| Show TAFT AND T MARTHUR DIFFER i 1 Washington Feb 6 Taft ap appeared eted before the tho Senate committee on the Philippines today with the Intention of taking up the Philippines tariff hut bill and of ot devoting his attention to the revenue and tariff conditions of ot the Philippine Islands but before beginning with tho the subject he lie replied to u It num nurn number ber bor ot of questions question by Senator Carmack bearing upon subjects heretofore cov covered cover ered er by b the lie governor In tn his testimony before belore the time committee T Air Mr Carmack quoted from frani the he report Of f C Gen of or m T to the tr cC f feet teet that there thlire Is III substantial unity among the Filipino people pl In ill their belr op opI I position on to the tue United Slat II n 1 Go 00 Taft said Halil the had hail not orl nally accepted tilt the generals con oon n unit and that lint the commissions tour lour of ot the archipelago had hind them Ito were correct In itt their conclusion That originally the he people pr of or the hll Philippine Inlands welt much aroused 1 I do tIe tit not mior doubt he ho continued but the he opposition lon does not continue in Iti Ita gen eral aspect Since the tite second election elect Ion of President McKinley hl ie great ma mu of ot the time people of the he Philippines have havo been favorable to 0 peace anti and to the tho acceptance ot of the tho sovereignty of or the tho United States a and anth It would be hue ble to continue the ho present system I of or guerrilla gu warfare without the system or ot which now prevails That Tha Is I my III conclusion and iti In hi so 80 far tit flit ltd Did differs from Oem den liars thur report to lo that extent I differ train from hint him Taft also Bald Halll that he lie differed from tram Km Oon hell on the tile point of at the lie gen general oral eral of ot the time to main alit tain hostilities In hi hi he did not belleva believe the tho common l people flit felt HO sO II In Taking ln up the its of or tho the tariff lot O Tuft Ull huv of ot taxation iou In II its tho I Phi saying that hat under the decision of ot the Court ourt no duties at ate now doit being ue nil on Ott articles going go III If into till the islands from trum thin the United States Slate The rho plan Illan of ot till tile had hAI b en to have huva nj tiC III In Internal of ut taxation for tor the lIw sup aup up port of ot tho the general government of ot these the T T Under the tho hue there was Waft u II general loll noil tax lax which netted about while the thus front from tho he customs tere only about W Even Kven J velt n were taxed un timm der tIer that hint system Under r Simm there also QI o was a tux tax ax upon business outer miter I arid that system had hiatt been beri b ell con uon continued to tu an 1111 extent ox tent by tin the Ih commission The fill commission also had decided to maintain the poll tux lax to the Iho extent of or Ii I 1 per ler head on adult males malcH but lo to o ap 11 apply ply Illy It only to paying tile the exp of ot tho tile towns and tutu the tile provinces inces Th Fit people of at the lie Islands lied hall generally urged till the Imposition of ot the tho poll itoh tax ax as necessary to 10 gut got some seine of or their to 10 work Under tinder thu the tho lie plan vian been ben un used d do o 1 enforce a u sort ot of slavery |
