Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-12

affect the public is due entirely 20
lack of knowledge ON the part OF the
republic.
"rhe terms aud provisions of the
bin you have before YOU are not
known or understood by our people.
II they had les provisions In mind.
they would laugh in derision at those
who suggest that il It's inadvsable to
consider this bill now because OF the
existing war The very slightest con
sidcraton of the actual provisions of
this bin would convince any inquirer
that there was nothing whatever in IL
which made il inadvisable or nappro-
pirate To consider the matter at this
time II is not too strong a statement
10 say that were every nation on
earth, including our own, at war there
is nothing in this bill which would
make It's consideration inappropriat
on that account
simply Another Step.
'"rhe bin is so framed as to pro-
vide another step along tho line of
self-government. The wisdom and
propriety of Il can only be determined
by keeping in mind tne two view
points first adverted TO and by con
siderlng the history of our relations
TO the Philippines and the present sit
uation therein
Here. Secretary Garrison traced the
history Of the Philippines-some thir-
ty-four islands with a total popula-
ton OF between eight and nine mill
lion. mostly of Malay pointing
out that the revolt against Spain and,
later, the rising against the United
States were the only occasions which
had tended to produce homogeniety
among the islanders. He quoted AT
length from messages .and speeches
by former Presidents Mckinley, Taft
and Roosevelt To show that in each
succeeding administration after the
Philippines came into the hands OF
the United states the Filipinos had
been taught that "thc Philippines are
for the Filipinos,' that satisfaction
over the progress Of the islanders had
been expressed, and the hope of ulti-
mate self-governmcnt held out:
Mr. Taft he quoted as saying In a
message in 1879: we should en-
doavor to secure for the Filipino'
economic independence and TO III
them for complete self-government
with the power TO decide eventually
according to their own largest good
whether such self government shoulC
be accompanied by independence
In 1913, Mr. Garrison added, Presl
dent Taft described the promise in tn
democratic platform to recognize tn
independence of the Philippine is
lands "as soon as a stable governmen
can be established as IAN affirma
ton of "A policy slightly differing fron
that repeatedly announced by thi
and preceding republican admmistra
tions."
I'ilipinos in Local Control.
In pursuance of the policies thu
enunciated, MI Garrison said the va
rious administrations in this countr
had from time TO time enlarged tn
extent of the participation Of the Fill
pinos in their government replaein
/ the military regime by a civilian com
mission giving the islanders control 0
their local municipal government
and gradually Of their provincial gov
ernment, placing t'ilipinos on tn
commission in the supreme couri
and at the head of executive depart
ments and finally in 1907, establish
! ing the assembly composed entirel
Of natives elected from the variou
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