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and aCtor tho dato of Its Inauguration, tho United
States guarantco to tho peoplo of said Phlllpplno
archipelago tholr Independence and a republican
form of government, and shall protoct thom
against Invasion and, upon application by the con
gross thereof, against doraostlc violence,
That all nialo Inhabitants of said archipelago
21 years of ago and over who can speak and write
elthor tho English or Spanish language, or any of
tho natlvo languages of tho said archipelago, and
who shall havo resided thoroln for ono year, shall
bo quail flqd to vote for members or congress and
other elective offlcers, and any person so qualified
as an elector shall bo qualified to becomo a mom
bor of said congress or to hold any oloctlvo bfflco.
Tho houso of representatives shall bo com
posed of 100 members and tho senato of 30 mom
bers, and shall bo apportioned by tho United States
Phlllpplno commission among tho several pro
vinces of said 'archlpolago, so that the distribution
of membership In tho houso of representatives
shall bo In proportion to tholr population, as near
as may 1)0, and so that tho mo'mbershlp of tho sen
ato shall bo as nearly roprcsontatlYo of separato
provinces as may be; and when said apportion
ment has been determined upon, tho said commis
sion shall by proclamation order an oloctlon of
tho members of said congress to be held through
out tho said archipelago, at such time as shall be
fixed by said commission, which oloctlon shall bo
held not more than ono hundred and twenty days
froni the dato of tho proclamation uy tho president
of tho United States hereinbefore provided for,
and amplo tlmo shall bo given boforo said election
to circulate' sa'ld proclamation throughout tho
archipelago and arrange for tho holding of said
election.
Soc. 4. That tho membors of tho congress
thuffelected shall meet at tho city of Manila on a
day to bo fixed by tho United States Philippine
commission, not more than ninety days subsequent
to the day of olectlonV the tlmo 'for ; which ' moot
ing shall .bo stated in tho, proclamation aforesaid,
and after organization tho said congress and presi
dent, constituting the temporary government hero
in provided for, shall proceed to tho performance
of their duties as tho temporary government of
tho Phlllpplno archlpolago: Provided, that said
congress shall provide by legislation and treaty,
irrevocable without tho consent of tho United
That there shall belong to tho United
States, and continue to be tho property, thereof,
such lands and wafers as tho president of tho
United States shall designate to tho Philippine
government and shall bo agreed to by it, for naval,
military, and coaling 'stations, and terminal facili
ties for Bubmarino cables, tho same to continue
under tho control and sovereignty of tho United
States.
Second, To carry into effect tho treaty obliga
tions of the United States with tho kingdom of
Spain and for tho maintenance and .protection of
all rights and property acquired under the author
ity of tho United States.
Third, That no inhabitant of said archipelago
shall over, be molested in person or property on
account of his or her adherence to the- United
States,
Sec. 5. That when tho election herein provided
for shall havo taken place and tho congress there
by elected shall have convened, in compliance with
the provisions of the act, tho said United States
Philippine commission shall certify the fact to
the president of tho United States, whereupon it
shall be the duty of tho president to issue -his
proclamation declaring tho independence of tho
people of said archipelago and that they constltuto
an independent state, and nation; subject, however,
to tho control and regulation by the United States
of their intercourse with foreign nations during tho
period of the existence of tho tomporary govern-"
ment herein provided forr
Sec. 6. - That immediately, after the president
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shall havo proclaimed that all organized armed re
sistance to tho United States has ceased In said
archipelago, he Is requested to proclaim full, am
nesty to all inhabitants thereof for and on account
of political offenses and the bearing of anno
against tho United States, and all Filipinos or In
habitants of said archipelago who havo been de
ported shall bo returned to tho placo whence they
woro so deported: Provided, that such amnesty
shall not apply to any who havo violated tho rules
of civilized warfare or who havo been guilty of
murdor or torture; that the latter, if any, shall be
afforded a speedy trial for their offenses in tho
civil courts of Bald archipelago and bo punished
or adqulttcd, as the facts and law may warrant.
Sec. 7. That within sixty days from tho elec
tion of officers under the temporary government
to bo formed by tho people of tho Philippine archi
pelago, in. accordance with tho provisions of this
act, and the Inauguration of said officers, the presi
dent shall cause. tLo armed forces of tho United
States to be withdrawn from said archlpolago as
speedily as may bo, except such forces as may bo
maintained In suph parts thereof as nave been re
tained by the United States for naval, military, and
coaling stations and terminal facilities for cables,
and tho presldont.of tho United States and the
secretary of war shall mako all needful regula
tions to carry into effect tho provisions of "this
section.
