Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples, Volume 25, Parts 1907-1909Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples, 1907 |
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... for any other person , is to have a home , sufficient to support him . But the quickest way to get him beyond the day - labor stage is to hurry him into it . I believe you will all agree with me that it does not for a minute interfere ...
... for any other person , is to have a home , sufficient to support him . But the quickest way to get him beyond the day - labor stage is to hurry him into it . I believe you will all agree with me that it does not for a minute interfere ...
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... to quit and go home . It is also difficult to get them to work long enough to warrant taking them the distance we sometimes have to . You have heard of the Salton Sea . I was in Miss Cook's office day before yesterday and she called my ...
... to quit and go home . It is also difficult to get them to work long enough to warrant taking them the distance we sometimes have to . You have heard of the Salton Sea . I was in Miss Cook's office day before yesterday and she called my ...
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... for civilization that a people should pro- fess Christianity . There was civilization before Christ , and there is civilization to - day in wholly non - Christian countries ; but there must be a great emphasis laid upon the underlying ...
... for civilization that a people should pro- fess Christianity . There was civilization before Christ , and there is civilization to - day in wholly non - Christian countries ; but there must be a great emphasis laid upon the underlying ...
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... to prevent us from tearing each other to pieces . We are becoming more and more confirmed in our conviction that if independence were granted us to - day , tyranny and oppression would reign supreme in the Philippines , and , saddest of ...
... to prevent us from tearing each other to pieces . We are becoming more and more confirmed in our conviction that if independence were granted us to - day , tyranny and oppression would reign supreme in the Philippines , and , saddest of ...
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THE CHAIRMAN : Now we are to hear from MR . WILLIAM A. SUTHERLAND ... to the past , present or future of the Filipino ; the other , that of the man who , of an ... day , much less a generation , will bring forth . Now the feeling exists ...
THE CHAIRMAN : Now we are to hear from MR . WILLIAM A. SUTHERLAND ... to the past , present or future of the Filipino ; the other , that of the man who , of an ... day , much less a generation , will bring forth . Now the feeling exists ...
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Page 85 - God, Give Us Men! God, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Page 146 - The Philippines are ours, not to exploit, but to develop, to civilize, to educate, to train in the science of self-government. This is the path of duty which we must follow or be recreant to a mighty trust committed to us.
Page 201 - That two years after the completion and publication of the census, in case such condition of general and complete peace with recognition of the authority of the United States...
Page 86 - The defective natures of citizens will show themselves in the bad acting of whatever social structure they are arranged into. There is no political alchemy by which you can get golden conduct out of leaden instincts.
Page 200 - An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes...
Page 64 - ... in peace with the Indians in the early settlement of Pennsylvania, while their white neighbors of other sects in other sections were constantly embroiled. They" are also known for their opposition to all strife, violence, and war, and are generally noted for their strict integrity and fair dealings. These considerations induced me to give the management of a few reservations of Indians to them and to throw the burden of the selection of agents upon the society itself. The result has proven most...
Page 200 - Commission to call, and the Commission shall call, a general election for the choice of delegates to a popular assembly of the people of said territory in the Philippine Islands, which shall be known as the Philippine Assembly.
Page 88 - ... to devote their attention in the first instance to the establishment of municipal governments in which the natives of the islands, both in the cities and in the rural communities, shall be afforded the opportunity to manage their own local affairs to the fullest extent of which they are capable, and subject to the least degree of supervision and control which a careful study of their capacities and observation of the workings of native control show to be consistent with the maintenance of law,...
Page 79 - And provided further. That if at the termination of any session the appropriations necessary for the support of government shall not have been made, an amount equal to the sums appropriated in the last appropriation bills for such purposes shall be deemed to be appropriated; and until the legislature shall act in such behalf the treasurer may, with the advice of the governor, make the payments necessary for the purposes aforesaid.
Page 44 - ... chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs in the House of Representatives.