Show PARTY BORN I t FOR PEACE SAYS TAFT WASHINGTON Feb The hearIt hear hear- It g of Gov Taft on the Philippines hear I by i. i Ii e Senate Committee Ie on Philippines g n today with a series of ot questions i Senator Patterson in regard to the Ss of the Filipinos for Jury duty fi r Pa Patterson asked whether the naV naj na na- j v population on which the voting J. J Is bestowed could not be to do Jury duty The Governor Jed fed in the negative saying they are arese se l to corruption in the adminis- adminis tion of Justice that they could not trusted Tiey hey need to be trained he said have examples they are not read ready Jury duty Deferring to the code of ot procedure In Islands Gov Taft said in reply to a a. stion sion by Senator Culberson that It Is merican code rather than a a. Spanish e eJ Under the Spanish regime said Gov I Taft Tart the courts were not only sluggish but notoriously corrupt and the first co courts established by Gen Otis were no better etter Under Spanish rule there was a substantial denial of at justice Referring to the petition of the Federal Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral party Gov Taft Tart said all the cases of Imprisonment referred to were for military and not civil offenses Practically Practically Practically there are no civil prosecutions for political offenses at this time Is not the commission responsible for the formation of the Federal party asked Senator Dubois No It is not Gov Taft Tart responded He gave tie the names of several prominent Filipinos who had assisted in the organization or or or- They had he said consulted the members of the commission and the latter had encouraged the formation as asfar asfar asfar far as possible because the party was for peace The promise of Statehood had been no prominent part in the mission work of the leaders |