will
succeed because the employers OF labor
will compel their employees to vote IS
their employer wills. and that this will
insure intelligent voting / was assured
that we could depend upon good men
always being ia Office because the ON
cials VINO institute the government will
nominate their Successors. choose those
among the people who will do tho
voting and determine how aud where
elections will be held The most ardent
advocate Of selfgovernment that l met
was anxious that | should know that
such a government would be tranquil.
because, as he said. if anyone criticised
il, the government would shoot the
offender.
Plan OF Governm mt Needed In the
Philippines
In all other islands our government
must be simple and strong. 1t must bs
. uniform government Different forms
for different islands will produce per
petual disturb ance. because the people
OF each island would think that the peo
pie Of the o.her islands are more II
vored than they. In Panay l heart
murmurings that We were giving Ne
. gros an American contribution Thi
Is . human quality found even II
America; aud We must never forge
that in dealing with the Filipinos w
, deal with children. And 90 our gov
eminent must Be simple and strong
! Simple and strong: the meaning o
} those two words must be written II
: every line Of PhilOpine legislation
realized in every acfopf Philippine ID
} ministration- A Philippine offics II
our department Of state; an America
!. governor general in Manila with powe
to meet daily emergencies; possibly q
I advisory council with no power excep
! that Of discussing measures with tn
l governor general. which counc'
would be the germ Of the futur
legislatures. . school III rractlca
{ governments: American heutenan
governors in eacn province with
: like council about hun; II possible d
|. American resident in eacn district an
/ like council grouped about him; ire
r Quent aud unannouncsd visits Of Pre-
. vincial governors to the districts OF thei
!, province; periodical reports TO tn
governor general: m American boar
J. OF visitation to make semi-aunuAl trir
TO the archipelago without power c
suggestion Oh interference TO officials 9
people. bat only to report and recon
q mend to the Philippine office OF on
:, state department; . Philippine CIV
= service with promotion for efficiency
!. she abolition OF duties on exports froI
. the Philippines; the establishment
u import duties on . revenue has
= with such discri mination in fave
u OF American imports rs will prever
% the cheaper goods Of other nations froI
D. destroying American trade; . compleI
= reform Of local taxation on . just al
= scientific basis beginning with the g
Dt adjustment Of . tax on land accordiu
I 10 its assessed value: the minting
q OF abundant silver money for Philippir
and Oriental use; the granting OF frat
IL chises and concessions upon tn
theory Of developing the resources
a. OF the archipelago and therefore n
IL by sale but upon participation in Il
,r profits OF the enterprise: the formatio
" Of system Of public schools every whel
3. with compulsory attendance rigidly Of
ie forced; the establishment Of the Englil
Or language throughout the island. teac
I'd ing il exclusively in tbs schools 81
r. using IL. through Interpreters exclusiv
at ly in the courts; = simple civil code ~
ID q still simpler criminal code aud Dol
u. common to ali the islands except Sui
m Mindanao and Paiuan; American judg
to for ali but smallest offenses, gradul
IN slow and careful introduction OF q