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Show What part of the work going on in the Philippines Philip-pines is unconstitutional, as Judge Parker construes con-strues it in his letter? Is it building 1,500 school houses there and sending 1,500 teachers to give those poor creatures a first glimpse' of the loveliness loveli-ness of knowledge? Is it in making every man's life and property secure? Is it in building railroads to give the farmer of the interior p. market for his hemp, rice and fruit? Is it in maintaining order and enforcing enforc-ing necessary laws? What change would Judge Parker make? O, he wants a promise may that they shall own their own country when they are civilized enough. Will they want it then? They will, when that time arrives, be American citizens, their country a part of the great Republic. How tender the Judge is. Chief Joseph, who died last week, was a greater man than any Filipino. Fili-pino. Did Judge Parker ever cry over the woes of Chief Joseph and his family? |