V I' 1 HE Philippine Isianaa governed wttn twt uorrup- iniu titan uf - - - . union. ..The statement was emphatic. More over,-it u by on who la In position to know, ona who has ma in in cioeeo touch with Philippine administration for ths past three rears, and who provea uv ..Phtltrmlne Hener. j.vyuiiam i. jsnimun, -vkaw . mh. who left thla .city In aa a soiaier in the Second Oregon Volunteers, returned two weeks axe lor tne nrst xime sines. He haa been for thre or four years In the service of the Insular treasury nartment aa special examiner. His mis inn was to inveatlcats irregularities provincial official. That he did bis work -well la attested by the fset that many Americana one In high esteem a island officials are sojourning in buidio. tha nenltentlarv A "carnet-oa- aoministrauon m greater efficiency and honesty than a full complete-, representative form of aavernment in tne uimea piaiasi - i u aemed aatoundiaa. Mr. John ton was asked to specify. - u alarms With aa much facility as be established his premises, and prefaced with another r ample. - - ..'-:-1 '" ' I am familiar with adminUtratlon In the regular army, aaia ns.- -mm m.uvw that 1 drastic, and monetary aSalrs are checked and racuouheil w nil evnaua- tivv csrfc But I say unhesitatingly tnat civil administration of tn insular ana prevlitclsl -Island govenunent.js netier. lionev la cnecaea - inere ummmnmij. With , the energy and Integrity of the head offlclala malntaiMd -as at Treseht, tn'Phtlipplns will nJoy a government not exceeded In fidelity to tnos seryca tv nv In our home land. ' f That this verdict may not be accepted aa the speech of an employe. It la well t. not that Mr. Johnston baa severed his connection wltn tn government ser vine. He has lust taken a position In ' , riUplaOS TfO (rOOd." said Mr, Johnston. "There is too much deceit, revenge and shlftlertness in most rillDlnos to ever pertmt their becoming of nTgB te ether er thowoelvoavyThe; Killnlno will not amount to mucn untu th Malay Is worked out of hla nature and he Is madsr a new race. One of them no sooner gets Into office than he commences using hla power to get even. with his personal enemies. - If the brightest of them are given power and not held to strict account, -this will be one of the first developments or Its use. They will also squander publlo funds, and. contrive innumerable means rot at verting them from the proper channel.' Mr. . Johnston la not Impressed with Filipino civilisation. - But he stoutly stands up for the United States colonial government Since entering the treasury service, lie has bad charge or several provinces where Irregularities in so- counts were discovered, and haa ox parted many more provincial administra tions. : This work took him from north rn Luson to'Cebu, Mlndoro and all the prominent - southern islands . save Mln danao, where the civil government has never been established, owing to the tur bulence of the Mores- 1 . Little Is known th America of details tit the island government The system worked out la semi-representative, only, ind the franchise has limited exercise, raxatlon, schools, constabulary, munici palities and provisoes hsve unique fea tures. A fall . description of 'the form nf government ' wss furnished by Mr. Johnston, by studying which the work if the American officials In maintaining the reeord credited to them will be bet ter understood. .-. ,: ', . .,,t ,- v- - ' yne Island Oevenuseat. ': ' First In powr Is the Philippine com mission, consisting ot -Civil Governor ruke E. Wright and Messrs. Worcester, Imlth and Ide Amerlcana). and Senors Luslaragw Llgarda and Tavern (Fili pinos),, sil appointed byT the president fhe-slvil ewfrnar't cabinet 1 made-up if-be - members of this -com mission, Mr. Ide being-' vice-governor and eecre tsry of the department of finance and lusHce. Mr, Smith, secretary of the de lartment of publlo Instruction. . Mr. Porbeo. secretary of the departraenf of ommerce and police, and Mr. Woreeeter. ecretery of the department f the inte 'lor. The native members of the com- Mission have no department secretary-1 Each of these departments Ismade up f buraus,-at-th head of which Is a ihief. , Take,' for Instsnce. the, depart nent of finance and justice. ' It com r1see a bureau of the Insular treasury, i bureau of the insular auditor, and the ittorney-generar bureau. The presl lent Indicates the departments for the ommtaalonera, and the secretaries of be departments assign their buresu hlefs. ' Nominations for bureau, chiefs ire