The Washington herald., 1907-06-02

lot the one ne holds and no Judge, law Il
officer, teacher, or constable shall aid
any candidate or influence in any man
ner or take any part (except by votingl Il
In any election under penalty Of being
deprived Of Office and being disqualified II
for five years" Even anonymous criti- II
"lsms Of candidates are punishable. Any II
person who presents himself as candidate
for an Office for which he is disqualified II
save by reason Of non-payment of taxes II
IS subject 10 fine. I tried to have the word II
knowingly inserted, but failed.
Parties Are Busy.
The election law having been promul- H
gated, the political parties have begun TO II
play ball" There are three parties in [.
the field. the National Progresista. the II
Union Nacionalista and the Immediate
Independendista. All assert a desire for
independence. The first (who recently H
dropped the name Of federal" which had
become unpopular confess the present II
.unntness OF their people and profess a de
sire 10 reach independence by means of Il
evolution. Their strength lies much in the
fact that they enjoy the appointiye Offices, Il
and that, being supposed 10 be strongly Il
pro-American. they have "a pull' with Il
the government both here and al Wash 4
ington. They deserve credit for having I'm
the beginning aided in establishing peace
Organized when the American people were
suffering from an attack OF the fever of
Imperialism. they seem not to realize that
the American people have returned 10
normal health and are no longer cropping
around for excuses i'm favor of troubles
% frF rH ~ -
essentially one, but they are divided first
10y personal rivalries Of leaders and sec
ond by difference Of opinion as 20 the time
and manner Of independence Both agree
as to the capacity Of the Fillrnos but
party No. . does not wish 20 make "neu-
tralzation' the only condition for indie
pendence. nor does it want To- insist on the
word "immcdiate' It is probable that
these TWO sections Of the independence
party viii unite before election day. be- /
cause there is a strong feeling throughout
the country that they should unite The
Filipino women held mass meeting in
favor ~ union. and so did the Filipino
students. Il may be admitted that the
name of the third party is the most
catchy There is difference Of opinion
AS to the meaning Of the word "immed-
iata.' in Spanish IL means next or proX
innate. so that the Interpretation is given
TO he independence next after the neces-
slry preliminary preparations. Some in
telligcut men have told me that they con-
slider that the word immediate applies
t0 the capacity of the people for seif-sDv-
eminent and not To the question of indie
pGndeEce. In BOstonesc the word means
promptly" or right away" and this is
mo- doubt the way I'm which if is under
I,- Hfa ~
Dir. Gomez's Views.
chanced 90 meet Dr Gomez on she
train the other day-he is in some ways
an enfsnt terrible. FOR 10 was his creation
Of the urgent iadcpcndist party" early
last year which put a stop 10 negotiations
between the conservative and radical ele-
wents OF the independence movement and
forced both Ga the field. He has since
united his party with the union nagional-
lstas, and consequently is now a couserv- +
at'ya iudereudista, and in favor Of drop
ping the word immediate. His reward
has been a nomination for the assembly,
but it is fair TO add that If be had not
united he would have had the nomination
of his own party. anyhow I asked him.
Doctor. what win boz the effect ON the
masses Of the people when they SEQ. after
the assembly. that immediate indapend-
eure viii not be grauted2' His reply
was. III the American government viii
definitely announce it's programme. if itf
viii designate the steps Boy which r. means
t1 give us independence. the Filipino pe0-
pie will ua satisfied. They viii go out of
politics and they viii put their whole
trust IN The American people That is
practically what AEunald0 said % noe
three years ago
viii here interrupt my story to crafty
n natural curiosity Of the reader as %
the present position Of AEuinaldo. He is
farmsT-a Ciugiunstus following the
rIow He is not mixing iu politics. but
Doc recently departed from his rule in So
far AS to- urge both factions Of indie
pcud.stIs To unite.
Politicians After Jobs
TO return 10 our sheep. Before january
So that is six months before election
day. several dozen Of the most aspiring
and keeuest politicians Of Manila dis
pcrsod into the provinces TO take up !
legal residence" They have gone to 8
the provinces in which they were born /
or where they have property or have
many friends. The legal residence will
Doe 90 some extent a fiction d temporary s
home. Cedula or poll-taN certificate. D
and a registration as voter. bat their
hearts and their future will be I'M Manila
with their real true Lares and Peuates.
However. it does not matter much. for
legal residence is vague qualification 7
to Doe settled in each disputed case by
a COURT. and iu any event only oue-thIrI ,
of these Carpet-ba ggers can Doe elected D
so that the great majority of the Assem- ,
bly, will be home rulers. In Manila it,
self which as two districts. the parties
have named their candidates as follows. .
Nacional progressista party. DR. Albert b
and Dr. Naldcs, Umon nauonalsta Dr !
Gomez and Senior r. Del Pan. Immediate
independista, DR. Lubban and Senior J. a
H. Guerrero. All these candidates are q
physicians except Del Pan. who is law Z
Yer, and Guerrero. who is editor Of El {
Reua Cimiento l asked "A leading official q
why his party Ghe progressis'al had i
named only doctors. and he inge 7uouslv j.
said: We'll, the fact is that most of ,
our men already are I'm Office g.
Results Uncertain. q
It is too early to pick winners. The J
recent provincial election in Cayite prov d
ince lmade possible by the surrender of
Sakay and his c1upanions) resulted in r
the victory for the Union Naci0nalistas. Q
The election was under the old law by S
councillors and not directly by v
the people as provided i'm the new cleo ,
ton act 1 90 not remember the exact "
figures. but the proportion Of votes in d
some ten ballots was as 50:4Q:30 Finally
the supporters OF the progressIsta Caudi- ]
date were released and most OF them 3
went to Osorio, who had the lead from
the beginning thus defeating Gen Trias.