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1267:' Should our power by any fatality be withdrawn, the commission believe that the government of the Philippines would speedily lapse into anarchy, which would excuse, if it did not necessitate, the intervention of other powers and the eventual division of the islands among them. Only through American occupation, therefore, is the idea of a free, self-governing, and united Philippine commonwealth at all conceivable. And the indispensable need from the Filipino point of view of maintaining American sovereignty over the archipelago is recognized by all intelligent Filipinos and even by those insurgents who desire an American protectorate. The latter, it is true, would take the revenues and leave us the responsibilities. Nevertheless, they recognize the indubitable fact that the Filipinos cannot stand alone. Thus the welfare of the Filipinos coincides with the dictates of national honor in forbidding our abandonment of the archipelago. We cannot from any point of view escape the responsibilities of government which our sovereignty entails, and the commission is strongly persuaded that the performance of our national duty will prove the greatest blessing to the peoples of the Philippine Islands.' 1087:
occupation, therefore, is the idea of a free, self-governing, and united Philippine commonwealth at all conceivable. And the indispensable need from the Filipino point of view of maintaining American sovereignty over the archipelago is recognized by all intelligent Filipinos and even by those insurgents who desire an American protectorate. The latter, it is true, would take the revenues and leave us the responsibilities. Nevertheless, they recognize the indubitable fact that the Filipinos cannot stand alone. Thus the welfare of the Filipinos coincides with the dictates of national honour in forbidding our abandonment of the archipelago. We cannot from any point of view escape the responsibilities of government which our sovereignty entails; and the commission is strongly persuaded that the performance of our national duty will prove the greatest blessing to the peoples of the Philippine Islands.
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long as insurgent representatives were within American lines. After some discussions, Arguelles left and returned with a letter from Mabini expressing continuing confidence in the "friendship, justice, and magnanimity of the North American nation". expressing a desire to seek peace, and requesting that a commission with full power to negotiate be appointed. This convinced the commission that Filipinos wanted concrete information on the governmental role they would be allowed to play, and the commission requested authorization from McKinley to offer a specific plan. McKinley responded as follows:
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elected by the people; the qualifications of electors to be carefully considered and determined; and the governor-general to have absolute veto. Judiciary strong and independent; principal judges appointed by the President. The cabinet and judges to be chosen from natives and Americans, or both, having regard to fitness. The President earnestly desires cessation of bloodshed, and that the people of the Philippines Islands at an early date shall have the largest measure of local self-government consistent with peace and good order.
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enlightened system of government under which the Philippine people may enjoy the largest measure of home rule and the amplest liberty." The revolutionary government counterproposed a three-month armistice during which representatives of the two governments would meet and arrange terms for the settlement of the war. President McKinley's instructions to the Commission issued in Washington before the outbreak of hostilities had not authorized it to discuss an armistice.
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Papers by the various members of the commission on existing and desired conditions, e.g. "Efforts toward conciliation and the establishment of peace" "Peoples of the islands" "Education" "Government" "Condition and needs of the United States in the Philippines from a naval and maritime standpoint",
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Should our power by any fatality be withdrawn, the commission believe that the government of the Philippines would speedily lapse into anarchy, which would excuse, if it did not necessitate, the intervention of other powers and the eventual division of the islands among them. Only through American
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to cable Schurman that he wanted peace "preferably by kindness and conciliation," but the preference was contradicted by a threat to "send all the force necessary to suppress the insurrection if Filipino resistance continued." McKinley also polled the other commission members, receiving a response
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Following these developments, Aguinaldo withdrew his support from the "peace" cabinet, and Mabini and his cabinet returned to power. Schurman, after proposing unsuccessfully to the commission that they urge McKinley to revise his plan to enlarge Filipino participation, cabled the suggestion to the
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In April, the commission met with Colonel Manuel Arguelles, an emissary from the insurgents, who requested a suspension of hostilities. The commission explained that it had no power to arrange that, and such a request would need to be put to General Otis but, in fact, hostilities were suspended as
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Arguelles was replaced as Aguinaldo's representative by new emissaries who after meeting with the Commission on May 19, said that they had larger powers than what Arguelles had, discussed the Commission proclamation and proposal in detail, and departed. The Commission was given to understand that
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Yours 4th received. You are authorized to propose that under the military power of the President, pending action of Congress, government of the Philippine Islands shall consist of a Governor-General appointed by the President,; Cabinet appointed by the Governor-General; a general advisory council
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The commission published a proclamation containing assurances that the U.S. did not intend exploitation of Filipinos, but their "advancement to a position among the most civilized peoples of the world", and announced "that the United States is ... anxious to establish in the Philippine Islands an
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The commission concluded that "the United States cannot withdraw. ... We are there and duty binds us to remain. The Filipinos are wholly unprepared for independence ... there being no Philippine nation, but only a collection of different peoples."
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Specific recommendations included the establishment of civilian government as rapidly as possible (the American chief executive in the islands at that time was the military governor), including establishment of a
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Specific recommendations included the establishment of civilian government as rapidly as possible (the American chief executive in the islands at that time was the military governor), including establishment of a
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A session of the Revolutionary Congress convened by Aguinaldo voted unanimously to cease fighting and accept peace based on McKinley's proposal as reported by Arguelles. The revolutionary cabinet headed by
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In the report that they issued to the president the following year, the commissioners acknowledged Filipino aspirations for independence; they declared, however, that the Philippines was not ready for it.
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and other documents of Aguinaldo's revolutionary government. Meanwhile, with U.S. forces under Otis advancing northwards from Manila, the seat of Aguinaldo's revolutionary government had been moved from
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Its final report was submitted on January 3, 1900, and recommended the establishment of a civil government having a
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Elliott, Charles Burke (1917). "Appendix B: Instructions of the President to the Schurman Commission".
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that "indecision now would be fatal" and urging "prosecution of the war until the insurgents submit."
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On November 2, 1899, The commission issued a preliminary report containing the following statement:
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The three civilian members of the commission arrived in Manila on March 4, 1899, a month after the
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appointed the First Philippine Commission (the Schurman Commission), a five-person group headed by
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On November 2, 1899, the Commission submitted a preliminary report containing following statement:
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Jacob Gould Schurman—scholar, political activist, and ambassador of good will, 1892–1942
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The Philippines: To the End of the Commission Government, a Study in Tropical Democracy
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which had begun armed conflict between U.S. forces and Filipino forces under
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Arguelles said that, in his opinion, the plan would meet much approval.
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and make recommendations on how the U.S. should proceed after the
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The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines
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on January 20, 1899, and tasked to study the situation in the
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The Life of Admiral Dewey and the Conquest of the Philippines
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Face of empire: United States-Philippine relations, 1898-1946
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President as his own. McKinley instructed Secretary of State
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Composition of the Schurman Commission. From left to right:
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they would return in three weeks, but they did not return.
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was replaced on May 8 by a new "peace" cabinet headed by
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Sagmit, Rosario S.; Sagmit-Mendosa, Lourdes (2007).
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Index

First Philippine Commission

Mr Dean C. Worcester
Colonel Charles Denby
Jacob Gould Schurman
Admiral George Dewey
General E.S. Otis
William McKinley
Philippines
sovereignty
Spain
Treaty of Paris of 1898
bicameral legislature
United States
Taft Commission
Politics of the Philippines

Government
Constitution of the Philippines
Charter Change
Laws
Legal codes
Taxation
Executive
President of the Philippines
Bongbong Marcos
PFP
Vice President of the Philippines
Sara Duterte
HNP

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