Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

Washington, Feb. l:,.-Thr memorial
ol The Federal party Oft the Philippine isl
andS was transmitted 10 the SruutcyrS.
tcrday afternoon by the secretary of
war, together with Il letter of trauSmit-
TAI by Governor Taft. in whose charge
.he document was given. The memorial
was adopted by the Federal party in
November
Inc memorial makes Il presentation
or the deduction OF the Federal party
'hnt congress should proceed to carry
mo erect It's intention of lrinrg the
future of the Philippines in their rcla.
tionS To the United States, lnd asserts
lilhl lhrrr Is no reason for ilnt rrplac-
ing the military regime by rivil rule
of popular character in conformity
with the decisive words OF President
Mex Kinley."
I'm" memorial proper is divided into
two parts. The first Of thcsn is !, u Il.
ton for annexation and prcSrnlntiul
of the form of government desired. In
TINS Sub-diviSion the Federal party con.
cludeS that from the mass OF data col.
lectrd II is the intention of thr i'ilipilos
and the Americans that they shoulh
never he dSunitcd."
The memorial announces as priEciIlrs
for this union the formation of ~ more
perfect union. establishment of Justice,
the insurance of domestic ;rnnuulit\,
promotion of til" general wcfi T." ana
the securing of he blessings of liberty"
Th" memorial then proceeds:
"To make of the philippines colonynf
the United StatrS. or 10 grant ndcpcnd-
encc to the Philippines. would b" TO
hand the islands over to diSor;lr.' to
anarchy. to destruction and TO chaos.
In effect the colonial system involves
the principles of difference of citizen
snip. inequality of rights ai,l othcrron-
S"uu"nt abuses ana iniuSti,"s. of al
which we FiIipinos were SlrfcitrI under
the Spanish government. ami for this
reason W" reject everything which
tends towards colony.
Philippine independence. with orwi,h.
ont II protrrtoratc means II holding Of
power by all the terrible elements of
the SrctS which prrdominatc. ANA would
predominHte still for some years. until
the anger of Filipinos toward Eilp!nos
shall hav" been completely Gained, edlI-
cation become general ana the fanat-
icism we have inherited from Spaincy
He'd. Federation or annexation would
SrttlraIl these difficulties by co,Icentrat.
ing The interest of the Filipino people
upon education and labor"
The n"morialiStS then ''prayn dcclara-
tion by the congress of the United
States To the effect that the Philippine
Islands as they are described in the
trenty of Paris. and he subsequent con.
vehti"n with Spain, are an intryral part
Of the United States, the said pniinpinr
islands constituting Il territory with the
rights and privileges which thr conSti-
tuition of the United States grants TO the
other territories"
\ preliminary form of government
Similar to that of the territories of the
United States is outlined rs suitable for
the Philippines.
The second part of the memorial 81 Is
forth the aspirations of a social and
economical character. the principal Of
which the memorial represents TO he the
securing of Il remedy of the ''ancirnt
evil known as the friar." Under this |
designation the memorial includes all
the religious orders now existing in the |
islands. Tho memorial says Of the
latter that they constitute IN element |
which are viSihy opposed to the Fill
pinO people securing the noble ends |
guaranteed by the constitution Of the |
United States"
Complete and general amnesty to the |
Philippine people is asked In the |
lmci1ied portions of the islands, the |
memorial says. there are thousands of |
brought against the rcvo- |
lutiOniSts who have surrendered to |
American sovereignty for acts OF vio-
lcnce committed while they wore in the
field and prior to their surrender.
In this connection the memorial as
srrts that there are many revOItionists
who have thus submitted who have
been drportcd or who are undergoing
sentences while their families suffer the
SORROW and want This con
ditOn of affairs the mcmorialistS con-
slider Il great obstacle to complete pa.
Other requests made are for q saris-
factory monetary system and for the
approval of the acts of he American
Philippine commission.