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Downtown in the refurbished red brick mansion which houses the Philippine Government in Exile, another man, a Chinese mestizo with inscrutable eyes and cautious tongue, also waited-Sergio Osmeña, Vice President of the Philippines, successor to Manuel Quezon under the Philippine Constitution...
Then Congress and Franklin Roosevelt put the Philippine Constitution in suspended animation, decreed that Manuel Quezon should continue as Philippine President until the Jap is driven from the Islands. Sergio Osmeña will continue as Vice President...
Thus was written the next-to-last chapter in the 36-year-long duel for power between Manuel Quezon and Sergio Osmeña, who have fought together for Philippine independence and against each other for prestige at home...
Andante. Manuel Quezon is only 21 days older than Sergio Osmeña. They met on the campus of Manila's Santo Tomas University, roomed together in law school. Both rose to provincial governorships, both were elected to the National Assembly. Osmeña, boss of the Nationalist Party, became Speaker, chose his friend Quezon for floor leader...
...among the Islands' politicos, defeated the bill in the Philippine Legislature. Then, in 1934, Manuel Quezon, aided by powerful U.S. sugar and hemp lobbies, got his own independence bill. He became the obvious choice for first Philippine President. Manuel Quezon loudly proclaimed that he would not run unless Sergio Osmeña ran with him for Vice President. Osmeña went along...