The Irish standard., 1903-05-23

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YOU know of any other city of 100000
inhabitants that could show the same
clean page: Most of the credit for
this condition is due to the characte:
by and large he makes IN excellent
citizen. He is peaceful and law-ahiu-
ing, not uuarrelsome of disposition,
but rcYarlful of the rights of others,
mindful of his own business, and i'll
clined to he on pleasant terms with
| his nei@hbors. An assault by Il Fill
! pino upon an American is almost uu-
known
How has Aguinnldo conducted !4im-
self since the close of hosti!itics:"
Very we'll, as far as have been
able to observe. He lives quietly i'll
Manila i'll Il house directly opposite
that of NiceGovernor Wright. You
are aware, of course. that he has taken
the oath of allegiance and advised ul
his people to TO the same | have
not heard of his taking any part in
public affairs since his release last
july except to write Il letter for Jul
lie use, committing himself to tut
support of the Aglipay movement tor
an independent Filipino church. We
have no reason to believe that lie is
not loyalty observing his ulth. He
does not minglc Il great deal with his
people: it is said that he fears ;lSSGsSi.
nation ut the hands of the friends ol
Gen. Luna, whom he caused To he as
s;tsSilatcd. This apprehension w,i,s so
strong ut the time of his release that
he asked Gen. thnllrr for !; persona,
guard: but TIE general assured hin.
that he would receive just Tie 81 me
protection as all Americans and all
other f'ilipinos, and nothing further
Pains have been taken to observe dis
general principle in I'LL dealings With
.i.;llilald lido. He has not been accorded
any special distinction. but, on The
other hand, everything has been avoid
ed that could he interpreted as Il deg
radiation. | met him the other even
ing at Il reception given by Gov. Taft
He is treated by the American officials
with entire courtesy, us is every Fill
piIio of Importance.
at is the desire OF the commission,
certainly, to win the cooperation of
all tilipinos who can aid in the cstuJ-
lishmcnt of the best government the
circumstances admit of. Nearly every
member Of Ayullntlo's former cabinet
holds some official position in the
Islands, and is giving us most valll-
able aid in maintaining good order ana
liar local conditions. 1t has been the
policy of the commission from the be-
ginning to utilize the best native Gle
mcnt to the largest extent possible,
and in carrying it out no one has
worked more strcnllouSly than Gov.
TAFT, and no governor could be mere
loyalty supported than he is by all the
commission. Such success as we have
attained is probably attributable TO
this policy more than to any other
ono thing. Our chief justice is IL Fill.
pino, and an excellent officer; three
Judges of the supreme court, and
good ones, arc Filipinos; the solicitor
general, IL fine lawyer, is IL Filipino;
six Judges of the court of first in.
stance are Filipinos; SO arc I'LL Tie
Justices OF the peace, most Of the
governors of provinces. and every
fiscal or prosecuting officer. The ad-
vice OF these men is worth more to us
than we can express. understanding.
conditions as they do. We feel sure
that we have made no mistake in this
direction"