The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-12
MARrHuR DOES GOOD WORK.
Organization OF Stable Government
Proceeding in the Philippines,

Correspondence OF Associated Pressl.
MANILA. May 15.-General MacAr-
thur, during the few days he has sat
in the governor generals chair. has al
ready demonstrated that he believes in
letting the chiefs Of the bureaus do
their share Of work. He has handed
over to the staff officers Of the depart
ment many matters which have for
merly been considered in the governor
generals office. giving them discretion
in the settlement Of details and only
holding them responsible for results.
One Of his first official acts was to place
the issuance OF passes. such as per-
mits to go through the lines or to be
on the streets Of Manila after 10 o'clock,
in the hands OF the provost marshal.
During the past 10 months General
Otis aide. Lieutenant Stanley. had
signed 1900 Of these permits. and
large proportion Of the applications
had been personally considered by Cen
eral Otis.
Another order which met with gen.
eral approval was the appointment OF
Lieutenant Colonel E. H. Crowder to
be secretary to the military governor,
with powers which make the office one
Of Importance second only TO that Of
the governor in civil affairs. Among
the branches OF the public business
which win come under Colonel Crow
ders supervision are the judiciary,
customs. revenue. postal and telegraph,
treasury, auditors. municipal govern
ments, schools. public works. claims.
prisons and patents. Colonel Crowder
was more closely associated with Ger
eral Otis in the civil branch Of the last
administration than any other officer,
and General Otis gave great weight to
his opinions.
Before the organization Of the su-
preme court and the system Of Filipino
judiciary, Colonel Crowder was Judge
advocate of the corps. As justice
of the supreme court he has done much
to instil the spirit of the American judi
iciary into that body. which was not
lacking in learning but might have
failed in other important respects but
for such inspiration. At the same time
he has served on the board Of claims,
was a member of the committee which
devised the present system of munich
pal government, and helped to arrange
the recent revision Of Spanish criminal
procedure.
Major H. c. Hale. with three COM
panies of the Forty Fourth infantry,
has become potentate of the Island of
Bohol by peaceful conquest. Bohol is
a third as large as the neighboring ISL
and Of Panay, but had no armed in
surgents. 1t had, however. very
complete and efficient little republic of
its own which formed part of the rev.
olutionary government. When the
troops landed at the principal towns.
a body of local officials appeared and
handed TO their new ruler a document
which was, at first, supposed to be an
address Of welcome. The paper set
forth that the senate and congress OF
Bohcl had held a joint session, hear
ing that the Americans, were coming,
that the inhabitants could not offer al
legiance to the United States because
that was forbidden by "the Honorable
Emilio Aguinaldo. president of the Fill
ipino republic and the lawful head Of
the state" that Major Hale should Sc
cure first Aguinaldo's permission, then
the Boholenos would agree to the occu-
patton.
But the address continued, the ISL
anders We're dnarmed. and in view Of