The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-04-13
TAFT AND POPULAR RULE.

The Presidents letter about letting the people of
the Philippines rule have invariably referred to
far time in the future His last date home rule in
the Philippines thirty years hence. Meantime the
eminent which the Commission overrule, and they
making sad mess of it, might have been expect
ed-Advertiser.
dress last month he of dependencies in
as could be desired FOLLOWING this With discussion of bus
ness conditions in the Philippines Taft cOncuded Mean
time in each dependency is unfolding the
ditions of civil liberty and increasing popular CONTROL which
might be expected under American auspices The which
doing there rebounds to credit a nation"
1t is most extraordinary that any reader of Tas long,
expressions these lines should question his absolute
the ideal of local government even if it
temporarily inferior Tafts date for
home rule in the Philippines thirty hence" That is
rather his date for fitness of the Filipino for complete indie
pendence Nor is it anything like Filpinos
are aOwed to play at forms of sefgOvernment Tafs
latest Words just quoted show how he regards efforts at
selfgovernment.
is impossible Advertiser devoted as is to the
government by qualified minority to realize that
Taft is ready cost to maintain the sefgoernment
to which he is devoted Is it cOnended that Taft didn't
in advance that the effort give local segOvernmen
Philippines would cost lot? That it would lead to many
plumbers and much msgovernment? Didn't Taft per
ecty well that he could give the islands better
eminent for less taxes by simply turning public affairs
for administration by well qualified Americans?
why didn't Taft do this? Why did he turn the other and
knowingly invited bundeTs extravaganza demagOguery?
Knowing the Fipnos did he perfectly well in adj
vance that they would make sad mess of it? And when
they began to make sad ness why didn't he wipe the
pertinent out? Why did he simply insist insists today
that they be given more power to rule themselves?
The answer to all these questions is simply that President
Taft would rather the FpnOs any other people, gov
ern themselves badly than force them be
other people His devotion the idea hstorct began
his national 1t is found running through utter
ances of Mckinley and Roosevelt regarding Philippines
but it Taft first governor practical
realization of it. He will stick succeeds and
the Philippines become either independent or
ereign state under the American flag Taft will live history
as the creator nearly could nation
O state
All this to further Advertisers idea
that the national administration people
OF aWa because it rejected the dscredted Thwng char
ge and intends to distribute federal Offices among
ore senator's Taft has in fact given by
some limitations that he would not be bound by their advice
as to appointments much his predecessor
literally filled the bureaus in the Philippines
less incompetent tipinOseven the Supreme Court is
than half FpnosOver the heads of competent Americans
What The Star pointed is this teaches or
should teach to those here who have the disfranchise
men still in their heads who things quail
fed minOrtythe lesson that they kill influence at the
"hlte House when they spring any such proposition.