| Show FILIPINOS MEAN WHAT THEY SAY Gov Taft Pays a Tribute to Their Sincerity Tells Senate Committee What Condition Of Affairs in Archipelago is Today It IOlj han Jin SI The a atlon Into huito the he of the this Philip Philippine pine i of or the Iho effort to 10 secure e cul tot for tilt lit govern m taint nt of ot these e wits was begun by hy on Philippine to tu day TAIT W 1 H If Taft civil governor gOor ot of r time the thea a was nl the lIven first Titers There rai Wn a It full tull attendance of ot the tile member members of ot the tIme committee and Senator ltd ite chairman that Ihal the committee desIred noL noi only onby time the fullest Information concerning the iii l l anile ands hut but any ammy ml vice that lint lot Taft lon might otter otTem the ill III Issue began by II saying that he lie had to thin thu Philippines in the spring of ot WOO 1900 lund had v lulled nil all tIme provinces during the thu past year Ho lie saul that hut In all nil tho tIme or ni there thero Is III II a form of lit civil ROV ROI ore are nl of or these provinces Thu Tue Moron Muros are ato nil friendly exu except pt a ut few tEl who ho hud had nevor been besim b other wi than hostile to tile tho l liven Etch J III these wore n not hot being brought over by IJ the ha prospect of ot trade of which th they y urn ars Ill very vel fluid buck back to UK the b bli be beginning i ginning ifill II or ot tiis tour ur of the thu Tuft raft said that It had only Imen undertaken after tho tIme re 18 reelection election of oC Mcl wh n tItus Iho tuna time seemed ripe for to I the of ot local government In the hue Jk this tour he ime situ mid thu time course tins WOH to 10 pr ent to the tho lie Jig II of the various places vIsits visited an 1111 explanation of or the time provincial and municipal acts nets HAD HA SAME SA m We so hail had some oratory ho hu said and from time the rear platform pin of ot the lie train but generally the windows of ot tho time car Ho then Ihen gave Ino hi h detail tho the proceeding of or tho time meetings ut it the th various places Visited saying that stone some seventeen capitals of the provinces visited on thin the first tour At Jt L cacti place the th delegates ot of the tho people WOlO CIO nit this the prescribed appoint oct net was I and tumid a It governor to appointed who wh was Willi authorized to organise municipal municipalities I IlIp Those These provincial governments consist ho Ito explained of lit a s governor secretary superintendent treasurer flail and a or 0 0 prosecuting attorney In III all COMB cases where hure the tho could la to lamade made without arousing jealousies n had Imd been chosen All Mt the o ap I ore are temporary tumid and next month their will still bo be elected When the tho factions were eru too strong Americans were placed at the tho heath head hea 1 of or each provincial government In Iii nil nut I I CillO the treasurer and nn superintendent I IW W ero ro Americans The Tho commission had hod first Riven ven Its Us I attention to the 1110 northern provinces nn I In III April started on un a I trip of ot 4 days They had hlL l be been n received moot cordially Title remark led hem tho the witness into a ii I few tew discursive lve n re marks markn upon thus th subject ot of Filipino I hospitality S FILIPINO Tho Time Spaniard h he said will always toll tell you that hut house IB lit yours hours hut ho dues does not hot always mean menn that you should take him at nt lila hlo word hut time the Filipino will tell tall you the th Santa samo thing and he I nl oh means menns what he hue nays lS He lie will turn his hula family out lut and Install you In hum hl l Speaking Sneaking of the tha of ot ho lie said It was in Its Ita topography did and lid that previous to the tIme coming ot of time the commission there was ves In III tho the matter of government There wore W ro so many litany oln cra In the tho hut thui ot at time the Mexican only about was WM loft fur for other oIlier expenses than the tho payment of oC salaries lev Go Tint Tact t the commission had hod 1111 an nn In lit tryinG to reorganize iso ize tho the province of ot Antique but b t that the tho people resisted vigorously He Ito mentioned that at San Ban Jose Jo e the capital they displayed n a model of Liberty the World which was 20 t feet teet high and liar had been be n dragged seven miles autos over ovir a n very ory rough rued roul On thus thlu monument thoro thol were more statues of ot ington IM joy Gov Tuft Tart said It had hlll ha been Im tin pO to tp put Filipinos I over tho tIme Moron Moms They Thy are uro subject to their datoc or chiefs and mini refuse to recognize the authority of a 11 Filipino Theta were ho imo said two sultans cine ammo tn tnt Mindanao 11 I and tho the other oIlier m tn the thu Jolo Job group but time sultana do sir not lint always uh nI control their thell helm dabs datos Time Tho sultan of or Mindanao Is III he ho heBald said Bald very WIY poor 1 but this sovereign of ot tho time Jobs Jolo Is a it thrifty roan man who Is IA con constantly trying to Increase lila a Income and constantly getting Into a row It I |
