Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-03

native Filipino. More than 5000 natives
are on the pay rolls, and il is the opin-
ION OF the newspapers OF Manila, both
Democratic and Republican. and Of every
( foreigner, European and American, that
/ our little brown brother already has
about as much independence and self
government as he can stand. II is a
little provoking for Judge Taft and his
/ successors to be condemned in this eOun-
| try for giving the natives too small a
share in the government and in the
Philippines for giving them too much.
No. I. Plays produced in the theaters
| are censored
/ There is no censorship whatever in
the Philippine Islands, and there has
I been none since civil government was
established. Somebody has evidently
been telling Judge Parker about the sup
! preston OF a play based upon incidents
. in the insurrection, in which the Uni
ted States flag was pullei down by the
actors in a very dramatic manner. torn
into pieces and trampled upon. The play
was presented but once. IL the police
| had not prohibited a second production,
the theater and the actors would have
been torn in pieces by a mob of indig-
nant soldiers and citizens who had or
gained for that purpose. TO satisfy
public clamor, Senior TOlentnO. the
author was arrested. He was released
! under bonds, but jumped his bail and ran
away. He afterward fell in with Ricarte,
tie supreme chief Of the National Demo
cratic Republic of the Philippine Is
/ lands and prepared his proclamatons
ana conducted his correspondence. for
Rirarte cannot read or write. Both of
these gentlemen are now in the peni-
tertiary.
Trials Are Fair.
No. =. Detectives appear in the guise
OF servants. and the oath of single
one is enough to destroy a mans repu-
tation, property, liberty or even life it
SELF
When | left Manila last summer
there had been four trials for sedition
since the establishment of the civil gov
eminent, the latest. in which DIR. Gomez
editor of Il native newspaper, was de-
PENDANT, having lasted four months, and
he was acquitted upon technicalities 1866
people had been convicted Of what may
be termed political Offenses, including
the deluded victims of the Hong Kong
Junta and other reasonable organiza-
lions, and thirty-thrce persons had suf-
fered the capital penalty, each case hav-
ing been carefully reviewed by the SUI
preme Court Their crimes were muir.
der, arson, rape and highway robbery
There are two detective organizations
one CONNECTED 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 are exactly
the same and the weight of their testi-
Wony in court is similar to that of the
police of New York or any other city.
Bishop Brent, OF the Episcopal church,
III an interview with me published last
June, said: Manila is comparatively free
from crime. disorder and drunkenness
Few cities of the size are so well govern
ed or are so free from saloons or vicious
! classes. There is a surprisingly small
, amount of crime and vice
Extraordinary Statement.
"No. .. Judge Parker himself declares
that the Islands remain to-day utterly
untouched for any good that the United
States might have done for them
ms IL u most extraordinary state
ment for an American citizen to make.
1t can only be accounted for by ignor-
ance. malice or preju lice. Does Judge
Parker So no G1Jl in tae est tbiishment
OF 4,O0 schools ana the education of
more than 2GO.OO) children? Does he
realize the value Of the puolic improve
ments that have been made, the new
harbors at Manila. which have cost
S2,6O6,3ll to date. and S6T4 336 at Ioilo
and crbu; the widened streets. the pave
nIents. the parks. tle sewers. the new
water systems. tLe pubic highways that
have been extended and improved Mt a
cost OF SSOO.o0O: the 100 school houses
that have been built. and the various
other IMPROVEMENTS upon which millions
OF dollars have been expended. not from
the treasury OF the United States but
from the local treasures OF the islands
1t would require page in a newspaper
to tell what has been done in the way OF
public utilities alone by the American
government
self Importing.
And. finally. the Democratic candi-
date for the Presidency asks: Are the
Philippine Islands selt-supporting com
munityy
He confesses his ignorance upon this
point in almost the same breath that he
| declares them tit for indepemIence and