Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-04

native Filipino. More than 5000 natives
are ON the pay rolls, and It is the opin.
lon Of the newspapers OF Manila, both
Democratic and Republican. and OF every
foreigner, European and American, that
our little brown brother already has
about a. much independence and self
government as he can stand. II IN .
little provoking for Judge Taft and bis
successors to be condemned In this coun-
try for giving the natives too small .
share In the government and In the
Philippines for giving them too much.
"No. Z. Plays produced in the theatsrs
are censored
''Thers Is no censorship whatever In
the Philippine Islands. and there has
been none since civil government was
established. Somebody has evidently
been telling Judge Parker about the sup
preston of = play based upon incidents
In the insurrection. In which tho UNI
ted States dag was pulled down oy the
actors In a very dramatic manner. torn
Into pieces and trampled upon. The play
was presented but once. II the police
had not prohibited a second production.
the theater and the actors would have
been torn In pieces by . mob OF indig-
nant soldiers and citizens who had or
.anixei for that purpose. To satisfy
public ciamor. Senior Tolentino. the
author. was arrested. He was released
under bonds. but jum:ssd his bail and ran
away. He afterward fell In with Ricarte.
the supreme chief OF the National Demo.
cratic Republic OF the Philippine Is
lands and prepared his prociamations
and conducted his correspondence. for
Ricarte cannot read or write. Both Of
these gentlemen are now In the psni-
tentiary.
Tsisis Are vsir.
"No. 9. Detectives appear In the Euise
OF servants. and the oath of . single
one II enough TO destroy q man's rcpu-
tation. property. liberty OF even life It.
SELF
"when I left Manila last summer
there had been four trials for sediuon
since the establishment of tho civil gov
ernment. the latest. in which DIR. Gomea.
editor OF . native newspaper. was de-
fcndant, having lasted four months. and
he was acquitted upon technicaiities: lGO
people bad been convicted Of what may
be termed political ofIcnses. including
the deiuded victims OF the Hong konx
jun,a and other reasonable orTanisa.
tons. and thirty three persons bad suf.
fered tho capital penalty. each case hav.
Ing been carefully reviewed BY the Su.
prrms Court. Their crimes were muir
der. arson. rape and highway robbery.
There are two detective organizations
ono eounnectei with the city police.
which works within the municipal limits
The other. connected with the constabu-
larry. works in the rural districts. Amer.
lean. Spanish and native detectives are
employed. Their methods arc exactly
the sams and tho weight OF their iesti.
u,ony In court Il similar TO that OF tho
Police Of New York OF any other city.
blshop Br~nt. Of the Episcopal church.
In al Interview with mo published last
Jane. said; Manila 10 comparatively free
from crime. disorder AMI Drunkenness
Few cities a. the ssse arc 80 well govern.
81 or are 80 FREQ from saloons or vicious
classes. There 10 = surprsslnsiy ANAL
amount Of crime and Vice.
Extraordinary stsseas~e
-Sa. q. ledge Parker himself declares
that tho Isiinds r~msla to-day utterly
un,aucl,r.i foe any soo-r that the usl;ed
States uiiEh, has. done ZOE them
This 10 = uso.; Extraordinary state.
meat foe an American c,isra 10 make.
Il eaa oaiy bs accounted for By isuss-
snee. malice or prrjuLice. Docs juixe
Parker sec no good in the esiablishrseus
Of 400 school. sai the eiuca,ioa OF
more than 10000 ehiiarcnf Does he
rs,lsss the rsige OF sh. paelic lnprove-
msais ;ha; have teca made. the new
haFisrs at Manila. ehsch have cos,
s..r-iisii 60 date. aud tSst.oIS az llailo
ani Csba: the vsienei streets. the pave
meats. the parks. the sewers. the new
water systems. ;hs pablo highways that
have besa ss;-aaei and Improved st .
cs.; Of s~pp.noS: the loo school houses
thst have is-~a ball;. and the vsfsoas
other improvements upoa whica niilioas
Of dollars have besa expended. no; fAstz,
the treasury OF the uniisi States. ba;
from the iocai treasures OF the isiaHdsf
Il weai require q paEe In q newspape.
TO tsii whst has isca done In the wsJ OF
pablic utilities sioae By the American
sossrsmsat.
reff.>sppcrs,ws.
-And. finally. the Democratic esaii.
date for the Presidency asks: Are the
rhilippiae Islands a sslfsuppor;ins CON.
muni,yf
"iis consesses hi. Ignorance upon this
point in siusss; the same breath that he
declares them Ct for independence aud
..lf.eaverumen,. II Judge Parker had
made any prspars;ioa for his speech. u
he had ,skea the trouble TO inform him.
self uppn the most important coalitions.
he would have known that the customs
revenues alone iariax the las; three or
four years have hcea seventeen. eighteen
and niac,eeB million dollars q year. an
increase fron three. four OF hre millions
year during Spanish rule: and that the
other revenues have improved in a ain.
liar ratio. The islands are not only self
supporting: they no, only pay every cent
Of the expenses OF their government es.
ceptins the maintenance of the Hoo
regular troops now on duty there. but