The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-13
FEDERAL MEMOIR L
TRANs1GITTED TO SENATE BY
 SECRETARY OF WAR.
It States That the Opposition to American sovereignity Arises from
 Misunderstanding and Not
 Through Hatred of This Country

Washington. Feb. 12.-The memorial of the Federal party of the Philippine ls- lands was transmitted to the Senate this afternoon by the Secretary of War. to- gether with a letter of transmittal by Governor Taft in whose charge the doc ument was given.
 The memorial was adopted at an ex- traordinary session of the Federal party held in Manila in November. It sets forth that the performance of that ooli- gation of the treaty of Paris which gave the United States authority to fix the status of he Philippine Islands has been deferred to this time because of the att tack by the Filipinos upon the sovereish- ty of the United States, an act brought about, the memorial says. through mis- understanding and not through hatred or the Amerlcan sovereignty. 1t further states that out of the sixty provinces and districts war exists in only two-batansas and Samar. It also asserts that II Is demonstrated fact that the pueblos and towns anxiously desire 'oehnite CIVIL rule and says those who are suii m arms allege the lack of civil regime, agreed upon and promalgated ?! the Congress of the United StateS as weignty pretext for their belligerent at titude, which regime shall determine at once the political status and CIVIL rights of the inhapitants Of the arcnipeiaso 'h accordance with the treaty of Paris.
 The memorial then makes a presenta- ton of the deduction of the Federal party that Congress should proceed to carry into effect it's intention of dehnlng the future of the Philippines in their reia- tions to the United States and asserts that there Is no reason for not replacing the military regime by civil rule or a popular character in conformity with forxotten fne aser''FT President % McKiniey.".
 The memorial proper is divided into two parts The first or these is peutlon for annexation and presentation or the form of government desired. The req an exhaustive study of both the Ffltpinos and the Americans and concludes that from the mass of data collected IL IS tne intention of the two peoples that they should be united"
 The memorial announces as principles for this union the formation of "a more perfect union. establishment or justice, the insurance of domestic tranquility. pro securing of the blessings of liberty"
 The memorial then proceeds: To make of the Philippines colony of the United States or to grant independence to the over to disorder mad anarchy. to de- struction and chaos. In effect the colo. niaI system involves the principles of difference of citizenship, inequality of rights and other consequent abuses and inJustices. with which all of the Filipinos were surfeited under>the Spanish gov ernment and for this reson we reject ev- erything which tends toward colony.
 Filipino independence with or without by ali the tribal elements of the s.cts which prelominate and would predomi- nate still for some years until the anger of Filipinos toward Ftlipinos shall nave been completely calmed education pe- come general and the fanaticism we have inherited from Spain, exiled. Federation or annexation would settle all these diff faculties by concentrating the interest or the Filipino people upon education and labor"
 The memorialists then pray a declara- ton by the Congress of the United States to the effect that the Philippines as they are described in the treaty of Paris and are an integral part of the United States. the said Philippine Islands constituting territory with the rights and privileges which the Constitution of the United such as that of becoming State of the Union.
 The preliminary form of government similar to that of the territories of the United States Is outlined as suitable for the Philippines. The plan provides for governor and four executive secretaries to be appointed by the President of the United States and for a territorial sen ate in addition to a house of representa- tives. consisting of thirty members. six teen of whom are to be elected by the people and the others appointed by the governor. The memorial asks that the island be represented in the United States House of Representatives by two dele gates.
 Tn second part of the memorial sets forth the aspirations Of social ana economical character the people of which the memorial represents to be the Secur- ing of a remedy for the "ancient evil known as the friar.' " Under this desig- nation the memorial includes all the re- ligious orders now existing in the ts- lands. The memorial says Of the latter that they constitute an element which are visibly opposed to the Filipino people securing the noblo ends gained by the Constitution of the United States" and, continuing. 1t is declared that the abuses of these orders have been the cause of the bloody struggles of the past and of the deep hatred existing between the friars and the people of the Philippines.
 Congress Is asked to take steps to rem edy this evil and special attention is urged to the recommendations made bv Governor Taft. Complete and general amnesty to the Filipinos people Is asked. In the pacified portions of the islands of prosecutions brought against the rev. olutionists who have-~surrender to Amer ican sovereignty for acts of violence com mitted while they were in the field and prior to their suxender. In this connec- ten the memorial asserts there are many revolutionists who have thus submitted who have been now deportdd to distant islands or who are undergoing sentepces in jails and prisons while their families suffer the greatest sorrow and want This condition of affairs, the memorialsts consider a great obstacle to complete pa cifcation. Other requests made arc for a satisfactory monetary system and for the approval of the acts of the American Philippine Commission.
 DEATH OF w. A. LERARoN.