msdelby the secretary to the com nlsslonV which approves the sprmlnt nt . All subordinau offices are filled .iL-lgjm ". mM'-'- 1:-. oa a, civil-service basts. It being i peclal effort, (to . observe clvil-i rules la this lespect. Assistants beau chiefs, or deputies, ar appointed by the commission, subject to approval or the elvll-aervlc board. . Provinces ar laid out for elvlL ernment, and districts for school pur poses, the bounds of both being nearly Identical aa a rule, but not necessarily Ivor each province there la -a gov ernor, a treasurer, a supervisor, a secre tary and a -president of the provincial board of health. The governor is elect- rod by municipal councilors, who in turn ar eieccea oy in voters ox in prov inces. All subordinates of the provin' elsl sovernmcnU must pass clvll-serv Ice axamlnations and must be approved ltiy the secretary of that department, 'Wha Ona To. ' The franchise Is disqualified. Ceba sas de berlngaya, or heads of precincts under the old Spanish regime, have ttie ballot ex-offlclo. Each person wher was headman in the old precinct needs but establish this fact' Then each mala oa the tax roll Is entitled to vote. This property qualification la liberally and generously interpreted as a rule, yet finds few aspirants for th Trsnchlue. Each man who can , read, and write cither English, Spanish or the native language la given the ballot This In terpretatlon tt th law Is again liberal. and If a Filipino makes any showing whatever In this direction he la admit ted aa an elector, , - Tbe electors-named my vote for mu nicipal councilors. Municipalities are arbitrary divisions of, the province, usu all onnt.lnli.. un lnnn,t..l . ... 8n Francisco. andJsnot ilng'o-ttOwi!. and are not municlpoHUes In the jasau itattttTor his prala. sens In which American city govern LI,m"lr-"-l'm l:' .... L .. I ment ar spoken of aa euch. such rau "'c'jtt4estrlTidedMn,toj:our the number of councilors elected being graauatea acooraing to tne population. nrsi-ciass municipality has a dopu- i4iioaoi.ovetSJz&.iiuu pe titled to-li councilors, second-class haa more than 11,000 and less than 2, 400 Inhabitants and is entitled to 14 councilors, third-class over' 12,000 and less wan is.ooe Inhabitants and is en titled to 10 councilors." and tbe fourth class is any municipality having more than, 1,000 people and leas than 12.000. and la entitled to eight councilors. Tbeee municipalities are incorporated the same aa in this country. The municipal coun cllors may' also levy a municipal tax (subject to limitations), -elect a presi dent e, and finally vote for the provincial governor. Local qualifications of elect ors require that they should be residents of the municipality for six months prior to tne election where they seek to vote, Americans otherwise qualified are per mitted .to vote at these elections, and any elector la eligible for office, Pew PUlpiae Electors. Mr.' Johnston says that the franchise finds few to exercise It In a munici pality with a population of lt.OOO peo ple, 200 voters la a big average. Aasum- lng that there la aa adult male for each live or tne total population, tnere should be about 1,000 electors In this instance. whereas It is found that less than 10 per cent f this number actually exercise tne franchise. - Btrenuous efforts are usually made to bring out a full vote- but the vast majority of Filipino men. with the liberal . qualifications named, eannot vote. However, it in believed that - the next generation will ha ri a larger percentage of voters, as many-of ths children are learning to read and write. - Councilors are elected for 'two years. half of the total number each year. The presidents v is leeeedMTor' lTjrjttitll Every twcaTi"he"c6unclIors of province meet at the capital thereof ond elect the governor for two year. All councilors attend these provincial elec tions; as a rule showing keen Interest.' Filipino are nearly always chosen for the office of governor, of provinces, there being but one Instance of an Amer ican receiving this honor. He had been appointed governor of Leyte Island, and when the rirst election was 'held, won by a majority of the ballots. ' In the non- Christian or mountain provinces tbe peo ple are not given suchs full franchise powers. In ths four or five provinces coming. under this class electors are per mitted Tcr cnoose tneir municipal offi cers, but the governor Is named by the civil" governor of -the insular , govern ment. ?