...particularly desirous that the native customs and institutions and even prejudices be respected. " In all the forms of government and administrative...provisions which they are authorized to prescribe," the instructions read, " the Commission should bear in mind that the government which they are establishing...

...and willing to perform the duties, they are to receive the offices in preference to any others .... the government which they are establishing is designed not for our satisfaction . . . . but for the happiness, peace and prosperity of the people of the Philippine Islands."113 This...

...forms of government and administrative provisions which thev arc authorized to prescribe, mmission should bear in mind that the government which they are establishing is designed * * * s happiness, peace, and prosperity of the people of the Philippine Islands, and the measures...

...instructions to the first Philippine Civil Commission of which Dr. Jacob Schurman was President: ". . . the Commission should bear in mind that the government...which they are establishing is Designed not for our own satisfaction, or for the expression of our theoretical views, but for the happiness, peace and...

...commissioners whom he sent to the Islands that, "In all the forms of government and administration provisions which they are authorized to prescribe...satisfaction or for the expression of our theoretical vieii's, but for the happiness, peace and prosperity of the people in the Philippines." He also said,...

...from that standard must at all times be retained in the hands of the central authority of the islands. In all the forms of government and administrative...commission should bear in mind that the government wnich they are establishing is designed not for our satisfaction or for the expression of our theoretical...

...McKinley's message to the first Commission, especially where he says : "In all forms of government. . . which they are authorized to prescribe, the Commission should bear in mind that the government they are establishing is designed not for our satisfaction, or for the expression of our theoretical...

...of the United States shall have no direct administration except of matters of general concern. . . . The government which they are establishing is designed, not for our satisfaction, nor for the expression of our theoretical views, but for the happiness, peace, and prosperity of the...