The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-26
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and confinement of diseased in special hos
pital, expense of which paid from fund in
custody of army officer, secured solely
from fees charged for examination of so
cents to ST. according TO place of examina-
ton. System greatly reduced percentage
of disability from this cause. Purely army
police measure outside our jurisdiction,
military necessity. Result better than flu
tile attempts at total suppression in ORR
entail city of 100000. producing greater
evil. Prostitutes known not permitted to
land Number deported. General moral
condition of city greatly maligned. Crimes
of violence now comparatively few.
Gambling greatly decreased. Native vino
shops in Manila in August 1898. 1000 Now
reduced to 400. American saloons. including
hotels and restaurants, reduced from 22i
In February, 1900. to Lightweight now. OF
these only forty-eight licensed to sell spir-
ituous liquors.-Commission."
CONDITIONS IN GENERAL.
The report itself is very voluminous
production, divided into many heads, ex-
hibiting the progress made by the commits
sion In carrying out its plans for the
Americanizat'on of the island. A particu-
larry interesting section of the report in
Producing the whole question Of Philippine
relations, deals with military and political
conditions, the effect of the American cleo
tons and legislative procedure and acts
OF many witnesses as to the form of gov
eminent best adapted TO these islands and
satisfactory to the people show that the
masses OF the people are ignorant, credu-
lOuS and childlike. and that under any gov
eminent the electoral franchise must be
much limited, because the large majority
will not, for a long time, be capable OF in
diligently exercising it.
After reviewing conditions on the most
important islands, the report says:
ANY statement of the conditions prevail
ing in the islands during the last six
months which ignores the effect of the
American election as controlling element
In the situation is necessarily Inadequate
Since the result was announced there has
been a great decrease in insurgent activity
The intensest interest was felt by the in
surgents before the election in the issue
and intense disappointment since, which
will certainly effect the collapse OF the in
surrection in the near future. From now
on conditions in these islands will grow
steadily better"
One of the longest chapters in the re-
port and one OF the most absorbing inter-
est concerns the friars in the Philippines
The commission handles this subject in the
greatest detail and with the utmost free
dom. 1t gives the history OF the expul-
sion OF these friars from their places by
the rebels and declares that the burning
question agitating the Filipinos is whether
they shall be permitted to return. The
commission listened to all sides. including
the archbishop OF Manila. himself a friar,
and the churchmen brought forward by
him. Laymen. officers. newspapers corre-
spondents and others had their chance 10
testify on this subject. The commission
says that the friar was the embodiment
OF all authority, governmental as well as
religious, IN his locality. and not a single
function OF government could be performed
without his assistance and participation
As 10 the mooted question of the immor-
ality OF the friars. the commission says
that the evidence on this point is SO strong
that II seems to establish clearly that there
were enough instances in each province 10
give considerable ground for the general
report
That such immortality should exist
among the friars. II says, is, however. not
strange. In view or the fact that many OF
them came from the ignorant peasantry
or Andalusia and were not by training
fitted TO resist temptation. But immoral
ity among the friars. Ii Is held was not
the principal ground for the hostility to-