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VOLUME 6, NUMBER.' 10
The Commoner.
Brunswick, .o., 8; 0. W. Demareo,
aiirlBtlftiwburg, Ky., 10; II. C. "Whllo,
Blooinlngdulo, Cnl, C; A. Yodor, Ar
Iumbus City, Knn., 0; J. D. Hofton,
Han ford, Cul,, 9.
Tlio following HubHcrlfoerB liavo aoni
In flLo yearly mibHcrlntlons: II. .
QnlHonliorry, Sodallu, Mo.; W. F.
JoluiBlon, Malaga, Ohio; J. V. Way
man, Santa Kosa, Cal.; John F. Clark,
Jacksonville, 111.; S. B. Turnlpacod,
Franklin, Nob.; E. M. LInsloy, Sa
ftimuili, N. Y.; A. C. Hooves, Bozo
.iinii, Mont.; Clms. B. Chancellor, Par
oraburg, W. Va.; T. J. Douglas, Hlok
iiuii Mills, Mo.; Ed Phillips, High
Point, Mo.; Geo. L. Grqvo, Sabina, O.;
Ifldwiird H. Mtddloton, Marlton, N. J.;
3. W. Deol, Danto, Va.; M. C. Gillls,
Soattlo, WiihU.; Edwanf II. Ropp,
Rochester, N. Y.; L. L. Matheson,
Still wator, Okltt.; ,T. A. Merwin, Lu
Verne, la.; E. R. Slssor, Lincoln, Neb.;
W. B. Parker, Tipton, Ohio; J. C.
Guthrie, Milford, la.; C. D. Ames,
Plymouth, N. ,Y.; John X. Aleck, Pa
cific Grovo, Cal.; Dr. A. B. Gardner,
Donlson, Tex.; Jesso Bond, Staunton,
111.; Geo. W. Babb, Bedford, Ind.;
G. W. McCollom, Palmyra, 111.; S. N.
Smith, Munclo, Ind.; R. M. Fry, Nye,
Mont.; II. H. Burwell, Washington,
D. C; W. H. Kidd, Fallsburg, Ohio;
EllaB Johnson, Sholton, Wash.; W. J.
Allowuy, Muddy Crook Forks, Pa,; L.
L. Poinoroy, Glrard, Pa.; A. L. Mc
intosh, Nowesta, N. D.; H. P. Smith,
Galva, 111.; W. A. Combs, Humboldt,
111.; Dr. Win. A. Justice, Greenfield,
Ind.; Geo. W. Knight, San Marcos,
Texas; H. G. Macy, Union City, Ind.;
J. W. Umstead, Pompano, Fla.; John
C. Wicks, Aberdeen, Miss.; W. T., Sim
mons, Raleigh, Miss.; Insloe Deade
rick, Knoxville, Tenn.; Albert Burnlte,
Marshallton, Del.; Ed Moore, Chey
.onno, Kan.; Z. T. Jones, Newport
Nows, Va.; Rubleo A. Cole, Milwau
kee, Wis.; G. W. Horton, Newark, O.;
S. Bradford, Parkorsburg, Pa.; Geo.
W. Allen, E. Bridgewater, Mas. ; Olney
Davis, Piano, Texas; L. M. Whitaker,
Mulberry, Tenn.; H. S. Smith, Bangs,
Ohio; W. A. Slofker, Pittsburg, Pa.;
Jacob P. Bowman, New Waverly, Ind.
Jacob P. Bowman, New Waverly, Ind.;
C. D. Ames, Plymouth, N. Y.
Mr. Bryan in the Philippines
At the reception givon at Bacolod,
Nogros, January 5, Senor Joaquin Jor
Ach Bpoko as follows:
"Hon. William Jennings Bryan, and
distinguished partyGentlemen :
"The peoplo of Bacolod and the
provinco in general, through. mo, have
today the honor of greeting their dis
tinguished visitors, giving to them all
a. most cordial and sincero welcome,
and vory especially to tho illustrious
loader of tho democratic party who
has deigned to grant us tho high dis
tinction of his visit.
"Mr. Bryan has doubtless noticed
sinco lie set foot on Filipino soil that
tho people of the Islands received him
as if he woro an old and beloved
friend.
"There is nothing strange in this;
ono of tho most striking qualities of
the Filipino ls Kratitudo. rwrm ti,i.
