Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-30
,,.,ident Preparing to Redeem
uis Promise Made to Peo'
pie Of Islands.
"A CALL GENERAL ELECTION.
,,,,hitants Showing Signs Of 49,
'I a,,ion and Expecting Benefit
That Cannot be Realized.
,sr. Must Possess cer,al" l rre'
w." ,.,a Qualifications, Which VIII
,.,se,y Restrict the suffrage.

..,ns,on. oct. SO.-The president
"'' .,,rg TO redeem his promise
!, S.' y tns philippine people through
NV Taft that they shall nave q
s',' .'sn, Of their own. conditioned
p.,, ' ,h,,r good behavior for n term
u w - years and it is understood that
wv TAT himself viii proceed TO
n. philippines next spring 10 WINES -
'"' ,.,tslIatlon Of the new form OF
' u'' government. March
!, ,sS,, the Philippine census was
ID and consequently two years
fus, ' ma, nate, March 81, 1907. under
- ,,ms AZ the act OF Congress, the
me Ms,"' viii direct the Filipino COM
pl 'ssluo 10 call general election TOT
nll'' .soice al delegates to what VIII
,a' t ,~ IS the Filipino assembly
n. body Is to take over all legisia-
,,,s noWers heretofore exercised Dy
x" Philippine commission In all parts
~ ne archipelago not inhabited by
Warns and nome Christian tribes.
,bIs date draws near the Phil
snins people are showing signs OF
,,;,,tio,, and 10 the officials here II
evident that they are expecting
.me benefits that cannot at once be
,ssll,sd For instance, the assembly
n provincial governors recently III
ssIon IN Manila with the view 10 az
ansIne the preliminaries for the
nesting Of the Philippine assembly, Is
,.oortsd to have recommended that
M suffrage be widely extended. II Is
noln.ed cut here that this Is not pos
hi, for the reason that the act OF
cosress under which the assembly
VII be convened expressly states the
,ulacations Of voters These In
Md are that the voter must be at
va ?s years of age; must be able
mmd and write either Spanish or
Inch, must own a certain small
lslunt Of property. or must have
nn IN the past an officeholder under
n Spanish government. The new
sRmbly will consist Of two, houses
n be known as the Philippine COM
Mission and the Philippine assembly.
The latter 10 consist OF not less than
~ nor more than 100 members. II Is
rrcDabIc That The present commission
vii DO merged In the upper house.
CONDITIONS IN PHILIPPINES.
San Francisco Oct. 30.--Henry Clay
III. late governor general OF the Philip
Jtne Islands, arrived here yesterday on
he liner Hongkong Maru. accompanied
y his daughter. Miss Marjorie Ide. He
las come home after more than Ave
ears service In the far east, to at
srd the marriage of his daughter to
burke Cochran. The wedding Will take
lace at the ide home In st. Johnsbury.
Y, shortly after Gov. Ide's arrival.
Speaking Of conditions In the Islands,
ioy. Ide said:
The Philippines are today In better
'hape than they ever were under Span
N or American. rule. The labor Ques-
non Is no longer a problem.
What the Philippines do need. how
''ef, IS a square deal In the matter az
Ne arin. BY annexation we killed the
vanish market for the sugar and to-
lacco n the Philippines, and by our
ann We barred these products from
ne United States. Both Industries are
Quay In a state OF prostration.
Inc policing Of the islands In almost
'nuiely In the hands OF the natives, and
'ieept In Leyte and Samar, where wild
s'ees mako war on the low landers, all
peace IN the Philippines,