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Show PRESIDENT'S POLICY. j Will l'.i'i'iiiimoiiil on I'.iiipliHtle Ie liimtlon i In 1'uvur (if lU-U'i.tion of riilllppln". Washington. Oct. 28. It is authoritatively authori-tatively stated that there will be no hnl f -way measures suggested for the purpose of side-trucking the Philippine Philip-pine question until after the next campaign. cam-paign. The president, will face tlie issue squarely and give congress the best information possible from his commissioners and other sources to support the position he has assumed. Although . members of the Philippine Philip-pine commission are not talkiog for publication there is no doubt they will lay stress in their report upon the desirability of prominent and emphatic emphat-ic declaration, on the part of congress, which will convince those now in rebellion that all branches of the government gov-ernment are united on the question of permaDeut American control of the Philippines. Such action, in the opinion of Admiral Dewey, and Prof. Schurman, will be almost as effective as g-uus in ending the war in the Philippines. It is now only a question of the specific kind of government the president presi-dent will recommend. He will be governed gov-erned in his decision by the views of the Philippine commissioners, whose final decision will be the result of the deliberations thc3' are here for now. The president is in favor of asserting and maintaining complete sovereignty over the Philippines at whatever cost, and in favor of the most liberal kind of self-government when the insurrection insurrec-tion ends, and in this he is sustained by the commission. The president is now working on the part of his message regarding the Philippines, assisted by the commission. |