Sec. 8. That it shall bo tho duty of the Phil
ippine congress herein' provided for to prescribe
rules and regulations and qualifications for elec
tors for the election and holding of a constitu
tional convention which shall be charged with tho
duty of framing a permanent government for tho
people of the Philippine archipelago. Said consti
tutional convention shall .bo called to meet at such
place and at such time, hot later than the first
Monday of January, 1905, as may be prescribed by
said Philippine congress. Upon the completion-of,,
ttio labors: of said, convention nndYtho inaugura-'
tion of the government consequent thereupon,- it
shall bo the duty of tho president of tho United
States to issue his proclamation declaring the ab
solute and unqualified independence of the people
of tho Philippine archipelago and that they consti
tute an independent state and nation, and upon tho
issuance of said proclamation tho United States
government and the Philippine government shall
becomo and be as fully separate and independent
as any other separate and independent nations
are: Provided, however, that if tho Philippine
government request it, the United States govern
ment hereby agrees to assume a protectorate over
tho Philippine archipelago for a period additional
to tho period of the temporary government herein
provided for, said additional period of protectorate
not to exceed, however, the period of sixteen
years: Provided, further, that the said Phlllpplno
government agree during the said period of addi
tional protectorate to surrender to the keeping of
the United States government the regulation and
control of the foreign affairs of the Philippine
archipelago.
Sec. 9. That all terms of pfflce of legislative,
executive, and judicial officers of the temporary
government hereinbefore provided for, including
tho'torfn of office of the president, and the -terms
of office of the senators and representatives In
congress hereinbefore prescribed, snail terminate
with the existence of the temporary government
herein provided for, and said temporary govern
ment shall Ipso facto cease to exist upon the In
auguration of the permanent government to bo
called into existence by tho constitutional con
ventloji herein provided for; and nothing herein
contained shall be so construed as to prevent the
congress of the Philipine arcliipelago from .calling
the said constitutional convention at a date earlier
than tho date hjerein fixed. . -".''
The above is the full text of the substitute of
fered both in thq senato and in tho house of rep-
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resentatlycs to the republican Philippine measure
It received .the support of all tho democrats.
It was prepared by a joint committed
of tho democrats of tho senato and house
and presents a complete plan for tho settlement',
of the Philippine question. It follows ths Kansas
City platform and makes an .immediate declara-
tion of the nation's purpose to give the Filipinos,
first, a stable government; second, independence' .
and, third, protection from outside interference
While protection (after Independence) is only ,bv
be given, for sixteen years and then .only, upon ro-.
quest of the Philippine government, it will "be a '
sufficient answer to the argument that othr.haV
tions will "gobble the Islands up." Tho "Issue (3
now made between tho democratic plan, ,' which
embodies the principles of self-gover'nmenf-'and
recognizes tho binding force of the Declaration of
Independence, and tho republican plan jvhicE
builds up a colonial system similar to thatlapalrist1'
which the American colonists successfully pro- ...
tested in the days of the revolution. Certainly,
there should, be no doubt about the result twhcfn
th,eT people have a chance to" compare t'he''tw
plans. , ."'. ;
Show this copy of The Commoner- to your
republican neighbors. Our appeal is" to the coiv
science of the American people, and that! w;con-i . c
science will yet respond " ' vv '"'. .
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The Full .Dinner PaiL
t President Mitcliell' of tho United Mine Work
era," in his address to the public, says': 'v- -: '.
The total number of persons employed in" "
and around the anthracite coal mines is 147,- r
500; they are employed never, to exceed 200
days inany one "year, and thoy receive as com
pensation for their services an average of -?1.42
for a ten-hour work day. It will thus -
be noted that they earn annually less than-V-jf
J $300. Such;, pay may supplyr a living on ;aV
par with-some classes of .European .laborers; ,1,-
.but who will say.it js sufficient to; "support'1 - .
' Aitferidiin citizenship or to enable parents to
educate and maintain their families? Truest "
is that a 10 per cent increase in 'W.ages wag .
granted by tho coal operators as a strike con
cession two years ago, but it is also true that
a large proportion of this 10 per cent was paid .
back to the companies to buy the suppres
sion of an old powder grievance. Moreover,
according to reliable commercial agencies, the
cost of living has increased, particularly W '. ;
tho purchase of food stuffd, from 30 to 40 per
cent, so that the purchasing power of a miner's
earnings is less than before, the strike of 1900.
This is a sample of the prosperity about which.'
the republicans boast so much and it also illus
trates the benevolence of the trust magnates,
and yet. tho republican leaders have 110 time to -apply
a remedy to these conditions. They are-so -busy
planning great profits for great financiers
that they have no time to consider the struggles
and privations of the wealth producers. The spec
ulator and the exploiter are reaping a rich har-
yest under republican rule, but the man who
earns his bread in the sweat of his face has no;
interests in republican policies. How long will
the laboring men be deceived by republican prom?
ises and coerced "by republican threats?
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Dividing the Swag,
. The following item is worth reading and rei
membering: -V.
For tiie fiscal year ending today, New "'""'
' SrrSoeoyoVoStatS,tleasury wIU show a balance of .: '
$2,698,202, which means nearly half a million
increase over that of last year. The largo- .
amounts received within the last month in
taxes from the trusts chartered in 1900 and ""
1901 make up this big increase. The taxes on
the big corporations foot up considerably morV
than $2,000,000 annually. 7 ?,.. 1
The state government of New Jersey will
soon be able, if it Is not already, to abandon 'all -other
forms of taxation and conduct the state
government with tho income derived from, the'
trusts. If the trusts continue to grow it jmiy eve J
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