Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-12-13

Restraint. upon such COM inaion AZ an
Injurious e and which are within federas
.tuiisdiction should be pfomptly applied
by the congress. SS,i 4. ss
[ ~ 81, THE PHI!L'IPPtNIcs.
{ al ~ 70 ~ e III -. - &
Fun measures OF Local self-Gavern-E
VA ment Are Promised.
IN my last annual. message 7 d dwell nsea a., at
T n ae ePPE Eip pRsa hS saeRne
press upon you that the grave responsible
ity of.sthe future government Of those
Jhtfs B gsatts VIA aa
,nending at that tune 9 specific and final nal
ned bT me or sfates force
and in which, as long as insurTection
continues. the military arm, 1::ust neces-
sarily be supreme: ! ssatsd nay Ip' ,I,n
the .formal Expression Of its will, to use
the authority vested in me jy the Con,
s.tss;9sl the Utsa ses in tose
our nag rightfully tioa.s, ;'ia5:ag, e that
all thg meass whi.i the libera4ity Of the
congress and the people have provided.
No contrary expression OF the Will OF the
/ congress having:been made, nave stead
fastly pursued the purpose so declared,
employing the civil arm as well toWard
the aceomplishmgnt Of pacitication an, and
lin the lines of authority and law.
| Progress in the hoped for direction has
been favorable Our forces have success
fully controlled the greater, part of the
| islands, overcoming the organized forces
of the insurgents and carrying order and
administrative regularity to all quarters.
What 'oppositionFTe mailis is for the most
part Scattered 6beying nc. concerted plan
of strategic action operating only by the
guerrilla warfare, which, while ineffec-
tive toSalter the general control now es-
tablished, are still sufficient to beget in
felt the good Results Of our control and
| thus delay the conferment upon them of
the fuller a9 Of o an
agricultural development, which we stand
| ready to give to them
Stable Admins fratiOn.
| BY the spring of this year the effective
| opposition of the dissatisfied Tagals to
| the athority. of the United States was
9S yxedsan thus s epgng hs oar
arehipelago. Desiring 10 bring this about,
sion. eompas SCI Of Hon as Wilhsm Il. Taft
Michigan. Hon Luke E. Wright Of Ten
| and Prof. Bernard Moses Of California.
/ THE aims of their mission and the hope
of their authority are clearly set forth in
my Instructions Of April Z, $780, addressed
to the secretary of war, to be transmitted
The articles of capitulation of the city
concluded with these words:
This. city, it's inhaDitants, its churches
and religious worship; it's EDUCATIONAL es.
Establishments and its private property OF
all descriptions are placed. under the spe.-
cial safeguard of the faith and honor OF
l. the American army"
\ believe that this pledge has been faith
| f.lly kept. AS high and sacred an obliga-
ton, rests upon the government OF the
erty and lie, civiisand religious freedom,
and wise, firm, and unseltish guidance in
the paths of peace and prosperity to all
the people of the Philippine islands. I
charge this commission to labor for the
full Performance of this obligation, which
concerns the honor and conscience Of their
its labors, all the inhabitants of the
Philippine islands may come to look back
with gratitude to the day when God gave
victory to American arms at Manila, and
set their land under the sovereignty and
the protection of the people Of the Unit
Coincidentally with the entrance of the
commission upon its labors. ! caused to
be issued by Gen. Macarthur. the military ~
pr OF ans af nmne an June ~
erous terms, of which many of the insur-
gents took advantage. among them a
number of important leaders.
This commission, composed of eminent
ana nnsa the ayer O.
| SOuul1y dllu U14uSlHSo ~ It's td5h tllo
ripe fruits Of long. and Intelligent service
in educational, administrative and judi
cial careers, made great progress from the
outset: AS early as Aug. p. 1900, it sub
mitted a preliminary report, which will DO
laid before the congress- and from which
that already the g9od
interrupted by hostiities, is imDfoving as
peace extends: that a larger area is un-
| der sugar cultivation than ever before;
that the customs, revenues are greater
than at any time during the Spanish rules,
that economy and efficiency in the mill
plus fund of S6,OOO,O0O, available for need
ed public improvements; that a stringent
civil service law is in prepa hvtion; that
opening up rich districts. and that COM
prehensive scheme of education, is being
organized. Later reports. from the COM,
Show Yet More Encouraging Adj
vance
toward insuring the benefits Of liberty
and good government to the Filiplnos In
the interest Of humanity and with the aim
;. Of building up an enduring: self-support-
ing and self administering community in
upon the congress that whatever legisla-
Philippine, islands; should be along these
thrown upon this nation an unsought
| trust which should be unselfshly dis
charged, and devolved upon, this, govern
sibiiity toward these millions Whom We
have freed from an oppressive yoke.
Fiiipinos THE wards of the nation Our
obligation as guardian was not lightly as
sumed; it must not be otherwise than
honestly fulfilled, aiming FIRST of all to
benefit those who. have. come under our
fostering care: i is our duty SO to treat
!. loved in the mountains Of Luzon and the
i fertile zones of Mindanao and Negros,
than it is at home, that there, as here, it
. shall he. the. revered symbol of liberty. en-
lightenment and progress in every ave-
| lrnpe Of deylopHhnf.: = - = =. =
Th Filipinos are race quick to learn
and to profit BY knowledge. He would be
Fash who. with the teachings Of contem-
z poraneous. history, in view. would fix a
limit to the degree of culture and adj
, vancement yet within the reach of those
people If our duty toward them be faith
fully performed. q
PORTO RICO AND HAWAII. 4
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