Show I TAFT AFT DESCRIBES f CONDITIONS IN PHILIPPINES Governor General Appears Before the Senate Committee Committee Com Corn and Tells of His Administration and the Scheme of Government k IBY BY By Associated Press I WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Jan 31 The The Inest Investigation In es t into the conditions ot of the theP P Philippine archipelago apropos of ot the p. p effort to secre l legislation for the gove gov- gov e ment of ot those islands was be beun un by bythe tl tile the Senate Senate Committee on on Philippines todal W. W Civil Governor of oC the the archipelago o was the first witness called There was a full attendance of ot the members membern of the committee and Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Lodge Its chairman explained that th the committee desired not ot t only the tho fullest Information concerning the Islands but any advice that Gov Taft Tart might offer otter concerning the questions at issue iov bov Taft TaCt began by saying that he hed heh h d g gone ne to the Philippines in the theof of ot 1900 1000 and had visited almost au ai alf th the provinces during the past year lie ife fd J d that in all the Filipino or Christian provinces there Is a form of ot c ciri n government There are thirtyfour thirty thirty- four oUr of of these provinces he Moros are all friendly except a who who- had never been otherwise than hostile to lo the Spaniards Even t these ese cye P C not ot being bro brought over by the ther r ip prospect of trade of which they are j. j 1 very very fond lond Going back to the beginning begin begin- J rung ning x tf or f the commissions commission's tour of the Island Gov Taft said that it had only been ben undertaken after the re-election re of President McKinley when the time seamed ripe for the establishment of lo local lo- lo 4 cal government in the Islands Describing De De- De- De scribing this tour he said the purpose was to present to the dignitaries of ot the various places visited an r Ion lon of the provincial and municipal acts We e had some oratory he said and the rear platform of the train gen generally rally from the windows of the iI He then gave in detail the ilie pro pro- C gs of the meetings at the various v p rI a visited paying flaying that some seven seven- capitals of the provinces were I vit t von on the first tour At each Place 1 1 1 i ates of f be veI poe we mth met mt r h t scribed was was' CIS passed and a Governor appointed who was authorized au au- to organize municipalities S. S These provincial governments consist con con- he explained of a Governor sec sec- notary 1 superintendent treasurer and a fiscal or prosecuting attorney In all cases where the selection could be made wi without arousing Jealousies natives natives natives na na- na- na tives had been chosen All these appointments appointments ap ap- ap- ap are ate temporary and next month their successors will be elected When the factions were too strong Americans were placed at the head of each provincial government In all cases the treasurer and superintendent were Americans The commission had first given Its attention to the northern provinces and andin in April started south on a trip of four fifty days They had been re received received received re- re most cordially everywhere This remark led the witness Into a few dis discursive cursive remarks upon the subject of Filipino hostility The Th Spaniard he said will al always always al- al ways tell you that his house is yours but he does not pot always me mean n that you should take him at his word but the Filipino will tell you the same thing and he always means what he says He will turn his family out and install you in his habitation Speaking of the island of at Negros he said it was peculiar in Its topography and that previous to the coming o of the commission there ther was difficulty in the matter of government There were so many officers in the government that of ot the Mexican only about was left for other expenses than the payment of ot salaries Gov Taft said the commission had had an interesting experience in trying to reorganize the province of Antique but that the people resisted vigorously He mentioned that at San Jose the capital they displayed a amodel model of Liberty Liberty Lib lAb erty Enlightening the World which was was' twenty feet high and had been dragged i seven miles mires oyer over a Very vety rough road On this monument there were statues i of Washington and McKinley I Gov Taft Tatt said it had been found Impossible impossible impossible Im im- im- im possible to toj put Filipinos over the Mo Mo- ros They are subject to their datos or chiefs an and ang refuse to recognize the authority of t t Filipino There were he said two Sultans one in Mindanao and the other in the Jolo Job group but the Sultans do not always 1 lr tI l their datos t The e Sultan of Mindanao Min danao dan iso e V very JY tt ill J. r who is constantly trying to Increase his income and constantly g getting Into a aro arow arow row ro about bout it |