New-York tribune., 1901-07-18

he
-as,,re you that If these conditions prevail at
-, .,ne the commissioners after an investiga
..a- covering years time. as ignorant of
49, alleged fact they OF Judge Canty.
-, q member of the body ever knew or heard
,,,o until they the publication referred
and II he ever declined an appointment to
-, chief Justiceship OF the Supreme Court
20 IT must have been offered to him by
.u.,naIdo or some other insurrecto, who would
= about as much chance Of inducting him
10 office as the Pasig River has for furnishing
letting surface to Manila dude.
".
have also read IN recent numbers Of our
% napers that "stupendous frauds" heavy
...lcstions" and much crookedness'' have
zen discovered in the Philippine postal service.
n ~ which purports to be based upon state
.,.s in a report made by the insular auditor
- the Secretary of War. There is not a word
:, truth in all of this. and the auditor has off,
lily stated in the most positive manner that
5. never made any report TO the Secretary Of
Nor of defalcations or shortages in any de-
,.rtrnent Of the insular government and fur
,serrnore that no such shortages or defalcations
xore been discovered.
The tremendous sensation created by the al
,ed frauds in the commissary department
-, which by the way we have nothing to do,
=. being a purely military department, and
,,ch were said TO UP into hundreds of
thousands OF dollars-turns out TO be nothing but
alleged petty thievings on the part Of some Of
e,ers and men. Great attention is given to the
ugbtest detail concerning defects or mistakes
a, administration herea bouts. but silence seems
=. he the only reception accorded the great work
,.at has been performed out here by American
authorities, and especially by the commission, in
W
Columns are devoted in the United States TO
s,o-ting the speeches and doings of Sixto Lo-
neg. man who had no standing whatever when
he was on these islands. and never occupied a
nosition higher than what is known here as an
rescribiente" or copyist. He is one Of the kind
of Fipincs who urge on their brethren here to
esbt the Americans and expose their bodies to
the dangers of a military campaign, while they
themselves remain abroad. living on the fat Of
Che land-at whose expense God knows.
Bpt look upon the other side of the picture
and read the inclosed speech which was deliv-
cred at Boac on the island of Marinduque, on
"Deuey Day." at our public session there You
will recall that this the island where Major
Shields and some ffty-four Of our soldiers were
osptured last year. The commission visited the
town of Boac about the middle OF March. and,
discovering that an insurrecto colonel and a
small force were still at large told the repre-
sentatives Of the pueblos there assembled that
no civil government would be given them until
the island had been entirely pacihed by the sur
render Of the forces referred 10; that the COM
mission would return on May 1. and If the con-
difions were pacific would establish civil gov
ernment. The people promised to use every
effort to cause the surrender of the forces men
f- lofr and +he--
were given civil government on the date prom
ised. Had you witnessed the scene when Nepo-
nnuceno delivered his speech. observed his seri-
Gus and earnest manner and heard his stirring
words and the tremendous applause and cheers
they received from his own people. you would
have been convinced that these words and this
man represent the feeling throughout the Philip
pines, and not the blatherskites infesting
the United States, Singapore. Hong Kong. Paris.
London and Madrid.
I send you this speech because It is somewhat
better written than the many we have heard
delivered in the twenty-five provinces and twelve
Islands We have visited; but the ideas expressed
therein, the sentiments coursing through it,
were the in all Of them. The great mass
Of the Filipino people to-day have their views
reflected in Nepomuceno's words. sixto Lopez
and his ilk and the so-called anti-Imperialists''
Standing and this condition of mind has not
been brought about by the bullet and the bayo-
net. but by the legislation, broad and liberal.
enacted by the United States Philippine Com
mission under and pursuant to the instructions
OF President Mckinley.
VI
Let me add. in support Of this assertion
translation from La Paz' a newspaper pub
igrt~
canarines, in its issue of May 5. 1901, just
week after the civil regime was established
there:
Of which must satisfy the sspiratons s OF peops
desrous Of their liberty and Individual rights,
use Of arms without bearing in mind that the oc-
to fbes r isd men @ .sne @ Ghsee & sdafes) nag
ne blood Of the martyrs on the field Of Bagom-
We can now entertain the confidence that the
promises Of America are longer promises. but
which in evil hour we had doubted. We have
seen in fact that the Filipino people were granted
men highest degree Of happiness, so that in
"a .sr dis distant day we may enjoy the same progress
With respect this province. the
honorable Civil Commission assured this condition
o. things by Immediately creating civil. paternal
ana @ whose platform is none other than that the
the as @as weelv Ros said te By ne
~ - me members Of the honorable commission at
ne meeting held for the purpose Of discussing the
SPECIAL provincial applicable to this province.
We snail soon have also Courts Of the First In
stance and Justices Courts, where may try
be filed
.lhese are the blessings Of peace which one day
yTsartea from our Filipino land. Blessed be peace!
sss ~ we shall carve out our happiness without
- 49, tnat our protecting America will interfere
WI, WI our legitimate aspirations. We need
prooIs OF this truth; we have witnessed the
LIE Ior the establishment Of civil government. and
80 nave there been able to appreciate the indispur
en.e eoon intention OF America, when the honorable
- Siin-ssion granted ali those present the right to
ne heard AZ. aH