Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-03

Sl,ljt statement prior to the financial law of | March 14 last there would have been in cluded in the statement of available cash | gold coin and bullion held for the redemp- 1 ton of United States notes.
 If this form were pursued, the cash bal- ance, including the present gold reserve l of S1 50. .OO0 000, would be $289 1903, I94.J0. ! Such balance November 30, 1899, was So9G. .495, ,3O1 55. In the general fund, | which is wholly separate from the re- serve and trust funds, there was on No ycmber 30, $1O09O.GI3.1o in gold coin and bullion, to which should be added S22, 957 300 in gold certificates subject to issue. against which there is held in the
 Division of Redemption gold coin and
 bullion, making total Eoldlng of free
 gold amounting to S93, 3,04I ,3I3.lo.
 It will be the duty as 1 am sure it will
 he the disposition of the Congress to pro
 vide whatever further legislation is need
 ed to insure the continued parity under
 all conditions between our two forms of
 metallic money. silver and gold
 Our surplus revenues have permitted
 the Secretary of the Treasury since the
 close of the fiscal year to call in tine fund
 cd loan of 1891 continued at ? per cent, in the sum of S25,364.oO0. To and in cluding November 30, $23,15S, 100 of these, bonds have been paid. This sum, together with the amount which may ac- crue from further redemptionS under the call. will be applied to the sinking fund. In my last Annual Message 1 Gweit at some length upon the condition of af- l fairs in the Philippines. While seeking to impress upon you that the grave re- 1 sponsibility of the future government of l those islands rests with the Congress of | the United States, I abstaircd from
 recommending at that time q specific 1 and final form of government for the
 territory actually held by the United i States forces and in which long as i insurrection continues the military arm
 must necessarily be supreme. l stated
 my purpose. until the Congress shall ] have made known the formal expression of it's will to use the authority vested ill i ma by the Constitution and the statutes to uphold the sovereignty of the United i States in those distant islands as in all other places where our flag rightfully
 Heats, placing, to that end. at the dis
 posal of the Army and Navy all the
 means which the liberality of the Con
 gross and the people have provided. No
 contrary expression of the will of the
 Congress having been made. l have
 steatlfastly pursued the purpose so dc-
 ciared, employing the civil arm well
 toward the accomplishment of pacihca-
 ton and the institution of local govern
 ments within the lines of authority and
 law.
 Progress in the hoped-for direction
 has been favorable. Our forces have
 successfully controlled the greater part
 of the islands. overcoming the organized
 forces Of the insurgents and carrying or
 der and administrative regularity to all
 Quartcrs. What opposition remains is
 for the most part scattered, obeying no
 concerted plan Of strategic action, opeTat-
 ing only by the methods common to the tr:l-
 ditions of guerrilla warfare, which, while
 ineffective to alter the general control
 now established, are still sufficient to be-
 get insecurity among the populations that
 have felt the good results of our contro
 and thus delay the confcrment upon them
 of the fuller measures of local self-gov
 crnmcnt, of education. and of industria
 and agricultural development which we
 stand ready to give them.
 By the spring of this year the effective
 opposition of the dissatisfied Tasals tc
 the authority of the United States wa:
 virtually ended, thus opening the door fol the extension of stable administrators over much of a territory of the Archi \ pelaso. Desiring to bring this about, , appointed in March last q civil Conlmis sion composed of the Hon. William H I Taft. of Ohio; Prof. Dean C. Worcester f of Michigan; the Hon. Luke I. Wright, 0 v Tennessee: the Hon. Henry C. Ide, o 9 Vermont, and Prof. Bernard Moses, 0 f California. The aims of their mission !, and the scope of their authority are clear . ly set forth in my instructions of April [ r i,-nl- teIliIy with the entrance of tn e Commission upon it's laborS l caused t
 be issued by General MacArthnr, tin v Military Governor of the Philippines, o1 ,- June 21. 19C0. a proclamation of amneSt l, in generous terms, of which many ot th II insurgents took advantage. ailir2g then number oe ir1DOltant leaders.
 o This Commission, composed Of eminen <, citizens representing the diverse geo n graphical and political interests of tn e country. and bringing to thci" task tn s ripe fruits of long and intelligent serylc n in educational, administrative, and Jr l. dicial careers, made great progress frol Il the outset As early as August 2i, 1900 J. it submitted preliminary report, wEic g will be laid before the Congress, and fror l. which it appears that already the goo l. effects of returning order are felt; tha 1t business Interrupted by hosti!ltle3, Is IT 0 proving as peace extends; that large a area is under sugar cultivation than eve 1t before; that the customs revenues al
 greater than at any time during tn II Spanish rule; that economy and eGiclenc IT in the military administration have cr' l. ated a surplus fund of S6,000,00O ayai Id able. for needed public improvement m that a stringent civilservice law IS to preparation; that railroad communici le tions are expanding. opening up rich di al tricts, and that q comprehensive schen J, of education is being organized.
 K Later reports from the Commisslo al show yet more encouraging advance t l. ward insuring the benefits of liberty al ',- good government to the Filipinos, in u d. interest of humanity and with the aim ts building up an enduring, self-supportin ',- and self-administering community CT those far eastern seas. l would lmpre Us upon the Congress that whatever leGlsl st ton may be enacted in respect to u
 Philippine Islands should be along the IT, generous lines. The fortune of war Iii is thrown upon this nation an unsoug " trust which should be unselfshly dl d- charged, and devolved upon this Cover re ment moral as well as material respo D. sibility toward these millions whom V " have freed from an oppressive yoke. D. I have on another occasion called u lst Filipinos 'sthe wards of the nation" 0 a obligation as guardian was not light id- assumed; it must not be otherwise tn; as honestly fulfilled, aiming first of all