ing due certification, and being satisfied of the facts therein stated, do order a census of the Philippine Islands be taken by said Philippine Commission in accordance with the provisions of the said Act of Congress. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

WAR DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF INSULAR AFFAIRS,

Washington, D. C., September 27, 1902.

Official copy respectfully referred to the Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands, Manila, P. I., for his information.

By order of the Acting Secretary of War:

CLARENCE R. EDWARDS,

Colonel, United States Army, Chief of Bureau.

Then followed the proclamation of the Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, Honorable Luke E. Wright, made on the 28th day of March, 1905, proclaiming the order of the President, as follows:

BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS—
A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas the Secretary of War has informed this Government that on the twenty-seventh day of March, nineteen hundred and five, the Philippine Census Bureau, with the aid of the United States Census Bureau, completed and published the fourth and last volume of the report of the Philippine census taken in accordance with the provisions of section six of the Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two:

Now, therefore, I, Luke E. Wright, Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, do hereby proclaim the publication of the Philippine census as above set forth, and do call the attention of the people of these Islands to that part of section seven of the said Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, which provides that two years after the completion and publication of the census, in case a condition of general and complete peace with recognition of the authority of the United States shall have continued in the territory of these Islands not inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes, and such facts shall have been certified to the President by the Philippine Commission, the President upon being satisfied thereof shall direct the Philippine 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; and which provides also that after the said Assembly shall have convened and organized all the legislative power heretofore conferred on the Philippine Commission in all that part of these Islands not inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes shall be vested in a Legislature consisting of two Houses-the Philippine Commission and the Philippine Assembly.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Government of the Philippine Islands to be affixed.

Done at the city of Manila this twenty-eighth day of March, nineteen hundred and five.

By the Governor-General:

A. W. FERGUSSON, Executive Secretary.

LUKE E. WRIGHT.

No further steps were taken in this matter until March 28, 1907, when the following resolution was adopted by the Philippine Commission, and telegraphed to the President of the United States:

Whereas the census of the Philippine Islands was completed and published on the twenty-seventh day of March, nineteen hundred and five, which said completion and publication of said census was, on the twenty-eighth day of March, nineteen hundred and five, duly published and proclaimed to the people by the Governor-General of the Philippine Islands with the announcement that the President of the United States would direct the Philippine Commission to call a general election for the choice of delegates to a popular assembly, provided that a condition of general and complete peace with recognition of the authority of the United States should be certified by the Philippine Commission to have continued in the territory of the Philippine Islands for a period of two years after said completion and publication of said census; and

Whereas since the completion and publication of said census there have been no serious disturbances of the public order save and except those caused by the noted outlaws and bandit chieftains Felizardo and Montalan, and their followers in the Provinces of Cavite and Batangas, and those caused in the Provinces of Samar and Leyte by the non-Christian and fanatical pula janes resident in the mountain districts of the said provinces and the barrios contiguous thereto; and

Whereas the overwhelming majority of the people of said Provinces of Cavite, Batangas, Samar, and Leyte have not taken part in said disturbances and have not aided nor abetted the lawless acts of said bandits and pulajanes; and

Whereas the great mass and body of the Filipino people have, during said period of two years, continued to be law-abiding, peaceful, and loyal to the United States, and have continued to recognize and do now recognize the authority and sovereignty of the United States in the territory of said Philippine Islands: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Philippine Commission in formal session duly assembled, That it, said Philippine Commission, do certify, and it does hereby certify, to the President of the United States that for a period of two years after the completion and publication of the census a condition of general and complete peace, with recognition of the authority of the United States, has continued to exist and now exists in the territory of said Philippine Islands not inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes; and be it further

Resolved by said Philippine Commission, That the President of the

United States be requested, and is hereby requested, to direct said Philippine Commission to call a general election for the choice of delegates to a popular assembly of the people of said territory in the Philippine Islands, which assembly shall be known as the Philippine Assembly.

The following day an official telegram was received from Washington containing an executive order of the President directing the Philippine Commission to call a general election for the choice of delegates to a popular assembly, and on March 30, 1907, the Commission adopted a resolution as follows:

Whereas on March twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and seven, the Philippine Commission by resolution certified to the President of the United States that on said date, and for a period of two years subsequent to the completion and publication of the census, a condition of general and complete peace, with recognition of the authority of the United States, had continued to exist in the territory of said Philippine Islands not inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes, and in and by said resolution requested the President to direct said Philippine Commission to call a general election for the choice of delegates to a popular assembly of the people of said territory in the Philippine Islands; and

Whereas the President of the United States thereupon made and issued an executive order as follows, to wit:

"Whereas by the sixth section of the Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled 'An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,' it was provided 'that whenever the existing insurrection in the Philippine Islands shall have ceased and a condition of general and complete peace shall have been established therein and the fact shall be certified to the President by the Philippine Commission, the President, upon being satisfied thereof, shall order a census of the Philippine Islands to be taken by said Philippine Commission;' and

