The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-15

1 supreme court bench and seven Justices
and creating fourteen districts. On the
supreme bench there are, ne said. three
natives and four Americans and he be-
lieved that any state would be satisfied
with such a bench. OF the courts OF
first instance in the district, six are pre-
I sided over by native Flipinos and the
others b. Americans.
Governor Taft said that Judge Ide OF
1 the commission had prepared 8 code Of
/ laws OF the islands, and that the labor
! had been SO severe that il materially
! damaged his health. This code includes
/ the treason act There is no provision
. for a jury, as ninety per cent OF the
people are too ignorant 10 sit on jury.
! Il am bound to add he went on. that
/ the difficulty OF selecting judges who are
above reproach makes il certain that the
( selection of juries would lead TO corrup-
ton only and TO injustice. We are trying
to lead up TO the jury system. but the
Filipino mind is such as 10 render the
average Filipino incapable OF looking i'm
partially upon question involving the
rights OF two persons. There was no
jury sytem under Spanish rule"
Governor Taft said that in the matter
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ipinos who had been IN the instruction.
but who had later surrendered. there had
been some unquesdoned trenchins upon
the functions OF the civil authorities by
the military forces.
Senator Culberson asked whether there
is any part of the archipelago the con-
troll OF which could be trusted 10 native
troops. and the witness replied that he
did not think Il would be advisable.
The experiment never has been tried,
but in a country so recently in insurrec-
ton I should say that to put thousand
rifles in the hands OF thousand natives
would not be wise
Senator Culberson questioned the wit
ness as 70 the necessity OF keeping as
many as 10000 American troops in the
islands. and the latter replied that Cap
tain Allen estimated that with all the
provinces pacihed ls,ooo troops would be
sufficient. For himself, he thought il
would be desirable to continue small
detachments of troops at convenient
troops at convenient points all over the
islands. for the purpose OF preventing
disorder and violence and serving as a
moral restraint
that the secretary of war had informed
him that when the present general orders
are carried into effect there will be left
in the islartls LIPS officers and IS .2S8 en-
listed men
Speaking Of the general condition Of the
pacifed provinces. Governor Taft said
that in all these provinces the people are
going about their usual avocations. In
one province not a hostile shot had been
fired for two years.
Senator Culberscn: as It true that IN
der existing laws they are not at liberty
to advocate an independent OF a separate
form of government
mo, they are not"
Senator Patterson asked how the people
had been made peacable in the first place
whether this result has not been sc-
complished by first battering them with
the military and then demonstrating to
them by the acts Of the commission the
benefits OF American methods. The reply
was that not only the civil government,
but the military forces had sought TO
impress the advantage Of American rule
Peace had been secured by crushing out
the guerilla warfare which had had the
effect OF establishing a system of terror
ism with which the people IN general
did not sympathize. That, however, the
people generally. at least in some prov
inces, did not sympathize with the in
surrection, he would not attempt 10 say