The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-13
Federal Party, Friendly to the
Administration, Insists the Pro-
visions Of the Treaty of Paris
Be Carried Out and Demand q
Statement as to the Future of
the Islands.

III AsHINGTON. Feb. 12.-The me
w mortal of the federal party of the
Philippine islands was trans
mitted TO the senate this evening by
the secretary of war, together with a
letter Of transmittal by Governor Taft
in whose charge the document was
given The memorial was adopted at
an extraordinary session of the federal
party held in Manila in November.
1t sets forth that the performance
OF that obligation of the treaty of
Paris which gave the United States
congress authority TO fix the status of
the Philippine islands had been de-
feTred to this time because of the at
tack by the Filipinos upon the sover-
eighty of the United States. an act
brought about, the memorial saws.
through a MISUNDERSTANDING, and not
through hatred Of the American SOW
eTeignty. IL further states that out
OF the sixty provinces and districts
war exists in only twO-Batangas and
Samar
1t also asserts that it is a demon
strated fact that the puebIos or towns
anxiously desire "a detinitive civil
rule and says that those who are
still in arms allege that the lack of
civil regime, agreed upon and promuI-
gated by the congress of The United
States as a weighty pretext for their
belligerent attitude, which regime shall
determine al once the political status
and civil rights of the inhabitants of
the archipelago, in accordance with the
treaty Of Paris"
Want to Know Future
The memorial then makes presen-
tation of the deduction of the federal
party that congress should proceed to
carry into effect its determination of
defining the future of the Philippines
ntheir relations TO the United States.
and asserts that there is no reason
for not replacing the military regime
by civil rule Of a popular charac-
ter, in conformity with the decisive
words Of the never-tO- be-forgOtten
President Mckinley"
The memorial is divided g into two
parts. The first Of these is a petition
for annexation and presentation of
the form Of government desired. In
this subdivision the federal party sets
forth that it has made an exhaustive
study of both the Filipiinos and the
Americans, and concludes that from
intention Of the two peoples that they
should never be disunited."
The memorial announces as. DrinciDles
for this union the formation of a more
perfect union, establishment of justice.
the insurance of domestic TRANQUILITY.
promotion Of the general welfare and
the securing of blessings OF liberty.
The memorial then proceeds:
To make the Philippines a colony of
the United States. or 70 grant indie
pendence to the Philippines would be
TO hand the islands over TO disorder
and to anarchy, 10 destruction and TO
chaos. In effect the colonial system
involves the principles Of difference Of
citizenship, inequality Of rights and
other consequent abuses and injustices.
of all of which we Filipinos We're sur
feited under the Spanish government.
and for this reason We reject every
thing which tends toward a colony.
Philippine independence. with or with
out prOtectorate, means a holding of
power by all q e tribal clements Of the
SectS which II sdom!nate, ana would
predominant still for some years until
the anger of Filipinos toward Fiiipfnos
shall have been completely Gained. ed
ucati0n become general and the fanati-
cism We have inherited from Spain ex-
lied.
Federation ar annexation would set
tie all these difficulties by concentra-
ton OF the interest Of the Filipino peO-
pie upon education and Ia Dor.
The memorialists then pray a decla-
ration by the congress Of the United
States to the effect that the Philippine
islands, as they are described in the
treaty Of Paris and the subsequent
convention with Spain. are an integral
part Of the United States. the said
Philippine islands constituting q terri
tory with the rights and privileges
which the constitution of the United
states grants 10 the other territories.
such as that OF becoIhing a state of
the Union
A preliminary form OF government
similar 10 that of the territories of the
United States is outlined as suitable
Tor the Philippines. The plan provides
for a governor and four executive sec