East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-15

only, one candidate in each district,
whereas the nacionalistas had two
candidates in several of the districts.
The platform of the latter resembles
that of the immediatestas, In demand
ing immediate independence and re-
duction OF the salaries Of American
officers.
1.-The progressistas advocate good
roads. readjustment of the tariff,
wider public education, and the en-
forcement OF the sanitary laws.
1.-THE progressiastas had something
resembling a party organization. but
the others were loose aggregations
resembling bands devoted to some
Idea. Their candidates were chiefly
self-appointed, there being no pri-
maries or nominating conventions to
put them before the people.
THE total registration in Manila
was 1927. The total vote was 1850.
Many conservatives and representa-
tive merchants did not vote. being
satisfied with the present adminis-
tration. A large proportion of the
voters belong to the barely qualified
class.
incomplete returns indicate that
not 2 per cent OF the civilized popula-
ton registered. Probably the total
vote will be approximately one-half
of that at the municipal elections of
1908, when 10000 registered and
$4,000 voted, although the suffrage
has been unchanged since then and
the election law, translated into Span
ish, Tagalog. and Ilocano, was distrib-
uted thoroughly"
Referring to the suggestion tehat
perhaps this apathy OF the Filipinos
Indicated that they did not care to
as they will receive.
the anti-imperalist Springfield Re-
publican remarks:
'"rhe Filipinos, 1t Is to be hoped.
will not allow such feelings to have
permanent sway over them. since
progress can certainly be made along
the lines laid down i'm the legislative
assembly soon to be instituted. Their
work in that body will be observed,
and the American people will surely
be glad to note evidences of a native
capacity to make liberal institutions
workable in the archipelago"
But the Philadelphia Inquirer is
skeptical. st looks,' we read, "as
though the Fiupinos were very much
like our Cuban friends. Their desire
for self-government is primarily, II
not exclusively, a desire for Jobs and
so 1t seems to be at Manila. An cleo
tion which opens up no chance or
office-holding is not worth bothering
about" ITO cut them adrift with
the idea of letting them work out
their own salvation, when It is quite
certain that what they would work
out would be their own ruin, would
be a crime" is the conclusion reached
by this paper In like trend is this
comment of the Seattle Post-Intelli-
gencer:
Such self-government as the Phil
ippines will have under the new
regime will be government by
small oligarchy OF self-seeking, active
politicians, aspiring to complete in
dependence of the United States, be-
cause, with independence, the entire
control of the government would be
in their hands, and they could profit
thereby. With Independence, the
government would not only be in the
hands of this oligarchy. but It would
be for 1t, without regard to the inter-
ests of the people. Actual self-gov-
ernment will be possible for the Fill
pinos only when the people as a whole
are educated to the point of being
able to take an active and intelligent
interest in public affairs, and prepar-
ed to take full part therein. In all
probability this will not come until
the majority in the islands consists
Of a. generation which has been edu-
Gated In American schools, and which
has thus acquired knowledge of the
meaning of democratic government.
In view OF the showing made, discus
sion of the possibilities OF future in
dependence for the Philippines should
properly be postponed until the new
generation has come on the field"
And that for other reasons they can
we'll afford to wait is the assertion of
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat which
says:
when the Filipinos contrast their
condition under the American gov
ernment with the fate which has Just
befallen Korea, they will see what
they escaped by getting into the hands
of the United States rather than be-
coming Japanese territory in any
transformation OF things in their sec
tion of the world. Moreover, the
railways which the United States is
starting to build will mean even more
as factors of progress than will the
congress which is soon to assemble"
That the Filipinos ito whom after
nine years we have granted the priv
ilege of electing representative as
sembly" show their "sheer ingrati-
tude" by electing majority of dele
gates from the party demanding in