The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-05

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sIR:-Manila Is o city Of contrasts.
Here the centuries come together and
A modern western mon and methods are
On every day contact with eastern bar
barismAand European antiquity.
The Palace de Manila, where spain's
aristocratic governor generals former
Z ~; held their court with ali the pomp
and circumstances so dear to the Latin
J heart, and where solemn grandeur
sreigned in state presents now a scene
( OF the nolsest and most modern de-
( scription. Here are the Offices Of the
\ governor and commanding general, Of
the Philippines with all the attendant
staff-departments Of q great !army;and
b the gceaseless click Of the telegraph.
and scores OF typewrIters. the hurrylns
to9and fro of orderlies. clerks and OIL
GERS bear evidence OF the vast amount
OF business transacted therein.
To this, have lately been added the
offices of the new Philippine commits
4 sion. and the portly form OF Judge
6 Taft may be seen daily! ascending Nad
, descending the broad stairway, leading
to his office. However, the status OF
the commission remains as yet an tun-
known quantity in the minds OF the
5populacs. 1t Is at present engaged In
4 thoroughly investigating the condl-
lions existing In these islands. and is
4 expected to determine Its policy and
commence active operations on Sep
tenber 1. The following forecast OF its
deliberations is current In official cir
d cles. viz: u
Military Rule Not to be; Abolished.
Owing to the unsettled state OF the
country, due 70 continued hostilities
and depradations in /. certain sections.
and to the fact; that the chief ssplrlt!of
the Instruction is still atglarge using
every opportunity for creating. dlscon-
tent in the minds OF the people and in
1 citing them to violence. It is deemed
unwise to- abolish military government
4 for the present, especially, since there
Y is:nothlng that can be depended on to
take its place. 5ir5
General Macarthur VIII therefore be
retained as the executive head of the
+ government here, and the commission
will exercise the, functions OF q legis-
lative body with something of the same
relation to the military governor us
that of Congress to the President OF. the
United States. The. different members
OF the commission will makc!reports on
the varIoug departments iof the work
assigned them and the commission will
then. proceed to frame q system Of
7 government suited as far as possible to
the needs Of this. people, which VIII be
substituted for military rule Us fast as
the conditions in the different sections
win permit" ~,
That this will be, the logical course.
: In view OF the situation. is beyond a
reasonable doubt. So long as AguInal-
do and his fanatical followers pursue
their present methods, encouraged
therein by aSlarge class OF probably
fltAohS9t, Wv htt'S aioth PEI souS ia lie
United States. America. cannot consist
emily. follow any other course than the
i maintenance of large standing army
= here to protect life and property: nor
can the FilipInos expect to be granted
civil rights. SIS
ia The Amnesty Proclamation.
Several weeks ago. the American
military: governor issued an amnesty
!; proclamation which set forth the most
liberal terms Of absolute pardon for
all insurgents who have not violated
y The rules OF civilized warfare, provided
they; would come; In and take the oath
Of allegiance to the United States with
& in the next ninety; days. surrenderIng
their arms, for the value thereof. Many
OF the most active insurgents took ad-
vantage OF this offer. Including General
Plo del Pillar, and those in the, hands
Of the Americans were accordingly re-
leased upon taking the oath OF aliegi-
ance to the United States.
Furthermore, this proclamation was
Z Enthusiastically received by. the great