Affairs in the Philippine IslandsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1902 - 2984 strani |
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Aguinaldo American answer appointed archipelago army authority BARROWS Batangas blockhouses Bohol Capiz carabao Cebu CHAIRMAN Chinese city of Manila civil government command Commission committee condition constabulary course court duty educated established Federal party Filipino forces friars give Governor TAFT hemp HUGHES Iloilo inhabitants instructions insurgents insurrectos labor ladrones land language letter Leyte Luzon mean ment miles military month Moros mountains municipal native Negros Nueva o'clock a. m. officers organized OTIS Panay Pandacan peace Philippine Islands police possible present presidente prisoners proclamation province provincial government pueblos question reference roads Samar Santa Mesa Secretary Senator ALLISON Senator BEVERIDGE Senator BURROWS Senator CARMACK Senator CULBERSON Senator DIETRICH Senator DUBOIS Senator HALE Senator MCCOMAS Senator PATTERSON Senator PROCTOR Senator RAWLINS sent soldiers Spaniards Spanish speak statement suppose Tagalo tariff tion town troops understand United Visayans
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Stran 116 - I impose upon myself this obligation voluntarily without mental reservation or purpose of evasion; that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.
Stran 106 - ... municipal governments in which the natives of the Islands, both in the cities and in the rural communities, shall be afforded the opportunity to manage their own local affairs to the fullest extent of which they are capable, and subject to the least degree of supervision and control which a careful study of their capacities and observation of the workings of native control show to be consistent with the maintenance of law, order, and loyalty.
Stran 774 - Private property taken for the use of the army is to be paid for, when possible, in cash at a fair valuation ; and when payment in cash is not possible receipts are to be given.
Stran 110 - I believe that this pledge has been faithfully kept. As high and sacred an obligation rests upon the government of the United States to give protection for property and life, civil and religious freedom, and wise, firm, and unselfish guidance in the paths of peace and prosperity to all the people of the Philippine Islands.
Stran 774 - It will therefore be the duty of the commander of the army of occupation to announce and proclaim in the most public manner that we come not to make war upon the inhabitants of Cuba, nor upon any party or faction among them, but to protect them in their homes, in their employments, and in their personal and religious rights.
Stran 109 - In view of the great number of languages spoken by the different tribes, it is especially important to the prosperity of the islands that a common medium of communication may be established, and it is obviously desirable that this medium should be the English language. Especial attention should be at once given to affording full opportunity to all the people of the islands to acquire the use of the English language.
Stran 109 - Government which prohibits the taking of private property without due process of law, shall not be violated; that the welfare of the people of the islands, which should be a paramount consideration, shall be attained consistently with this rule...
Stran 775 - ... and by proving to them that the mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation, substituting the mild sway of justice and right for arbitrary rule.
Stran 109 - It will be the duty of the Commission to make a thorough investigation into the titles to the large tracts of land held or claimed by individuals or by religious orders...
Stran 107 - January 29, 1900, to formulate and report a plan of municipal government, of which His Honor Cayetano Arellano, President of the Audiencia, was chairman, and they will give to the conclusions of that board the weight and consideration which the high character and distinguished abilities of its members justify.