-zn i t TL "Elections are ai way a accompanied by frauds -and -various crimes," said .Mr. Johnston, "and the number -of .protests sent op to the. civil governor from the provinces Is legion. The cIviKgovernor has a reviewing power. Protests agajnst municipal officers go first to the pro vincial board and then to the civil gov ernor. ' .There la scarcely aa election which does not. bring forth an effort . XST. i . - " CAPITAL- after it is over to oust the auccessful candidate.' Filipinos -name their ; own ' election Judges in th provinces. At the present time, and In fact since elective powers were granted,' the usual party division is for or .against the 'friars, or the Fraile and antl-Fraile parties. Tbe friar party embraces all who favor the old Spanisb friar church rule, while the opposition Is the. following of the Agllppay, the Filipino who has established himself an Independent pop and" la struggling to free the people from the control of the Spanish priesthood Parties as a rule divide election Judges between them, and American Judges are chosen where available, as the. Filipino seems to have confidence that the American can best serve la, this capacity. .. . : . : .: school am mbue. Schools have made considerable prog ress, out m system i piaiiuy at a, tow ebb yet The only American teachers used In the country now Is a superin tendent of the school district, which cor responds to a province, and the princi pal of- a municipality, wbo acta as city superintendent Others as a rule are Filipinos. ; It Is not rare to Ond HAM VlllnlM VAIlth , IK e IS wKa M""" f -Tf-'--- has Just mastered a- smattering or mng llsh, to be, instructing tv or 0 FUlpIno children, A strenuous effort is being made . to" eliminate the old. Spaniah 4 method -of studying aluuJ, anit'''"gdopT American -customs. . within another generation the standard of teachers will Improve, . l theeducktlonpt,J111plnos chosen for this work will be further advanced, and the most Intelligent are being chosen. Teacher throughout province are appointed by the division -superintendent, and are subject: to his order of removal, but all teachers are paid by the municipalities. A school year Is Indicated, during which pupils must be taught in all the provinces, this usually being eight to nine months. - To maintain the schools definite tax is set apart under the old law that bas been in force until tbe paat two months, the school tax was one quarter of one per cent on all lands of a province, which money la collected and turned Into tha provincial treasury and redistributed' again among the municipalities. under ths new law there , Is a certain percentage of other revenues devoted to school purposes In addition. Filipinos take kindly to educational work, and usually give a good attend ance.-ai-They show eagerness to learn, especially the English language, which la being taught in all the schools.' In the poor sections, where children have to-work In the rice fields harvesting time, -there is a falling off In that son." There-fe-no religious Instruction or any kind in the public schools. . Oa Protestant School. The Catholic church atlll 'maintains educational Institutions, especially In tbe large cities. One Protestant mis sion school has been ritabllsbed, it be ing known as tn Biuiman scnooi, tax ing its name from the donor or the fund used In .building it . This hss a good attendance, ranging well toward 200, and is In'-T'"' r- " I higher education. School building are often crude, yet as many aa 1(0 to 200 children often being - crowded Into one institution, where "wooden benches - are arranged around - tbe aide of a . shack and the children are packed aa close aa they can be kept on these seats.. As st pres ent only 1,000 American teachers ar permitted to be employed In the Islands, and. these are paid $74 to $125 a month. At the capital of each province a secondary school la ' maintained- out of the provincial fund, thla being ' Inlthe nature or sHracaacmiror: -rmiege-for-the- Filipinos. In these practlcslly all teachers are American, and the children advanced from the primary schools are given. moreUherough I net ruction. - -' ' ' . Lead Tax System. -A change has recently been made In tax laws,: tha effort ef the new order being to lift some of -the burden from land interests. Until, the new law went Into effect, there was merely a land tax, industrial tax and custom receipts to support the Insuler, provincial snd munlclpisl government. ' The Und tax continue as before.' It la first assessed. by the provincial board of