Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-29
To
BE Fought over
BY YCONGRESSMEN
Republicans, Led BY Congress
man Miller, to Launch At
tack on Administration

Republicans Of Honolulu have heard
with interest a story from Washington
Of big fight expected to develop
within a few weeks in Congress over
the Philippine question. Congressman
&C. B. Miller OF Minnesota, well-known
here, will probably lead the fight, and
graft and misrtlle are to be charged
in specific terms, 1t is understood
President Wilson's policies will be
under fire. Congressman Miller has
made two trips to the Philippines
since the present administration took
hold, with Goyernor.general Harrison
In the executive chair. Mr.. Miller's
latest investigation was made last
summer, and on mis- return he gave
local newspaper interviewers some
hint of the congressional sensation
that might be launched.
Adyices from Washington say that
the administration is preparing to
press again the enactment of the
Jones Philippine independence bill,
which was passed by the house in the
last Congress but sidetracked in the
senate when the Democratic majority
found itself embarrassed by the evi
dence Of the present unfitness Of the
Filipinos for self-goyernment.
AS result of recent revelations OF
the alleged decentralization In the Phil
ippines produced by Democratic rule
and efforts to demonstrate the capac
ity OF the Filipinos for self-govern
ment, the opposition to the Jones
measure will be greatly augmented.
Visit Islands fer Facts.
Several Republican members of Con.
gress have been In the Philippines
this year gathering evidence of the
scandals of misgovernment which have
been suppressed by the administers
tion censorship The administration
foreseeing the danger. has been forti
flying itself TOT meet the Republican
attack. Gen. Mcintyre, chief of the
war department bureau of insular af
fairs, has returned from sojourn OF
several months in the islands and will
tell Congress that the Republican
charges are misrepresentation.
The Republican inquiry into condi-
tions in the Philippines has been di-
rected by Representative Miller, who
is a member of the house committee
on insular affairs.
Representative MiiIer,s Charges.
Summarized, Congressman Miller's
findings are:
The policy of placing Filipinos in
control, instituted by Governor-general
Harrison at the instance of President
Wilson, has resulted In complete gov.
ernmental chaos
The orderly government existing
before the Democratic regime has
been destroyed, and progress in edu-
eating and improving the condition Of
the Filipinos has been given a severe
setback.
The chief result of native control
Of the government land administers
ton was a graft scandal, the partici
pants in which were protected from
Disease is prevalent in the islands
as a result of the failure to enforce
the sanitation laws and the general
hospital work has, been disorganized.
Graft in native municipal admin.
istration and robbery of the mails
are common.
by wholesale pardoning Governor.
general Harrison disorganized the pc
nal settlement and precipitated con-
vict raid, which resulted in the MUIR
der of an American school teacher.
'Anti-American agitators. banished
for seditious conspiracies, have been
welcomed back to the islands by the
Harrison administration and given po-
litical preferment. -<4 :.