The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-10-15
fiIipinOS Wish to Stay.

W. n. SwarOut, one OF Une InllIp-
pine delegates to the democratic Ma
tional convention at st. Louis, says
that the great majority of the Filipi-
mos desire to stay with the United
States and don't want to be cast
adrift. NJ. Swarout, commenting on
the Philippine question in New York,
says:
"In reviewing the speech Of accept
ance Of President Roosevelt as a means
of attacking the policy OF the admin
istration in the Philippines, the Sep
TENDER issue Of Current Literature
states that the republican convention
ignored the petition signed by 1000
citizens, including college presidents
and professors, clcrgymen and other
eminent professional men, who asked
that the Filipnos should be assured
of our intentions finally to give them
their political independence. If the
editor of Current Literature would
keep posted on Philippine affairs, he
would not make the mistake of mag
lining that ne is helping the Filipino
by assisting in the independence agi-
taton now going on in the United
States.
II would call his attention to the
fact that seventy times 1000 Filipinos
have petitioned that they be perman-
To- 1linl ,.yit IA hn a1 n as n
der a territorial form of government.
This great aggregation, called the
Federal party, represents the solid,
educated and responsible body of the
Filipino people, and its spokesman,
Commissioner Pardo de Tavera, in a
speech before the New York Chamber
of Commerce. in which he referred to
the final settlement of the Filipino
question, said: But all the Fillpinos
ask is that when the time comes to
take action that action shall not be
taken without consulting the people
of the islands.
Another thing, it would be impossi-
BILE at the present time to secure the
signatures ofseven thousand Filipinos
able to write their names, to add to
the petition of the seven thousand
professors clergymen and other en-
inent professional men, and, one might
add, professional busybodies. The
platform and resolutions Of the demo-
cratic convention, when was held in
Manila, p. |. April, 80, of this year,
for the purpose of sending delegates to
the democratic national convention at
st. Louis, and which was comprised Of
both native and American delegates
from all sections of the Philippine is
lands, contained this paragraph:
"We believe that the destinies of the
Philippine Islands and the United
States are firmly united, and that a
form of territorial government SINH
liar to that now in force in Porto Rico
and the Hawaiian Islands should be
granted to the Philippines at the ear
liest practicable date"
Va dNSouhI wa Oillo VIC
voices of this delegation were not
heard in the party councils. They
had been properly recognize and seat
ed by the committee on credentials,
but were gagged in the convention by
the arbitrary rulings of the temporary
chairman, John Sharp Williams, who,
at the instigation of the party lead
ers, refused a roll-call, which undoubt-
eddy would have shown that the ma
jority OF the delegates present were in
favor OF recognizing the Philippine
delegation. The reason giving for re-
fusing to credit this delegation was
that "thc supreme court had decided
that the Philippines we're not a part
of the United States" but the real
reason was that the trainers Of the
seven thousand petition" were pre-
sent, and the democratic bosses need
ed their help more than they did that
of the delegation and the people whom
they represented, who, unfortunately,
have no votes.