assessors, snd then revised by the provincial board of revision. - Ths latter consists of the provincial officers and two additional residents of the province chosen by th civil governor of -the - islands for this work. The .revision board has heavy duty to perform, aa the Filipino asses sors often levy with a revengeful hand, trying to drive an enemy out "of exist ence. Assessments of land stand for five years after made, so that thla work doe not oocut often. -. The provincial tax to sustain the pro vincial fund cannot - be less than ona Quarter nor more than one half of 1 per cent of the land valuation, and the municipal tax must be as high as one quarter and not to sxeeed -three eighths of 1 per cent making a total tax. for these ..purpose of not to exoeed seven eighth of 1 per cent on land valuaUns4 This limit Is fixed to prevent excessei of any kind." v ' . Thla land tax is collected by the pro-l vlnclal treasurer, and after apportion ment. Is returned to the municipalities, when- It is available for disbursement One-quarter of the municipal tax -must be for primary schools and If the as sessors have levied theotherquarter permitted. It IS available for municipal expenses. Of the provincial tax one eighth of 1 per cent is devoted to) main tenance and construction of publlo roads and the balance of thla levy Is available for general provincial purposes, includ ing maintenance of . the - .provincial schools. - . .. , -c--: The" provincial board is composed of th governor, who is chairman, pro vincial treasurer and provincial super visor who Is In charge of public prop erty and supervises road construction. The supervisor is supposed to be a civil engineer,- : Road building la in - charge of the province and th Insular government. The latter haa In charge several .general projects, affecting large areas, paying for tbe same out of the insular govern ment funds, which consisted under the old , order of Industrial taxes and cus tom receipts. Tbe provincial fund set apart for roads la fully used with good results. . . , Surveys of the friar lands bought by the government have just been - com pleted and arrangements are being ins.de to sell these lands to the people. It was found that the friar holdings em- From the London Express. OUR thief Is often ss nimble . fingered as a Cinquevalli; In your burglar In good practice mar be found Napoleonic strat agem; ypur forger J' sometimes gifted with the instincts of tin admirable en graver. But theae low class folk are dolts. Bunglers and greenhorns com pared with your scion of the aristocracy with expenajyetgataj-anrl s nsnr nai- ance represented by an overdraft An education at . an historic public school, a popular career at the univer sity, many friends of both sexes, mem bership of the best club, a pleasing pollnh, and the absence of any vestige of moral sense combine to render the modern society highwayman a pecu liarly dangerous individual. " ' . Y V" The social highwayman to whom ' I refer has a keen eye for a likely vic tim. It may be aa elderly dame whose husband represents newly acquired and shining coins, snd plenty of them, or a youth-with- a fat legacy at his back, or n"lhen"b'f 'COinBiei w who has become a personalis of political and social ambi tion. But whoever - and whatever - he may be, the highwayman settles down upon him wltfl the sympathetic kiss of the Inquiring horse fly when It nestles on the beck of your hand in the sum mer weather. ' . Our highwayman begins by. treading delicately like a second Agag. He la content aft first to feed, shoot and per haps sleep at the expense. of his en tertainer. It Is only gradually that hs develop hi msny schemes for trans ferring part of ths coin abova mentioned J . apaaaaa-j-. braced -vast . areas. The government bought such as came under the head ings of haciendas, or plantations, leav ing realty adjacent to churches and hsld Incident to these with the friars. While nothing la stated publlolyr lt la generally tntknated throughout th islands that the government did not get much of a bargain in these lands, not what was ex peeled when the deal waa made. ; . -, - Chuck Was Divided, - - - Church affaire have resolved them selves Into friar and anti-friar factions, the political division corresponding to this line. Agrlppay Was a priest under tbe Spaniah regime, and had some trou ble with the church dignitaries and In augurated the ' Independent movement, declaring himself the -pope of the new """h Tt"r pr r1"' "r""r l fore It became