The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-26

the following joint resolution:
The justice, the public welfare and
| the national honor demand the immediate
| cessation of hostilities in the Philippine
! islands upon terms recognizing the in
dependence of the Philippine people and
! conserving and guaranteeing the interests
of the United States"
Mr.. Towne asked that the resolution
be on the table and gave notice that
| Monday next he would address the SEN
ate upon it.
PHILIPPINE REPORT.
The president today transmitted a re-
port CT the secretary of war, contain
| ing the report of the Taft Philippine COM
| mission. In his message of transmittal,
President Mckinley says it contains in4-
portant information relating to the wants
| OF the Philippine islands.
Concluding, the president says:
II earnestly recommend legislation un-
| der which government of the islands may
| have authority to assist in their peaceful
! industrial development in the directions
indicated by the secretary of war.
Secretary Roots letter Of transmittal
is dated Jan. "a, addressed to the pres
ident and is in part as follows:
Il beg leave to supplement my annual
report of Nov. so, 1900, by transmitting
report made by the Philippine commits
sion on that date but only recently re-
ceived at the war department. At the
same time l wish to call attention to
some conditions existing in the Philip
pine islands which indicate that the de-
Velopment of the country along the lines
of peaceful industrial progress now re-
ouires the exercises of powers OF civil
ment or in military commander, but re-
curing a grant of authority from con-
greSS. The commission gives a grat1fy-
ing result of the progress made in the
pacifica tion of the country and the grad
ual subsistence of guerilla warfare. In
formation received subsequent to the date
of the report confirms the favorable an .
ticipationS Of the commission
Appended to the secrerarys report are
these cablegrams oncelning the liquor
traffic:
LIQUOR TRAFFIC IN MANILA.
Jan. Is, 19C1-Taft, Manila: Cable ans
wering following questions:
What is present condition of Manila
as to use OF Intoxicating liquors, drunk
enness and disorder?
How does it compare with pr.0olpal
American cities?
Do natives frequent American saloons
! or drink American liquors?
How much drunkenness among Ameri-
| can soldiers?
Are houses of prostitution licensed pro-
tected, or in any way encouraged by au-
thoritieS?
Manila, Jan. 17-Root, Secretary of
War: With reference to your telegram
of the 18th:
Ffrst-Very good.
Second-Better than any American city
of same size.
fundamentally not at all
Fourth : Considerable. Same much
more conspicuous than at home, becau e
several barracks near heart of oity nd
frequented saloons on narrow thorough
fares. New license law passed bani h
saloons to places less accessible and an
noying for general public. informed by
army authorities that actual drunke SIS
not much, if any, greater than at home:
Absence of home influence ard lack of
usual an1usements would naturally in
| crease it. Marked improvement in tn
reg ard since improved political con tition
! III city has permitted more attention to
| the subject.
REGULATION OF VICE.
Fifth-No but true, that in Novem er,
| 1888, spread of Venereal diseases a.no :
| soldiers led military authorities in order
| to maintain effectiveness of army to sub
| Ject known prostitute to Ce- titled exam
| ination and confinement of diseased in
| special hospital, expe lse Of which is paid
served solely from fees charged for ex-
animation of 80 cents to 81, according t.
| place of examination System has great
| ly reduced percentage of di bility from
this cause. Purely army psi ce meas sura
| outside our jurisdiction military necesSi-
ty. Result better than futile attempts at
| total suppression in Oriental city of Geo.
GOO producing greater evil Prostitutes
known not permitted to land. Number
deported. Crimes of vio;erce now COM
paratively few. Gambling grs atty, de-
| August 1898, 1900. Now reduced to AGO.
! American saloons, including hotel ard
restaurants, reduced from zA in Febru-
| ary, 1900, to So now. OF these only IS
| licensed to sell spirituous liquors
Commission.
The report itself is a very voluminous
production divided into many heads ex-
! hibiting the progress made by the COM
| mission in carrying out its plans for the
! Americanization of the island. A par
ticularly interesting section of the repo- t,
! introducing the whole question of Philip
pine relations deals with military and po-
litical conditions, the effect of the Amer
lean elections and legislative procedure
and acts. The commission says that ex-
! aminations of many witnesses as to the
| form of government best adapted to
these islands and most satisfactory to the
| people show that the masses of the peo-
pie are ignorant, credulous and chiid-like
ard that under any government the cleo
| toral franchise must be much limited be-
cause the large majority will not for
! long time be capable of intelligently ex-
ercising it.
| The commission says:
ANY statement of the conditions pre-
| Vailtng in the Islands during the last six
| months which ignores the effect cf the
| American election as a controlling ele-
ment in the situation is necessarily in
! adequate. Since the result was an.oun7-
! ed there has been a great decrea- e II
| insurgent activity. The intensest interest
was felt by the insurgents before the
| election in the issue and the great
disappointment since will certainly
| effect the collapse of the insurrection in
| the near future. From now on cendi-
| tions in these islands will grow steadily
| better"
| EXTRA SESSION NEEDED
The brief recommendation in the mes
sage of the president sent to the senate
today urging immediate legislation in the
interest of the Filipinos caused general
surprise among senators and occasioned
speculation upon the probability of an
extra session of congress Immediately
after March 4. Senators generally, saw
j they have had no intimatinn from the