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Show FILIPINOS' RESIDENT COMMISSIONER When in November last the selection selec-tion of a successor to Benito Legardo, the resident commissioner from the Philippines at Washington, became necessary, the Filipinos promptly chose Manuel Earnshaw of Manila. This election was held, according to law, by the Philippine commission, acting jointly with the Philippine assembly, as-sembly, the general 'legislative body of the Philippines. It was a matter of first importance to the Filipinos, this election. The Jones bill, which looked to the independence inde-pendence of the islands at the end of eight years, though dying with congress con-gress on March 4 last, is standing, resurrected, at the door of the coming com-ing extra session, eager to take its chances with a congress beyond doubt far more favorable to it than the congress con-gress that has just passed. The immediate im-mediate future is pregnant with something some-thing for the Philippines. The position of resident commla- s " Jioner, to which Mr. Earnshaw was elected last November, Is one of great Jelicaey. He is accredited medium of intercourse between the Filipino oeople and the American people. His true functions are more nearly those )f a minister from a foreign country than of a representative participating i n a common government. |