Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-20

ate this legislature five years ago. I
earnestly opposed 1t in committee and
with the assistance of Senator Allison.
of Iowa. and Senator McCOmas. of
Maryland, and under the guidance of
that ablest constructive statesman of
the last century. OTvllle II, Platt, of
connecticut. was able to delay II. un-
ill the present time. by the device of
requiring census Many sincere mem
thought legislature wise: others,
equally sincere believed it the per
formancc of our duty to American
ideals, but most considered this grave
business solely from the view point
OF campaign politics, Men totally
ignorant of conditions and caring alb
solutely nothing for a statesmanlike
solution of this great pro- lem were
anxious to go to the country and
make stump speeches about our grant
OF seif-government to the F'iipinos,
and similar men i'm other parties were
anxious to make similar stump
speeches about our failure 10 grant
self-government 10 the Filiplnos"
PHILIPPINE PROGRESS.
II was clear at that time, as II
Will be demonstrated in the near flu
ture- that Filipino legislature, elect
ed by IL people who have not vet ac-
CURED the first elements OF orderly in
dustfy; 9S per cent of whom can not
read or write any language; the inn
mense majority Of VIII ON speak differ
ent tongues: and all of whom are
easily swayed by brilliant and selfish
denagogues, OF whom there are many
In the archip elagO-it was clear five
years ago as 1t will be demonstrated
five years from now. that such q leg
islature viii be hindrance TO Philip
pine progress and the culture spot of
dissentton and trouble Not only that,
but such legislature will be the
magnet that VIII draw foreign in
trigue 10 the Philippines, 10 thu re-
curing embarrassment OF the -Ameri-
can people. Nothing win be easier
more natural. more inevitable than
that unfrlendly powers viii have their
agents in such a legislature. earn
estly hope events may prove that /
am wrong about this and no one will
rejoice so much AS ] IL the future
shows that ] am wrong.
PATIENCE AND FIRMNEss.
There can be no Immediate correc-
tion Of these mistakes. Events. which
are as certain 10 arrive as the future
itself, must and viii swing us back
10 the true policy of colonial admins
iIatl0n- Meantime patience and firm
ness are our words of wisdom,
That simple administration Is the
proved not only by the universal eN-
perIence Of other nations. but by our
own as we'll IT is a broad statement
but absolutely true that. with one
exception, no such cleansing uplift.
Ing, clvlli2ing work vas ever done by
any people for another az the Amarl-
can people did for the Cubans under
the administration OF Leonard Wood
the only record of equal brlliancy is
that made by Lord Cromer IN Eeypt.
Practising simple admInistration-the
power concentrated In the hands OF
one man who WAS responsible to the
American people-Gen. Wood achIcv-
ed In his regeneration Of Cuba what
doubteIs declared "a be Impossible.
We wrought more for the actual lib
erty OF tha Cuban people In three
years Than any similar people ever
accomplished by themselves. under
amy form Of foreign government. In
half a century.
AMERICAN ADMINISTRATIONS.
Rut what American administration
did for cuba the Cubans themselves
destroyed In a TIME SO brief thai NJ
seems but u moment as history runs
What American administration build.
cd IN a day the Cuhans themselves do.
moIlshed ia a day II II be said that
SPANISH administration along similar
lines failed IN both Cuba ana the rriI'
IppInss, and that, therefore, Inc min
clple il dsproyed, The answer is lhat
the Spanlards are no longer success
ful administrative race ms the English
are or the Germans, on as the Arnerl-
can people are coming 70 be. We have
developed and are developing the abIes.
administrators Of all time Witness
those amazing and honest manage
ments OF some of our mighty corpora
Hons aud some OF the continental rail-
roads. Witness the executive ability
displayed IN ouT whole business World
where the employed IN single giant
enterprises and the families dependent
upon those men are sufficient In mum,
hers Ia constitute q government. That