The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-30
TIE FILIPIN0S.
Are thsy cscao'e Of Governing
Ths nS$IvSS.
WHATAcoNoREssMANs SAYS
After Going ovsr TO tho Philip
pine isiacds ard Seeing
the Sr: Wa HAN a4
Ncme.

CoogresSmsn Joan :. ShatroGo, @
Colorado, has just retuczed from 8 visit
to the Philippine Islsrds. Bajow will
be found a statement giving his obseE-
vstioos. Coming from one Of such
high personal character and SO csp&5ls
Of forming just opir;on, lis Tcrcs
ought to have great weight. He Gays:
If the Intelligence Of the Americans
is to be taken SIS the standard By WhieI
the capacity ior ssif-government IS to
be determined, then it IS very doubtfc!
whether any o;her people aZe capable
Of establishing aEd ms;r.sig;ng re-
publican form Of government. E7;TZ
country mss peoples o. high and loS
order Of intelligence, ana if We are
to sssune that the men Of lowest oraoc
of civsliz .:ion aye to rule, We might
exclude frcm self.goya-2ne2t every
nstion on earth. 1t is sas experience
of mankind, however that the inte!.i
gent classes II al the countries rule.
That being true, there aGe yory few
peoples RDo are not capable OF self
government. It was Henry Gay VINO
said thai It was impossible FOR lin TO
conceive CT people Who were lneap-
able Of self government.
OF therepuallcs Of Centrsl sno South
America, It is sale 10 ssy that, al
though they may rot be as perfect n
the administrator OF sEairs as the
United States, yet they have glveE TO
the people governments iar better ano
frear from acts Of tyranny snd oppres
sion than the goVernnenvs which pre-
csede6 them.
The general impression exists anong
many Americans that the Philippine
people are esvsges. a Visis tc the Is
Ianos will certainly: dispei any such de-
lusion. The members Of the s1ciVil-
lied tribes Of the a4chipelago are few
in number, compared to tbs total pop
ulstioD; they are fewer in proport,cn
than we're the tribes Of Indians ID AN
erica at the time Of the esGsblishme1E
of our republic. They rove IN bands
and are IS hostile to the Fllplnos as
were the red men to our forefathers.
When T find behind the prescription
desks Of the numerous drug stores
Of the islands, even when kept by
Americans and EpgliShneD, E1llpinos
eompounding medicines taken from
bottles labeled II Latin; When | zee
behind the counter Of parks having
large capital, natives actins IS book
keepers AID as receiving and paying
tellers; when ! find them IS merchants
and clerks in almost al lines OF ousl-
ness, as telegraph operators and ticket
agenls, ooRouctors and engineers upon
raiIroads snd as musicians rendering
upon slmost Ill insEEUneHes high c:ass
music; when ! am told that they alone
make the observations AID Intricate
calculations at the Manila observatory
and that prior 70 the insurrsotion
there were 2,l0O schools in the islands
and 5000 students ID attendance ST the
hlan1ia university; Whsn md the Dst-
ter class living IL good, substantial aaa
somet,mes eIeganS houses, a1o many
Of them pursuing -pTcfessIonal eceppa~
tiops, I cannot puE conclude lASt l5 Is
S vie SANDER to compare tnesa people
to the ApacheS or tie Alsric*n L.
diaps. Even the clyllLzlpg test o.
Gnrlstianlty is II rhelr favor, SIS
Srester proportion are members o. the
church than 21oo,g our oHn people.
OF the 5000, 100 u iEAabllants, Mr.
Sawyer, IL Els Work On tie Pallpplne
Islands, asserts that 5,o69, GU are
Christian natives.
But even as to the Indians, SIS u
civilized 81 they msy De, our govern
men, Recognizes tns5 1t precUces 8
be.leT ccpClElCG G. thlGSs 70 ie5 then
soVsrn themseiVes, apo tEele2y We
even reoogu.ze ~ tnen o&2ae4iy III
sslt-goYeIrnens. We GO Lot lule t2e0
We make treaties wash IAem as We 70
With La>luLe. We co G2v aFkolDt s
eCVsruur ur coMMlss. .oE 10 SoYaGE
Ilem, lur lucsrs ~ aGA!D.6.tr iAn@
anuL lAlA, -cE q lCi..o -tAce ~ AS.i--
Ialr .r0.r. f,e .el .EeM se--cl lne-G
own cAle,s, EuA--4I tLe-1 VH- ot&A!A-s'S'
anu IL lYsTY Tsy sCFcAa ,1-t A-e-F>s 50
ill2 as ley atsy * iAs!r vnE teasiFa
C2IA5.
Ihe l.e;inct o. se41-sgVsEnne1t IN
planned =: MSn lakes LIN clGiG2c-iy Z
retIer aHeGL IL G.&nagIlS liz o'$2 Ill
Lv aLO Sb&i!5 tl@a xOUtg sc tG& -
.srea,ur aplllsy CT klsleG eopca.4uA
WlIEuuL ILas lrteGss-. A-G Is ostA;
man, so W4sa La.!U2e, thS1 ea-ae EIsLtA
pie ot sa.1 5e.terL ent orGIGaL1A$ naAes
each naIcu QosL sspaG4e CT nAn2sics
lis sita:1s 20 the a2TaleelelS OF Ns
OWE people.
No better ilu.trsticn Of thi= c"n be
found tnar IL tie aciioR @ the MN
bers Ct lie CIVIL o0mli5sIoa 0. tne
Philippine isia1ds II f1i1E o@1-a: sSi-
aries to re paid Gus CT fuIds ooLIecte0
tron the people Of poor AID alien
race. I1ey voted 70 The goVeEAor,
WHO ls e uenGcr ci tEs ccGuIz5l3a, d
salary Ct SO, ,UU0 per srnD1 AID SO 5
day Tor subsistence, ws&lDg n the @S
sregase salary OF $50. $50 yea-. Tbs
governor is also iurnishe:; fle kCu3e
IN which to reside. 10 each o. tie
commission they voted ccmps =stior,
including subsistence Of $4,000 per
annun. They voted a yearly salary o.
81, $40 to the seoretsrg OF the copmis-
sIon, OF 81, 600 to each Of the six (sn
ezcsedingly large numbeE) associate
justices Of the supreme court, of 81 800
to the chief justice, Of $1,000 to tie
treasurer, CT IS, QUO to the director
general Of posts, and Of Sc, coo to the
collector Ct custcms. AL ct these sSf-
aries are payable IN gold. 90 EoI
wish to impugn the honesty Of the
commissioners, bus to CAL attention to
the fact thss euch action naturally
grows out Of the atte npt Of one peopla
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