Philippines and the United States: History of Colonial Government 1898-1934 - Danny Stewart

Archived in Chronicling of America by the Library of Congress
"Spain has accepted the United States offer of $20,000,000, and at a joint session of peace commissions they consented to relinquish Cuba and to cede Porto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands."

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"... Senior Garcia ... 'The United States has inaugurated a policy which will bring it much trouble and many responsibilities. The Americans are not prepared for the work they are about to undertake.' ..."

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"The correspondent of the Associate Press ... has obtained from a source usually reliable the following outline of the treaty: ... Article 3 provides for the cession of the Philippines for $20,000,000 as compensation ... Article 4 embraces the plans for the cession of the Philippines ..."

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"... We therefore have in the Philippines a double anomaly: First, government entirely outside of the Constitution; and secondly, a civil government, the precise nature and powers of which nobody seems to know."

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"With an export trade of $32,000,000 the Philippine Islands are called upon to pay $12,500,000 in 1903 for the expenses of insular government; in other words for every $100 worth of produce exported from the islands the general government costs $39 ..."

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"... Elections are to be held on July 30 and Secretary Taft will start for the islands in August ... The election law of the Philippine Islands requires that voters must be males 23 years of age, citizens of the Philippines ... The Australian ballot system is to be used and heavy penalties are prescribed for corrupt practices."

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"Manila, August 4 - As a result of the first election held in the Philippines yesterday the Nationalist party has a safe majority. Ninety per cent of the registered voters exercised their franchise right. ... The Nationalists, who won a victory at the polls in the Philippines, is the party opposed to the occupation of the islands by the Americans ..."