Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-31
ELECTION QUIET
THE NACIoNALISTAS SEEM TO
HAVE WON THE DAY.
Progressistas, Supporters Of Continued
American Rule, Fail to Make
Showing That Was Expected.

MANILA. July 31.-The election In the
Philippines yesterday passed of peaceably.
The full results will not be known for about
three weeks The early returns seem to
indicate that the nacionalistas, the party
demanding immediate independence. as OPP
posed to the progressistas the party salts
fled with American rule, have won the day.
Incomplete returns from the provinces
give these results: Thirty-one nacional-
istas, 10 progressistas. 8 independents and
/ Catholic
All the provinces. of which there are fifty,
had candidates excepting Benguet, Lee
panto- Bontoc, Nueva Viscaya and the prov
inces of Moroland. AS the majority OF the
population In these provinces. who would
otherwise be entitled to vote, are nom
Christian. they were not entitled to repre-
sentation in the assembly. These number
sixteen The remaining thirty four had 2O8
candidates. distributed as follows: Nacion-
alistas. 6S: progressistas, 50: independents,
46; immediatestas. q: Catholic candidates.
SO called. including five priests of Cebu Is
Bishop AslIpay himself. the schsmatic.
,Nacionalistas' Platform.
Before the election 1t was the general be-
lief that the progressistas were the best or
ganized. They had only one candidate in
each district, whereas the naconalistas had
two candidates In several Of the districts.
The platform Of the latter resembles that
Of the immediatestas. In demanding imme-
date independence and reduction Of the
salaries Of American officers.
The progressistas advocate good roads.
readjustrpent Of the tariff. wider public ed
ucation and the enforcement Of sanitary
laws Their platform says:
I'VE will willingly walt until ele Sam
Is ready to grant independence"
The progressistas had something resem-
bling a party organization. but the others
were loose agsresations resembling bands
devoted to some idea. Their candidates
were chiefly self-appointed there being no
primaries or nominating conventions to put
them before the people.
The total registration In Manila was 1921.
The total vote was 1880. Many conserva-
tives and representative merchants did not
vote being satisfied with the present ad-
ministration. A large proportion OF the
The Vote Was Small.
Incomplete returns indicate that not
per cent of the civilized population regis
tered Probably the total vote will be ap-
proximately one-half of that at the mu-
nicipal elections OF 1903. when 10000 reg
istered and $4,000 voted. although the suf-
frage has been unchanged since then and
the election law. translated into Spanish.
Tagalog and nocano. was distributed thor
oughly.
There were very few arrests here. seven
only being recorded. Virtually fOur-fifths
Of the registered vote had been cast before
O'Clock. The majority Of the election OFF,
GERS have behaved fairly we'll. Such COM
plants as were made arose chiefly from
the ignorance Of inexperienced inspectors.
The governor general virtually modified
the rigid election law at noOntime by adyis-
ing the election officers to permit at least
one representative of each candidate within
the voting places, but outside the baluS-
trade. during the voting. because of the
conflicting interpretations of the law by the
election boards.
Result in Manila.
The returns indicate the election Of DR..
Dominador Gomez, the rabid agitator. and
of Guerrero, the editor of the Renacimi-
ento He is more conservative than Gomez,
but demands immediate independence.
The returns also show that In Manila the
nacionalistas have been overwhelmingly
victorious, despite the split vote. In the
first district Gomez received 1,2IO votes.
while his rival, Lukban of the same party.
received 1241. Moreno. the progressista.
received only 43S In the second district
Guerrero received 20!f votes. Delpan OF
the same party received LOS. whereas
Valdes the progressista candidate. got only
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