Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-09-20

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and enthusiastic army. No alternative was
\ left to us except ignominious retreat.
i Had to Remain.
1T Is mot to be conceived Of that any
American would have sanctioned the sur.
render Of Manila to the insurgents. Our OBJ.
legations to other nations and to the friendly
1 Filipinos and to, ourselves and our flag de.
manded that force should be tnet with force.
Whatever the future Of the Philippines may
be, there Is no course open to US now except
the prosecution Of the war until the insur.
gents are reduced to submission.
The commission Is Of the opinion that
there has been no time since the destruction
OF the Spanish squadron by Admiral Dewey
when 1t was possible to withdraw our forces
from the islands either with honor to our
4 selves or with safety to the Inhabitants
| After the most thorough study Of the peo-
pies Of the archipelago the commission re-
ported, among other things: @.$s8.t - -s8
! Their lack of education and political ex-
perlence, combined with their racial and
linguistic diVersities, disqualify them, in
! spite OF their mental gifts and domestic vir-
| tues, to undertake the task of governing the
| archipelago at the present time. The most
that can be expected Of them is to cooper
ate with the Americans in the administra-
ton. OF general affairs, from Manila as
center, and to undertake, subject. to Amer
lean control or guidance las may be found
necessary the administration of provincial
and municipal affairs. = ig@
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Would Invite Anarchy. Es
| Should our power by any fatality be
wlthdrawn, the commission believes that the
government Of the Philippines would speed
| ny lapse into anarchy, which would excuse,
| II 1t did not necessitate, the intervention Of
other powers, and the eventual division of
the islands among them. Only through
American occupation, therefore, is the idea
OF free, self-governing and united Philip
pine commonwealth at all conceivable = =
THUS the welfare of the Filipinos coin
cldes with the dictates Of national honor in
forbidding our abandonment of the archi-
pelago. We cannot from any point of view
escape the responsibilities of government
which our sovereignty entails, and the COM
| mission is strongly persuaded that the per-
I formance of our national duty will prove
| the greatest blessing to the people Of the
Philippine Islands,"
Satisfied that nothing further could be &C.
| complished in pursuance of their mission
until the rebellion was suppressed and de-
String to place before the Congress the re-
suit Of their observations, l requested the
commission to return to the United States
! Their most Intelligent and comprehensive
! report, was submitted to Congress.
| Duties Of the Com mission.
! In March, 1900 believing that the insur-
rection was practically ended and earnestly
| desiring TO promote the establishment OF 6,
| stable government in the archipelago, I ap-
| pointed the. following civil commission:
William H. Taft of Ohio, Professor Dean c.
Worcester of Michigan, Luke I. Wright Of
Tennessee, Henry c. IGe Of Vermont, and
Bernard Moses of California. Ny instruc-
! ioEs to them contained the following:
''You (the Secretary of War; will Instruct
! the commission q to devote their at
| tention in the first instance to the establish
nent Of municipal governments, IL whicL
the natives of the islands, both in the cities
and in the rural communities, shall be at
forded the opportunity to manage their own
| local affairs to the fullest extent of which
they are capable and subject to the least de-
gree of supervision and control which care.
| full study of their capacities and observation
| Of the workings of native control show to be
consistent with the maintenance of law, or
der and loyalty.
Awaits the Report.
"Whene1 err the commission Is of the opin.
| ion that the condition of affairs in the isl
&c hat n ,;nis tiop
| may safely be transferred from military to
civil control they will report that conclu-
| sion to you (the Secretary of War;. with
| their personal recommendations as to the
! form Of central government to be estab-
| lished for the purpose Of taking over the
l. control. 90
''Beginning with the LIST day of Septem-
| Der, 1900, the authority to exercise, subject
| to my approval through the Secretary OF
War. that part of the power of government
| in the Philippine Islands which is of Il leg
islative nature'is to be transferred from the
| military governor of the islands to this COM
mission, to be thereafter exercised by them
| in the place and stead of the military gov,
| ernor, under such rules and regulations as
! you (the Secretary of War; shall prescribe,
until the establishment OF the civil central
| government for the Islands contemplated in
the last foregoing paragraph or until Con-
gress shall otherwise provide. g.. - ~ L r..
Legisla tive Authority. vss j
| "Exercice Of this legislative authority will
| include the making OF rules and orders hay
| ing the effect OF law for the raising of reve-
hue by taxes, customs duties and imposts;
| the appropriation and expenditure of the
! public funds of the islands; the establish
ment of an educational system throughout
1 the islands; the establishment Of system
to secure an efficient civil service: the or
ganization and establishment Of courts; the
| organization and establishment of municipal
| and departmental governments, and all
other matters Of a civil nature Of which the
| military governor is now competent to pHo-
| vide by rules or orders of a legislative chez
acter. The commission will also have
power during the same period to appoint to
/ Office such officers under the judicial ,edu-
! cational and civil service systems and in the
municipal and departmental governments as
! shall be PROV ueu.;' ,-4-.s ,s.a 5s gg,. a3
! Rules fer the Interim, s. 5.E
! Until Congress shall take aetieh I directed
that: I.,, h., s
Upon every division ana branch Of the
Igovernment Of the Philippines must be i'm
4 posed these ihviolabie rules: That no per
son shall be deprived of life, liberty or prop
erty without due process of law; that pri
! yate property shall not be taken for public
4 use without just compensation; that in al
criminal prosecutions the accused shall en-
! joy the right to a speedy and public trial, tc
j be informed Of the nature and cause of the