The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-26
CONGRESS URGED TO PASS
SPOONER PHILIPPINE BILL.
President Recommends Immediate Legislation
in Transmitting Taft Commis-
sion Reports.

taurants, reduced from 22i in February,
1900. to IS now. OF these only forty-eight
ii9snsed to sell spirituons iiGgSTs; GST,ss,o>.
Summary of CommissIon's; Report.
The report Itself is a very voiuIninous
production, divided into many heads. exnib-
| iting the progress made2by the commission
In carrying out lbs plans for the Americana
zdtIoh ot, the islaRd particularly inter
ssang .sertion q the report intr9aneins 3s veins
ueas with military and poiiticnl control.
the effect OF the American election and
legislative procedure and acts. The COM
mission says that examinations Of many
witnesses to the fofpl OF government best
adapted TO these isiands and satisfactory
10 the people. show that the masses OF the
people ignorant credulous and child
| like, and that under any Government tne
| eiectoral franchise must be much limited
I because the large majority VIII mol, Tor a
. long time. be capapble Of intelligenty exer-
Cising it
The commission says that conditions in
llOcOs supposed 10 be free from insurgents
cecame unsettled between August ana No
vemter last, owing to the activity OF Iihlp,
iee lssionsry1work q eerIh @ Lax, aag"s p, ahs I'M
I American electoral campSisn-
Il The uHfoftunate rever-es OF the nted
states Troops at Slaolosn and Marinduque
iseefSed 20 rsrpder the insnrgent leaders more
/ se1akf and hoastfal. And. says the com
inissicn- POSSIBLY to posnpone the collapse
as likely to occUrssEitfin sfxty days after
I the eisfiion. fona xSuiev hat Icnger yeriod.
TS NatisexLorG Tor, Peace.
-Frcm all the infdrrnation we can get. II
seems clear that as great majority OF the
/ people long for peace, and are entirely Will
ling to ACCEPT the estakiishaent of a gov,
erHInent unner the ssprSmsacy Of the United
States. They are, however. restrained ty
! iear from taking any action to assist the
suppression OF the tnsnrreetton. Any one
! suspected of giving Information to the
Americans concerEng the insurgents IL i'm
mediateiy marked for assassination The
Iaruincaiions u the conspiracy are so wids
that n has affaCfpd - terrorism of n
tire people Ii IL a mana on a very large
SCALE
proved in the provinces Of Cavite. Batan-
gas and Laguna during the past month. The
province OF fayaeas is peaceful In the
not so satisfactory. but they are growinS
better. In the visayans and Mindanao the
conditions are much the same reported
August a, except that In Leyte much
adds: -
vailing in the islands during the last six
months which ignores the effect Of the
American election as a controlling element
in the situation is necessarily inadequate
Since the result was announced there has
been a great decrease In fnsurgent activity.
The intenssst interest was felt by the & in
ana the intensest -dsa aPpointment since.
which will certainly. effect the collapse OF
nov. on eondl,ioas IN these Islands will
grow steadily better.'-
~ Chapfer ON. the Friars.
,Dne of The Ion eRsst eeEspiers in the Ie-
terest concerns tn fr1ats In the Philip
pines. The ccEarpisst0n .hancles this sun
}ec1 in .se snsa,sSSi NJ sstsil and With with the
the expulsion OF sttes4 friars from their
places py tho rebels,S Snd declares tnat the
whetaer they shall De permitted to return.
Ine comElissions listened TO all sides, in
ciutins the Acshbishdp of Manila. him
forward 'hy him 1saxmen.- officers, news
paper correspondents and Others had their
ehrnee Tss 70 sssiifg sgon this sSeises
ss ssnt ssssfa ss ln s eeslg sSssfg
ssSfd @ % Be Ssfi0fa r without n his ssfce Sssistance
and parucira tieh. As to the meoted ques-
iron OF iEoinorantys OF the iriars the COM
point is go strong that II seems to
tablsh clearly thai. there were enough in
stances ir each province to give consider
able ground for the general report.
The report shows tnat the total amount OF
land In the island owned by the Augustin-
ians. the pominicans. the franciscans and
the Recolletos Is approximately fS,00o acres.
besides which they have large sums OF
money TO loan. Most of this property has
man named Andrews. W. and by the AuSusSina ~ d
ians and by the RecoIletos TO English corpo-
rations, but the commission say these trans
fers are not genuine. and the friars remain
the owners. 1t declares however. that the
United States Government is bound BY !
treaty to protect these interests, and sug-
gests that they be purchased for puDlIc
lands out OF the island revenues and by |
condemnation. if need be, though the or |
ders have expressed willingness to sell at |
satisfactory price.
Regarding the return of the frlars. the |
commission says that the deep-seated ha- |
tired OF the people must be reckoned with |
IL would be OF assistance to the American |
cause IL the Catholic Church were to sub |
situte American priests. but this Is ques- |
NN.aN- Wr-a~t 1.slN,
mission has nothing to do Says the report: |
1T Is enough to say that the political 1
question will be eliminated II the friars are |
Lot sent back
Reference is made to the subject OF re- |
ligious exercises in schools. which has since !
been decided IN favor Of the church on the l
basis of the Faribault plan.
Extra Session Talked of.
The brief recommendation i'm the message !
OF the President urging immediate Iegisla- (
ton In the interest OF the F'ilipinos caused :
general surprise among Senators and occa-
stoned speculation upon the probability OF y
an extra session Of Congress. Senator'S gen 1
White House that snecial session may be /
desirable, but they unite as one man in say
ing that no Filipino legislation is possible /
during the remaining five weeks of the |
vesting all power fer the government of the /
Philippine archipelago In the President is
me only Filipino general bill. IL Is be-
lieved that whenever an earnest effort is
made to secure legislation bearing upon this
subject mu-h time will be required
some Senators also express the opinion
that legislation may be necessary In connec-
ticn with the Cuban situation. and while
necessity. ali agree that IL such action
should become necessary II would be impos- |
sihle to Secure IL al this session. |
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.