The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-08-23

them liberties which they had never be-
fore enjoyed This scheme was adopted
and gave general satisfa ction-
In every instance enthusiasm ran high
before the commissioners took their de-
parture, and cheers were raised for Gen.
Lawton and for the country which he
represented.
Secure Good Results
With a single exception the officials
elected proved worthy of the trust impos-
ed in them, and conditions very rapidly
improved in the newly organized towns
Governments We're organized with more
satisfactory results in Pandacan. Santa
Ana. San Felipe, Meri. San Pedro and
Machei, while slightly different system
was put into effect in Ma1abon, Polo,
Obando. Meycauya, Yang and NIalolos-
The commission states that a large
amount of supervision over the affairs of
our new municipalities proved necessary,
the officials were timid and slow to
comprehend their new duties At many
of the elections the voters went about
asking who they We're expected to vote
for and it was only with great diff
Guilty that they were persuaded to eNer-
else the right of free suffrage
Schools for Manila.
The commissioners sum up the situa-
ton at the time of their departure as
follows:
when we left Manila a large volume
of business being done, and the
streets We're so crowded to be hardly
and orderly and all fear of uprising
had long since passed An efficient corps
of native policemen was on duty A
system of public schools in which English
was taught had been advocated by the
commission and established by Gen. Otis.
Some 5000 scholars were in attendance.
In the Tagalo provinces of Luzon,
where the anti-American feeling had been
strongest, public sentiment had greatly
changed, as evidenced by the fact that
the military governor of Batangas had
offered to surrender his troops and his
province if we would only send small
force there The Bicols. in southern I-u-
zon, had risen against their Taga1o
tiers. The Nacabebes were c1amoring for
opportunity to fight in ranks. and
native soldiers and scouts were already
serving under Gen. Lawton.
Rebellion Dying Out.
+tStories of the corruption of insurgent
officers were becoming daily more com
mon, and the d1sintegration of the enc
my's forces was steadily progressing. The
hope of assistance from outside sources
seemed to be all that held them togeth-
err
Having given so much attention to the
Island of Luzon, the commission then
takes up in detail the conditions in the
other islands On this point it is stated
that the rebellion is essentially Tagalo
and when it ends in Luzon it must end
throughout the archipelago. The situa
ton elsewhere than in Luzon is summed
up follows:
''The only island. apart from Luzon
where serious trouble threatens, is Pa
nay, to which a considerable force of Ia
gallo soldiers sent before the out
break of hostilities. Many of the Visa v
of this island are opposed to the Tia
galos, however, and it is not believed
that the latter can make a formida BILE
resistance
Oppose the TaEaIos.
I'm Samar. Ieyte and Masbate the Tia
gallo invaders are numerically few and
are disli5ed by the natives of these isl
IL,
were assured that 200 men would suffi &C
to restore order in Mindoro- Bobo1 was
asking for troops. The Calamianes isl
anders had sent word that they would
welcome us. There can be resistance
in Pa1awan- Satisfactory relations ha6
already been esta blished with the war
like Moros, whose sultan had previously
been conciliated by member of the com
mission, and in Mindanao this tribe hao
even taken up our cause and attacked
the insurgents, of whom there are very
few in the island
I'm Cebu we have only to reckon with
| the lawless element, which has never
been very formidable there"
| Special attention is given to the Island
| of Negros, this seemed a field wei
| adapted to the extension of American
| system Here the natives have adopted
| a local form of government including
| congress, and had raised the America
| flag. They believed themselves capable
| of managing their own affairs and asked
for battalion of troops to hold in checl
| a Dand OF fanatics Ihs
| battalion was furnished, but the peopI,
proved unable to carry out their progra II
| owing to i'll feeling among their own off
| Gals. The Americans remained popular
Need American Rule.
At the request of Gen Otis a new ant
simplified scheme of government for tn,
| island, giving the people a large voice il
| their affairs, but placing American il
/ full control, was put into operation 1
| brought bout satisfaction, and public or
| der is better in the island to-day than a
| any time during the last twenty years
| Summarizing the failure of the nativ.
| form of government and the success o
| the American control, the commission
| says:
| THE fat failure of this attempt to es
| tablish an independent native government
| in Negros, conducted it was under tn
| most favorable circumstances makes i
| apparent that here, we'll as in the les
| favored provinces, large amount o
| American control is present absoluteI,
| essential to a successful administrator
| of public affairs
| Efforts for Peace.
| The efforts at Cancellation with Agui
| naldo and his various commissions ar
| set forth in detail. These commissioner
| eSSured of hopo6eo1t