apparent that the gov ernment would acquire friar lands, and haa since seemed to hold Its own. In some sections Agrlppay's adherents pre dominate over tbe regular Catholic and again are Outnumbered at others., The Independent movement seems to have spread all over the Islands. "Struggles for control of tbe church property have resulted. Agrlppay'B people, where they controlled a place, thought, that they had a right to the church and were seising them. - The Insular government has recognised the title of the regular church party to all such church property. The effect of this decision, will prob ably end -these, contentions, but A grip Bay's people are not In good spirits over the 'result There are numbers of the friars still In the Islands, although they are not. as numerous as in the old days. Protestants have not done a great work in the islands, the SUUman school being the most substantial gain made. Protestant missionaries have been work ing diligently and Mr. Johnston says Into his own pockets. There is, first, the political game to be played. A well born friend of mine. In the post of sec retary, bas made a steady Income for years from a rich vulgarian, who left to him the selection of a suitable con stituency, the engagement - of agents, the allotment' of subscriptions and the entertainment of the proper men. In the' division. ; ' T :Thf'n ' tfnln, thr'r n1 11 " golden of geese, the men snd women anxious to cut a figure In society. The social highwayman who can claim such a victim- acquires an. assured Income. There are commissions from a score of tradesmen; there are commissions from othsr . highwaymen ,who are de sirous of an introduction to the golden reesey.hr1 question; sndrln lastr there let the expense which the highwaymen al leges he hss Incurred In securing due publicity for his potion's doings. 'Let me give an vmple. My friend A. th heir apparent 'to a peerage, was shepherding Mrs. B from the states. Mr.-- trad; bouxht arA'- suggeetloa wonderful collection of china. "This is all very well," said the astute. A,. "but now we must get the collection adver tised.'' Mrs. B. consented, and A seht an Invitation for dinner to C, a writer of some note In the art world. C came, wss shown the china, wss struck by Its beauty, and out of eheer admiration wrote a column about It In 4 weekly paper, - Some months later C met D. a friend or Mrs. B's. "Hello, C." said D, "I ' hear your price have .gone upf "What do you meanT' "Why.aMr. B. tell me she hsd to psy you 1100 for that article on her china!" - ' ( that IhejT are socoropilahJnf so me tilAg and have assurance of more later on. .. Tribute to Ooaawabnlary. The constabulary does moat of th aever . military work ;-. now, : r ; . Each municipality has Its police, composed of native subordinates and officers, bat these accomplish little. The oonatabur lary, which number from 160 to 200 In each of the 14 provinces, as a rule is commanded by American or English of ficers, although latterly . Filipino lieu tenants are being placed In provincial companies. . In-Mindanao - the regular troops still control, aa civil government ha aever been established there, but elsewhere la the islands th civil gov ernment Is . uppermost and uaea tbe cons tab ularly . to suppress : ladronea. 'aaa Issnss until reqvwtMed by the provincial gov ernor to aid' bla constabulary, and this Is barely ever occurring. Each province Is under the command of a senior In spector with rank of captain, and he ha two to four lieutenants, the constabu lary being divided Into platoon or squads throughout the province. A high tribute Is paid by Mr. John ston to th work of th constabulary. They have shown themselves capable of coping . with almost , any "condition arising. . All ' are armed with carbines, shotguns . and revolvers, and only in frequently are mounted. ,. When a ladrone raid is reported, the constabu lary proceed to the ground quickly and punish severely, often killing many of the natives sympathising or aiding the ladrones. '. In a few" Instances the American captain bas been deserted In a close. place, and had to fight single- handed until he could get out. but as a rule the constabulary will stand with their officers and whip a much superior body of ladronea. Many daring adven- A always said C acted Ilk a cad tn telling th facta to Mrs. B. True. A -had pocketed the ' 11 0e. and C had never asked for or received a penny; but all the same, A considered that C waa "a low writer fellah, and no gentleman. He'd hsve given him a "tenner" out of me wpvum 11 w nu wum ur 11. 