La Junta tribune., 1904-11-05

aasivs Fkpans. Ases eAan Aooo sstivss
are % tbs pay sslla, asA Il b tAs soin-
ton Of tAs oooQapsss - AA1ilA. haeA
Dsmorrade ana Rspshhcsn. and e evay
foreigner. Baropsaa and American. tAat
our ittls brown bsoshsr' alrssdy Ass
about % murh Independence and sslf-
sOv~nmeaf a. - can stand IL 10 Q
little provoking for Judge Tam and Ais
suecsssors 10 b condensed in this coaa-
Try for giving che natives too snAll .
shars In the government and In tAs
Philippines for giving shso toe much.
NC. z. 'Piays pFodueed IN the thaatsso
are censored
There il no censorship vAaesvsr n
the Philippine lslands. e1d tAsre has
been none since civil eovssnmant Was
established. SOmebody hss evSdsntiy
been telling Judge Parker about tie sup
preston OF play based upon incidents
In the insurrection. in Which De Uni-
ted States nag was pulled down By ths
actors in Q very dramatic manner. tern
into pieces and tramplsd upon. Ths play
was presented but once. II ths police
had not prohibited . second peoducttoa.
the theater and the actors would have
been torn in pieces by . mob Of indis-
nant soldiers and citizens who had o..
gsnised for that purpose. To satisfy
public clamor. Senor Tolentino. the
author. was arrested. He was released
under bonds. but jun sd his bail and ran
away. He afterward fell In with Ricarte.
the 'suprene chief Of the National Demo
cratic Republic Of the Philippine 10
laDds.' and prepared his proclamatiess
and conducted his correspondence. for
Ricarte cannot read or write. Both OF
these gentlemen are now In The psni-
tentiary.
TrssIs Are 1aIr.
"No. .. DETECTIVES appear In the guiss
Of servants. aud the oath OF . single
one II enough to destroy . man's repu-
tation. property. liberty or even Life II.
SELF
''when I left Manila last summer
there had been fosr trials for sedition
since the establishment Of the civil gov
ernment. the latest. in which DIR. Comes.
editor Of . native newspaper. was de-
fendant. having lasted four months, and
he was acquitted upon technicalities: 106
people had been convicted Of what may
be termed political offenses. including
the deluded victims Of the Hong Kong
JuHtA auu OtutT ue1BOu1Ol8 OfK1ulL1.
tons. and thirty three persons had suf-
fered the capital penalty. each case hav-
ing been carefully reviewed by the Su-
preme Court. Their crimes were muir
der. arson, rape and highway robbery.
There are two detective organization
one CONNECTED with the city police.
which works within the municipal limitR.
The other, connected with the constabu-
larry. works in the rural districts. Amer
ican. Spanish and native detectives are
employed. Their methods are exactly
the same and the weight OF their testi-
mony In court Is similar to that OF the
police Of New York or any other city.
Bishop Brent, of the Episcopal church.
In an interview with me published last
June. said: Manila ID comparatively free
from crime. disorder and drunkenness.
Few cities o, the size are 10 well govern
ed or are 30 free from saloons or vicious
classes. There In surprisingly small
amount of crime and vice.
Extraordinary state.sat.
"No. o. Judge Parker himself declares
that the Islands, remain to-day utterly
States might have done for them.
This IL a most extraordinary state
ment for an American citizen to make.
II can only be accounted for BY ignor-
ance, malice or prejudice. Does Judge
Parker see no good in the establishment
Of 1000 schools and the education Of
more than 100000 children7 Does he
realize the value Of the public improve
ments that have been made, the new
harbors at Manila, which havs cost
$2,600,311 to date. and &674, ,536 at Iloilo
and Cebu: the widened streets, the pave
meuts, the parks, the sewers, the new
water systems. tine public highways that
have been extended and improved At q
cost Of $SOO.OOO: the 100 school houses
that have been built, and the various
other improvements upon which millions
Of dollars have been expended, not fsom
the treasury Of the United States, but
from the local treasures Of the islands7
II would require q page In Q newspaper
to tell what has been done In the way Of
public utilities alone By the American
government.
seIf.supportisg.
"And, finally, the Democrafic eandi-
date for the Presidency asks: Are the
Philippine Islands selfsupportins com
munityr n,
"He confesses his ignorance upon this
point in almost the same breath that he
declares them fit for Independence and
self-government. II Judge Parker had
made any preparation for his speech, II
be had taken the trouble to inform him
self upon the most important conditions,
he would have known that the customs
revenues alone during the last three or
four years have been seventeen, eighteen
and nineteen million dollars . year, an
Increase from three, four or five millions
Q year during Spanish rule; and that the
other revenues have improved In sim
liar ratio. The islands are not only self
supporting; they not only pay every cent
of the expenses OF their government ex-
ceptins the maintenance Of the 1900
regular troops now on duty there, but
they could afford IN exhibit costing
million and Q quarter at the 81. Louis