Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-03
JEFFERSON PLAN.
Govern Philippines Like He Did
Louisiana.
THE COMMISSION so RECOMMENDS.
Declared Their Proposed System Ever
More Liberal Agninaido'. scheme of =
ProtectoTate Asserted to lie Chnnerf.
cal-Recommend Retaining Islands

/ cal-Recommend Retaining Islands
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-rhe presiacrt
! transmitted to congress the first volum-
OF the report OF the Philippine commls
sion. Ii is volume of 264 pages 10.
Guiding the appendix, and Is signed by
/ Prof. Schurmann Admiral Dewey Col
onel DENLY aud Prof Worcester The
principal subject dealt with Is he p,an
of government proposed by the commis
sion, whica includes discussion Of the
SPANS government existing pro' 60 the
war the various reforms desire bg the
| Filipinos and theeonstitutlcns 6 egasea
| by them, together with the cons usiana
and plans suggested by the commission
| The report also covers many othei matters
connected with the social admin -LtdJ OIL
OF the islands, racial characteristics du
cation, secular and religious orders the
| Chinese in the islands public health II
rency etc, as we'll as the condition and
needs of the United States In the Pmne@.a VI
from naval AMI maritime standpoint lht
secon volume Of the report which VIII esl ce
rea y for several weeks. VIII contain IL.
tailed Gese r. ton of the climate and natural
resources of the island. The chief Interest n
| the report naturally eenters IN the plar Of
| government proposed by the commission
The commission announces ITSELF uuquall-
fedly in favor of government of the Pm. y
pines and analogous to that Of territory Il
the United states with governor appointed
by the president. They say it is desirable
that the Inhabitants Of the archipelago should
enjoy large measure of home rule in loeal
affairs, their towns to enjoy substantially the
rights and privileges OF towns in a territory
The provinces should be vested with sui
stantially functions OF county IN territory;
he eliRHf to | tf,H
| the Viscayan islands at and a beginning
might be made the coast of Mindanao
| The Sulu archipelago, calling for special
| engagements with the sultan, the commission
| say need not be considered in this connec
ton
The Filipinos could manage their own iowa
| and county affairs through their own officers
| whom they could elect with help from
| American officials, except such would bein
| volved in control from the central government
at Manila The suffrage should be restricted
| by educational or property qualifications, OIL
| DO tn, THIS system would necessitate "a small
! body OF American officials of great ability
and integrity and of patience and tact in deal
| ing with other races and ON this account the
| commission recommends that they should be
| paid high salaries. The commission says they
| could be called advisers or commissioners and
that one for every 00J natives should suf-
| fee. 1t would be the duty of such commits
| sioners TO report upon their work to the cen
| trail government at Manila. Their main fune-
| ton would De to advise town and county coun
ellis III the discharge of their duties and watch
the collection OF revenue and its expendi.
| lures.
The kind of proteetorate which the insur-
| gent leaders desired the commission say, Ii
one in which the United States would assume
all responsibility for protecting the Philippine
| governments AGAINST foreign aggression, while
their officials would collect revenues
! The report further says in part:
! Under the ehimerlca scheme of protection
| cherished by Aguinaldo if a foreigner lost
his life property through a miscarriage OF
| justice in Philippine court, or in conse
! quence OF governors failure to suppress
riot, then the United States would be respon
| sible for indemnity to the foreigners govern
ment without possessing the power of pun
ishing the offenders or OF preventing ma1ad
ministration, of protecting itself against
similar occurrences in the future. Nor could
the liability 10 foreign nations be reduced
without permitting them directly to seek re
| dress, and such course would, it is to be
| feared, speedily lead to the appropriation OF
| the Philippine islands by the great powers
| who would not seek far for pretenses for in
| PREVENTION"
| There no analogy" says the commission
| between the relation of the self governing
colony of Australia or of Canada Great
Britain and that of the Philippine islands To
the United states. Instead of community OK
blood, races and anguages there is the great
! est diversity, and, instead of common politi
| cal experience, the one has already breathed
| the air of freedom, the other has been re.
pressed by despotism Clearly the plan of Il,
| sef-governtng colony Is IA misft to the Philip
| pines"
The commission then discusses the other two
! types of British colony-crown colonies and
colonies having representative IN stitution but
no responsible government, typihel by British
| Guiana and Hongkong respectively. but
r-t.Ff -
points ont, after lengthy argument, should be
! applied to the Philippines.
| The commlss. Oh takes basis for the gov
| eminent proposed the territorial organization
of Louisiana the act is set forth In full. 1t pro
vides for governor and secretary of the treas
ury, and vests the legislative power in "a coun.
Gil appointed annually by the president
| Courts are also provided for This scheme OF
government says the commission. possesses
besides its intrinsic merits, the historical in
| terest attaching TO orignation wi tn the author
of the Declaration of Independence. Jeffer-
| son had outlined first sketch as early as 1905
| He seems TO have felt no incongruity between
! the principles of the Declaration of Independ /.
! ence of the IL self governing colonies and this
| scheme of government for the politically in.
| experienced inhabitants of Louisiana In
deed, he complains with some bitterness, ia
/ December, Is 3, when diffe Ssnces Of opinion
developed as to the manner of disposing of
! Louisiana. that although il is Acknowledged
! that our new fellow citizens are as yet as in
| capable of self government children, yet
some cannot bring themselves to snspend its
| principles for siagle moment"
From the :, however, the commission
| believes it safe .nd desirable to extend TO the
! Filipinos larger liberties of self government
than Jefferson approved of for the inhabi-
| tants of Louisiana assuming that in the oulu
/ archipelago and such portions of the other
| islands as are occupied by tribes of Indians,
! the government will be conducted throug IN
| the agency of their sultans or chiefs. The
! commission believes that the people of the
| islands should be permitted to elect at least
! members of the lower branch of the terri
| torial legislature aud that at least half the
| members of the upper house should be ag.
| pointed by the president. With such safe.
/ guards in American hands and q qualified
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