The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-24
ADDRESS ON PHILIPPINES.
President ScI,urman, OF Cornell be
fore Armour Institute.

President ScIlnrman, or Corneii' ut
fore Armour Institute.
CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-President schur-
man. of Cornell University. and former
head of the Philippine Commission. de-
livered an address before the studen.
body of the Armour Institute To-Day, ~
which he forecasted the teporei
soon to be published at washington;
President Schurman said that he hao
recommended to the President a gown
ment and constitution for the . Pnll,p7
pines tidentically the same as that framed
BY educated Filipinos. which Is practi,
cally the governmental policy outlined
by Thomas Jefferson for the government
OF the vast territory acquired py lle
Louisiana purchase President Schur-
man said further. he was happy 10 sta.s
that President Mckinley had accepted
the recommendations. and was sendlns
out a second commission to pug TINS gov
eminent into effect and operation
10 avoid any mistake on the subject.
SAID the speaker, the constitution ord"l
up by Pedro A. Peterno. Agtlnaldo
Prime Minister in 1898. will be published
alongside with the constitution adopted
BY the committee, so it may be seen the
two are identical. with only slight eiabo-
ration in the American form rms con.
stitution also agrees with the request
that leading F'iupiEoS nave been max
ing of US day after day. The newspapers
have not given publicity to the fact thae
government they themselves ask: but
our Government is now striking or 10
900 copies of the report, that 1t may IN
form those who have been so soiicitous
in regard to the knd OF G en,e1d eI
tam from us.
Continuing. the speaker said that after
a careful study of the island tribes ne
became convinced that the plan OF Great
Britain in her government OF the Ms-
lays-signing peace pacts with the indi.
viduai chiefs OF the tribes-was the most
satisfactory one. The results III the
cy was followed. not gun had peeh
fired, and the American flag had been
held an houored emblem rms pohu y
was not adopted in regard to the niiu q! E
Visayan tribe. the large group OF iSlanus'
because of the fact that the most peca-
liar of civil governments prevail there.
The influence OF Spain. SAID Preslusl,t
try and its half milnon OF inha bltan.s.
Owing to the dominance OF spain durihs
the many generations that nave pdsstu'
chieftians have disappeared. and the
great population is left leaderless by the
removal of Spanish rule. There are no
chiefs in this portion of the country with
whom the commission could have pesuli
operations to effect 4 peace pact
Just now it would be as much as their
| lives are worth for the natives to come
forward and accept the government Of
fered, for the Tagals, having taken away
their arms. would come from the north.
and in ambush, assassinate many 1t IS
| only this fear that keeps the Visayan
| tribe from voluntarily becoming the ac.
| tive ally Of the United States President
Schurman said he did not make this
statement in regard to the government
of the Philippines in his address yester-
| day because he did not deem it in keep
| ing with the celebration of Washing ton s
| birthday, inasmuch as the governmental
| policy of Thomas Jefferson IS involved
| in its exposition.