New-York tribune., 1901-01-26
TAFT COMMISSION REPORT.
HOW PHILIPPINE COMMISSIONERS d.
VIDED THE WORK-DIRECT IN
FLUENCE OF ELECTIoN-RE-
DCCTIoN IN NUMBER
OF SALOONS.

tainabe to-day is as follows:
The Commission arrived in Manila on June last,
Mas NJ S1uL,So1sy reSelved by MaJor-Genelal Arthur
month was furnished with comfor able offices in
statement of the purposes of The Commission was
issIfGii copy OF wh:eh rs appended and marked
cent, the Commission was not TO perform any Off
nrst Of SEPTEMBER following bur WAS 10 Occupy
Itself solely with the duty of investigating con-
sloners follows:
TAFT-The Civil Service. the friars and pub
woRCESTER-Mun corporations. for
estry; agriculture. mining and public
wRIGHT-Internal Improvements. fran
chises. militia and police and criminal
IDE7code of civn Procedure, courts. banks
and currency. and registration laws.
TAFT, WRIGHT and iDE-Ciyn Code.
and provincial governments.
Each Commissioner was expected TO conduct in
signed to MIN Much formal evidence was taken
and s Transcribed but more was gathered from IN
formal conversations, when no SJenoerapher was
Many witnesses were examined as to the form OF
government best adapted 10 these islands and sat
!sfactory TO the people. All he evidence taken;
that the masses Of the people ere ignorant credu-
6 PsS ang Shs Sna na , bde b ANY S
cause the large majority viii not for long time
on August q in reply to Your cable direction Of
August Il. the Commission expressed its views OF
cep:ion Of one or two minor details we wish to
sseron 9y a sS IN 1hS Ss@S nT eI fha IS Teo R cn
ton than ever before is probably erroneous. 1t
who had recently made a visit OF observation
50 all parts Of of NegTSs and who psde S the
The report Of General ai,,, Smith as doveEn9r 1s1
the Commission has just seen, does not agree
with this as 10 the amount Of sugar in cul-
plains Father MoKinnons '' eonousiCn % General
Smith states TO the Commission that in the char
n can fsad nd he q
this is the best year for many years but that the
chiefly to the scarcity Of capital and the excessive
rates of interest charged by the banks and money
lenders in that islanu.
NEW LIFE FOR INsCRREcTION.
At, the time the dispatch was sent the province
70 be free from insurgents. but the activity OF the
certain Tagaiogs in the towns between August
report of the American i electoral campaign gath
cred considerable force OF insurgents in the noun
methods produced unsettled conditions in that
pToyinsce In septembeT reports Of contemplate
in paGitisd provinces induced what may properly
the natives There were one or two insurgent
incursions for spectacular purposes. along the line
not been molested for more than five months previ-
Gus The amount OF dsmage done TO the railroad
tearing up the track for short dis, ar ance e. and in
ager Of the the % rsroad that M s0i bis oo9dentia agent
has discovered that all the work was done BY
Wss e one By e unde the threat
of an nas LEAD sSeF M hfgs @ he in w6n 6his
burn the village. The impression Of great dis
caused Sc 's m the Soy Way d dssbd
affected the business between Manila and the
States troops, one near siniloan and the other IN
more defiant and boastfui and possibly 70 postpone
the collapse Of the ins1rresi9I preaicted IN our our
the election. for a somewhat longer period.
From all the information We can get, IL seems
for peace and are entirely willing 70 accept the
@ m 1S 81 a%eE ar te bowey
restrained by fear from taking any action to
has for ff It's support oonspracy q
Titdr bns; areG oia bs ionS apo
ceased Any one suspected of giving information
mediately marked for assassination. The ramih-
Sed e The ne o are entire 81 wrae is
The difncuiiy The nsope have in connrngniiesting
edge Of their anguase character & ana , customs Us
event. and when this is accompanied by the very
s f pps Of being Is oGoed moe or SF
able that the insurgents are able to assume the
n 24 6f h ~9e d1e aa out n or the
fainS wnere they have their headquartsrs Not & IN.
duty. one 10 the Americans and one 20 the insur
gents. though this Is not generally true except IN
headouarters is situated. Nor does his double part
j. WIN the nsgrgsnt bur only hat pgnishmsnf r
be much more bloody and severe than for inhdelity
to the Americans and the violation Of the oath Of
We have already made provision out Of the pub
lie civil fund for the widows and children Of two
surgents for loyal cvil service TO the United states
and snd there are Others With similar claims likey to
ssn 5h & system & Of pensions dr but we think 6 that o in
to give an who are risking their lives for the
United States and the best interests Of their
their murder their families will be taken care OF
in in The the pgoyinses Of cayite Batangas and Lasuna
me last month The prox 10Y nee OF Tayahas Is
indication of freedom from disturbance and houses
bay the condtors are not so satisfactorv but they
are growire better in the Visayans and M.nianao
onr aS Of ere AGge II xeeo as 9a 10 IN
much Improvement has been made.
EFFECT OF ELECTION RESULT
ANY statement Of the conditions prevailing in
se @ e Re fS %HthS eeeon Which a
controLlng e;ement in the situation is necessarily
has been a great decrease in insurgent activity.
hs .ntensest interest was felt by the insurgents
isappSintment since whioh Tin certairiy effect
Capital and all business interests hung upon the
predictions Of success Of the one party or the other
No one breathed more freely and look more en-
servat:ve Fl pino peorle who had anything to lose
the OF hese sads under the poy
policy here T bv the iSsuTrectos 70 ana
an VIII E.t.r 90 eSTS0ns Dd in heTe
n.dabe the difficulties really the possibilities
that present themselves of improving the condi-
ard in the nowedge Of how 10 owern thee%e
& Tsnnot but awaken the deepest enthusias m on he
Astt OF every trieno or civilization, familiar with
thS S assiual c9neit;ons
latiye and exe>utive duties under the instructions
OF the President II adopted the policy OF passing
publishing them in the daily press after they had