Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-01-11

duce perpetual disturbance, because
the people of each island would think
that the people of the other islands
are more favored than they. In Pa
nav, I heard murmurings that we
were giving Negros nm American con-
stitution. This is a human quality
found even in America; and we must
never forget that i'm dealing with the
Filipinos we deal with children. And
so our government must be simple
and strong. Simple and strong; the
meaning of those two words must be
written in every line of Philippine
legislation; realized in every act of
Philippine administration. A Philip
pine Office in our department of state;
an American goyernor-general in Ma
nila, with power to meet daily emer-
gencies; possibly an advisory council,
with no power except that of dis
cussing measures with the governor
general, which council would be the
germ of future legislatures school in
practical government; American lieu
tenant governors in each province,
with n like council about him; if pos
sible an American resident in each dis
trict, and a like council grouped about
him frequent and unannounced visits
of provincial governors to the districts
of their province; periodical reports
to the governor general; an Ameri-
con board of visitation to make semi
annual trips to the archipelago with
out power of suggestion or interfer-
ence to officials or people, but only to
report and recommend to the Philip
pine Office of our state department.;
a Philippine civil service with promo
ton for efficiency; the abolition of
duties on exports from the Philip
pines; the establishment of import du-
ties on revenue basis, with such dis
elimination in favor of American inn
ports as will prevent the cheaper
goods of other nations from destroy
ing American trade; a complete re-
form of local taxation on just and
scientific basis, beginning with the
establishment of tax on land, ac-
cording to it's assessed value; the
minting of abundant money for Phil
ippine and oriental use; the grant
ing of franchises and concessions
upon the theory of developing the
resources of the archipelago, and
therefore not by sale, but upon
participation in the profits of the
enterprise; the formation of a sys-
tenn of public schools everywhere
with compulsory attendance rigidly
enforced; the establishment of the
English language throughout the
islands, teaching it exclusively in the
schools and using it, through inter-
prefers, exclusively in the courts;
simple civil code, and still simpler
criminal code, and both common to
all the islands except Sulu, Minandao
and Paluan; American judges for all
but smallest otfenses; gradual, slow
and careful introduction of the best
Filipinos into the working machin-
cry of the government, no prom
Use whatever of the franchise until
the people have been prepared for it,
all this backed by the necessary force
to execute it; this outline of govern
ment the situation demands as soon
as tranquility is established. Until
then military government is adys-
able.
Kind of Officials Necessary.
Even the elemental plan | have out
lined will fail in the hands of any
but ideal administrators. Spain did
not utterly fail in devising-many of
her plans were excellent; she failed
in administering. Her officials as a
class were corrupt. indolent, cruel,
immoral. They were selected TO
please II faction in Spain, to placate
members of the cortes, to bribr those
whom the government feared. They
were seldom selected for their fitness.
They were the spawn of government
| favor.
The men we send to administer civ
ilized government in the Philippines
must be themselves the highest exam
| pies of our civilization. | use the
word examples, for examples they
must be in that words most absolute
sense. They must be men of the
world and of affairs, students of their
fellowmen, not theorists nor dream
ers. They must be brave men, physic-
| ally as well as morally. They must be
/ incorruptible as honor, as stainless as
purity, men whom no force can
frighten, no influence coerce, no
money buy. Such men come high,
even here in America. But they must
be had. Better pure military occupa-
tion for years than government by
any other quality of administration.
Our Administrations Must BE Ex-
GmpIes.
| repeat that our government and
our administrators must be examples.
You can not teach the Filipino by
precept. An object lesson is the only
lesson he cOmprehends. lie has no
conception of pure, orderly, equal, inn
partial government, under equal laws
justly administered, because he has
never seen such a government. He
must be shown the simplest results
of good government by actual ex-
ample in order that he may begin to
understand its most elementary prin-
ciples.
Such a government will have its eff
feet upon us here in America, too
Model administration there will be an
example created by ourselves for mod
ell administration here; and our own
example is the only one Americans
ever heed. 1t is not true that charity