1 : The ' social ' highwayman haa sharp ears. et Ifi smart party, he Is ever on the watch for something convertible Into ready cash. An official secret is always worth something, if you know where to place it "Therefore no, secret is safe with him. And officialdom goes on fulmlnat Iqsj - agalast untrustworthy editor and mythical reporters, whereas it is offi cialdom's own cousin, the Inpeeunlous of --honorable- -BUlrr-er my- Lord - Jack, the esrl's fifth boy, who la really the offender.. ,v ........ " The social highwayman ag a con noisseur la the most amusing type. His method la simple, His rooms are f ur- uth4,vtb an extravagant .beauty.. Colored prints, tapestry, pictures, chrna. old 1 furniture, adorn walls and floor. But they don't belong to him.. Not a stick nor a frame la hla. To this I can swear by the shade of. Dick . Turpln. They are furnished bt the dealer round the corner, and our friend gets 21 per cent on anything be sell to bis guests. It waa said of one of these "con noisseurs" that you could not admire so much as a warming pan in. bis rooms without finding it on your doorstep when you got, home with a neat bill, stating the price, attached to the han dle. '-,,'' Th city man often finds employment : : 1 tares sr -experienced . by tn officers and men, ." .. ?..... : There baa never really been a single case of treason among the constabulary, say Mr. Johnston,. Tbe only time -when , such .a charge seemed possible was ; whoa an entire company deserted . with, their -guns,-but they had been paid Ir regularly and had much to complain of. and , seemed to be resenting this nor than 'turning against the government.' Inthis instance regulars were hurried. to the scene -and drastic -punishment was meted out to the deserters, who were nearly all captured, with their rifles. Filipino officers cannot be re- " lied upon to any great extant and it Is th spirit of th American fighting at the bead that holds, hT.JDllriinfl TftT- ieftx"wttr evre BghUng. Wlth this - order . of ' government. Americana supervising anf directing all things of 'moment, the Portland man aaya that splendid results to efficiency are being obtained. Bat the native must be watched all the time.- Many- of the American put in office tn the early day have been removed for cause. At present wherever there 1 the allghteet evidence-ef an irregularity, thorough, expertlng' -of provincial books la com menced, and everything connected with financial affairs is enecked ever with painstaking accuracy. , If any official 1 found short, he is broegnt up vui a short turn.-' Several official formerly In high favor are now serving -from to IS years In the island penitentiary, and the- wholesome -lesson haa been learned everywhere. Mr, Johnston believes that ' the system of checking up all . officer handling money will, be effective in . maintaining absolute honesty so . long ; ss ths heads or tne oepanments ana -bureaus have the same high purpose animating work at tha present time. : "for the highwayman. The-connection resembles tbe shark and tha pilot nsli. The pilot Introduces tbe shark to Its prey AH the expenses Incurred thereby are paid by tbe shark and, a percentage -goes to his ally. I know -or a man.whoita dinners. are the talk Of -society, tihi Savoy,- the Carlton, Clarldge's, hold his name in high esteem. , But be does not Among his rich and dlstlngulshml gueata a quiet little Hebrew Is v present. - Score ef . most useful ac quaintances has -he made by those recherche repasts given by bis dashing, -open-handed, popular friend., But It la the little man who pays. - Such la tbe social highwayman. And. ' remember that. If 4 her I not plunder for -him- In the exploitation Of politics, or social ambition or articles or vertu, be will have at the man with money, with wlnea, cigars, motor, bouse prep-, ertlea, and wbo caa ssy what beside. For he la a robber, aa I have said, of Incredible ingenuity. Almost doe -he tdeserve-fcla reward. . " .- . -I.-,..,,. a Off.' -:. . rj''; From th Chicago Record-Herald. Why should government Interest themselves la the healthfumes or un healthfulnes of the food people eetr asked the man with - the tnirse jm .. knowledge. . - -For the reason." repnea ' the Infonustkm to give out. " " ' automobiles and grafi'-- accident ra d 't o the population -of tSe - . s hss got to t ::- O r - tUrtttdh - - ' - . , ' ... ....S.'.V .i' '. . - , -v ..,.-. .A 1 ....... iT!-;.-. --- - .i-'.-j.;-.. , 'I