'his onemles and detractors assert the
In broad day. But in spite of this
aspiration, we understand that peo
ples, like men, in order to be inde
pendent must necessarily pass in
strictly chronological order, through
different stages, which they can not
traverse by leaps and bound3. Nor
do wo fail to realize that the liberty,
groat or small, which may be grant
ed to a peoplo, must be in direct
relation to the state of their culture.
"Our ambition is just and within
tho bounds of reason and logic. We
wWh independence through evolution
because we understand that a people,
differing from another in race and
in its ethnographical and ethnological
conditions, can never be governed with
justice and equity except by itself;
and this, because the pride of superi
ority will always dominntfi fb rftu.
ernlng race to the detriment of the
governed, and tho latter will never be
rx iiri- - ,. - osrjs
that Mr. Bryan has been and is a
ucere cnampion of the Filipino ideals
and interests in America, and this
Uttlo suffices to make all here, with
out distinction, recoive him today with
open arms and with hearts swelling
. with joy.
"His visit today to this provinco
s vos us the satisfaction of knowing
him personally as won n n,n
umlty of oxpresslng our true annti.
? tho North Amor a"
Peoplo, to whom wo hone to mnVo
our humble voice through the Sum.
"Tln0rn,I1!UStri0US visIt0"
to tiamf P l m PC01)1 Cnn t fail
to thank Providence which has n.
82 nunl?0;1 Ul g00d foune o
2? l"rtor UlG Protection o the
Qoblo and powerful stars and stripes
to can fail to aZivo tuT pwTo,
wisdom and morality which permease
ta ; most liberal institutions.
iq In trne thnt the plliDPines bill
s not in every way based upon the
ieSesan,11!?11, Uution
yeauios, and it is also true that In
ho government administration there
exist certain prejudices which find
jo Place in so wise a constitution.
but those defects ure errors wUch
we hope will bo rectified in time an
- trough tho education of the eon ?0
"To deny that the Filipino pec Kile
aspire to independence in the SffiS
would be to deny the light o tlS ' n
senators who were here- a short time
ubo nave said in Washington that tho
Filipino people are growing away from
the American people. That statement
s by no means as clear as it should
be.
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benefactor, aa a
uslf47fer3athr
great value; they have bestowed uLn
us many benefits and lmve TraE
us many liberties which former we
lid not enjoy; but It Is also true that
among the good things they have
ss j$r-i ss
nnH ,y uuor"es conceded us
potty tyrants havo arisen to restrict
hem. Therefore, the Filipino people
mldor loveWhra WG &
s? ml,00? &$r&
Hearts the feeing o ' dVnitv ll
bents a people of'oSltuSSf111 Whlch
not S i SStol? In thG PliPPine
not all those who are here as Amer
Uie ZTS the nuDle ntiments o
the American people, whom we ad
mire and love, for wo would be con
tomptlblo did we through the fault
of some bad representatives, come to
hate an entire nation which has been
and is lending us its aid.
"Our illustrious visitor has proof
positive of ray assertion. The Filipino
peoplo, without knowing him person
ally, receive him with open arms and
as to an old and beloved friend open
to him their hearts, telling him their
troubles.
"This js the Filipino people, these
aro their real feelings towards the
peoplo of North America.
"Wo trust that theBo prejudices may
disappear in time, as these two races,
destined to live together, continue on
tho road of mutual sympathy and a
better understanding.
"With regard to our present situa
tion, with an administrative stand
point, although we are, relatively bet
ter off than formerly, nevertheless
there are in the present government
many defects which merit censure.
"Against such defects we shall con
tinue to struggle so long as the Phil
ippines shall not possess a legislative
body which shall know better than
that of today the needs and condi
tions of this people.
"At present we have no legislative
body but the civil commission, com
posed of three Filipino members, with
out portfolios, and four American
members with them. The latter mem
bers, the majority of whom do not
know the country in its inside phases,
clearly can never dictate laws which
are adapted to the circumstances and
conditions of the people.
"The Philippine archipelago is very
diverse in its ethnographical and
ethnological conditions, and, there
fore, it is very difficult to frame a
law which is adapted to its general
necessities, unless one has an accu
rate and profound knowledge of the
situation and conditions of each and
every one of the thirty-some provinces
which form the archipelago.
"Another of the greatest defects
Which we observe in the present gov
ernment is the inequality and lack of
justice in the appointments of govern
ment positions, as between Filipinos
and Americans, with the exception of
the judiciary which is the department
most evenly distributed.
"In the civil commission and in the
provincial boards the voice of the Fil
ipino is not in the majority, neither
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