Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-07
THEPRESDENT'S
FARGO
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power to punish the offenders and to
prevent or minimize the chance of rep
etition of the ~offense. But these Of
lenses were the exception and not the
rule. As a whole our troops showed
not only signal courage and efficiency,
but great humanity and the most sim
cere desire to promote the welfare
and liberties of the islanders. In a
series of exceedingly harassing and
dinicult campaigns they completely
cverthrew the enemy, reducing them
finally to a condition of mere brigan-
age; and wherever they conquered,
they conquered only to make way for
the rule Of the civil government, for
n introduction of law, and of liberty
under the law. When, by last July
b last visiage of organized insurrec
ton had disappeared, peace and am
nesty were proclaimed.
As rapidly as the military rule was
extended over the islands by the de.
feat Of the insurgents, just so rapidly
was 1t replaced by the civil govern.
ment At the present time the civil
government is supreme and the army
In the Philippines has been reduced
until 1t is sufficient merely to provide
against the recurrence of trouble. In
Governor Taft and his associates we
sent to the Flipinos as upright, as
conscientious, and as able a group of
administrators as ever any country
had been blessed with having. With
them and under them VIC have asso-
eiated the best men among the Fill
pinos, so that the great majority OF
the officials. including many of the
highest rank, are themselves natives
OF the islands. The administration is
fncorruptibly honest; justice is as zeal
ously safe guarded as here at home
The government is conducted purely
IN the interests of the people of the
Islands: they are protected in theil
religious and civil rights; they have
been given an excellent and well adj
n~inistered school system. and each o.
them now enjoys rights to life, liber
ty, and the pursuit of happiness" such
as were never before known in all the
history of the islands.
The congress which has just ad-
journed has passed legislation of high
Importance and great wisdom in the
interests Of the Filipino people. First
and foremost, they conferred upon
them by law the present admirable
civil government; in addition they gave
them an excellent currency; they
passed a allowing the or.
gaiization of a native constabulary 4;
and they provided, in the interests OF
the islands, for a reduction of twenty
five per cent in the tarif on Filipino
articles brought to this country.
asked that a still further reduction be-
made. 1t was not granted by the las
congress, but | think that in some
shape it will be granted by the next
And even without II. the record of leg
islation in the interests of the Fill
pinos is one with which we have 8
right to feel great satisfaction.
Moreover, congress appropriated
three million dollars, following the
precedent IL set when the people o.
Porto Rico were afflicted with sudden
disaster; this money to be used by the
Filipino government in order TO meei
b distress occasioned primarily by
the terrible cattle disease, which al
most annihilated the carabao or watel
buffalo. the chief and most important
domestic animal in the islands. Com
ing as this disaster did UPON the bells