"Whereas by the seventh section of said Act it was provided 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 shall have continued in the territory of said Islands not inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes and such facts shall have been certified to the President by the Philippine Commission, the President, upon being satisfied thereof, shall direct said 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. After said Assembly shall have convened and organized, all the legislative power heretofore conferred on the Philippine Commission in all that part of said Islands not inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes shall be vested in a Legislature consisting of two Houses-the Philippine Commission and the Philippine Assembly. Said Assembly shall consist of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred members, to be apportioned by said Commission

among the provinces as nearly as practicable according to population: Provided, That no province shall have less than one member: And provided further, That provinces entitled by population to more than one member may be divided into such convenient districts as the said Commission may deem best;' and

"Whereas on September eighth, nineteen hundred and two, the Philippine Commission certified to me that the insurrection in the Philippine Islands had ceased and that a condition of general and complete peace had been established therein; and

"Whereas, in pursuance of the provisions of the law above quoted, and upon the foregoing due certification and being satisfied of the facts therein stated, on the twenty-fifth day of September, nineteen hundred and two, I ordered a census of the Philippine Islands to be taken by the Philippine Commission; and

"Whereas the census so ordered was taken and announcement of its completion and publication made to the people of the Philippine Islands on March twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and five; and

"Whereas the Philippine Commission has now certified to me the following resolution:

"Whereas the census of the Philippine Islands was completed and published on the twenty-seventh day of March, nineteen hundred and five, which said completion and publication of said census was, on the twenty-eighth day of March, nineteen hundred and five, duly published and proclaimed to the people by the Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, with the announcement that the President of the United States would direct the Philippine Commission to call a general election for the choice of delegates to a popular assembly, provided that a condition of general and complete peace with recognition of the authority of the United States should be certified by the Philippine Commission to have continued in the territory of the Philippine Islands for a period of two years after said completion and publication of said census; and

"Whereas since the completion and publication of said census there have been no serious disturbances of the public order save and except those caused by the noted outlaws and bandit chieftains Felizardo and Montalan, and their followers in the Provinces of Cavite and Batangas, and those caused in the Provinces of Samar and Leyte by the non-Christian and fanatical pula janes resident in the mountain districts of the said provinces and the barrios contiguous thereto; and

"Whereas the overwhelming majority of the people of said Provinces of Cavite, Batangas, Samar, and Leyte have not taken part in said disturbances and have not aided nor abetted the lawless acts of said bandits and pulajanes; and

"Whereas the great mass and body of the Filipino people have, during said period of two years, continued to be law-abiding, peaceful, and loyal to the United States, and have continued to recognize and do now recognize the authority and sovereignty of the United States in the territory of said Philippine Islands: Now, therefore, be it

"Resolved by the Philippine Commission in formal session duly as

sembled, That it, said Philippine Commission, do certify, and it does hereby certify, to the President of the United States that for a period of two years after the completion and publication of the census a condition of general and complete peace, with recognition of the authority of the United States, has continued to exist and now exists in the territory of said Philippine Islands not inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes; and be it further

"Resolved by said Philippine Commission, That the President of the United States be requested, and is hereby requested, to direct said Philippine Commission to call a general election for the choice of delegates to a popular assembly of the people of said territory in the Philippine Islands, which assembly shall be known as the Philippine Assembly:'

"Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, in pursuance of the provisions of the law above cited, and being satisfied of the facts certified to me by the Philippine Commission, do hereby direct said Philippine Commission to call a general election for the choice of delegates to a popular assembly of the people of the territory of the Philippine Islands not inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes, which shall be known as the Philippine Assembly.

"THE WHITE HOUSE, March 28, 1907." Now, therefore, be it

"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Resolved, That in accordance with the direction of the President of the United States, and under and by virtue of the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, the Philippine Commission, in formal session assembled on this, the thirtieth day of March, nineteen hundred and seven, does hereby call a general election to be held on July thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, for the choice of delegates to a popular assembly of the people of the territory of the Philippine Islands not inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes, which shall be known as the Philippine Assembly, said election to be held in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two of the Philippine Commission, entitled "The Election Law," passed January ninth, nineteen hundred and seven; and be it further

Resolved, That the Governor-General be, and he is hereby, requested to issue a proclamation announcing the calling of said election, which procla mation shall embody this resolution, and that the Executive Secretary be, and is hereby, directed to have the said proclamation printed as soon as practicable, in English and in Spanish, and when printed to cause a copy thereof to be forwarded without delay to each provincial and municipal government concerned.

On April 1, 1907 the Governor-General made and issued a proclamation embodying the resolution of the Commission of March 30, 1907.

In accordance with the call of the Commission the election was duly held on July 30 last and on the face of the returns the