The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-19
IMPORTANT PROPOSED LEGIsLA-
TON FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
PEACE IN MOST OF THE ISLANDS
Permanent Educational System Pro.
posed Which, It Is Said, Will
Result in Thoroughly Civil
izing Filipino People. a
(By Associated Press,)

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permanent civil government and fol
much important legislation regarding the
industrial development of the Philippines
Is embodied in the annual report OF the
Philippine commission. se.-z
1t is declared that the federal rarty
spread like wildtire through the archi-
pelago. and there are few in any prov
! lnce which have not their federal com
mittee. The members of the party We're
most active and effective in inducing in
| surgent leaders to surrender.
Safe for travellers.
1t is stated ny the commissions:
Outside of the provision named
(Batangas. Cebu, Bohol. Samar and
Mindoro. there is peace in the remainder
of the archipelago.
All lnsurrectos have surrendered and
in most of the provinces except among
the Moros. it is entirely safe during the
day for travellers unattended to go from
one town to another"
Taking up the question Of the political
future of the Filipinos it is declared that
the theory upon which the commission
Is proceeding is that the only possible
methods of instruct;ng the Filipino peo-
pie in methods of free Institutions and
self-government is to make a govern
F'ilipinos with ultimate control in Amer
lean hands for some time to come
President to Have Veto Power.
Meantime it is propo .ed by practical
lessons to eliminate from the minds of
the more intelligent part of the COM
munity those ideas of absoluton in gov
eminent which now control and to i'm
press upon them the division of powers
praVai1iu under ha Ay,,aricap SvSrhyo,
For the purpose of carrying out these
views, the commission outlines project
which, in brief, contemplates the con-
tinuance for two years of the existing
powers of the commission.
Then representative government Is to
be formed, composed Of a civil governor,
a legislative council and popular as
semb1y. The president of the United
States would of course reserve absolute
veto power. -
The Filipino should also have the right
to be represented before congress and the
executive government at Washington by
two delegates.
The commission proposes to settle the
yeXed question of land titles by legisla-
ton providing for the sale of public
lands upon the homestead principle and
the payment through bond issue of the
price of lands now held by the religious
orders. ~ .+t
Will Pass Mining Laws. =
A so per cent reduction in the tariff on
Philippine imports into the United
States, it is said, will increase trade by
leaps and bounds.
Other resolutions are in substance that
the present system of timber cutting un-
der license be continued; that mining
and incorpor alton laws be passed: that
the commission be permitted to confer
charters upon railways and to aid them
by grants of lands or guaranteeing low
interest upon the investment; that laws
be passed providing for coinage on the
great standard of the local silver sys
tenn and also system of national banks
and land mortgage banks.
Educational System Established. "
A full account is given by the commits
sion of the o:ganiza ton Of system of
education which has been going on so
vigorously under DR.. F. w. Atkinson, the
general superintendent.
The English language is the basis OF all
public instruction.
Manual training schools and agricul-
tural schools are part of the program
being carried out to educate the people
into methods of labor and productinn.